61. The Silent Witch (14)
"it's you again!" I sighed at once when I entered Desstor City's underground Guild.
"I won't give up, please let me make up for that time!"
It's been a year since I killed the Giant Lizard, and the one who I exasperated every time I went to the underground Guild, was the person the late teenager I saved at that time. That time he wanted to thank me but I denied it as I still have many things I wanted to do, I don't have time to bother with him.
Sadly, it ended in the opposite direction from what I wanted, he a member of the Underground Guild too, since then I didn't know how he did that but he always there whenever I came into the underground Guild, I've only come to the Underground Guild once or twice a month, if he can meet me every time I came, did he wait for me in this Underground Guild every day?
One year has passed but he still didn't give up, finally, I yielded to his tenacity and accepted his invitation.
He invited me to a sweet restaurant, it was his way of thanking me for that day
"once again, thank you very much for saving me that day, I wouldn't be here if you weren't there" he bowed his head on the table, at the same time I can feel his sincerity
*nom I tasted the cheesecake "delicious!" before I responded to him "I said this, again and again, you don't need to mind it" *nom "Mmm~~ yummy!"
"How can I do that, you're my lifesaver!"
"haa~" I sighed "ma~ you got a good taste inviting me to this kind of place, I accept your gratitude" he smiled happily after I said that then he too started to enjoy the sweet
"do you like this kind of food?" I asked when I saw his happy face
"yea!" he nodded strongly "I loved it, but it's hard for me a guy to enter this kind of place alone so I rarely can enjoy it like this"
"mmm~~" I replied while eating the next bite of cakes "then, you can invite me the next time, you find an interesting place like this"
*clang
He dropped the fork from his hands while staring at me in a daze
I chuckled when I saw his expression
"what? you don't want it?"
"N, No, I want it! please let me!!"
"hehe, my name is Livia, what's yours?"
"D, Dazz my name is Dazz"
"mm, nice to meet you Dazz" he's quite interesting "see you next time then" I happily left the store.
It started from that day, every time I visited Desstor City after reporting and taking money from the Underground Guild, I spend my time with Dazz another year passed since then.
At first, it was once a month, and slowly increase to twice a month, and the next, when I realized it I had already spent all my time with him.
I enjoyed being accompanied by him
I can talk about the book and my other hobby too, every time he will listen to my talk all day without getting bored.
it was fun! So much fun!
And I learned other things too, he was gentle to me
he was nice to me
it was so much different from the things I experienced in the past
and I started to get interested in him too, as the opposite gender… it was my first time feeling like this, I can't seem to calm down whenever I saw him, my mind got disarray by a glance of him, every time we unconsciously touched each other hand I felt like my legs losing strength
aa~~ I fell in love
the fifteen years old me fell in love like the one from the romance book that I recently read
It was the first time I knew the enjoyment of being accompanied by others, it was my first time to get interested in other people rather than books, and it was my first time to fall in love too…
Then the time come… a confession, I've been giving him a hint like the one I learned from the books since last month, and it finally bore a fruit
Under the sunset orang sky, with a breeze that feels so comfortable, the calm surrounding of the park, a cityscape as our background
"L, Livia" he called to me shyly
"y,yeshh!" I too got embarrassed by him
He took a deep breath before he stared right at my eyes with determination
"I don't have money, I don't have strength, I don't have social standing like many other people have, I lose to them at any subject, I know, I wasn't good enough for you, but still, there's something that I can confidently say that I won't lose to them it was… my love for you Livia"
"I Love You"
Kyaaaaa!!! What the heck! that's me screaming like a normal girl there!!! A, anyway I need to answer him
"D, Dazz…, I Lo-" [love you too] I stopped mid-sentence, at that time there's something I realized when I saw my own hair blown by the gentle breeze, I saw my golden colored hair. I've been deceiving him…. My excitement dropped down very quickly
"Dazz…, there's something I need you to know before I answer you"
"huh?" he got confused by the sudden change of atmosphere, well of course he is.
