Chapter 49: The Moon Child’s Most Divine Creation
Chapter 49
This new feeling of strength felt strange, almost elusive, and it had only lasted for a moment as the boy quickly stepped back, allowing his shadow to retreat. With a gleaming smile on his face, he said,
"There’s a lot more I can do with my shadow than meager enhancements, a few that I can tell you about... if it pleases you. But in return, I want you to tell me about your abilities and how this healing of yours works."
Megumi sighed and gazed up at the sky, the silver circle of the full moon now at its highest point. He thought for a while about what he should and shouldn’t tell the boy standing before him. Given what he had said earlier, there really wasn’t much to tell him.
After a while, he lowered his gaze and gestured to a bench that lay to the side in the castle’s courtyard. Thereafter, he and Kuran approached the quiet resting point and sat down, basking in the stillness of the night.
Well, it wasn’t completely still; he could still hear the distant murmurs of the other children who were in the castle with them. He thought of them for a moment, trying to compare how different a conversation with either of them would have been compared to the one he was having with Kuran.
His endeavor hadn’t gone very well... if anything, the heir of Clan Kitsuboma was being rather reasonable; at least he thought so. Unlike Megumi, he had a lot more cards and thus could spare revealing a few, and that was a disparity he would rather not see set.
For every one of the children currently in the castle, these rather vague team-ups were built upon pure uncertainty, a cruel ingredient required for the demon hunt. He could tell the young heir a little more about how his abilities worked, but that would leave him short-handed should they clash in the future.
But he would have to at least say something—drop a stake to at least solidify their alliance. And after a while, a decision finally settled in his mind.
Slouching unenthusiastically on the bench, he stared at his palms.
"I haven’t really put my healing to much use since, well, it only works on others, but it’s really my only flame attribute that’s actually useful. As for my other ability... I’m sure you understand."
Kuran nodded his head, gently intertwining his fingers as he swung his legs around on the bench, his gaze intently fixed on the sky. He didn’t say anything after that, which filled Megumi with a deep sense of relief. Clearing his thoughts for a few seconds, he side-eyed Kuran, thinking deeply.