The NPC

"Where you think you're going?" Kino asked as she approached the guy with Katana unsheathed.

The king piece glowed and then one of the golems moved was one thing but a prey of an enemy escaping? She would only hurt her dignity as the descendant of the Ichizora Clan.

Once made a vow, it will be a great sin if breaking it. Furthermore, a vow made by a descendant of the Ichizora Clan was bound to be special.

This means that if one broke one own vow, something terrible will wait. It was worse than death.

"Wait, wait! I-I can't respawn! I'm an NPC!" Stuttering in fear, the guy stopped his pace as his back touched the golem and only raised his hand to Kino so she wouldn't come any closer to which was a futile act.

Kino kept coming closer until the guy or rather Halde as his name. Spoke the words.

"An NPC?" Kino and L looked at each other before one of them asked back, which was L to be exact.

"Are you really an NPC?"