Mizu: *typing* ... *typing*... I *typing*... need to *typing* ... get a life... *typing*
Mizu: ... Oh looks like a storm is coming in today, guess I better update early.
Chapter Four
I feel as if somebody is touching my face but when I open my eyes katsuro is still on his side of the bed. I can tell he is awake by his breathing pattern.
"How about we get a divorce." I say, his breathing stays level but I can feel him deep in thought.
"I refuse."
"Why?! I know you plan to divorce me and you would have your mother's backing, I have broken all of the six reasons for divorce!" I exclaim, my response wasn't loud but since it has been quiet it becomes the loudest thing to happen so far.
"Well, obviously you aren't the you from the past so none of those reasons exist anymore, And your memory loss isn't a vile disease but in fact a secret blessing." He continues, "I made sure you didn't go into the city in the past because I was afraid you would embarrass us but I think the you right now is allowed to do much more."
"I suddenly feel very irritated, at the moment." I respond, I begin thinking of ways to force him to divorce me but sadly that would require me to go to places I am not willing to go. "Can you leave?"
"Why would I do that?" He asks me as if he doesn't understand why he has to leave. I turn my face and give him an irritated smile. He turns and returns the smile, his smile feels evil to me.
"It's such a lovely day I wouldn't want to hold you up, and besides I want to get dressed."
"Well no worries, I don't see any problem with you getting dressed so go ahead, I am your husband." He states with a smile on his face.
"You might not, but others will when they see me burying your dead body!" I nearly sing in happiness, I hear Katsuro laugh out loud and get up, he then begins to walk out but stops just before exiting.
"We wouldn't want that now would we?" He asks.
"No, we wouldn't." I sigh and he exits laughing.
"Madam, that was young master!" Hana practically yells, I wince and begin to get dressed. "This is the first time he slept here since the wedding night!"
"Be quiet, it isn't that big of a deal. Quickly help me get dressed, I need to go visit mother-in-law." I scold her, what kind of status did I have before! I wasn't even allowed outside, it was as if I was just an object within the house!
"But mother-in-law doesn't require you to visit you, in fact she wished that you did not." Hana explains, what an idiot, this means that she has more grounds to accuse me of being unfilial. What daughter-in-law doesn't visit her parent-in-law every now and then!
"We are visiting mother-in-law." I stand firm, I am not backing down on this. Even though I already hate mother-in-law, she sounds like she has backstabbed people for her entire life. Actually I haven't asked about this but what happened to Father-in-law?
I walk around the compound and hear mother-in-law whispering to somebody. I decide to sit down and meditate, I am not doing this because I am a kind person but when I meditate it helps me listen in on others. Of course when I do this I enter a state where I am unaware of anything else.
"Madam, why are you in such a rush to kill young madam?" A guy asks in a really quiet voice, I mean I almost missed what he said it was the quiet.
"Because what if she ends up having a child, we need to kill her so our reputation remains intact. We can't marry into any good families if our previous daughter-in-law has a son and even if it was a daughter it will make things more difficult." Mother-in-law says, she isn't quiet so I can easily make out what she said. Hana begins moving at my side, I thought she was on the other side. I scrunch my eyebrows in irritation, I am trying to listen right now, I don't need any added distractions.
"But this wasn't a worry earlier on this year..."
"Besides she has suddenly been possessed by a demon, I can see it in her eyes. She isn't the same person, she is colder and more calculating. She once tried to poison me but failed due to her being a complete idiot, this Mizuki will be able to poison me no problem." Mother-in-law says, she then begins to tap her foot.
"Very well, as long as the guard follows the plan I can guarantee that she dies. She still seems to have a frail body so even a demon can't use it for martial arts." The guy says, what?! They don't have any martial arts that take redirecting your opponents momentum? Well not like I need it anyways, I can kill one opponent with relative ease using my blade.
"Of course, I think you should leave before anybody sees you." Mother-in-law says and I hear the door open, I start to lose Mother-in-laws sounds. I then open my eyes and see Mother-in-law staring at me from the open door, I give her a smile that seems as if I am happy to see her.
Her eyes then move from one side of me to the other and I feel Hana bow like she usually does and something I didn't expect, Katsuro's creepy smile. I turn my head and see him sitting to my right, he then turns his head and smiles at me. One thing I learned about Katsuro is he can hold a fake smile for hours on end.
