Chapter 57:

The Two Sides Of A Coin

The Creature Hunter: Soul Of The Wind


It was shortly after the war began. Almost everyone was either saddened by their losses or rebelled about the war. And the view that we saw every day was so annoying that it got harder every day to even look around. 

In short, everywhere was filled with painful screams and it was not stopping. But as desperate as we were, there was one person who didn't give up. And, of course, it was no one but Rosa. 

She helped people in the war as much as she could no matter what and she didn't felt sorry for any enemy that got in her way. No matter how sick or in pain, she put one thing on her head, and it was to protect people. And of course, she did many things and everyone respected her, for her help towards citizens. 

But the thing was, that I was chosen as the second most powerful witch, and everyone expected the same thing from me too. At first, I thought I could handle it, but the problem was that Rosa and I didn't think the same. 

If one of us was light, one of us was darkness. And even though I tried to get into people's eyes, I couldn't use my power properly. I couldn't cast spells to help people like Rosa. And I was sinking into regret and doubt every day.

So that is why I passed these ideas on to my power and did research on Dark Magic. And, of course, it happened exactly as I thought how it would be.

I was now a Dark Magic user and I became stronger than before. After I got my power, I helped a lot of people and used my power towards our enemies. I felt different and now I was able to cast spells like Rosa, but they were more different than her's. And there was something interesting that caught my attention. 

This didn't bother me at all. 

Of course, I was disgusted that something was just clinging to people and stealing their lives. But I couldn't underestimate the power it gave me.

So I used it in our war against Luroun and gave my everything to it. 

Maybe I couldn't help them much, but I managed to save my village. And Luroun was finally defeated. 

The war was over.

I didn't jump in the air with happiness because the war was over, but I took a deep breath and relaxed. Then, just after the War, I returned to my village to talk to Rosa and started looking for her. Of course, I looked around, thinking that I would find her in her usual place. 

But something happened before me finding her.

Even though I saved them, everyone in the village looked at me with scared and disgusted eyes. Like I was some type of monster.

And that's when I realized Rosa was approaching me. I didn't expect to find her here, but I still smiled and said,

"So you were here. There were really dangerous creatures out there. You could at least come and help, right?"

But her endless anger towards Dark Magic and her prejudice against my actions drove her mad with anger, so she approached me without listening to anything I said.

And after she got close enough to me, she grabbed me by the collar and yelled at me,

"Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"What do you-"

"Don't play stupid!"

She then threw me to the ground and said,

"We've lived together all these years, We grew and got stronger together, We fought together! But what did you do? You've defiled all our honor just for power!"

I was desperate. I certainly didn't have any answers for her. But that was the problem. I needed answers the most.

So I looked at her and said with an angry voice tone,

"Hey! Behave yourself. I don't know what you expected me to do, but my goal was to save people here! There's nothing bad I've done, and it won't be a problem just because I've put my own life in the line."

"Oh, Is that so? Did you save people with this disgusting type of magic that even our ancestors were afraid to use? And all those people are fighting over there with their own will and power. They are not like you, that just took what belonged to our enemy. You think you were strong all this time, but I bet you don't have a single idea about real power."

"Take what belongs to your enemy? Disgusting Magic? I fought here for our people! I just wanted to help people! If you're going to judge me only by my strength and my use of the enemy's tactics, then I'll remind you. When you're in a war, sometimes you have to go forward to protect what's yours, and that's exactly what I did!"

"And I am telling you this for the last time. If a person could not decouple the difference between right and wrong when he joins a war, or if they continue to think that such a thing was stupid, then there would be no "order", "good and bad", or "wrong and right" in this world. And decisions that lead to winning are not always the right decisions. This life is not a simple game, Elsa. And if you choose a solution to your problems just because it's easier, then even I can't help you."

I was very upset to hear those from her at that moment and the only thing that I cared about at that moment, was to prove myself to her. But I knew she wasn't going to listen to me so I said,

"If you're going to judge me just for that, you'd better make a decision about that."

Rosa then stood upright and said,

"You don't have to worry about that, I have already made my decision."

I don't ever remember seeing those eyes she looked at me that day, again in my life. She was so angry that I knew she wouldn't listen to me anyway. And since the whole village saw me as a monster, they banished me from the village to never come back again.

And, of course, I started living here after that day. 

At first, it was difficult, of course, but the creatures left here after Luroun's war, the spells Luroun used before and the traces left over from it, and the new Dark Spells I discovered each time, made me feel even more alive.

After I got here and they learned about my habit, most people started calling me "crazy" or they made up things like I was a legend and I didn't exist, and etcetera.

But I still didn't care, and I continued my work here. And so I became what I am now.

Although much had happened, I have never cared about it or held a grudge against Rosa. Because even if I was crazy, I couldn't hold a grudge against people and waste my own time.

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