《The Holy Dark Dragon King's Resting Place》 Prologue: Rest In a big luxurious room filled with lavish furniture sat a single little girl on the desk, looking out the glass window. In the room, gold was on all the walls, there were paintings costing over billions of dollars, furniture that would let a family live their lifetime in luxury and sculptures made of pure diamond. On the seat behind the girl, was a dead man with peaceful expression on his face. The little girl was wearing a pretty frilly dark dress which is now dark red and nothing else. Only a giant black scythe on her back that somehow stuck to her dress. Her skin was pale white and she had lovely long black hair, but both were tainted red. Crimson red, the colour of blood... not the blood of her victim, but the blood dripping out of the corner of her eyes, she was crying tears of blood. She looked like she was only 16 years with red eyes that of a demon, but no one in the world knows her true age. Her name, no one knows, but the people gave her many names. Angel of death, demon¡¯s reincarnation, blood witch and many more. She is the world¡¯s strongest and most mysterious assassin. She worked for 3 years and already reached the epitome of the trade, but then she disappeared. After 40 more years she once more resurfaced, but her looks never changed from the moment 40 years ago. For over 70 years, she looked almost the same, never changing, she would appear with a big black scythe and wear a dark frilly dress. The first 3 years, she was part of the largest organization as their top assassin, but after she reappeared, things changed. There was no way to contact her, she will just mysteriously appear in front of you. She will kill those that deserve to die and it doesn¡¯t matter whether their the president, a citizen, a king or anything else, she will kill them if she is paid in blood. If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Because of her always avenging the victims, her most famous name was the Crimson Avenger, tainted by the blood of her victims. Her real name however was An, Yin An, given by her mother which means darkness, because her mother wanted her to stay strong and survive and the only way she knew how to do that, was to stay in the dark side. As the sun slowly rose from the horizon, the girl slowly got up and walked out of the room into a big hall. The hall was filled with dead bodies and blood. There were no survivors and the whole place was on fire. As the building was collapsing, the girl didn¡¯t show an ounce of emotion and just slowly walked and sat down on the stairs. She took out a pendant from her pocket and opened it. Inside was a strand of hair. As she looked at the hair, the blood red tears once more flowed from her eyes. ¡°Mother¡­ I¡¯m sorry...¡± Sitting there on the stairs surrounded by fire and collapsing buildings, the little girl just cried. She did not run or try to escape, she only sat there and cried. ¡°I''m sorry mother, but we¡¯ll be reunited soon.¡± As she sat there, light slowly expanded from under her location. The circle grew bigger and bigger until it surrounded her entirely. ¡°What!?¡± The girl was surprised when she noticed the circle and slowly she was turning transparent. The girl didn¡¯t know what was going on, but she did not panic. Looking at the pendant, she muttered, ¡°Please¡­¡­ let me rest¡­..¡± She used her own abilities to altered her own brain to let her self be separated. Separating her memories from the main brain. And as the light intensifies, her figure slowly disappeared from the hall. --- rewritten Chapter 1 Summoning Chapter 1: Summoning My head hurts¡­ Where am I? Who am I? ¡­ Looking around, it seems I¡¯m floating in a tunnel of light. Where am I? Why am I here? Suddenly, a voice sounded in my head. [ DEATH CONFIRMED ]¡­ [ SOUL REINCARNATION INITILIZED]¡­ [ ERROR PULSE CONFIRMED ]¡­ Wait what!? I¡¯m dead, but then it said pulse confirmed so I¡¯m alive? What in the world!? [ ERROR ]... [ SOUL AND BODY INCOMPATIBLE ]¡­ [ ERROR ]¡­ [ ERROR ]¡­ [ ERROR ]¡­ Suddenly, I felt like my body was being pulled by something. The force was strong, and I had nothing to cling to. Instantly, everything turned from white to black. ¡­ As i slowly opened my eyes, Staring at me was a huge white scaly lizard head with two giant lizard eyes and a row of gigantic teeth. ... ¡°AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± ¡°AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± ¡°AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± ¡°Ummm, have you screamed enough?¡± ¡°AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± Calm down me, it''s just a big talking lizard, there''s nothing to be scared of... yup... wait... TALKING LIZARD!? ¡°Are you finished?¡± he mumbled with an annoyed face, or I think it is, no one taught me to read lizard faces. With a confused face and a tilted head I thought, finished with what? ¡°Good let¡¯s talk about serious matters, what¡¯s your name?¡± Wait... what just happened? Well, I should answer his question first before he gets mad and decide to eat me... Ok... name... name... wait... what was my name again? Family? No I don''t remember them... Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Friends? No I don''t remember them... ... ¡°I... I don''t... remember...¡± "I see... well I''ll bestow upon you a new name, Yang, how about it?¡± Yang, that sounds like a nice name, maybe my missing memories will come back slowly as time passed, but until it comes back, I guess I¡¯ll just have to try to survive. "... ok¡± ¡°Well Yang, you are the human I summoned from a different world, I am Guang the Ancient Holy Dragon the one that guards the world from the Guais and I want you to be the new guard.¡± Wait what... Dragon? Did he just say DRAGON!? Even though I don¡¯t remember about myself, I know dragons aren¡¯t supposed to exist, at first I thought he might just be a giant mutant lizard, but now that I think about it, they aren¡¯t supposed to talk either or have big white wings. Yup... this is a dream... let''s just go with the flow until I wake up from this nightmare... ¡°Well I¡¯m going to die of old age soon and I need a replacement. In order to ensure the replacement is strong enough, I chose to summon one from a higher tier world where the magic is unusable.¡± Who the hell talks about their own death with a straight and uncaring face!? ¡°Yup I''m dreaming, a dragon wants a weak little girl to protect the world... wake me up when this is over...¡± ¡°Sorry little one, but this is not a dream. In order to help you fulfill my request, I¡¯ll bequeath a piece of my soul to you.¡± Oh crap, did I just speak my mind out loud¡­ Well, I guess it¡¯s fine since I¡¯m getting powers, since everything has a price. Plus this is probably all fake, there''s no way dragons are real, or summoning people. Wait how does summoning even work? ¡°Before we continue with the exchange, can you explain a bit about the power?" ¡°Okay, you see every being in this world can use magic and the source of this magic, is the soul. The class of one¡¯s soul determines the amount of power they command with magic. By giving you a piece of my soul, I¡¯m strengthening your soul into the same rank as my own.¡± I mean''t the one he used for summoning, but this works too ¡°Are there any negative impacts?¡± ¡°for you none, but I¡¯ll weaken significantly, but my life¡¯s coming to an end soon anyways, so it does not matter.¡± Oh, I guess that''s suppose to help me with the new job? I gave him a look full of pity, but it just made him laugh instead ¡°Hahaha, young one, I¡¯ve lived for longer than you can imagine, to beings like us, death is more of a salvation.¡± Well, since his response doesn¡¯t seem forced, I guess it¡¯s fine. ¡°Can you explain to me a bit about my job?¡± I mean, how am I supposed to do a job I know nothing about. ¡°You will be one of the beings that guards the central world, from Guais from the lower world. The beings from the lower world, hates the beings from the middle and upper world, and the only way to go from the lower world to the upper is through the middle world.¡± ¡°Any more questions?¡± ¡°Well, none that I can currently think of¡± ¡°Good, then I¡¯ll get started¡± --- rewritten Chapter 2 Embarassment Chapter 2 Embarassment After I said the word, immediately, the dragon¡¯s body turned into one made of light and started to slowly enter my body. Just as the light enters, his face turned strange, he showed a surprised and a confused look, ¡°Strange¡­ young one, why is your body composed of strange and different metal?¡± ¡°? What are you talking about, I¡¯m human, even though I lost my memory, even I know a human¡¯s body is made of flesh.¡± I then looked down at my own body and¡­ ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, WHERE ARE MY CLOTHS!?¡± ¡°TURN AROUND!¡± ¡°But I won¡¯t be able to complete the contract.¡± ¡°I DON¡¯T CARE!¡± ¡°I apologized, but I cannot because once the process is interrupted, it cannot be restarted until 50 years has passed and I won¡¯t be able to live much longer, besides just sit still for a few seconds, I¡¯m almost done.¡± I sit on the floor and try to cover as much of my body as I can and I can feel my face turning red in shame and embarrassment. I got bored so I started asking random questions. ¡°What¡¯ll happen if a mortal class try to enhance a spirit class soul then?¡± ¡°There are 2 problems with your question, 1 only transcendent king class and above can use it, and 2 it can only be used if both parties agreeing with it meaning one loses a piece of their soul and gets significantly weaker, so I doubt anyone in their right mind would use it, beside the true gods who can change soul class at their leisure, but since their too busy governing all the different spaces, I doubt they¡¯ll have time to monitor anyone.¡± ¡°Different space?¡± ¡°Yes, let me slowly explain.¡± ¡°In this world, there are many races such as humans, elves, dwarfs, beast men, demons living in the mortal realm and they do fight with each other, but since their fight isn¡¯t on the scale of destroying the world, you can leave them be. The real problem is the two other realms of this world. There¡¯s the light realm and the dark realm each in a different space. The holy realm is filled with angels, who do not care about the world, so they do not interfere, but the dark realm ruled by the Guais want to take over the mortal and holy realm. They try to connect the two realms with gates to invade the mortal realm and then the holy realm. There are also gods in both realms, but they¡¯re passive unless provoked.¡± ¡°Guarding the world, basically means destroying the gates to the holy and dark realm from the mortal realm and killing any intruders.¡± ¡°There are also the Water, Fire, Earth, Wind and Dark Dragon King who also have the same job, so until you¡¯re strong enough, I guess they¡¯ll have to work much more. Also considering the new Dark Dragon King is still missing after the old one died, I guess the other 4 will be too busy to be able to do anything else.¡± ¡°Oh yeah, after I¡¯m done, recite status in your head and think of the stats you want to work on. The stats will increase depending on what you did before a level, but just wait for now, because I¡¯m working and you¡¯ll just screw it up.¡± Hearing that I started to pout, but then again he¡¯s right because I don¡¯t know anything about this world or magic, so I¡¯m currently useless. After who knows how long, the light slowly dim and disappear and I can feel a new energy in my body. ¡°So is it done?¡± ¡°yea¡± I couldn¡¯t wait, so I immediately thought about status and imaged a big blue box like those games that I always wanted to play, but never could. Wait why couldn¡¯t I play games? The moment I think about status, a box appears in front of me. It surprised me, so I asked Guang, ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± ¡°that should be your status and it tells you the way to use the skills you have, but then again I can¡¯t see what you¡¯re seeing so I don¡¯t know. Anyways, mana is linked to the soul instead of the body, normally it takes years for people to learn how to manipulate their souls in order to use their mana, but since you¡¯re from a different world, you get a different way. In this world there are summoned and reincarnated, people, heroes, demon kings and such and the god makes it easier for them to do their job by giving them a hint in their status teaching them how to use their skills.¡± A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°Wait, just a hint?¡± ¡°HEY, a hint is already plenty, we have to learn from scratch unlike you otherworlders.¡± Cheapskate god, why not just make it so we just have to say a word or something and POOF the skill comes out. Well whatever let¡¯s see what¡¯s my status. I closed my eyes and thought status, then suddenly, a white box appeared. Name: Yang Guang (Yin An) Age: 16 Race: ??? Holy Dark Dragon King Soul Class: Upper Transcendent King Level: 1 HP: 734 Mana: 1098 Strength: 76 Agility: 150 Endurance: 134 Intelligence: 189 Skills: Holy Magic (God): None Dark Magic (God): None Unique Skills: Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s Roar (hint: Roar with a dragon¡¯s throat) Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s Breath (hint: gather mana using a dragon¡¯s throat and blow it at the enemy) ??? State: Contracted to Guang (no benefits due to acquisition of a piece of Guang¡¯s Soul)(unrevokable) Seriously? Roar with a dragon¡¯s throat? Gather mana? These hints are useless! And there isn¡¯t even a hint for the holy and dark magic! Also what in the world is ¡°???