Notes:
I'm sure that the next chapter will leave you wanting to know more about this fic. Most of all, it might leave you wanting to know more about Yurika and Yuudai's birth.
Anyway, I hope you like it.
Here a character will appear that you may not have expected.
An apology if there are any mistakes, I am translating it before leaving town
Chapter 07. Conversations with teacups and crows
Why is a raven like a writting-desk?
-Lewis Carol
July 13.
In another part of the city, in a luxurious residence.
02:00 p.m.
Yuta was still in Kyoto, his case was really getting too complicated and the murders of sorcerers did not stop.
This new victim was murdered in his own home.
"And with this death we add one more to the list of sorcerers brutally murdered by that mysterious murderer and all within a period of no more than 10 days" said Katsumoto sighing and looking at the crime scene they had arrived at, "With this one we now have a total of six victims"
"Although it seems that this one did try to fight for his life with all his strength to avoid being killed" commented another assistant, looking at how this victim had wounds on his hands, and had even lost several fingers.
"We have to admit that this sorcerer was the one who ended up in the worst way"
That victim was a male in his early 30s. He was of the first degree. And his technique served especially to confuse his adversary, since with his cursed energy he could distort the time and forms of the place where he would be.
That sorcerer had served the academy for years and above all was a lapdog for the top brass in its worst days.
Yuta looked at that corpse bathed in blood, it was completely decapitated with a perfect line all over the neck and also had an opening in the chest, since his heart had been ripped out.
"I feel that I have seen him before somewhere else..." commented Yuta looking at the victim's head.
"His name was Haruto Yamazaki, apparently this sorcerer was an informant. He studied at the Jujutsu academy, you may remember him because at the time you entered the academy back in 2017, this sorcerer was in his fourth year" commented Katsumoto reading the report.
"Yes, but I feel that I had also seen him somewhere else in more recent years..." Yuta really felt that he had already seen that sorcerer somewhere else, perhaps a little before what happened with Maki at that train station.
But perhaps I would remember that more clearly at another time.
"Anyway, it's the same scene, no witnesses and the killer's same mode of operation. Attack the throat and then give him a fatal stab in the heart" commented Yuta looking at the scene, "But what relationship did he have with the other four sorcerers? I really don't understand it and by the way, I feel that we are missing something" he said walking stealthily to see if he detected any residual energy.
"This case is getting too complicated, and more so because it seems that not all the victims are connected to each other and incidentally the time between each one was too short" said Katsumoto reading the previous reports.
Again, something caught Yuta's attention among the blood strewn about the room and that was a crow feather.
That piece was the sixth crime scene he had visited.
"This is very strange..." commented Yuta squatting down and looking closely at that feather.
"Sir, look at this..." stammered Katsumoto, calling Yuta's attention, who approached where his assistant was pointing.
"It is the corpse of a crow" commented one of the forensic experts, who was taking photographs of the evidence.
The animal had a wound in its chest, which could have caused its immediate death.
"What's a crow doing here?" wondered Kasumoto, very puzzled.
Yuta put his hand to his chin as he analyzed it all.
"Does this animal give off any trace of cursed energy?" asked Katsumoto, watching the animal being placed in a bag.
"It's a little confusing, but I do feel a very faint trace coming from that crow" Yuta replied.
"We will know for sure once we analyze it completely in the laboratory. We will send you the results in the evening" commented the forensic scientist.
Yuta sighed and closed his eyes in frustration. This case was eating at his mind.
03:10 p.m.
Yuta and Kasumoto left that crime scene and decided to go to eat at a cafeteria very close to the shopping mall where ten days before they met Yurika and Yuudai.
Yuta could not stop thinking about those children and it showed in his countenance, which looked nostalgic.
"I wonder if those twins are all right and if they're not getting into trouble" he whispered as a waitress brought them the dishes they had ordered.
A chicken baguette for Katsumoto and a hamburger for Yuta. Yuta smiled a little at the sight of the dish as he remembered both Maki and the two children.
