Notes:

Hello everyone! Here vera with one more chapter of this fic before the end of March❤

Before I continue, I just want to quickly tell you that I decided to divide the chapter in two, this because in this first part, I wanted to focus the attention on certain clues that will be important for the plot of the new sorcerer killer.

Also, I wanted to focus on one of the skills that Yurika and Yuudai have, which will be essential for a very important event that will take place in the future in this story.

Without further ado, enjoy the chapter❤

Chapter 15. Tricks

"Curiosity killed the cat."

11:00 p.m.

"Mommy, we're back!" Yurika shouted excitedly once she entered the foyer.

"Mom, we're home!" Yuudai shouted.

Both children took off their shoes and quickly grabbed their slippers to run inside to find their mother.

"Mom, we have a surprise for you!" commented Yurika excitedly as she looked for her mother.

"Mom?" Yuudai asked in surprise once he reached the living room.

They even quickly peeked into the kitchen, but Maki wasn't there either.

Both children could not feel their mother as, unfortunately, she had no damned energy.

The three adults who accompanied the twins came in behind them and were also surprised not to see Maki at that moment.

Tsumiki went up to the second floor along with Yurika and Yuudai, both ran to look for their mother, but she wasn't up there either.

"Did she go out?" asked Yuta, surprised not to see her there.

"it is strange that she did not warn us that she was going out" Megumi answered as he took out his cell phone to check if he had any messages from her, while he went back to check the kitchen.

"Where did she go?" Yuta asked.

"I don't know, but to some extent it's normal for him to do this from time to time. I'll go check the courtyard, maybe he's out there" commented Megumi, disappearing down the corridor.

Instead, Yuta stayed in the livin room.

Something had caught his attention in that space. Aand that had been two cups of tea.

Both cups had been used recently and incidentally, they were empty but with traces of what appeared to be tea, plus on one of them, you could notice a faint line on its rim left by a red lipstick.

Next to those cups, there were two notebooks, one appeared to be a planner and the other a simple notebook.

Yuta felt a strange trace of residual energy coming from that part of the room. Especially from the teacup with the lipstick.

That cursed energy felt quite familiar now that he analyzed it, it was as if he had felt it somewhere else before. It also looked like someone had been sitting in those armchairs for a long time.

Curiosity got the better of Yuta for an instant. So he approached that part of the room where two people had definitely been drinking and talking.

But as he got closer to that area, he mistakenly hit that small table with his knee and knocked over those two notebooks.

He quickly bent down to pick them up, but noticed that both the notebook had opened to a particular page and the other notebook had flipped open to a page full of text.

From that notebook full of text, some photographs also emerged, most of which fell face down.

Yuta picked up the first notebook, his curiosity causing him to take a quick glance at those leaves where they had opened as they fell.

The agenda had fallen open on a sheet that had the date July 22 of the current year enclosed in a red circle next to the words "Deadline day, meet target and mission."

Date to arrive in four days.

That seemed a bit confusing to Yuta, but even so, they say curiosity killed the cat, so he decided to take a quick look at the agenda to find out what else was written in it.

The other dates on the calendar were riddled with notes. Some written in black ink, which seemed to recall simple tasks such as "Buy pantry," "Take uniforms to dry cleaners," "Parent meeting at school," "call Tsumiki," etc.

Other notations were in blue and purple, which seemed to highlight important events for each twin such as; "Take Yurika to her soccer practice" and "Yuudai's medical appointment at 11 a.m.".

In this way, that agenda became a visual map of time, with each color representing a type of activity.

But Yuta was quickly struck by how the date of July 13 was marked in red ink. Perhaps something important had also happened that day to be marked with that blood color.

Yuta came to the conclusion that that notebook must be Maki's agenda, as he recognized her handwriting perfectly even after seven years.

After one more glance, the sorcerer's attention was drawn to the other notebook that was still lying at his feet.
He bent down, picked it up and noticed that this one was also riddled with text.

