IN TAKABE FAMILY RESIDENCE
In the outside garden of a dojo, a young man was on his knees while his face was a complete mess. His face was cut, and his nose was broken entirely. [END OF CHAPTER 8]
Chikara: "I am sorry Mother. I will do everything so you, Father, and Torao can forgive me?"
Said Chikara regretfully while looking at the Woman in front of him.
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Akumu Takabe
Age: 37
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 67 kg
Status: Mother
[CHAPTER 8]
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Akumu: "Torao killed Aurora?"
Said the beautiful Woman with a shocked face.
Akumu: "This is not fair. Why did I have to give birth to a failure like you? A damn disappointment who got outshined by a son of a B^tch."
The Woman gritted her teeth.
She knew that her son was more than what she gave him credit for. Even for someone like Chikara, he was considered a monster with unimaginable talent by his peers.
Chikara had the blood of his father and the financial support of his mother, but even so, there was one obstacle that no money could overcome.
Akumu: 'Torao, why did you have to be born in this generation?'
Said the beautiful Woman while squeezing her blood-covered fists.
????????: "Torao... killed someone?"
A woman's voice could be heard from a distance.
Chikara and Akumu were both surprised by the voice
Chikara's eyes were in shock. He thought that the only people in the dojo were him and his mother. He searched for the wonder of the voice, and he found it.
A beautiful woman around his age was sitting on one of the branches of the gigantic spring blossom. The Woman had very light blond hair that ended at the lowest part of her shoulders. She wore a white high-neck tank Top and black jeans with a white belt.
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Ena Bushida
Age: 16
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 67 kg
Status: Virgin
Interest: Torao
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Chikara: 'Was she there from the beginning? I couldn't sense her presence.'
Said the young man with a scared look.
Ena: "Was what you said true? Did Torao really kill Aurora?"
Said the beautiful Woman with an expressionless face.
Chikara: "That's right..."
The Woman's face became worried. Something was troubling her, but it was clear that this thing wasn't fear.
Ena: "Mother-in-law, can I visit the city?"
Said the beautiful Woman to Akumu.
Akumu's face became worried, and a cold sweat fell from her face.
Akumu: 'That's right... There was another monster.'
Thought Akumu in her mind.
Akumu: "Yes, you can go."
Said Akumu very slowly.
FROM ENA'S POV
My name is Ena, and I am the youngest daughter of the Bushida family.
Today is the day that I will get to meet the person I was engaged to.
His name was Torao Takabe. He is the sixth child of the Takabe family, one of the strongest families in the magic society.
Why did a family this great want to engage one of their male sons with someone from such an unpopular family like us?
The Takabe family liked only one thing in this world, and this was strength. 99% of the power of the Takabe family came from their clan head, Arakan Takabe, a god in the flesh of a human. He believed that the only important thing in the world was strength. And so, with the help of Himari The Human Mirror, they found out that the Takabe family was most compatible for a better reproduction with our Bushida family.
So this was my future, a breeding cow. So what? This is probably the best thing I could achieve anyway.
There is nothing special about me. I was doomed а talentless waste by Himari. While every child in our family was training to be a stronger sorcerer, I was trained to be more beautiful and talk as little as possible.
When I was a child, I had to visit the person who was going to be my future husband.
Together, we sat in a room where we could talk while our parents were talking about what they should do with us. Torao, too, like me, was doomed useless by Himari, but he didn't look like he even cared.
At that time, he was short and skinny, his eyes were red, and his hair was raven-dark.
He was twitching at his cushion, clearly unable to stay in one place out of boredom.
Ena: "Is something wrong?"
I said with an expressionless face.
Torao: "No... nothing is wrong."
He said while looking away with red cheeks.
Torao: "Um... Do you want to play outside?"
Said Torao, finally having the guts to say what he wanted.
Ena: 'That's right, I must listen to what he says.'
Ena: "Okay, I will ask my parents."
I said with my expressionless face.
Torao: "Why?"
He said with an annoyed face.
Ena: "What do you mean "why"? We have to tell our parents where we are going."
Torao: "I don't care what they think at all."
I became speechless.
Ena: 'What does he mean by that? They hav-'
A thousand questions were entering and exiting from my head until Torao had enough.
He grabbed my hand and led me to the door.
Ena: "What are you doing? We hav-"
Torao: "You are very annoying! If someone asks, tell them that I forced you to go with me."