¡±!? As I was looking through the stats and complaining in my mind, Guang said, ¡°Go get stronger¡± and I felt a surge of power coming from under me. I quickly opened my eyes and a magic circle appeared under my feet. The light blinded my eyes, so i quickly closed them. When I opened my eyes again, the place was different. I was in a grand audition hall, standing on a red carpet in front of an old man with a beard sitting on a chair made of gold wearing a golden crown. He had three young men on his left and three young woman on his right along with a really old man with a big white beard, magic staff and robe. There were also many well-dressed people along the red carpet on each side with heavily armed soldiers behind them. Everyone was staring at me with weird gazes, some had a lustful gaze, others had a disgusted gaze and some immediately turned around, so I followed their line of sight and looked down at myself and noticed¡­ I was still naked¡­ Instantly my mind froze and my face turned red. ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± ... Guang POV: That was a very strange human. Her body composition was mostly made of metal and she had a red eye and a black eye and the black eye changed half white when she acquired a piece of my soul, meaning whatever that black half¡¯s power is, it should be as strong as me. Wait a second! We stayed here for 3 days, even though the view doesn¡¯t change because I created this dimension, how could she stay alive for 3 days without food, water or rest? IS SHE EVEN HUMAN!? Ok, lets calm down first. Take a few deep breaths. Now that I think about it, This should be very interesting, I guess I¡¯ll watch her journey for the next few years. Right after Guang created a sphere of light to moniter the human girl he just contracted to, a loud scream was heard. ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± Oh right, she did mention something about cloths¡­ Chapter 3: Guardian Chapter 3: Guardian I¡¯m in the middle of a gigantic hall, surrounded by tens to hundreds of people naked¡­ As I quickly tried to cover everything I can and sat down on the ground, I thought, WHAT ELSE COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!? The moment I thought those words, I regretted it dearly. The reason is because right when I thought of them, I felt a gaze was examining every inch of my body. When I followed the gaze, it came from the really old man with a white beard. His magic robe was blue with many golden lines, it was really long and it even covered his shoes. His magic staff looked like it was made of really old wood, but it still looked sturdy with an egg sized blue gem on top. He was examining me with a red face, which made me even more embarrassed. I seriously felt I was dying of shame. And suddenly I my chest felt painful. I looked down and I saw the end of a spear through my chest. I looked back and I saw a soldier. The soldier was clad in armour like one of the ordinary guards. The man instantly took off all his armour to show a man wearing black clothes from head to toe. The only part of him that was not covered was his eyes and it showed he had blue eyes with light skin like the other people here. He instantly armed himself with two daggers and dashed towards the third and youngest of the three to the left of the king who looked like he was only 12. I just sat there watching him with a spear in my chest. It seems he¡¯s an assassin, but due to him already exposing himself to attack me, the other guards had time to react and they skewered him before he could even reach his target. I looked at the bloody scene and didn¡¯t really feel anything. I looked at the spear in my chest and other than a slight bit of pain, I didn¡¯t even feel like it mattered. The only feeling I had, was still embarrassment and shame from being naked. Am I abnormal? Isn¡¯t it normal for people to be disturbed or disgusted by the bloody scene of a man being skewered and then having his head cut off? Isn¡¯t it common sense for a person with a spear in their chest to drop dead on the spot? Yet here I am, sitting here alive, without a single ounce of emotion to the bloody scene nor dying from a spear in the chest. What am I? Who am I? My mind seriously went into a panic. I had no idea what was going on. I was rummaging through everything in my leftover memories of common sense to find out what is going on. Why do I lack emotions? Why am I still alive? In order to try to find answers to these questions, I quickly looked through my own memories. I tried to dig deeper in my mind, but when I even tried even a little, my head started hurting. It kept getting worse and worse, as if something or someone was trying to stop me with all their might. as the pain became too much to bear, I fell unconscious. ¡­ (In a dark room with a only a small table and one door, two men were conversing about what has just happened in the royal court) Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°Hahaha, the second prince¡¯s ¡°Guardian¡± now has a hole in its chest. Even though the assassin failed to kill the second prince, this should make it much easier in the future.¡± (man1) ¡°Are you sure the information is accurate?¡±(man2) ¡°I had sent my closest aid to the scene to watch it happen. It must be true.¡±(man1) ¡°Hahahaha, this¡¯ll make our plans progress much easier.¡±(man 2) Suddenly, a third man quickly opened the door, came in and locked it. His face looked grim and he was breathing heavily. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±(man 1) ¡°You¡¯re not going to believe this, but that ¡°Guardian¡± is fine¡­¡± (man 3) ¡°WHAT!? DIDN¡¯T YOU TELL ME THE ASSASSIN STABBED A HOLE IN IT¡¯S CHEST!?¡± (man 1) ¡°Oh he did alright, but it wasn¡¯t even fazed by it. When the king¡¯s soldiers pulled out the spear in its chest, it was still fine and the hole slowly closed itself. Nothing came out of its chest and afterwards, when they tried to communicate with it, it suddenly fainted.¡± (man 3) ¡°What in god¡¯s name have they summoned¡­¡±(man 2) ¡°I don¡¯t know, but this is not good¡­¡± (man 1) The three men were all sweating profoundly at the new intel. ¡°Order the men to ignore the ¡°Guardian¡± tell them to go for the second prince instead. Afterwards, get his dead body and immediately retreat.¡± (man 1) ¡°I guess that¡¯s also an option, but we¡¯ll take heavy losses¡­¡± (man 2) ¡°What other choice do we have? The ¡°Guardian¡± didn¡¯t die with a hole in its chest, what makes you think we can kill it by using poison or by cutting it into pieces?¡±(man 1) ¡°You¡¯re right, we¡¯ll have to take a gamble¡­¡± (man 2) ¡°Quickly, go inform the troops of the new plan.¡± (man 1) ¡°Yes sir, but why take the dead body?¡± (man 3) ¡°YOU FOOL! A ¡°Guardian¡± can give their contractor their own life force and if it¡¯s enough it can even revive a dead contractor from the dead. Why else did you think we ordered the assassin to go for the ¡°Guardian¡± first! Now quickly GO!¡± (man 1) ¡°YES SIR!¡± (man 3) As the third man ran out of the room, the other two had big beads of sweat on their foreheads. ¡°What in the world have they summoned!?¡± (man 1) ¡°I don¡¯t know, but whatever it is¡­ It¡¯s not good for us, and maybe not for them nor the kingdom or maybe even the world itself.¡± (man 2) ¡°I hope you¡¯re wrong because if you¡¯re right¡­ we may have just instigated the end of the world¡­¡± (man 1) ¡°I hope I am wrong too¡­ we¡¯re too deep in this to back out and if we do, they¡¯ll catch our tail and we¡¯ll die, so this is the only chance at survival¡­¡± (man 2) ¡°What have we gotten ourselves into¡­¡± (man 1) Silence then filled the room. (if you guys have questions ask, but I ain¡¯t gonna answer em :V, if you say the protagonist is op, she currently is not yet. If you say she¡¯s unkillable, she actually dies easier than a human, I did mention a little of what her ¡°power¡± can do in prologue, but I did not mention anything about it so ^.^ HF screwing yourself over :D) SS1: Contract ( if you thought chapter 3 was boring, this one''ll make you go to sleep ^.^ Night Night folks, don''t say I didn''t warn you, also chapter 4 will solve a lot of your questions while making some more ^.^) SS1: Contract ¡­ 1 day before Yang¡¯s summoning The grand audition hall was in a ruckus. After thousands of failed attempts over the thousands of years, they have finally successfully summoned a hero. A boy with black hair and black eyes slowly got up and looked around. He was wearing a normal white school shirt and tie with black pants and had the face of an ikeman. The summoned hero, slowly got up from the circle and glanced around. His gaze slowly shifted around the great hall. There was only one floor and four banners hanged on the walls on the two sides with one in the middle. The banner down the middle had a red snake like dragon coiling around a golden sphere. Under the banners on both sides were many paintings. Some were so real that it seemed like it would just come alive. The hero then looked at around and saw many people standing on the sides of the red carpet and then he slowly directed his attention to the front, where an old man wearing a red cape with white fur along the rim sat on a throne chair. He was wearing a big red robe with dragon emblems all over it. To his left were two young men. One looked like he was 12 and he wore blue long sleeved shirt along with black long pants and the man beside him looked like he was in his 20s and wore a long sleeved red shirt and red long pants. To his right were three women. They looked around 17 years old, 14 years old and 10. They wore a red frilly dress, a blue frilly dress and a green one respectively. To the old man¡¯s right was also another old man wearing a blue magician¡¯s robe along with an old wooden staff with a blue gem on top. The old man with a staff slowly walked up to the hero. ¡°Nice to meet you, hero-sama, I am Illysp, the royal magician. We have summoned you to help us win the war.¡± ¡°War?¡± ¡°The oracle states in the near future there will be a war, it will be so big, it will encompass the whole continent.¡± ¡°In this world there are seven races. Each race have their own kingdom, the human kingdom, Aeris, the beastmen kingdom, Bachris, the spirit kingdom, Choris, the demon kingdom, Demris, the elven kingdom, Elkris, the dwarf kingdom Farfris and the dragon kingdom, Grahris. Each of our kingdoms are surrounded by monsters and dungeons, isolating us from each other for the better or worse.¡± ¡°we¡¯re not certain what we¡¯re going to war with yet, but with the other races all having traits special to their race making them stronger than us and with the monsters that being so numerous and strong, they basically control this whole continent, we¡¯re not sure we can win, which is why we tried to summon a hero, our saviour.¡± ¡°You want me to be a saviour? I¡¯m just a normal high school student.¡± ¡°You were summoned through the hero ritual, meaning you stronger and grow faster than other humans, along with a higher soul class which boost your stats.¡± This time, the old man on the throne slowly got up and asked the hero, ¡°So are you willing to become our hero? Hero-sama?¡± ¡°I¡­ I¡¯ll do it.¡± The king with big smile on his face said, ¡°Great!¡± ¡°Please enlighten us on the name of our saviour.¡± ¡°My name is Haru Saito.¡± He said with a bow. ¡°Good, Lucy, please take our dear hero to our best guest room and teach him about status, tomorrow we¡¯ll distribute the royal treasures and start everybody¡¯s training.¡± ¡°Yes Daddy¡± said the 17 year old girl as she left with the hero taking him to the best guest room, the king looked at the 12 year old young man wearing blue and asked, ¡°Son, what kind of person is our hero?¡± ¡°I¡¯d say there¡¯s a 90% chance of being a kind-hearted fool.¡± ¡°What of the other 10%?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°That bad?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°10% chance of a pervert¡­ Did you see him staring at Lucy¡¯s chest.¡± ¡°AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA¡± And the crowd slowly dispersed the hall to rest because they all knew, the next day was going to be a long one¡­ ¡­ (guest room) ¡°This shall be your room Saito-sama¡± As the hero walked in, he saw a beautiful large room, decorated with all kinds of splendours with a huge red bed on in the middle. As the Haru was admiring the room, Lucy began to explain to him about status. After some time passed, Lucy finally noticed he wasn¡¯t paying attention and¡­ *Slap* ¡°Are you ready to listen yet?¡± ¡°Oh right, what were you saying again? ¡°¡­ You didn¡¯t hear a single thing?¡± ¡°Uhh¡­ sorry?¡± ¡°UGH! Just chant status in your mind.¡± As soon as the hero did, a blue box appeared in his mind. Name: Haru Saito(Haru Saito) Age: 16 Race: Human Soul Class: Mystic Level: 1 Hp: 634 Mana: 624 Strength: 130 Agility: 132 Endurance: 108 Intelligence: 102 Skills: Unique Skills: Hero: Elemental Magic (includes holy, dark, water, fire, earth, wind)(Elementary) Weapon Mastery (all weapons included)(elementary) Magic Mastery (elementary) Status up (bonus 50 in all stats) Exp up (bonus 25% exp gain) State: ¡°Um, Lucy right?¡± ¡°Oh right I didn¡¯t introduce myself, how shameful.¡± ¡°My name is Lucy Aerisia, the first princess of the kingdom.¡± Lucy introduced herself with a slight bow. ¡°That doesn¡¯t matter, now why does status show my name twice?¡± Lucy¡¯s face turned a little red out of anger, but she bared with it.¡± ¡°If a person is a reincarnated person that remembers their past life or if they¡¯re a summoned one, the bracket name represents their old name. It also grants the person a free translation skill, bonus exp and hints on how to use their skills, a hero discovered this my using Analysis on it a long time ago.¡± ¡°Now let me teach you about our history.¡± As Lucy started talking, Haru instantly fell asleep. ¡°UGHHHH, he drives me crazy, I swear one of these days I¡¯m going to die of anger.¡± Lucy muttered as she left the room. ¡­ The next day, at the dining table. The king, his two sons and three daughters sat around the dining table along with the hero. When everyone has sat down, the king said, ¡°Before we introduce our family to the hero, can someone please tell us, why the hero¡¯s cheeks are swollen.¡± Lucy immediately turned red and looked away, while the 12 year old boy wearing blue couldn¡¯t suppress his laugh and started to snicker. The hero muttered, ¡°Um¡­ An accident happened¡­¡± And at this point, the boy couldn¡¯t stand it anymore and started to laugh out loud. