chapter 1

"What a wonderful day" I said.

twitting of birds, whistle of the wind, such a relaxing scenario I am witnessing.

Just like the vast sea, we wondered what's beyond those what we see.

Here I am alone, talking to myself about life and such thing, asking questions like a fool which I myself would answer.

I stood up and walked away. Turning my back from the picturesque scene. "Time to face the trouble yet again"

people address me as Haruki, it became my second name. Little did they know that my background was far more bold than they could imagine. No one in my current subordinates knew who I really was, where my main house is, nor where I grew up. I am currently staying in a village, staying here along with the villagers (of course a villagers, as if I could live with zombies 😑). I arrived here while the village was under attack by mere bandits. I kicked their asses out and I killed most of them. Seeing their subordinates fall through the ground one by one made them retreat. they suck, "what a weakling ants" I applied. The villagers praised me looking like wet chick. I saw their eyes full of courage. I took the opportunity and I act like a boss "what are you guys waiting for? your village won't get fixed by looking into my face you know?". They snapped, they grabbed some food and offered me some, I am not dumb to not be able to realize that it's their only remaining food. I didn't cared and I ate it. I was starving through my long journey...I was bold for some reason, it's because of trust issues. I don't trust anybody that quick.

I don't really have a clue about what happened after that, turned out they don't have a chief. They decided to make me their leader. They must've realized that they need my help in order to live longer. I took over the small village. I ordered them around and they'd exactly do what I'd tell them to do. I didn't expect them to be this obedient.

First thing I did was order them to cut off trees in order to repair the village's buildings, some was to collect wood and some was to rebuilt the houses. Women was to prepare them food and do stuff like watching over childrens, pretty relaxed you can say. I gave them their tasks one by one so they'll finish quickly, it's for my own sake though lmao.

I hunt some animals in order to feed the whole village. the villagers was strong and Independent indeed but the path was too dangerous for them. it's not that I care actually for them, I still don't trust them. I was just being cautious that they'd be a drag and would slow me down. hunting was a piece of cake for me as I am more experienced than any of them. I used to be the leader of an assassin organization afterall.

whenever I come back to the village they would be delighted to see me carrying a lot of dead animals for food, "dead, because I can't possibly carry a living animals who'd run away and would struggle, that's abvious", I muble to myself.

I cooked for everyone. I also used to be a great cook before I became an assassin. Everyone had a feast that night, I sat in a stone facing the moon quite far from where everyone is while drinking liquor. A young boy about 15 years old approached me "aren't you gonna drink with us chief?" asked the young guy. "No thanks, moreover isn't it too early for you to drink at such age?" I applied. he didn't spoke for a moment, he remained standing behind me. "sit down" I said, while patting the rock beside me. He sat down as I told him to. "at what age did you start drinking liquor chief?"....

"twelve" I said. he kept talking and is unstoppable, I was wondering why I didn't got bothered by him somehow. "let's head back, and join the others shall we?"

*BACK TO THE PRESENT*

I need to set out for a journey because of some issues and problems. All of them gathered and had wished me luck to my journey

"be careful on your journey Haruki" said the old man.

everyone wished me luck with a big smile on their faces.

afterwards i saw the young boy in the crowd, he gave me a big smile and he wave his hands as fast as he can "good luck chief" he shouted. I somehow felt weird because I've never heard him shout before.

I set on a journey and left them all behind. "they've grown to be independent that they can hunt alone now, even little children" I said. something seems off.

I need to find my loyal subordinates that time. my companions when we used to be assassin under the assassin's organization.

week have passed but I got no clue about them nor have I heard a thing about them. I came across another village, it was ruined and there's a lot of coal on the ground. It's from the houses, I can see corpses on the ground and not a single living soul can be seen. I knew right away that it was the Leona organization who did all this. I can tell based on tracks left behide, the arrows, the knives, it's theirs. it didn't rain for weeks so footprints of horses are left on the ground. I followed the footprints, the Leona group are headed to north. It crossed my mind in an instant as fast as the lighting "the village is In danger"

I ran as fast I can, my only destination was to come back at the village. A single horse are not to be seen.

Three days later I reached the village finally.

"too late" I said with a very low tone.

everything was ruined, everyone are dead. I walked closer clenching...

I saw someone moved a little and I walked closer as fast as I can. It was Aoki the young boy who shouted me a good luck, the boy who talked to me the time everyone had a feast.

I used the very bit of my power to heal him. yes, I have power, a lot of people in this world can use magic but not everyone has one. My power was limited since most of it was sealed away by someone before. He didn't healed completely because of power lack, he's asleep infact.

I don't have much time to stay in the village as the leona group would come back. I carried Aoki and got away quickly. "We've gone quite far" I said and i made a campfire. afterwards Aoki woke up and he asked what happened. I explained and I told him everything, I wasn't expecting his expression, he seemed calm, he got silent for a moment then he cried. He told me about what happened beforehand...

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