The next day, Negi wakes up from his comfortable sleep on Asuna's couch. The morning light illuminates the entire living room through the open window. He outstretched his arms while yawning as he rubs his eyes.
"I've never had a sleep this comfortable since I left my home..." He said. He turn and face Setsuna and see her sitting on the ground, sleeping while holding her sword in her arms. Negi smiled upon seeing Setsuna still guarding Konoka's room over night, knowing that protecting Konoka is her priority. He gets off the couch, waking Setsuna up as she took notice of him.
"Oh, good morning Setsuna." He said. "Did you sleep well?"
Setsuna simply nodded her head yes. Negi smiled and gets ready to change. He entered the washroom and changed into his blue robe. As he finished changing, he goes to Asuna's room and opened the door, seeing both Asuna and Konoka sleeping peacefully in their sleep. He smiled as he walked and opened the shutters, letting the daylight shines in the room.
"Ugh turn off the lights, people needs their shuteye..." Asuna muttered as she turned to the other side.
Konoka on the other hand, wakes up as the light hits her eyes. She gets up from her futon and rubs her eyes. She moved her blanket, revealing her plain white robe. She noticed Negi smiling at her.
"Good morning, Konoka." He said.
"Oh, good morning Negi." She replied. She then noticed Setsuna. "Good morning Setsuna." She said to her.
"Morning, my Lady. Did you sleep well?" She asked.
Konoka nodded her head. "Yes, I slept peacefully, how about you?" She replied.
"I slept well." Setsuna replied. "Should I awaken her as well?" She asked, noticing Asuna still asleep.
Konoka shook her head. "No, I think we'll leave her to sleep." She replied.
"I understand." Setsuna said.
"So, since Asuna won't be up for awhile...shall we go to Grandpa's guild?" Konoka suggested.
Negi rubbed his chin. "Well, usually it's Asuna who takes me to the guild. But since she's asleep... I guess I'll take you to the guild." He replied.
"Great! I'll get changed!" Konoka said, smiling in glee.
It was then that Setsuna pushed Negi out of the room as Konoka closed the door behind them.
"My Lady is currently changing, do not enter her room." Setsuna said.
"Um, I can see that..." Negi said with a comical bead of sweat sliding down on his face.
After a while, the door was opened and it shows Konoka wearing a white vest, a pink haori with floral patterns on the sleeves, and a magenta hakama skirt separated with a red obi.
"You look beautiful, Konoka." Negi said with sincere honesty.
"Aw stop it, you're making me blush!" Konoka replied smiling.
Negi smiled back. "Now then, shall we get going?"
"Lead the way!" Konoka replied cheerfully.
They leave the house and starts heading their way to Ala Alba. They walked around the streets of Mahora as the bells of the city rings across the land to mark the morning of a new day.
-Negi's POV-
We arrived in Ala Alba shortly after leaving the house. Because its morning, there are few people on the streets, making it easier for us to walk freely. As we stepped inside, we noticed a bunch of the guildmembers gathering over by the corner.
"I wonder what's going on over there?" Konoka wondered.
"Maybe it's something important." I said.
Curious, we walked over there to see what's going on. In the middle of the crowd, we see Makie sitting casually in her seat while the others are questioning her.
"No way! You were attacked by a vampire?" A young pink haired girl said in surprise.
"Fuka, I don't think vampires are real..." Her younger twin said in doubt.
"No really, it's real! I even got this mark on my neck as proof." Makie replied as she tugs her shirt down and reveals a bite mark on her neck.
"Whoa, that's really looks like a bite from a vampire." Haruna said.
"Come to think of it, there was a rumor about a vampire in the city..." The long purpled haired girl said.
"Really? Care to share it with us, Misa?" Haruna said.
"Yeah, what's the rumor about?" Fuka said, hyping up to know about it.
"Well, if I remember correctly...I hear that every night under a full moon, in Sakura Lane, there's a spooky monster garbed in black who swoops down and drains you of your blood!" Misa explained while making scary gestures to scare the girls.
"Wow...is that really true? There's one in the city?" Konoka asked worriedly.
Misa nodded her head. "Yeah, and from what I've heard from Kazumi, the guild's rumor monger, they say that the vampire mainly attacks energetic girls like Makie here." She said.
"Energetic girls?" Konoka said while she gulped nervously.
