"How could you? We trusted you. We did everything you told us to do. But why? What did we do wrong? Tell me!"
She yelled, asking for the reason for the treatment they received.
It's nothing but my selfish self-satisfaction.
"He said this as he looked straight at her coldly."
"Your family is the start of all this, or, more like, your great grandfather was the start of all this." He then said to her.
"Don't tell me that it was that old man from earlier?"
"Yes, you both are his descendants."
He answered back, confirming her thoughts.
"With just that, you are treating us like this?"
"Like I said, it's for my own self-satisfaction."
She asked again, and the answer she received was the same.
"Originally, I intended for the both of you to stab his heart and kill him with your own hands. Then let him know who you both are. But after discovering your abilities, things took a turn, and I had to adjust everything from the start."
"How can you be so sure that we are his descendants? I don't think the laboratories have any records of all the subjects there, right?"
She doubted his claims as she asked him.
"True, but you two are special."
He said that as he walked toward her.
"Since it's going to take a while for her to heal, I'll tell you the reason."
Creating an ice chair, he sat down as he told her their origin.
"It all started with an argument between a father and daughter. A colleague of his wanted his daughter to be his wife. But the girl had another person she liked."
"Let me guess: she left home with her lover afterwards."
"That's right. But that's not all because her grandfather found her first and told her how his student, her father's colleague, is a good person and how happy she would be if she married him."
"And." She asks for him to continue. Which he complied with.
"But she didn't agree and told her grandfather she wouldn't marry that man. And told him he was currently pregnant with a child. Your mother. Knowing that he left."
"Wow, I didn't know you knew so much about my family."
"Well, it's my life's purpose, I guess. Plus, it was what your mother told me after I killed her, along with the man who is also the head of that place and who is also your father, if I didn't guess wrong."
"What? What do you mean? Our father experimented on us."
Confused, she asked, as she found this unbelievable.
"Now this is the best part. Anger welled inside the student of that man. He hunted down your grandparents and found them. He tortured them and killed them. And as for their daughter, he rep*d her and made her a stress reliever for himself."
He then looked at them and continued.
"And it resulted in you two being born. He was so angry that he made you into experimental guinea pigs. Because even though you were his child, your mother still came from the man who took away the person he liked."
He explained all the things he knew about them.
"So the reason everyone hated us is because of our origin. The descendant of the origin of all these experiments and also the child of the one who continued the forbidden practice and forcefully tortured them!"
"That's right, so there is nothing more satisfying for them than to see your siblings suffer."
Whoosh fuuuu.
As they were talking, the little girl's mana made a sign of subsidizing.
"Oh, it's almost time."
Seeing this made him delighted.
"I guess it is."
She also agreed, and there she made a forceful breakout.
Crack kaling kling break. The ice then broke down as she got out of there.
Fwoosh. And without missing a beat, she attacked him.
Bam! Causing their attacks to collide, canceling each other.
"I guess you were just biding your time as well."
"All so that I can save her."
~~~~~~~~~
Our group ran through the forest until they heard a voice, and somehow this voice seemed familiar.
"Heeeyyyy! Ooovvveeerrrr hheeerrreee!"
When we got near it, we saw who it was, and one of us yelled.
"Guild master!"
From the looks of it, he is a staff member of the guild.
"Oh, you guys found me." The guild master said this as he looked at all of us.
"What happened? Oh, take this first."
The staff member tried to ask, but seeing his condition, she took out a bottle and handed it to him.
"Thanks Gugh Gugh puah… Long story short, I took a beating from the little girl."
After drinking, he explained what had happened.
"That's not like you. Interjected by the principal."
"Well, losing a limb or two is normal for me during a fight, but this time I let it slide for a reason. Here look."
He said as he passed to him a machine of some sort.
"And seeing it, the principal was quite surprised."
"I never would have thought you'd be able to think of doing this. I'm impressed."
"Well, what can I say? There are times when growing old can make you stubborn or flexible in ways you can never expect."
"This is great because we were never able to know their location due to them keeping their mouth shut, but with this, it's possible to find their hideout."
"I know. I'm amazing, right?"
"Yeah sure. Everyone, let's go."
"Not a thank you?"
"Alright. Thank you."
"Hehe."
After their conversation, we took action.
We followed the direction that was pointed out to us by the device.
But after arriving, everyone was shocked. And so did I because the place we arrived is known to be one of the greatest sacrifices the group of the former Emperor Ricardo did.
"Hmm, to think it would be here."
"I never would have thought they would use this place. "
"Isn't this the graveyard of that monster?"
"Yeah, the one that killed one of the previous comrades of the Emperor Ricardo."
Everyone here gave their own opinion after seeing the giant carcass of that monster.
"The graveyard of that mountainous poison-earth dragon."
From the name, one would definitely learn why this place was not touched at all.
"But this place should be inhabitable by any living being."
"That must have been the reason why they chose this place as their hideout then."
"Possibly."
"Let's go."
Learning about the situation of the place, they were confused about the chosen hideout. But creating their own conclusion, they thought that maybe because of its features, they chose the place.
"But please wear this."
"What's this? A mask?"
"This place has been searched before, but all they can get is that this place is a wasteland for everyone. And inhaling the air here can lead to an unknown sickness. So just in case, put it on."
"Yeah, safety first, alright.
They then put it on as for me I explained the function of my helmet and they agreed not to let me wear it.
"Let's go."
After coming to an agreement, we got inside the place and carefully hid our presence.
And when we arrived, we heard two people talking.
"Tell me!"
"It's nothing but my selfish self-satisfaction."
There, we heard the reason for the attack and the bloodline of those kids.
Hearing that, we had two different thoughts about it.
One felt bad, while the other was just plain not giving a f**k about it, for in the end they committed a crime.
But what they did not know was that there was one person among them who thought differently.
Which was me. I felt neither pity nor indifference.
My feelings resonated with those girls. Somehow, seeing them like this, I felt that I wasn't alone.
No wonder I tried to intervene at that time.
I guess I would have to save them again.
~~~~~~~~~
Seeing as she will just be a hindrance to him, he attacks her again.
"So you will try to defy me with that meager strength of yours."
But taking it, she fought back, not allowing any of his attacks to hit her.
"Of course, but I never would have thought that your greed would not end even after killing him."
He then said to her, "You don't know how the world works. Setting an example is the key. And if it is not practiced properly. Then history will repeat itself."
She then realized that they too were just pawns for him.
"So are you saying that we are just mutts for you to train and are just there to follow your bidding?"
"That's right, all of you kids are just pawns for me. You don't know how much time I wasted just arriving here and only to lose? Not going to happen."
"After this, are you also going to attack other cities? You're mad."
She yelled as she continued their exchange.
"Of course, as long as they have people like them, setting an example is a must. I don't care what happens to me as long as my thoughts are permanently stuck in their minds."
"Aaahhh!"
"Oh, it's going to be done soonP.
He then slowly walked towards the girl.
"I won't let you!"
She then tried to stop him. But seeing this, he just smirks and attacks him with a much stronger spell than he did before.
Shoosh crackle kling kling.
"No stop!"
"Earlier, I underestimated you, but this one's stronger than before. So just stay put and watch."
He said he was walking away and got closer to the little girl.