"Is everything all right my lord?" asked Katsumoto as he watched Yuta stare at his food and a smile appeared on his face.
"It is, I just had a faint memory, that's all" commented Yuta before taking the first bite of his hamburger.
"Does that memory have to do with Maki zenin? Or with those two twins he met a few weeks ago?" asked Katsumoto without taking his eyes off his boss.
"I'd say a little of both" Yuta took a second bite of his burger and took a drink. "Maki loved hamburgers and apparently both Yurika and Yuudai love them too, from what they told me, this is their favorite food" he sighed.
Katsumoto swallowed as he heard those names.
"By the way..." Yuta's countenance now looked very serious, "Katsumoto, how is your investigation going about what I sent you to ask about the Zenin sisters?" he asked coldly.
Katsumoto drank some of the tea he had ordered to try to unblock his throat. The fear Yuta was giving his on the subject made his shiver.
"I" he loosened his tie a little.
"I've found a lead on the whereabouts of one of the Zenin
twins, sir. But I was thinking of going down there this afternoon to find out if the information I've found is true so I could share it with you"
"Really?, What new information did you find out?" Yuta's eyes lit up.
"As I said sir, I still can't share with you what I found because I don't want to give you false information and I don't want to take you to the wrong place, that's why I first want to go there personally to verify first hand that what I found is true" he said seriously looking at his boss straight in the face.
Yuta felt like his heart was going to burst out of his chest with what the assistant was saying.
But he also did not want to get his hopes up in vain.
"Okay, I trust you Katsumoto" commented the sorcerer with a smile.
Yuta looked towards the window and his gaze focused on a girl and a boy who were crossing the street holding their parents' hands. Those four looked too happy as they continued walking down that street that was decorated due to the floats that had passed by at noon due to the Gion Matsumi.
The sorcerer sighed with nostalgia at the sight of that scene. For he had always longed to have a family.
"Sir, is something wrong? Did you see anyone you know?" asked the assistant.
Yuta sighed as he watched the family walk away.
"I'm not going to lie to you Katsumoto. Right now I'm thinking too much about Yurika and Yuudai. And more than as I said, I felt a strange connection with them" He sigh. "I'd really like to see them again and more than that this case makes me worried. I'm afraid that that murderer will go after the relatives of those two, that's why I must hurry to solve this case and catch that wretch" he said watching as that family of four walked away from there.
Katsumoto also watched the scene. He pursed his lips and put his hand on his personal tablet on the table.
He wanted to tell his boss that he had also found super important information about those twins. Katsumoto had finally found their surnames. And by the way, he seemed to have found the names of the parents of those two.
"Sir…" Kasumoto was trying to get the courage to tell Yuta what he had discovered about those children.
"Yes?" Yuta looked at his assistant.
Katsumoto did not have the courage to tell him of his discovery.
"Would you like to order anything else?" He asked, putting the tablet aside and picking up the menu.
Yuta smiled a little.
"Yes, I would like to order one more dish"
04:00 p.m.
After finishing lunch.
Katsumoto and Yuta decided to separate.
The assistant would go to check the information he had found about Maki Zenin in a cemetery in the traditional part of Kyoto.
In the meantime, Yuta decided to go explore the city some more. This was to clear his mind because he was finding the case of the sorcerer killer very difficult to solve.
The clues didn't add up, the subjects seemed to have no connection to each other and the feathers and the corpse of that crow was a very strange point in the investigation.
Something in this case was wrong and he had no idea what it could be.
So while receiving the report from the forensic sorcerers. Yuta decided to walk around.
As the twins had told his, at that time of the year the Gion Matsuri was taking place, which was a festival that lasted the whole month of July and many streets in both the old and modern neighborhoods were filled with colors and decorations. As well as filled with people. Both residents and tourists who went to enjoy the daily festivals.
The main attraction, which took place at noon, consisted of a parade of floats, which had already concluded hours before.
But by that time in the afternoon, the festivities were not over.
You could see people coming out and starting to set up the little food, games and candy stands along the streets where the traditional street parties were held.