As he read the page where it had been opened, he noticed that it seemed to be an itinerary, since it had timetables written on it, and between the crossings out, there were some light words.

July 11.

11:10 a.m. H.Y. went out to have breakfast with some clients. Although his usual time for breakfast is 10:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m. /
There was a big black spot that did not let you see what they had written.

12:39 p.m. I walk through the neighborhood. He always carries a traditional red umbrella.

01:45 p.m. He Return home for some documents.

He is always home alone, leaving the back door half open for his cat.

Eliminate the cat first. It said blurredly.

06:45 p.m. He Went for a run.

07:50 p.m. /

The whole thing looked like an itinerary of someone with the initials H.Y.

This was too strange for Yuta.

Curiosity led the man to turn the page, on the next page there were also initials, but with the date marked July 14.

Now it seemed to describe the itinerary, but of a woman.

10:16 a.m. she goes shopping at the supermarket near her house.

She buy very basic things that day.

12:50 p.m. That idiot went to visit her
It said between scratches.

02:57 p.m. she goes for a walk near the temple.

08:00 p.m. /

And like the previous itinerary, there were too many parts crossed out.

"What would Maki want something like this for?" - He turned the page, "Now that I think about it, what does she do for a living?" he asked himself mentally as he read a few more lines of that other itinerary. He was especially struck by the dates written at the bottom of the pages, which were highlighted in red.

Dates that to that sorcerer were quite familiar with the case he was investigating.

And when Yuta was about to take a quick glance at a more current sheet of paper and pick up and look at those photographs that were still lying on the floor, a voice startled him.

"Until they arrived!" was Maki's voice, which sounded very annoyed by the time.

Yuta gave a slight jump of fright, since at no time did he hear her enter, much less feel when she stood behind him.

The sorcerer quickly closed that notebook and mistakenly stepped on those photographs. He turned quickly to Maki, who was still behind him with a pose of pure annoyance, her hands folded on her chest.

"-Why didn't I feel or hear her come in?" he asked himself mentally, very surprised at how she had appeared so out of nowhere. -It's as if she no longer had a drop of cursed energy..." that seemed very strange to him as he analyzed her from head to toe"

Now that he thought about it, Yuta noticed that Maki looked different. As if she was no longer the same as she remembered seven years ago.

Maki's eyes widened in surprise to see that he was flipping through her notebooks. Then her brows furrowed in anger.
"And by the way, it's rude to look through other people's things!" she scolded and stretched out her hand for him to return her things.

Yuta quickly picked up those photographs, which he did not have time to review and so he hurriedly put them in a notebook and then handed them to Maki.

"I'm sorry, they fell on the floor and I was just picking them up" he apologized.

"Okkotsu, I ask you "nicely" not to take my personal things again, especially those that have to do with my work!" she snatched those notebooks from him.

At that moment, two pairs of arms came around her from her sides. Her children quickly embraced her.

"We were looking for you, Mommy!" Yurika pouted.

"Where were you?" Yuudai asked.

"I went out for a moment to accompany my guest to the corner" she replied, stroking her children's hair.

"Who came?" asked Yurika with too much curiosity.

"An acquaintance who wants me to work in her new business" said her mother without hesitation.

That seemed strange to Yuta. For clearly, whoever had been in that room was someone with cursed energy. Perhaps it was a sorceress.

"Yuta won it for you! It's a gift from all three of us!" Yuudai said, showing the lion-shaped stuffed animal.

"What a nice gift" Maki took it in her hands, "I guess this can go in my room as a gift from the two of you"

"And Yuta!"

"Yuta was the one who won it!"

The children quickly reproached.

Maki sighed in annoyance-"Ok is also from Okkotsu"-she looked at him-"Thank you for the gift"

The special grade sorcerer smiled slightly, "You're welcome... I hope you like it"

Their eyes met, and in that brief instant, a universe of emotions was unleashed. The warmth of Maki's soft smile enveloped him like a blanket on a cold night, and he was captivated by the intensity of her golden eyes that he loved to see and even more so now that he had found her once again. Making a sigh come out of his chest that only a lover exhales at the sight of his loved one.