"
"you are…"
"you must have seen it before, the wanted poster on the Underground Guild, whenever you see that description it was my unique colored hair would be the first thing you look for, that's why no one was able to find me once I changed my hair color"
"no…, it can't be" he looked at me in shock "it just a coincidence right!?" he looked like he didn't want to believe it "and there's still the Silent World, you are a different person right?"
I slowly shook my head "I'm the real one The Silent Witch, I can control it now see" then I release the usual Silent World for a moment for him to understand
"No way!" I can't read his emotion anymore or more like I didn't want to know his emotion right now, I'm afraid… "then did you really-"
"No!" I cut him I denied it immediately, there's a description that The Silent Witch did so many atrocities things "the one who asked for that poster wanted to catch me, that's why he describe it like that to get many people to hunt me! I never did all those things described in there!"
He stared at me in a daze "I see…"
Aaa~~ it's impossible, let's end it right here and now "will you still love me like this," I said with a tensed face, I felt like crying if I relaxed my face know…
*hug
"huh?" I let out a stupid voice, when I felt the warmth all over my body, it was Dazz who hugged me "a e huh?"
In my panicked state, Dazz's voice calm me down "it's ok, I still love you even with that!"
"Dazz~~" I felt like melting down now as my legs losing strength
"but give me a day, I want to process what you said before, I'll properly say it again tomorrow on this place"
I nodded obediently
***
The Next day
Kyaaaaaaaaa~~~
Munyaaa~~~
AAaaa~~
I can't calm down at all since yesterday!!!
I waited in the same place and the same situation as yesterday
Aa!
I found Dazz walking fast toward me
"Sorry, I'm late"
"nyah, it's ok"
"nyah?"
Aaaaaaaa~~~~ somebody please kill me now!
"Ahem!" Dazz cleared his throat "Livia, let me say properly once again"
"I Love You, Livia"
Kyaaaaaaaa~~ he accepted me!!
"m, me too, I lo-" [love you] once again I stopped mid-sentence, but the reason completely different than yesterday
"Who are you!? get out!" I said to our surroundings, yes I found out we were surrounded by a group of people, from the way they let out their Mana, they weren't a small fry at all
Then slowly two people stand out among those people
It was…
"Miss J" I muttered, Miss J and his Handsome man partner appeared "how did you-"
How did she find me, there's should be any trace! And she shouldn't know I can control the Silent World
"wow! So that's how your voice sound" Miss J said relaxedly "did you learn how to control it after you escaped? Or did you deceive us form the first place?"
"urghh" I covered in a cold sweat, what to do, I can't escape with Dazz being here, I need to at least protect him.
"enough chit-chat!" the Handsome man said, "we're wasted so much time because of you!"
"Alright, alright, come back now Livia" Miss J started to walk to me
"stand back!
"wow~ chant less you've grown up a lot" even with that Miss J still relaxed with a smile on her face
"go back now! or there won't be any mercy!" I threatened her
"you? mercy? Ahahaha that's the funniest joke I've heard this year!"
"Kugh!" I don't know how strong they are, but they must be not weak, and we're losing on number too, I won't show any mercy to the one who crosses me "
*boom
"wow~ another chant less magic, it must be good to have that big of Mana's Capacity," Miss J said like usual, my magic didn't leave a scratch on her at all, what happened!!
"
*booom
But the result was the same
"anyway come back now, or we will use force!" Miss J said with a different kind of tone, it was intimidating
"urgg! No way!"
"ha~~ this rebellious child" Miss J sighed "Ignis, become my strength and pierce my enemy
"
*crack *crash *crash
"aarrgghhh!" I screamed with my thigh pierced and burn by the fire arrow
How can it be so easily destroyed like that! No way no way! It's impossible
"your face like you didn't understand what happened at all right?" Miss J chuckled while looking down at me "logically speaking, there's no way I taught you all about magic, no?"
