《The Life of a Lost Lamb》


 Prologue: Just when you meet your end, your journey just began

    [I feel so cold... is it because of the bloodloss?]


    [Ahahaha... it has been so long since I was last wounded like this]


    [Damn, they got my right leg¡­ I''m happy that my comrades successfully escaped this is how it should be]


    I mustered my strength and crawled to my little sister. I don''t know how I should feel since I''ve lost her¡­ There is no point in living anymore


    Suddenly a red flash from a transmitter caught my attention


    I grabbed the transmitter on Kaede¡¯s chest


    *bzzt**bzzt*


    Static sounds blasted through the transmitter. It was not long till recognizable voices was blasting out from the transmitter¡­


    Kaede! please respond! The rescue team should be there in few minutes so hold out till then!!!


    Yo... Mika


    i-is that you Jin!?


    Just leave me here, cancel the rescue team. This building is about to collapse, we had too much casualties¡­ The last one should be me.


    We can''t do that! I- I''m gonna save you... please don''t say something like that. *sobs*


    ¡°Mika... listen I have too many wounds right now, I can barely speak and have a large cut in my chest. Also Kaede is no longer with us, so our priority for now should be to save as many as we can.


    Plus we don''t have time for someone like me who''s gonna die anyway¡± I barely said from all my injuries.


    ¡°B-but!¡± Mika responded


    Even when the whole force is at stake you choose to make a dumb move¡­ An order is an order! *cough* *cough*


    And besides, today is Kaede''s 16th birthday¡­ A gift, is all that I want for her.


    I will stay here ...  Fulfill my duties as a big brother, make her smile...


    ¡°N-No! Don¡¯t give up there is still time!¡±, as Mika said with a tear on her face


    Mika...One last request. Please tell this to my friends "I''m gonna go a little earlier, thanks for everything"


    Y-You can''t do this!! I love you!!I really really really love you don''t go, just not you¡­


    ¡°Thanks Mika I love you too... as a friend of course... ahaha see ya im off to the other side!¡±


    Jin!!! no don''t g-


    I cut the line and grabbed the present for Kaede from my left pocket, it¡¯s a rose colored ribbon,


    I gently knotted it in her hair...


    ¡°You look beautiful Kaede¡± I said to her, while admiring her for possibly the last time


    ¡°That ribbon is expensive you know...¡± *sob**sob*


    I kissed her forhead, Goodnight Kaede¡­*cough* cough*


    Damn the bleeding won''t stop... not that I have plan to live anyway


    I started hyming while thinking of her and our precious memories


    *sobs* Damn It!!! I punched the wall as hard as I can I can''t feel anything now.


    Hey Kaede, have you thought before that the world is a really beautiful place ?


    I think the world is really beautiful if you''re with me, I thought that even with all this hardships, perhaps I can just even make it ...


    I closed my eyelids slowly, ¡°It¡¯s finally time..¡±


    I hugged her while the world becoming more and more dark.


    ¡°Goodnight Mika¡­ Goodnight Kaede¡±


    [What is this feeling?]


    I am surrounded by a shroud of darkness, is this what happens when you die?


    I turn my head and begin to look around. Darkness enveloped me in this weird space, no sign of light or stars around me.


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    Let us start from the very beginning


    My name is Jin Hotaka, I started being an assassin in the age of 17 years old.


    When I was young, I had the dream of every kid in the world. I had EVERYTHING you could ever imagine. This is because of my father being the governor.


    My father once said that I was 1 year old when my mother brought my little sister Kaede to the world.


    We were basically spoiled brats. Mostly because of me influencing her as a big brother¡­


    Then my 6th birthday came¡­


    My mother and father were assassinated in front of me and my little sister. I was too young at that time so I failed to understand what happened. I just looked at the corpse of my dead mother and father as my little sister cried. Heck even then I did not know what happened in front of me.


    It was like that before I''ve saw all the blood that was surrounding my parents.


    They¡¯re dead¡­


    A man with a coat repeatedly shot my parent as blood gushed around everywhere.


    ¡°No! Don''t hurt them!¡± I said while trying to stand straight.


    I pushed the man with all my might, not even nudging just a little.


    *Bam!*


    The man punched me as I fell flat on the floor. ¡°You do not understand the situation don¡¯t you kid?¡± he said with a wide grin.


    ¡°Well this is normally against the rules but since killing innocent and young kids are not my thing kid I''ll give you a chance¡± he added.


    ¡°A chance?¡± I said.


    "Yes a chance. If you and that young lady behind you work for me I''ll at least guarantee you a place to stay and your life with you as well¡­ Refuse or die with your parents.¡±


    ¡°So we had a deal kid?¡±


    I accepted the deal not knowing what to expect. I wanted to live, and I wanted my little sister to come with me as well.


