Chapter 50 - Pandora's Box

It had been more than two weeks since Sei left and Davi never heard anything from him. It was as if he just disappeared from existence, leaving no trace at all. Every time he left, Davi always felt like there was something inexplicably strange about it. Davi has been wondering why it felt that way but to her dismay, she couldn't find an answer. All she knew was that the feeling was undeniably mysterious. She felt as though he was not just leaving to go somewhere far away, it almost felt like his existence also seems to vanish as if he was just… a dream.

"Don't you miss the young master?" Mr. Kazuki asked while the two of them were watering the plants together.

Upon hearing him, Davi smiled. "I do."

This has been the longest time she hadn't seen him and she didn't expect that she would be missing him like this. She realized that she strangely needed Sei's presence more than she thought.

"The young master's occasional disappearance is really inevitable. Is this alright with you?"

Davi went silent for a while then she faced the old man. "Hmm… I think I'm fine with it. I'm aware he has lots of things to do but this is the first time I haven't seen him for this long… I just realized I'm actually missing him more as days goes by. Haha."

Her cute awkward smile and her sincere words never ceased to warm the old man's heart. He had been sighing and feeling distant from the world all this time, but now, a certain young lady appeared and it was as if the sun finally rose from a deep slumber.

"I'm sure the young master has been missing you more, young miss."

"Haha. You think so?"

"Why? You think this old man is lying?"

"Hmm… Sorry gramps but I'm not really convinced." Davi chuckled mischievously for a moment then continued seriously; "When it comes to Sei… how should I put it… well, he's unreadable. He's like a book I can't even begin to read because it has been locked with a series of b.l.o.o.d.y tough chains."

"Are you frustrated?"

"Frustrated, huh… I think not to that extent. But I admit my curiosity has been growing larger lately and I'm afraid it might burst out soon. Haha. I hope I can still continue to hold it in, wait…" Davi paused as she put her one hand on her hip then faced the old man again as if she was a teenage spoiled brat who was about to demand something outrageous from her grandfather. "Gramps, I think it's time for you to talk. You promised to tell me something about Sei if I cooked for you the whole week, remember?"

"Haha. So in the end, you won't even go easy on this old man, huh."

"I won't."

"Okay, okay. This old man will now talk."

While the two were sitting in the garden's gazebo, Davi looked incredibly excited.

"So? What do you want to know about him? Do you want to know why he covers his face?" the old man asked and Davi's eyes twinkled immediately as though she just saw a golden box containing the world's most mysterious secret. However, in a blink of an eye the stars in her eyes suddenly vanished the moment she realized that the golden box in front of her was surely Pandora's box, something forbidden and possibly deadly.

Seeing her expression, the old man laughed. "Haha. Are you that scared of him?"

In response, Davi shook her head right away. "I admit I am but it's not really fear. I just don't want to do anything that would anger him and… I would never purposely break my promise." She said, looking stern and resolute even though disappointment flashed across her beautiful eyes for a moment.

"Are you saying that it's totally fine with you even if you will never know anything about him forever?"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Davi shook her head like a rattle. "No, I won't be fine with it forever. But, I'm not in a rush. One day, I believe he himself will tell me everything."

"What if that day will never come?"

Davi's eyes narrowed then a silly evil smirk carved on her face as she spoke. "I will force it out of his mouth."

"Hahaha. That's the young miss for you. I wonder how you would do that. This old man definitely wants to witness it with his own two eyes."

"Well, that's a secret gramps. I will definitely make him say it."

Davi's eyes suddenly burned with determination and enormous fighting spirit causing the old man to smile with all his heart. He was sure that no one in this world was more suited to be Sei's wife than this lady in front of him.

"That's the spirit, young miss." The old man looked like he was rooting for her, beaming with happiness and satisfaction. "And because of that, I want to give you a reward. I can answer as many questions as I can as long as it isn't about his ident.i.ty. How about it?"