《The Masked Noble |Noblesse various x Reader》Season 1 Chapter 3: Homicide
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The student's gazed around the Chairman's home, wondering how he could be this rich. (Y/N), on the other hand, just stared blankly at the grey and black wallpaper. She sighed.
"Stop looking around. It's rude. Yes it might be interesting, but refrain from staring so much." The three students looked at (Y/N).
"Why are you always so uptight? Loosen up, already..." Shinwoo whined slightly. But (Y/N) was spared answering his question as the Chairman reentered the room.
"I wasn't expecting any visitors, so all I have is tea...Make yourselves at home" He smiled somewhat fakely and placed the teacups gently onto the table. (Y/N) rolled her eyes, rummaged through her backpack and pulled out several bags of biscuits.
"Here...."
"Thank you~" The student's chorused. The students, Raizel included, and the Chairman turned to (Y/N) and eyed her curiously. Was she going to remove her mask? (Y/N) sighed knowing exactly what they wanted. Slowly pulling down her mask, she hoped both Frankenstein and Raizel didn't remember who she was.
She took a sip of the tea. Green tea, with honey and lemon..? It's good. Remind me to order some green tea from Kiku later... The group stared at her in awe. The group minus Raizel and Frankenstein, of course, who didn't seem to care.
Oh good. They don't actually recognise me. The memory removal thing really worked, huh...? One half of (Y/N)'s brain thought. The other half decided to scold (Y/N) and the half number 1.
What do you expect? Your clan was those who protected the history of Lukedonia... OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT SORT OF THING.
"(Y/N)! You should take your mask off more often! You're really pretty!" Shinwoo exclaimed while the other students, minus Rai, nodded in agreement. (Y/N) deadpanned.
"..... No...."
"Come to think of it, why do you wear the mask anyway?" Yuna asked, sipping her tea. "And why choose to take it off now..?"
"................ This is the second time today......" (Y/N) shot a quick glare in Shinwoo's direction, who flinched and recoiled. "I won't answer the first question. The second? It's because it's clean in here."
"......" There was a collective silence. Seriously?! The students, minus Rai, thought in unison.
.... We have another Frankenstein.... Raizel thought somewhat mischievously.
...... Have... I rubbed off on her..? I mean she does seem to stay in my office for extended periods of time... Frankenstein's smile faltered for a second, as sweat ran down the back of his head.
Then Shinwoo broke the awkward silence. "Chairman... You live with this dude, right?" (Y/N) and Frankenstein simultaneously choked on their tea, Frankenstein's hands visibly twitching. (Y/N) placed the cup down on the table and quickly pulled back up her mask.
She couldn't let them see her smiling. At least, not yet.... (Y/N) sighed.
Frankenstein gave Shinwoo a somewhat nervous smile. "Y-yes... I know him personally, so he'll be staying with me..." Shinwoo nodded his head in understanding. "Well, I'm surprised that all of you were out together this late..." He took a quick glance at (Y/N).
"..... Refrain from staring at me, please. They were the ones who dragged me out. I had other plans." (Y/N) replied to his un-aired question, emphasising the word 'they'. She glowered at the two male students.
Ikhan responded to Frankenstein's statement. Rubbing the back of his head, he sheepishly responded, "Ha ha... We hung out at an Internet Cafe today after school with Rai and (Y/N)..."
".... Rai...?" (Y/N) could almost hear the gears turning in the scientist's mind.
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"Oh... The girls came up with that nickname for him at school.... It kinda stuck... Of course, Rai agreed to it...." Yuna stated. Frankenstein raised an eyebrow at (Y/N), who stuck her hands up by her shoulders in a 'surrender' motion.
"Hey... hey... I don't count as part of that 'girl's' group Yuna stated...."
Frankenstein sweatdropped. "Of course."
".... If you're wondering, Raizel didn't really agree. He just said, quote, 'Call me as you wish'.... So I could call him 'dickhead', if I wanted to-" Frankenstein visibly flinched again, much to (Y/N)'s amusement. "-but I won't. It's disrespectful."
"I-I see..." Frankenstein began nervously. But Ikhan had already pushed up his glasses and begun talking.
"But Yuna wasn't with us at that time. We met her when she was in trouble..."
"Trouble...?" Frankenstein questioned.
"Yeah... A guy was trying to snatch Yuna so the four of us ran over there." Ikhan continued.