That exchange of glances from those adults, made Yurika and Yuudai look at each other, both siblings seemed to be puzzled by how Yuta looked at their mother, so both children exchanged a few words mentally and made a yes with their heads.

At that moment, the little girl let go of her mother and ran to the shelf full of books. And with the help of a little stool under the table, she climbed up to reach a very special book.

"Mommy, can we show Yuta kun our photo album from when we were babies?" Yuudai asked without letting go of his mother.

At that question, Okkotsu did not feel ready to see that scrapbook of memories where he was never present for his children. Even his fist formed on his clothes.

And that discomfort was noticed by Maki, as she had the same feeling.

Were they ready to tell their children the truth about him being their real father?

Deep down, Maki didn't like that idea either, she didn't feel ready to show him all those memories that Yuta missed out on, especially since he wasn't quite ready to face that reality.

"NO!" Maki commented sternly, crossing her arms, "AND GET DOWN FROM THERE, MISS!"

"What? But why not?" their children demanded in chorus.

Maki took a breath and looked at Yuta, who only pursed his lips slightly and nodded his head yes.

"Because it's already very late. And you two should go put on your pajamas, brush your teeth and go to bed. You know I don't like you to stay up late" said her mother firmly.

"But Mom!" shouted the children.

"Their mother is right" Yuta answered, making his childrens turn to look at him, "It is already very late and they should go to rest"

"But you will stay tonight, won't you, Yuta kun?" asked Yurika, "and tomorrow you will have breakfast with us before going back to Tokyo?"

"If he can stay over tonight, can't he, Mommy?" asked Yuudai.

Maki rolled her eyes and let the air out in annoyance.
"He can stay. Besides, it's too late for him to go to his hotel and by the way, your father Gumi had already prepared the guest room for him"- she looked at her children's guest- "Besides, I don't think he would refuse her invitation to have breakfast with you before leaving, right Okkotsu?"

"That's right, I'll sleep over and have breakfast with both of you before returning to Tokyo" He said with a big smile looking at the three of them.

"Yeih!" the twins shouted with excitement.

Maki looked at Megumi and Tsumiki, who were watching the scene from the hallway.

"now you two go to your father and aunt, so they can change and brush their teeth" said Maki gently nudging her children from behind, "I have some things to discuss with your guest"

"Come on children, now you go downstairs to say good night to Yuta kun" said Tsumiki tenderly taking the children's hands.

Megumi sighed.
"I'd better go help Tsumiki with those two and then I'll go to sleep. I'm very tired" he commented rubbing his shoulder.

"Thank you very much Megumi for the talk tonight" commented Yuta with a slight bow.

"It was nice talking to you again Okkotsu senpai. At the end of the hall is the guest room where you can stay.

"Thank you again" replied Yuta.

Fushiguro made a slight nod to Maki, who only pursed her lips. She knew that now it was her turn to talk to Yuta.

"Anything at all, don't hesitate to wake me up" he said goodbye before heading upstairs.

"Thank you Megumi, you are a good father and husband" said Maki with a slight tone of irony, and then looked at Yuta's face.

He only sighed, realizing that maybe he would never be like him, besides he felt that Maki said that to annoy him or maybe to emphasize that Megumi was better at everything.

Once Megumi's footsteps faded down those stairs, only the sound of the kitchen clock hands was detectable at that moment.

Maki and Yuta were left alone in that hallway. Both were silent for a moment, while they continued to stare at each other.

The green-haired woman sighed, she was the one who broke the ice – "It seems that you three had fun" - she commented looking at that lion, she smiled a little at the sight of that stuffed animal since it was her favorite animal, while with her other hand she held her notebooks very well – "Come Okkotsu, let's talk in the kitchen" - she said turning to go to that part of the house.

