'That night.'
Flashes of the event that night reminiscenced in her mind.
"[Heavenly Binds]!"
Those words.
"[God's Wrath: Cleansing Smite]!"
Those spells.
"[Hell Flame]!"
Was it her that said them? Was it her that casted them?
It was as if she was watching through a virtual reality set. She could see everything happening but she was not in control and yet those actions were hers.
Was it mind control? She asked herself.
No, this was different. She had already been mind controlled once. This did not feel like one.
What was this exactly? She was not sure.
Only moments after casting those spells, she lost consciousness midway casting another.
…..
She opened her eyes in the early morning. She
"What's this about me?" Matthew asked after he silently entered the ward.Cecilia and Rose were speechless. He had just suddenly showed up right as they were talking about him."Matthew."Matthew smiled and walked closer when Rose mentioned his name."I was so worried about you, Rose." Matthew held Rose's shoulder.Time stopped at that moment. Rose stared at Matthew's face that was lit by the sunlight. She could see trickles of sweat which showed that he came in a hurry.His clothes were dirty which showed he had just come from a quest. His sword was still on his waist. He did not return to the mansion to put it away.He had literally just returned, and headed straight here. She was so happy about that."Rose, are you okay?" Matthew's question broke her out of her trance."Y-yes, I'm okay." Rose s
Rose opened her eyes to a completely intact hospital ward. Everything was fine as if nothing at all happened.“Was that just a dream?” Rose thought. “I hate falling in dreams.”“Rose!” Cecilia came crashing down the door as she did before and hugged Rose.“Oof!” Rose was once again surprised. “Cecilia! Get off me!” Rose pushed Cecilia away hard.Cecilia was utterly shocked and confused but she still managed to apologise. “I’m, I’m sorry Rose. I was just too happy to see you awake now.” Her face brightened up almost immediately.Rose was still trying to catch her breath. “Please don’t just jump on people who just woke up like that.”“Y-yeah, sorry.”Not long after, the same doctor and the same few nurses came in. “Miss Ce
Rose opened her eyes to a completely intact hospital ward. Everything was fine as if nothing at all happened.“Was that just a dream?” Rose thought. “I hate falling in dreams.”“Rose!” Cecilia came crashing down the door as she did before and hugged Rose.“Oof!” Rose was once again surprised. “Cecilia! Get off me!” Rose pushed Cecilia away hard.Cecilia was utterly shocked and confused but she still managed to apologise. “I’m, I’m sorry Rose. I was just too happy to see you awake now.” Her face brightened up almost immediately.Rose was still trying to catch her breath. “Please don’t just jump on people who just woke up like that.”“Y-yeah, sorry.”Not long after, the same doctor and the same few nurses came in. “Miss Ce
“Who is that?” Rose asked.Roosevelt answered with a bitter smile. “That’s me.”Rose glanced between the two people. It was definitely believable that it was her that casted all those spells at once.Rose still wanted to make sure.“That’s you?”Roosevelt chuckled softly. “I hate my past self. I did as my father told without question. As much of a genius as I am, I did not realise what I was doing was wrong.” She shook her head side to side slowly. “That is not who I want you to be. I want my descendants, all of my descendants, to live a peaceful life.” Then her expression changed from sadness and regret to anger. “But that boy just had to bring you with him.”Rose was confused and surprised by the sudden change in Roosevelt. “Who are you talking about?”“Drag
Matthew ran as fast as he could through the streets as he made his way to the hospital. The hospital was filled with people and so was the elevator.He took the stairs and made his way up to the fifth floor. Then he continued running towards a certain ward. He saw a few people standing in front of the ward's door.Cecilia, Yuki and even Gustav and Emilia were there. Matthew stopped once he arrived. They already saw him from afar and turned their attention to him.“I came as fast as I could. What happen-”*SLAP*Before Matthew could finish speaking, Cecilia slapped him on his cheek. Matthew held his cheek and looked at Cecilia confused.“Where have you been?” Cecilia asked him with a threatening voice.While still confused by why he just got slapped, Matthew answered. “I just got back from a quest.”