(Y/N) scoffed and took another sip of her tea, quickly lowering and lifting her mask in the process. "Snatch is too nice of a word. 'Rape' is better..." Yuna flinched, but (Y/N) was ignored.
"Shinwoo attacked the guy and Shinwoo snatched her away from him."
"Oh my... That man won't be able to walk for a while... Shinwoo wouldn't have gone easy on a guy like that~" Frankenstein smiled. Again. "He's worked with a lot of athletes before and consequently, he's already being offered positions in universities and colleges..."
(Y/N) scoffed. Again. "Tch. If only that was the case... The guy stood right back up as if nothing happened." (Y/N) knew exactly why, but she would never say so.
"Maybe Shinwoo didn't kick him hard enough...?"
"Nope. I kicked him as hard as I could. I felt the impact on my foot too... but he still stood up like nothing happened, as (Y/N) said."
"'Stood up like nothing happened'...? But I haven't found anyone better than Shinwoo at Taekwondo or Hapkido..." Frankenstein trailed off in thought.
"The man's eyes and teeth looked like that of animals.... He was really pale like he was sick. Skinny and creepy too...."
(Y/N) sighed and opened up he bag, fishing out a blank piece of paper and her pencil case. She drew up a quick sketch of the man, outlining the main details: The basketball cap, the white shirt, the leather jacket and the blue jeans, along with his red eyes and sharp snarling teeth. She also drew the man zombie-like, imitating the way he sauntered over to Yuna.
"Yeah! Yeah! Like that! I didn't know you could draw so well, (Y/N)!" Shinwoo leaned over the coffee table to get a better look at the picture.
"...... This is a sketch. Given time, I can draw him better, colour and all. Too bad I have no time to do so...."
"I forgot about his eyes... They were red, like they were about to shoot lasers....."
"..... Refrain from making stories up, Shinwoo... And if you do, at least make it believable..."
Hm... Frankenstein was in deep thought, and (Y/N) slipped a listening device in the crevice of the couch. No one noticed. Good..
"We're lucky Yuna wasn't hurt. We ran away after Shinwoo took him down..."
(Y/N) snorted. "More like 'distracted'..." But Frankenstein was still in deep thought. What if... He was snapped out of his thoughts as Shinwoo addressed him.
"Sir..."
"Yes, Shinwoo..?"
"Give him some lunch money. You live with him, right?"
"H-Huh?" Frankenstein lost his usual composure. "W-what? Lunch....?" (Y/N) covered her mouth on instinct, despite the mask over her face already.
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"I know he is new and school ends early, but I had to buy him lunch." Shinwoo continued. "I'm already broke, as it is..." There was a momentary silence, then- (Y/N) burst out laughing.
"Oh my god.... Pfft... Hahahahahaha..." The three students looked at her like she was crazy. What...? But (Y/N) was not paying any attention to him. Instead, she was staring at Frankenstein. (Y/N) could literally hear the metaphorical cement wall behind him crack and crumble to pieces. Additionally, his face had paled and he began to sweat both rapidly and nervously. Swallowing thickly, he looked at Raizel with shadows over his eyes.
What have I done....? Master..... But Raizel payed no heed to him and continued to sip his tea. Meanwhile, (Y/N) who had known them for a very long time, continued to giggle uncontrollably, making Frankenstein's ears turn pink from the sound and if you looked close enough, you could see Raizel's face tint pink.
..... Raizel knows Frankenstein too well...
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"Where is he?"
"He's having his meal somewhere nearby..." The two cloaked figures once again stood in the middle of a quiet alleyway, waiting for the thing to complete its meal. "Looks like he succeeded hunting this time. I guess that kid wasn't any ordinary kid." The tall man spoke.
"The scumbag barely stopped himself from body destruction. I wonder how long this one will last...."
"I doubt it. He won't be able to last very long. He'll die from failure to hunt around here, or he'll be hunted..."
"Anyhow, the ending is clear: It's when that happens..."
"Shouldn't we be reporting to the higher ups about the coffin now?"
".... It's annoying, but we should."
"I'd hate to go back early, but if they order us to..."
"Whatever they say, let's stay for a bit longer. We never listened to them anyway... All we have to do is to do as we're told in the end right? Hahahahahhaa....."
