Chapter 7 — Rebellion

Night finally arrived.

The silence that usually still allowed some activities from the people around the city and villages had now become absolute. Almost all of the citizens simply locked themselves inside their own homes.

The Kingdom itself also had a new atmosphere, with their new leader, Jugdrist, sitting on the throne alongside his soldiers both inside and outside the Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Agasa was still reading a book inside her room.

However, she suddenly became silent after reading a sentence that said:

"Life is a freedom to do whatever you want."

But inside her mind, a battle was taking place.

She desperately wanted to understand what life itself meant to her.

What she had always believed was that life was simply about eating, walking, and fighting.

Agasa continued reading.

Then, she became silent once again after reading another sentence.

"Choose something that follows your heart without the slightest hesitation."

Agasa closed the book.

She then put on her White Cloak, including her mask, before leaving her room.

She went to the White Cloak Organization's secret research facility.

There, she saw many children locked inside cells. Some others were being trained by fighting against one another in specially prepared rooms.

Several White Cloak members could also be seen working there as supervisors, researchers, and combat instructors.

Agasa looked at all the children.

Every one of them had a cold expression.

Even while being tortured, they showed no expression of pain or any other emotion.

Agasa also began remembering her own childhood.

She had grown up inside this very place until the present day.

Because of that, Agasa had grown into a human being who possessed no emotions and had never experienced the things that children outside should have been able to experience.

While she was lost in thought, one of the White Cloak members approached her.

"Why are you here, Agasa?"

For a few moments, Agasa said nothing.

Then, suddenly, she moved.

She slashed the neck of the White Cloak member who had approached her, killing him instantly.

The other White Cloak members immediately moved to attack Agasa.

However, every attack was easily blocked or avoided.

Agasa quickly turned the situation around and began cutting down the White Cloak members one by one.

Not long after, the members stationed at the headquarters became suspicious because of the commotion coming from the underground floor.

But when they tried to enter, Agasa suddenly emerged.

She eliminated every remaining member inside the White Cloak Organization's headquarters.

Although she had easily slaughtered all of them, Agasa had received wounds across her body.

However, thanks to her power, those wounds quickly healed.

The reason Agasa had suddenly slaughtered every member of the organization at the headquarters was still unknown.

Agasa then returned to the underground floor.

There, she saw the children huddled together in fear while staring at her.

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At the Kingdom, Agasa had just arrived when Jugdrist immediately greeted her.

"Where have you been?"

Agasa answered while kneeling.

"Looking around."

Jugdrist gave a small laugh.

As far as he knew, Agasa rarely went anywhere unless it was because of one of his orders.

Meanwhile, Jugdrist still had no idea what Agasa had done at the White Cloak Organization's headquarters.

Suddenly, another White Cloak member arrived.

"There are several villagers around the Kingdom who are trying to form an organization to attack the Kingdom."

Hearing this, Jugdrist ordered Agasa and another member to eliminate all the villagers before the organization could grow any larger.

For the first time, Agasa remained silent for several moments before finally accepting the mission.

That very night, Agasa and the other member went to the village they had been ordered to eliminate.

Upon arriving, the White Cloak member accompanying Agasa said,

"This is the village."

Before he could finish speaking, Agasa suddenly stabbed him from behind.

Her companion immediately died.

The reason Agasa killed him was because she had realized that the village Jugdrist had ordered them to eliminate was Wijen Village—the place where Akito lived.

Even so, Agasa intended to complete her mission.

However, she had one condition.

She would leave Akito alive.

Her decision was not because Agasa had feelings for Akito.

In truth, she considered Akito an object of her research regarding humans.

If Akito was killed as well, all the research she had conducted until now would be meaningless.

After reaching that conclusion, Agasa used her Fire Ball magic to destroy a cattle farm.

The explosion caused all the villagers to come outside and investigate.

Akito was among them.

But suddenly, Agasa, who had been hiding, revealed herself.

