Chapter 72: Easy There, Dear Heart
[TAMIKO]
"Well, I guess I’ll see you around, Hinata. If you want to play games, I’m always available. I bet you a hundred bucks you can’t beat me," the king said, his tone so soft that it was strange again.
Maybe they were in another part of the world, and maybe, just maybe, this was a different version of Kawai, yeah?
"I haven’t played, but if you teach me, I’m sure I can kick your ass. I’ll take you up on the challenge. But for now, I still gotta fix the door and the balcony, before the king comes back.
"I’ll see you later, Toshiro," Tamiko said softly as he watched the lycan king smile at him like it was the norm. The smile was so genuine and Tamiko felt safe with him.
Perhaps it was because he knew that he was safe in Kawai and that the lycan king wasn’t just an animal who went after people because he was bored, no?
But then did Tamiko even know that the man he had been chatting with simply had been the dark king who was the reason for endless nightmares in the realm and beyond?
"Be well, Hinata," the king said and Tamiko instantly looked at Lord Sadako. That was the same statement Lord Sadako always used when they parted ways. What the hell was with lycans and the statement anyway? Perhaps it was how they were trained.
Tamiko didn’t think too much of it, because honestly, he had no reason whatsoever to distrust the Toshiro personality he had just interacted with. If anything, Tamiko could easily say that Toshiro was a ball of sunshine, someone he hoped to interact with even more.