EPISODE 2: AN INTENSE JOURNEY PART 1

EPISODE 2:

AN INTENSE JOURNEY PART 1

"TRUM" The sound of "horses" running woke me up, I slowly opened my eyes. The first thing that came to my vision was the image of 4 girls sleeping together in front of me, Felia, Sora, Violeta and Drigil.

My eyes immediately recognized where we are, a very well designed wooden carriage, very nice touches on this wood painted in a silver and white color.

Although he could hear the 'horses' running, he was unable to feel the movement of the moving carriage.

Although I think I should stop calling those magical beasts "horses" ... what was their name ... a B-class magical beast, at most it can be a B ++ class.

These are usually very expensive, but I got them at a reasonable price ... I only got a small 100% discount in exchange for a 'notebook' with 'valuable information' inside it. Yes, that's right, I got 4 which equals about 40 silver coins… I really thank Paul for getting these beasts for practically free.

I tried to get up and… I couldn't.

A strange extra weight is on my body, I move my head to see the cause and ... a strange intense red hair appears.

This makes it automatically remember all the events that happened before you woke up.

My fight with Yenix during the party after the selection ceremony, the way I beat her ...

The intense talk I had with the girls to explain why I dance with Yenix and not with them.

The next day I went to the workshop to see the carriage, as I did not like it, I finished retouching it almost 100% since in a certain way I did not want to have discomfort during the trip.

As all the things were ready to go, we only had to wait for the that Paul would send us arrived.

And when we were about to leave ...

I was tremendously surprised when Yenix asked me to take her.

And that leads us to ...

That now she is here, sleeping on me.

Well, I couldn't refuse.

The reason for her accompanying us is that, by chance, on our travel route there is a small town where her uncles are supposed to live, like her grandfather who used to live in the small town of Mexa, and I say he lived, because apparently died 1/2 months ago.

So, in a nutshell, we will leave it near the village and we will continue on our way.

In order to get up without waking Yenix, use [Barrier] between us and gently lift her body creating a small separation of a few cm, then use [acceleration] and I am away from there in seconds.

-With this now I am no longer in danger ... (Sigh) ... (Izarick)

I said in a whisper as I walked towards the back of the carriage without making the slightest noise so as not to wake the girls, upon arrival I took the white curtain and opened it to see the stage outside of it.

A beautiful meadow and plains were what my eyes saw as the sunlight spread across the land through the clouds and the vast blue sky was limitless as far as I could see.

I put both of my feet out of the carriage and now I am standing on the ledge between the wood and the dirt road. I spread my arms and then took a great leap and then turned backwards in midair, moments later my feet touched very gently the roof of the carriage.

The whole scene that we're going through now was fully visible to me.

-It really is a beautiful sight. (Izarick)

I said in a soft tone of voice as I contemplated the beautiful scenery. I walked to the front of the carriage and I sat down to watch and relax.

Below me is our precious driver and "escort" who takes us to the "Capital East"

- OOHH! Master Izarick, it's good that you woke up. (??)

-Good morning Pel, sorry for not keeping you company since yesterday. (Izarick)

-Don't worry about that, besides, it is an honor to help the gentleman, who helped and caused the Laup company to climb a huge scale in a very short time, thanks to that we are now part of the 'circle' in the merchants' guild. (Pel)

-Fence, that's great. (Izarick)

I said as I pushed my body with my arms and fell sitting right next to him in the passenger seat.

This man, Pel, is a young man in his 20s, with dark brown hair and eyes of the same color, but light. He does not have a great physical constitution and from the way his hands felt the first time I met him I knew that he is not a user of a sword or similar weapon.

I also have to mention that he is Paul's eldest son ...

And never in all this time that I've been doing business with him ... He never told me he had a family! ... I think I'm going to have to 'talk' a bit with him.

-Hey Pel, I want you to tell me, how have you been there?

-well, we have been very good, especially since the gentleman signed his first contract with us, the game of chess, it was a total success for those times, even today, after almost 3 years, they still haven't gotten tired of the. But even after that you created the new products - the bikini, the balls and the other stuff! It was great, with that we managed to quickly rise through the ranks in the merchant guild and reach the circle! (Pel)

His eyes began to shine with a strong flash.

I think that for them I must be a kind of superior being ...

I only forced a small smile at the enormous joy and praise that came with lightning speed from Pel.