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Lucy immediately stood up and screamed, ¡°KAZUKI!!!!!! YOU SAW DIDN¡¯T YOU!¡± The 12 year old boy was wiping tears from his eyes and replied ¡°yes one-chan¡± ¡°And you didn¡¯t help me!?¡± ¡°Sorry, I was too busy laughing from what was happening.¡± And he continued laughing The king looked to the boy sitting on his left and asked, ¡°So Kazuki, can you enlighten us on what happened to our hero?¡± ¡°Yesss, this morning when I went to check on the hero to determine his personality, I saw nee-chan, going to wake him up, so I followed her and when she tried to wake the hero up, he wouldn¡¯t, so she tried to drag him up.¡± ¡°what she pulled on his arm, she got dragged down instead and he started using her breast as a pillow, then she started slapping his face to wake him up, but instead he put his face further in to avoid getting hit, so she was trying to hit him to wake him up, while he was using her breast as a shield.¡± At this point, lucy¡¯s face was really red and she was glaring at the hero, while he just sat there and ate his food in silence, as for the rest of the royal family, they were either laughing with the king and kazuki or had a beet red face. After they had finished their breakfast, they all gathered in the grand audition hall. People were lined up on both sides as the royal family slowly walked to the throne. Haru whispered to Lucy, ¡°So what¡¯s going on?¡± ¡°The King is going to split the royal treasures and assign each of us our missions.¡± ¡°What? Doesn¡¯t the princes and princesses just fight for the throne and live a steady life?¡± ¡°Not our family, the king assign the children their roles when he decides the time is right and each children will follow that path for life.¡± ¡°Wow, that¡¯s harsh, don¡¯t any of you have any say in this?¡± ¡°Nope, don¡¯t worry you don¡¯t have to do anything, just stand there and try to not act stupid.¡± ¡°Ok¡­ WAIT HEY!¡± As he shouted, everyone turned their eyes to him. ¡°Sorry¡­¡± he meekly replied Lucy whispered to him, ¡°Didn¡¯t I just ask you not to be stupid 10 seconds ago?¡± ¡°¡­¡± As the king sat down, he started the family ceremony. One by one the children walked down and faced the king and then knelt down. ¡°First prince Ryouta Aerisia, we present to you, the royal cane, you will succeed me as the king.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Second prince Kazuki Aerisia, we present to you the god class summoning scroll, after you turn 16 years of age, you are to follow the hero on his journey, but until then, you will attend Mahoushen Academy.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°First princess Lucy Aerisia, we present to you the mystical holy shield, you will help the hero on his journey.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Second princess Miu Aerisia and third princess Yui Aerisia, we present to you, the mystical class holy and dark magic spell book, you two will also go to Mahousehn Academy until you¡¯re 16 and then help the hero on his journey.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°I Aeris Aerisia the 13th declare the family ceremony to be over!¡± As the king concluded the ceremony, he then told the servants to bring the artifacts along with the holy sword which he is going to present to the hero. The first item to arrive was the summoning scroll, so he gave it to the second prince and told him the method to use it. The second prince Kazuki cut his finger with a knife, put a drop on the summoning scroll and threw it into the center of the hall. The circle lit up the whole room and slowly a girl emerged from it. She had pale while hair, one white eye and one red eye, her pale white skin and her beautiful face shook the heart of every man and woman in the room. As she slowly emerged, the room fell silent and they all put their attention on her. The king ordered his royal mage, the one old man with a blue robe to his right, ¡° Illysp, check her status, use Overdrive Analyzation, if you have to.¡± The Overdrive Analyzation was a unique skill to Illysp that allow him to fully identify a person who¡¯s soul class was at most one higher than his, which was mystic for him because he has spirit class soul from his hard work, or he can spend all his mana for 50% chance to view 3 portion of their status. The old man replied, ¡°Sire, I see her stats still, I¡¯ll be using up all my mana, prepare some guards for yourself.¡± As he said this, his face started to turn red and stagger, due to mana exhaustion. He muttered, ¡°level 1, Yang Guang(Yin An), Holy magic(god): None)¡± as he was using all his strength to stand. "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The next moment, the assassin hidden in the group of guards, saw the royal mages complex, and decided to take action. He stabbed a hole in the girls chest with a spear and ran towards the second prince. The king¡¯s elite guards quickly reacted and stabbed a hole in his chest and he dropped dead. At the same time, the girl started to shake. The king noticed this and ordered, ¡°Pull out the spear, try to preserve her life at all cost!¡± The soldiers quickly reacted and pulled out the spear and right after they did, the wound started to close itself. The soldiers were all shaken by what they had just seen and didn¡¯t know how to react. A random soldier who was the most calm amongst the shaking soldiers told the king, ¡°Sire, It closed by itself and it seems she¡¯s fine.¡± And the hall once again was filled with a ruckus. ¡°What is she?¡± (random noble A) ¡°Monster!¡± (random noble B) ¡°Is she a zombie?¡± (random noble C) ¡°SILENCE!¡± the king yelled and the hall once again was silent. He then asked the girl, ¡°What is your name?¡± The girl continued to shake but did not reply. ¡°What is¡± and before he could finish his sentence, she fell. ¡°You, the solder over there, take her to the second best room we have and put her in the bed, also you the one beside him, help the royal mage to his room.¡± After the soldiers went to carry out his order, the king made an announcement. ¡°That girl survived with a hole in her chest, her soul class is above mystic class because not even the royal mage could analyze all of her stats, she also has Holy magic at god class at lv 1, with white hair, a white eye and pale white skin, I think she¡¯s a newborn Holy god and a reincarnated one at that.¡± The hall once again became loud as the nobles started discussions amongst themselves. ¡°Kazuki!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°She was summoned by you, so that means she¡¯s your ¡°Guardian¡±, take her with you to the school, teach her and help her, she¡¯ll be a great asset to the kingdom.¡± ¡°Yes father!¡± ¡°Now all of you can go back to rest.¡± And everyone left the hall one by one, thinking that this little girl would be the one of the saviors of their kingdom from the upcoming war, but not one of them knew, she would be the cause of it instead. Chapter 4 Her and Me Chapter 4: Her and Me My head aches¡­ What was I doing again? Oh right, I fainted from a headache. As I slowly got up and looked around, I noticed it was nighttime and I was lying on a big bed lavished with gold. My body felt weak, but at the same time, I felt my body was lighter than before. The walls were decorated with paintings, but some whoever the noble in charge is, they seriously had bad taste. Some paintings were normal, but others were just red smudges all over the place. Wait¡­ That¡¯s not a painting¡­ It¡¯s blood¡­ As I looked around, I noticed eight dead bodies, each having been cut into two by some big weapon. And then I felt like someone was staring at me, I glanced around and found her. A 16 year old girl, who looked extremely beautiful with black hair, pale white skin, one black and one red eye. She was sitting on a chair at the end of the room, wearing a black frilly dress. On her back, was a gigantic scythe, it was black, bigger than her, and it was dripping with blood¡­ The feeling when I saw her was nostalgic, but the same time, I felt fear. Fear of her? No¡­ It was a different feeling, I just felt fear¡­ Something was scary¡­ I don¡¯t know what, but I felt scared¡­ And then while she was staring at me, she spoke. ¡°Let the sleeping dogs lie.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll answer your previous question, so let the sleeping dogs lie.¡± ¡°Answer 1: You are half a person¡± ¡°Answer 2: We are An, Yin An¡± ¡°Answer 3: You lack emotions because I, the other half, has them. You have love, I have hatred, you have kindness, I have envy, you have patience, I have anger, though the emotions are evenly split, we can still feel a tiny portion of each other¡¯s emotion, for example if all your loved ones die, you might feel a tiny bit of anger.¡± ¡°Answer 4: You are still alive because our body, runs on blood, once it runs out of blood, we die, if we have blood, we¡¯ll survive even with our head cut off. We need not sleep, eat, drink, breath or age for we are not human.¡± ¡°So can you let the sleeping dogs lie and not search for ¡°her¡± memories?¡± Her answers shocked me. They were the answers to the questions I had before I fell unconscious, while I was searching for the past memories. Does that mean she can read my mind? ¡°Yes I know everything you are thinking, for I am you and you are me, you are in charge of the body, while I¡¯m in charge of the knowledge, but I¡¯ll also appear when the body is in danger.¡± What she is saying seems so surreal, but then that would explain many of the things that has happened. For now, I¡¯ll believe her. I decided to ask more questions to know more. ¡°What happened to us?¡± She does not answer. ¡°Who is ¡°her¡±¡±? She still does not answer. She just sat there and stared at me and slowly she asked me a question. ¡°Do you want to know everything?¡± The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Yes.¡± I immediately answered. She slowly stood up, walk to me and looked me in the eye. ¡°Even if we die?¡± I looked back at her intensely. I could feel she was not lying. I wanted her to explain more, but I knew she wouldn¡¯t answer. We stood there in the room, looking at each other eye to eye under the moonlight from the window above, surrounded by blood and death. I slowly nodded because I wanted to know, no I had to know, what caused this to happen, what are we, what is ¡°she¡± and what does ¡°she¡± want splitting herself in two. The girl in the frilly black dress slowly walked back to the chair she was sitting on and sat down. ¡°I see¡­¡± she said and she held her hand up. The blood in the room gathered in her palm and disappeared into thin air, but the dried dead bodies of eight men in black remained. She then put her hand on top of where the heart normally is, and slowly sank her fingers into her own skin. She grabbed something and threw it at me. I quickly caught it and looked at what it was. It was a normal pendant. The pendant looked like a normal pendant one could get anywhere, but when I looked carefully, it made me feel a hint of nostalgic. I quickly opened a pendant and saw a strand of long black hair. When I saw the hair, my body froze. I felt sadness. Intense sadness. I couldn¡¯t stand the feeling anymore and I quickly closed it. When I looked up, the other me was slowly turning into grey dust. She sat there with a calm face, but she was spewing killing intent like crazy. She did not direct the killing intent anymore, but it was just spewing out of her. ¡°That is ¡°her¡± treasure, ¡°her¡± life, ¡°her¡± motivation, ¡°her¡± everything¡­ go have a taste of a normal life, go to a school and savour the experience, that is one of ¡°her¡± wishes, afterwards, do whatever you want, the knowledge, memories and everything will slowly come back by itself. When it¡¯s all back, both of us will die and ¡°she¡± will walk once again.¡± ¡°Me and ¡°her¡±, we¡¯ll be watching.¡± After she spoke the last word, her whole body, the scythe and her dress all turned to greyish red dust. It gathered around me and slowly entered my body. As it entered, I felt stronger, heavier, but at the same time, I felt bitter. To know the truth, I would have to die, to know the truth, I would have to kill my other self along with me, but I do not regret it. I want to know. No, I need to know. What caused all this, what is ¡°her¡± purpose, and why am I alive. As I stood there, staring at the pendant, soldiers came storming into the room. ¡°We felt a strong killing intent, what is going on here?¡± They announced as they looked at the eight dead bodies cut into pieces and sucked dry of blood and at me who was standing in the middle of it all holding a normal pendant wearing a pink transparent nightgown. How in the world am I going to explain this!? Chapter 5 The day before the journey Chapter 5 The day before the journey The soldier¡¯s got some maids who gave me a change of clothes. They left the room and the maids came in to change my clothes. They looked professional, that is, until they started bring the dresses. At first it was just three maids each with a different dress, they each had a big smile on their face which made me shutter. Immediately I tried to run towards the door, where the soldiers were so they¡¯d quickly take me away, but one maid on each side grabbed my arm and stopped me. The third in front of me stood with a smile on her face and said ¡°You can¡¯t go out wearing that my dear, let us help you change into something more, comfortable.¡± They put the dresses on me one by one as if I¡¯m a dress up doll and then after the third one when I thought it was finished, a fourth one appeared along with another maid, and another, I swear it was like a zombie invasion where they just keep on coming with no end. After who knows how many dresses, a soldier screamed, ¡°IT¡¯S BEEN 3 HOURS, STOP MAKING THE KING WAIT!¡± and with that, the maids quickly changed me into a yellow dress and pushed me out of the room while whispering in my ear ¡°if you ever need a dress, come to us, we¡¯ll have lots of fun together.