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𝘼𝙧𝙘 1: 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙧𝙘
𝘾𝙝 6 – 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚
The entire hill station and parking area was covered in 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙.
Not just human blood anymore…
…but 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 as well.
Members of Master’s group moved across the area—𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, and 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙨 with 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖-𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨—killing any remaining monsters.
A large mana barrier surrounded the place, ensuring none could escape.
Near the pond, a 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 and a 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 stood beside what remained of 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙠𝙞.
The witch stared at the remains for a moment before speaking.
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?” she said quietly.
“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺… 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴?”
“𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴,” the mage replied.
He looked at the body one last time, memorizing it, then raised his hand.
𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 appeared and burned everything to ash.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?” he added.
“𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦?”
The witch shrugged.
“𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺.”
She walked away to continue searching for any remaining monsters.
At the center of the hill station, near the 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚, several witches were casting spells to seal it.
Suddenly—
A 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 leapt out, rushing toward them.
None of the witches reacted.
Before it could reach them—
An 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 pierced through its head.
A second later, the monster burned from within.
The witches glanced back.
An 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 stood there, lowering his bow with a smirk.
He walked toward one of them and said teasingly,
“𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩… 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯~?”
“𝘎𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬,” she replied.
“…𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵.”
The archer smiled—
But suddenly, a small cloud formed above his head.
“𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦… 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥.”
Rain began pouring directly onto him.
“𝘏𝘦𝘺—!?”
The witches nearby let out small laughs.
Even in the middle of chaos… they were 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.
Not far from them, Master stood in front of 𝘼𝙮𝙖𝙩𝙤. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
He knelt down and looked into the boy’s eyes.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?”
Ayato hesitated… then nodded.
Master stared at him for a moment, then picked him up.
“…𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦.”
The next day, the news spread across the country.
A landslide had occurred in the hills of Hokkaido, killing everyone present… except one child.
Ayato was supposed to be sent to an 𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚.
But from the police station—
He disappeared.
𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 had taken him.
Some time later, in the streets of Tokyo, Master walked beside Ayato.
“𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯,” he said calmly.
“𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴… 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.”
Ayato stayed silent.
“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦,” Master continued.
“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.”
Ayato looked up slightly.
“…𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?”
“𝘠𝘦𝘴,” Master replied.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳.”
He looked straight ahead.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴… 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰.”
Ayato’s eyes trembled.
“𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰…?”
He remembered how his parents used to dress him like one.
“…𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰.”
Master nodded and placed a hand on his head.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 m𝘦.”
His voice turned firm.
“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴—”
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.”
“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴.”
“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.”
“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘬𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘰.”
Ayato nodded obediently.
“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥,” Master said.
He paused, then spoke again.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 nam𝘦.”
From this day onward…
𝘼𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙖.
𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙮.
Master sat on the couch, looking at Ayato.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?” he said.
“𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬…”
“…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥.”
Ayato clenched his fists.
Master continued,
“𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳… 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 i𝘴.”
Akira’s head snapped up.
“𝘞-𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵!?”
Master looked at him coldly.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.”
Ayato quickly spoke,
“𝘕𝘰! 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵!”
Master narrowed his eyes slightly.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺?”
Akira swallowed.
“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥… ‘𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦.'”
“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥… 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥!”
“𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰! 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦!”
Master stared at him silently.
Then he 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙪𝙥 and walked toward the door.
Akira lowered his head in disappointment.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣—
“𝘼𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩…”
Akira’s eyes widened.
Master continued,
“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮—𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨.”
He turned back, his gaze cold and heavy.
“…𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦—”
“𝘌𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵…”
“…𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 tryin𝘨.”
Akira gulped—
…but 𝙣𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙.
[ 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 ]
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲.
𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲.
𝗦𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿.
𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗵 𝟮.
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