We talked for a long time until the position of the sun and my PPJ's mini-clock indicated that it was 8:30 am.

The 5 sleeping beauties woke up.

-Good morning girls, how did you sleep? (Izarick)

- Good Morning! (All)

They all responded with sleepy voices while rubbing their eyes, and the typical signs of a newly awakened girl were visible in their looks, disheveled hair, unkempt clothes, sleepy eyes etc. I have to admit that seeing something like that in the early hours of the day is a good thing, they definitely look pretty cute.

Pel chuckled the moment he noticed my smile and looked at the girls.

When I asked the reason, this was the answer I received "-I am not a genius in these matters, but definitely the young man has a great future ahead of him." I cannot deny that, and I definitely understand the reason for his words.

I am very aware of the feelings that all the girls have here for me, although not a single idea has not stopped spinning in my head `` that it is only a children's love '' something that can easily change in the future, but If not, I think I will fully accept those feelings, and since, in this world, polygamy is not a crime or frowned upon in the eyes of the masses, I can easily have more than one wife.

Sure, as long as I'm able to please them all.

But that is a topic for the future.

For now I have to take care of enjoying my youth and my current goals.

Second part

This is already our second day of travel, according to Pel, it will take us about 2 weeks to get to the Eastern Capital, exactly where the Sagrada Academia is located and which luckily is the same place where the company's headquarters is located. Laup, and 1 week to spend near the town where Yenix's uncles live.

Now, the girls are happily playing poker, and they are playing with something like a bet, although, I do not know what is at stake, since it is not money ... and for some reason, my instinct tells me `` - better not ask unless you want to die´´ something like that.

And me.

Well, I'm keeping Pel some company and at the same time I'm making some weapon prototypes, thanks to [multiple vision] and my minimized PPJ version.

That real thing that has a thousand uses just as Liz described it.

These were the new options that I unlocked (And I still don't know how the hell I did it):

-Creation of clothes and armor: normal, magical and enchanted.

-Creation of weapons and accessories: normal, magical and enchanted.

-Modification of objects: normal, magical and enchanted.

-Alchemy workshop: potions, poisons, scrolls etc.

And apparently there are still many more to go ... this really surprised me a bit.

Now, these options are nothing more than a `` tool''.The result, efficiency and quality of the object created, modified or altered, depends on the full abilities of the user, in my case, I, who already have experience creating and making clothes and weapons, they make my work much easier, although I still don't know how to make magic weapons, armor and clothes, only the enchanted ones and that's thanks to my magic [enchantment]

And for the alchemy part, I don't know the compounds and definitions of this world, therefore I am not capable of creating potions or poisons.

This is one of the reasons why I am looking forward to attending the Sacred Academy.

The weapon I am making now is an experiment, a weapon changes shape.

One that changes its functions completely.

I want to see if I am able to make several weapons in a single object and if [programming] is able to change the physical properties of a solid object with the necessary qualities, as it is not able to turn a metal tube into a sword due to Due to the qualities of the metal tube, I realized this thanks to a small experiment carried out.

But if it is possible to do it if the process of this is preceded with my magic [molding] after all, once again, knowledge and imagination, are the ones that predominate here.

I decided to start with something simple, a one-handed long sword with a blade of 4mm thickness and a length of 75cm, this is the initial shape. Its second form is a rod 1.5m long and 3cm thick and the third and last, are three-part nunchucks with extra chains that are inside them and come out with a command, the thickness of these is 3cm and the length of each one is 30cm and its normal length is 1.10m and its total length with the chains extended to the limit is 4m.

I took my time to make this weapon, its programming was not that difficult to do, it is basically this.

-first form: long sword-command: `` ONE´´

-second form: metal rod-command: `` SEC´´

-third way: nunchacus-command: `` TRI´´

-change to the desired shape with the predisposed command.

-the enchantments placed on the weapon can only be activated by the creator or whoever he authorizes, the same goes for the extra and main programming settings.

The difficult thing was to make her change shape with [molding]

Now, the materials he used for his creation was black and white mitrhil, purple Orichalcum.

The enchantments were:

Long sword

- [az of light] and [magic of fire]

Metal rod

- [Impact x?] [Wind Magic]

Nunchacus

- [mijholnir] [lightning magic]

It took me 30min to make the last adjustments to the weapon. And luckily for me, my conversation with Pel reached a point of silence, and it wasn't an uncomfortable one, it was a relaxing one where you didn't need to say anything.

