Vampire Hunter D Vol 07 - Hideyuki Kikuchi by Unknown Author

Author:Unknown Author [Author, Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-20T08:01:40+00:00

“I was going to introduce him to you later—this is Mr. D. He ran into Wu-Lin down in Cronenberg and was good enough to bring us a message from her. He’s a warrior.”

At Su'In’s reply, the young man grew visibly angry. “Great! Only the worst kind of musclebound drifter. All of a sudden we’ve got all kinds of freaks pouring into town. Well, they’re not exactly invited to the summer festival.”

“Now, don’t say things like that. He’s here because I asked him to come.”

At Su'In’s firm tone, Dwight’s mouth became a tight-lipped frown and he held his tongue. It wasn’t that Su-In had got the better of him—there seemed to be some other special reason. “Yeah, well, what the hell’s going on here?” he asked. “I mean, what are you gonna do? About your grandfather’s body, that is.”

“I’ll be right over to pick him up. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to leave now.”

Once Dwight had left with a sullen look on his face, Su-In stood there with a pitiful expression.

“I—I’m all alone now,” the girl mumbled, and as she took a step, she staggered. A fit of dizziness had swept over her. Any ordinary man or woman would’ve had the soul tom out of them by the series of tragedies and strange events she’d been through. But her shoulders were supported by cold, strong hands.

“You’d better take the bead with you,” D said softly. “All of them must know where your house is.”

Su-In looked back at D like a floundering student who’d just been given encouragement by a focused instructor. Her deep brown eyes instantly filled with tears—and hope. “Will you stay here with me?” she asked.

“Are you going to hire me?”

“Sure,” Su-In replied with a forceful nod. She wasn’t crying anymore.

“My compensation will be the bead.”

Su'In’s expression reflected surprise for a moment, but she nodded her assent to his condition. “I’ll leave everything to you, then. If I give it to you, I’ll be safe. Thank you.”

Returning to the room in the back of the house, Su-In got the bead and handed it to D.

The two of them went outside.

The glow of dawn had become the heavy light of morning.

II

Desolate in some indefinable way, the strangely spacious chamber nevertheless retained touches here and there of an otherworldly grandeur. Although outside the vitality of morning had become a light that filled the world, a single shadowy figure came into this place where murkiness yet lingered.

“I smell blood,” said a female voice from somewhere in the darkness.

A few hazy figures could be seen there if you stared hard enough, and though you could definitely make out a fair bit of the intricate carving on the chairs and sofas and tables, the occupants remained mere silhouettes. However, it was the same feminine voice that’d echoed from one of the doorways back in Gilligan’s outbuilding.

“You were beaten, weren’t you? Not as tough as you made yourself out to be,” someone sneered in a grave tone from a heavily draped window.

“I can’t say that I blame you.

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