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An Important Villain An Unexpected Situation
"So you modified the shield?"Oliver asked while wiping his eyes with the handkerchief given by Ian. He was still in shock by the whole situation. Of course, the attack of the organisation and their almost death was a horrifying enough situation, but the thing he was most shocked about was Ian's presence at that moment, at that place. "I'll go bring the other's."Louis who was on the opposite side of the barrier spoke almost in a whisper before disappearing into the darkness. It looked like Oliver hadn't noticed anything as the boy simply kept looking at Ian, waiting for an answer."Yes.. I modified the shield, more like I took control over it, if that makes sense."He nodded as he replied to Oliver. There was a tense look on the faces of the people behind him. And Ian could totally understand why they were making that expression.A shield that was capable of killing every single member of their tribe, a shield that they were completely helpless against, a shield that only made them
An Important Villain Confusion
Haah.."This is why I didn't want to come."Louis said while throwing his hood to the ground. The attitude he showed was somewhat different from his usual demeanor, piquing Ian's interest."Brother? What's.. wrong..?"Lucas asked with a confused tone. The rest of the members of Ian's party also had a similar reaction as they looked around, confused."Hey.. Kid!"Louis looked at Oliver instead of giving anyone a proper answer. They all looked puzzled by the sudden and unfamiliar change but were too stunned to speak. Oliver flinched at being called so abruptly. The whole situation didn't make any sense, to him at least. He was all excited and happy about getting to introduce Ian to his family and friends, and also by the simple fact that they came to his rescue with such a perfect timing.All of a sudden, his whole village, the elders and the adults, everyone, was bowing in front of Louis, another cat tribe member who was just like him, whom he thought of as a friend. "W-what is it?
An Important Villain Two Different Personality
Two hours had already passed since the moment Louis dropped Lucas on the King's arm. Currently they were inside the building, or palace, where the King stayed. The location was the Queen's bedroom where she was finally reunited with her lost son.Ian finally had a somewhat clear idea of what this whole stort was about. Turns out, Lucas and Louis aren't blood related at all. Louis was some legendary character within their tribe, whom the people used to call 'saint'. But due to some unknown reason, unknown because Louis haven't talked about it yet, because of them, it looks like he lost most of his powers and his memories a few years back.That's when he met Lucas. And seeing how the two of them looked to similar to each other, he presumed that Lucas was his family member and has been taking care of him ever since.It was only recently, after being rescued by Ian and under his proper guidance and care that he started to regain his memories and power. Ian could understand that much. T
An Important Villain His Story
"So what's your story?"Ian asked while simply lying on the soft bed and staring at the ceiling of the room. He didn't want to inquire about Louis's personal matters before today because he wanted the kid to have his space. But it looked like he was finally willing to share by himself right now, no, he even looked a little excited to share his story with Ian, making him tease the kid by pretending not to be interested any more. "There isn't much.. really.."He looked a little shy as he said, trying to shorten his whole life as much as he could. It was the first time he willingly wanted to share the mess called 'life' with someone else. It took a long time. No matter how much he tried to shorten the mess, it was still too long, too heavy and too complicated to finish in a few sentences. But they listened. They listened with all their heart and mind. The two people inside that room, the two people who could easily be called the closest ones to his heart after Lucas, they listened to
An Important Villain Not About Ian
"You lost your memories?""Why? How?"Both Ian and Ash asked simultaneously as they looked at Louis. "I don't know.. Maybe it was a backlash for overusing my powers.. Or a side effect from trying to cure Lucas.. "Louis looked down helplessly as he thought about their question. It was a question that he himself was dying to know the answer of. "What happened next?"Ian asked. "The next time I opened my eyes, I was inside a prison like cell, along with Lucas. And with no memory of the past.""So the slave traders somehow got to you two while you were unconscious?"Ian wondered what kind of shitty luck one needed to have such a thing happening to them. Just imagine, a being powerful enough to be called saint, someone whom King's and Queens bowed to, had their memory snatched away from them and was left with a kid too small to know about the dangers of the world. "They had already placed a restricting collar on me by then, eliminating any chance of my powers returning to me."Ian rem
An Important Villain The Sun and the Moon
The next day.Everyone was having their lunch together in the royal palace due to the King's request. Even Oliver was there. He now knew about the true identity of Louis and was acting a little awkward since he was confused about how to behave around them. Ian looked at Lucas who was sitting between the King and the Queen. Although the child looked a little less awkward compared to yesterday, he still didn't look like he belonged there. "Really.. I don't know how to thank you guys enough for what you did yesterday.."The King was thanking Ian and his party for what they did. They were simply people who came to know Oliver through a weird set of circumstances. Neither did they have any close relationship with the cat tribe, nor were the obliged to go through so much just to help them.Yet, without any greed or hidden agenda, they simply decided to help them out. Their whole tribe was saved due to Ian and his party's generosity. "Anyone would've done so in our position."Ian remembe