Some time passed and it was time for lunch.

We stopped to have lunch and rest for a while, they all got out of the carriage and began to stretch their bodies, I did the same and so did Pel.

Then Pel took out a somewhat large basket and called us all, from the basket he took out a couple of bags and a few containers made of wood.

The bags contained stale bread and dried meat ...

Clearly the reactions of the girls when they saw what our lunch would be… it wasn't very good.

-This is what we are going to eat ...? (Felia)

-I really like meat, but that doesn't look very good ... (Sora)

-I think that is not very nutritious ... especially for my body ... (Violeta)

-… (Drigil)

-I don't care, I'm used to eating this ... (Yenix)

The expression on Pel's face stiffened a bit at the girls' words, but hey, since they're used to eating my food, it was something to be expected.

Although I do not want them to become very demanding about these things, but I am also a person who thinks that a good meal is always the basis for everything, therefore, I have raised my culinary skills very well and, I am going to prepare something for him. lunch.

-Well, sorry ladies, but I have nothing else to offer, this is the type of food that lasts best when long trips are made. (Pel)

-I think you are right Pel, but I am also thinking that it is not very good to eat this especially when we are still children, so, let's eat something else… Girls! (Izarick)

At my words, Pel was a bit confused and all the girls except Yenix, lined up as if they were a military group.

-Now we are going to start with the preparations for lunch, Sora and Drigil, you will take care of the meat, there are several signs of inhuman lives at 9:00 a 1km from our positions, bring everything you can, and you Felia and Violeta, I want you to collect various fruits and leaves that are edible and I can use them as a condiment… they have 30 minutes to bring what is necessary! Get started! (Izarick)

- YES! (all except Yenix)

The four girls started running divided into two groups that took different directions.

Pel stared at me with an expression that clearly said that he didn't understand anything about what was happening, the same goes for Yenix, she didn't understand something either.

I just said that it was normal for us, I took out the necessary cooking tools from my inventory and started by boiling water and preparing the rice.

Exactly 30min later, Sora and Drigil were the first to return, they brought a wild beast called it is a kind of wild bird that is about 3m high and 2m long, its appearance is similar to a turkey from my previous world , of course, with a big difference, this `` bird '' possesses a few Ki abilities native to its species, such as [steel beak] [claws] and it is a very fast and agile beast, not to mention its strange and enormous strength for someone with bones the size of my little finger and muscles looser than gelatin, but for that, it's a B-rated beast ... but the good point is that its meat is very rich in nutrients and protein.

Then Felia and Violeta arrived with a large quantity of fruits and various plants, I knew all of them very well, so preparing the food will be very easy.

But for Pel, who was frozen to see what the girls brought, well, I think I have a lot to explain.

-How the hell did they manage to bring a ? It is a dangerous beast due to its strength, speed and agility, to hunt just one of them requires a group of at least 3 intermediate rank adventurers or seventh rank knights ... (Pel)

-Just say they have unique magic-type abilities, they are special. (Izarick)

- ... I'm not very convinced, but since they are the mates of the young man, it is not very difficult to know that it is true. (Pel)

-well, that doesn't matter now, let's start with the preparations! (Izarick)

I said that while cutting the subject in one go, rolled up my sleeves and started to pack lunch.

………. ……… ………

- This is really delicious! (Pel)

- you're right! This is the first time I have tasted such good food !! (Yenix)

-this is natural for Izarick-sama's food !! (Felia)

Pel was fully enjoying my meal… if I haven't lost count I think that was his 10th course.

Apparently my chicken is roasted, fried, grilled and stewed, all together in a perfect plate with rice, using various plants as seasonings along with the pepper and salt. The chicken was bathed in pineapple juice to give it a smooth texture, and the rice was prepared along with some fruits to change its flavor a bit since there was no kind of sauce on hand.

But the result was better than expected, even I was surprised by how well it tasted when I tried it, I think the cooking skills I have at the higher level is not just for show.

We all ate lunch normally, I even keep supplies to prepare dinner.

The rest of the time we use it to rest for an hour and then continue with the trip.

-Hey sir, if it's not too much trouble I would like to ask you a question. (Pel)

-Go ahead, but, I want to ask you to please stop calling me sir, it is something very uncomfortable, I do not like it, also, we are the same socially, neither you nor I, we are noble or something like that. (Izarick)

Before my words, Pel's eyes widened again in surprise, but seconds then, he only started laughing. I also put on a smile and he spoke.