"Mother-in-law, I have come to see you today. Are you feeling better now?" I say bowing and then standing up. I begin to walk inside and then I close the door.
"Yes, I must have caught your fever. But don't worry I am feeling better now." She says giving me a gentle smile, Her room is much grander than my and red seems to be overflowing from everywhere. I would swear it was painted in the blood of everybody who go in her way, I wonder if I will ever end up on these walls if that were really the case.
"Today is cooler than yesterday, there must be a rain storm inbound." I say looking at the clouds in the sky, normally where we are at entails sunny days upon sunny days but since we are next to the ocean whenver a storm occurs we will get rain.
"Are you trying to tell me that you know what the weather will be like in the future?" She asks, if I said yes I would be in trouble because how could a mere mortal like me know the weather.
"Of course not, I am just simply making an educated guess." I say giving her a smile, my smiles so far have hidden daggers behind them but right now this one is more gentle. If I had to give my opinion on it, I would say this is the scariest smile I have given out to date. All my earlier smiles the person could feel my intentions but this one hid all of my intentions.
"An educated guess coming from an uneducated woman? Well I don't really take your words seriously then." Mother-in-law says her face going neutral.
"Are you saying you are more educated than me?" I ask her, I know her answer is going to be yes.
"Of course, you can't even read." She says and pauses before continuing, "I can at least read Yanto."
"Of course, an uneducated woman like me could never read." I say smiling at her looking around the room some more, she has a few instruments. In my original life I got good at playing multiple instruments but I rarely took much more interest than that in them.
"Yes..." She says leaving a silence so thick it was hard to cut through it. "You are staring at my instruments, don't even think about learning to play them. You failed at it when you first came in."
"Hm... well that was probably because I wasn't interested at the time." I say giving off a bored expression, "Don't worry I am still not interested, they look boring to play."
"Something about you now annoys me more than before... I think it's the way you treat everybody as if they are dirt under your feet." She sudden says the words that have been going unspoken since I got here.
"That's because you are the dirt below my feet."
"Hm... well I guess you must have hit your head." Mother-in-law says grabbing a tea set and secretly slips some herbs in.
"Mizuki, I just got this amazing tea from the south. It is simply delicious, you should try some." She says putting a cup out for me and pouring some for me. The tea seems to look like black tea, but then smell obviously shows that it has been tampered with. I think she put in some herbs that cause sleepiness, I feel the mind and body instantly snatch this information from the spirit. Obviously Mizuki has never seen this type of tea and wouldn't be aware of any faults. This is just an elaborate test set up by Mother-in-law.
"Smells unique, though I don't think tea that looks like this should smell like this." I say taking a sniff, I didn't need to do this but obviously Mizuki doesn't notice the small details very well.
"Yes, why don't you take a sip." She urges me, what does she even want to do. I begin to listen to the outside of the room, I need to see if somebody will hear me fall and stop Mother-in-law from harming me.
Hana is breathing outside the door and it appears Katsuro is still sitting in front of the tree. I smile and take a sip of the tea, I resist the urge to spit it out. I mean come on! This stuff is weaker than the stuff from the future, what is she trying to be, subtle?!
"Tastes good, to bad it seems too herby. I might add less herbs next time." I say giving my critique, it was worth it. She instantly widened her eyes and her face began to snarl.
"Well then why did you drink it?"
"It would be a waste to not drink such rare tea, now would it not?" I ask giving her another gentle smile. I think I figured out her plan, She probably plans to blame my sickness on being away from family and send me to my house. Using this time of vulnerability she will try to assassinate me because my husband, Katsuro, doesn't plan on marrying a wife who will be Mother-in-laws puppet.
"Yes, it would be." She says calming herself down. I think she is trying to reassure her that I will not get in the way of her plans to kill me. I mean come on, why would I not get in her way. Nobody just sits down and allows themselves to die when their opponent is as obvious as this.
My vision begins to fade and I feel my strength begin to exit my body. I look and see Mother-in-law smile, I wonder if instead of my blood joining her walls it will be her greed that adds her blood to her wall.
Mizu: ... Finished, wonder what I am going to do with myself today...