Yuta bought some sweets to eat on the way while he continued exploring that part of the city where he had arrived, until he began to enter a residential area with modern houses.
The sorcerer kept walking until he realized that he had lost his way in the quiet streets.
He took out his cell phone and looked at the time, it was five minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon and the sun would not take long to start setting.
Yuta kept walking, until he stopped on a street where there were many beautiful houses but no one could be seen passing by.
"Where will I be? I think I saw a playground around here, I guess I could ask for directions there" commented Yuta taking out his cell phone and trying to understand his GPS.
"But where should I go down?" he said to himself, scratching his head.
But at that moment. Shouts caught his attention, those voices made his heart beat with joy.
"Yuta kun!" was the voice of two children he recognized quite well.
Yuta turned around excitedly and there, behind him were Yurika and Yuudai. They were wearing cute casual clothes.
"Yurika? Yuudai?" he asked with a big smile.
Those children ran to embrace him. Proving that this was not an illusion or a dream.
The twins' wish had come true.
"Seeing Yuta Okkotsu again."
Half an hour ago.
Meanwhile in a modern house.
04:30 p.m.
"Grandma Yuki!" shouted the twins with great joy when they saw the blonde enter the door of their house.
They both ran to greet her.
"I told them not to call me grandmother!" Yuki pouted "I'm almost the same age as your mother" she lied and smiled as she bent down to look at those two, "You'd better call me Aunt Yuki! Or Yuki one san!" she commented caressing their cheeks.
Maki rolled her eyes at the sorceress's comments, crossed her arms and smiled at seeing her children very obedient whit that woman, to whom they also owed their lives in one way or another.
"It's okay, Aunt Yuki!" Yuudai said with a smile.
"Yuki one san!" commented Yurika waving her little hands.
She stood up. "Good children, that's what I like to be called" Yuki smiled and stroked their black hair.
"But look how big you are now! I still remember when you two were babies!" she waved her hands as if she was cooing to a baby, "I still remember you as little as that"
Both children only laughed at the sorceress's movements.
Yuki continued speaking, "And tell me, do curses still bother you? Or do you already know how to defend yourselves from them" she asked curiously.
"They do keep bothering us from time to time!" Yuudai pouted.
"But Mom and Papa Gumi promised that very soon they will teach us how to defend ourselves against them!" said Yurika, waving her little hands happily.
"Very good! Then I'll teach them how to hit curses someday, too!" Yuki winked at those two. Making those kids laugh a little and look at each other.
"Tsukumo san, would you like something to drink?" said Maki, "Are you planning to stay here in the city for a few days? I say it because Megumi and the others said they would come until tomorrow to spend the first night of Yoiyama together, I say it in case you want to join us" she said looking at her guest.
"Yes and thank you, I would like some tea and maybe I will just stay these three nights here in Kyoto before leaving the country" Yuki looked seriously at Maki
"And the main reason for my visit, besides coming to see how you were, is because I want to talk to you Maki san" she commented making a quick sign with her head - I would like to tell you something 'important' but in private"
Seeing that language of those adults, Yurika and Yuudai each took their mother's hands and started jumping up and down happily. Both children had a feeling that someone important to them was nearby and they wanted to go and say hello.
"Mommy! Mommy! Can we go play in the park?" asked Yurika, jumping up and down.
"Yurika and I promise to behave ourselves!" Yuudai said, making puppy eyes.
"I don't know, you know I don't like them to go to the park alone" commented Maki, looking at her children seriously.
"But we want to go and play with our friends before the festival starts!" pleaded Yurika.
"Please, Mommy! Will you let us go? Yes?" commented Yuudai, making puppy eyes and clasping his little hands together.
"We promise we'll only go to the park and we won't go near the festival until daddy Gumi and my uncles arrive tomorrow!" Yurika pleaded, making puppy eyes and clasping her little hands together.
"We won't go near the festival, we promise! And We won't go near curses!" Yuudai pleaded, "Yes, Mommy? Will you let us go?"
