Chapter 2, Kyou Kara Maou!, opowiadania, Shinou & Daikenja, It's him
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Chapter 2
"So…" Shinou breaks the silence. The Sage still isn't speaking so he guessed he should do the honor of opening the conversation. They are the only people inside the room since Ulrike already left, and Yuuri was already fetched by his ever trusted retainers.
"Geez, your character doesn't really change over time!" Murata can't help himself from talking. He's really pissed off and he wanted the king to see that. He had been dealing with those kinds of pranks for over a hundred years and it's still like that. Shinou never changed.
*sigh*
While his Sage kept on lecturing the king, Shinou is just silent at a corner. Oh, how he really loved to see his Sage lecturing him. It makes him look cute in his eyes. And it only makes him feel that he is somehow important, that there's a person ready to correct his mistakes. Even though it always happens and he really does it on purpose.
"Well, well everything is already fine isn't it? There's no point of discussing it anymore."
The Sage just held his head in frustration. The first king never learns at all. "I'm going at the oracle room."
It had been a habit of Murata to come at the oracle room whenever there's nothing to do. He loved to spend some quiet time in that place. The Sage passed Shinou. The king just watched the man in silent.
After reaching the oracle room, Murata felt a pain in his head, and then he sneezed. "I can't believe I caught a cold because of that stupid prank." He muttered under his breath. He had been busy for the whole week and he isn't getting any proper rest, adding the fact that the water and weather are cold the result would be: Him getting sick. "I just hope that this wouldn't get worst."
He stayed there for a while, getting some silence that he couldn't get whenever Shinou is around.
In the afternoon, Murata went to the library that is somewhere inside the temple. This is where he stayed most of the time when they went back at Shin Makoku after being able to settle Weller-kyou's case. It was the best archive for different types of research or studies, for most of the information included in the place are accurate.
He was in the library for several hours and still he hasn't started any book yet. He can't, he felt that his head will explode if he would try to put any information inside it. "This is what I get from getting a great bath earlier." He could only say that much. Of course it was partly his fault, if he was only making sure that his health is always in condition no matter what, he wouldn't be suffering from that pathetic state. He can't put all the blame to Shinou.
A presence was felt inside the room. Murata fixed himself and acted like there was nothing wrong. He only knew one person that doesn't know the meaning of privacy.
"What now?"
"Oh, you're still sulking over that incident earlier? That's so not like you my Sage."
*sigh*
"Ok, ok… Let's forget about the thing. It's getting late now. We better get some sleep." He just ended the conversation so that the first king would notice nothing at him. Shinou maybe childish, selfish, full of pranks but he was a great observer when it comes to people around him. Maybe it goes when you had been a spirit for a long time and you have nothing to do but to watch.
Murata stood up from his chair and started to walk out of the room. Unfortunately before he can get out his body refused to moved, causing him to loose his balance. He felt that the place is swirling and he can't help but to close his eyes, waiting for himself to fall on the floor.
Shinou saw this and he already caught his Sage before the teen ended up on the cold floor of the room. "Oi!"
What the teen was expecting didn't happen. When he felt that his dizziness wears for a bit, he tried to open his eyes. Only to find out that it was the first king that caught him. He immediately tried to break free from the hold. But unable to support himself at the moment, he just ended up being in Shinou's arms again.
"Sorry, about that." Murata counted to five and stood up. This time he made sure that he moved slowly so that his body wouldn't be strained. His eyes avoided to look on the blonde king's eyes.
He knew what would be coming next. He needs to escape, and fast. He knew that Shinou has a thing on his mind, but he has no intention of knowing that in the first place.
"What happened?"
Well, here it comes…. Interrogation. He's pretty sure that he wouldn't like any of it.
"Nothing. It's just the heat."
"Heat?" Like Shinou would believe that very lame excuse. It's already cold season on Shin Makoku. It's impossible that someone would even feel heat when all are feeling cold. He will let the Sage get away with it just for now. If he tries to poke his nose further, he is sure that it would only increase the bad temper of the Sage. He didn't want that. Well, whatever he is hiding from him, he would surely know it, tomorrow. If he wasn't able to maybe in the near future, meaning that he would not miss any chance to know everything when it concerns the teen.
"Yeah." he kept his silence and walk away. Good for him that Shinou didn't try to follow him. It would mean trouble. He knew that the king is suspicious of him at the moment and he was really surprised that he didn't ask any further. But he had a feeling that he definitely would. Shinou likes doing those kinds of things after all. But, he won't let him.
Not in this lifetime.
There's nothing wrong of letting Shinou know that he caught a cold, but he assumes that the king would laugh at him when he finds out. He doesn't remember of getting sick ever since they were together.
He was the babysitter of the king, and there's no need to reverse that position. Murata thinks that it would mean a great disaster in his part. Embarrassing, actually. He lived as The Great Sage and some cold is just enough to bring him down? No way!
It's just a cold, it would easily go away. All I need to do is rest for—…
He's is almost near in his room when an extreme attack of headache came with a great deal of dizziness. His vision kept on swaying and swaying. He knew that he's not walking straightly and he's gonna slump on the floor if he won't be able to find something to hold on. Before he loses all his balance, he was able to hold on the wall finding support for him to walk. Slowly, Murata tried to stay as close as possible on the wall to make sure that he wouldn't end up fainting on the floor if he ever gets dizzy again. Somehow the Sage managed to get to his room and place himself on the bed. Just as his body touched the soft mattress, his eyes felt heavier and his headaches lulled him to sleep.
Good thing that no one saw him being like that. They would all worry over him.
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