Since early in the morning Kai had prepared everything he needed, a week ago Knox had sent him an email containing all the rules requested by the FERN GUILD while he worked as a guard for Noah Miles. Rules that for Kai were quite simple.
Looking at the rules regarding holding hands, Kai only knew that a guide and an Esper could have physical contact such as hugging, holding arms or other body parts. Having sex is of course prohibited as a form of professionalism. But the request to hold hands left him clueless.
"Why is it so specific?"
But he didn't think about it any further, he was just worried because after two years of waiting, his main task was to guide a Noah Miles. Everyone knew who Noah Miles is, he is like a hero in this country. There were only a few S+ level Esper's in this country and Noah Miles is one of them. He could complete the task on his own but his attitude was not considered very friendly. His mouth is notoriously sharp in speaking.
Kai teleported to Noah Miles' residence, the mansion looked rather empty and deserted, dominated by white and black colors he felt a piercing cold.
"Welcome, are you Mr. Wood? I'm Luka." The voice made Kai turn his head, a man with short black hair, his face looked so handsome with a fairly stocky body, he had two moles, under his left lip and also under his right eye. The man approached Kai and shook his hand.
"Kai Wood, just call me Kai." He said with a big smile.
Luka looked at Kai from head to toe. Yes, he heard this Guide's appearance was quite eccentric but he didn't think it would be quite as standout. With half-long pink hair, earrings that filled the ears, and bright red eyeballs. He wore a plain T-shirt, with a black jacket and black jeans with boots. He was quite tall, even though Luka himself is 6'1".
Standout appeareance. Luka could already imagine the protest that Noah would says if he saw this man.
"I hear this is your first assignment?" Luka smiled broadly, inviting the standout-looking boy to sit down.
"Yes, so far no one has been more than twenty percent compatible with me."
Luka choked slightly as he sipped the warm coffee and listened to the boy's explanation.
"Nothing more than twenty percent?" He asked with a slight cough, the boy looked at him in confusion while scratching the back of his neck.
"Therefore, I was surprised to get a result of ninety-two percent with Noah Miles."
Luka had just heard this, neither the director nor the guild president had said anything about the percent compatibility of the two of them. The ninety-two percent figure was high because the average compatible result was only at eighty percent, as well as Noah and the previous mentor.
Luka placed the glass on the table and began to open the floating screen in front of him.
"It seems that as already explained there are some rules that must be followed inside the Noah residence." After clearing his throat he started talking to Kai who then also opened the floating screen in front of him. The two of them checked the rules and also the contract given by the Guild to Kai Wood.
"Can I ask you a question?" Kai Wood looked at Luka who nodded without taking his eyes off the screen.
"What does it mean limited to holding hands? Aren't there many ways for energy transfer between a guide and an Esper?"
Luka nodded again, he didn't answer right away, slightly tilting his head to the side, then looked at Kai Wood.
"When you came in here, did you feel anything strange? Any irregularities?"
Kai frowned, what kind of question was that? Didn't he ask a question? Why did he get a counter question instead of an answer?
Kai looked around this house, he didn't feel anything unusual, it's just...
"The air conditioning in this house is too cold." He said with a frown on his face.
"Right." Luka smiled widely, the glasses he is wearing went up a little. "Not many people know, but Noah has a power other than being a combat Esper. That power makes him burn."
Kai's eyebrows went up at that, he looked at Luka seriously, his fingers interlaced. He listened carefully to the man's explanation of Noah Miles' other powers.
As Kai recalled, back when he had not yet awakened as a guide, the photo of Noah Miles having a butterfly tattooed on his neck had caused an uproar. Many photos were taken when he returned from the Dungeon and showed the tattoo, even though people knew that the man had tattoos on several parts of his body. But, the butterfly tattoo was the thing that got people so excited.
