Gensomaden Saiyuki Fan Fiction ❯ Crimson Shadows ❯ Demon King Rynna ( Chapter 3 )

"Finally I've found you, Princess Lenora," King Rynna said and Rianna looked at him.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I am your father."

"If that's true, then why did you abandon me? Why did you leave me all alone to fend for myself? I am a half-breed in a world of human and youkai. I had no control over my birth."

"Your mother was human. She took you away during the night. She abandoned you and I've been searching for you ever since."

"Really? You don't know what I've been through, each day a fight for my own survival."

"Do you know how hard it is to locate a round woman with red hair?"

"You don't realize how hard it is being a woman with red hair."

"You are correct there. I don't. I'm sorry that you had to go through that. It was not in my interest to let that happen to you."

"Well it happened."

"You need not worry about the persecution any more. You can stay with me."

"I don't even know you."

"That can be changed."

"I can't readily accept you as my father. I don't know you."

"I did say that that could be changed."

"I know what you said. The idea is just difficult to comprehend. I've only felt comfortable with one person but he's on a mission and I may never see him again."

"A lover?"

"Someone who understands me. Someone who knows what I've been through. You could never understand like he understands because he and I are the same. We are both half-breeds."

"I've heard of the man you speak of. A youkai killer."

"He kills when he needs to kill. He doesn't do it without reason."

"From the passion in your voice, I would say you've gotten to know him extremely well."

"Is it any of your business how well I know him?"

"You do have the temper of a redheaded child. I would like to try to get to know you if you would allow me to."

Rianna gazed at him and sighed. She was stuck. He had the advantage over her. She could not go anywhere, run anywhere, for she was in a strange environment. She had to get on his favorable side and then hopefully, she would be able to come up with a means of escape.

"All right. I can't do anything else," she said.

"Good. Where should we start?" King Rynna asked.