"Calm yourself, my Lady, I won't let the vampire harm you. Even if it means throwing my life away..." Setsuna said.
"Aw thanks, Setsuna!" Konoka said, smiling cheerfully.
"Misa, will you cut the whole nonsense already? That rumor was meant to scare children, it could've been something else that lurks in the night!" Ayaka said.
"Oh, but the rumors are true. Makie's bite mark is a proof!" Misa replied with a wink.
I cupped my chin and wondered about the vampire rumor. Seeing the mark on Makie's neck proves that they really do exist. "Has the rumor been going on for a while?" I asked.
"Yeah, it just happened about 2 days ago." Yuna replied.
"2 days?" I said curiously. "(That's when I first joined Ala Alba...)" I felt a sudden chill up my spine, as if someone is gazing at me. I turned around and see's a girl who's exactly the same age as me. She stared at me with her sky blue eyes with a face of indifference as she turned away. She was sitting in one of the tables, accompanied by a girl with light green hair and oddly shaped ears. "Who is she?" I wondered.
"Eva? She's a member of Ala Alba. She doesn't talk to anyone though except with that weird robot Satomi created." Yuna replied.
"A robot?" I asked.
"Yeah, she was created by the genius inventor, Satomi Hakase. Although, Satomi just comes and goes." Yuna said.
"Is Satomi a member of Ala Alba as well?" I asked.
"Yeah, but instead of hanging around here, she's usually holed up in her lab in the other side of Mahora." She replied.
"I see... About that vampire rumor, is there a request about it in the request board?" I asked.
"I think so, you should check it out."
I nodded my head and went to the request board. I checked the board for a request about the vampire incident. To my luck, there's one listed as an A rank mission. The reward wasn't specified and the subject is unknown. Curious, I take the request paper off the board with everyone gasping in surprise.
"Whoa, Negi are you really gonna do it? That is so hardcore!" Haruna said.
"He's only in this guild for two days and he's already taking an A rank quest!" Fuka chirped.
"Yeah, go Negi!" Makie cheered.
My face flushed beet red upon hearing the girls cheering me on upon me taking the quest. Even the princess herself is cheering me on as Setsuna remained calm.
"Why are you all cheering for him? Can't you see that he is in danger? I cannot allow anyone to let a child to go on a suicide mission all by himself!" Ayaka said with extreme worry.
"It's okay, I can do this. You have to believe me." I said with confidence.
"Yeah, let him do it, he wants to take it, right?" Yuna said.
Ayaka held the bridge of her nose in disbelief. "Unbelievable..."
"Well she's right you know, you can't really go do it alone, kid. Usually A rank quests and higher needs a party of 3 or 4." The spectacled orange haired member said.
"You've got a point there, how 'bout you'll join him on his big quest, Chisame?" Yuna asked.
"I'll pass, I got stuff more important to do than helping a kid out." Chisame replied, declining the offer.
"Alright fine, if anyone's looking out for him, it should be me. After all, he is still a kid and I won't let anyone harm a piece of his hair!" Ayaka said.
"You would do that for me?" I said.
"Of course! Anything for our newest member of Ala Alba!" Ayaka replied happily.
"Great! If you need another member of your group, then Nodoka's your gal!" Haruna said as she drags Nodoka off of her seat and towards me.
"W-wait, Haruna what are you doing?!" She said nervously as Haruna puts her close to me.
"Getting you outta your shell, duh! You need to open up to the new guy!" Haruna replied.
"B-but I don't think I'm ready to talk to him!" Nodoka said.
"She's right, Nodoka, you need to open up to people and not hide in your books all day." Yue said.
"You too, Yue?" She asked. Yue nodded her head and takes a sip from her juice of an unknown flavor.
"I'm glad that you're going with me on my investigation, Nodoka." I said, smiling at her. Nodoka nods her head nervously with her face glowing bright red. She is so shy that she is unable to speak to me. I don't blame her really, she reminds me of me when I first attend the school of magic.
The girls chattered energetically, mostly about my quest to investigate the whole vampire incident when a tall blonde haired woman with...a lavish figure, come up to me. She introduced herself as Shizuna Minamoto and she is one of Ala Alba's supervisors.
"Negi, the guildmaster wants to see you, it seems that you have a package from your home village." She said.