Yuta scratched his head and went after her.
"Yes, especially our children had too much fun. And I must admit that I learned some new things from them tonight"

Maki placed the stuffed animal on the table, next to the flowers Yuta had brought her.
"So, what did you learn from my children?" she asked with a touch of coldness.

"Well, I learned that Yurika is very strong and very resourceful by the way"

"You Not to say she's a cheater, right?" asked Maki with a smile.

Yuta laughed lightly at that comment.
"Yes, but I really don't like that word at all"

"Although we could say that cheating is something she inherited from you, right?" asked Maki, bringing one of her hands to her face.

"Yes, I guess he inherited that from me, even you know that my mimitism could be considered an advantage, although many would claim that I rather cheat" said Yuta, still standing at the side of the table.

"Aha? And what else did you learn from them?" Maki looked at him from across the table.

Both of them were still standing, especially Yuta, who seemed very excited to talk about his children. It was as if he had discovered a very interesting universe.

"Well, I also learned that Yurika is allergic to almonds and that Yuudai is a weak but very observant boy. Above all, he has a good eye and has a very good aim with toy guns, as well as…" He was interrupted.

"Like Mai?" asked Maki, gently tilting her head to one side at the name of her sister.

"Yeah, I guess that got it from your side of the family" Yuta replied with a smile, "Yudai definitely takes after your sister in that respect"

"I know Mai would be proud of him" Maki lowered her shoulders a little, "Rather, she would be proud of both of us" she stared at her guest.
"By the way, Okkotsu I heard you were called by my detestable clan. Did you get to see or talk to Mai in there? And more importantly, you didn't reveal anything about my children to their imbecile leader, did you?" she asked with annoyance. –" Because with your visit yesterday, I guess you were able to discover that none of us are dead…"

Yuta sighed and decided to lie a little. He still didn't know if it would be a good idea to reveal to Maki about the letter Mai had given him telling him part of the truth. Maybe that could be an ace up his sleeve.

"Yes I saw her and I only talked to her for about two minutes with the help of Yuki's infiltrator, I remember that the name of that strange guy was Choso" he clenched his fist slightly – "And your sister only told me that you were still alive and told me that we had two children. That's all she could tell me, since our conversation was too fleeting for them not to discover us, besides" - he looked at Maki with concern – "The poor Mai looked weak, she seemed ill..."

Maki put a hand on her chest in total concern.

Yuta continued speaking and answered the other question Maki had asked.
"And I would never reveal anything related to our children to that filthy clan. I just went to discuss some business with Naoya"

Maki sighed at that answer, she would try to get some information out of him as part of her new plan
"And what did you and that jerk Naoya talk about?"- she asked annoyed.

Yuta sighed.
"That's private information" he became serious, "It's something that only concerns your clan and the sorcererry headquarters"

"Could it be something to do with what you said the other day about a sorcerer killer?" asked Maki with her hands folded across her chest and clutching her notebooks tightly.

She was afraid that Yuta had over-read.

"Yes, it is something on that subject, but for the moment I can't reveal more to you"

"Ok…" Maki sighed and motioned with her hand for Yuta to take a seat at the table.

Instead, she walked over to where she kept the microwave, and placed her notebooks on top of it. She would leave them away from Yuta at that instant and later move them to her room, where she would hide them.

That action caught Yuta's attention so he decided to ask "By the way, Maki san, what is your job?"

"What's with that question?" questioned Maki, covering her nervousness with a facade of annoyance, as she turned to look at him.

"Well, as you said that an acquaintance of yours came here to the house to see something about work, that topic caught my attention. Besides, when I met Yurika and Yuudai, they told me something like that you worked with several people" he explained.

Maki took a breath
"I work as a trainer, both as a personal trainer and also teaching at various gyms in the área" she said with a big smile –"People are too surprised when I tell them that I am a mother of twins and show them my muscles"- she slightly raised her arms, which under those clothes looked shapely.

