Science/Magic

"Sister!" Gina rushed from behind Bloed and jumped to the girl's arms.

The girl's expression softened. She hugged the petite Gina and smiled gently. "Gina, what did you do now?"

"Nothing. It's only that they wanted to take me away."

Gina said while looking at the two frozen men.

The girl frowned. She looked at them with the coldest gaze Bloed had ever seen in his life and narrowed her eyes.

"Explain, what is happening?"

The two men trembled. Under the girl's threatening gaze, one of them forced himself to talk.

"M-Miss Sara, m-miss Gina r-ran away from the house earlier this a-afternoon. W-We just wanted to b-bring her back."

"Ran away? Is my sister your captive!? You don't have any right to control her!"

The two men were paralyzed in fright. "W-We were j-just following orders."

Sara's expression was full of killing intent. She was looking at the two men as though she wanted to kill them.

But in the end, she sighed and waved her hand.

"Get lost, I don't want to kill in front of my sister."

"Y-Yes, t-thank you very much."

The two men did not care for their image. They bowed at Gina's sister in fear and ran away.

Once the men were away, Gina's sister turned towards Bloed and his group.

"You are… Bloed, right?"

"We meet again, miss Sara." Bloed smiled at her. "I never imagine you were Gina's sister."

Gina's sister was someone Bloed knew. To be exact, he met her earlier today, when he and Gerald talked.

Yes, she was the mysterious bodyguard behind Gerald's sister.

Tanned skin, black hair, and black eyes, together with faint killing intent and an elusive presence. Bloed could not forget someone like her easily.

"Do you know each other?" Gina was startled before smiling happily. "That is great! Sister, they are my friends Bloed, Liu Ying, and Regina. They are great people, and Regina's food is delicious! Besides, Bloed, he…"

She then lowered her head and blushed. "No, nothing… Anyway, they helped me."

Sara put on a suspicious expression. She looked at Bloed and the others warily.

However, when Gina finished explaining how they met, her wariness decreased.

"Is it so?" Sara sighed. She then bowed at Bloed and the others gratefully. "Thank you very much for helping my sister. She has been weak since she was a child and she faints sometimes. Fortunately, you were there to help her, or I don't know what I would have done if something happens to her."

"Don't worry about it." Bloed waved his hand nonchalantly. "In fact, it was fun to chat with her."

"That is good." Sara nodded. She then bowed once more and grabbed Gina's hand. "Well, it's time to go back home. Many thanks."

"Huh? Already? Sister, I want to chat with Bloed a bit more…"

"Gina."

"… Okay." Gina pouted and followed her sister unwillingly. Before leaving, though, she turned around and smiled at the stupefied group.

"Such a strange pair of sisters…" Bloed commented when they were gone.

"I like Gina." Liu Ying said. "She is very pure. I remember I was like her back then… I wonder what is the problem with the two men, though."

Bloed shrugged. "It has nothing to do with us." He then turned around and returned to the house, followed by Liu Ying.

Regina, however, stayed in the door in looked in direction of the girls with a pensive expression.

"Am I being too sensitive? But I'm sure this Gina…"

She then went inside and sighed. "Master, what do you think about using a disguise."

"A disguise?"

"Yes, one with an ugly face."

…

"Gina, you are causing trouble again." Sara was angry while walking back to their home. "Why did you escape the city lord's surveillance?"

"Sister, you know I don't like them. They are bad people, and I don't like that you work with them."

"You know our circumstances, what can I do?"

"... Sorry. I know you are doing it for me, and yet..."

"... It's not your fault, Gina. It's my duty as your elder sister." Sara sighed and looked at Gina gently. "But look at the troubles you caused. You fainted in the street! Fortunately, they were good people, or I fear something could have happened to you."

"You don't have to worry about that, sister. Bloed is the hero!"

"Ah?" Sara was startled. "Hero?"

"Yes, the one in my dreams!" Gina seemed very excited. "The hero, the doll, and the princess! They are finally here sister, they came to rescue us!"

"Again with that?" Sara had a headache. "I told you that dreams are not real."

"Mine are!" Gina retorted with an anxious face. "You know it, sister, I can see things nobody else can! He is the hero, the one I will marry!"

Sara was speechless. Marry him? This girl just met him and was already a lovestruck fool!

Moreover, she fell in love with him due to a dream!

"Stop it, Gina. Don't cause more problems."

Gina's expression turned serious. "Sister, are you not tired of this? I don't like this life, sister. I don't like what you do… And now, now the hero is here. He is our hope..."

Sara shook her head. "Silly fool. He can't help us, nobody can't help us. Stop talking about it, or if someone hears you, we will be in trouble. Even worse, you will get them in problems."

Gina fell silent. She looked at the ground and sighed.

"You know I'm right sister. My dreams are true. You have been saved more than once thanks to them…"

"That was a coincidence." Sara shook her head.

Her sister was someone very special. Sara knew it, her sister was different than others.

But… She was cursed.

Sara hated it. She hated her powerlessness to protect her sister. She hated the fact she had to serve the people she hated to protect her loved one.

But she knew better than anyone that this was the only way.

Changing fate was not so easy.

And heroes were not real.