An Important Villain Lucas's Decision
Louis and Ian was having a conversation about what their future actions are going to be when Ash knocked and entered the room.He saw the huge board in front of Ian. He had been helping Ian put it all together throughout the whole week so it wasn't anything new to him.And the questions Louis was asking, the confusions and doubts that he had, Ash had felt them weeks or maybe even months ago.He was the one closest to Ian. The one who knew about each and every one of his crazy stunts and impossible to explain decisions.That's why, to Ash at least, it wasn't unnatural. He knew Ian's personality better than anyone, and how private of a person he was, how much he hated attention.More than anything, how much he wanted to stay hidden from the mass. It was almost as if he was traumatized by something, making it almost impossible for him to accept the attention of the masses. "The others are ready."Ash informed Ian while taking a seat at the nearby chair. They were planning on leaving tod
An Important Villain Kids acting like Kids
A bright and dazzling morning. Ian and his party was up and running once more after having their breakfast. "The omlette cooked by Ian are really the best." Rick exclaimed as he rubbed his full belly. Ian always wanted them to eat freshly cooked meals and prepared their meals accordingly. Everyone helped by either collecting herbs or vegetables, some hunted wild animals while the others collected firewood. After two or three days, at night, they'd make a temporary shelter and get some sleep. Since all of them were mana users, they didn't need regular sleep like normal people. It had already been more than three weeks that they left the village of the cat tribe. During these three weeks, they visited two other places, both of which were under the organisations attack. As for how Ian managed to find these places, it was all thanks to the board. The information he had about the future and the ones he collected through the help of the cat tribe gave him a clear idea about the lo
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A butler's point of view - 2
Ian returned. After wondering the continent for half a year, he came back with a 'Bang!'. Right when the nobles all around the country gathered to 'show the hero his place', Ian returned. Crazy hypothesises such that Ian being a Devil worshipper, betraying the country and being on the run or that he's actually a demon etc etc all came to an end as he openly took Arthur's side and threatened the other nobles.Of course, most of those rumours weren't too far off the mark. Ian did prefer villains over heroes, demons over angels, he had no love for their country and lastly, he was a darkness ability user with a twisted moral sense. And! To top it all off, he also preferred these rumours over ones that would hail him as a hero. he'd rather be on the run after being called a demon rather than be called a hero and worshipped. Again, twisted morality. But he couldn't do that this time. There were too many people using his name so he couldn't just let it be as those people got treated bad
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A butler's point of view - 1
"It's been a week since young master lost consciousness."Rob wrote in his diary as he sighed. There was a heavy atmosphere surrounding the duchy ever since the day Adrian fell down from the roof and went into a coma. How or why it happened was still a mystery around the duchy but speculations about an attempted suicide was slowly spreading around. Rob didn't believe them though. The Adrian he knew was too selfish and arrogant to do something like that. Yet, even when he was so sure, a small part of his mind kept lingering over that quiet and motionless room where Adrian was."Ah.. It's been a while."With that, Rob went to take another look at the sleeping Adrian for the 36th time that day. Although he was telling himself that Adrian's situation wasn't that serious, that he'd wake up soon, as he tried to remember all the bad things Ian did in his short lifetime just to mask his worry, he didn't even realise that he was unconsciously heading towards Ian's room again. After worryin
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The Chosen One
Things Ian did(Unintentionally or intentionally) that influenced the future of Arthur's world: First of all, although the effect wasn't that eye-catching at the moment, Ian was going to be known as the figure that erased racial discrimination. Due to him giving shelter to people of all age and race, and the humans around him having constant changes in their views and perspective, it was going to be the seed that erased all future discrimination and racial profiling. Secondly, he was going to be known as the bridge between Humans and the Demons. The Queen of the Demons, Ash's mother who had gone back to the demon world to deal with some 'internal affairs' would soon return with an actual offer of friendship between the demons and the humans. It was Bela's way of showing gratitude to the people who had taken care of her son in his times of need. Ian's love for Ash was plain as day and the care and gentleness he showed when dealing with him was no different from what a parent woul
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Magical Tool