Matthew was sitting outside the ward on the bench outside. He’s been sitting there for almost an hour already but Rose did not move at all. She was probably asleep.Matthew distracted himself to kill time by imagining many random scenarios in his mind. At some point, he recalled the time he took the Hunter Exam. When he fought a student who had been killing other students in the exams.“Alan, was it?” Matthew asked himself, trying to remember the guy’s name.“What’s wrong with Alan?” A man’s voice suddenly came from his right. There, he saw one the most powerful Hunters in the world.“Ajax?!” Matthew stood up as he was shocked to see him.“Relax, kid.” Ajax said as he walked closer to Matthew.“Ahh sorry, just surprised to see you here. Are you visiting someone?” Matthew asked
Rose laid still on the bed. Her eyes were swollen from crying until her tears dried up. She was devastated by the nightmare she had. She didn’t let anyone in no matter who because she feared what might happen.It was not safe for her to stay here either. She must find a plan to run away and stay hidden. She looked out the window and it was already night. She felt her stomach rumbling. She had not eaten for the entire day but she did not have an appetite despite her hunger.She rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up. She looked around the dark room. The only source of light was from the window leading outside and the hallway light that leaked through the door’s window.Rose snuck a peek through the door window. “No one there.” This was the perfect time. It was night and there were none of her friends there.Rose dragged her body to get off the bed. As soon as she stood up, her head
Matthew stood in front of the door while Rose stared at him from the bed.Upon seeing him, "go away" were the only words that came out of her mouth.Matthew did not move. “No,” he said. He stepped closer toward Rose.Rose pushed herself up the bed, trying to stay away from Matthew. “Go away!” She shouted.Matthew didn’t want to attract attention so he stopped. “Rose, relax. I just want to talk.”“No, we can’t talk. We can’t…” Rose shook her head slowly as she said.Matthew spoke as softly as he could. “Please.” He looked deeply into Rose’s eyes, trying to be as innocent and sincere as he could. Luckily, it worked and Rose gave in. She nodded once but refused to look at Matthew.Matthew eased up and stood in place. Matthew thought about what to say f
At the edge of the pit, it was them. A total of nine of the Scarlett family members.From the right, a woman with long red hair and black and white dress was casting a healing spell on Bilgrae. A male elf in full black armour with a star shaped bang of three red points and two white points and his black hair was split in the middle. A demon with dark violet hair and a pair of horns at the side of her head and wore a jet black skin tight suit which exposed certain parts, Crymillia. In the middle, it was a man with short bright red hair wearing a black and gold robe. Then, a man with black hair in a red and black suit. Another demon with about the same features as Crymillia except that his hair was short and he wore a black cloak over his suit. Then there was a man with spiky red hair in a red robe with a high collar, Crone, the one that Matthew and his friends fought at the Great Sandcastle. Finally, there was the black feathered avian human, Skystorm.Seeing Skystorm in good health, M
Confronting Bilgrae now was what he expected to see from a Dragon Emperor.Matthew was now at maximum output of his astra and all of it was condensed in his body. Bright red scales covered his entire body and he grew slightly in size. His muscles became more toned and also increased in size. A pair of horns of a darker tone of red grew out of his forehead that curved to the back of his head. Both of his eyes were glowing golden as his hair was.“Let’s finish this!” Matthew did not delay any further. He couldn’t maintain this form for long so he must finish the fight quickly.Matthew dashed toward Bilgrae who was ready for Matthew. Their fists clashed again and this time, not only was Bilgrae pushed back, he felt pain in his knuckles. Matthew was much stronger than before and far faster too. Utilising his speed, Matthew went for another punch to Bilgrae’s gut.“Oof!” Bilgrae got the air knocked out of him with the first hit.Matthew followed up with a barrage of punches. Bilgrae truly
After being blown away by Skystorm’s wind, Matthew regained his footing and was met with the big lizardman, Bilgrae Scarlett. Bilgrae had a smirk on his face. Matthew stood up and faced Bilgrae, but his eyes were not on him. Matthew’s eyes fell on Falynx in the far distance.“Are you still concerned about that monster?” Bilgrae asked with his deep voice.Matthew looked at Bilgrae now. “It’s hard to know which one is the monster here.”“Heh, you’re right. All of us are monsters deep inside. It just takes one misstep to turn a person into one. You’ve been there too.”“No I haven’t.”“Maybe not to you. But the whole world saw you as one. Now that monster suddenly turned into an emperor and they suddenly glorified you, while some still hate you of course.”“Hmph.” Matthew huffed.“You’re angry with me, I understand. I purposely did not kill that beast. Out of compassion.”“Don’t lie. You Scarletts don’t know what that means.”Bilgrae wasn’t smiling anymore. “You don’t know how merciful fa
