Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 140. Beautiful Gem and Soul bag. 2
Inside Kino's treatment room, finally the drama ‘let me who bribed you’ be done, with Kino who ended up being the victim. Of course, not all the cakes from the children were eaten. But, at least he actually ate the bribe the children had given him.
“I...was full. Thank you so much for the cake” Kino gave up
“Do not want one more bribe, Kino-nii?” Theo was already holding a fork with a cake in his hand
“No, it's enough”
“One more. If not from Theo's hand, from my hand only Kino-niisan. Let's open his mouth once again” Stelani directs the cake near Kino's mouth
“.....” Kino just saw it
He ate the last piece.
“This time is yes. I'm really full. I'm afraid I can't take medicine later” Kino smiled thinly while chewing on the cake
“Good. For later yes. That is there for Ryou-niisan and Kaito-niisan” Stelani said as she tidied up her table and dishes
Riz who was sitting on the chair could only feel awe at the patient's patience on that bed.
‘She really didn't argue with the kids in the least. I think I understand why the kids love it’ he thought to himself
Kino is trying to hold back her nausea now. That's because he does not feel hungry and thirsty due to the influence of the strange ‘world’. If it wasn't for the effect of the medicine, he wouldn't be sleeping because he didn't feel any more drowsiness.
‘I hope I don't spit out all these cookies. I don't want to make them all disappointed’ Kino prayed in my heart
After all the kids were done with their plates and cakes, it didn't take them long to start telling me a lot about what they were doing all along. Riz postponed all his questions and chose to observe Kino.
He kept seeing what the teenager was doing to all those kids.
‘He listens to them well, gives a good response and does the thing that makes the kids comfortable. At first glance he is not strange at all. But..weirdness in his body is indeed worthy of question’ he said in his heart
Riz recalls the first impression he felt when touching and kissing Kino's blood and what Jack said about the teenager.
[Da–itsblood...no smell].
[Therefore I tell you that this teenager is very attractive. There is no human being in this world who has no scent. Unless this child is not human either]
‘I can only say that he is an ordinary teenager and a good boy. Despite all the jokes I told her. I don't know how to explain this strange thing. But, if he gets Jack-sama to look for him like that.I think he deserves to be investigated’ thought Riz.
Suddenly unnoticed by Riz, things became quiet. The atmosphere suddenly became heavy and he saw a confused Kino.
“You all why? Does your stomach hurt?” Kino asked in a confused tone
“Kino, what's up?” Riz looked quite panicked
“I don't know. Suddenly they were all silent. Theo-kun's? Stelani-chan is? Fabil-kun's? Michaela-chan is? You guys? What happened?”
Kino called them all but no one answered him. Of course Kino is getting very panicked right now.
“What you guys–”
- Greeb
A hug, not a. Of course it could not make him move freely and could only make him panic even more.
“What is this? Children?”
“Force us. Hiks..”
“Eh?”
Crying sounds. Now we hear the sound of crying from them. After the drama ‘let me bribe you’ now turns into a tearful drama titled ‘forgive me’. Of course this situation was not expected by Kino and Riz who were watching.
“Pardon us..we apologize to you, Kino-niichan”.
“Apologies? Why should I apologize? You guys aren't wrong, are you?” Kino tried to move
His injured hand made him unable to push them. As a result, he was completely locked up now. The only way to move is to use his voice.
“I. But if you want me to listen and forgive you, can you let me go first? My hands..slightly depressed and it was quite painful, the boys” said Kino gently
Hearing that, the children let go of his embrace while looking at Kino anxiously. Finally, Kino was able to breathe a sigh of relief while sighing a little.
“Good. I'll listen to you guys. Don't cry ya”
Theo talk first.
“Kino-nii..aku ..I want to apologize about your pocket watch. I.. I stole it”
“....” Kino was speechless
“I stole it when Kino-nii and Ryou-nii were at the altar. I also got Kino-nii in trouble for looking for me. I...hiks...I'm sorry..” Theo began to shed tears.
“Then, why are Stelani-chan and Fabil-kun also apologizing?” Kino asked in a soft tone
“We. When eating with Kino-niichan.we do not say it honestly to you because..because we are afraid.” Fabil spoke stammeringly while holding back his tears.
“We are sorry, Kino-niisan” Stelani dropped her head while holding onto Kino's injured left hand
Riz didn't really understand this, but he knew that it wasn't room for him to interrupt or talk.
While Kino only saw them holding back crying while smiling.
“I know that. I've expected it”
“......!!!” all the kids were shocked
“I'm also sorry for not saying it. Actually, on the day that I first met Stelani-chan and the others at the altar back then. I invite you to eat together because I want to hear all of you. I also talked to Theo-kun because I knew that it was possible that my pocket watch was lost due to being stolen”
“.....” everyone including Riz listened to Kino's explanation
“At first I never thought that the pocket watch would be stolen and kept blaming myself. But now, I think that it's not so bad”
Kino smiled and rubbed the children's hair.
