Ren's POV:-

We all sat down in the meeting-room. Jugo-sama was in his usual seat .I was sitting between nii-san and nee-san and dad and Kirika-sama were opposite to us.I was really happy than nii-san had come back, I'm sure that he had a good reason for leaving us.I looked up at my older brother as he eyed everyone in the room and then at nee-san, who was showing no reaction at all as she saw her father . It was almost as if she was mentally telling him something ,then Jugo-sama cleared his throat, instantly grabbing everyone's attention .I wish I knew how he does that.

"First of all, It's good to have you back, Kazuma..."

Nee-san snorted ,which earned quite a few curious stares from Kirika-sama,nii-san and dad.I would have been surprised too if this was 4 years ago ,but me , Jugo-sama and Nee-san's two friends have acknowledged the fact that when it comes to nii-san ,now-a-days nee-san is practically unable to show any respect for anyone who tries to defend him or even say anything good about him,not even her father . Normally ,Jugo-sama would have commanded her to behave properly with his authority ,but instead he just sighed and went on as if nothing happened .

"...May I ask for what reason why you had to leave for so long?"

Nii-san answered after giving a suspicious look

"I had something I needed to take care of.A contact of mine gave me some important information and I needed to leave that night itself. As for what it was ,I'd prefer to keep it to myself...It's...personal."

Nii-san's voice became a bit low and everyone in the room became silent .We all knew what, or rather who he was talking about. As I expected , nee-san's fist loosened but she seemed sympathetic ,as if she understood what he was going through. She broke the silence in a manner that we all needed.

"Alright ,so you took care of business and then got bored and decided to drop by and make some easy cash because the everyone else began to grow brains and realised that hiring you meant certain bankruptcy ?"

Nii-san gave a amused smile while the tension in the noticeably disappeared from the room, even dad had a small smirk on his face.(how come I can't smirk like that,It's so unfair .Everyone else can do it.).

"No ,princess,I only managed to finish everything one month ago, and quite a lot of people still wish to hire me"

"The world is mostly made of idiots,rich and poor"

"Need I remind you that your father had hired me as well"

"Nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes ,those who hardly ever make any ,tend to make big ones when they do"

"Well,do you consider getting your butt saved multiple times a mistake?"Oh no.

"WELL,PERSONALLY I THINK...,"

"Nee-san,Nii-san ,Jugo-sama was going to say something ,wasn't he"I quickly intervened .

Nii-san looked at my panicking face while nee-san tried to regain control of her she looses it now Kirika-sama would become fried-chicken.

"Father..."huh.

"...I'm quite certain that you can give your 'good to have you back' speech without me ,And I'm also certain that everyone here can have a more wonderful reunion if I'm not here. Therefore, with your permission I would like to skip this particular meeting"

All eyes were on Jugo-sama .Everyone's thoughts were apparent on they're faces. There's no way that...

"Understood ,you may leave."

Everyone was shocked,even me. Nee-san simply got up ,bowed and proceeded to leave .But my dad could not keep quiet.

"This is preposterous ,you are acting like a spoiled brat ,Ayano"

"Genma..."

"Don't bother ,father..."

Her tone was sarcastic ,as if calling her a spoiled brat was funny somehow.

"...Uncle Genma doesn't realise that my presence here is just a burden"

Nii-san's head whipped around in an instant ,just to see the door slam shut behind nee-san's retreating back. Instantly ,for some reason ,the room felt colder.

"Jugo,letting Ayano act like this is completely against kannagi protocol ,you must..."

Jugo-sama raised his right hand to silence dad.

"Please Genma ,my actions were not as the head of the kannagi clan but as Ayano's father..."

He turned to face dad.

"...and in my perspective , that has more importance right now."

Dad's eyes widened and it was as if he and Jugo-sama were sharing some kind of secret .

"...understood."My dad replied.

"Well then ,I see that quite a bit occurred while I was gone. If my presence here is not welcome ,I will understand ."nii-san stated.

I turned with anxious eyes ,pleading inside that no one tells nii-san to leave .Jugo-sama simply looked at him with a simple yet sad smile.

"Kazuma ,I am certain that none of the people in this room wish for you to ...you are right in saying that some things have changed ,..especially with Ayano .Due to a certain reason,I cannot give you back your old job,but if you choose to accept ,you can have the job of being Ren's bodyguard ."

My fists clenched tightly .I still wasn't used to this. Although ,having nii-san around would be better than those uncles I have to go on missions with when nee-san's too busy .My eyes widened at a sudden realisation.

"Well ,I accept provided the pay's just as good .Guess Ren's finally taking on missions himself ,huh."

"WAIT!..."

I jumped up before I could help eyes turned towards me ,they probably didn't think that I'd oppose to having nii-san watch over me, but... it just felt wrong .'like ...like...'I looked at all the people in the looking at me, everyones eyes showed surprise while nii-san's had a hint of ,I think worry in them .'...like I'm stealing nee-san's life.'

I felt a hand on mine and saw nii-san looking at me, asking what was wrong without words ,almost mentally telling me that he wouldn't take the job if he didn't want him to.I felt a surge of anger boil inside 'Why couldn't he have been nicer to her? Why couldn't he have told us before he left?'

My energy began to increase and I felt an urge to destroy something with my flame.I saw nii-san's eyes widen as he recognised the energy leaking from me.I heard dad let out a sigh as he said

"Go on Ren...let it out"

I closed my eyes and focused on letting the flame mould around my hand as I let out an yell.

"ENRHIHA MATERIALISE."

When I opened my eyes I saw in my hands the sword I had admired for so long ,the sword that pushed my emotions to the extreme, gave me more power and at the same time, made me feel like a thief because in my mind ,this sword doesn't belong to me.

"...Ren...has enrhiha?"

I looked at my brother feeling ashamed at myself for trying to blame him for all that's happened .He didn't do anything wrong.

Jugo-sama cleared his throat to get nii-san's attention.

"It is as you think ,Kazuma. Ayano renounced her title and enrhiha one year ago. Ren Is the current heir to the Kannagi clan.".

Hope you liked it . Feedback is much appreciated. And in response to a review I had recieved from animelover2483 , Sorry but the romance will become apparent only after quite a few chapters .