"Right, we could do that.... Ahahahhahahaha" Their laughter echoed in the night air
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"I asked the secretary to drive them home in my car... (Y/N) refused though, saying her home was nearby..." Frankenstein's voice rang through (Y/N)'s ears. There was a moment of silence as Raizel didn't reply to Frankenstein. (Y/N) sighed. Unlike before, (Y/N) was actually on her way home wearing a pair of headphones, listening to their conversation.
"Master... The student's story is troubling me. The man that attacked Yuna... Is... He a vampire..?" (Y/N) paused for a moment. Is that what they call those... Things...? She continued walking.
"Of course, their story can't explain everything, but something about the situation is bothering me... One thing that changed while you were asleep was an agreement with each other. At first, humans made an agreement concerning the attacks and their own safety and interests. But it's a different story now that they've gained power. Now it's prohibited for vampires to attack humans to stay under the radar. That's why they are unknown to ordinary people, unlike the old days. But if they broke the agreement and attacked a human in the city where they are easily exposed..." Frankenstein trailed off. Arriving at her rented apartment, she unlocked the door and began to check if everything was packed.
It was time for her to move out of the apartment and she had not yet found a new place to stay: Something she honestly should've done a while ago but ran out of time for. Now she had to stay with that stupid South Korean Politician and the Personification of South Korea: Im YongSoo. YongSoo... Should really not be a politician, if it weren't for the fact he's somewhat immortal.... She sighed.
Then Raizel's voice entered the headphones. Humming lightly, she continued to listen to their conversation. "I don't know...."
"There's nothing you don't know about vampires...."
"Uncontrollable desires..."
"H-huh?"
"I could feel strong wrath and hunger that cannot be compared to the ones I felt before.." Nothing more was said for the next five minutes as the two.... People.... Were in their own thoughts. (Y/N) wheeled her medium-sized suitcase (infused with some magic so that it can fit as much as she wants, a gift to her from Athena*) down the stairs and out the front door, leaving her keys underneath the 'Welcome~' mat.
"He bought me lunch..." Raizel's voice entered the speakers once more and (Y/N) covered her mouth with a smile, pulling her jacket tighter around her. It was cold outside.
"Ah.... I-I'm so sorry. I should've taken care of your meals..."
"I tried the food here for the first time and I liked it."
"Really? I'm glad to hear that." Frankenstein seemed genuinely surprised.
"I like the place called "school" as well..."
"Oh... I see..." His voice was sounded relieved this time.
"'Rai'..."
"Pardon?"
"My name will be 'Rai' from now on..." There was silence. Then-
"Master... What did you have for lunch? It must've been wonderful..." (Y/N) stopped walking for a second. Oh dear... You're in for a shock, Frankenstein....
"Ramyeon."
"What! Ra...... FORGIVE ME MASTER!" (Y/N) laughed out loud, catching the attention of several people on the streets who gave her strange looks. She shrugged, pulled out her phone and disconnected her phone from the listening device.
She dialed YongSoo.
"Yoboseyo?1"
"YongSoo-ssi.... It's me..."
"(Y/N)-ah! What can I do for you?" (Y/N) giggled. His voice sounded tired and he'd yawned in the middle of his sentence. He must've gone to sleep earlier than usual.... (Y/N) thought. Otherwise he'd never be this polite and quiet... He was doing his paperwork then..? Wow.. That's new.
".... Can I stay at your place until I can find my own again..? Actually no. I'll only stay for tonight...."
"Ne. I'll come and get you~" He was in his flirty mood, it seems.
"Gomawo2, Oppa~3" (Y/N) decided to play along with his flirting.
"Jagi~4 Where are you?" She looked around.
"Soo-Oppa~ I'm at the front of Ye-Ran High School..." She trailed off, seemingly surprised that she managed to walk that far.
"Ne~5 I'll come and pick you up now~"
"Gomawo, Oppa~ I'll see you soon~" She ended the phone call, sighing in relief. She hoped that she'd never do that again. Slipping on her leather gloves as a defence mechanism, she pulled out her phone and continued to read Ability.
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Raizel was still sipping his tea in contentment. "Sit down...." He commanded Frankenstein, who was still standing up waiting for his orders.
"Yes master." Frankenstein flopped onto the couch tiredly, sitting in the exact same area as (Y/N) had just moments ago. He wince in pain and his master looked at him confusedly. Getting up, Frankenstein pulled out the couch's cushion to find a little grey box, about 10cm in length on all sides. (Y/N)'s listening device.