"He hides the burn marks with tattoos, there are burn marks on some parts of his body due to his uncontrollable power. Especially on the neck." Luka pointed at his own neck with a smile. "When he's at his limit, the only thing that doesn't have the effects of heat and burn is his hands. So, you can hold his hands to stabilize his energy."
Of course this was the first Kai had heard of this, information this detailed would never be shared with the public as it was Esper's confidentiality. Kai almost asked about Noah's previous guide, but he stopped himself.
Rumors about the death of previous Noah Miles' guide had always been a hot topic of gossip. Some said that the death of the man named Jayden Ackland from the HollyHock Guild was a work accident, other rumors said that the man was killed because of Noah Miles' uncontrollable power, another rumor Kai heard was that Jayden Ackland committed suicide.
"So, is there anything else you want to ask?" Asked Luka, he closed his floating screen and picked up the glass filled with coffee as he took a sip.
"Do I have to stay here too? I have to work for the OAK guild too." He said, closing his floating screen as well and looking at Luka with a wide smile.
"Oh yeah, I heard you're the Head of the Guide Guild there?"
Kai nodded, "I organize the guide' schedules with their Esper."
"You can go to work by teleport, I give you unlimited teleport access."
Ugh, this was not what Kai wanted. How could he possibly feel comfortable living with his own boss? Especially since this is Noah Miles.
"Uh, okay." He gave up on arguing.
Just then a display screen appeared in front of him at the same time as Luka's.
CALL FOR NOAH MILES' GUIDE, KAI WOOD.
EMERGENCY. IMMEDIATE. USE TELEPORTATION.
The two looked at each other and without speaking they pressed the teleportation button. In an instant they were in another place, the mountains.
Mountains?
"Where is he? What happened to Noah?" Luka ran over to the Esper standing not far from the entrance to the dungeon.
"Oh, Mr. Luka, are you not going to wear a protective suit?" Asked one of them in hurry.
Kai glanced at Luka who was now showing a face full of worry, he could see how the man's large body was shaking in panic, sweat began to run down his face from his forehead.
"Let me do it." Kai walked towards the sphere for the Dungeon entered.
"Kai, you can't directly touch his body. That would be very dangerous." Luka gave him a warning.
All the Esper turned their heads, looking up to see Kai who was walking closer to the sphere.
"Isn't that Kai Wood?"
"The S+ class guide who is not compatible with other Esper?"
"Why is he here?"
"Is he Noah Miles' new Guide?"
The whispers continued to be heard, some from the Esper, the people who watching and also some of the health workers continued to talk behind Kai's back. The man scratched the nape of his neck, he didn't like public attention, yet this would be his main consumption when it came to Noah Miles.
Ah, damn it.
He is flying and went into the dungeon.
When he set foot there, he was quite surprised, it wasn't the first time he entered the Dungeon of course, he had helped some guides and Esper several times even though their compatibility was less than twenty percent. However, this dungeon looked strange, everything was just black, like there was no end to it.
He walked over and began to feel the heat, his eyes catching a pale figure lying on the ground gasping for air. The heat was so intense from the man, Noah Miles.
"Ughh..Ughh..." He screamed in pain while clutching his chest.
Kai opened the floating screen, Noah Miles' entire body was in a state of emergency, his energy unstable, heartbeat too fast, body temperature rising, he was like a time bomb about to explode. His body was on fire.
Kai took Noah Miles' hand, cold. While the rest of his body began to turn red, only his hand was not affected by anything. Kai releases his energy, he observes Noah Miles who still looks in pain, Kai continues to monitor the floating screen in front of him, checking what percentage of Noah's energy has almost stabilized.
He glanced again, observing Noah Miles. It was his first time seeing the man up close, a face that was beautiful rather than handsome. He looked quite tall to Kai, he checked the man's height, "Oh wow, you're quite tall for an Esper." He muttered after seeing the number, 6ft.
When he was guiding Noah Miles' hand to hold it tightly, the man whispered, "Jay? You're back? Jay?"