Kengo convinces Shirogane to let him help with work.
"I’ll take care of it. Watch what I do, so you can learn it."
Now Kengo frowned, stubborn. "I should do more than that. I can do more than that, I know it."
Echoes of the past twitched at Shirogane’s nerves and he told himself firmly that Kengo was nothing like Homurabi had ever been. "In time."
Kou thinks he’s figured out who the next king of shadow is. Now they have to convince Akira to let him go.
"All right, you said you found something," Lulu said, settling on Kou’s best chair. "So what is it?"
Kou blew out a stream of smoke. "Think it’s the king you want. You’ll never believe who it is, though." He certainly hadn’t.
A year or so later, life is going on. Two moments, one from light and one from shadow.
"Hah! Take that!"
The screen flashed with colorful explosions and Akira tossed his controller down in disgust. "You’re even a demon in games."
Aya also wants to make sure Akira isn’t in over his head; Kengo is already confident.
Akira was getting used to the fact that he couldn’t have a calm, normal walk home from school, anymore, with nothing more exciting than maybe a gang of seniors wanting to beat him up. If it wasn’t kokuchi it was some shin and if it wasn’t either it was Aya. And he was starting to think he preferred the attacks to the friendly conversation.
"So." Aya swung her school bag casually in one hand. "You and Shirogane, huh?"
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