Maki crossed her arms over her chest, a mother's instinct telling her that the best thing to do was to keep them from going out at that moment. But she also didn't want them to hear what she had to talk to Yuki about.
"Let them go Maki, besides they are children, they deserve to explore the world in their own way" intervened Yuki stroking the hair of those two, "You know that this area is very safe, besides, I don't think anything will happen to them, and by the way so you and I can catch up" she commented with a smile.
Maki sighed. She knew she should talk to Yuki.
"Okay, They have my permission to go to the park but they will only go for two hours. I want you back before the sun goes down completely, so I want you back by seven o'clock and I don't want you to go with strangers and I don't want you to go after the curses either"
"We promise!" these two said in chorus.
"All right children, go play in the park, your mother and I have some things to catch up on. I'll come get they in a little while" said Yuki with a big smile.
"Thank you Mommy!"
"Thank you Aunt Yuki!"
Maki bent down to embrace her children and kiss them each on the cheek.
"Be careful. Ok?"
"We'll be back for dinner time!" said Yurika running to the front door.
"We'll be back at seven o'clock! We promise!" said Yuudai running after his sister.
Once both children left the house, they quickly headed to the park.
04:55 p.m.
For some strange reason, those twins felt the need to go a certain way because they felt they would find someone special to them.
Both children first turned left and went down a street that was very close to the main avenue.
Then they went to the right and went down another street that led straight to the park, this because they felt the cursed energy of someone very special around that area.
It seemed that the phrase "blood calls" was coming true.
And there on that street near the park was that black-haired man, with whom both children had felt an immediate and special connection.
The one who was her savior weeks ago.
"Which way should I go down?" said Yuta to himself, scratching his head.
"Yuta san!" said both children in chorus, making him turn to look at them.
Both children were so happy to see him again that they ran to hug him.
05:05 p.m.
Once those two children were out the door, those two women went to the kitchen to talk.
Yuki sat in one of the chairs they had at the small table for four people in the middle of the kitchen.
"What news do you have from Mai?" asked Maki returning to the table and pouring the hot water into the cups she had prepared for her and her guest.
Yuki sighed at such a question as Maki took a seat across from her.
"Things within that infernal clan are getting very difficult for her, this because she has not been able to give them an heir and by the way, she is being exploited to create cursed tools and weapons for them" Yuki began to explain.
"And my informant, who is still inside that residence, told me that Mai recently had another miscarriage, with this loss, that's three miscarriages in three years." Yuki took her cup in her hands and blew carefully "I don't know how to name this phenomenon but apparently she can't conceive"
"Do you think it has something to do with the birth of Yurika and Yuudai? Do you think what happened "that day" has something to do with my celestial restraint getting stronger and that also made Mai's technique sharper?" asked Maki, a bit worried about her twin sister's situation.
"My hypothesis is that yes, all this has something to do with what happened on the day of your delivery" said Yuki staring at Maki.
"I'd really like to investigate all this further but because Naoya and the others within the clan won't let anyone else near Mai, it complicates everything." She grunt a little.
"Since that conceited man became the leader, I've had a harder time keeping track of her in the face of this strange phenomenon" Yuki sipped some of her tea before continuing to speak.
"But my main assumption is that the bond, or rather the restraint that inhibited theis true natures, between the two of you was broken that day when you gave birth"
Yuki went on to explain.
"Mai's power could have been strengthened by what happened during your "death" during your gave birth. That alone would explain why her power to build and bring to reality weapons and objects was strengthened a hundred percent, although depending on the weapon she tries to create, it is the amount of energy she consumes and within that clan they exploit her too much with that subject"
Yuki sighed, put down her cup of tea and put her elbows on the table as she continued talking.
"It's as if at the moment of your death for several minutes, she had absorbed what little cursed energy you possessed. But you, unlike her, at your "resurrection," your binding strengthened to the degree that I had Toji Zenin in my records" She put her hands to her face for a moment.
