The Mayor

" What a pretty flame..." Meryna who's on the north side of the city caught sight of the red flame that took the shape of the giant butterfly from the west, which is coming from Ryuma Ochirou himself. She pulled out her dagger which had pierced the flesh of the people in red attire as she locked her gaze on the beautiful flame.

And then, a voice reached out to Meryna's ears, and made her averted her gaze. It was sunny, with the outfit full of splattered blood. And not to include her saw which is also full of blood.

"That's a huge flame. Don't you think?~ Maybe there was some kinda pyromaniac over there? I'd love to see what's going on over there~"

"Don't avert your gaze, focus on the enemy in front of you." And then, a rough voice reached the ears of the two, Jin Origami. The one who they called 'enemy' tried to sneak up behind Sunny but got cut in half as Sunny was able to perceive his existence.

There was one who tried to sneak up on Meryna too, but then, the purple flame anguish the enemy as they screamed from agony.

"Are you okay, Meryna? The fire didn't hit you didn't it?"

"Ah no, I'm still good." Meryna spoke to Derugo who's apparently been paired up with Jin.

"Well, who knows if we'll stumble with Jin and Derugo~ Jin explains the situation thus getting us both roped into this kind of situation. But, there sure are a lot of enemies aren't they?" Said Sunny with a confused face.

"It's fine. Furthermore, the guard who worked with the sage is also backing us up on another route. And also... Zoya Kline also backing us from that hill over there. Clearing the enemies and ensuring the safety of the civilians is one part, but there's a more important task that we're prioritizing right now." Hearing words from Jin, Meryna started to question it.

"Huh? What's that?"

"It is... To ensure the safety of the 'Mayor'." 

"M-Mayor?... I thought Sage Melium was the Mayor of this town..."

"No, for the person who holds the title of 'The Sage' to hold this small town, it's not going to be for long until this town's population grows larger when they hear The Sage is the one who governs this town. That's why the title of the Mayor was passed to someone else. The location of The Sage must remain anonymous from the other parties."

"So, who's this 'Mayor' you're referring to?" Meryna asks the question.

"The title of 'The Mayor' falls to the noble family as they refer to the Groveland Family. The family has gained the title of the Mayor by the very Sage himself." Sunny speaks over Jin as he explains.

"Oh, I've known them~ In fact, Before they were given the title of Mayor, they were only an ordinary family like the others. But, they also made a business that is slowly increasing their reputation~"

"W-What is it?..." Derugo asks, nervous...

"The Groveland Family started the business to hold the funeral ceremony for the family that passed away and the unlucky adventure who died in the wilderness. Even after holding the title of Mayor, they still do the funeral ceremony solely to give the dead a warm farewell."

"The Groveland Family has been doing this generation after generation. Moreover, I'm very close to their only daughter. We often talk about the dead and how the person died. And also, the graveyard was placed right beside their mansion."

"Urgh, sound like someone I don't want to get along with. And also, I don't want to live anywhere near that place. (Even the sound of it giving me a creep)" Derugo felt the chill as he said that. The number of enemies didn't show any sign of they're reducing. They kept coming and coming, thus wearing Jin's energy off.

"I'm still fine~ I'm gonna go ahead to the mansion~" 

"W-Wait, Meryna!" Meryna ran forward as she slew every enemy that got in her way and Derugo followed suit, launching the purple fire as their enemies burned whole. Leaving their two teachers behind.

Meryna and Derugo marched forward, slaying nothing but the bandit that came in their way. That's until they stumble upon the big gate. Meryna tried to push the gate, but it didn't move an inch. 

"So, we're supposed to see for ourselves if the mayor is unscathed, right? Nothing could go wrong if we trespass over."

"NO, I DON'T WANT TO ENTER SUCH A CREEPY PLACE!!!" The mayor's mansion, which holds the dark and creepy vibes despite the syndicate from the Flameborn is raiding the town. Meryna tried to climb over the gate, but was stopped the moment their enemies surrounded the gate.

"Looks like we're gonna have to clear a huge horde of them..." Meryna dropped down as she took her dual dagger out. But, the voice suddenly reaches the two's ears.

"No, that won't be necessary anymore..." The shadow jumped over the gate and the two from the mansion's courtyard. The giant figure stands before both Meryna and Derugo, revealing his slim but tall back. The figure has the greatsword in his hands, swinging it...

One swing took many lives that stood before the figure. On the second swing, took half of the horde. On the third swing, the bandit from the Flameborn started to back out as they screamed.

"M-Monster!!!" The bandit started to retreat from the place as they stumbled upon the figure's great strength. But the moment they turned their head around, only death met them, face to face. There comes the group of figures in black clothes, stabbing the bandit from behind as they were unaware.

In the end, there's no movement shown from the fallen bandit. As Meryna tried to take a look at the tall figure, the figure started to hide its face with the robe.

"W-What a strong guy..." Derugo looked at the mysterious figure with awe but Meryna tried to start the conversation with the figure with a straight face.

"Hey hey, are you an adventure here? You're strong, it took you three swings to wipe those guys."

"Naturally, but you're wrong on one thing. He's but a servant with the sole purpose of servicing the Groveland Family with his very life." Out of nowhere, an unknown feminist voice reached the ears of the two. Meryna looked to the back and saw the figure of the girl with long hair sitting on top of the giant gate between the spikes.

The figure dropped down with her high heels shoes as he's making her way to Meryna.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Angelica Groveland. The one and only daughter of the 'Mayor' in Melistown. But, since both my parents are 'hibernating' right now. That leaves me with the responsibility as I'm the one who's holding the title of the 'Mayor' right now..."