"So pretty much my job is to train others physicall," she put her hands on her hips, "I even teach other mothers fitness classes from time to time"

"Well, I admit, you still look pretty good physically, and you're still very beautiful" Yuta complimented with a big smile.

That comment made Maki's face color slightly.
"Baka!" She twisted her mouth to change the subject- "and what else did the children tell you about me?"

"Well…"Yuta was interrupted as Yurika and Yuudai ran into the kitchen.

"We're back!"

"We came down just to say good night!" Yuudai explained.

"And also because we want to show you a trick before going to sleep!" commented Yurika.

Both children had come downstairs in their pajamas.

Yurika's pajamas were in shades of purple with little pink hearts and Yuudai's were in shades of green with some dinosaurs.

"Sorry to interrupt you both" apologized Tsumiki with bated breath as she came downstairs almost running after those two, "Yurika and Yuudai wanted to say goodnight to Yuta. Only then will they go to sleep, they said"

Maki gave him a little smile and approached her.
"It's okay, let's let them say goodnight to him"

"That's right, we came first to thank you Yuta kun!" said Yurika.

"We were very pleased that you came to eat with us this day and join us at the festival" Yuudai explained.

Yuta smiled at those words and lightly stroked the hair of those two.
"The pleasure was mine. I confess I had a lot of fun"

"You are going to come back to visit us, aren't you?" asked Yurika.

"Will you come more often?" Yuudai asked.

Yuta looked at those two children tenderly and then looked at Maki. She sighed and shook her shoulders. Her look said "Don't disappoint them".

"I will try to visit them as often as my schedule allows, especially in my free time" said Yuta looking at those two.

"Do you promise?" said the twins in chorus.

Yuta nodded his head and ruffled their hair a little.
"I promise"

That answer gave too much happiness to those two that they even jumped up and down.

Maki sighed with resignation at that answer.

And before saying goodbye to go to sleep, the children wanted to show their guest something else.

"Yuta kun, Do you want to see a trick?" asked Yurika with a big smile.

"Trick?" Yuta raised an eyebrow at such a question.

"Yep, a trick that only those of us who have a twin can do" Yuudai answered also with a big smile.

"And what's that trick?" Yuta asked curiously.

"TELEPATHY!" Yurika and Yuudai answered in chorus and with great joy.

"Telepathy?" asked Yuta with confusion.

"Sometimes we can communicate with each other mentally" Yuudai replied.

"That's right! From time to time we talk to each other just using our minds, even when we are not in the same livin room or classroom" answered Yurika looking at her brother and waving her hands above her head.

"Or even so we can coordinate to carry out some ideas and even so we have come to pass each other the answers of some exams" Yuudai finished the sentence.

"We can even know where the other one is or if Yuudai is in trouble" Yurika commented with a big smile, "Yuta Kun, do you want us to show you how we do it?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes Yuta kun?" asked Yuudai.

That made Yuta feel tender. "All right, show me" replied the adult with a smile.

Tsumiki and Maki were watching the scene from the threshold of the kitchen.

Tsumiki smiled because she already knew what those children would do. On the other hand, Maki crossed her arms, observing the act.

"Ok! Here we go!" said the girl with a big smile.

At that moment, Yurika took five steps to the right, moving slightly away from her twin.

Once they positioned themselves in their respective places, they both faced Yuta and both closed their eyes tightly.

"Let's show you that we can talk to each other mentally" Yurika explained.

"And for that, let's raise our hands with the number of fingers the other is thinking of" Yuudai commented.

"On the count of three" answered the girl.

"One" Yuudai began.

"Two" counted Yurika.

"Three!" they said in chorus.

Both children, still with their eyes closed, wanted to prove what they were saying.

So at the same time they raised their little hands without opening their eyes and without saying a word.

Yurika held up the index and middle fingers of her right hand, while Yuudai held up the little finger and thumb of his left hand. They both thought of the number two.

