Arc 3: Demi-human hero part 6

The throne room:

It is pretty empty, only had a 2nd floor where guards with bows were staying, Noni was standing near his throne knocked out, Sakamoto was knocked out hanging on the rails of the 2nd floor, Senri and Okura were near a wall, Senri was bleeding profusely as she was casting self-healing on herself, the king was staying in his throne grinning at all of them. What to do?

“Though you could betray me and ally with that fox?”

“Shut up, bastard”- Senri could barely speak as blood was leaking out of her mouth

“What the hell should we do, Great Sage?”

“Daisuke, wait a bit, just a bit, and don’t move, stay more in the open”

After less than a minute, heavily armored knights entered the room, bowing to the king

“My king, Daisuke Suzuki tipped us off where Emiko had left, his information is true and verified, we had seen her, she is fighting our troops as we speak, we need reinforcements”

“So not all of you are worms. Very well, this Daisuke Suzuki will be awarded handsomely”- The king looked at Senri grinning all the way

“Who are they, Great Sage?”

“Those are known as the Order of Knight, the king’s special military police”

“Get all the knights to hunt her down”

5 minutes later all the knights left the castle, the stomping of iron can still be heard from far away, now if they all left what should I do?

“Daisuke, they all left. Now, you know what you are going to do, right?”- What is he talking about?

“Great Sage, don’t tell me this crap. I won’t do it”

The king grabbed a knife and gone towards Senri and Okura, I closed in the distance on him

“Maybe if your friend Daisuke comes around I might decide to spare you”

“Great Sage, I am doing my own judgements now. Please”- My body had gone limp, I can still feel it tho, wait, why can I feel my body but not move it?

“Great Sage?”- Me left hand reached to the knife pocket where the crimson dagger was held

“I am sorry kid, it has to be done”

“Don’t!”

*Use Skill: Water Manipulation: Water Vapors*- Water vapors filled the room

“What is happening?”- The king looked in all direction

*Use Skill: Feral Frenzy*- This broke my invisibility, my body dashed forward at the king, my hands reached towards his shoulders pinning him into the ground, left-hand reaching for the dagger, in a fast motion it was buried in the king’s head

“Heal”- Senri’s voice echoed in the room

“What the hell did I do”- My body is in my control again, I can control it again. No, what the hell did I do? What the hell? Did I just kill someone? I took someone’s life? I killed him? I killed him. How could I do this? Why? Why? Why? Why? WHY? WHY? WHY!!!!!?

“It was needed. Both Senri and Okura would have died”

“Why the hell you did that for? Do you know what it means to take someone’s life?”

“To save your friends? Do you want them to die? And yes, I do know what it means to kill someone”

“You talk about killing someone with suck ease. You already killed billions.”

“Yes. Sometimes it’s needed, like in this situation”

“Shut up! Get out of my mind, I don’t want you anymore!”

“No, Daisuke, you need to learn this. Would you like for them to die instead? Do you want this? Look, it’s not easy, but bear with it.”

“Shut up, I don’t want to hear you!”

“Want it or not, I will be forever with you here. In your mind. Realize that some people are too far gone to save. If you want, I can turn myself off for a few weeks if you are tired of hearing my voice”

“Murder no matter how you put it is wrong!”

“Violence is justified in self-defense. It’s one thing to murder someone innocent, and it’s something different to do the right thing and kill someone in order to save many other people”

“I don’t want to hear it”

“Stop Daisuke, stop. Quit bitching about things now! Understand already, if they would die, what would you have done, with your stupid plan? Daisuke, take as much time off as needed and go after Emiko, there is more still”

“Shut up, don’t tell me what to do! I will better off without you!”

“Fine, I will turn off for a few weeks. You won’t be able to survive without me”- My body began to convulse in the middle of the throne room, Senri near me, the other heroes started waking up, my whole body shivered and convulsed on the floor, how I know it? The blood flowing from my bruised arms, legs and head flowed on the floor. Is Great Sage causing this?

“You said you don’t need me”

“Shut up”

“I was the one numbing your reactions, making you able to talk to people, I numbed most of your emotions to kill the king”

“Get out of my mind!”