¡± And on that day, I vowed, to never approach the king¡¯s maids ever again. As the soldiers took me to the Audition Hall, it was already morning, at first I was happy that I finally got away, but then I remembered about the second problem. How am I going to explain what happened last night!? I was seriously putting my head into overdrive thinking of an excuse that could possibly explain what happened. There¡¯s no way I¡¯m telling him I killed them, but it wasn¡¯t me or the other me killed them, they¡¯ll just think I¡¯m crazy. Maybe I should just run away? Or lie my way through? Yup, those plans will do. As I entered the Audition Hall, the soldiers that were behind me stood around me to make sure I couldn¡¯t escape, well there goes plan A. The old man with the blue magician robe and the old wooden staff came forward. Now that I look closely, he¡¯s not just old, he¡¯s ancient as. He had blue eyes, long blueish white hair and a long white beard he had wrinkles all over his face. He drew a bunch of circles in midair and said, ¡°My name is Illysp, the Royal Mage, I have placed around that can detect whether you¡¯re telling the truth, so speak the truth for your own sake.¡± Well, there goes plan B with lying my way out. I guess I can go with the back-up plan, stay silent and hope for the best. I stood there, staring at the old man who looks like he¡¯s in his 60s with redish white hair, red eyes and wrinkles all over. He was wearing a red robe decorated with golden dragon, a red cape with white fur on the rims along with a golden crown on his head. Now that I think about it, where are the other 3 young men and women that were around him last time? ¡°So miss Yang Guang, will you tell us what has happened in your room last night?¡± I froze, not because I didn¡¯t plan to reply, but because I was shocked. How did he know my name? Did he know the old me? Instead of answering his question, I looked at him with anxious eyes and asked back, ¡°Who am I?¡± The king¡¯s expression instantly changed from the mischievous smirk before into a baffled one. ¡°Do you not know who you are?¡± ¡°No, I lost all my memories, I don¡¯t know where to go, or what to do, but I do know I have to get stronger to fill my promise with the one who gave me this name, even if he¡¯s a no good lousy stupid lizard that doesn¡¯t keep his promises. I swear if I ever see him again, I¡¯ll beat him black and blue all over.¡± ¡°Oh? Interesting, do you mind telling me about this lizard or about your promise?¡± With that question, I instantly shut up. Should I tell him about guarding the world or Guang? No, I¡¯m too weak to protect myself if the Guais know of my existence, so I must stay quiet and leak as little information as possible. With that decided, I apologized that I couldn¡¯t tell the king of either, but I ensured that it will not cause harm to him or his kingdom. ¡°I see, how about what happened last night to the assassins.¡± I was sweating buckets, deciding whether to tell him or not, luckily, he noticed my situation and told me ¡°You don¡¯t need to answer our questions, since you¡¯re our son¡¯s ¡°Guardian¡±, eventually everything will come to light anyways.¡± If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. At first I was glad about not having to explain about the assassins, but then I noticed something was off¡­ ¡°What do you mean by ¡°Guardian¡±?¡± I asked the king, hoping the answer would be a simple bodyguard or something, but what I got back, was something unbelievable. ¡°Oh? You don¡¯t know? A ¡°Guardian¡± is a special familiar using a special method that gets their soul linked to the summoner. The summoner and the familiar live and die at the same time, but they¡¯re able to resurrect the dead one with their own life force, preserving their own life. The summoner can also gains a portion of the familiar¡¯s skills and stats, unless the difference between them is too big, then the summoner doesn¡¯t get any and the familiar will have to use less power so they don¡¯t harm their summoner with the excess mana and kill both of them at the same time. Because their soul is linked, they can feel each other¡¯s emotions, read each other¡¯s thoughts or use telepathy with mutual consent¡± Yup, it¡¯s worse than being married, it¡¯s literally ¡°till death do us apart¡± sort of thing, and this is linked with a prince¡­ This is not even funny, I can already see where this is going¡­ Feeling this is unfair, I asked ¡°Why do I feel like the summoner gets so much more advantage?¡± ¡°Hahaha, Well, the spell¡¯s created by the summoner, so it¡¯s obvious the summoner gets the advantage right?¡± *Sigh* ¡°This sucks.¡± ¡°Hahaha, it¡¯s not that bad, you¡¯re linked to the second prince of the human race, the biggest genius we had for thousands of years in both magic and sword play.¡± ¡°Yea, you try getting forcibly chained to some guy you¡¯ve never seen or heard of, only to find out, your life is in their hands, they get a portion of your skills and stats and they can read your mind.¡± As I was complaining without a care to the king, I noticed the heavy bloodlust behind me. I¡¯m in so much trouble¡­ The king laughed as he announced, ¡°You know, you either have guts of steel to talk to the king of a whole race so familiarly or you¡¯re just a big idiot.¡± Yup, I¡¯m a big idiot, I¡¯ve been complaining like a child to the king in front of a bunch of his soldiers in his castle¡­ If I could see my own face, I¡¯m sure it¡¯d be beet red from shame. ¡°Well you¡¯re interesting, we¡¯ll forgive you and let you go rest for now, later, we¡¯ll have the second prince tell you about what¡¯s going to happen.¡± I said my ¡°Thanks.¡± Before I left the hall and went to my room. As I jumped into the bed hoping for a moment to relax, the maids returned. With a smile on their faces, they announced, ¡°Let us help you change into some more comfortable clothes to wear.¡± ¡°NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!¡± --- (in the audience hall) ¡°Your majesty, are you sure we can leave that girl be? We knowing nothing about her and she was able to single-handedly able to kill eight assassins, not to mention her bizarre regenerative ability.¡± ¡°We know Illysp, but remember the truth barrier was up the whole time, she did not lie about her loss of memories, nor about not causing harm to us and our kingdom. Combined with her being lv1, and a person from another world, we¡¯d say she¡¯s a likeable clueless airhead.¡± ¡°I hope you¡¯re right, if not, we¡¯ll be facing a monster.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, that¡¯s why we placed the scroll in his hands anyways, We have faith in the genius Kazuki and he knows this too. With his talents, we¡¯re going to try to win her over, there¡¯s also a back-up plan in place, but I hope we¡¯ll never have to use it¡­¡± The air in the court instantly turned dark, but then a maid walked in and whispered something into the king¡¯s ears. ¡°Oh? Now we¡¯ll just have to wait for her to fall for the¡­¡± ¡°NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!¡± ¡°Hahahahaha, yup that one¡¯s an airhead.¡± ¡°Your majesty! What did you do!?¡± ¡°Oh nothing, don¡¯t worry about it Illysp, just having some fun¡± said the king as he quickly got up and followed the maid out of the hall. ¡°He¡¯d be a great king, if only he¡¯d stop acting like a child all the time with his pranks¡± sighed Illysp as he left to prepare the items necessary for the hero¡¯s journey and the prince and princess¡¯s stay at the academy . Chapter 6 Thorny Rose Chapter 6 Thorny Rose As the maid¡¯s finally left me alone, I felt so tired, I instantly collapsed on my bed. I decided to sleep the day away, but before then I shall check my status. Name: Yang Guang (Yin An) Age: 16 Race: ??? Holy Dark Dragon King Soul Class: Upper Transcendent King Level: 4 HP: 1230 Mana: 1783 Strength: 234 Agility: 304 Endurance: 210 Intelligence: 343 Skills: Holy Magic (God): None Dark Magic (God): None Scythe Mastery (Beginner)(Proficiency: 87%) Unique Skills: Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s Roar (hint: Roar with a dragon¡¯s throat) Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s Breath (hint: gather mana using a dragon¡¯s throat and blow it at the enemy) ??? Materialization Body Split(2) State: Contracted to Guang (no benefits due to acquisition of a piece of Guang¡¯s Soul)(unrevokable) Guardian of Kazuki Aerisia (breakable, upon breaking the contract, you will lose 75% of your stats for the next five years) (Bond:0% Stat gain:0%) ¡­ WHAT DID SHE DO!? Instantly my level went up by 3 and that¡¯s not all, the stats have almost all doubled!? Some are even tripled!? EHHHHHH. That¡¯s not even the worst of it, I instantly gained Scythe Mastery and it¡¯s already at 87%, how did she wield it to increase proficiency so much!? Wait let¡¯s calm down first, maybe these are ordinary increases, yup, since my level is low, it must increase easily. Let¡¯s look at these other two. Materialization!? Body Split!? Let¡¯s see if there¡¯s a way to show more detail. As I focus onto the two, a new message appeared. Materialization [Utilizing the power of ???, you can materialize any object you can think of, but you must know how it operates, or only a model will come out] Body Split [Creates a second body with the power of ???, due to lack of energy, you can only create up to 2, must have a thorough understanding of the body, or else it will die upon summon] ¡­ well that¡¯s not very helpful considering I have no idea what ??? is. UGH, this is that mana thing all over again¡­ As I was crying over the new found power, but having no idea how to use it, a knocking sound echoed in the room and a feminine voice began to speak. ¡°Excuse me young miss, the preparations are complete for your journey.¡± My mind went blank again¡­ Journey? When was I going on a journey? ¡°Do you need our help with changing again?¡± Hearing that I immediately changed my cloth back to the yellow dress and got out the room as fast as possible. Upon seeing me changed, the maid at the door made a pouting face and proceeded to guide me wherever we are going. ¡°Excuse me, but where exactly are we going?¡± ¡°To the carriage young miss.¡± After she directed me to a carriage, she left and when I got inside. After sitting down I noticed there was a lone young boy sitting in front of me. He had a blue long sleeved expensive looking shirt, black long pants, short blue hair and blueish green eyes. He looked like he was 12 years old. ¡°Nice to meet you my Guardian, I am the second prince Kazuki.¡± Said the young boy with a smile. ¡°So you¡¯re the second prince Kazuki Aerisia, nice to meet you, I¡¯m Yang, Yang Guang, but you can just call me Yang.¡± I said with a smile while trying my hardest not to hug him, because his young age along with his intelligent look makes him look like he¡¯s trying to act like an adult. As the carriage started to move, he started to lecture me about the situation of the world as well as how he¡¯s paying for my food and tuition, so I have to be his servant at the academy. As he was lecturing me, I quickly fell asleep, but I was awoken by a loud man yelling, ¡°AMBUSH!¡± I frantically looked around and saw the boy looking at the window as he muttered with a grimace, ¡°300 vs. 30 huh.¡± I quickly looked out the window and saw the soldiers being overwhelmed. As I was panicking about what to do, he yelled at me ¡°Quickly go to the other carriage and get the two princesses into this one.¡± I didn¡¯t know what to do, so I just followed my instructions and ran to the second carriage, grabbing the hands of the two princess and running back to the previous one, I did not know why he told me to do this, but he looked like he was planning something. I helped the two princesses into the carriage and right as he saw me, he screamed out the window ¡°Circle formation around the first carriage, abandon the second empty one, shield and swords upfront, spears and bows fall back, magicians, put up barriers.¡± At his words, the soldiers quickly changed formations without a single doubt or hesitation. It seems like he¡¯s not your average boy. ¡°Will it hold?¡± I asked the boy silently because I felt a hint of fear about what¡¯s to come. ¡°Not for long, they outnumber us too much.¡± ¡°I see¡­¡± as I glanced at the two trembling princesses behind me. The 14 year old one with a small chest wore a blue frilly dress, she had red long hair and white eyes was holding the 10 year old flat chested younger girl who was wearing a green frilly dress, had twin tailed red hair and black eyes trying to soothe her even though she herself was shaking. I couldn¡¯t just stand there and do nothing, I¡¯m the oldest one here, even if I don¡¯t know these children that well, I can¡¯t just leave them. I quickly opened the door and jumped out. I grabbed a random spear I saw lying around and I ran behind a shield bearer and started stabbing from behind him. The blood splattered on my yellow dress, dying it red, I didn¡¯t feel a hint of remorse, I guess that¡¯s an emotion the other me govern huh, as I continued to stab and stab, over and over again, many of our allies fell, but so did the enemy. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Suddenly, ¡°You¡¯re not bad young miss.¡± Said the shield bearer standing in front of me. ¡°Keep the flattery till we make it out of this, I¡¯ll happily accept it then.¡± ¡°Haha, I guess ¡°LOOK OUT!¡± huh?¡± The sound of a young girl screaming LOOK OUT made me turn my head, to see a man dressed in all black swinging a sword at my head. Is this the end? And suddenly my vision went dark. --- (Kazuki POV) Yang jumped out of the carriage and grabbed a spear. She ran to the front and started stabbing. She¡¯s a courageous one isn¡¯t she? Even my guardian is doing something to help, so I quickly got out of the carriage and glanced around taking command of the troops, making formations and clogging up holes, but eventually, they broke through. On one side, a sword fighter fell and the man covered in black jumped through and immediately ran at Yang. My older sister saw this and screamed ¡°LOOK OUT!