Uta Pov
It has been a month since I arrived in this capital city for the first time, and you could say I have had a wonderful time here.
I am able to live with my family once more, which is one of the reasons why I enjoy living in this capital. Another reason is that I am never bored here, which is why I enjoy living here.
Because it's different from the mundane life I lead in the sect, and because the scenery I usually see consists of nothing but forests, ravines, and mountains, you could say I'm sick of all of that.
Don't forget about the people who live in the sect. Some of them are young men and women the same age as me, but I'm sure they'll just die of old age dreaming of becoming mighty warriors or something like that.
Although the teachers and elders in the sect are not to be predicted, it is possible that they have gone insane due to the monotony of their lives within the sect. This allows them to be portrayed as pitiful beings who are constrained by the sect and have no freedom.
People who decide to leave a sect after stealing secrets and extorting money from the sect and then going on to explore the vastness of this world are certainly worthy of admiration in my eyes.
Even though it is not an act of selflessness, I believe it to be a smart move because so few people have been able to pull it off successfully.
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My mind started to wander to increasingly bizarre places as time passed, but I was jolted back to reality by the voice of the man standing next to me.
"Junior sister, how are you feeling?"
"Are you okay?"
When I turned my head to the side, I saw my senior brother, who was currently displaying a worried expression on his face.
But I just let out a sigh and answered in a few words, "I'm fine."
After hearing my icy response, my senior brother gave me an awkward smile and then looked to the left and the right as if he was looking for someone.
I'm currently in the heart of a busy shopping center, or you could say that I'm in one of the capital region's smaller commercial districts here in area 2 of the city.
Because at first, both my senior brother and I went along with our teacher, it goes without saying that I had no intention of going by myself with my senior brother.
My teacher believes today is a good day to stroll through the city, and since he also needs to attend to some business elsewhere, he has invited my senior brother and me to accompany him.
But as soon as we arrived at this shopping center area, my teacher bolted in a different direction, and he simply stated that he wanted to say hello to an old friend of his for a while.
But until now, my teacher has not come back, and the fact that this place is becoming more and more crowded makes it difficult for me to find my teacher's whereabouts.
Because of this, as you can see right now, my senior brother and I are currently trapped in the middle of a busy shopping center.
The fact that this narcissistic idiot wouldn't stop talking for even one second made my irritation with him even worse.
And when I had made up my mind to go home and given the old man the order to pick me up, suddenly, coming from the opposite direction, a group of young people looked at my senior brother and me.
I can feel the iciness of their gazes, which are like those of predators watching their prey.
It didn't really bother me at first, but when the group went by, my senior brother, who had been talking to me while looking at me instead of the road because he wasn't paying attention to what he was doing, nudged the young man who was in the group.
"Hey, where do you put your eyes when you see the road? Don't you know who I am?"
My senior brother, who is a narcissistic idiot, also said some stupid things, which was exactly what I anticipated him doing.
"Excuse my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with you... would you mind introducing yourself?"
I was able to tell that the person who was currently expressing themselves was one of the young men in the group. This individual had a ripped physique, stood at an impressive height, and emanated a potent and menacing presence on purpose.
"Listen, you fu****s, I am a core disciple of the Halbmond Sect, and in addition to that, I also have another identity, which is..."
My senior brother started to speak agitatedly while he was still facing me, but then he tried to turn his body to look at the other person, and suddenly, he stopped speaking immediately.
People who were traveling along this broad road abruptly stopped what they were doing to observe the commotion that had just taken place.
"What's the matter, and why did you suddenly stop talking?"
The young man with the intimidating build asked with a bewildered look on his face, but despite this, I could still make out a trace of a grin on his face.
On the other hand, my senior brother made fun of the beefy young man as if to demonstrate something.
"Ohh... I had a guess as to who had hit me earlier, but it turned out to be some pathetic member of the Runden Sect!"
After hearing my senior brother's foolish words, the other disciples of the Runden Sect gave the impression that they wanted to kill my senior brother but eventually decided to keep their mouths shut instead.
However, the burly young man laughed out loud as if he had just been told a joke like he was completely unaffected by the words spoken by my senior brother.
"Should I go ahead and break your leg right now? because I do not believe that you are deserving of the opportunity to participate in the upcoming competition."
The burly young man spoke in a chilly manner and wore a solemn expression. I have no doubt that he would really do it if he were given the opportunity.
It doesn't matter to me if my senior brother has to end up dying at his hands, and I've made it a point to prepare myself to flee in the event that a fight breaks out at any time.
The intimidating vibe he was giving off wasn't just a display of pride because this muscular young man who was standing in front of me couldn't be taken lightly at all.
But right at the moment when the tension was at its highest point, I suddenly spotted two people in the distance wearing cloaks. One was wearing a white cloak, and the other was wearing a black cloak.
I could not see the faces of the two people who were hiding behind the hood of the cloak, even though the cloak was neither excessively long nor excessively thick.
And as the two people in cloaks got closer, I could see the crowd of spectators suddenly parting ways to make way for them.
It appeared as though no one noticed when the two people in cloaks entered the room because they walked by in such a carefree manner as if they didn't give a damn about what was going on.
But then the muscular young man noticed the two people who were dressed in cloaks.
"Stop. What are you two doing, just walking right in front of me like that? Are you trying to get me angry as well?"
Yelled the burly young man in a loud voice, but those two people in cloaks paid no attention to what he had to say.
And I don't know why, but I got an odd feeling when I saw the two people dressed in cloaks, particularly the ones who were wearing white cloaks.
I am able to determine that the individual wearing the white cloak is a male and that the individual wearing the black cloak is a female.
But after that, I don't know how long I stared at those two mysterious people, and then all of a sudden, the man wearing the white cloak stopped walking, and I could sense a terrifying aura emanating from him.
I only felt the aura for a split second before it vanished, but it was extremely frightening, freezing cold, and extremely dark during that time.
"Next time, you practice more and less of your bullshit... oh, sorry, I'm not that sensitive... you're already dead, so just forget what I said."
I could hear a bored voice coming from the man wearing the white cloak, and eventually, I began to realize that the burly young man was already lying on the ground with his head separated from the rest of his body.
After all that confusion, the onlookers and the disciples of the Runden Sect came to their senses simultaneously.
But then, one of those disciples of the Runden Sect attempted something risky, which I thought was very stupid.
"Wait a minute... you two..."
And as I had anticipated, the man who is currently trying to hold those two mysterious people responsible also collapsed to the ground, with his head also separated from his body.
However, strangely enough, this time, I did not sense a menacing and ominous vibe emanating from the man in the white robe.
But when I went to look at the figures of the two people wearing the cloaks, they were both gone, and all that was left were the headless corpses of two disciples of the Runden Sect.
I simply sighed and then walked away from this place. I didn't care about my senior brother, who had been shaking uncontrollably and looking horrified throughout the entire event that was taking place in front of his eyes.