“You will go insane with guilt without me”

“Daisuke, hold on!”- With one last convulsion, my head hit the stone floor

4 days later:

“What happened? Senri, Okura!”- I jumped straight up, where am I? Is this their house

“Calm down kid, you are in their mansion”- Great Sage, not you again

“Not you again”

“I understand you might be mad at me, but there is nothing you can do now. You would have died from shock if I didn’t take control again”

“Just shut up!”- I brought my hands over to my head, clutching my head

“Daisuke, he is awake”- Senri voice seem to echo from every corner of the room

“It’s ok”- Senri place one of her hand over my head

2 weeks later, after a few more episodes, I seem to stabilize somehow, still mad at Great Sage, he still talks to me, but I mostly refuse to respond

“Kid, still don’t want to give me full control again? You know you can get cured of guilt”

“Shut up”

“You shouldn’t feel guilty about it too much, on the bright side, everyone, even Akari is alive, if you hadn’t killed the king, she would have died as well”

“I need time alone”- Senri was visiting me every morning, to see how I was doing, she never got her eyes off me, she always sat near me and tried to speak with me, it seemed that I was in perpetual shock

1 week later, my body started getting better, I can walk and not pass out, Great Sage still talked to me every time, this time he tried comforting me, still can’t believe the king died at my hands, that my hands were the ones to kill him. It’s around 12, Okura wanted to talk with me in the living room

“Take a seat Daisuke”

“So, what is it about?”

“Emiko, we need you to go after her”- Crap, that’s right, my promise to Okura, Senri and Akari, to go after Emiko, so they don’t have to.

“Daisuke is ok!”- Out of the sudden Akari walked into the living room, she jumped to my neck hugging me

“I am ok, don’t worry”- My left hand extended to touch her head

“What happened to you? Why you were in bed all these weeks?”

“I am ok now, don’t worry about it.”- Akari, she is ok, at least this is a good thing

“I was scared you will never recover. Maybe you haven’t seen me, but I sat by your side most of the time, you didn’t seem to pay attention to me at all”

“I am sorry Akari, now me and Okura have to talk about something important”- I put Akari down, Senri came shortly to take her

“With this done, I should ask Great Sage where she is”

“Now you need my help?”

“Do I have a choice?”

“No”

“Fine, take control again”- My body felt light, like I was flying. It feels like a rock was lifted off of my shoulders, the thought of the king and of my actions seem to vanish

“She is followed by the broken nights, you should hurry kid”- As much as I hate him, I need him to get by

“Don’t worry kid, my help comes free, well almost”

“Then, it’s not free”

“I won’t let you do anything stupid and let you die or let anyone you care about die.”

“So, Okura, what do you know about Emiko exactly?”

“Well, she is followed by the king’s knights, you will have to be careful. You have 2 days to set on. Be careful out there Daisuke”

“So, Great Sage. Where is she exactly? How should I prepare?”

“Well, follow the road out of the town, from the demi-human village forward, keep a straight line, you will reach a small demon village, from there you need to take a path in the woods, make a left turn, and you should find a cave. Estimate travel days, 2 days until the demon village, 1 more day until the cave, if you move in 2 days, you should be there soon. Your choice”

“Okura, I know the fastest and safest route there. I will take these 2 days off to prepare”

“Fine, just be careful out there!”- Okura got up and left the living room

There is something I need to do today, Petra and Mitsude, I need to visit them

The guild:

“You are here!”- Mitsude spoke in a surprised voice, her face was pale and her eyes wide

“Yes, is there something wrong?”

“No, I am surprised you came here, that you are alive”- Mitsude got closer to me, she held my hand and dragged me into the library room of the guild, the room where I got the tattoo when I reincarnated here, Petra was there sorting books

“Sister, he is alive”- Petra’s hand seem to go limp when she heard this, she slowly turned around to see me

“Look at this, he is alive”- Her face was different, more facial expression than before

“Yes, I want to tell you something”- I moved closer to Petra

“I already know about the king and what you had done. Thank you, Daisuke, this freed demi-humans from slavery. What about Emiko?”- Petra put her hands on my shoulders

“I will go after her, I came here to ask you to train her, take care of her along with Senri. Since the 4 heroes council is busy, and I won’t be around too much, so please, just take care of her!”

