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Ria’s perspective
From the beginning, I had always knew that I was a different person from the rest.
I didn’t smile much, I didn’t have much emotions that other people had.
From me, keeping silence was the greatest gift I accomplished.
Students were loud, emotional, always crying, always wanting the attention of others.
I didn’t know why I saw the world that way.
Maybe, it was because of the emotional despair I went through as a kid.
I was a child when it happened.
Nine years.
“You are an unwanted child.” That word was buried deep inside my mind.
From that day, I thought I lost all hope in this world.
It became hell; seeing all the people you love slowly drifting apart.
The worst part was that I couldn’t stop, no matter what happened, the people that I love will lose their connection towards me.
That was until I was Yuki and Mary.
They were the people who accepted me and treated me like a normal person.
Eventually, we all died.
On that faithfully when I was finally released from the ropes of hell.
I will see through to the end.
Even if I end up in hell, I will enjoy my new life to the fullest.
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The time was around eleven in the morning.
I was sent to the store to get some items for the senior members of the guild.
As I walked, I sensed a faint presence of a person moving towards the store room.
Their movements were incredibly slow, or I should hidden.
Unless, you have a special eye, sensing it will be almost impossible.
“Get going man, we really need this!” From the window, someone screamed.
“Got it.”
I increased my pace slightly.
The things I needed to buy were important to them but not for me.
All I wanted to do was just sleep and rest.
I untied the bag which had the items and the money.
“I need to get, ropes, needles, cardboard, and other needed materials.”
Within four minutes I managed to reach there.
“Can I come in,” said as I knocked.”
“Of course, come in my boy.”
“Thank you, Mr. Tuchi.”
Mr. Tuchi was an elderly man who gave me my sword, he was a friend of both mother and father.
I was very grateful to him.
When i am at work, he helps take care of Eva.
He is also the master at martial arts.
I didn’t know why, but he said a student of his in the past studied at an institution called the “Nexus Intuition.”
He helped me refined my abilities and taught me the martial arts of this world.
Martial art like boxing, karate, muay-thai , kickboxing, judo and taekwondo were already taught to me by my master back on earth.
But in this world martial arts are very different, fighting mainly works with magic, swords, and hand to hand combat.
Yowon, Strike-boxing are the martial arts taught in the world.
“What do you need this time?” Asked.
I gave him the paper and money.
I waited as he went to the back and grabbed the items with a basket in hand.
“Here you go.” He handed he the basket which had everything in the list.
“Thank you. I am working so, I can’t talk much.”
“Oh, you don’t have to worry. I know this much,” he said.
Then, I began walking back.
“11:17,” that was the time.
I was in the middle of thinking of what to make for Eva, she must be hungry.
“Hey.”
Maybe rice.
I began tapping on my head. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
“Hey, didn’t you hear me.”
We didn’t have enough rice to last us until Sunday, I think we have to eat something else.
From there I decided to get fish before I head home today.
But, from a distance.
Someone threw a sharp object towards me.
“Huh!?” I blinked before reacting to the problem coming.
“Spirit ball.”
I condensed man into my hands, then formed it into a spinning rotating ball of energy.
I stretched my arm out and hit the opposing force .
“What, didn’t your parents teach you to have manners for strangers!”
“Sorry, but they kept calling you from a distance that you seemed to be occupied with something, but sorry for the trouble my partner cost you.” A boy around the same age as me apologised.
A wore a royal academy uniform.
That must mean he is a son of a noble, Since only the king and noble’s children can attend the royal academy, this was the main reason why I came to that conclusion.
“What do you mean? I have been screaming my voice out loud. Do you know how crazy girls will go just to hear my voice. And here you are, getting a free sample yet playing hard to get. Can you believe this commoner!” There was a bitter laugh.
The other guy who accompanied the guy seemed to have a different personality than him.
Should this be a sign that he is just like him but better at hiding their personalities to get the upper hand.
I stared at him.
“What…! Commoner!”
Commoner.
In this world, the royal and noble see common people as trash.
They see us as worthless individuals.
They expect us to worship and praise them, even when they are wrong.
This is one of the bitter truths about this world.
“Well. If you guys have nothing to say and are just here to waste, I will request my leave.”
“No… Wait, you kinda need to ask you something.”
“What?”
“Today, in the morning. Didn’t you hear the emergency bell ring rung?” The boy asked.
“I did. But why did you ask?”
“Well, the king’s two daughters have been kidnapped. Princess Christina and Princess Chloe, they both went missing in the morning.” The boy explained what was going on.
“I did. I just wasn’t bothered enough to care. If the kidnappers were smart enough to fully capture such a defensive nation like this, then it would be very hard to catch them now.”
My words weren’t lies, they were the obvious truth they have managed to ignore.
“You little brat.”
The other boy, the rude one rushed at me with a slow attack that I didn’t even need to dodge.
He swung his fist at my face which I caught.
