Chapter 2 - The Once-Heroic Musician

As Kukan and Hana walked into the Adventurer's Guild to collect some quests. The room was once filled with joy and laughter before they walked in but now it seems Kukan's reputation is progressing.

"Jeez, This silence is loud, It was once so loud was it not?" Hana says, walking alongside Kukan with a hood on 

"You're right, That's pretty weird…" Kukan replies, unaware of what is happening at the moment

"H-hello, Welcome to the adventurer's guild…" The owner of the guild says, Putting their head down as a way of greetings

"We'd like your highest paying and most dangerous Quest please" Kukan says, ultimately prepared for it and Hana scared a bit and confused 

"T-the most dangerous quest? Are you sure about this?" Hana says, a bit confused but very surprised considering she may not be able to handle it

"Of course, The best way to train is to fight the strongest right?" Kukan says, Proudly

"Uhh, That's a bit controversial-" The quest paper was slid across the counter to Kukan and Kukan picked it up, interrupting Hana before she was able to finish her sentence

"Thank you for your cooperation, Now lets go Hana" Kukan says, walking out of the guild

"R-right!" Hana says, before swiftly following him and mentally preparing for what the quest may bring upon them for their journey

As they walked towards the entrance of the town to exit it, A squad of 7 Knights walk in front of them, blocking them from leaving the town

"Fantaji Kukan and Inazuma Hana! In the name of his highness and the 9 holy commandments! We demand that you two will stand down at once! Or if any movement from you is seen, We will with every right be able to put you down immediately!" The lady knight in front of them, Who appears to be in charge of this entire scheme

"What the, Who are you?" Kukan said, noticing that Hana is getting tense and ready to fight

"She's from one of the Holy Commandments, A bullshit list of guards made by the King to serve as the protectors of this Kingdom, She in particular, is considered the strongest knight in the kingdom" Hana explained, pulling out her stiletto daggers and knowing full well its her fault this happened because of the Sir Luther incident

"I'm not even surprised you were able to take down my brother Luther, He was weak anyway, but because you took him down, it's up to me to avenge him, So have at thee! Inazuma Hana!" The Lady Knight said, charging Hana head on with a longsword without hesitation

"Hana! Pass her to me and take care of the guards!" Kukan yells towards Hana, watching her dash past The knight charging Kukan

"Right!" Hana yells, jumping completely over The Lady Knight and landing into the group of knights behind the lady knight with a malicious smile

The fight has begun. Hana lands directly in the middle of the knights and fends them off at a swift pace, dodging, countering and parrying their attacks and actions. The Lady Knight charges Kukan head on with a forward slash of her blade, But just before she did, She switched to an elbow attack and swiftly elbowed Kukan's chest with Powerful impact, Catching Kukan by surprise as he didn't know she was able to bypass his Personal Void, which he thought had blocked every and any attack from harming him, but boy was he wrong. The elbow attack launches Kukan into the air a bit and The Lady Knight adds on a kick, finishing her planned attack and launching him high into the air. The Lady Knight then launches herself high into the air with a jump to level the playing field with Kukan as he flies into the air.

"Sound Manipulation, Ballistic Scre-!" Just before she was able to finish her incantation, Kukan erases the distance between them and grabs her head, completely covering her face with his hand and having a full grip on her face. During this, Kukan spins around and throws her back to the ground, landing into a house and leaving a crater into the floor. As she gets back up, Kukan slowly lands back down to safely reach the floor from high in the air, his white and black cape following him as he lands back down.

"Look at that, The all-known Knight being taken down by a simpleton like me? And Here I thought I found the protagonist of the story" Kukan says, both making fun of her and intimidating her with his aura

"Shut your mouth heathen, I, Saigo Isshun! Will not be brought down by the words of sin!" Isshun yells, charging at him in the blink of an eye and continuing their fight.

Hana was attacked from all sides by four knights left of the previous two, using her swift movements, She backflips into the air and catches a Knight's neck with her legs, piercing the top of their head and their brain with one of her stiletto daggers and imbues it with electricity to control the Knight as a moving corpse. Using the knight, The knight swung their sword and immediately beheading one of the other knights. As Hana watched another knight swinging towards her, She jumps off of the head and pulled out her blade in the process. Landing onto the Knight that was once swinging their blade towards her and piercing their eyes directly with the stiletto blades. As she stayed there, twisting the daggers around to make the pain even more excruciating, She noticed one of the bigger Knights swinging a large sledgehammer towards them. Without a second to dodge, Hana was hit by the hammer and launched into a wall, landing into a pile of debris as the big Knight proceeded to walk towards Hana while she was on the ground and covered by debris, pulling the hammer over his head, preparing to pull it down and completely crush Hana while she is under the rubble. Just before he was able to, Hana comes out of the debris and jumps onto the Knight, pushing him onto the ground and Hana landing on top of him as he lies on the ground vulnerable and without his hammer.

