Chapter 3 : That’s Not a Fireworks

BOOM

The fireballs that burst in the sky hit various objects on the ground. Roads, gardens, and even people's houses were all hit by that and burned badly. The city sirens sounded. The peace and tranquility immediately turned into fear and panic.

“THERE’S BEEN AN ATTACK!! THERE’S BEEN AN ATTACK!!”

“HELP!! MY HOUSE IS BURNED!!”

“My son, where is my son?”

People screamed and scattered on the streets, ran here and there without any direction. Including the children in the orphanage. They screamed and cried saw the atmosphere that suddenly changed like a war. Everything was chaotic, the nurses were overwhelmed with handling them.

Alisa and Floria were frozen in thatplace, only able to see and hear the panic behind the window.

“What is, this?”

Abraham and his two friends who were bought something at the food stall also did not escape the panic. They threw the food they had bought, the three of them immediately returned to the orphanage while ran to save themselves. But unfortunately, bad luck befell to the three of them.

Right from the darkness behind them appeared a group of mysterious people wearing black robes. They ran very fast towards Abraham and his two friends. Two of them took out something from their hands which was none other than a dagger.

“NOOO!!”

Flo who witnessed it immediately screamed. But what can she do, the distance was too far for the three of them to hear.

The two persons in black robes immediately swung their daggers at Abraham's two friends behind him. Red blood immediately splashed out of the two children's bodies. They fell and didn't get up again.

Flo was frozen there with her mouth agape. Her face looked very scared. This was the first time she had seen a murder directly in front of her own eyes.

“Aghh ...”

Saw his two friends who were already dead, Abraham sped up his running until he reached the front gate of the orphanage.

“Come on, Abraham!!”

Ignored what was behind him, the boy kept running to save himself. But unfortunately, the luck was not on his side.

The black-robed person behind him immediately jumped quite high towards the boy while swung their dagger. The slash of the weapon hit Abraham's neck, making his head separated from his body.

“Don’t look, Alisa!!”

“Hey, Flo. What’s wrong?”

The girl couldn't say it.

Still not satisfied with that, another fireball hit the wall of the orphanage and set it on fire. The fire began to spread throughout the place, including towards the room where Alisa and Flo were.

Flo opened Alisa's eyes again and invited her to leave that place.

“Alisa, let's go, hurry!!”

Alisa's eyes were completely blank. She didn't respond at all to what Flo said, as if her ears were blocked by the sound of the rapidly spreading fire.

“ALISA!!”

The girl was completely frozen there. But luckily Sister Weiss came into the room to evacuate them.

“Alisa, Flo, are you still here? Thank goodness. Come here.”

Flo, who was already in tears because of fear, tried to approach the nurse. But unexpectedly, the door to the room was kicked to pieces by one of the person in black robes who managed to enter the orphanage. Their footsteps were followed by fire that burned almost the entire wall of the room.

They were all trapped there, with no way out. Sister Weiss tried to protect them.

“I won't let you touch them.”

The person was wearing a black robe that covered their head so that their face was not visible. However, there was a cloth tied to their left arm. On the cloth was a mysterious symbol in the form of a light blue triangle with three white stars on each corner.

They immediately pointed their right hand at Sister Weiss. Their index and middle fingers pointed forward, while the other three fingers were bent. They then uttered a word that resembled an incantation.

“Sfyrd!!”

WHOOSH

JLEBB

A very terrible thing happened right before their eyes. A spear of light with a fairly long size suddenly appeared from their hand and stabbed right into Weiss' stomach. Blood began to flow from her stomach. The nurse seemed to be enduring incredible pain. Alisa and Floria could only stare at the tragedy.

Slowly the spear of light shattered into small pieces of light before finally disappeared. Right after the last piece evaporated, fresh blood gushed out from the nurse's stomach. The splash spread throughout the room and hit both of their bodies. The nurse collapsed and never got up again.

“AAAAA ...”

Floria screamed as loud as she could saw the terrible tragedy. Meanwhile, Alisa could only stare blankly. Fear enveloped them both.

“Will I die too? But, I don’t wanna die.”

That was what crossed Alisa's mind after saw the very kind Sister Weiss killed brutally right before their eyes.

Shortly after, the black-robed person pointed their left hand towards Flo and chanted an incantation again.

“Mahnit!!”

WHOOSH

Miraculous. A light appeared from their palm that seemed to pull Flo into their grasp. The girl struggled to escape their grip, but unfortunately it seemed futile.

“LET ME GO!! LET ME GO!!”

That person in the black robe then touched Flo's forehead with two fingers of their right hand and magically put her to sleep.

Alisa wondered if this was what was called magic. But she couldn't do anything. That girl was completely overcome by fear.

That person in black robe then directed their hand again like before, but this time directly towards the girl. Alisa who saw it was frozen there, unable to move an inch because she was overcome by fear.

“W-who are you?” Alisa stuttered, but the person in the black robe did not answer her.

“Please, don’t ...”

Alisa was very scared. How could she not be, in front of her was a mysterious person who had killed Sister Weiss and taken Flo easily. And now her life was really in danger.

That mysterious robed person then recited an incantation, but it was different from the spell they had recited before.

“Syom Flynt!!”

WHOOSHH

A magical light emerged from their hand. Alisa, who saw it, suddenly lost her balance. Her body began to feel weak for no reason and her vision began to blur.

“Flo ...”

In a blurry vision, Alisa saw Flo being taken away by that person. Who knows where they was taken, but they had managed to separate Flo from her. Her heart was filled with sadness, her best friend had been kidnapped by an unknown person.

“Please. Don’t take Flo ...”

Her vision then went dark and she didn’t remember anything else at that time.

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