"What..?""That's absurd!""Is that sorcery? Does he think he can fool us so easily?!"There were looks of disbelief, shock and confusion on everyone's faces as they looked at Ash. But no matter how tough they acted or how oblivious they tried to be, the bone chilling aura coming from Ash that slowly filled the room was undeniable. It was an aura that was impossible for any human to manifest, dark and scary."It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not.""I'm not the one behind bars looking at lifetime imprisonment and possible death sentence."Ian shrugged his shoulders in a casual manner as he signaled for Ash to stop. He was only here to give these people a chance. A chance at repentance. If they refuse to grab it, he didn't care less whether they died or lived inside a cage forever. 'Human resources are valuable after all.'That was one of the other reasons why Ian was here. He wanted to bind all these people under contract and have them serve the country. It didn't sit right
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The Real Deal
"You're gonna let them go?" Arthur asked, conflicted, as he looked at Ian. They were currently in an underground prison, the biggest prison that was made on Ian's request under the Duchy. The war criminals, the cult members, were being held here. Seven days had already passed since Ian's soul returned to his body. He was forced to have complete bedrest this whole time by his parents and the kids. They finally let him go after he managed to manipulate them emotionally with everything he had. It was a difficult job indeed. But nothing was impossible for Ian. "Let them go? NO?" Ian asked back in utter shock instead. But it wasn't Arthur's fault that he misunderstood. Ian did indeed say something that could be easily misinterpreted. "But you just said 'It's time to go out.'..?" That's what he said. To the criminals. Not that he meant it literally. "To the hall. TO.THE.HALL." Ian repeated himself twice, once for the criminals and once for Arthur. Everyone captured already had
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A Good Kind of Pain
Ian's time with the kids were cut short as the Dicarious couple arrived in a haste. A part of Ian was happy to see them again after so long. But a part of him was also wondering if they really were there for Ian. What if they were expecting their son to come back? What if the person they expected to see coming to his senses was Adrian and not him? How disappointed they would be. With a mixture of these various emotions coursing through his mind, he failed to make any type of expression when faced with those two people. Neither could he smile wholeheartedly nor apologize and cry. The kids were guided outside by Arthur and Albert, giving Ian and his parents the room to themselves. Ash was reluctant to leave seeing Ian's expression, but the atmosphere was too heavy for him to interfere. So while everyone else went to another room, he stayed, waiting while standing outside Ian's room. The others also didn't force him to leave since they didn't know which was better. "Are you
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Glad to be Back
"YOU!"Smack!"THOUGHTLESS!"SMACK!"BAS-! JER-!! PERSON!"Ian had to wake up from his peaceful sleep with the sound of someone's shout along with the obnoxiously loud yet not so painful smacking of the pillows."Ow ow ow.. what the hell...?""Huh?""I'm back?"Ian woke up rubbing the back of his head that was the victim of continuous battering and looked around. The changed bedroom and the familiar faces made him aware of the fact that he had indeed come back. "What?""What are you talking about, young master? You didn't go anywhere."Both Albert and Arthur looked concerned as they checked Ian's status for any abnormalities. Only after multiple checking did they finally sigh in relief. "Ah no.. ""Hey guys.. Long time no see?"Ian greeted the kids and the Prince and the Knight all together while leaning back on his bed. The one responsible for the ruthless battering from before still had a massive pout on their face as they silently glared at Ian. "Are you angry? I'm sorry. How lo
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A Week Without Ian
Ian enjoyed the tea from hell while having a long and informative conversation with death, or at least that's who he assumed the other person was. He learned about the past that he had locked away and the people he had forgotten. But it all felt distant, like he was viewing the life of somebody else. "Why did I do that? Lock my memories?"Ian was curious. Just by watching the memories of Noah's future, he could tell that he lived a pretty okay life. The daughter he adopted also turned out to be great. She became his family. These were precious memories. So he couldn't understand why he'd lock them up like this. "After I presented you with my request, this is what you told me."Death continued showing Ian another set of completely different memories. An old man, wrinkly hand, white hair, hazy eyes. The room looked similar to the one he was in right now, and so was the person in front of them. "The me right now cannot save a world.""The blade has already lost it's edge.""I've grow
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Unfiltered Memories
"What do you mean by welcome back?"Ian asked, confused. As far as he could remember, never before in his life did he see this man or these scenes. And these weren't circumstances that he'd forget 'by chance' either. "After your first death, you came here.""First death.. Ah.. When I jumped down the bridge?"Ian remembered his last moments as Noah. The music that played, the scenery he watched on top of that bridge, they were all very memorable. Yet, he had no memory of coming to this place.But unlike Ian's thoughts, the guy in front of him shook his head in denial. Not understanding exactly which part he was denying, Ian tilted his head to the side slightly."What death are you talking about then?""You didn't die back then."The guy sat down on the bed, facing Ian and the endless hell behind him as he spoke. "When you were at the verge of losing consciousness, you heard a childs cry.""A child?""Yes. It was the final monster outbreak." Ian wondered what this guy was talking abo