    We''ve gone into hellish training and became child soldier.


    We have studied martial arts and other ways to kill our opponents with or without weapons. We killed countless people, and many innocent bystanders. I finally understand how cruel this world is.


    Fast forward 11 years we had made a reputation in the underworld. Earning us the title the strongest assasins.


    It was all good till that faithful day¡­


    Our organization gave us a huge task to be the leader of the suicidal squad that''s going to plant a bomb in one of Americas Central command base.


    It was really a huge task not to mention the tough security. The result was 3/4th of our unit was either taken hostage or killed. Only a few of us survived. We managed to hold up our ground but was ambushed from behind. There I lost my little sister and the guy I was carrying in my shoulders.


    There no point of living anymore in that point.


    Basically I''m a tragic hero


    I regret my life. I have many things I still want to do


    Damn...


    The darkness slowly enveloped me again¡­ My subconscious fading out of existence¡­


    aru!!..


    aru? What am I hearing things ?


    Haru!!! *Slaps*


    Oww!!


    As I slowly regained consciousness, I saw a figure of a girl right in front of me.


    Haru!!!


    Wait Haru?!?

 Chapter 1: A New Beginning

    Haru!!!


    As I open my eyes I saw a girl  a girl with a pure silver colored hair just like Kaede...


    "Kaede, is that you?" to the girl in front of me while smiling


    ¡°Huh ? Kaede ? who''s tha-¡°


    ¡°E-Ehhh!??¡±


    I subconsciously hugged her, even though I know she is not Kaede, I just I just couldn''t help but hug her


    "W-what are you doing you little perv!??"


    ¡°E-Ehh?...¡±


    ¡°Sorry but please let me stay like this for a little while¡± I said to her while tearing a bit.


    "W-what happened Haru? Why are you crying again?


    Did those punks did they bullied you again ? "


    Huh? Punks ? Haru ?


    Then out of nowhere it hit me...


    What am I even doing here?¡­ This is pretty weird,


    I''m sure that I died that night ...


    So how come am I here? My brain tries to fill in the gaps, as I look around my surroundings.


    Did my soul jumped from one body to another? Is this just a memory of me before dying? Why is she calling me Haru? All this questions run into my mind.


    *sigh*


    I finished examining my surroundings, I was in a shack, old and was barely livable. The girl was wearing a dress torn apart and is really dusty. How could she wear that?


    I also noticed that her ears seems so off


    It looks like the ears of an elf


    Wait... What?... Those ears... Why does she have those?


    I wonder if they are real?... The more I think about them the more I want to touch them...


    ¡°H-Hyaaa!!!!, It¡¯s now or never!¡±


    ¡°Haru, what are you doing?¡± she said with a concerned face


    I finally gave up controlling myself as I touched her ears


    ¡°No-Nooo please stop... Haru!!!¡± she said while her face is slowly turning red


    ¡°This feeling...¡±


    Its soft yet hard at the same time. It feels just like an ordinary ear, but it just looks and feels different. She looks like she is about to cry so I stopped. Her face became redder and redder by the passing moment. I am sick of myself¡­


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    ¡°E-Ehh.....?¡±


    ¡°Who are you?¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°Even if that''s a joke that''s mean Haru, I''m Laura your childhood friend silly¡± she said smiling


    ¡°Are your ears is it real Laura?¡±


    ¡°Y-yeah... Why are even asking that questions, have you lost it?¡±


    ¡°What''s with you Haru you''re so weird today...¡±


    I just noticed my body is that of a child


    Maybe 9 to 10 years old?


    Mio just one last question, Where are we?


    Haru... Why are you even questioning that?


    You should now the answer to your question are you joking


    I''m an idiot so please answer my question *sigh*


    We are in the village of Zoire... In the Northern region of the Khaela continent. There, You happy?


    I let out a nod.


    So I am in Zoire?...


    ¡°Gahhh!!! Haru you''re annoying me why are you asking questions like that !? you should know the answer... Are you playing a prank on me?¡±


    ¡°S-Sorry Laura...¡±


    ¡°Can I just go outside, get some fresh air?¡±


    ¡°Huh? Sure, go ahead¡±


    When I opened the door a gust of wind blew into me, it was refreshing.


    It was all green as far as the eye can see


    It looks like this village was on a top of a hill


    The view was simply breath-taking, no words can comprehend this.


    ¡°This is amazing!!!¡± I yelled outside at the top of my lungs


    After about a minute or two of looking at the view, I finally looked to the night sky.


    There was no moon in sight, only to be replace by stars in the starry night.


    Then it hit me¡­


    I am not in the home I once reside,


    ¡°This is a truly different world!¡±

 Chapter 2: Ryvern

    It has been a week since I''ve been reincarnated into this world.