¡±, but it was too late, the sword was at her neck. But what happened next, shocked everybody. The sword bounced off her neck and made a metallic sound. Then she changed. Her beautiful white hair which was dyed red with blood, turned black and it was now dyed dark red. Her lovely white and red eyes changed, the white eye slowly turned black as well. The yellow dress with cuts all over disappeared and turned into a lovely frilly short black dress. It was a bit plain, but short black frills emphasized her pale white legs, while the lack of sleeves showed her pale white skin. A giant black Scythe formed on her back like it was gathering itself from thin air. When the scythe finished forming, she dropped her spear and grabbed the handle of the scythe. In the next second, she disappeared. The man in black that was in front of her was cut in half without anyone noticing, and after a while, she reappeared on the far side behind the enemies. The lined from her previous location to her current was dyed red, blood spewed from the bottom half of the bodies. She stood there with a smile, licking the end of the scythe filled with blood. With a voice cold as ice, she muttered, ¡°Yes, this should help recover the energy I lost.¡± With those words, she ran into the encirclement. With a single slash of her scythe, at least three would fall, she dodged sword, spears, arrow and magic with the minimal movement like they were nothing. The scythe cut through everything like butter, whether it was a magic barrier, armour, flesh or even shields. As this spectacle went on, I ordered our allies to go into full defense, holding it out, while the enemy panicked seeing this new enemy. Occasionally a sword or spear managed to find their mark and landed on her dress or body, but like the sword before, they only bounced off with a metallic sound. ¡°All melee fighters draw back, mages ready your spells, archers support fire on the girl, melee fighters, direct your attention to the carriage.¡± A man in black ordered, but as soon as he finished the order, his head fell off and behind him, Yang appeared. ¡°Weakling.¡± With a single mutter, she once again disappeared and reappeared in the middle of the mages in black cutting them to pieces. The men in black that saw this yelled ¡°RETREAT¡± and started to make a run for it in all directions. ¡°Awwww, don¡¯t leave, let¡¯s play some more.¡± Said the young girl who¡¯s now dyed dark red all over as she reappeared in front of the retreating men. She is the embodiment of fear. Unkillable with weapons, unhittable with magic, smiling like an innocent rose while cutting bodies to pieces. The men started to disperse in all direction in order to avoid the terror in front of them. When it was over, only 6 of our soldiers were left and less than 50 enemies got away. Then her eyes turned to me¡­ I started having cold sweats and couldn¡¯t stop shivering. Those eyes, one dark like the void that sucks everything in, while the other crimson red. Not like my brother or sister¡¯s flame red eyes, but crimson red, the colour of blood. Slowly she walked to us, the soldiers shivered too, they were scared, but they didn¡¯t run, they had to stay for their families. They all stood there with their weapons raised questioning whether she was a friend or foe. She walked past them, ignoring them all and stood in front of me. Her next words puzzled all of us. ¡°I guess I should give her a more fitting form for school.¡± The blood from the battlefield slowly gathered at her feet and then disappeared. And with that, her black scythe started to disappear, the blood stains all over also started to disappear, the black dress dyed started to disintegrate as well, turning back into the tattered yellow dress, her black eye started to turn white and her height started to become smaller and smaller. After a while, all that remained was a 12 year old little girl with white hair, white and crimson eyes, tattered yellow dress. Her chest was now as flat as a board, instead of the previous small one and before I could ask her anything, she fell face first into the ground. The soldiers were all startled and we were too, but knowing all of this will get us nowhere, I ordered the soldiers to continue their trip with the remaining carriage carrying me, my sisters and this miniature Yang. She was strong and scary, but she saved our lives. I swore that day that I would do my best for her. I won¡¯t follow the hero, I shall follow her instead. Her path shall become my path. Her enemies shall be my enemies. Her orders will be the orders of god. I shall dedicate my everything to her. After a while, I took my gaze off her, I looked at my sisters and they were both staring at her with a eyes of filled with admiration. Fufufu, I guess I¡¯m not the only one who¡¯s become entranced by her. Chapter 7: School Chapter 7: School I slowly opened my eyes from the darkness. What I saw was a beautiful scenery, it was a rundown church, but there were many children running around merrily. The nuns were teaching some of the children while some were just playing around with the children. I stared at them for a while and then I remembered the ambush. Anxiously I quickly looked around, Where is this? I looked around, but I had no idea where I was or who these people are, but I felt a hint of nostalgia. And then I looked at myself¡­ WHAT IN THE WORLD!? I¡¯M TRANSPARENT!? Let me pinch myself, huh? No pain¡­ It seems I¡¯m dreaming or a ghost! Well, whatever, let¡¯s enjoy this while it last, As I just sat on a nearby bench watching the children play, Suddenly, two of them that barges in from the front door caught my attention. It was a pretty little girl with black hair, black eyes and wearing a dirty dress around the age of 3 who was led by the hand of a little boy who was around the same age with brown hair and black eyes wearing a worn out t-shirt and short pants. They were happily running around the church in circles. ¡°Come on Xiao An, this way.¡± ¡°Wait for me, Xiao Lian.¡± That name¡­ Why? Why does it give make me feel sadness, grief, sorrow, despair and all kinds of negative feelings¡­ Aren¡¯t these governed by the other me? As I sat there, confused, She appeared on the opposite side of me. Wearing the same black dress, with the same dark scythe on her back, she stood there opposite to me, the other me was watching me. On her left hand, each of her fingers left a grey trail like it was slowly disintegrating. ¡°What¡¯s going on!?¡± I asked, but her only reply was a cold grin and smile. Even though she¡¯s me, I don¡¯t know what she¡¯s thinking nor do I know what she wants. ¡°It¡¯s starting, I¡¯ll leave the stage first, so have fun out there.¡± She said with a smile on her face. After those words, I was just about to scream ¡°Wait¡± to ask her what she meant, but I did not get the chance because the scenery around me turned black once more. ¡­ Suddenly a voice broke the silence. ¡°Ya..¡± ¡°YANGGGG¡­¡± Someone was calling me, as I opened my eyes, I saw two a shirt, under it was something moving and long legs. I looked up and I saw Kazuki¡¯s face, isn¡¯t that? ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!¡± *SLAP* It seems we arrived, so I quickly got off the carriage trying to ignore the man with a red swollen cheek, yup he totally deserves it. ¡°What did I do¡­.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you go figure it our Mr. Genius.¡± Seriously how big of an idiot is he, waking me up to see that thing moving, sure the lap pillow was nice, but couldn¡¯t he make it NOT STAND UP! We were standing in front of a big open gate with an old man standing in front of it smiling as he brushed his beard. ¡°Hohoho, what a lively bunch, you are prince Kazuki I presume?¡± ¡°Ah yes, and these two are my sisters, Miu and Yui, as for this one, she¡¯s Yang, my guardian, she¡¯ll be enrolling here as well.¡± ¡°Ah introductions, my name is Uskius Dirgestone, it¡¯s a pleasure to meet you.¡± ¡°The pleasure¡¯s all mine Mister ¡®Creator¡¯¡± Immediately, Uskius¡¯s eyes focused on Kazuki with a sharp gaze ¡°Hahaha, that¡¯s an old name, I didn¡¯t know people still remembered it.¡± ¡°How could anyone not know of the world¡¯s greatest magician, who created the world¡¯s greatest taboo magic necromancy by combining dark, fire and earth magic 200 years ago.¡± I can feel the temperature suddenly dropping as Kazuki and Uskius stared at each other, after who knows how long Uskius suddenly changed his glare back to a smile, ¡°Hahaha what a wonderful batch of new students we have here, now come, let¡¯s get you all settled down.¡± As we were following Uskius past the gate, suddenly the scenery changed. What looked like just a really old run down building on the outside turned into a humongous place that looked simply amazing, behind the gate was a stone bridge on top of a lake and after it was a big flower garden with many different colours and then a big building comes into view. It gave off a medieval feel with its stone walls, and glass windows, but it¡¯s size was enormous with three floors. To the left and right of the central building were two smaller ones and both of them were facing the central building. ¡°The left building is the male dormitory and the right one¡¯s for the females, here are your keys, after you¡¯ve unpacked come to the principal¡¯s office in the central building, I¡¯ll wait for you there to test you to see which courses you should take¡± and after giving each of us a key with a number on it, he left. As Kazuki left for the male dorm, Yui and Miu turned to Yang ¡°Sooo, what room are you in Miss Guang?¡± (Miu) ¡°Ya ya, Yang, which room are ya in?¡± (Yui) Yui happily clung to Yang¡¯s arm and rubbed her face on it, which got her a hand chop from Miu who dragged her back. ¡°YUI!, we¡¯re princesses outside the castle remember to act more refined, I¡¯m sorry Miss Guang.¡± (Miu) This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ¡°It¡¯s fine don¡¯t worry about it, we¡¯re going to the same school now, so how about being friends Miu, Yui.¡± Yui once again clung onto Yang¡¯s arm ¡°Ya, Onee-chan.¡± (Yui) Miu letting out a sigh and smiled, ¡°Geez, what am I going to do with you.¡± (Miu) ¡°Well allow me to formally introduce myself. I am the second princess Miu Aerisia, it¡¯s a pleasure to meet you.¡± (Miu) As Miu pinched the side of her skirt and gave Yang a light bow, Yui just clung to her arm and looked up with a smile ¡°And I¡¯m the third princess Yui Aerisia, let¡¯s be good friends.¡± (Yui) ¡°I¡¯m Yang Guang, nice to meet both of you as well.¡± As Yang gave a bow, Yui pulled her making her almost fall and ran off to the right dorm, ¡°Come on let¡¯s go check out our rooms!¡± (Yui) *snicker* ¡°I¡¯m terribly sorry about my little sister¡± (Miu) ¡°Haha it¡¯s fine, let¡¯s go as well.¡± The three of them went off happily chatting about all sorts of random gossip they heard from the maids in the castle. ¡­ The inside of the dorms were just a bunch of halls with rooms on both sides. After they arrived at their rooms, ¡°I¡¯m in 351, I¡¯m gonna go unpack, how about you two?¡± (Yui) ¡°I¡¯m in 352, I¡¯m gonna go unpack as well, how about you Yang?¡± (Miu) ¡°Oh, I¡¯m in 353, we¡¯re all together it seems, well I got nothing to unpack so I¡¯ll go to the principal¡¯s office I guess¡± ¡°Let¡¯s meet up in Yang¡¯s room after!¡± (Yui) ¡°That¡¯s a wonderful idea, I¡¯ll bring tea.¡± (Miu) ¡°Wait, why my room!?¡± ¡°¡¯ Because it¡¯s empty!¡¯¡± And they both happily ran off. Geez, two against one, so unfair, let¡¯s go find the principal¡¯s office. As Yang entered the main building, she was once again dumbstruck, the inside was luxurious beyond compare, there were chandeliers, paintings, statues, a red carpet and many more. There were two doors to the left and right on the lowest floor, two stairs on each side to the second floor¡¯s left and right, and one giant stair in the center leading up to the third floor which was split into three different parts with the center having a sign that says Principal¡¯s Office. As Yang slowly climbed the stairs, she saw many students wearing different colour blazers uniforms running around, many stopped to stare at her. Some were wearing white, some yellow, a small amount green, a smaller amount blue and one or two reds. ¡°Whos that?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, probably a new transfer student.¡± ¡°Look at her yellow dress, she¡¯s probably from a low nobility family¡± ¡°Whoa what¡¯s with her eyes, one¡¯s red and one¡¯s white, does that mean she¡¯s proficient in fire and holy magic?¡± ¡°Look at her hair, I¡¯ve never seen that colour before.¡± ¡°Hey, She¡¯s really cute, her body is nice too, but her chest could be...¡± *Slap* ¡°WHAT¡¯S THAT FOR!?¡± ¡°Nothing, Humph.¡± ¡°HEY, I¡¯m sorry come back.¡± Seriously? Are my eyes that weird? And my hair too¡­ AND WHAT¡¯S WITH THAT OTHER GUY! MY CHEST IS NOT THAT FLAT! As Yang started to feel embarrassed by the stares, she quickly picked up the pace and went in the principal¡¯s office. The inside of the office was surprisingly, normal, just a work desk, a chair behind it where the principal sits and a couch in front with a few portraits on the walls. ¡°Ah, Miss Guang correct? I¡¯ve been expecting you.¡± (Uskius) ¡°Yes, um, what else do I need to do to confirm my registration?¡± ¡°Oh, just write your name on this sheet of paper, don¡¯t worry about tuition and residence fee, the royal family covered that for you. After you sign your name, we¡¯re just gonna conduct one or two tests to see which grade you fit into, also in three days there¡¯ll be a tournament, for the teachers to re-evaluate everyone¡¯s combat skills to reorganize their classes.¡± After writing her name on the paper, she proceeded to where the Uskius was sitting. ¡°Now, just send your mana into this crystal ball to determine your magic potential, which is the highest grade magic you can achieve, and fill out these test to determine your academic standing.¡± (Uskius) ¡°Ummmmm¡­ What if we don¡¯t know how to send mana¡­¡± Yang¡¯s face was turning red from embarrassment and she fidgeted with her fingers. ¡°Oh, don¡¯t worry, many new students don¡¯t know that too, nothing to be embarrassed about, here take this knife and make a small slit on your finger, then put a drop of blood on the crystal.