This was the moment that my life changed.
Ena: "O...okay."
Torao led me outside of the dojo.
He showed me the biggest spring blossom I had ever seen.
Torao: "It was even bigger than I had imagined!!!"
Said Torao with excitement in his voice.
Ena: ""imagined"? Is this the first time you have seen the tree?"
I said, confused.
Torao: "I don't live here. I live with my mother. It's my first time seeing something like this."
Ena: "Your mother? Do you not live with your father, the clan head? Is your mother someone special?"
Torao: "My mother is special, like everyone you see every day outside, but if you ask if she is like dad... then no."
Torao: "I... don't really want to be with Dad... Mom said that Dad and the rest of his family do bad things to people who they don't like."
At that time, I didn't understand anything, and I still don't, but I understood that Torao was speaking his truth, the truth coming from his heart, not from someone who commanded him to believe what they believed.
He was free. He was his own person.
This is what made me follow him. We tried to climb the tree. Because we were children, it was very hard. We fell many times, and even though we did it all day, we still couldn't do it.
Afterward, we sat under the tree and talked while our parents searched for us.
Ena: "If we really get engaged, will you go to the Takabe family?"
I said with red cheeks.
Torao: "I won't. My Dad's family does bad things to many people, and I will never be a part of it... and my Dad's family is not the only one."
He looked at the grass while making a weird face.
Torao: "People like Dad bring down people under them just so that they can gain something out of them. He doesn't help or care about the people who have bad lives because of him... I will change that. I will bring order to the world and make everyone happy."
At that moment, I was dumbfounded. How can Torao, someone like me, fight against people as strong or stronger than his father?
Torao: "Do you want to help me?"
Ena: "That is impossible. I am not born like the rest of the clan heads or the elders... my fate was decided the moment I was born."
At this time, in my mind, I was nothing more than trash. The world was too scary, and even though I didn't try, I knew that my fate was decided on the day I was born. Until...
Torao: "That's so cool!"
Ena: "Huh? How can-"
Torao: "Isn't it cool to destroy the fate that doom you useless?"
At that moment, my whole life changed. Was the world wrong about me? Or was the boy in front of me just a fool? At that moment, my eyes opened. I understood that the one who decided how my life would go wasn't my mother, my father, or someone else. It was... me.
Just at that moment, our parents finally found us.
"Torao, we are going home."
This Woman was the mother of Torao. Her name was Teresa. She was the most beautiful Woman I had ever seen.
She grabbed the hand of Torao and was ready to leave.
At that moment, I didn't know anything about the emotions that were going through me, but I knew something, I wanted to see him again.
My small hands grabbed the other hand of that Woman.
Ena: "Ummm... Can we play again sometime?"
The Woman looked with a wide smile and told me.
Teresa: "AHHHHH, you are so cute~~~~~of course, you can play again.'
Said the Woman with a weird voice while pinching my cheeks.
And so Torao and his mother left us. But this was not the last time we saw each other.
Torao's mother occasionally brought Torao to our Bushida family so we could play.
He occasionally told me stories and always showed me games he and his friends played.
I was a little jealous that he had fun with someone else, but I knew that this was what made him happy, and I once wanted to see his friend.
Everything was perfect except one thing.
Torao's mother...
This Woman was nothing more than a blood-sucking wh*re.
If it wasn't for her, maybe I and Torao could already live together, but we can't because of this Woman. She could only bring Torao once a week.
It was already a fantasy that a woman as poor as her could have the right of Torao instead of his father.
The Takabe family already tried multiple times through legal action to get the rights from this BI&CH, but because of the court that favored women and the wish of Torao to be with his mother, it was impossible for this to happen.
It was going this way for some time until the Takabe family finally understood that the existence of this Woman was useless, and they got rid of her.
I was extremely happy. I thought that I could finally be with Torao... but I was wrong.
At the day of the funeral of his mother was also the day of the incident. The day of "The Takabe Calamity."
On that day, my father went to that Woman's funeral. But when he came back, his mind was... broke.
He was behaving as if he had a gun pointed at his head, and he told me.
"Ena, my little girl... never... never get close to Torao again you hear me?"
His face was that of a horror. I knew that wasn't because he was scared for me. He was scared for himself.
Ena: 'Did he offend the Takabe family?'
After countless searches, I found that it wasn't the Takabe family that my father was scared of... it was Torao.