-You see Izarick-sama. (Pel)

-and here we are again ... (Izarick)

-I'm sorry, but I can't help it, it's because I have great respect for you, well, what I wanted to ask was, if you are the owner of a famous company, you are very skilled and intelligent, with all that, why go to the school? When you can very easily earn a living as a trader. (Pel)

- ... (thinking) (Izarick)

I got to thinking about what Pel said, I grabbed my chin with my hand and stayed like that for a couple of seconds until I found the right words.

-I do it because there are still many things that I do not know about the world, magic and many other things, I can be very intelligent, but, that does not take away from me that I am still a child who does not know much about the world, besides, I have many The desire to travel the world as an adventurer, and about the clothing company that you create with you, it is for when you decide to stop traveling, so you can have something more. (Izarick)

-I see, you really are a very surprising child ... (Pel)

-I don't believe that, but hey… oh! Look at the time, I think it's time to resume our journey. (Izarick)

With that I collected all the things and called the girls who get along very well, even Yenix behaves in a friendly way with the others, a sign that they get along very well, that's a very good thing.

Although I am still worried about that bet that the 5 had ...

Well, the 7 of us got back in the carriage and began to mobilize.

Third part.

"Snif" "" Snif "a strange smell somewhat nostalgic reached my nose, and followed by ...

`` BAAAMM !! '' A loud explosion caused my body to shake and I woke up immediately.

The first thing to enter my field of vision was, fire, an embracing fire of an intense scarlet color.

Drops of a strong, pure red liquid.

And the body of a girl with short, pointed ears, her emerald green hair fluttered as her body flew under the night sky.

It took me a few seconds to process the information of what was happening.

I felt like my body was floating, so I turned my head and took a closer look at the scene below me.

A girl who apparently was already in her late teens, wears a white kimono stained with blood, fox ears along with three tails of pure white fur indicated that she was of the celestial fox tribe beats-man .

But there is something different about this beats-man girl, with the others, and that is that her limbs up to the elbows and knees, are covered by a white fur identical to that of the tails and ears, in addition to that their shape is a bit similar. to that of a real fox.

And in front of that girl were two others who appeared to be about 10 years old and seemed to protect a young man of about 20 or 25 years of age.

When I saw this, I quickly made my mind work on remembering what happened moments before I reached this situation.

Days before….

It is already our third day of travel, or, rather, our third day is already ending.

We are in the middle of dinner, everything is normal ... but ...

-Aren't you going to eat more Sora? (Izarick)

-no ... I'm fine like that, I think I'd better go to sleep ... I'm sleepy ... (Sora)

Since nightfall, Sora's behavior changed, he was no longer so energetic, he hardly spoke and especially the weirdest thing ... he did not eat practically anything, more than half of his plate is completely intact.

I tried to ask him if something was wrong with him, but, I only received this answer from him "-it's nothing nii-sama, I'm fine ..." that was all. She didn't say a single word more, even though I know something is clearly happening to her, I think it's best to leave her alone for now.

So another 2 days passed and Sora's situation did not change, we were all worried, but none of us knew what to do, so we left it at that. But, I couldn't get rid of that feeling of unease from above, as I noticed something when I saw how the sheets that Sora used to sleep the next day looked like ...

Ragged and full of white fur… that wasn't normal at all.

And I would end up realizing that the next day.

The night has come.

Sora's behavior was very different today, he was totally restless, he would move from one place to another and he stopped shaking and having that nervous expression on his face.

I told everyone to take care of her, I left Pel who already had previous experience cooking in charge of making the food preparations, while I went to get married something with Yenix.

Although in a way it was "difficult" to marry a few horny rabbits, and I say difficult because I cannot show my true strength, also, I had to team up with Yenix who has no real combat experience.

We managed to catch about 5 rabbits and Yenix went up a single level.

And when we were returning and about to reach the camp.

Something attacked us, it was fast, strong, lethal and very dangerous.

I was not his target, it was Yenix, luckily I managed to stop the attack, but I was not able to spot the attacker due to how sudden it was and he sent us flying immediately.

But after that I fell unconscious as my head hit a rock as I fell.

Current moments ...

-I have no idea what is happening, but seeing what I see, the situation is no longer to walk with games ... ACTIVATION!