The twins laughed a little, they seemed to have exchanged a few words mentally. Again they lowered their hands at the same time and raised their little hands again, but now raising five fingers each.

Yurika raised three fingers of her right hand and two fingers of her left hand and her brother did it vice versa. As if they were a mirror.

They both laughed again. It seemed that once again they had exchanged a few words mentally.

"Did you watch him Yuta kun?" asked Yurika, opening her eyes slightly.

"Did we both hold up the same amount of fingers?" Yuudai asked, his eyes widening as well.

Yuta nodded his head yes.
"Yes, they raised the same number of fingers"

Both children looked at each other and laughed.

"Let's do it one more time. But now with a higher degree of difficulty" suggested Yuudai.

It seemed incredible to Yuta what his sons were doing. And he wondered if that was really something that only the twins could do or if it had to do with some cursed technique. He noticed that both of them gave off a certain amount of energy, but one twin gave off more than the other.

Now Yurika moved further away from her brother, moving closer and standing in front of her aunt and mother. She turned to turn her back to both Yuudai and Yuta.

"Ready?" asked Yuudai.

"Always! Begin!" replied his sister.

"Ok" at that moment, Yuudai started to raise his fingers again making several more numbers with his two little hands. Raising several fingers of both hands to make it more difficult.

"Four" Yurika shouted.

Again, Yuudai held up several fingers on both hands.

"Nine"

Once again.

"Seven"

At that time, Yuudai did not lift a finger.

"Zero!" shouted Yurika.

Then Yuudai made a gesture with his hand, as if putting something in his mouth.

"Eat" Yurika said aloud.

Yuudai now pointed to a plate of fruit they had on the counter. He especially point to the apple.

"He says he wants the red apple. Especially because it's his favorite"

Then Yuudai made a gesture, wrinkling his nose and sticking out his tongue. He also waved his hands mockingly without his sister looking at him.

"I told you the marble game wasn't cheating, you crybaby!" cried his sister.

"Cheater!" Yuudai shouted

It looked like the two of them had been having a mental conversation about something. And then they just laughed.

Yurika returned to her twin's side, while her mother also approached them.

"Did they surprise their guest?" asked Maki, placing her hands on each of her children's shoulders.

"Too much I would say" commented Yuta with a soft smile.

"Well children, it's time for you to go to sleep" commented Maki, stroking her children's heads.

"But we still want to be with Yuta kun" said Yurika.

-"Yes, he's our guest and we want to spend some more time with him!" Yuudai said making puppy eyes. But several yawns began to escape him as well.

"Please mommy, we want to spend more time with Yuta kun!" commented Yurika, but she too began to yawn.

"Your mother is right, go get some rest. Tomorrow I will be here to have breakfast with you and maybe another day I will come to visit you to spend more time together" said Yuta with a slight smile.

Both children cheered that answer, and both began to yawn in sync. Yuudai especially looked the more tired of the two.

"Now, go to sleep, tomorrow you must get up early to prepare breakfast for your guest" said Maki, kissing her children's foreheads.

"Good night, Mommy, I Love you" said both children, hugging Maki's neck and kissing her tenderly on the cheeks.

"Good night Yuta kun" they said in chorus, waving goodbye.

Yuta was so tender about it "Good night...my children"- he whispered.

"Come children, let's rest" said Tsumiki extending her hands to the twins, who each took her hand.

But before leaving, Tsumiki gave a small smile to those two adults, "Have a good talk!" he said with a slight mischievousness. Then she turned off the light in the hallway and the living room, leaving only Yuta and Maki illuminated by the dim light from the kitchen and the little light coming from the courtyard.

Maki sighed and rubbed her temples.
"I thought they would never go to sleep.

"They do have a lot of energy" commented Yuta with a slight smile.

"I think I'm going to need a coffee, especially if you and I are going to talk about our past" commented Maki, going to use the coffee pot, "Would you like one?" she asked kindly.

