Liam became vigilant when he realized that the man was really staring right into his eyes.
What the actual fuck? Don't tell me there are hidden masters here or something.
He tried to look at his status window when his eyes was electrocuted. Sparks hit his eyes, making him shout in pain.
"Ack!" his hand subconsciously cover his eyes.
His reaction startled the two.
"Liam!" they shouted in unison.
Did the enemy already started their attack? They thought.
"Oh my. Are your eyes okay?" a gentle voice could be heard from the front.
Numerous silhouettes started to appear as they caught sight of the enemy in front of them.
The dramatic entrance turned the atmosphere heavy.
Liam raised his head. He met the gaze of the man who was staring at him earlier.
The said man has curly brown hair that would softly wave even on the lightest breeze, a pair of green eyes that shone like jewels, and a slim physique. In the dark and gloomy forest when sunlight barely passed through, his smiling angelic face seemed to be a light in the darkness.
What the fuck? Is he Brittany's brother or something? He was confused by the situation.
His power shouldn't be weak since he blocked his skill, [Gifted Eye]. But he can't remember anyone with such gorgeous appearance.
Does that mean he's an extra like me?
When the thought crossed his mind, he was instantly angered.
Wait, isn't that too much? This is so unfair! I'm stuck with a barely passable looks while this guy was this beautiful? I can sense the favouritism!
While he was cursing in his mind, the man opened his mouth to speak, snapping him back from his thoughts.
"Did you perhaps know a novel called..." the man smiled kindly at him. "...[Sword of Justice]?"
***
[10 months before]
"This is me?" Lei, asked in a low voice, almost a whisper.
His 'friend', Renz, turned to face him with a puzzled face.
"Huh? Did you say something?"
Lei slowly shook his head. "No... it's nothing."
There's no way that's true. With a blank face, he touched his smooth face. His cheeks are soft.
This is Leisure Arnolds. One of the extra in the novel [Sword of Justice]. He was mentioned in the latter part of the novel when Lorelei went to help the people from the Hantler Continent.
This person's mother is one of the slaves she saved. His name was mentioned when his mother started talking about his son.
Lei is a child between a slave and a aristocrat. Unlike the Libiya Continent, countries in Hantler Continent mostly used the monarchy system.
Slaves were also a common things in there.
Leisure's mother is a slave who was raped by the city lord who took fancy of her. She soon got pregnant but she hid it from the father.
An illegitimate child was a very frowned upon in the nobility. They consider these bastards an eyesore and they're mostly killed or aborted.
The mother wouldn't be spared either and will be killed to cover up the shameful happenings.
Later on, Lorelei tried to find him but he's already dead.
It wasn't mentioned how he was able to crossed the sea and travel all the way to the Libiya Continent. But in the end, he still died.
The child have a body that is overflowing with mana, but his body was unable to contain it. It continue to grow until he reached fifteen and awakened his authority.
He exploded into pieces the moment he saw his status window.
However, before that could happen, 'he's transmigrated. He took over the young boy's body and with the help of his other authority, he was able to make use of that large amount of mana in his body.
And now, he came here to enter the Milan Academy. Well, that's not really his main puspose.
***
"Sword of Justice? What kind of weird question is that?" Dianne look puzzled at the sudden question.
The man said it's a novel so he must have like reading. Is that his favorite novel? But why would you go around asking about your favorite novel? That's weird.
Lorthon was also feeling the same way. He was also confused about the situation.
Then he thought that maybe the enemy was trying to lower their guard so he turned to Liam to asked him whether they should attack when he stopped.
"Liam?"
When she heard Lorthon's question, Dianne also turned to look at Liam. She was as confused as Lorthon.
"Are you okay, Liam?" she asked, her voice carried a hint of concern.
However, as if Liam couldn't hear their words, he kept looking at the man in front of them who seemed to be the leader.
"Did you just say... [Sword of Justice]?" he seemed to be in disbelief.
The man smiled at him. "Look's like I found another one." he casually mumbled.
"Is he the one you're looking for, leader?" the man beside him asked in a respectful tone.
It's the man who ordered the other members to kept shooting Lorthon.
When they first met their leader, he had asked thek the same question. However, none of them was able to give the answer he wanted, meaning he wasn't what he's looking for.
And whoever they met. they will be ask the same question. Even that girl earlier. So he thought that the leader was desperately looking for them. Maybe they're his companions and that's their secret code or something.
"Not him in particular. But yes, he's definitely one of them." but the way he spoke doesn't seem particularly excited. His tone was the same as always.
It lacked emotion despite him smiling widely, his eyes were cold and unmoved.
"Yes, that's right. So you're the same as me?"
Leisure jumped down from the tree, smoothly landing right in front of Liam.
"You're Liam, right?" he leaned forward to Liam as the other started backing up.
He gulped when he realized he had made a mistake. He shouldn't have revealed his identity.
"Ah, yes."
Even if he wanted to deny that he's a transmigrator, he can't do that now. This guy doesn't seem stupid enough to believe any excuses he'll give.
Damn it. He should have controlled his expression. But this guy suddenly asked out-of-nowhere shaking his system. It was too sudden that he wasn't able to think properly and subconsciously asked out loud with a shocked expression in his face.
"Looks pretty good." he leaned forward to his ears, whispering. "Wanna come with me?"
"What do you mean?"
Does he mean being a part of his group? Liam turned toward Leisure's subordinates, frowning. There's no way I'll join them.
This group seemed to be full of troublesome members. They have a thick smell of blood in them.
The other noticed his gaze as he chuckled softly. "Don't worry about them. They're temporary workers."
Since they're so close to each other, no one was able to what he said.
But if someone from his group hear that, they will cough blood from anger. His subordinates were after all very loyal to him.
"Is there even something for me to gain here?"
Although he said that. he already decided that he will stay far away from this man.
A man who talk about betrayal easily, and could easily throw away people who's loyal to him like trash, is not a good person.
Added to the fact the he can block his skill effortlessly.
He concluded that this guy, is dangerous!
***
Meanwhile, not far away from Liam's group, a certain girl with red hair was hiding behind a tree.
Lorelei couldn't believe her eyes.
When she arrive earlier, she already notice the commotion. She decided to ignore them when she caught sight of Liam's figure.
Is he in trouble already? She could clearly see that Liam's group is in disadvantage.
Hmph! Let's see how good are you. But then she saw Lorthon.
That piece of shit. He's putting Lorthon in danger!
She wanted to immediately go over there to save Lorthon when she felt someone looking at her.
Her gaze met with a man wlaking leisurely in front of his group that attacked Liam.
He smiled at him before motioning her to stay quiet, placing his index finger in his lips vertically, greatly shocking her.
But the thing that surprised her the most is the fact that she knew that person's identity.
"Crazy. Isn't that Leisure?"
"Why is he still alive?"
"I... I made sure kill him..."
"Why is he still alive?"
***