Could Amon's father also be a transmigrater?
All the clues and hints matched up!
Klein instantly had the urge to talk to Amon' father- he was very far away from his home right now, at least a single other person also from his world would finally be able to get rid of homesickness!
But...
Klein sneaked a peek at Amon who was drinking the milk tea with a few biscuits with a satisfied smile.
He remembered that Amon only talked about his father in past tense...
But thankfully, he had also gotten to know about the fact that the relationship between the real klein Moretti and Amon was quiet strained and Amon hadn't told him much about himself. A few days ago Amon had mentioned how he would start to open up to Klein again and that he would try to answer all of Klein's questions...
He also hadn't specifically fold Klein that his father was dead-
Could his father be still alive?
Klein felt excitement thrum through his veins.
Although he had also found out that Roselle was also from his world- the man was already dead and the only things useful that he had left for the other transmigraters were his diary pages. Which too were only useful for Chinese people or people who knew Chinese. And from the cuisine he had eaten from Amon, his father was probably Russian.
"So..." Klein awkwardly coughed out, "You keep talking about your father fondly and in past tense, is he... um... dead?"
Okay, way to be insensitive Klein!
Thankfully, Amon found nothing wrong with Klein's question and only replied calmly, "No, he's still alive."
Klein felt his eyes shimmer-
Another transmigrater!
"Would you let me see him?" Klein blurted out without much thought before quickly correcting himself, "I mean- since we're going to get married and all... like- meeting the family kind of way."
He would then be able to even explain his troublesome situation with him and Amon! And surely a father would feel protective over his own son and disagree to Klein marrying amon since he wasn't the original Klein and help Klein dissolve the wedding and save his virginity!
"The fact that Klein wants to meet my father makes me really happy," Amon smiled, but then his smile dissolved and his expression turned more somber, "But unfortunately, you can't."
Eh?
Klein blinked, "Why?"
"Hes extremely sick right now... has been for a long long while." Amon sighed as he pit down his empty cup and started cleaning up the empty dishes and utensils.
"Surely we can still meet him... if the sickness is contagious we'll just use precautions and not meet directly." Klein suggested with an awkward smile. He really hoped he wasn't sounding too desperate by Amon, but he really wanted to meet someone else from his world! Then they could even exchange their informations and find a way out and back to their world together much faster!
"When I speak of illness- I meant the mental kind." Amon replied after a while, "He is not at all sane, can't even think properly and has forgotten about his love for me and many times has even tried and succeeded in hurting me..."
"Oh..." Klein shifted in his seat awkwardly, not knowing how to respond. "I'm sorry about that..."
"My father was betrayed by many of his subordinates and almost died, even though he managed to survive, the psychological shadow is his betrayal coupled with his wounds twisted him into that 'thing',
"Its not that I don't want you to meet my family, I'm just afraid of you getting hurt." Amon said with a sad smile as he hugged Klein from the back gently. "My brother is also very far away right now and currently finding a way to cure our father... we haven't talked in years."
Man... wasn't the life of Amon really tragic?!
Klein squirmed uncomfortably in Amon's hood but let the man hug him, he figured he should give the poor man some comfort...
But really... why was it that both the transmugraters before him had such a tragic end?! Roselle was assassinated by the church and Amon's father was betrayed and went insane... Klein felt shivers run down his spine- was he too going to end up like that?
Klein felt Amon separting himself from him, "We should getting now, or else you'll be late." He said with a clink of his pocket watch.
Klein nodded as he followed after Amon's back.
"By the way Klein," Amon began as they boarded the luxurious Amon family cariage, "Why arent you wearing our ring?" He pouted.
"Uh- that's because-" 'I'm not actually your fiance' "I'm afraid that I'll either lose it or it will get stolen..." Klein pursed his lips guiltily as he pulled out the engagement ring from his breast pocket.
He stole glance at Amon and after seeing the man's hopeful expression, he sighed and put the ring on his ring finger under the man's gaze.
The ring's aura really did resemble the grey fog... speaking of- it was Monday, hence the day of the first official meeting of Klein's tarot club. He should ask them to find more Roselle's diary pages as he didn't have many here to read like Old Neil had said...
"Good morning Klein~" Rozanne greeted cheerfully as she waved at Klein whi had just entered the building, she was about to joke about his black wear during such a hot climate when she saw that another man had followed behind Klein and had entered the building. "Who's this mister?" She asked in slight surprise, the man looked of noble lineage and completely did not fit in this normal looking building at all.
Klein was about to open his mouth and introduce Amon, but before he could Amon cut him off and replied by himself as he held Klein's hand which had their ring on the ring finger.
"Good morning, I'm Amon, Klein's finace~" he smiled.
Why did he introduce himself as his fiance?! Klein cursed in his mind.
Although he knew that something like this was probably going to happen considering Amon's personality and his pride over being Klein's finace- this was still embarrassing!
