-Vol 5: A New Life-

-A Rude Soldier-

The man was very rude making Kenshin’s hands itch to give him a beating. Even after he revealed her status, he didn’t recognize her and instead dared to threaten him to throw him out by calling security. If it not for him not wanting to cause any problems at the middle of the night, he would have surely given him a dose of his KI. Sighing, he came out of the office and instead decided to ask the soldiers standing outside. If there was anyone who would know anything, it should be them.

“You, listen here for a second.” going outside, he called for one of the soldiers stationed outside. Hearing his call, the soldier who asked for his identity came in.

“Yes sir, how can I help you?” the soldier asked politely. This man standing in front of him was a few ranks higher than him in status. Moreover, he was a magic skill user to boot. Combining all this, it was clear that he was someone whom he, a mere, soldier couldn’t afford to offend.

Kenshin retrieved his phone from pocket and showed Yuki’s photo that he discreetly took that night when she was adamantly waiting for his answers. “Have you seen this lady entering this office?” he asked.

“Ah! It’s the foreign affairs advisor, yes she came to our office early twenty minutes ago. After that, she directly went to the director's office. Currently, she must be inside directors office.” The soldier instantly recognized her. Kenshin also finally came to know Yuki’s true status in DCB, turns out she was the foreign affairs advisor of DCB of Japan. Kenshin was really happy for her achievement but was also puzzled as to why the central government sent her of all people to investigate Mito. Although dungeon break wasn’t that of a small matter, it was also not large enough for a person of such status to come personally!

“Okay thank you. Can you tell me where is the director's office?”

“It's in the third floor, you won't miss it. The lift is at the right from here.” the soldier smilingly answered all Kenshin’s question. After that, he excused himself and went back to his place.

Kenshin also didn’t idle any longer, following the man’s direction, he walked to the lift area and pressed number 3 on it. When the lift opened again, he found himself in a populated office chamber with various high-tech machines attached to it. In front of the elevator was also a military officer who stood to monitor everyone’s entrance and exit. Seeing Kenshin’s appearance, he felt annoyed instantly.

It was no secret that their director was a gorgeous woman. From the day she stationed here, many young and handsome fellows would come here to disturb her to woo her. Annoyed by all this, the director had ordered him to not allow anyone unless they have a valid reason for doing so. In reality, this soldier was also no that old. He was only 28 and always admired the beautiful director in his heart. He wanted to impress the lady with his effort and ultimately win her favour. As such he would always be extra harsh with all these rich and handsome hunters wannabe.

As Kenshin was about to enter the office, he was stopped by the soldier standing outside. He was a square face man with a few pock marks under his eyes, he had very short hair, and his eyes were narrow. Although his appearance wasn’t that ugly, he was also not that pleasing to the eye either. But Kenshin didn’t care about his appearance, he was very worried about Yuki.

“Wait! Who are you? Why are you here?” the soldier's tone was extremely rude similar to that receptionist. It made Kenshin annoyed instantly as his mood reached rock bottom. But he didn’t want to cause a scene, so he retrieved his phone from his pocket and tried to show Yuki’s picture to him.

“Can you tell me about this lady…” before he could even complete his sentence, the soldier grabbed his phone and threw it to the ground. Since it was a cheap phone and he hadn’t changed it to a sturdier one after getting money, the phone instantly broke apart. The soldier wasn’t an ordinary man, he was also a hunter, but a really low levelled one. But even a low-level hunter possess enough strength to bend an iron pipe, so breaking a plastic phone was not very difficult for them.

After breaking the phone, the soldier looked at Kenshin with an arrogant expression. He believed that this man was also one of those rich young masters who were all bark and no bite. They would be unable to do anything to him as not only he was a government official but also have specific orders from the director.

Kenshin’s mood had already down due to his earlier fight, after receiving this kind of treatment from this soldier his anger levels instantly reached sky high. But he didn’t do anything to that soldier. He took the phone from the ground and looked at it for a few seconds before a transparent bubble appeared around it. The phone then miraculously repaired itself, returning to precisely how it was before. After that, he dialled Suguro’s number.

When the soldier saw the phone repairing itself in the hand of this young man, his face paled instantly. He came to know that this man was actually a magic skill user and that too a formidable one. And he had offended that man and even gone as far as breaking his phone. It's no different than insulting him face to face.

“Hello, Suguro? Yeah, I am fine, it's just that I am a little busy right now. Can you tell me the number of the director’s office of Fukushima’s head DCB office? Yeah. Okay, thanks. It’s a long story, I am sure you will know about it anytime by now.” After that, he cut off the call. Suguro said that he will mail him the number. A few seconds later his message tune rang. Opening the message, he found the number and dialled it.

“Sir! Sir! I am sorry. I am very sorry. I will not do this kind of mistake again, sir. Please forgive me!” the soldier instantly kneeled down and grabbed onto the legs of Kenshin and pleaded for forgiveness. Although Kenshin was very angry, he wasn’t a cold-hearted person. Besides, these soldiers were the pride of a country, they were only mortals, but they would never fear to fight a monster for the sake of their country and people. In the past, he would always admire these soldiers, but he had no way to become one. He had a little sister to take care of after all.

Seeing the man asking for forgiveness, Kenshin also didn’t hold any anger inside his heart. In the first place, he also didn’t have any intention of punishing him that harshly. At most he would have filed a complaint against him to the director when he ultimately meets her.

“Okay! Okay! Get away!” Kenshin shooed away the man then suddenly his call was picked up.

[Hello, this is Fukushima DCB main office. How can we help you?] voice of a female employee came from the other side.

“Yes! I am Kenshin Muto, my ID number is XXXXXX. You can check it out. I want to talk with the director.”

[Okay. Please hang on a minute before we check your identity.] the phone remained silent for a second before the lady replied again. [Hello Official Muto, I am sorry for my rudeness. Your call will be connected to the director in a second, please hold on a second.]

“Thank you.”

A few seconds later…

[Hello! Kenshin? Kenshin! Where are you? I am very worried?] unexpectedly, the voice of Yuki came from the other side.