He didn’t like that tone of hers, the one that’s hurt, pain was a feeling he’s sought out to protect her from and in a strange twist of faith he finds himself being the cause of it. The secrets, the lying horrible in nature but a necessary precaution, although eventually he knew that sooner or later all of this would come to light, the sudden move to the eastern continent and his company slowly branching neatly into Japan? It would be suspicious to anyone who’s close enough.
So, Sinbad sighs under his breath. If it was time to come clean..then he will. He loves her and he owed her this much, but even now he’s quickly pondering about what secrets should walk into the light and which should remain in the darkness. Conquering dungeons and acquiring power, that’s something she’s always known he’s done in their youth, but now conquering nations? This was new territory. “Where do I start?? Darling you need to know that this wasn’t an easy decision to make..but a necessary one.”
Sinbad takes a step closer, only so she could look at hm in the eye. “The things that I need to do in order to keep this country from falling into mayhem, the beasts that lurk in the shadows…all things I need to eliminate if I want to enact the change I talk about. “Within this country there are three main families who govern the Japanese Underworld: The Seiryu clan, Susano’o alliance and The Orochi. Those are the three pinnacles who breathe destruction onto the streets. The violent crimes, turf wars, drug trafficking are the least that they’ve done.”
Sinbad continues on. “I’ve only now realized that of the three clans, the Seiryu tends to be honorable among them, while I am invincible to any of their personal attacks if they wish to enact some form of method to manipulate me..the same cannot be said about you. My darling you are wonderful, courageous, intelligent and by far the best of us all…but you are also Kind. Your heart is but the brightest I’ve ever come across in this world, the light that prevents me from going too far..I couldn’t let you be apart of it, the things I’ve had to do…they too would have destroyed you, and you are always exposed which would also make you a prime target. Pulling all of my resources to protect you and your shop would only show my hand to them, they would know that above alleles I would burn the world for you. It isn’t until I’ve-...” Then it clicks. The boy from the Seiryu clan.
Now, he couldn’t focus on that right now, ‘Tell her you’ve seen the boy’. A voice in the back of his mind echoes, it’s thoughts wicked but alas he ignores the voice and continues on. “I’ve seen that boy you’ve befriended rough around the edge but I’ve had him followed, learned about him. I figured with someone who values you as his own at your side then he would make the perfect (‘pawn’) person that I can rely on to keep you safe from harm. While I keep the wolves at bay. I apologize really for keeping this a secret from you but this was the only way I know to keep you safe.”
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