¡± As Yang took the knife and cut her own finger, a metallic sound rang out and there was no wound on her finger¡­ the knife on the other hand, has clearly been chipped. ¡°¡­ What are you?...¡± (Uskius) ---- If you see Mui, tell me NO they did no go FUSION DANCE, it''s a typo of either Miu or Yui.... On a side note, more hints to what Yang is And me drowning in homework and test, once it clears up, speed goes up, once it slows down, speed slows down Bracket and names for when it is too confusing to tell who¡¯s speaking, if it¡¯s easily understood I won¡¯t put it in Chapter 8: Little Devil This is a boring chapter go to sleep! ---- Chapter 8 Little Devil ¡°What are you?¡± (Uskius) ¡°Firstly, I¡¯ve never heard of a guardian who¡¯s a human before, their usually monsters or mystical beasts. Secondly Kazuki told me about you surviving with a spear pierced through you and as if that¡¯s not enough, he also told me about you easily annihilating top rank assassins and over 200 troops without a single scratch. From the moment I met you, I have not felt a single ounce of mana from your body, but inside there¡¯s a strong killing intent.¡± (Uskius) ¡°So tell me, what are you?¡± (Uskius) Yang and Uskius stared at each other for a while, with a sad smile she said, ¡°I cannot tell what I do not know, I do not have my memories¡­¡± ¡°But, I can tell you this, I did not kill 200 troops, I only killed about 3 or 4 before one almost cut my head off and I fainted, as for the assassins, I woke up to that mess.¡± Uskius mumbled something and Yang felt a strong gaze. One that feels like daggers piercing through her skin and seeing all of her insides. Normally a person would try to avoid that gaze, but she did not, she stared back strongly, showing she¡¯s telling the truth. After some time, ¡°I see, you aren¡¯t lying, fine then, since you don¡¯t know what you are, you can¡¯t possibly tell me what you are. I guess for now I¡¯ll settle with what you¡¯re planning to do.¡± (Uskius) Shrugging her shoulders, she replied ¡°To be honest, I have no plans, she said my memories will slowly return and one of ¡°her¡± wishes is to live a normal school life, so I¡¯m just trying to fulfill that for now I guess.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll trust you for now since you haven¡¯t lied to me yet, so here, fill these out, it¡¯s tests to determine your academic standing.¡± Uskius handed Yang a pen and some paper with questions about all sorts of random questions. Yang skimmed through it and only filled out what she could and after 3 minutes, she handed them back. ¡°That fast!? HEY! WHY¡¯RE MOST OF EM BLANK!?¡± (Uskius) ¡°Well sorry for not knowing any of the country¡¯s geography, history, etiquette and all those stupid things, I thought I told you I had no memories.¡± *Hmph* (pout) Uskius sighs and sits down on his chair looking through the math and language sections because only those were filled out and halfway through, and he starts to tremble. ¡°How¡­ How did you know how to do math and language questions this advanced and in 3 minute as well!?¡± (Uskius) ¡°Really? I thought they were easy¡­¡± with a questioning gaze she looked toward Uskius ¡°Here do these.¡± Uskius handed her two more papers which she finished in almost no time. ¡°Their correct!? How are you able to solve math questions that has stumped the country for centuries in a matter of seconds!? And these language questions are the hardest we have¡­ You completed them in less than two minutes¡­ HOW!?¡± ¡°It¡¯s common sense?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll pay you 5 gold plates per season to teach here for math and language, how about it?¡± ¡°EHHHHHHH!?¡± ¡°Not enough? How about 10 gold plates¡± ¡°EHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?¡± ¡°20?¡± ¡°WAIT WAIT WAIT! TIME OUT! I don¡¯t even know the currency and how much a gold plate is worth!¡± Uskius gave a surprised face ¡°Do you have any common sense¡­¡± ¡°Um¡­ I don¡¯t know, is there a class for that?¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ the currency in this country is qian, 1 qian is a bronze coin, 10 of them is a bronze plate, 10 of those are a silver coin, then silver plate, gold coin and lastly gold plate, so 1 gold plate is 100,000 qian.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a lot right?¡± ¡°¡­ Think of it like this, this building cost 10,000 qian, my first offer was 50 times that a season.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± The room was awkwardly silent¡­ ¡°That¡¯s a lot right?¡± ¡°ARE YOU STUPID!? YES THAT¡¯S A LOT!¡± ¡°How long¡¯s a season?¡± ¡°YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!¡± After a while of negotiation, they made an agreement. Yang will get 10 gold plates per season, a beginner etiquette, magic, archery, music and cooking class as well as a combat class based on her results from the tournament. As a bonus, Uskius gave Yang a special class. ¡°Common Sense¡± class to teach her common sense created just for her. As for Uskius, he got Yang to teach math class for the smartest students and solve any math problems he brings to her, but she thoroughly rejected teaching language class because she didn¡¯t know the limits of the translation skill and she didn¡¯t want to find out. After the negotiations were done, ¡°Here take this, this black bracelet shows you¡¯re a student here and it¡¯s used as an identification, you¡¯ll need it for using the school training ground, library, cafeteria and such. You¡¯re school cloths will be sent to your room once their completed, it¡¯ll take a day at most. School will start in a week, since the tournament will take four days. Also here¡¯s this season¡¯s pay.¡± ¡°EH!? Is this really alright? I didn¡¯t even work yet.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°Thanks.¡± After I left the principal¡¯s office I quickly went back to my room with the five gold plates, because based on what the principal said about the attack on the carriage, it means she was the one who took them out when she thought it was the soldiers that held out long enough or something. I got to hurry back and check my status, if what Uskius said is true, then there¡¯s going to be a problem¡­ ¡­ After Yang arrived at her room, she hurriedly closed the door, and jumped on the bed. The room was a small room with a single bed to the left of the door, a single closet t the right, and a desk in the middle facing the window. The room was really small, but she didn¡¯t care because there was an even more urgent issue at hand. She sat on the bed and thought status. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. ¡­ ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO OTHER ME!? Name: Yang Guang (Yin An) Age: 12 Race: ??? Holy Dark Dragon King Soul Class: Upper Transcendent King Level: 11 HP: 3,129 MP: 3,543 Strength: 453 Agility: 687 Endurance: 532 Intelligence: 603 Skills: Holy Magic (God): None Dark Magic (God): None Scythe Mastery (Advanced) (Proficiency: 63%) Assassin Mastery (Intermediate) (Proficiency: 0%) Skills: Silent Step, Perceive Unique Skills: Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s (hint: Roar with a dragon¡¯s throat) Holy Dark Dragon¡¯s Breath (hint: gather mana using a dragon¡¯s throat and blow it at the enemy) ??? Materialization Body Split (2) Reinforce State: Contracted to Guang Guardian of Kazuki Aerisia (breakable, upon breaking the contract, you will lose 75% of your stats for the next five years)(Bond 0% Stats gain 0%) I don¡¯t know if the level or stats are over powered, but WHAT HAPPENED TO SCYTHE MASTERY!? IT LEVELS SO FAST! There¡¯s also Assassin Mastery too!? I thought the other me was fighting them head on not assassinating them!? It even comes with skills, though I don¡¯t think I should use them or people would think I¡¯m an assassin¡­ There¡¯s also this new skill in ??? Reinforce, I wonder what it does? Reinforce [Gathers ??? from other parts and condense them in the selected location strengthening it, but weakens the location it gathered ??? from] Wow, compared to the other two, this one doesn¡¯t seem so overpowered since it¡¯s a double edge sword¡­ Well, that¡¯s fine. Well, there¡¯s nothing else that¡¯s not normal. Wait, something feels off¡­ What¡­ The¡­ Hell¡­ AGE 12!? ¡­ DID I JUST GROW YOUNGER!? WHAT IN THE WORLD!? Yang quickly opened her eyes to check her body and¡­ Oh my god¡­ I didn¡¯t know I could be any flatter than this¡­ And my dress¡­ it¡¯s down to my feet now¡­ instead of my ankle¡­ I GREW YOUNGER!? Is this what the other me means when she told me we¡¯ll die? WE¡¯LL DIE BY GROWING YOUNGER!? NO NO NO NO NO THAT¡¯S TOO SCARY! As Yang was crying her eyes out, Miu and Yui got back from examination from the principal¡¯s office and entered the room. ¡°Hey Yang we¡¯re ba¡­. Is everything alright?¡± (Yui) As Yang saw Miu and Yui, she instantly jumped on them and clung on them. Bawling her eyes out. ¡°I know I like hugs and all, but can you explain what¡¯s going on?¡± (Yui) *sob* *sob* ¡°My age¡­ It became younger¡­ If it keeps going younger, I¡¯ll die by young age, it already it''s already 4 years younger.¡± ¡°Ehhhh? Didn¡¯t you do that yourself?¡± (Miu) ¡°Wait what!? What do you mean?¡± ¡°On the day you killed the 200 enemies, you said something about changing your form into one that¡¯s better fitted for school and shrunk in size.¡± (Miu) ¡°EH!?¡± ¡°Yea yea, I thought you changed it yourself since you¡¯re going to be in the same class as Kazuki as his guardian, I thought you did it so you didn¡¯t become the odd one out.¡± (Yui) ¡°And you two found it normal and didn¡¯t tell me?¡± ¡°Well, you did massacre an army by yourself, and said you¡¯re going to change your form, so I thought you knew about it¡­¡± (Miu) ¡°Plus, you didn¡¯t change much, neither in height, looks or that part.¡± (Yui) Yang who just stopped crying, was once again teary eyed looking at the place where Yui was pointing¡­ and then she looked at Yui and saw a triumphant smile and once again bursted into tears. ¡°Yui!¡± (Miu) ¡°Uhhhhh, sorry, don¡¯t worry it¡¯ll grow¡­ *fidget fidget* Ah! I know just the thing that¡¯ll cheer you up. SHOPPING!¡± (Yui) As Yui happily dragged Yang to Kazuki¡¯s room, Miu followed behind with a wry smile. ¡­ ¡°What¡¯re we doing here?¡± (Miu) ¡°To get our luggage boy of course!¡± (Yui) ¡°Brother, are you here?¡± (Yui) ¡°Whatcha need little sis?¡± (Kazuki) ¡°We¡¯re going shopping, you¡¯re coming with us whether you like it or not.¡± (Yui) ¡°¡­ Uh¡­ I got some stuff to do¡­¡± (Kazuki) ¡°Whether you like it or not¡­¡± *glare* (Yui) ¡°But it¡¯s really important stuff¡­¡± (Kazuki) ¡°Yang¡¯s sad, so to cheer her you¡¯re coming with us¡± (Yui) ¡°But¡­ *Puppy eyes* ... *sigh* fine¡­ you win this round¡± (Kazuki) ¡°Luggage boy get!¡± (Yui) ¡°Did you say something?¡± (Kazuki) ¡°Oh, no nothing, come on let¡¯s go!¡± (Yui) Yang quietly whispers to Miu, ¡°I thought you¡¯re brother¡¯s a genius, how did he get caught this easily?¡± ¡°never underestimate the power of the little devil¡± ¡°Come on you two let¡¯s go!¡± (Yui) ¡°¡±Coming¡±¡± And for three days, the four of them went around the whole city going to store after store to shop and all the luggage, as expected, was carried by Kazuki. The image of the genius second prince following three girls with a mountain of bags double his height was so pitiful, no man gave him any jealous gazes, only pitiful looks and the title ¡°Servant Prince¡±. ¡­ As Yang woke up on the 3rd day, ¡°All students, please assemble in the colosseum behind the school building, I repeat, All students, please assemble in the colosseum behind the school building. Today¡¯s the day for the Combat Tournament!¡± ---- next chapter tournament! New characters INC Chapter 9 Let the Battle BEGIN! Chapter 9: Let the Battle BEGIN! more boring chapters because im a boring person writing a boring story and failing my boring exams T_T i literally got below 50 on my last midterm.... ---- ¡°All students, please assemble in the colosseum behind the school building, I repeat, All students, please assemble in the colosseum behind the school building. Today¡¯s the day for the Combat Tournament!¡± Oh right! Today¡¯s the day of the combat tournament! Well¡­ I don¡¯t know how to fight so I¡¯ll probably drop out early. A knock sounded on the door, ¡°Hey Yang, come on, we¡¯re gonna be late!¡± ¡°Coming¡± Yang quickly wore the school uniform that was sent to her room and got out of the room. The school uniform was a blazer and skirt school uniform, with an emblem of a of a dragon on the left. The top was black coloured with golden linings and the skirt was black with white stripes. As Yang opened the door, she was met with two astonished faces. ¡°Um, big sis, am I colour blind or?¡± ¡° I see it as well¡­¡± ¡°Ehh? What¡¯s up with that reaction? And why do you two have red blazer and skirts?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­ Yang, do you know what the colour means?¡± ¡°Um sorry Miu, I don¡¯t¡± ¡°This school¡¯s rules are based on meritocracy. If you aren¡¯t skilled, and a commoners, you get brown uniforms, and nobles get yellow ones. If you have intermediate rank knowledge or skills, you get a green one. Blue for advanced rank, and golden for master rank. We¡¯re special because we¡¯re the king¡¯s children, we get a red one. And as for you¡­ you got a black one, which is master rank or above and it means, you¡¯re a teachers.¡± ¡°Ehh? Wait, that makes sense, I will be teaching here.¡± ¡°¡±WHAT!?¡±¡± ¡°Hmm? Oh right I forgot to tell you two, I¡¯ll be teaching math here.¡± ¡°Ohoho, as expect of the one I want to follow¡± ¡°THAT¡¯S IMPOSSIBLE!¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong Miu?¡± ¡°All the teacher¡¯s here are at least master rank, some are even mystic rank, how knowledgeable or strong are you!?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, let¡¯s talk about this later, we¡¯re gonna be late!¡± ¡°Wait! At least change before you go!¡± ¡°Why Miu?