He woke up wit a strange sound.
Someone was knocking at the door. George looked at the clock and sighed. It was still night and he had at least six hour before waking up the house. He put a jacket with a pant and went to open. This attire made him look like a lumberjack. Luckily the sound only wake him up. He could hear the Du Couteau sleep.
They lack training... I guess i'll have to "talk" to them.
As he open the door he was greeted by a woman. She bowed to him and handed him a letter. She left without saying a word. George was a bit surprised. He opened it and read.
"To Mister Blacksteel George
Due to recent event , High summoner kolmine request your presence as soon as possible.
The office is located near the zen garden, a golem guard the door.
Cordially."
He understood they would contact him sooner or later but at this hour of the night, it was surprising. He went to the kitchen and made a a cold breakfast. He also wrote a note he put on the table. He didn't know if it would take long so he preferred to be prepared.
After making sure everything was ready, he went to get his usual outfit and left for kolmine office. He knew where it was since it was written in the letter. As he walked he noticed that the institute was lively at night.
He could see a few people walking and speaking. As he walked by the garden he spotted Shen. He was with a lady he never saw before. She had a purple outfit and black sphere were floating around them. From the vibes, he could tell they were lover. He remembered his time with his wife and smiled. Shen saw him and seeing the smiling George smiled. The young woman looked at shen than at George and smiled.
He waved at them and resumed his walk. On the way he also saw Draven and a young floating lady. Miss Buvelle if I remember well. He heard of here when he was still an assassin. Draven was different. He stopped to look at them and almost laughed. Draven wasn't speaking and was acting like a true gentleman. Miss buvelle was smiling and even without light, George could see she was blushing.
Draven saw him and put his finger in front of his mouth. George understood what he meant and gestured to him that he would say nothing. Draven was well know for being an eccentric. Always speaking of himself at the third person and speaking loudly. George was one the two person knowing of his true self. The second being miss Buvelle.
He left and finally saw the door. The golem was a giant made of fire. He was standing still and didn't react when george knocked.
"An instant."
He heard people inside and object being picked up. After a few minutes, the sound disappeared.
"Come in."
He opened the door. Inside A young woman was behind a desk while a young man was standing next to the desk, near the young woman. George saw that their gown were huffy and their face red. He kept his poker face and spoke.
"Bonsoir, I'm George Blacksteel. As you wished for, I came as soon as I received your letter."
The young woman coughed readjusted her clothes.
"Thank you. I'm sorry about the timing but I needed to be done as soon as possible. Ad you know we are an organization seeking to keep the world in some kind of "peace". We have warrior, assassin, healer working here with demon, monster and psychopath. While the first part is easy to handle, the second part need special care."
She handed him photo of jails and special rooms.
"But still, we manage to take care of them. We need your help for something else, something aven harder than the monster."
George smiled, he already understood what they were speaking about.
"We already had Miss karma helping us but they are driving her insane. We heard from her that you handled them rather well so I'll be clear. We want you to take are the the three girls two days a week. If you...3
"Avec plaisir."
Kolmine was astonished. She didn't expect it to be so fast. Still, she didn't wast time and took out a paper.
"We will need you to sign this. You'll have to take care of them on the first day of the week and the last one. It will give miss Karma time for herself."
He took the paper and signed it. He didn't mind taking care of young child and the fox girl. While they were energetic, it was normal since they were kids and young.
"Well... with this, our business is finished. You can leave."
He bowed.
"Très bien. If I may, summoner Davda, you should remove the … "trace" on your neck. While I understand why you "did it" here, you should keep it for the bedroom."
The two blushed, trying to explain themselves but George left before they could say anything, closing the door behind him. He smiled and thought.
"Such hypochisie, I did a lot more when I was younger."
He remembered of the time they were at the theater and he got a bit carried away. He loosened his necktie and sighed. Even now, it still shamed him to think about it.
He walked by the pond again but no one was here. He sat on a bench near the pond and smiled. This night was more lively than he wished. He looked at the fish when something make him look away. Something exploded. Soon after, a young girl with blue hair ran and hid behind him.
"Mister, hide me."
Not long after, two young woman and a few summoner came. He remembered the one with the rifle but the other was unknown to him. Almost all of them ran past him. Only Miss Caitlyn stopped.
"Sir, did you see a young girl? Blue hair, few clothes?"
He thought for a few second if he should tell her but advised against it.
"I'm sorry, Jeune femme, I didn't see her."
She nodded and ran to join her friends. When they got far enough, the young girl came out. She took off the dust she had on herself. Making sure she had nothing more on her, she looked at him and flashed a wide smile.
"THANK YOU MISTER!"
He smiled and covered his hears.
"Don't worry. You should calm down, if you keep screaming they will come back."
She titled her head. That's when he understood, the explosion surely made her temporary deaf. He was about to speak louder but she acted before he could do anything. She hugged him and left running, waving at him.
"My ho my."
He stood up and left for the manor. If he walked fast enough, he would be able to reach it before they would wake up. He fastened his pace and almost disappeared in the dark, his old habit of assassin kicking in. On the way, he saw a man in full armor with two big shuriken in his back walking hand in hand with a woman wearing green outfit.
When he finally reached the manor. A letter was pinned on the door. He took it and put it in his pocket. He had to wake the Du Couteau and couldn't read it right now.
-under a three shadow-
"He didn't read it..."
-Back to the manor.-
Katarina woke up early. She felt a shill down her spine on the night. As if someone was looking at her hatefully. The sound of a dagger stabbing on the door didn't help her to sleep. She saw someone ran away but couldn't see clearly. She was about to come out of her room when George came in.
"Uncle, can you come with me today, I want to go shopping today."
She looked at him, her eyes sparkling.
"As you wish Katie."
She smiled and went out of her bed. George left for the other rooms and woke up talon and cassiopea. They both told him about a bad dream they had. It was suspect since talon wasn't really one to dream or have nightmare.
They went down and joined katarina to take breakfast. George cleaned their room while they ate and opened the windows. After a few minutes, he went to his office and took out the report the maid sent him. Nothing worth mentioning happened.
He then went back to the kitchen and began to clean everything, seeing that they all finished their breakfast. He then looked at the clock and went at the front. Katarina was waiting for him.
The day went rather fast. They walked trough the institute looking for daggers and jewels. Sometime, Katarina would stop by a pushing machine and try to beat the best score. After hours, they finally went back to the manor.