"It's a very strange phenomenon to explain, but the fact that you "died" somehow made both of you stronger. But the big difference here is that she can't create life and you were able to sire two babies without any problem."
She moved her hands as if it were a scale.
"She with a lot of cursed energy but with fertility problems and you being too fertile but without a drop of cursed energy, doesn't that sound a bit ironic to you" Yuki commented, staring at her hostess.
Maki sighed in frustration.
"I need to rescue Mai from that shitty place!" she stood up angrily from her chair. "Although all this has not been easy for me either, especially now that my children are already seeing curses" She put a hand to her forehead out of frustration knowing that her sister was going through hell with the Zenin clan.
Maki was not having an easy time at all. Every day trying to pay off her debt to Mei Mei and managing her household expenses, as well as caring for and educating her children, made it very difficult for her to save money to pay Mai's ransom.
"We'll figure out a way to get her out of there. For the moment we can't do anything. But I know there must be a solution to this problem, especially because her sacrifice is not being in vain, she is doing it to protect both you and her nephews" said Yuki looking for something in her bag.
"Speaking of your children, is there any clue yet as to which clan they inherited their techniques from? Have they not yet shown signs of having any cursed technique?" asked the special grade sorceress, taking out her notebook from her bag, ready to write down the new observations of that case.
Yuki was still investigating everything related to celestial restraints and ever since she learned that Maki was pregnant, that case had fascinated this special grade sorceress.
"Although I must say that the energy they give off is already perceptible from the moment you are a few centimeters away from them, although I feel that one of your children gives off more energy than the other. But we will find that out with time" commented the blonde looking at Maki.
The mother of those two shook her head.
"But I have a feeling that maybe one of them has the reverse curse technique. More specifically, I think Yuudai is the one who inherited that technique"
"Why do you suspect Yuudai? And why that particular technique?"
"Because the other day, there was a mishap here in the house with a little curse and they both had scratches on their arms and legs. The surprising thing was that the next day Yuudai didn't have those little wounds and Yurika did. So I have a feeling he inherited that technique unless he still has one more. Besides, he was the first one to see curses a few months before Yurika could do it too" explained Maki sipping her tea.
"Interesting, maybe that he saw curses before his sister did is because he was born almost dead" said Yuki noting those answers, "And what about Yurika?, Do you notice any clues about whether or not she inherited any technique?"
Maki brought her hand to her chin.
"I have yet to notice any specific technique from her. But I'm afraid she might have inherited one from the Zenin clan" she sighed.
"Yurika is a very outgoing girl, she doesn't seem to be a Zenin at all with her sweet and cheerful character" said Yuki with a smile.
She continued to write down.
"And currently, How do you perceive their cursed energies? Can they detect you?" asked the blonde with interest.
"No, they don't detect me at all . I checked that the other day" Maki took a sip of her tea "And about their energies..." she sighed "There are days that I feel that they completely resemble Yuta's energy..." she stroked her forearm a little.
Yuki noticed how Maki's countenance changed to one of sadness at the man's name.
"Speaking of Okkotsu..."
Maki slowly turned to look at her as the blonde continued talking.
" don't know if you've already heard, although I doubt Mei has already told you, but it is my duty to warn you that Okkotsu is back in Japan."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Maki's eyes widened in surprise, she felt her heart leap out of her chest when she heard the news.
"I said that Yuta Okkotsu is back in Japan after seven years"
Maki forced her throat to be able to speak once more "And what did that asshole come back for" she sounded furious.
"From what I have been told by my informants at headquarters, he was called to solve a case where "someone" is killing sorcerers who curiously served the Zenin clan and the academy years ago" Yuki commented, looking at Maki's behavior.
Maki pursed her lips at such words. It even seemed as if her breath had been cut off by that last answer, but she tried to keep a calm face.
"And I guess that "murderer" is you, isn't it?" Yuki looked seriously at Maki, "And I guess all this has to do with what they did seven years ago, right?" she asked observing how Maki didn't even flinch.