    The air is much fresher than our world, this is nice, so nice.


    I also noticed that they are speaking the language Japanese. I wonder how is that possible?


    Even though this is clearly a different world, how is the language is the same as ours isnt it weird ?


    Well I will put that aside for now and focus on gathering information. On the week that I''ve stayed here I''ve gathered some interesting information. First is this world is called Ryvern, it¡¯s a world constructed by the 4 great sages who is said to have the power even greater than a god. The second is our village Zoire was located near the borderlands between the Elkia and Agni region.


    Elkia was a region with a human population, while the Agni region is said to be inhabited by fire fairies and a few demi humans.


    At first I was confused, Laura said magic is real but then she showed me it.  It¡¯s much easier to believe when Laura showed me light magic even though that magic only was a tiny spark. It¡¯s enough for me to believe because things that happend made no sense.


    I also learned that there are many regions on this world


    There are 5 regions on this world. ¡°Agni¡± region The region of fire, ¡°Elkia¡± the human region, ¡°Savael¡± the region of Elves, ¡°Morgan¡± the region of Gods and ¡°Evida¡± the region of demons.


    So there are fairies and demons in this world too¡­


    Every region made an alliance except the demon region Evida.


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    This world is currently on war. By the way magic was also used in war. Tt can change the tide of battle so if  you can use magic you will be respected and feared.


    Magic is possible through the existence of Miasma. Miasma is just like air. Tt is everywhere around us and can be used in multiple purposes but only selected few can use them.


    They can be made into magic potions and also magical weapons. If you are a magician you can control it. If you are a alchemist you can create powerful potions,Fif you are a blacksmith you can create weapons imbedded with magic power and if you are a Magic caster  you can manipulate it on will, if you are a magic caster there are 6 main attributes you can belong to: fire, wind, water, earth, light, and finally dark.


    Laura was exceptional, she can use light magic at a young age even though it¡¯s only a little. She could also use magic without learning it from someone on our village. Laura was called a prodigy and I''m detested because they say I came from a demon and because of my eyes.


    On the past week I  just noticed that my eyes hurts, I looked through my reflection on the river and what I saw was my eyes look demonic. The pupils are violet and the sclera that should be white was all black. I asked Laura and gave me a reluctant look and hugged me she said that no matter how hard it is, I have to keep living.


    Later on I will know just what does it means to posses this eyes.

 Chapter 2.5: Grand Magic Caster Chloe

    Great Capital of Elkia region Cormill at the King''s palace


    Your highness! The city of Vertwick has fallen!


    I-Impossible Vertwick should be under Chloe''s command... how could it fall that easily?...


    Your highness that''s because... One of the 12 demon generals was the one leading the demon army had attacked them. Even if your daughter Chloe is a grand ranked magic caster, she is still no match for a demon general...


    My daughter¡¯s alive right?


    Your highness....


    We still don''t know your highness. We received reports that she escaped but her survival remains unknown. But she''s a grand ranked magic caster, I''m sure she would be fine. But my king even at times like this we must not falter, I''m sure the princess is fine so we should ask other races for help. We should tell them Evida has made a move.


    You¡¯re right... Send a messanger now!


    Yes your highness!


    You''re still alive right Chloe?


    ____________________________________________________________________________________________Hit him!


    You guys never know when to give up do you ?


    I continuously evade the pebbles that were thrown at me. Don''t get cocky you demon!. After I was thrown into this world my everyday life was helping Laura hunt some food and bearing those annoying guys who hate me in the village. Laura was the only one who sees me as a friend, more like a family. The others gives me a cold gaze or even try to hurt me, it seems like they really hate me but I don''t care because even if they try they can''t even put a scratch on me.


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    Haru could you fetch some water again for me ?


    Sure!


    Every day Laura always asked to get some water on the nearby river. She don¡¯t even know that I train my body so that when I get older I could use stronger techniques just like my old self.


    Before I could easily break a 2 meter width stone or wall but now I couldn''t even break half of it. But even with this body I think I could kill easily kill someone using my techniques. I¡¯m will go to Laura to teach me magic. Even when I can kill someone with ease, I desperately want to try out magic.


    I better hurry up and get some water before Laura gets mad at me again,


    Whilst getting water, I noticed something strange flowing on the river stream towards me, I grabbed it to find out what it is.


    Is this a staff ?


    There is also some expensive looking gemstones on the staff, it looked like a great blacksmith made it. It looks beautiful and is really light.


    I remembered that Laura said to use strong magic, wands or staff are needed and they are really expensive so why did I found one in this river?


    Don''t tell me...


    I saw something strange again that was flowing with the river stream this time it¡¯s a person