Surprising Guest

"What the heck was that?"

Did he hide something?

Kire was even more confused because she believed him so easily. Kire felt that her mind trusted the mysterious boy and tried to follow what she was told.

The situation outside the hunter guild was quite busy as usual at festivals. People are busy buying things, whether expensive or cheap, they sell well. Even wooden toys sell well, although not many children need them.

The morning was very bright, there were no clouds to be seen in the sky, but it was not hot. The atmosphere around the crowd made Kire's heart even more uncomfortable.

'What is this feeling? I can't calm down.' That's what she thought since earlier. She tried to divert her mind but still couldn't.

"Haha... I'm so bad at waiting. I also wonder why he took so long. Maybe I should check on him now."

Due to her growing curiosity, Kire walked towards the entrance of the hunter's guild. Getting closer to the entrance, Kire felt an uncomfortable air. Feels like being crushed and tied tightly.

This is bad, isn't it?

Kire was starting to get scared the more she approached the entrance. Inside the entrance felt like a forbidden area that she could never go through. As Kire approached, she also felt the heat from within. The heat she felt was abnormal because it was like scorching heat.

What is this heat? It's so hot. Even my fire is not that hot. Could this fire belong to that boy?

After Kire arrived at the door, she also tried to open the door. She managed to open the door a little and looked inside.

It was a massacre, blood was everywhere, lots of corpses were burned and destroyed, it looked like hell. There was no way anyone could survive such a state.

What is this? Leo? No...

"Boss, we need to find the guild master quickly."

"I know, I know."

Six people were wearing brownish-green robes. On the robe is a symbol of a head with eyes covered in a yellow cloth. In the middle of the corpses, there was one person whose aura looked very terrifying.

"Is he the one who uses fire magic?" Kire tried to focus his gaze on that person and sure enough, he saw an extremely terrifying aura. "Is he an A-ranked mage? No way, but why?"

"Oy guild master, I was tired of waiting for you to come out, so I killed some of your men." That person then stomped on the corpse fiercely. "Oops, sorry, I seem to have missed it. Maybe not a few, but all of them."

After saying that, there was no sound of anyone there. Feeling unheard, that person then started burning the inside of the hunter guild again.

"Guild master! Oy, where are you?"

"Don't you dare ignore our boss you pig."

The guild master still didn't show up after they called him out many times and then the boss went to the main table again. He leaned back against the table and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Huh ... this isn't working, huh?" He then sighed. "I thought I looked like a bad guy already. Is there something wrong with my appearance? "

"Hahah, maybe he is blind, boss. You looked cool already."

"I know right? So what's wrong with him?"

On the other hand, Kire who saw it all couldn't move because of fear. She first saw the gruesome massacre right before his eyes. Her hooves stood on end and her body shook incessantly. All she had in mind was a way to escape from this place without getting caught. "Why don't I trust that boy?" those words were things she regretted.

Keep calm Kire, you gotta be calm. It's real, but you need to be calm.

Kire started to relax. Inhale then exhale. She started to calm down after a few seconds. Then she looked back into the door.

I also didn't see that boy, was he dead? Impossible. But why did he tell me not to come in? Is he one of the members? Or did he know that this would happen?

Kire started to hesitate again. She keeps thinking "What should I do?" Should I call Nare and the others?" But then the remaining people will definitely be slaughtered again.

Maybe I should go in and stop them. I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to beat him, but my rank is D and I'm also a fire mage. It's not a big deal right? I could die if I went in, but whatever. It's not like I will die in one move.

Kire clenched her fists then started to take another breath.

Sorry if I die like this brother. But, at least I can buy some time for the others to escape.

Without a doubt, Kire opened the door and walked inside.

"Hold on you people. Stop this already!"

After Kire entered, the gaze of those people began to shift to Kire. They didn't seem surprised by her arrival.

"Oh, that little girl, why didn't you come earlier? We've been waiting for you!"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"We already know you've watched from the start. It's fun isn't it, want to try it too?"

"What is wrong with you people? Why did you guys come here?"

The mysterious people fell silent then looked at each other and laughed. Kire was even more confused and scared.

"Don't you ever hear us?"

"What do you mean?"

"We are the Surprising Guest for this festival."