My clothes were completely changed and my custom weapon set appeared.

He already knew more or less what was happening, Sora, for some strange reason, underwent a transformation or mutation, perhaps a special characteristic of his race or tribe.

It got out of control and now it's attacking us.

-That new form it has, must have increased its stats in an extreme way since, apparently the girls have not been able to keep it at bay and have suffered damage from it ... and, by the way, the only one that I do not see in the area is to Yenix ... I think I'll worry about that later, for now I have to take care of this ...

Activate [Boots] [Acceleration] [Multiple vision] and [Air step] I mobilized at high speed and caught Felia who was about to hit the ground.

-… I-Izarick-sama… I… (Felia)

-Don't talk Felia, your injuries are very serious, just focus on resting, I'll take care of the rest. (Izarick)

Put Felia gently on the ground, using [Analysis] identify the wounds on her body, several broken ribs and a huge gash on her chest.

I took off the necklace that I was wearing and placed on her, I filled the necklace with mana and a white light enveloped her body, her breathing that was previously agitated and irregular, began to become calmer, and the dark circles that she had were now starting to disappear. His face began to move away from death and now he looked like a person alive.

-Just rest ... (Izarick)

With that the treatment of Felia's wounds began and I turned to the uncontrolled Sora, his look of anger and murderous instinct was not directed at me, if not Violeta, Drigil and Pel.

- Freeze everything in your path, don't let anything escape your cold and cover everything with your pure white! [ICE]! (Izarick)

[Ice] an area-control type ice magic, a move known in RPGs, like AOE, is intermediate level magic, it allows me to freeze an area with a range of x size, its range of reach depends on how much hand I put the user on it and the control depends purely on his abilities. Freeze everything within the magic range, dealing constant damage to those enemies within the area due to the low temperature.

I could feel how my accumulated mana was suddenly released and the temperature dropped immediately, the ground under my feet froze instantly, all this happened in seconds within a 100m radius.

Of course I was careful not to freeze Felia and the other girls, knowing their location with [Radar] and the mini-map, I put a barrier around them so they wouldn't be affected by the cold. But since I was still before, I still don't know Yenix's position, I'm even unable to sense it with [Radar]

Sora in his adolescent form, seeing the ice expanding at high speed, took a step back.

I couldn't stop maybe starting to run or avoid it by taking a big leap ...

But what he did instead surprised me.

He raised his clenched hand high, and lowered his fist at great speed with the intention of hitting the ground.

`` TUUMM! ´´ The strong impact of Sora's fist with the ground was what could be heard along with a large shock wave accompanied by a strong wind.

He struck fairly accurately and quickly the moment the ice area came within reach.

The ground cracked, and then a crater appeared under his feet.

And against my expectations, the freezing zone stopped at that point, stopped advancing, as if recognizing that from that point on it is the domain of the opponent in front of me.

-This is truly incredible, to achieve that without using magic or any Ki technique ... (Izarick)

I couldn't help but say those words seeing how strong Sora became, without a doubt, if I have to fight face to face with her, I can't be trusted.

Violeta, Drigil and Pel, who turned to see me for having processed what happened, and began to shout or say something because of the way their mouths moved, but I couldn't know that it was because my barrier also blocks the sound due to my magic [ blockade] but, since I don't know what kind of wounds they will have, as a precaution activate [restoration] on the barrier so that they gradually heal.

Sora, focused his gaze on me, immediately began to run when he recognized me as an enemy, in seconds the distance that separated us was reduced to zero by his incredible speed.

He began to attack with techniques between karate and kun fu, in that I knew that losing control did not make him forget what he has lived until now, and that meant that there was the possibility of solving this without my resorting to taking the attack .

I dodged his punches and kicks using footwork and at other times deflected them with tai chi movements.

Sora seeing that none of his attacks had an effect, began to amplify the intensity of his attacks.

He began to use magic.

His hands began to give off strong rays and his feet began to be enveloped by a strong and compressed wind.

If his opponent were not my person right now, he would most likely end up dead. The thin and hard barrier that covered my body like a second layer of skin, helped me a lot to avoid most of the damages received, not to say that it did not allow me to receive any.

We continued with this exchange of actions that only caused Sora's irritation to increase even more. His killer instinct only rose with every second that passed.

Sure, his movements are extremely fast, skillful and strong, but, for me, it's normal, after all, I'm using [Boots] and [Acceleration] not to mention I have [Multiple Vision] as a bonus.