Maki took another sip of her drink before speaking. "I am" she admitted without hesitation, " But you of all people in this world, you know that I have my reasons for killing all of them"
"I know and I'm not going to stand in your way at all" Yuki sighed, "Just try not to get caught. Although you know that sooner or later the truth always comes out."
Maki stared at the blonde who was still talking.
"Anyway, whatever happens, you know that I will only advocate for Yurika and Yuudai" She turned her eyes to her notebook, "Now, let's continue with the questions about your children" she smiled a little to change the subject.
06:30 p.m.
After Yuta and the twins met on that street.
Those three spent a pleasant time together in that park.
The afternoon was being perfect and even the sky was already covering with its orange tones. Making for a nice warm family scene.
"Seriously, I'm too surprised that we met again" said Yuta while those two little ones were playing on the slide.
"We're surprised too!" Yurika commented, climbing back into the slide. Climbing carefully up those steps.
"We are sure that the gods granted our wish!" Yuudai commented with a smile as he went down the slide.
"Their Wish?" asked Yuta curiously.
Those kids just looked at him and laughed a little, that made Yuta understand what those two were referring to.
"Oh! I understand, their wish was that we would meet again" he smiled.
"By the way Yuta kun! Have you found the person you are looking for yet?" asked Yuudai climbing back up those steps to the slide.
"Did you find that woman you wanted to see so much?" asked Yurika, going down the slide.
Yuta sighed a little.
"Not yet, but I hope to hear from her very soon" he remembered what Katsumoto had told him about going to confirm something about the whereabouts of one of the Zenin's twins.
"Also, just today I was able to take a little break since I've been too busy with work. But I ended up getting lost in the city." he scratched his cheek lightly, "But thanks to that I saw you two again" he had a big smile on his lips.
Both children stood in front of him once they got off that slide.
"It must have been fate that made you get lost and come all the way here!" Yuudai said too cheerfully as he ran off to another game.
"We are also very happy to see you!" Yurika commented too happily, following her brother.
Both twins climbed onto a spinning sphere.
"Yuta kun, you should come to the Yoiyama tomorrow!" Yurika commented from inside the sphere.
"Yoiyama?" Yuta asked curiously as he caught up with them.
Both children began to turn the handlebars inside the sphere. But Yuta decided to help them by giving them some impulse from the outside.
That game reminded him slightly of when he and Rika played as children on a sphere similar to that one.
Both children laughed out loud at the speed. That laughter was so contagious that even Yuta started laughing along with them.
Once they began to slowly stop, the twins proceeded to explain.
"Yoiyama is a three-night festival held at the shrine in this área!" commented Yurika happily as they stopped.
"And at night there are Fireworks!" Yuudai commented happily, waving his little hands.
"Tomorrow night we are going to Yoiyama with our mother!" said Yurika excitedly.
"So we could introduce you to her! We've already told her about you!" Yuudai commented with a big smile.
"Our uncles and our dad are also coming, so you could also meet our whole family!" Yurika added.
Yuta smiled at the invitation. He thought it would be a good idea to meet the parents of the twins.
"I promise I'll look for them tomorrow at the festival"
"Yupi!" the twins celebrated in chorus.
At that moment, the children noticed that the sky was already acquiring its dark tones and the lamps were already being lit in that park.
Night would soon fall.
They had been having so much fun that they had completely forgotten about the time.
"Yuta san! Do you know what time it is?" asked Yurika.
"Let me see..." The sorcerer looked at his cell phone, "It's five minutes to seven o'clock at night."
"We must go!" Yuudai commented in a hurry.
"Mom said she wanted us home by seven o'clock!" his sister commented, jumping out of the sphere.
"If we don't get there quickly, he's going to scold us!" Yuudai commented, also getting off his game.
"Let me accompany their, the truth is that I'm worried about the two of you walking alone, especially when the night is falling, that's when most curses come out" commented Yuta with a smile, "And by the way, this way I can meet your mother once and for all"
"Of course, let's go!" commented Yurika taking Yuta's right hand.
"It's this way" Yuudai commented, taking the adult's left hand.
