6th chapter :  dance of the swords .

       After getting to meet Eyezar and discussing things with him. Marco confirmed that only he can see Yuna and the other two, he learned a lot of stuff and barely had anything left for him to ask about therefore he had still got this heavy curiosity feeling around him.

          “Dinner is ready!”. Marco said as he was preparing the table so they could come and eat dinner. 

          “Thanks Marco, I’m kinda getting to be a push for today. I'll reward you later” Alice responded as she was eating with them. 

          “Well, you are a guest and our vice master too, I don’t mind some visitors from time to time” Marco said. 

          Arthur looked at him and replied, “Besides Hana, I don’t think someone will visit us at all”. 

          Both sighed as they looked at each other, Carla giggled to see them having a good time being synchronized in terms of reacting. 

         “Alice neesan give some of that bread!!” Sophie asked for the bread suddenly as she was eating silently enjoying her food. 

          “Ah, sure!! Still, I never knew that you have such cute siblings? I’m sorry for your early loss” Alice said as she sadly smiled at Marco. 

          “You mean our parents, they’ve been dead since Arthur’s birth, so you don’t have to apologize, really” Marco answered her words as Carla and Alice looked at him then at Sophie. 

        “You mean, Sophie isn’t…?” Carla flustered as Alice stopped her. 

        “No, she’s our real sister, we just feel the same, I mean we kinda look alike in some points” both Arthur and Marco replied. 

        As the three siblings got closer and looked directly at Alice and Carla, the two saw a huge resemblance which made them impressed and amazed at the same time. 

        “Hmm, I hardly believe it but you do look alike. I mean you have the same pattern of acts and incredibly sharp senses too, I feel bad for trying to take these earlier” Carla had a pale face as she spoke her word.

        “What are you saying? Anyway, it's almost time to sleep. Sophie you can sleep in the living room with Carla and Alice senpai, you wanted to try a sleeping party right? not sure where you read about it though”, Marco said as he brought some bed sheets and a lot of plushies for Sophie. 

        “Where did you get the money to…” Carla was surprised to see these things, which she didn’t see until now. 

        “I’ve taken my money back from that old man,” Marco replied with a satisfied expression on his face. 

        Alice and Carla looked at him and thought they misheard him.

        “As I said I’ve returned the money. That old man is one of the few that served my family back then, he might not look like it but the pointy ears and the big beard, is his real form. He’s around a million years old, so as a Deca family member I took the chance and asked him for my money back” Marco said as he giggled a little, looking down at his hands. 

        “Sigh, the fact that I’m seeing you react as a normal person is much more relieving or stressing than this whole story, I thought you were some kind of sadist or stuff like these” Alice said as she was fixing her and Sophie’s bed. 

         “I don’t know what you are talking about? I don’t even know what being happy really feels or what being sad feels, feelings, memories and bunch of other stuff, I don’t want them” Marco responded calmly as he placed a fake grin on his face right along with the last words.

        Alice and Carla looked to him as they saw some pitch black darkness inside his eyes, they also felt like they stepped on a sensitive thread or like a road full of landmines. 

        “Sigh, I guess I went overboard with what’s on my mind. Alice senpai please don’t mind or think a lot about what I said, as much as my brother and sister are laughing happily and living their best life I’m ok with being the way I am now” Marco brought them back to their senses with his words as he turned off the lights.

         On the same side of the scene, Alice and Carla thought that he’s being a little too careless around himself as long as his siblings are living a good life, somehow both felt it was wrong.

         After hearing his own words Marco sighed and stretched his head a little bit, “And here again my gloomy side is showing up, Always seek the sunny side of the story, after all I still have great people around me” Marco mumbled to himself as he turned around and went to his room. 

         Alice and Carla looked at him walking away as they decided to believe in him, despite that the uneasiness didn’t go away. 

         “Sigh, so how do I return back again?” Marco asked as he was laying on his bed while Yuna was standing next to him. 

         “Well, it’s like you need to feel your body drowning again, as if you are having a good deep slumber in a warm place!!” Yuna responded as she was acting weird in front of him. 

         Marco sighed and focused on what she said aside from her weird pose, and after a few words after he felt exactly what she talked about as he found himself drowning in a deep sea, then it instantly took him to the palace.

          “Heeh!! that’s what happened, still I’m really happy that you took your money back, you sound more like the way you used to!!” Selicia said as she was smirking while patting Marco’s shoulder.

          “Well, I kinda wanted that money for Sophie, she’s been watching other kids a lot lately and I didn’t give her anything, so…” Marco said as Yuna was having teary eyes while wiping her nose.

          “Sniff, sniff, you are the best, despite you looking all gloomy and suspicious but you care about your little sister, despite being a total jerk,”  Yuna said as she smiled at him. 

          “Ok I get it, no need to say it two times in a row, anyway  I wanted to ask more about our family, that old man Eyezar didn’t tell me everything, did he?” Marco asked calmly as he felt comfortable around them. 

         “Well, it’s not like he couldn’t say, but rather he made a vow not to say,” Cedric answered the question as he looked serious for a moment. “Let’s see from where to start, we are a cursed family”  Cedric spoke as the whole atmosphere became cold. Marco was about to reply but Cedric stopped him as he continued to talk “To put it simply, I was the first cursed one, I was the one who cursed our family, you have the right to hate me though it’s not the problem here, our curse is our strength, so to put it more simply it merged with each one of us and till now, the one who you saw looking like you is your curse…”.

           Cedric spoke deliberately as the white haired guy added after him “pleased to meet you again, unlike the weaklings in your family, I have a name and its Deva, feel free to use it as much as you want” Deva popped out then disappeared again. 

          “What kind of curses is this guy? The most important thing is that I have a favor to ask from Yuna nee?” Marco said as he seemed to be thinking about something else.