Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 2 - Chapter 27 - Answer (Patreon)

So I have a sore throat right now, and I'm really wondering if the idiot from my Professional Practices class earlier today who went to class in person and bumped shoulders with people - including me - just to tell the professor that they thought they had strep throat may have given it to me.

I very much hope not. But I may be feeling sick in the morning.

Will probably still end up writing anyways though lol.

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                                                                     Scarlet

After Allen leaves, I walk Aria down to the entrance where ‘mister Roger’ – who is apparently her father’s butler – is waiting. And the moment he sees Aria holding onto my sleeve as we walk, his eyebrows rise ever so slightly. So little that I don’t think I would’ve noticed it if I was still human.

Guess this really is an odd sight.

I personally have never heard of Blue having a daughter, but maybe that’s just common knowledge in some circles? Could also be because I avoid social media.

“It’s probably that,” Tar dryly retorts to my thoughts.

“Young miss,” the butler says, not missing a beat as he bows slightly and reaches his hand for Aria. But Aria just goes around me and hides on my other side before nodding her head towards him. Which clearly surprises him further, even if he doesn’t show it beyond a simple pause.

This guy’s a professional. Then again though, he’s Blue’s butler. He kind of has to be if he’s gonna work for a psychopath like him.

The butler looks between me and Aria for a few seconds before focusing on me and asking, “Young miss Asger, would you like a ride back to Lion’s Heart campus?”

My eyes widen in shock at the fact that he can recognize me at a glance and even knows exactly where I’m going. Only for me to calm down a second later after thinking about how that isn’t exactly difficult to figure out. Not with all the information online.

And I guess it makes sense for a good butler to be up to date on everything going on in the city he’s in.

What’s with the young miss part though?

I feel Aria pulling on my sleeve, making me glance down to find her looking up at me with a very faint expression of hope on her face.

Guess she wants me to go. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s why the butler asked in the first place too.

So I look up at him and answer, “Sure. If you don’t mind.”

Aria quickly turns her head to look at the butler, who bows slightly and then leads us to a large limo, stopping to open the door for us.

Fancy. Even fancier than Michael and Emily’s.

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The drive ends up going just about as expected, with Aria clinging onto my sleeve the whole time – which was really starting to feel awkward – and not a single person saying a word, just letting the music fill the vehicle instead. And once we arrive at the front gates of Lion’s heart, the butler gives me the number for Aria’s terminal without even being asked to do so before he drives away with the girl, who was rather reluctant to part ways with me.

Maybe I might have to rethink my opinion on kids.

I’ve never really dealt with them before, and never really could. But Aria seems different. And I can handle her too.

A very interesting turn of events that I was not expecting when I woke up this morning. Or when I went to the stupid interview, which – yay – was canceled.

As I walk back towards the top class residences, I can’t help but think back on all that Allen told me.

There are several things that are bothering me. For one, why would a Knight block my adoption? Actually, why would a Knight hand me over to a Class IV Guardian and tell him to put me in an orphanage of his own creation?

Then there’s the fact that I just noticed something while thinking back to the dream.

White actually looks similar to me. Kind of like she could be related to me.

Is that possible? Could she be related to me?

She did slot me in for the primaries without ever meeting me. And why else wouldn’t she want anyone to adopt me?

I frown, only to groan as I continue walking down the street, possibility after possibility passing through my head at a hundred miles per hour.

Eventually I make it to the gate, but I don’t really pay much attention, simply waiting a second for the guards to open them before passing through and heading towards the manor containing my suite. I even ignore the comment I hear from one of them afterwards about how I seemed distracted.

It isn’t until I reach my suite and head straight towards my room that I decide to figure it out another way.

Once I get to my room, I sit on my bed and ask out loud, “Tar, is White my birth mother?”

Tar doesn’t say anything.

That’s a sign that she might be my birth mother in and of itself.

I let out a pent up breath of air before falling flat on my back on the bed.

Ya know, when I was thinking a while back about how I’d react to knowing my biological mother, I always thought I’d be angry. Or plain pissed off.

But I kind of feel apathetic towards her, in a way. Of course, she’s an asshole for what she did – assuming my guess is right that she’s my mother by birth – but I just couldn’t care less about her now that I know.

“It’s an understandable reaction,” Tar finally speaks, appearing in the air before landing on my chest and continuing, “considering how you grew up, and how you already have parental figures in your life. And you never would’ve met them without your mother doing what she did.”

Was that an admission? I think he just admitted that White was my mother… you did, didn’t you?

He doesn’t respond. Of course, he doesn’t.

Guess it wasn’t a direct admission, so he can’t be punished? Or something like that?

Either way, it does kind of take a load off my mind knowing who my mother is.

Although… very, very little is known about her thanks to her straight up wiping all recorded data of her out of existence beyond the basics. Such as her title and position as one of the Knights of Humanity, White, her magic being Null magic, and that she is female. But everything else, including her name and appearance, were wiped from all recorded locations whether electronic or paper.

Which makes me incredibly curious.

Who exactly is my biological father, and how did one of the Knights of Humanity end up getting together with noble demon?

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Before you mention anything about there being Guardian guards there even during the Demonic Assault, there needs to be security at all times. Leaving the campus grounds without it just because a Demonic Assault is going on just means people will try robbing from the place or attacking it.

But they do rotate out during the time, each group only spending a short period of time there before going to fight in Fractures.

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