And so, Yuta began to walk with the two children to their house, which was not far from there.
As they were walking along, Yuta's attention was caught by a very particular noise.
Above them, on the light wires were several crows. They were squawking as they passed by.
"Crows..." said Yuta stopping to look at those animals.
Those birds that such feathers did not seem to fit the scenes of those crimes.
"Hello crows!" Yuudai greeted, waving his free hand.
"How cute they look on the wires!" said Yurika, looking at the crows on the wires.
This seemed too strange to Yuta, as it was very unusual for two children of his age to like these unlucky animals.
"Children, aren't you afraid of those animals?" Yuta asked curiously.
Both twins shook their heads.
"Not at all!"
"They are very skilled and intelligent animals. They are not as bad as people think" commented Yurika.
"Besides, some of them can become very obedient and can even help people" Yuudai commented with a smile.
Suddenly, the three of them watched as those crows flew away from there.
"Helping people? What do you mean by that?" asked Yuta curiously.
Both children nodded in agreement.
"We mean that sometimes crows can help find things or even help find other people" Yurika replied.
"People or things?" asked Yuta, too confused.
"Yes, Grandma Mei had one as a pet and she obeyed her in everything" Yuudai replied with a smile.
The three continued walking, while continuing to talk.
"-Your grandmother had a pet crow?" asked Yuta with some disbelief. That was very strange since such an animal is difficult to tame.
"Something like that" Yurika commented with a smile, "Actually, Grandma Mei was followed by several crows from time to time. Especially when we went out with her"
"Grandmother Mei taught us not to be afraid of them and more, as we said, they are very noble animals!" Yuudai answered.
"Even grandmother told us that in ancient times, some sorcerers and people used crows as "spies" or even used them as messengers, in order to send messages to each other without being discovered" answered Yurika.
All this began to catch Yuta's attention. That animal had to have some connection to those murders after all.
"Yuta San, we have arrived!" commented Yurika, moving the adult's hand a little to bring him out of his thoughts.
"That's our house!" Yuudai said excitedly.
After going around one more corner, the three had arrived at the twins' house.
That house was somewhat large and modern. It was two stories and seemed to have several rooms.
In front, it had a nice black fence that showed a little of the front garden on the left side and a large white wall on the right side, as well as a path to the main entrance full of pretty flowers and some lamps.
"You have a very nice home" said Yuta with a smile.
"Thank you!" answered both children in chorus, as they let go of the sorcerer's hands.
"Don't move from here Yuta kun!" said Yurika with a smile as they opened that gate and then ran towards the main gate that way.
"We'll call mom so she can meet you!" Yuudai replied, coming in behind his sister.
Both children entered the house with great excitement as the front door closed.
"Mommy, we're back!" they shouted and went inside without taking off their shoes.
"I'm in the kitchen!" they heard their mother's voice coming from that place at the back of their house.
While those children were going after their mother.
Yuta was still outside admiring the facade of that place.
The sorcerer sighed. Inwardly he longed to have a home like that.
A home that perhaps years ago he could have formed with Maki.
"I wonder where you are?" he whispered as he admired that house and remembered that girl.
Yuta began to hear footsteps. Even the voices of those children could be heard coming from the front door.
That knob turned. Suddenly a female voice caught the man's attention.
"Okkotsu Yuta!"
That voice said with surprise, making the man turn quickly to look at the woman.
Notes:
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Well, in case you are wondering, Yoiyama is a festival that takes place during the nights of July 14-16 and is a beautiful night festival.
And the Gion Matsuri, is the most important festival in Kyoto and is held throughout the month of July. It is held at Yasaka Shrine, which was built more than 1,350 years ago. The festival itself also dates back more than 1,000 years.
The original purpose of the Gion Matsuri was to pray for an end to a plague of disease in 869. The prayers were ordered by the emperor and those who prayed believed that the epidemic could be stopped if the gods were appeased with a purification ritual.
Anyway, as I decided to split the chapter in two, maybe next week I will upload the other part.
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