Akame and Skystorm were separated from Matthew and Bilgrae. Akame stood up after being blown away by the powerful gust of wind created by Skystorm. Their eyes met. Both of their irises were bright red and gazed deeply.“I will be your foe, Red Cardinal.” Skystorm said.“What relic will you take? What will you use it for?” Akame asked.“Straight to the questions huh… That’s not any of your business. Why would you care what we take anyway if you’ll die?”“To evaluate whether it’s worth fighting for or not.”“Hmm, a smart choice. If you don't want to fight, then I shant confront you. Sadly, it seems that Lord Dragunov disagrees with you. If he is in the way, then we must remove him. I don’t think that leaves you an option now.”Backing out from this would mean that Matthew will be fighting two people. If they weren’t among the Scarlett Army’s strongest, it probably wouldn’t be hard for him to deal with alone. Both of their foes were really strong and Akame had no expectation of defeating
After their encounter with Falynx, they reached an agreement to conduct an investigation as they intended. Falynx had flown back to the surface on its own. Matthew and Akame headed to the temple and arrived at the front door.For some reason, even though they were underground, it was as clear as day down here. It was not dark and not too bright either, like a cloudy day.There were stairs that led to the door and the walls in the area were already partially destroyed. Some of the stairs were also gone. The giant door was made of stone and seemed to be intact with little cracks around the hinges.Matthew pushed one of the doors open. It was surprisingly heavy so Matthew had to lean into it to move it. Akame went inside first and inspected the place. There was a stage and a podium carved out of stone at the end of the great hall. A mural was carved out of the wall behind the stage depicting a supposed god holding the sun in his hands.Matthew left the door open and joined Akame to look
In the middle of the desert, there were two figures running across the sands. Clouds of sand were left behind in their quick steps. The cloak provided by the minister was really working. No sand was sticking onto them.“We’re getting close.” Matthew informed Akame.Almost two hours have passed since they left the city. Many monsters came their way but they were easily dealt with. It caused a little delay but not enough to affect their momentum. Falynx’s presence was still about 10 kilometres away.“Be ready for battle.” Akame said.“Remember though, don’t kill it.” Matthew reminded her.A few minutes later, a gigantic figure could be seen flying in the sky. The creature had the body of a snake, the head of a crocodile and six pairs of batwings. Its yellow eyes with black vertical slits looked down at the incoming people below.Falynx bowed its head and began descending. Matthew and Akame saw this as an engagement in battle. Matthew called out the Dragoknight to his arms and increased
The sun was already high up in the sky in the Capital City of Kubalt. The weather was hot and dry as usual in San Coro. The street around this particular area was not that busy since it was right in front of the Palace of Al-Jauhara. One would occasionally see knights patrolling the area. Akame was waiting under the intense heat of the sun. She had covered herself in a large black cloth to protect herself from the heat. The guards out here only wore light armour compared to the ones inside, probably because their armour would be too hot to wear outside. Not too long after, she finally saw the one she was waiting for. Matthew was jogging toward her. He wore his long sleeved red hooded jacket and an orange shirt under it and a pair of black pants. He also had his usual travelling backpack with him. “Phew, sorry, did you wait long?” “Not too long. Did you not use a teleportation scroll?” Akame asked. “I did, but the closest one was to Yanbue City. Neither Platinum nor Rose were famil
“What brings you here, Akame?” Matthew asked.Just a few moments ago, Akame had arrived in front of Platinum’s cave. Someone like who was a Coloured Hunter, passing through the Blackwood Forest and up the cold mountain was not a problem. Or not.Akame was hugging herself to keep warm but it was not helping at all. “Achoo! C-can we talk somewhere warmer?”“Oh, come on in.” Matthew invited her inside.Akame went in and they both made their way to the living room. Matthew didn't think that it was alright to bring her to the others directly. The living room had a fire to keep them warm, so here was enough.“Ah~” Akame warmed herself up by the fire and put her hands out.“So, what are you doing here without equipment to survive on a mountain? Certainly you didn’t come to interview us?” Matthew asked.“Queen Cleopatra sent me. We will investigate the ruin she mentioned together.” Akame said with the same emotionless voice as usual.“Cleopatra? Well, I was gonna head there in a few days anyw
Matthew and Rose arrived at the foot of the mountain just by the Blackwood Forest where they dropped off of the carriage while Guinevere headed back to her palace. It was already very late in the afternoon when they got to the forest. Matthew carried Rose's luggage in hands while he also wore his backpack."I can carry my own stuff." Rose said."No, I will carry them for you. Anyway, are you sure you'll be fine?""My magic resistance is quite high. I also know how to disperse mana if it does accumulate inside me. How long exactly is it going to take to get up there again?" Rose looked up at the ledge near the mountain peak where Platinum's abode was."Well, usually only a few hours if you're moving at my usual speed. If we're walking though, a few days at least." Matthew said."But we're not walking, right?" Rose asked."Nope." As Matthew replied, a shadow flew past over them.A jade green dragon circled them as she descended to the ground nearby. Upon landing, the dragon folded its w