"Haha.. You.. always say that.." He said, blushing..

He blushed, looking to her.

"Y-yuri?"

He smiled, moving to rub her cheek.

"As are you.."

He nods, moving to hug her tightly.

"Alright.. I love you too, Yuri.."

"No, no. He didn't insult me.." He said, smiling to her.

"Just our conversation made me think of it.. and wanted to make sure you were.. actually okay with my changes.."

He nods, sighing.

"Alright.. Sorry, after my discussion with Arcanfire, it.. made me think about how much I changed.."

He frowned.

"You killed people that were just mean to me?"

"So you don't miss when I was timid? Or wanted to absolutely avoid violence?"

"Do you.. like the way that I've changed?"

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"Yuri, dear.. can we talk?"

He lead Ash out, waving to him as the door was shut before texting Yuri..

He had some things to think about..

He nods, standing up as well and moving to shake his hand.

"Glad we could reach an agreement.."

"As am I.. I should speak with Matias.."

"And she, hers.. I had nearly died many times at his hand.. to the point I dressed in disguise to hide from him.. but she always found me minutes after I left.."

"Yes.. and that was when we left for Japan.. turns out she became infatuated with me because of my softness.. my weakness.. my unwillingness to want to harm people.." he said before looking at the glass in thought..

"Usually.. I say this because that's what happened with Yuri.. My father bought her to be used as a servant and to threaten me with her... She eventually got tired of the abuse he inflicted on me.."

"For most, they are.. But, they only need to eat a body once a month, and it doesn't have to be a living person. Can be someone already dead.. They are actually hunted down simply for existing in Japan.. And so the Yakuza often uses them in human trafficking, threatening to alert authorities.."

"They are a race of people that look human.. but have superhuman strength and senses.. and typically a tail like entity known as 'kagune' to use as a weapon. And the only things they can consume are.. well, people, or black coffee. And need a special metal for weapons to harm them.."

"I wasn't either, actually. My father was a strong but wrathful man. He ruled over Japan with an iron fist once he became head of our family.. and I was typically met with that fist for not being the strong boy he wanted.. have you heard of ghouls, Arcanfire?"

"I see.. it's always the fathers, isn't it?" He asked, chuckling.

"Oh? What stories would you like to share?"

"If I were in my previous country, I would say to call me Gozen.. but that is not the custom here.."

"I had my life of expansive mansions.. I'm done with them.."

"It is part of the territory.." He said with a sigh.

He nods, sighing.

"I knew they had an altercation with a new gang and would like to know who.."

"Speaking of.. My men have been killed off recently.. Know anything of that?"

"What are your plans as mayor?"

"They seem to be, but he is a party boy.. So who knows.."

He sighed, shaking his head.

"He, on the other hand, I could really care less about. He has been a bad influence on my grandmother and I have seen or heard their.. fun more times than I /ever/ cared to.. He also isn't officially a Gozen yet, as they haven't married.."

He slid over the glass carefully before pouring himself one.

"My grandmother isn't getting put on house arrest. I'm already in the process of removing the item from her record."