- ... if this continues, we're not going to get anywhere, I'm going to try plan A ... (Izarick)

I thought about that and made my move quickly.

I dodged a blow from Sora that was aimed at my face, it passed cm from my cheek, I took her wrist and with my free hand I took her by the neck, without waiting, I started to run through the air thanks to [Air step]

Sora started to struggle as we walked away from there, he tried to hit me with his free hand, but I was able to dodge it easily due to my divided consciousness.

We kept moving away for about 5min.

But I neglected a bit and ...

A kick from Sora took me by surprise.

I hit the back of my neck and we both fell to the ground as a result of that.

Sora's point of view.

-I'm afraid ... I'm very afraid ...

I couldn't stop the tears from coming out and running down my cheeks until they fell to the ground.

I could feel it.

I could feel that curse that is part of the tribe where I was born was growing inside me.

The first senses of this started to appear when Nii-sama, the girls, Pel-san and I left the small town Mexa.

I could feel how that desire to fight grew inside me ...

I never thought that I too would have to carry this, just like my mother ... even when I lived in the village, at 4 years old, I saw my own father murder my mother when she was transformed because of the curse.

This curse is called `` Heavenly misfortune '' is one that usually appears among the heavenly foxes. The one who possesses it, undergoes a transformation and gains enormous strength and an increase in the points of his life mark… but in exchange for falling into madness and an insatiable thirst to fight and see blood flow.

For that reason my mother was murdered ...

Am I going to suffer the same fate as my mother? Will Nii-sama kill me when she finds out that I have this curse?

I couldn't stop asking myself those questions and more.

……. ……. …….

The curse became stronger and stronger each time.

Even during the nights, my body began to transform and I could feel my consciousness losing itself in darkness for a fraction of a second.

I was already unable to stay focused on something, my mind just wandering in meaningless thoughts.

.

.

.

Being unable to keep myself under what little control I had ...

The curse took over my body and I took full control over myself.

-Fear ... fear ... I'm afraid ...

I could not stop feeling that enormous fear for what was going to happen from now on ...

He could only see darkness wherever he looked.

He was unable to see anything other than that darkness.

-nii-sama ... Feli ... Violeta ... Drigil ... Yenix ... Pel ... Kika ...

Say the names of the people closest to me ...

I didn't want to be alone, but having this curse, I certainly will be ...

-help me please…

I begged for someone's help, although my voice might not go very far being locked here in this eternal darkness ...

Third person narration.

Izarick and Sora who was currently under the influence of some kind of curse or something that was unknown to the person in front of her and the other members of the traveling party.

Being face to face.

Izarick's mind works in a thousand ways on how to break or destroy whatever is controlling his beloved companion right now.

-the last resort I want to use is force ... that's why, I think I'm going to start with the most cliché and effective action I have in mind ... (Izarick)

That's what the young 10-year-old boy thought, who said a single word in a whisper as if it were a kind of command `` -remove '' the clothes and clothes that he had disappeared along with a white light rhodium his body for a few seconds and these were replaced for ordinary clothes and not a single weapon could be seen on him.

The young boy was completely disarmed before the ferocious beast in front of him.

- Sora! (Izarick)

The Izarick shouted with the intention of calling his companion, but he did not get any response, the only thing that could be heard at his call was `` - GRUUURR '' some growls that were very similar to those of a wild beast.

- Sora, I know there are these and you can hear me! Please react! (Izarick)

-…. ……… (Sora)

The boy began to walk at a slow pace towards his uncontrolled companion, who, seeing Izarick's movements.

It moved at high speed and prepared to attack with killing intent.

Sora prepared his right fist and when he was cm away from Izarick, he aimed his blow at Izarick's stomach. It was a powerful blow that hit with 100% effectiveness. As a result of the damage received, Izarick spat blood and was sent flying a couple of meters.

Shaking a bit from the blow, he grabbed the spot where he had been hurt and stood up.

Anyone would have an expression of rage and anger after receiving such a blow, and even many would not have gotten back on their feet, but, that was not the case for this person.

No matter where you look at him, in his eyes and his face, you could only see calm and joy, but not because he was some kind of masochist, it was because he couldn't lose his composure right now.

-You've become very strong, haven't you, Sora…? (Izarick)

-GROOO !!! (Sora)

Izarick started walking again to get closer to Sora, but she reacted in the same way again, but, unlike before, she didn't stop in a single blow.