"Electricity Manipulation! Electrical Discharge!!" She yells, The electricity generating from her arms and moving into the large knights body.

As she shocks his insides, from top to bottom, with 5,000 Volts, She smiles intensely and laughs maniacally while watching him cry in fear and pain.

"That's it, cry! Beg for his mercy as you feel the wrath of my power!" Hana yells, enjoying the scene of watching him cry in pain with the ongoing chain of electricity flowing through his body.

As that happens, the scene switches to Kukan and Isshun's fight, Isshun appears to be in a tight spot in the fight, Battered brutally with some broken and ripped off armor plates, kneeling down with her sword in the ground, looking at Kukan with a tense face. Who in which is standing tall with zero to no injuries whatsoever.

"Look at that, The one and only Isshun of the Saigo bloodline kneeling down before a peasant of no status? That certainly isn't right, now is it?" Kukan says, teasing her while standing tall and looking down at her.

"S-silence… I do not… wanna hear it from…" Saigo says, struggling to stand back up while severely wounded.

"A devil…" Saigo says, before attempting to charge at him, but as she does so, she staggers and falls onto the floor, dropping her blade and completely laying on the floor.

Hearing her name-calling and her body dropping fuels Kukan's imagination to the very near brink of its limit

As she lies there, using the last bits of her energy to stay conscious. Kukan walks up to her and kneels down to her level, grabbing her head and lifting it up from the ground

"W-what are you doing?" Isshun says, scared and worried about his intentions

"I'll give you one last chance, If you wanna live, You will turn your loyalty over to me and forget everything about working with the king. What do you say?" Kukan says, leaning close to her ear and inflicting fear onto her mind

The offer sends Isshun to shivers, thinking about what could happen if she really did do that, but she wants to live as well

"B-but I can't… If I do, I'll be considered a traitor… a-and become an outcast… I-I dont… Wanna be that again…" Isshun says in pain, proving to Kukan that his trick may be working

"I can promise you, that within the Spatial Seven, You, will not be an outcast" Kukan says, reassuring her that she won't be forgotten once more and that she can trust him.

Isshun thinks for a bit. Isshun used to be a very social person, she loved hanging out with people, Especially laughing even when she was in a tough situation. But one day, It was almost like she watched her entire world crumble around her. Her friends, abandoned her, Her family, abandoned her. Everyone left her, she never got the chance to ask why they did so, but she was then left with her Mother, who was the only one who ever stuck by her side. This one moment was the reason why she became a knight, to look good again in front of her friends. Assuming they left her because she wants cool enough.

Hana waits on top of all the bodies that were once knights, with the one she's directly sitting on being the one she brutally electrified. As she waited, Kukan walked out of the large fog of mist.

"My lord! There you are, Where the hell have you… Oh great…" She sighs, noticing another form come out of the mist

As Kukan came out of the mist, So did Isshun, surprising Hana and causing her to worry a bit

"What is this, What happened to your fight? Don't tell me you teamed up with her…" Hana says, getting ready to pull out her stiletto blades in case of anything and noticing she has zero to no bruises

"Well, More like-" Kukan says, Being interrupted by Isshun's response 

"I, teamed up with him" Isshun says, finally admitting the fact that she turned her loyalty over to Kukan and Hana

Hearing the info makes Hana laugh, assuming Isshun is joking.

"Pfft, No way! Haha! You teamed up with her weak ass?! That's actually hilarious!" Hana laughs, making fun of Isshun and Kukan

"What?! How dare you call me weak! We can brawl right here and now if you choose to use such words!" Isshun yells, making it clear that she doesn't wanna hear that kind of stuff right now

"Just shut up both of you, For the meantime, You guys will be working under and alongside me understand? Hana, be nice to Isshun if possible, She will be our Eighth Trumpet" Kukan says, revealing the role of Saigo Isshun in the soon-to-be Spatial Seven

Hearing the name of 'Eighth Trumpet' fills Isshun with wonderful pride and joy

"Not Possible, And Not gonna happen" Hana says, knowing full well they're gonna have an absolute blast… at each other.