She began attacking the villagers one by one without hesitation.

Yet every attack remained focused and precise.

Whenever she saw someone who was not Akito, she immediately killed them.

Seeing this, Akito became furious.

He felt that this was the perfect opportunity to take the first step toward his desire to kill Jugdrist.

But when Agasa saw Akito approaching, she immediately jumped and used her Air Bullet magic.

With clever calculations and perfect precision, she created a small vortex of wind with extremely high pressure.

The attack struck both of Akito's calves, causing him to fall.

Agasa then continued slaughtering every villager there.

Akito was completely unable to do anything.

All he could do was watch his friends, relatives, and acquaintances die.

And once again, he had to watch his own family member—his adoptive father—die at Agasa's hands.

After some time, every villager had been killed.

Their bodies were scattered throughout the village.

In the middle of it all, Akito desperately tried to crawl toward his adoptive father, his injured legs making it difficult for him to move.

His adoptive father was already lying there without a trace of life.

Akito began crying uncontrollably, his anger burning within him.

His eyes were fixed on Agasa, whose White Cloak was covered in blood along with several small scratches.

Agasa simply remained silent.

Using magic to alter her voice, Agasa spoke.

"Just give up if you don't want to die like your father."

Akito desperately tried to stand.

But he fell again.

He tried once more.

And fell again.

This continued several times.

Agasa began to feel slightly bored.

She wondered if this was all the determination an ordinary human could possess.

But then—

Agasa was shocked.

For the first time, her surprised expression became slightly visible.

Akito had managed to stand.

Despite the wounds on both of his legs, he stood while holding a knife in his hand.

Akito challenged Agasa to attack him.

"I swear... I'll kill Jugdrist and every single one of his men! I won't leave a single one of them alive!"

Tears continued flowing from his eyes as he spoke.

Agasa remained silent.

But when Akito continued speaking, Agasa suddenly moved.

She quickly struck Akito from behind, causing him to collapse unconscious.

The atmosphere instantly became silent.

The only sounds left were the flames burning and the presence of bodies scattered throughout the village.

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Some time later, Agasa, with her clothes still covered in blood, returned to Jugdrist at the Kingdom.

She reported the result of her mission.

"Every villager in Wijen Village has been eliminated."

Jugdrist then asked,

"Where is the member who accompanied you?"

Agasa answered,

"He died because we were surrounded by the villagers all at once."

Without thinking twice, Jugdrist praised Agasa.

"Good work."

He then told her to go and rest.

Agasa left Jugdrist and returned to the White Cloak Organization's headquarters.

Upon arriving, she could see the bodies left behind from her massacre scattered throughout the facility.

Agasa paid no attention to them.

She simply went to clean herself.

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Meanwhile, Akito slowly regained consciousness.

He returned to his adoptive father's body.

After spending several minutes crying over his father's corpse, Akito began to wonder why the White Cloak had not killed him as well.

However, he felt that this could be his opportunity to take revenge someday.

He decided that he would use the rest of his life to increase his strength.

With what little strength remained in his body and despite the pain in his legs, Akito stood up.

He then began gathering the bodies of the villagers one by one.

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On the other side, Agasa was inside her room.

She burned the books she had been reading all this time.

She felt that they were no longer useful.

She believed that conducting the research herself would be more accurate and easier.

It turned out that before carrying out the massacre at the headquarters, Agasa had seen one final sentence.

"Your destiny lies within yourself."

Because of those words, Agasa tried to fight against the thoughts that had controlled her all this time.

She had always been someone who simply followed another person's orders and did whatever she was told.

But from now on, she would do only what she wanted to do.

And she began by slaughtering her own comrades within the organization.

Agasa had also come to consider Akito a valuable asset to her research because of what had happened that night.

And from now on, she would try to protect him.

( Sorry guys I'm late post this chapter, I have something to do yesterday, hope you like it )