At the funeral, something broke in him, and somehow, he made everyone scared for their lives. He awakened something in him. He became an anomaly and was given the name "The God Denying Anomaly" because of the feat that even his father, "The Chaos God" couldn't achieve.
After that, Torao was given to a friend of his mother.
I had to obey my father, but my heart told me that I had to find him.
After discovering where Totao was studying, I escaped home and ran to his school, waiting for him in front of the school gates. But the person that I discovered was nothing like Torao; his once red eyes were now pitch black, and his once raven black hair was now chestnut brown color, just like his mother.
Ena: "Torao... I..."
I got the courage to go before him but couldn't find any strength to talk with him.
Just as I stayed motionless in my place, Torao averted his gaze and started walking somewhere.
Ena: "TORAO WAIT I WANTED TO TALK-"
I was interrupted by Torao.
Torao: "Lower your voice. I don't know who you are."
His voice was now a lot heavier.
Ena: 'WHAT? He doesn't know me?'
I was stunned in my place with nothing to say to him.
Ena: 'Does he hate me? Why? Did I do something... Ah, yes, I did nothing. I was supposed to be his best friend, but I left him to handle the death of his mother alone.'
Torao left shortly after.
I came back to my family's mansion just to find... nothing out of the ordinary. Nobody even realized that I was gone.
I got in my room and was absorbed by thoughts again.
Ena: "If it was Torao, would he even care if I left?"
My eyes became wet, and the floor of my room was raining with tears.
Ena: 'Of course he would. He would've done everything to help me, but I betrayed him.'
I was alone again with no one to erase my tears.
Ena: "I will become stronger and help Torao achieve his dream even if I have to do it alone."
This was the last tear I had ever drop.
I escaped my family's mansion once again, but this time, I wasn't going to visit Torao. After days of walking, I had finally arrived at my destination... The Takabe Family house.
I walked hundreds of miles so that I could come here. It was hard, but with an iron will and a dream, I finally arrived.
The guards saw my exhausted body and came to question me, but I couldn't even hear them before I closed my eyes and lost consciousness.
AFTER SOME TIME
I had finally woken up, but there was no one in the room.
Arakan: "Finaly you woken up."
I widened my eyes. Torao's father was sitting in the only chair in the room.
Ena: 'How did I not see him?'
I inspected the whole room, but only when he spoke I could see him.
After I didn't say anything for some time, he finally spoke.
Arakan: "Did you not know? Torao isn't-"
I interrupted him.
Ena: "I am not here for Torao. I am here because of you."
The man made a small laugh under his nose. I knew that I poked his interest when he crossed his hands and feet.
Arakan: "HAAAA??? Why would you want to talk with me."
Said the man-child.
Ena: "Torao... How strong is he?"
Arakan: "Hmmmm."
His voice became heavier.
Arakan: "A lot."
Even though this was a light word to describe someone, but I knew that if it was coming from someone like Arakan, then it was like a thousand words but still not enough to describe Torao's strength.
Ena: "Me..."
Arakan: "You... What?"
Said Arakan with his man-child voice.
Ena: "MAKE ME STRONGER THAN HIM."
I said with all my voice.
Arakan: "Ha... Ha... HAHAHAHAHH AHAHAHAH"
The man-child started laughing like a lunatic.
Arakan: "Is this a joke? Me teaching a woman?"
I gritted my teeth.
Ena: "I AM NOT A TRASH."
I screamed.
Arakan: "Damn, nobody screamed this loud to from quite a whole."
The man paused for a while.
Arakan: 'Torao... you bad boy."
The man-child made a wide smile and told me.
Arakan: "Okay, I will teach you, but under one condition... If you lose to Torao, I will... kill you."
I paused for a moment.
Ena: 'What should I do? If I accept and I lose, I will die... But if I decline, then... what.'
The thing that made me accept was not my wish to be with Torao. It was the feeling of sadness without him.
Ena: "Don't... go back on your words."
I said in a cold tone.
END OF FLASHBACK
Ena was smiling while she was sitting in a chair.
Ena: "Is this the girl you talked about, Darling?"
Said Ena while pointing at the girl in the pool of blood. The upper right part of her face and some parts of her eye were completely burned, and blood was coming from it.
Ena's smile vanished.
Ena: "Well, I guess you can't know... you fake."
Said Ena while looking at Damian, who was standing still, watching with his terrified face full of horror.