"but I was so obedient that time!?"
"well, you see you always need to prepare a backup plan" Miss J replied "anyway come back now"
That's right, why would she teach me all she know, it was me who underestimated them not them
"Kuh! But still, I won't go back!" withstanding the pain I stood up straight against Miss J
"haa~ never know to give up, Ignis, become my strength and pierce my enemy
"
*Crash *Crash *Crash *Crash….
"arrgghhh!!!" my other thigh got shot
How!?
It's impossible!!
"phew" Miss J whistled "you really got a huge reservoir of mana"
Urghh I was stricken by fear, a, anyway I need to let Dazz escape first
"Dazz. Get out of here right now! quick!" I pushed him to another direction of Miss J, there's some other guarding there, but I'm sure I able to defeat it
In this emergency situation yet Dazz just stood there he didn't move at all,
"haa~" he sighed exasperatedly while staring coldly at me, unlike the usual Dazz
"huh?" I dumbfounded by his reaction
"to think you would be this weak and stupid" he shrugged "don't you think it was too much coincidence that those guys show up today, at this place at this time with a right plan?"
"huuh?" I'm unable to process what he said, no, I don't want to know it but still his hint was so easy that anyone can find out what's really happened here "Dazz, you are…"
"Ping! Pong! Correct!" Miss J was the one who replied "it was him who reported you to us! What a nice guy he is!"
That time I felt like the world I know once again collapsed
"anyway where's my compensation" Dazz said
"We already sent it to your account, please check it yourself, here's the record"
"Alright, then I leave it to you all" I saw Dazz slowly walking away like that
"Dazz!" I unconsciously called to him
"haa~" he sighed once again "what a stupid girl! We are the member of the Underground Guild, I saw you killing that Giant Lizard easily, aa I found a Golden tree sapling was what I taught, you fell easily I thought I can just sap money from you, who knew you had this kind of present prepared, you wasn't a golden tree's sapling but a Fat Golden Duck instead, what a happy surprise, goodbye then Livia, I love you for giving me all this money"
I felt something snap when he said 'I love you'
"hahahahaha" I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt forgetting the pain on my thigh "ahahhaha" It was all an act, I laughed at my own foolishness, I thought I'd been through so many things that I learned many things from that, at the end I was still naïve little girl
"tch! She's broke" Miss J said, "can you enslave her now?"
"no, her Mana is still too strong"
I heard it all but it doesn't matter anymore, I want them to shut up I want to be alone I want to be in silent
"let's make her use some more Mana, maybe you can do it later"
"
In the end, I can only trust myself I can only trust the Silent World around me
Then for the first time, the Handsome man panicked "No! Kill her right now! she's approaching the Truth Path!"
What did he mean? I don't know and I don't want to know, I want all of them to disappear I want to be alone
Many types of magic fired at me at once not only from Miss J but from everyone near me
"Tacitus, protect me from my enemy
*bang *bang *bang *bang
Unlike before the shield able to hold all those magic included Miss J magic, ah~ so this is what she didn't tell me, I realized something that can't be explained but I knew
*zoom
["shit!"]
["did she really"] Miss J and her partner Handsome man tried to say something and to command the other, but they were unable to do it because the voice was gone, it was my first time using the Silent World not with excess mana but with my own control, it covered the entire Desstor City
Many other residents of the Hidden World trying to approach this place as fast as possible, including Desstor City's Guardian
I don't care anymore, I activated my Magic
[ Tacitus, moves the earth collapses the sky, annihilates all that known and trembles
That day was the last day Desstor City exist on the surface of the World
***
I suddenly remembered all those things, the things that I tried hard not to remember but was still unable to forget, unexpectedly I felt nothing remembering all of that
I brushed the hair bang of the person sleeping on my lap
Even after all that happened I still fell once again, I'm still a foolish girl like before
"you need to take responsibility ok" I whispered on Lex's ear who's sleeping on my lap