I pushed him lightly, but he flew towards an object laying further down the road.
Could have finished his career if I wanted to but I just didn’t have the time to do that.
“11:48”
“Alright, what did you want to say?”
The other boy looked very surprised, he hadn’t expected someone to stand up to people like the other boy.
“If you see anything unusual, call me. Oh… by the way, my name is Rui and yours?”
“Ria, that is my name.” I said.
“Well then, the next time I see you I will make sure to have some time to talk. There are many things to talk about right?”
I didn’t know what was boiling up in his head but the royals and nobles are the last thing I wanted to be a part of.
“Sure, I guess.”
“I will go help my partner up then, take care.”
Then the boy left.
“Flash step.” I teleported to the shop immediately using my pure eye.
“What is this.” I said.
“Blood!”
My eyes were detecting blood from the shop.
So, I rushed inside to check.
Laying on the floor were my coworkers soaking my blood.
Six people stood on the podium, seemingly waiting for someone.
And on the floor, there were two girls.
One had purple hair with purple eyes, the other also had purple hair with red eyes.
They were tight with a rope which met they couldn’t move freely.
“Who are you?” I said in a cold voice.
“We are the six nightmare. We are the shadow of the great nation, future rulers of the better world. And the last people who will see in your life.” That was the statement they said to me.
“That is a bold statement, can you keep that promise!?”
“Of course, you haven’t gotten the training we have received. You can never beat us in an all out fight.” Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
“I guess this will be interesting. Now, let’s see what you claim. Whether it is true or not, go all out.” I said to them.
“No, wait a minute. You can’t fight all of them alone. A one vs six fight doesn’t seem to be fair. Isn’t that right.”
From the roof of the building, five other boys stood.
Among them were Rui.
I guess he used my mana signature to figure out where I was and teleported here.
Who are these boys exactly.
Wanting the answer to this, I stared at the two girls who seemed relieved.
“I’m guessing you guys are their guards, right?”
“Not exactly. We are friends of theirs,” a boy stated.
“Eigi, do we have to explain this to the commoner, can’t we just fight these goons and get this over with.”
Eiichiro, these people aren’t ordinary people.
They have an extremely good combat sense.” A boy who has grey hair.
“The six people took a side.
Each one of them was facing people they wanted to fight.
“After you are with your opponent, help the closest person to you.”
“On guard.”
Then the fight began.
The boy with grey immediately defeated his enemy with a single attack.
So did the boy I talked to earlier.
There were four left, the one facing me wasn’t even a challenge.
I pulled out my sword, but he casted a barrier magic in order to protect himself.
I coated my sword with mana and slashed the barrier open.
Then, I used my pure eye to cast an illusion magic on him, he fell asleep after that.
When I turned around, all the others were finished with their enemies.
Big words but no work.
Seeing that everything had been settled, I attempted to escape without them knowing but the boy with grey hair turned and held my shoulder.
“What now?”
“You can’t just leave after what happened here. We need you for questioning!”
“I am sorry, but I have a sister to take care of, can we do this another day?” I suggested.
“No, I am afraid this is a national order. You have to come with us.”
Going against the law will not help me but I guess I have no choice.
“If I decide to go then it will be on my terms.” I stated firmly.
“By the way, his name is Kakashi, the other guy standing in front of him is Eigi, the racist guy is Eiichiro, the silent one over there is Max and for me you already know.”
“Rui, right.”
“Alright, you remember. Anyways, sorry but I kinda figured that the kidnappers left a little bit of the royal sisters mana on your mana.”
“Huh?” I said confusingly.
“When they kidnapped them, I could see the sisters trying to leave a trace for us to follow and that is how you ended up having that.”
So, the feeling I had when I was leaving wasn’t a coincidence.
“From there the guys went to untie the ropes that held the sisters.
After thirty minutes, Eva arrived and we headed off to the castle.
“Hey, big brother. Did we do something wrong?”
“No, you guys didn’t do anything wrong. Actually, he is the key reason why we are safe.” The second princess said.
“Huh. Big brother saved someone, that seems…. That seems like something he wouldn’t normally do.”
“So, where are you from?” Eigi asked.
“I don’t really know. But father did say both he and mother came from the land of Karasuki in the far south.”
“Then that is what that special eye is: ‘The Pure Eye.'” Max said.
“Yeah.”
Kakashi seemed quite for a minute.
What was he thinking.
For some reason, he and I seemed very similar.
I can’t put it into words, he just feels very different from the others except Max.
“You said when your father was here. What happened to him?” Kakashi asked.
“Someone trapped him in a sealing trap. For the moment, he is in a deep sleep.” I said, but Eva was trying to hold it together.
“Oh! Sorry about that.”
“Ah! No need to worry. He is not dead, and that is what matters.”
“Look, we are almost there.”
“Oh yeah. By the way, how old are you?” Eigi suddenly asked.
“That seems very odd but I am eleven years old.”