“Don’t worry, she is in good hands.”

“How long will you be gone?”

“Mitsude, it’s very vague, the amount of time, I don’t know either it might take a few weeks, a few months or even a year”

“Why so much?”- Both Mitsude and Petra shouted

“Great Sage told me this”

“Great Sage, look this ability won’t allow things like this, Daisuke, are you hiding something? Great Sage abilities don’t allow you to gather much information”- Petra looked concerned

“Yes, kinda, the Great Sage skill is actually a blessing from a god with the same name, that skill allows him to control and communicate with, he gave me this indestructible knife that can cut anything, he talks in my head giving me info and everything I need, he manages my skills as well. All the info I had until now was because of him telling it, he is like a handbook for an easier life here. Aside from that, he gave me more blessings, the infinity and memento mori, which allows me to revive if I die or revive others, but it takes a lot of time to recharge when used on others. Sorry for keeping this from you”- To my shock their ears perked up in curiosity

“No, there is a rule in this world, that the people blessed by gods can use their blessings on others, but it’s very limited, your god, Great Sage, he is pretty obscure, we don’t know where he came from, but we know that he can destroy this entire world with ease, yet he abides by the rules of our world, he can do so much, but he doesn’t. He seems pretty different from most gods too, he is more human in thinking than godlike. That’s what I heard, can we talk to him?”- They want to talk with Great Sage?

“Ok. Great Sage?”- My left hand reached to pull a part of my hair over my right eye, my body got the same limp feeling again

“What did you want to talk to me?”- Mitsude and Petra looked in disbelief as Great Sage spoke

“You are a he?”

“Yes”- Whenever Great Sage takes control or speak my body does not give reaction, smiling, crying etc., I still feel the emotion but can’t do the reaction

“So, why did you come to this world?”- Petra and Mitsude grabbed chairs and sat on them in front of me

“In my world, I was exiled for genocide, there isn’t a method that can be used to kill me, I tried all of them, nothing works, my body just regenerates all the way. With no way to die, the only enjoyable thing is to travel and help people”

“Aren’t you a god of calamity?”

“Yes, that doesn’t mean that I enjoy death and destruction.”

“You don’t?”- Mitsude and Petra stared at me with a surprised face

“So, why did you kill those people?”

“It was needed, we had a similar situation to what you have here, my species of monsters was hunted by humans, we were driven almost to extinction in our world, this was the only thing that I could have done at that time”

“Well, from the gods that I spoke to in the past, most with your title enjoyed destruction and chaos, you are a novelty. So how did you meet Daisuke?”

“Well, I stumble using my portal skills, saw that bitch Sara being obnoxious as ever, kicked her in my dimension and then talked to him. That’s how”

“Well, thank you for your time”- Feeling returned to my body again

2 days later:

The council of 4 heroes, the form of government that replaced the old monarchy, decided to exile me to make my story more credible, I was on the road to head to the demon village Senri walked with me for a bit

“Daisuke”- Senri grabbed my arm, turning me around

“What is it?”

“Be safe, ok?”- She wrapped her arms around me, I did the same, a small giggle can be heard from her

“Yes, don’t worry, I will try”- Senri still didn’t let me go from her grasp

“Look, Daisuke, there is something that I really need to tell you”

“Tell it already then”

“I love you”- Senri leaned closer to my ear whispering

“Why, what?”

“You don’t remember anything, do you?”

“I don’t. All the months I had been here were a blur”

“Maybe one day you can remember”

“I am sorry”

“Doesn’t matter. Just come back home safe”

“Thank you, Senri, for everything. I promise to be back safe and sound”

Well, aside from Haruhime, Senri is the 2nd person to tell me this. Why do I keep losing memories?

“It’s because of me, Daisuke. Not directly, but it’s kinda my fault”

“How?”

“Well, a human can’t have more than 1 blessing from a god. You have 3, it begins to deteriorate your memory and some mental faculties.”

“So?”

“That’s why you needed a long time to get used to me controlling you, the effect weren’t immediate but more of a slow burn”

“So, the fact that my body can’t take more than 1 blessing is the reason I forgot most of the stuff?”

“Exactly”