Yuta sighed.
"Please. My body needs caffeine"

"I guess coffee is still your favorite, isn't it?" she commented, turning her back to him.

"It still is, and even more so when I spent sleepless nights abroad"

While Maki was preparing those two cups, Yuta's attention was drawn to the stuffed animal they had won for Maki, which was lying on the table. She had remembered something the children had said at dinner about the city that Maki liked.

"Chefchaouen. It is in Morocco, the city with the blue gates..." he broke the silence.

"What?" asked Maki turning around at those words.

"The city that Yurika and Yuudai said at dinner, the one you liked so much from the pictures I sent you the first time I went to Africa, is in Morocco and is called Chefchaouen"

"Well, I admit that ever since you told me about that city I've wanted to see it" Maki sighed as she finished preparing the coffee.

"Yes, it is a beautiful city, I know that you and the children would like to visit it" he commented with a slight smile.

"I guess…" said Maki with disinterest.

They both kept silent. In that kitchen, only the hands of the clock over the threshold could be heard, as well as that coffee machine.

The clock was about to strike midnight, you could feel a kind of melancholy in the atmosphere between those two.

"Here you go" Maki carefully passed that cup to Yuta.

"Thank you Maki san"He puffed a little –" I didn't know that you also liked coffee. I remember you almost didn't like it"

"Well, when you have twins and once they are born, they keep you awake most of the night. So let's say Megumi gave me this coffee habit" she said, taking a soft sip from her cup while standing up.

Yuta tasted that drink.
"It tastes very good..."

Maki said nothing in response to this flattery.

Again they were both silent in the dim light.

But it was time for the two of them to start talking.

"Maki, I want us to talk... I especially want us to talk about what has happened in the last seven years"

Maki took a seat across from Yuta, placing her cup on the table as well as her hands.

The clock was already striking midnight. It was time to talk about the past.

"All right, let's talk. What do you think if we each have a turn to ask what we want to ask the other? That way we can get the doubts out of the way" said Maki with a slight smile, trying to remain calm.

"That's fine with me. I'll give you the first question" Yuta answered politely, taking another sip of his coffee.

Maki took a deep breath, preparing for what was to come. She crossed her arms and, with a direct look into Yuta's eyes, asked.

"When you were abroad, did you sleep with any other woman?"

Yuta swallowed noisily and with difficulty. He even felt that the coffee was going down the other side of his throat. At that moment, the sorcerer knew that the conversation would be difficult for both of them.

Maki could sense that nervousness. So she wanted to take advantage of Yuta's feelings, as someone had advised her.
"And I want you to tell me the whole truth. Especially, because at dinner you said that you met very beautiful women when you were abroad"

Yuta was too nervous. That question was so direct that he did not expect it.

He could see it in Maki's eyes behind those glasses. She wanted to know the truth.

The time had come for her to execute her plan as well. Her goal was to get close to Okkotsu, gain his trust and, under that facade, get as much information as possible out of him about the headquarters and the case of the sorcerer killer. A case that directly involved her, as she was the culprit he was after.

Maki was aware that to achieve her goal, she had to use all her weapons and tricks as a woman. Even more so, having the enemy under her roof and so close to her. It was crucial to take advantage of the weakness and love Yuta felt for her to manipulate him in her favor.

Because her guest told her: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer".

The night would definitely be a long one for those two adults.

To be continued...

Notes:

I hope you liked this first part❤.

What do you think of this story?

As I said, I wanted this first chapter to focus on certain points.

And as you can see, in the next part, Yuta and Maki will finally talk about the past and I can only tell you that both of them will cry and suffer. But it is a price to pay for knowing the truth.

As you could also see, Maki will put the first part of her plan into action, since in her eagerness to get the information she wants from Yuta, she will be forced to make a risky move. But it will be crucial to carry out her plans as the new sorcerer assassin.

Also for this same reason of the plot, is that I decided to split the chapter in two and more than the second part will be a super long chapter but focused only on the two of them.