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Chapter 8.
- So I got you, werewolf ... - girl in a black knee-length black dress and a jacket smiled. The voice seemed familiar to Acchan, and after a few seconds, she knew who it belonged to.
- MAYUYU?!
When Atsuko left the Kingdom on a mission, Mayu - the daughter of a Atsuko's teacher - was very young. Since then she has grown rapidly and has matured considerably, but, no doubt, the girl that caught her with Minami in the net, was baby Mayuyu.
- Long time no see, Atsuko-sama. It seems that six months have passed, - Acchan flinched from that "-sama". Earlier Mayu always called her "Atsuko-onee-chan"... How quickly she has changed. - I never thought I'd see you in the forest at such a late hour.
- Mayuyu, that's a joke? - Atsuko tried to lift net, but it was electrocuted. - Release us!
- Sorry, Atsuko-sama, but she, - Mayu sent her gun on Minami. - I need her.
- Why do you need Minami? Why are you caught us? Why do you need a gun? - Acchan beginning to anger the behavior of her friend.
- Minami? This is not the Minami, it is a monster! She deserves to die only their existence!
- The monster? Death? - Acchan from her awkward position stared at Mayu. - Mayuyu, what happened to you?
- With me - nothing, - cut Mayu. - But, seem, monster powdered your brains!
And Mayu, snatching the pistol from her belt, fired first at the Minami and then to Atsuko. Acchan felt something bites her shoulder, and after darkness fell.
***
Acchan opened her eyes and had to immediately close them - its blinding bright sunlight. Along with this came a terrible headache. Acchan, trying to calm her down, fidgeted, and above it once was inclined another familiar face.
- Acchan, are you all right?
- Yuki?
Atsuko sharply sat up and looked around. The room in which she was, was clearly not in the palace or in the homes of the surrounding area. The walls are painted in a light green color, elegant double bed, in the right corner - a neat little dressing table, next to him - a leather sofa. To the left of the bed - a round table and a bookcase next to it.
- Yuki, where am I?
- This is my family's country residence. You've never been here, right?
Yuki, or, as she was called by friends, Yukirin, was a Atsuko's friend since childhood. The daughter of rich parents, close to the Queen, she was well brought up and educated along with Atsuko. Yukirin was the only one with who Atsuko in childhood could play - the other was not given permission to do so, or they do not exist at the palace.
- Yeah, how many years you and I are friends, and I did not know you had a mansion outside the city.
- I never say about it, - and both laughed.
- By the way, Yuki, how did I get here? - Acchan swung her legs off the bed, Yuki sat down next to her.
- Hmm ... You do not remember? Mayu brought you here yesterday, because you, have not really recovering from the wounds, went for a walk in the woods at night and lost consciousness. Yuko there almost went mad with worry when you are not found in the ward ...
- Mayu?
Acchan suddenly remembered last night - their conversation with Minami, a meeting with the armed Mayu ...
- Minami... Where is Minami?
- Acchan, who is it? Mayu brought only you alone ...
Atsuko looked into the Yuki's eyes. The same black, without a hint of emotion, eyes of Lightning Mage. But still, something was wrong. Acchan was sure that Yukirin was lying to her.
- Where is Minami? - Atsuko repeated a little harder. - I know you know her whereabouts.
Remembering last night, she remembered something else strange. When Mayu caught them and came out from behind trees, behind her was a strange shadow. As if behind her was another person. Atsuko felt the familiar flow of magic, but could not figure out who it belongs to. Now, being with Yukirin, she knew that. Stood behind Mayu yesterday was Lightning Mage. And this Mage was Yuki.
Suddenly, from somewhere below, there was a strange noise - as if something breaks, and then someone shouted.
Atsuko darted off, and throwing open the door of the room, ran out into the dark corridor and ran down the stairs to the first floor, and from there - to the basement. She was sure that Mayu holds Minami there.
And she does something terrible to her.
And Minami hurt.
And she cries.
Acchan knew that the cry belongs to this girl-werewolf.
But as soon as she stepped off the last step, her body was electric charge. Atsuko fainted.
The last thing she heard was:
- Do not interfere in our affairs, Princess. The monsters must be destroyed, - an angelic voice said Yukirin.
***
Minami woke up in a room like a laboratory. Everywhere: on cabinets, on tables - were placed flasks with different colors and composition of fluids. Minami tried to stir, but could not - her hands and feet were tightly bound. She tried to turn back into a she-wolf, but nothing happened, as if the curse was lifted. But Minami felt that this was not the case.
- You can not try to turn into a wolf, - Mayu's voice came from somewhere, and the next moment she entered the room. - The cell in which you are, do not let you do that.
Mayu was wearing a lab coat, on her eyes were the same glasses as yesterday.
- Why are you doing this?
- The monsters must die, - Mayu replied icily. - People have to live. Atsuko-sama's affection to you - just your monster's charm. If you disappear - she wakes up and returns to normal, the same as she was before. Prior to her mission.
- I'm not a monster! - Minami tried to break the ropes that bind her.
- You're a werewolf. You're different from the people. You have a very dark aura. As the Daharans's servants. You're a monster.
Mayu said, as if repeating a mantra, which drove to her head. She opened the drawer of a table, took out a syringe and filling it with a colorless liquid of the adjacent tubes, went into the cell to Minami.
- I will protect Yuki, - Mayu opened the cell door, came back and sat down next to Minami. - I will not let IT happen again.
Mayu released Minami's left hand and, holding her tight, introduced the needle into the vein.
Minami screamed.
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In the next chapter of "The Legend of the Seeker":
- Acchan asks her friends for help in order to release Minami;
- Meet TomoTomo and WMatsui!;
- The reason for Yuki and Mayu;
- What will happen to Minami?!
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