"A-ah...?" Rozanne stuttered as she kept looking back and forth at Klein and Amon and the matching rings in their ring finger with surprise. After she finally claimed herself she coughed awkwardly before continuing, "Klein never told us that he had a fiance..." she even remembered about mentioning marriage with a pretty lady and having kids to Klein last time! And the man already had a finace?! And it's even a male...
Although the church of the night didn't discriminate against homsexuals and gay marriages, it was really really rare to see a gay couple- especially one so open like this man named Amon and Klein in front of her. This was actually the first time she had seen gay people! Okay no, that was a lie- she saw Leonard almost everyday.
But it was still rare to see an open gay couple especially since the church of storm discriminates against them in their teachings and coupled with people's general negative views over things like these, most people were thrown out of their jobs and discriminated against whenever they figured out that someone was gay.
Thankfully, this was the special Nighthawks division under the Goddess and they didn't discriminate over things like these- or else Leonard would have ended up being kicked out the first day he had arrived here.
Klein coughed awkwardly, trying to break the tension in the air and said, "This is Amon, my f-fiance," goddammit he couldn't have sounded more virgin than this! "He was kind of suspicious about my new workplace so came here to investigate, Rozanne can you please tell him about the Blackthorn Security Company?"
"I understand," Rozanne smiled, this wasn't the first time someone had come because they were suspicious about the place due to it's obvious suspicious atmosphere and tendency to hire people who generally didn't have the qualifications for the job they had said they had as a cover up. "The Captain is in his usual place." She added.
"Thanks," Klein politely bowed like a gentleman and then looked at Amon, "I'll go meet the Captain as I need to ask him some things, goodbye."
"Have fun~" Amon smiled as he waved his hand.
What did he mean 'have fun', he was going to work, not pre-school!
Klein grumbled under his breath as he started walking towards Dunn Smith's office. He went through the partition and knocked on Dunn Smith's office door.
"Come in." Dunn's voice was deep and gentle as usual.
When he saw Klein, who looked quite different in a set of nice formal wear, he nodded and his gray eyes smiled.
"Have you decided?" he asked.
Klein took a deep breath and answered seriously, "Yes, I have made a decision."
Dunn slowly sat up straight. His expression became solemn but the deep recesses of his gray eyes remained the same.
"Tell me your answer."
Klein replied without hesitation, "Seer!"
Outside, in the reception hall, Rozanne enthusiastically explained about the Blackthorn Security Company and their cover up story to Amon who nodded usually and asked a few questions in between sometimes.
That was when another person walked in, he wore casual rumpled clothes and had slightly long dark hair and green eyes with a poetic temperament. It was none other than Leonard Mitchelle.
"Ah, good morning Leonard~ you're late today." Rozanne greeted with a small wave of her hand and a smile.
"What can I say, I saw a really cute cat on the way and got lost in my head while using it as an inspiration for me new poems," Leonard's eyes landed on the other figure in the room with black curly hair, "A poet's life is not sooOoOO-" his eyes widened. "Amon?!" What is an angelic existence just chilling in the Nighthawks lobby room?!
It was Amon!
"Good morning Leonard~" Amon greeted back enthusiastically with a wide evil smile.
'How does he know my name?!'
"You two know each other?" Rozanne asked with an innocent told of her head, completely oblivious to Leonard's dying face.
"His grandfather and I are good friends," Amon said as he radiated the brightest smile.
[What friends?!]
Amon knew about the old man in his head?! Wait- why was he calling the old man his grandpa?!
The old man had briefly told him that it was because of Amon that he was weakened and had to hide in Leonard's body to get back his strength- and Amon was here and he knew about the old man?!
Was he going to die in the middle of the dispute between these two angels?! He wasn't even 30 yet! He was too young to die!
"Ah-!" Amon gasped as he clapped his hands together, "How about we two have breakfast together? I didn't have much to eat this morning, there's a good cafe just down the street. Dont worry I'll pay." He gave another angelic smile.
'I dont want to!' Leonard screamed in his head, and he knew briefly about the powers of the thief pathway due to the old man so he knew that Amon was able to read his mind! And yet the man still showed him his innocent pure smile- like he was mocking him and telling him that he had no choice!
He couldn't help but curse the old man in his mind- it was only because of him that he needed up in this situation a d might even die!
"I don't-"
"That's a great idea!" Rozanne cheered, "It's rare to meet your family friends, I'll issue your leave for the first half of the day today in your stead so you can catch up to your grandfather's friend, I heard he passed away a few years ago so this meeting must be something very special to you two!"
"I'm not-"
"Great~" Amon smiled and then looked back at Leonard with a mischievous smirk, "I recommend theirdesi pie and sweet iced tea. Let's get going~ I'll tell you about your grandfather and my adventures."
Leonard felt his spine prickle in fear.
He felt the old man trying to run away from inside his body and strenghted their bond in his mind- he was NOT letting the old man run away from this situation that he had dragged Leonard into! They were going to swim and sink together!
Klein, in another room with Old Neil, who had just successfully drank his Seer potion and officially became a sequence 9 Fortune Teller couldn't help but feel his spiritual intuition telling him that something really tragic was happening somewhere outside.
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