¡± ¡°The first part of the tournament is a battle royale between people of the same age until only 8 people are left standing. You¡¯re going in there wearing a black uniform, as a teacher into a student¡¯s battle royale!¡± ¡°Eh, then what do I do?¡± ¡°We could get you a different coloured uniform¡± ¡°Or you can go in wearing that and A MASK!¡± ¡°Um, Yue I don¡¯t think a mask will make it any better, there¡¯s still going to be a person with an teacher¡¯s authority in a student¡¯s tournament.¡± ¡°But masks are cool!¡± *sigh* ¡°we could get a different coloured uniform.¡± ¡°Eh? That¡¯s allowed?¡± ¡°Yes, the brown uniforms are accessible to everybody in case someone wanted to go out incognito.¡± ¡°Ok, let¡¯s go with that¡± ¡°I still like the mask idea¡­¡± ¡°You can buy a mask on the way Yue, as for Yang, wait here, we¡¯ll go get a brown uniform.¡± ¡°Thanks¡­ sorry for making both of you late too¡­¡± Yang looked down depressed ¡°Don¡¯t worry, what¡¯re friend¡¯s for¡± ¡°Hurry up Miu, let¡¯s get the coolest mask ever!¡± Yue dragged Miu out and they ran off. Yang shut the door and lied on the bed, waiting for the two, and after a few minutes, she heard a knock on the door and ¡°Yang! We¡¯re back, and I got you the coolest mask ever!¡± Yang quickly opened the door to Yang holding a smiling mask with sharp eye sockets and a line going down from the middle of the eye socket to the bottom of the mask making it look like it¡¯s crying. The mask was evenly bisected in the middle with one side white and one side black, which made it look like a white and black demon. ¡°Quickly, put this uniform on Yang¡± ¡°This mask too!¡± ¡°Is the mask necessary?¡± ¡°YES!¡± ¡°But, I won¡¯t be able to¡­ ¡°PUT IT ON!¡± fine¡­¡± Yang quickly changed into the uniform and wore the mask. ¡°Is this really necessary?¡± ¡°Yes! Now come on, we¡¯re already late!¡± Yue happily dragged both Miu and Yang to the back of the building with the colosseum and as they went in the main entrance that leads to the fighting area, they saw Kazuki leaning against the wall, waiting for them. ¡°You guys are really late, the speech is almost done!¡± ¡°How long is the speech¡­¡± (Yue) ¡°Over an hour, after the speech they talk about the important rules and take attendance as well, hurry!¡± As the four of them rushed through the long tunnel, they arrived in the middle of the coliseum with many students standing around looking like they¡¯d collapse at any moment. ¡°¡­ and with that LET THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN!¡± ¡°Phew, just in time¡± ¡°I know right bro, we didn¡¯t have to listen to the boring part¡± As the students started to chat away, a booming sound filled the coliseum ¡°Now, would all the students please stand in your groups with students of the same year. I will begin to explain the rules shortly after.¡± Every one quickly got into their own year groups. ¡°I¡¯ve been wanting to ask you this for a while now, why¡¯re you wearing that mask?¡± ¡°Yue¡­¡± As Kazuki was trying to hold off his laughter, Yang gave him an angry face, but she forgot the mask was in the way which made him laugh even more. ¡°Now, I¡¯ll explain the rules of the tournament. Today, the first, second, third and fourth year students will battle it out until 8 people are left and tomorrow the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth year students will battle it out. There should be 64 people left, which will become a 1v1 tournament on the last day until there is only one winner. Everything is allowed in this tournament and there¡¯s a magic set in place so if you die, you¡¯ll be immediately teleported to the audience zone alive and restored to before you entered the tournament, so go all out and have fun!¡± As the announcer finished his speech, the teachers led the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth year students to the audience stand which was filled with people from the city, even the king was there. Then, the ground shook and the scenery changed. The arena split into four different settings with a big wall in between each splitting the coliseum into four semicircles with the settings forest, mountain, desert and plains. ¡°Students please enter you¡¯re respective battlefields and when there are only 8 people left, they will be teleported out into the audience stand. The battle begins in 30 seconds.¡± I quickly ran into the forest and separated from Kazuki, because this is a free for all. ¡°Let the battle BEGIN!¡± ¡°Found my first prey. This¡¯ll be fun!¡± I heard the voice and turned to my right to see a young boy with green eyes and short green hair. He was wearing a golden armour, a blue uniform underneath and had a very sharp longsword. The boy smiled and instantly, it changed to dissatisfaction. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°What¡¯s with that mask and where¡¯s your weapon? Well, whatever I¡¯m going to cut you down anyways.¡± And he jumped at me. The speed was fast, but not so fast that I can¡¯t see his movement. As he swung his sword down, I jumped to the left to avoid the slash, and at that moment, I saw him smile, he turned the sword slightly and bounced it off the ground to aim at my neck. Instantly, I ducked down to avoid it and jump to the side out of range. I know there¡¯s a spell that prevents us from dying in the tournament, but HE SERIOUSLY WENT FOR MY HEAD! ¡°Not bad, not bad, you¡¯re able to avoid my slashes this well, I¡¯ll consider hiring you to my servant. Be proud, you¡¯ve just been scouted by Jarin Aeris Raimund!¡± ¡°Um who?¡± ¡°That voice¡­ YOU¡¯RE A GIRL!?¡± ¡°¡­ Yes¡­¡± ¡°EH!? I thought you we¡¯re just a really short boy, who knew you were a girl with tiny¡­¡± Before the boy could finish his words, he was sent flying with a hand mark on the side of his face and hit his head on a tree. ¡°Say it and you die!¡± Yang said narrowing her eyes filled with bloodthirst. Jarin slowly sat up and muttered ¡°Ugh¡­ Alright, I deserve that one, you win the first round, so let¡¯s go for round two!¡± Jarin got up and jumped at Yang with his sword, but this time, the sword and his body had a faint glow of green. He leaped and swing down with both hands, and Yang jumped to the side once more, but this time, she noticed. His speed was different, it was much faster than before. She quickly tried to open up the distance, but Jiran bounced the sword off the ground faster this time, giving her almost no time to react. She quickly jumped up to avoid the horizontal slash, but Jiran turned his sword and bounced it towards the midair Yang with a wind bullet making a horizontal slash at her waist. Yang couldn¡¯t avoid in midair, so she moved her legs up and arms in front to brace the impact and tried to gather all of her strength into her knees, to try to block the sword and at that time, she felt it. The feeling of things inside of her moving, gathering at her legs, making the rest of her body more vulnerable and light, but making her legs stronger and sturdier. *Clang* The sword and her legs collided, a metallic spark went off and sent Yang flying. She agilely landed on her feet, while Jarin blew himself back a few centimeters as well from putting all his force in that swing. ¡°What was that?¡± Yang did not know what happened either, but she did know whatever happened, saved her and she also felt her body turn hot. A burning sensation erupted from within her body. This was no time for words, it was a time to fight! Yang quickly leaped to confront Jarin, but this time, her body felt strange. She leaped farther than she had anticipated and her body felt light everywhere, except her legs which felt heavy, sturdy, but strong. Not giving Jarin a time to rest, she sent a flurry of kicks at him, which he blocked with his sword. And he sent slashes back, which Yang tried to dodge and block with her legs, but Jarin was faster and more experienced. He did avoided all the kicks, but Yang could not avoid all the slashes. The battle dragged on and cuts slowly started to appear around her body, but no blood came out and the cuts slowly, but surely started to close themselves. As the fight dragged on Yang slowly got used to the speed and was able to dodge more and more, but on the other side, the green glow on Jarin¡¯s body slowly dimmed and he was breathing heavily. Both sides did not notice the change in Yang¡¯s hair, as time passed, the hair slowly started to darken from the bottom up. Seeing the green aura dim and the speed start to drop, Yang took this opportunity and landed a kick on Jarin¡¯s chest and used the force to jump back. Jarin staggered back and fell to one knee supporting himself up with his sword with big beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. ¡°How *pant* are you *pant* not tired? Also *pant* where¡¯re your wounds?¡± Seeing Jarin in that state, Yang calm down and decided he is no longer a threat, but with those skills, she doesn¡¯t want to kill him either. ¡°My wounds? I guess they healed, and I¡¯m not tired because I¡¯m not. I guess I¡¯ll go find others to fight, I have an urge to battle right now and I don¡¯t know why.¡± And with that Yang ran off into the forest trying to satisfy her urge to fight. Inside of her normally emotionless body right now is only the urge to fight, not kill nor slaughter, but to find worthy opponents to fight, which was something the old her could never do. But just as she ran off, a bell sounded and instantly she felt the area around her distort. ¡°And with that, the fourth grade¡¯s battle royale is over! The Contestants remaining are, the ¡®Sad Girl¡¯, the ¡®Wind Fang¡¯ Jarin, the second prince Kazuki, the ¡®Dark Shield¡¯ Huali, the ¡®Frost Witch¡¯ Rosi, the ¡®Hunter¡¯ Alwin and the twins Shira and Lira!¡± Eh!? It¡¯s over already? And why does everyone have cool titles!? No fair mine¡¯s suck I mean what kind of title is the Sad Girl!? Yang was disappointed that it was over so fast, but nonetheless, she did have fun facing Jarin, so she calmed down and her hair slowly changed back. Looking at the big screen with people fighting, Yang didn¡¯t even notice the announcer beside her. The announcer who was a handsome man in a tuxedo suddenly asked ¡°Little girl, what is your name?¡± ¡°Ah!¡­ um Yang¡± she muttered quietly because she was really embarrassed seeing the camera focus on her and an image of her appeared on the big screen beside the announcer. ¡°And there you have it Miang!¡± (Author Note: she says um and yang really closely and quietly, so he misheard) ¡°Ah NO!¡± Before she could correct him, the announcer already ran off to the other audience section. ¡°ugu¡­.¡± ¡°Nice, you made it Yang¡± ¡°Oh, you¡¯re here too Kazuki¡± ¡°What do you mean ¡°Oh, you¡¯re here too¡±? I¡¯m the genius prince of course I¡¯d be victorious, did you think I¡¯d lose?¡± ¡°well, you don¡¯t look strong to me¡± ¡°Neither do you, but hey you passed and you¡¯re here right now¡± Yang puffed out her cheek and glared at Kazuki, which only made him laugh and call her cute and that earned him a stab on the sides. ¡°Um, do you two know each other?¡± (Jarin) ¡°No!¡± ¡°Yes¡± Yang turned her head away emphasizing the o in no ¡°aww don¡¯t be like that¡± kazuki said in a playful voicing poking the side of Yang¡¯s mask ¡°Humph¡± And Yang walked off back to her dorm. ¡°Hahaha, she¡¯s cute when she¡¯s mad¡± ¡°Who is she? To be so strong while only being a beginner¡± ¡°Oh you want to know?¡± Kazuki turned to Jarin with a cold smile making the temperature instantly fall. ¡°¡­Yes¡­¡± Jiran mumbled silently. Although he was scared of enraging the prince, his curiosity got the better of him. ¡°Then go find out¡± Kazuki said in a cheerful voice making his previous act seem like a lie and walked away. ¡°Who is that girl really¡­¡± SS2 Dark Horse SS2: Dark Horse (Kazuki) When the tiny Yang woke up, she was really different from before. The mysterious dark attractive her was gone and what remained was a bratty, but cute smaller version. At first I thought she was ungrateful for slapping me when I gave her a lap pillow, but seeing her red puffed out cheeks, just made her look cute and bratty. The surprise came right after, the person who came to greet us. IT WAS THE FAMOUS ARCHMAGE HIMSELF! Uskius Dirgestone, the man who is famous throughout history for his creativity. He created tons of different magic both good and bad. He¡¯s even know to have caused a zombie apocalypse in a noble¡¯s house because they insulted his magic. I have to keep up my guard around him. After going through the gate, I got to see a different side of little Yang. The sparkly eyes she made looking around like a country bumpkin was very entertaining and since I still had stuff to do, I quickly left them to go to my dorm. I got the guards to unpack my stuff to my room for me and went to meet with the principal. We struck a deal, he doesn¡¯t tell anyone about me, Yang and my littler sisters and helps us in turn for information on Yang. I don¡¯t know how, but she caught his interest. We signed a soul contract that will kill me if I don¡¯t tell him all the info I have on her or lie and kill him if he tells somebody about us, or try to hurt us in some way. After striking the deal, I gave him the information, which left him flabbergasted, it¡¯s not every day one gets to see a few hundred year old archmage with his jaws dropped, it was quite entertaining to be honest. I left the principal¡¯s office and went back to my room. I started researching the students to see if I can create my own spy network in the academy, which might come in handy someday, but just as I was researching the students, my little sister came with Miu and a red eye¡¯d Yang. At that time I knew, I wouldn¡¯t be able to get away. For the next 3 days THEY HAD ME CARRY EVERYTHING! I swear for three days straight they worked me to death! When I find the guy who invented the stupid puppy eyes or shopping I swear I¡¯m going to rip their eyes out and feed them to the dogs! - On the hero side, the hero and the first princess are in a dungeon with three body guards a little farther away ready to jump in when they¡¯re in danger. They¡¯ve been training in the royal castle and now they¡¯re having their first real life training by trying to clear a beginner dungeon. ¡°A little help would be nice you know¡± ¡°Sorry, I have a leg cramp¡± ¡°HOW COME YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOME PROBLEM WHEN WE¡¯RE FACING SLIMES!