"A package, from Wales?" I wondered. It has been a while since I've left the village of Wales. I wondered who sent me a package? I continued to wonder as I head to the guildmaster's office. As I open the door, I was suddenly met by a familiar friend of mine.
"Negi! Oh man, it's good to see you!" A white talking ermine said, very happy to see me. I am very happy to see him as well. His name is Chamo, though his full name is Albert Chamomile, I called him Chamo for short. Me and him have been friends ever since I met him back in Wales when I was very little, the poor thing was getting picked on by the other kids so I have to save him. In the end, we became good friends even today.
"It's good to see you too, Chamo!" I replied smiling.
"It seems that you two know each other very well." Konoe said.
"Yeah, me and Negster go way back!" Chamo replied.
"Good to know; but in any case, Negi, there's a package for you from your village along with your little companion." Konoe said as a box sits on his desk. I take the box and opens it. Inside, there's a fresh set of clothes for me to wear and a bag of my sister's homemade cookies with a letter attached to it. I take the letter our and opens it, an image of my sister has projected from the letter. Just the sight of her brings a smile to my face, seeing that she remains unchanged, just looking at her serene smile lifts my spirits even higher than before.
"Hello Negi, it's been awhile, how are you doing? I heard that you've joined a guild somewhere in a city, congratulations! Me and everyone back in Wales have been so proud of you, I hope that your father will be too if he see's you. However, I still worry for you, as the world is big. You're still too young in this huge world, and I don't want to see you get hurt. But you're not alone, I'm sure that you've made many great friends to back you up. So good luck out there, Negi. I'm sure that Father will look after you somewhere.
-Nekane
P.S. I just want to inform you that Anya wants to say hi to you."
That's right, I haven't seen Anya for quite some time now! After we graduated in magic school, we both went our separate ways, pursuing our dreams in this huge world. I wonder how she's doing? My sister's image dissipate as I closed the letter.
"I see that your sister cares deeply of you, Negi." Konoe said.
I nodded my head. "Yeah, she has been taking care of me ever since my father left Wales a few years ago."
"I see... Well wherever he is, I'm sure that he's proud of you growing into a fine mage." He said.
-Normal POV-
Negi leaves the office with Chamo resting on his shoulder and walks downstairs. He starts to head out when he was met by Asuna who has a piece of bread in her mouth.
"Oh, good afternoon, Asuna. Did you sleep well?" He asked.
"Yeah, I slept great! I feel like I can take on a tiger!" Asuna replied as she eats her bread, devouring it completely. "So who's the ferret on your shoulder?" She asked upon noticing Chamo.
"Hey! I take offense on that remark, I'm an ermine!" He snapped, surprising Asuna.
"What the? Did that thing just talk?"
"Well of course I talk! What do you expect from a magical world, a chupacabra?" Chamo said rhetorically.
"Anyways, Asuna this is Chamo, my friend since I was little." Negi said. "Chamo, this is Asuna, she's the one who introduced me into this guild."
"Well, it's nice to meet ya!"
"Well it's nice to meet you too." Asuna replied, staring flatly at Chamo. "So anyways, what did I miss?"
"Well, there's a rumor of a vampire attacking the city." Konoka replied as she and Setsuna walks up to them.
"Really? No way, they can't be real!" Asuna said, shrugging off the rumor.
"A vampire? Ya mean those pesky bloodsuckers who roam the night, attacking people?" Chamo said.
"I do believe that they're real, Makie even claims that she has a mark on her neck as proof." Negi said.
"Is that right? Well, if the rumors happens to be true, then why don't we head on to the request board and look for it?" She asked.
"Actually, Negi happens to have accepted that request already."
Asuna glared at Ayaka, who's accompanied by the shy Nodoka. "Really, I can't believe your that slow, Bells."
"Watch it, Blondie, I just got up from bed and you're starting to push my buttons!" Asuna said while glaring daggers at her.
"Please, don't fight you two! We have a quest to carry out!" Negi said in attempt to stop the upcoming brawl.
Ayaka flaunts her hair. "He's right, why bother fighting you when we have a quest together?" She said with a snide grin.
"Wait, you can't be serious..." Asuna muttered.
"Oh I am, me and Negi are going to investigate the whole vampire incident together!" Ayaka replied as she rubs her face to his.
"Um...what about me?" Nodoka said, pointing to herself in confusion.