“See this, I so get to meet and be close to cute kids like y'all”
“Hiks...huwaa..pardon us, Kino-niichan”.
“Huwaaa..Kino-nii...hiks...Kino-nii”.
Kino's sentence was really like a real hug that made the children cry and hug him again. Now, Kino should be able to refrain from talking because she is unlikely to spoil the atmosphere of the day.
“It's done?” ask Kino
“We have finished crying. Sorry for getting your clothes wet, Kino-niisan” Stelani said, wiping away her tears
“It's okay. You are clearly no longer sad. Um...Riz-san..” Kino called Riz who was silent in his chair
“Oh! Yes?” Riz was quite surprised when called
“Sorry to have shown something like this. I'm getting a little embarrassed” said Kino while showing her shyness
“It's okay. I won't say this to anyone”
“Thank you very much. So, about the thing that I want to ask..do you still want to ask now, Riz-san?”
“Oh! So–soal it..” Riz speechless.
After seeing the scene, there was no way he would ask about anything related to the place that traumatized children who had been kidnapped by black market managers. He also knew that Kino was injured in that place. It felt very heartless if he still asked about the strangeness of Kino's body.
“I..I forgot because I got carried away. Maybe next time if I remember her” Riz replied with a forced smile
“So. Well if indeed you say so, Riz-san” Kino can only look at it with a confused look
In the end, Riz was only able to lie and undo his intentions. Not long after, the door of the room opened.
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On the road, Ryou and Kaito walk to the main street in the city center. They stopped at a drink stall and sat for a while waiting for their order.
“You didn't say that uncle mananger gave us money” Ryou opened the conversation
“I didn't say it because it's not our money. Only our money that we have counted together that I consider to be ours” Kaito replied as he looked towards the front
He saw a lot of people walking down the street. His mind was like somewhere else.
“Kaito?” Ryou called out to him
“.....” but Kaito did not answer
Ryou no longer called out to him. He began to look around. Quite a lot of people noticed them and with each eye Ryou met with a glance with the eyes of the people looking, they immediately ignored him with a strange face.
‘Don't tell me because of the bloody clothes and this sword’ the stone tried to guess
Actually, the guess was right. It was just that he chose to be quiet without saying anything. Sometimes, pretending not to know is the best thing.
Ryou returns to see Kaito who has not changed his eyes. He tried to melt the atmosphere.
“You think of that gem, Kaito?”
“I was thinking how to take it without making Theo sad”
“Why think about it? They're NPC”
“They can die anytime, Ryou. They are not something that NPCs are called by you”
“....” Ryou is silent
“Everything I've experienced so far to find my gem is real. Everyone I met was real, ‘world day’ and ‘world night’ that time was also real. Everything is not an illusion, Ryou. I almost died a few times and that's the reality”
“But if you think of such a thing now, wouldn't it just hinder you? Your thing is in sight and there is nothing else you need to worry about”
“....” Kaito is silent
Ryou stands up to take his order back and starts to invite Kaito back. Along the way, Ryou ignores every sight that sees him and Kaito has absolutely no regard for it.
“I don't want to leave deep wounds on those kids” Kaito continued
“You didn't leave any wounds on them, Kaito. You must remember what your purpose is to risk your life so far”
There aren't many words coming out of Kaito's mouth right now. Even just the silence that occurred all the way back to the hospital. As soon as he got to the front, Joel greeted them. He immediately took out his second weapon and asked them to enter.
Kaito gives Joel some juice but leaves before he hears her thank you. When the two teenagers came in, Joel had thought while looking at the juice that had just been given to him.
“Did something happen to both?” muttered
After arriving at Kino's room and opening the door, the two of them were presented with an incredible sight. Ryou and Kaito saw the children crowding and even sitting on the patient's bed.
“What did you guys do to my brother?” ryou asked in a cold tone
“You're back? Welcome” Kino welcomes the arrival of both
Kaito closed the door. The two teenagers distributed the drinks they bought to the children. Of course they all look happy. Ryou asked them.
“Your eyes are red as if they were crying, what is it?”
“This...” Theo takes his eyes off Ryou
“They just finished confessing” replied Kino casually
“Confession?” Ryou saw Theo
“R–Ryou-nii said that I should apologize to Kino-nii directly right? A–aku..ka–we all did it just now and..”
“……”
Theo's stammering explanation made Ryou speechless and then look at the smiling Kino. He realized that the children were finally telling the truth about the theft, although it may not have mattered.
Ryou rubbed Theo's hat-covered head with a smile.
“Hee~turns out you can also act like a real man” the compliment sounds like a plunge
“I am indeed a real man!”
“I know. Only a real man would be honest on his mistakes”
“.....!” Theo was surprised by the flushed face
For the first time, Theo thinks that Ryou is a good person as Kino said.
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