¡± ¡°Because slimes bring fine art, I mean look at that partially melted clothing revealing the big chests that feels like it will rip through and pop out at a moment¡¯s notice and that silky smooth leg, revealed through melted holes also that slimy goo covering the body hinting what it could possibly be. Don¡¯t you three agree.¡± The guards instantly avoided eye contact, but all nodded a little. ¡°I¡¯M GONNA MURDER ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± - On the tournament side, ¡°Now then ladies and gentlemen, please watch the big screen! We¡¯ll be broadcasting fights in the arena through these four big screens floating in the middle. It¡¯s designed so that we¡¯re able to see the most exciting fights!¡± The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°Let the battle BEGIN!¡± The screens were showing fights between the first years, but they just all jumped at each other and were randomly slashing, while some were done in by the desert¡¯s quicksand, so it wasn¡¯t really entertaining, and the switched to the second years. The second years was a massacre, a single student massacred everyone, wearing a black cloak and black mask, one slash of his dagger across the throat was all he needed to kill somebody. He hunted them, one by one, until only eight were left and luckily, Yui never met the black cloaked figure and was able to move onto the second round just from wandering around in the rocky mountain. The third years were better, they had small skirmishes here and there on the plains and the fourth years as well in the forest. The odd thing was, whenever the camera switched back from the third years to fourth years, there would be many people dead, with their heads cut off and lying on the ground. ¡°Here we have the Famous son of Duke Raimund the ¡®Wing Fang¡¯ Jarin known for his high speed and endurance, who is predicted to be in the top 8, who is facing against a mysterious masked girl who looks like she¡¯s crying!¡± The audience watched the fight, excited for the outcome, but it soon just turned into a one sided attack from Jarin¡¯s side and everyone thought the girl would lose, so they got bored. ¡°Here is another contestant who is predicted to be in the top 8, the famous ¡®Frost Witch¡¯ Rosi! Known for her Ice magic as well as always wearing a pointy hat gave her the name Frost Witch, since the title Ice Queen is already taken!¡± The audience watched as she strolled through the forest, freezing everything close to her indiscriminately. The matches continued and everyone was watching the fights that occurred, no one noticed the black hooded figure from the second year quietly leaving the stand. - In a dark, small room, ¡°How is the plan going?¡± An old plump man said in a deep voice full of stress, ¡°Everything is in place, so it¡¯s sure to work if she does her job right.¡± A soldier replied ¡°SHE BETTER, that bitch better complete the job perfectly if she knows what¡¯s good for her.¡± ¡°Boss, calm down¡± ¡°Calm down, you telling me to calm down?¡± ¡°Ugh¡­¡± ¡°How can I be calm after those dam bastards betrayed us, if I didn¡¯t threaten them I¡¯d rat them out too, they would serve my enemies my head on a silver platter.¡± ¡°I swear, we lost an army and our best assassins, we¡¯re too deep in to back out now! and she is our last card! go double check everything, no triple check!¡± ¡°YES SIR!¡± And the man ran out of the room. The old man sat there frustrated, biting his nails, ¡°I have to win, I must win, for all that is rightfully mine¡­¡± He did not even notice that behind him, a young man walked out of the shadows. With red eyes the colour of blood, black long hair as dark as the night sky and dark red skin. His face slowly stretched into a smile, ¡°you¡¯ll do just fine¡± And with that, he disappeared once more into the shadow. Chapter 10: Chains Chapter 10: Chains After the battle, I felt really worn out, so I headed to my room to sleep. I think Kazuki said something about network? After reaching my room, I immediately fell on the bed to sleep. As the darkness enclosed on me, the world changed once more into the image of the church. The kids were having fun running around and playing, but one day, things changed. It was just like every other ordinary day, but gunshot and screaming was heard from the outside and slowly, the church door opened to a woman bleeding from her dead and she slowly fell¡­ When she hit the ground, entrance exploded, and fire was everywhere, surrounding the church, the whole place was being burned down. Crying and screaming filled the room, the children were panicking, but the nuns tried to stay calm, trying to lead the children to safety. Surrounded by flames, they had nowhere to go, some were crouching in despair, others were running in panic, some fainted due to shock and others ran into the fire trying to escape, but only to be met by gunshot and dropping dead. Yang watched all of this happen, she wanted to help, but no matter what she did, nothing worked, she could not touch the children, the fire, nor the building. It was all fake, yet it felt so real¡­ The despair she felt watching the scene, the helplessness she felt, the sadness, all of it seemed so real, yet she could not do anything for them¡­ The girl called Xiao An, was huddled in a corner with Xiao Lian, both were scared, and didn¡¯t know what to do. As if this wasn¡¯t bad enough, suddenly gunshots sounded once more, but not from an ordinary gun, it was the sound of a machine gun and as the sound appeared, bullets flew into the building from the entrance and they were randomly shot everywhere¡­ Many of the children and nuns were hit and dropped dead on the spot. The anger, hatred, despair, helplessness, and many other emotions filled her to the brim. she wanted to do something, anything to help these poor children, but there was nothing she could do. Suddenly, the building started to collapse and flaming pieces were falling down. ¡°LOOK OUT!¡± she screamed, but to no avail, they could not hear her, The building fell, and everyone in the church was crushed underneath. the image turned dark, but before it did, an adult female¡¯s gentle voice could be heard. ¡°I won the gamble¡± And it turned to darkness once more. From the darkness, she once more walked out of the shadow, wearing the same dress every time with the same scythe on her back. The trail was still there on her left hand, but her pinky was no longer there. I did not ask because I knew, she was slowly disappearing¡­ As I was crying from the sadness of what I have just witnessed, she was unfazed and said, ¡°It seems, the fusion is progressing quite quickly.¡± ¡°What do you mean? And what was that I just witnessed? The children, the nuns, why did they all have to die? Also what do you mean you won the gamble?¡± Yang asked her other self as she sobbed, ¡°The question you ask will be answered soon enough, but not by me, but by us.¡± ¡°huh? What do you mean?¡± ¡°You¡¯ll understand¡­ eventually.¡± As Yang stopped herself from crying and wiped her tears off her face, she noticed something strange, yes, her left pinky, what was once transparent, was now pale white. ¡°What is this!?¡± And Yang instantly noticed, what was missing on her other self¡¯s hand was on hers. ¡°That is knowledge, our knowledge, or more specifically for the body part, emotions. With more knowledge, you can control this space.¡± ¡°Wait, you mean you can control this space? WHY DID YOU SHOW ME THAT SCENE!?¡± ¡°No I did not show you that scene, but it played to help fulfill your wish of knowing who you are, no, who ¡°she¡± is.¡± ¡°Do you mean¡­¡± ¡°Yes, that girl, it was ¡°her¡±, and that was ¡°her¡± memories.¡± A sudden realization hit her, the tiny kind looking girl she was watching, the cheerful girl she was watching the whole time, it was¡­ herself, but she quickly denied it, because of all the differences. ¡°But, our eye colour was different, hair too and we look different, there¡¯s also...¡±, but before she could finish, ¡°Xiao An, means tiny darkness, Yin An, means darkness¡± ¡°¡­So that was my past?¡± ¡°Both yes and no¡­¡± The more she explained, the more frustrated Yang became, because she was being so paradoxical, it didn¡¯t even make sense. ¡°What do you mean¡­¡± ¡°We do not exist back then, so technically no, yet it is us because it is the memories of this body, but our soul¡­ that¡¯s another story¡± ¡°Wait, explain¡± ¡°I cannot, this is your wish, you have to work for it.¡± ¡°Fine, I¡¯ll watch more of the memories, play them.¡± ¡°I cannot, you have not fulfilled the requirements.¡± ¡°What? There¡¯re requirements?¡± ¡°Yes, and only when you completed them, will it play, I am not in control of them.¡± Suddenly, the sound of rattling chains was heard. ¡°Woops, I said too much, well since I already did, let me give you this last hint before I go. There are 4 souls in this body¡­¡± Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. And with that, black chains spewed out of the darkness, binding her, and pulling her back into the darkness. Yang was surprised and horrified, because she had no idea what happened or was going on, and the darkness, shattered, and Yang woke up. She slowly got up from bed, thinking about all that has happened, suddenly, she felt a surge, a surge of emotion, the sadness, anger, frustration, and many other feelings she barely felt or have never felt before, suddenly hit her. Deception, greed, lust and all kind of thoughts and feelings coursed through her mind, and she noticed, how she blindly trusted the king and the royals when she knew nothing about them. ¡°¡­ What am I¡­¡± Sitting on the side of the bed with her face in her hands, she was scared, she didn¡¯t know what she was and obviously what she''s going through right now is not normal. She doesn''t even know who was her ally and who was her enemy anymore, she even didn¡¯t know the two who she considered as her friends that well. And suddenly, a loud knock sounded at the door, ¡°Yang! Time to get up, let¡¯s go! It¡¯s time to watch sis¡¯s match! We¡¯ll get a good laugh I promise!¡± ¡°YUI!!!!!¡± ¡°What? Every time you fight, something funny happens, I¡¯m just telling the truth, especially that time, in the magic training center where the professor who was facing you suddenly started to take off¡­¡± ¡°YUI!!!!!!!!!!! SHUT UP!¡± Their comedy skit, made Yang laugh and feel warm, this feeling isn¡¯t fake and Yang honestly felt like they were her friends. That¡¯s right, if I don¡¯t know them well enough, I can just get to know them. And even if I don¡¯t know who I am, I can just find out. My other self¡¯s last hint was there are 4 of us, that means we¡¯re either fragments of the original or four different entities, I guess I¡¯m Yang, Yang Guang, I¡¯ll ask the other me who she is the next time I see her. ¡°Coming¡± And with that they sprinted off to the coliseum for the 2nd day of the tournament, the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade¡¯s battle royale. --- At the same time in a city in Grahris A new egg was born by two common brown dragons, and inside the egg¡­ Where am I? I swear, I know I died that day at school, how come I¡¯m still alive in this dark place? The being in the egg thought back to his last moments. In a normal high school, filled with dead bodies, not a single soul was alive besides a young boy with brown hair and black eyes, wearing a normal high school uniform with an average looking face crying, looking at the girl he loved since childhood standing in front of him as cold as ice, the girl had black hair, black eyes, beautiful face that made people feel she was harmless and cute, but right now, she was covered in blood from head to toe, with a big black scythe on her back dripping blood making her look like an angel, of death. The boy screamed at her, ¡°WHY!? WHY DID YOU KILL EVERYONE!? What happened to you after that day, don¡¯t you know¡­ I missed you¡­¡± The girl¡¯s facial expression did not change, she slowly walked up to him, and lifted the scythe. The boy looked into her eyes, he could see pain, suffering and hatred, that was all, he could see nothing more. The lovely kind girl he knew from childhood was gone, the happy easy going genius girl that one cannot bring themselves to hate from high school was gone, instead a different girl stood in front of him. As cold as ice, eyes darker than black, but for a split second, he saw hesitation and a split second of a different emotion, one he knew well from their youth, He knew, she was still in there somewhere, the girl he loved since their youth, but immediately, she brought down her and he fell. Lying on the ground was the boy with a smile plastered on his face, ¡°I knew you were her, even if you acted like you didn¡¯t know me, even if you killed me, I¡¯ll always love you, because I know, you¡¯re kind¡­¡± Those were his last words and he looked at her eyes, he saw a new emotion flickered for a moment, yes, sadness. In a barely audible she said ¡°sorry¡± and everything went dark. Sitting in the darkness for a long time, He waited, And waited, Then one day after who knows how long, suddenly, he saw light, but he walked the opposite way of it because he could feel it. If he walked towards it, he will never see her again, so he walked the other way. After who knows how long, he fell, in the darkness he fell into a hole and lost consciousness, and when he woke up, he was here, in a small, dark, but warm place. He felt safe, but tired, so he went to sleep once more. He hopes to meet her once more, and hope to be able to live by her, because even though she took his life, even though she killed everyone in the school, he still loved her, because he knew, she did not kill because she wanted to. --- Me got exams and tests a plenty, so don''t expect much until it''s over... I CRAI SO HARD MAH MERKS R AT 50%!