"Huh? You're going too, Bookworm?" Asuna said.
She nods her head slowly. "Yes, well...not by choice really..." She murmured.
"Well, I'm glad that you're starting to open up for the kid, but as for you!" Asuna directed her attention towards Ayaka. "I'm not going to let this slide by having your way with the kid, I'm joining in too!"
"Really?" Negi said in surprise.
"Hold on, you can't just jump in to our party! It has already been decided!" Ayaka said.
Asuna shook her head. "Nothing is decided unless he says so, is that right, Negi?"
"Well yes but..."
"Well, how about it? Let me join your little party and investigate this rumor together!" Asuna said with utmost confidence.
"Don't force yourself in!" Ayaka snapped.
Negi nodded his head. "Alright, you can join. After all, the more the merrier I'll say!" Negi said, beaming a smile at her.
"Sweet, now let's go out there and solve this mystery!" Asuna said as she ran off.
"Unbelievable...that hyperactive monkey's always so reckless, always going things her way... How can you put up with that girl?" Ayaka said as she message her temples and walk out.
"Well, I guess standing around is not an option now, is it?" Negi said to Nodoka.
"I...erm...yeah, we can't solve the rumor if we stand here...!" Nodoka stammered nervously as she runs off.
"Holy crud, look at all those chicks in here! Negi you lucky kid, you did the right thing joining this guild and now look at you, already in a party full of cute chicks!" Chamo said giving Negi a thumbs up. "Your old man should be so proud of you!"
"C-Chamo it's not like that!" Negi retorted nervously. "Anyways, I can't keep them waiting, I must complete this quest!"
"Sure whatever, let's get this thing over with!" Chamo replied.
Negi nodded his head and leaves the guild, catching up to Asuna and the others.
-Evangeline's POV-
I sat in one of the chairs in the upper floors in Ala Alba, alone, watching the boy scurry off with his friends.
"Already taking a liking to him do you, Evangeline?"
I look to see Takamichi standing right behind me. I scoffed and turned away. "Don't be foolish, Takahata, as if I would take a liking to that foolish boy." I replied as my robotic servant served me black tea. "He is what, 10-years-old and is already a mage? He really takes after him, more or less so."
Takamichi nodded his head. "Indeed, he's really working hard to become like his father."
I flashed a grin. "And that what's make him so interesting... I look forward for tonight, Negi Springfield."
-Normal POV-
Negi left the guild and starts catching up with Asuna and the others as they begin their investigation. They head towards the city square and stops by near the fountain.
"Alright, now that we're outside, let's go kick some vampire butt!" Asuna said, pounding her fists.
"Idiot, and how is jumping the gun and beating up a vampire in broad daylight prove anything? Honestly you really are a berserker." Ayaka said.
"Wanna say that again, elf girl?" Asuna threatened as she shakes her fists at her.
"Girls, please!" Negi exclaimed, trying to stop them from fighting. He cleared his throat and continues to speak. "Anyways, Ayaka's right. You can't solve this mystery if you rush ahead and blindly find the vampire."
"What, so you're on her side now?" Asuna said with disdain.
Negi shook his head. "N-no! What I meant to say is that we must gather some leads first! That way, we will find our culprit together by lining up the clues we've collected." He replied.
"That's sounds like a good idea." Nodoka said with her voice audible for them to hear.
"You think this will work, Negi?" Asuna asked with concern.
"Of course this will work! Negi's the man with a plan!" Chamo replied.
Ayaka nodded her head. "Yes, and since Mahora is a vast city, I suggest we should split up and I'm going with him!"
"Ohh no, you're not getting away that easily, I say that he's coming with me!" Asuna argued.
"And what, make him your little slave? I won't stand for your barbaric actions, Negi's coming with me!" Ayaka said.
"Yeah? Then I'd rather let Negi be a little slave rather than being molested by a pedophile like you!" Asuna shot back.
"That's it, you wanna go? I'll make you eat those words!" Ayaka said angrily.
"You took the words right outta my mouth!" Asuna replied as they glared at each other.
"Girls, girls, fighting won't get us nowhere! Why don't we settle this like sophisticated people?" Chamo said, in attempt to avoid conflict.
"Yeah, I seriously doubt that this barbaric monkey barely even knows the word 'sophisticated'!" Ayaka said.