Turning the cube in his hands, Frankenstein eyed it carefully. It was nothing really special: A small metal grey cube, engraved with grid-like lines. He would've confused it for a Rubik's cube, if it were not for the miniscule wire poking out from one corner and the lack of colour. Hm.... Frankenstein thought. Perhaps (Y/N) isn't all she seems... Also, she seems well versed in being 'proper', as Gejutel would say. But what is this cube...? He ripped it open with his strength, ripping the wire and pieces of metal to shreds. Observing the broken copper wires within the structure, he could no longer conclude what the object was supposed to be. He bagged the crumbled parts and left the cube in his research room, promising himself to determine its function later.
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(Y/N) clutched her phone with a small smirk, having read the pop-up notification on her phone. 'Device 13329 has now been disconnected.' Device 13329: One of (Y/N)'s many listening devices. So you've found it already, huh, Frankenstein....? And by the looks of things, you've destroyed it.... It was true: The only way it'd ever be 'disconnected' was if it was destroyed.
(Y/N)'s thoughts were cut off as YongSoo's car arrived in front of her loudly playing Stray Kids' District 9. She pocketed her phone and walked to the car, dumping the suitcase in the boot.
"Annyeong~6" YongSoo, who was messily wearing a suit, jumped out of the car and embraced her in a hug. (Y/N) scowled, pushing him off. But even before she managed to enter the car, his hands managed to latch onto her breasts, hugging her from behind.
"W-what the- Get off me, Soo!" She spluttered bright red.
"Noona's breast's belong to m-Ow!" (Y/N) slammed him on the head, thinking, Well at least he's back to his usual self... She hopped into the passenger side seat, while shoving YongSoo into the driver's seat.
"Now don't drive too- ACK!" (Y/N)'s head bounced off the back of the passenger seat headrest repeatedly as YongSoo drove off, speeding down the road as if it were a highway. A while later, (Y/N) managed to stop her head from spinning by grabbing the closest item - a metallic drink bottle - and hit him on the head repeatedly with it.
(Y/N) knocked him out. Sighing in relief, she pushed him to the back seats and drove to his house, ignoring the throbbing headache she received. Of course she had to have a give-take relationship with pain. She hurts him and she also gets hurt. She pulled into the driveway and parked the car. While dragging YongSoo and her suitcase, she managed to fish the key card from his pocket and unlocked the door. She was already expecting the worst.
".........." was her reaction when she walked into the building.... *ahem* mansion. His home looked as if a hurricane had swept through the building: Paperwork, clothing and empty food wrappers littered the floor and his couches. (Y/N)'s eyebrow rapidly twitched in annoyance.
"..... YongSoo.....?" A tired looking Kiku walked down the corridor, his yukata7 halfway off his shoulder and his hair a mess. (Y/N) raised her eyebrow. Kiku was here....? Then Yao also- "(Y/N)-chan...? Konbanwa..8"
"Konbanwa, Kiku-san...." There was a momentary pause as she glanced at the mess surrounding them, Kiku included. "..... Your yukata..."
Kiku glanced at his yukata and flushed a bright red. "A-ah!" He pulled it back up his shoulder quickly. (Y/N) gave him a look with a raised eyebrow. "I-it's nothing of the sort!"
"When have I ever thought that you and YongSoo were a couple? I can't see that at all..." She trailed off. ".... Is Yao here...?"
"... Iie9... Why?" Kiku shook his head.
"Just wondering." She eyed the mess on the floor in annoyance. "We'd better get this cleaned up. Isn't his boss coming here tomorrow? Oh... The paperwork too." (Y/N) raised her head and stared at Kiku in the eye. Kiku looked away nervously his eyes flicking back up to her every few seconds. She pulled down her mask, revealing her nose and lips. (Y/N) smirked mischievously. "Are you ready to pull an all-nighter?"
Kiku stared blankly at her for a few moments then sighed. "Hai... But he owes me now." (Y/N) nodded, dropped YongSoo onto the ground, not caring that half his body was still hanging outside of the open door, and removed all the paperwork from the couch before grabbing an unconscious YongSoo and throwing him harshly on the couch. Kiku flinched as the couch skidded back a few centimetres.
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