This time, there were 5.

5 powerful blows, 1 to his stomach, 2 to his face and another 2 to his chest.

Again Izarick flew like a sheet of paper downwind.

Getting back to his feet, Izarick spoke again.

-You have definitely become strong Sora, you are faster, stronger, your blows are now more precise, before, you couldn't even hit me ... (Izarick)

Although the marks of the blows received are marked on his face, Izarick's smile did not disappear.

-Now that you have this strength, what do you plan to do Sora…? (Izarick)

At the question and the young man's advance, Sora stepped back, perhaps instinctively or out of fear, but every step Izarick took to the front was a step that Sora took back.

- What are you going to do now? Will you leave now that you have strength? What do you think the others are thinking? Come back to us Sora! (Izarick)

-…… AAAAHHHHH! (Sora)

A huge scream was what came out of Sora's mouth.

Then.

A bluish-white line passed mm from Izarick's left cheek, and a slight sensation of heat appeared on his cheek along with that of something slimy running down it.

Izarick's eyes focused on the outstretched fist that was pointed towards him, he could see how blue-white rays emanated forcefully from that fist.

Sora's face was looking down at the ground so it wasn't possible for Izarick to see what kind of expression she was wearing at that moment.

Seconds later, the moon began to illuminate the stage.

Y

Something small glowed as it fell from Sora's face.

- ... tears ... (Izarick)

It was the first thing that crossed Izarick's mind when he saw that falling like small crystals dazzling in the moonlight.

-Sora… (Izarick)

He said the girl's name again as he approached ...

But as if she reacted to that, a huge blast of air began to emanate with the girl as its epicenter. Unfazed by that, Izarick kept walking in order to get to her.

- Sora! (Izarick)

-… GET OUT OF HERE NII-SAMA! (Sora)

Sora spoke those words that caused Izarick to halt his advance.

He stared at Sora's face, tears streaming down the girl's cheeks who, although her face was pointed forward, was unable to see Izarick directly.

- Please go and leave me here! I'm damn nii-sama, if I stay close to you and the others I will only cause them harm! (Sora)

-… And what's wrong with you being damn Sora! (Izarick)

- EEHH ?!

- Did I discriminate against them when they were incompetent !? Did I hurt you? Insult them? Did he force them to do something against their will? (Izarick)

-Get away ... Get away ... Get away! (Sora)

Lightning waves accompanied by a strong gust of wind were directed towards Izarick who again, started walking towards Sora.

The lightning waves were going straight at him, several of them hitting him directly and hitting him squarely.

He could feel the electricity spreading at an incomparable speed throughout his body, the wind hitting his body, like a stone traveling at km / h hits a sheet of paper.

The numerous cuts were scattered all over his body, traces of burns were easily visible on his clothing and skin.

Despite all this, the young red-haired man did not back down a single step and showed no signs of suffering, after all, the physical pain was just that, `` physical '' but, the emotional and mental pain was a thousand times worse, that's why he knew he shouldn't back down.

After all.

Right in front of him, at the moment, an acquaintance, a colleague and, above all, a friend, was suffering, not physically, but mentally.

He knew perfectly well what was going through his dear friend's mind right now.

- I know you must be scared Sora! You are afraid of rejection, suffering and abandonment! Fear that what you have experienced with me and the others is a lie! You may want to get away from us for fear of that, but… I'm not going to let you go when it's not what you really feel! (Izarick)

-……

The rays stopped, but the wind was still blowing strongly, Izarick was already about 2m from Sora, he was staring into her eyes, they were red from crying and tears that fell without stopping, but, right now, there was something different, one of his eyes was completely white and the other was normal, only it had a whitish hue.

- I am a selfish person, I am a selfish teacher! Therefore I am not going to let one of my servants leave just because he says so! THEREFORE…! (Izarick)

Jumping up, Izarick put his arms around Sora's neck and with a little force, caused him to fall sitting on the ground covered by a blanket of green grass.

Now Sora's head was resting on Izarick's shoulder.

- ... You are not going to leave my side, I will not let you go, you are my friend and servant, as your friend and teacher, I will help you if you have problems, if you leave without saying a word I will go to search, even to hell itself, if nobody listens to you I will! I do this because I am selfish, I am a selfish person who does what he wants! So ... I will take care of you as the selfish person that I am. (Izarick)