"What was that?" Asuna asked, with her temper rising to its boiling point.
"Easy, easy! I say we should draw straws to see who's on whose team!" Chamo suggested.
Ayaka scoffed. "You can't seriously settle this nonsense with such childish game like drawing straws, are you?"
"What's wrong? Are you scared that you won't be with Negi?" Asuna teased.
"Of course not!" She shot back. "I'm just saying that it's above my standards as a noble daughter of the Yukihiro family to play such childish games!"
"Ayaka please, I think it's a good idea for us to pick straws!" Negi said.
Ayaka sighed in defeat. "Alright, if it's your decision, then I'll be happy to participate!"
"Sheesh, some noble daughter you are, kissing up to a 10-year-old brat." Asuna muttered.
Chamo scurries down to Negi's robe, tickling him in the process, and comes back out with three straws. "Okay, the rule's pretty simple, whoever gets the longest est straw, gets to be with Negster!"
"Prepare yourself, Asuna, I will not lose from the likes of you to Negi!" Ayaka said.
"You're on, Blondie!" Asuna replied.
She, Ayaka, and Nodoka then grabs the straws individually off of Chamo's tiny hand. Much to her shock, Ayaka drawed the shortest straw, whereas Asuna draws a straw slightly longer than hers.
"What what? This can't be right!" Asuna said.
"Then, who got the longest one?" Ayaka wondered.
"And we have a winner!" Chamo exclaimed in glee as Nodoka stared blankly at him as she held the longest straw in her hand. Both Asuna and Ayaka stared at her in shock, much to her confusion.
"Um...I won?" She said.
"Looks like you'll be investigating with me." Negi said smiling innocently at her. Nodoka blushed slightly and nodded her head.
"Then that means..." Both Asuna and Ayaka begrudgingly stared at each other upon realization that they have been paired up.
"This is unacceptable! I demand a recount!" Ayaka exclaimed.
"Uh uh! No recounts, toots!" Chamo said while waggling his finger.
"It's only for this quest, I'm sure we'll get to do another quest together some other time." Negi said. "Alright; Asuna, you and Ayaka will investigate the northern part of the city, me and Nodoka will investigate the south. I hope we will find clues about our vampire culprit soon!"
"Yeah yeah, come on, Blondie." Asuna said as she and Ayaka left Negi and Nodoka to go further in the city. Negi then turn and faced Nodoka.
"Now then, shall we get going?" He asked.
Nodoka nods her head and both she and Negi went to the opposite direction and start their investigation.
-Asuna's POV-
"Freaking ferret, why do I have to be paired up with elf girl?" I muttered irritably as we walked to the northern part of Mahora. I noticed that Ayaka's been walking farther ahead of me, avoiding me for some reason. "Hey slow down, you're walking too fast!" I said.
"Yeah, and you're walking too slow. Hurry up so we can finish this quest a lot quicker!" She replied bluntly.
I can feel one of my veins popped upon hearing her grating voice. Who the hell does she think she is bossing me around? I started to catch up to her by pacing faster and walking past her as a result. Feeling annoyed that I was starting to walk faster than her, she began to pace faster than me. That nerve of her! I start to walk even faster than her but she starts to walk faster than me! This goes on until our little walk begins to turn into a mad dash through town with us shoving our face together, competing like it was a race.
I really hate elves like her...
-Nodoka's POV-
After we went our separate ways, dividing into two groups, me and Negi went to the southern part of Mahora City and begin our investigation by talking to people to gather clues. While we got little to no leads, we continue to walk around the city until we find something about the vampire.
"Nodoka? Are you okay?"
I looked up and see him looking at me with concern. "You've been trailing behind and staring at the ground, is there something wrong?" He asked.
I shook my head and told him I'm fine. I don't know why but, my heart starts beating faster than before and me face starts to feel hot every time I see him. It always been that way whenever I saw a boy talking to me. I was so nervous that my mouth starts to get dry, my whole body began to shudder, and my only actions are burying my head with my book and run away. I feel so ashamed for doing that, but I'm so afraid of men that I can't even look them in the eye...! But Negi...he's different from the others. My heart still beating faster whenever I see him, but something about him tells me that, he has some kind of warm feeling that makes me comfortable around him. Maybe, I think I have the courage to open up to him...
-Negi's POV-
Over time, we start to gather clues one by one from the townspeople we've met. We've walked all over the vast city as if it was a giant maze. Walking all around Mahora feels like an adventure for me, of course there were still a lot of people enough for me to get lost very easily, but I felt like I can see my way when I hold Nodoka's hand. It's like the same feeling with I'm with Asuna. Maybe, being with people I know makes me feel safer.
Night falls and we stopped near the city park and sat down on the bench. I looked to see Nodoka and she stared at me back with her concealed eyes.
"That was an exciting adventure, isn't it Nodoka?" I asked.
"Um, yes...it is." She replied shyly.
"I think we should go over to our leads." I said. "So far, they say that the vampire has been sighted near Sakura Lane, attacking girls on the full moon for two straight days."
"Um, I think Sakura Lane is not far from here." Nodoka said. "From where we're at, I think we'll be there for at least a few minutes."
"You seemed to know alot about this city, even knowing how to get there nonetheless!" I said with amazement upon her knowledge of Mahora.
"Well, I've studied the city map a few times and I've took some notes on little details about them." She replied with a bit of confidence raised in her.
"That's amazing, Nodoka! I still haven't known a lot about this city and it's still brand new to me!" I said, gushing with awe.
Nodoka smiled upon seeing my innocent personality showing. I think I'm helping her open up to me, little by little.
"Aw aren't you two a cute couple?"
Sadly, that was ruined by Chamo's little comment as both of our faces glowed beet red.
"C-couples...?" She stuttered.
"C-Chamo! It's not like that!" I snapped at him, flailing my arms in frustration.
"Aw come on, I was only joking!" He teased. "I know that you have a thing with the chick with bells on her hair!"
"Now you're being ridiculous!" I argued.
Nodoka giggled softly upon seeing me in a one-sided argument with Chamo as Asuna runs up to us.
"Hey, there you two are!" She said.
"Asuna? Where's Ayaka?" I asked.
She shrugged and answered. "How should I know? First thing we do is having a race and the next thing I know is she just vanished without a trace."
"You mean, Ayaka got lost?" Nodoka said worriedly.
"Don't know, but I'm sure Blondie will find her way back to the guild!" Asuna said.
Suddenly, a cry is heard, grabbing our attention.
"W-what was that?" I asked with fear in my heart.
"That sounded like Ayaka!" Asuna said, immediately recognizing her scream.
"It came from over there!" Nodoka said as she points to the other side of the park.
We ran towards the other side of the park, worrying about Ayaka. Has she been attacked by the vampire we're looking for? I clenched my staff, fearing for the worst as we runs down the streets of Mahora. We've arrive at the other side of the park and see's Ayaka lying unconscious on the ground.
"Ayaka!" I cried as I run up to her. I lifted her body and see's a mark similar to Makie's. The resemblence is uncanny, there's no doubt that a vampire is somewhere in this city!
"Well well, look who finally showed up."
"Negi, up there!" Asuna shouted while pointing at a tree.
I looked up and see's a clocked figure gazing down upon us with an evil grin.
"You! Are you the vampire who attacked her?" I asked.
The figure chuckled sinisterly. "I am. And now...your blood is mine, Negi Springfield!" It swooped down and attacks me.
"Negi!" Asuna cried as she starts drawing her sword and rush towards my side.
I immediately raised my staff and begin chanting, before the vampire attacks me. "Ras tel Ma Scir Magister... Coeuntes, sagittent inimicum meam. Sagitta Magica, Series Aer!" From a palm of my hand, I fired a barrage of wind arrows at the culprit.
Before my arrows hit the vampire, it immediately tossed a mysterious vial before shouting "Reflexio!" and a purple crystal-like substance breaks out of its container and forms a shield, blocking my attacks. The creature's hat flies off, revealing its identity. We stared in shock to see who the vampire is.
"Y-you're...!"
"Eva? You're the vampire!?" Asuna said.
"The one and only." She replied with a sinister grin, exposing her fangs. "Allow me to introduce myself fully, I am Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell. I am the vampire of Mahora City!"
"But why? Why are you attacking the people in the city?" I asked.
"Because, I wanted to lure you out here, Negi Springfield." Eva replied.
I became surprised upon her words. "You...know me?"
"Of course, and now...the blood of your father, you will forfeit to me...!"
To Be Continued...