My name is Zara Houll and I think I'm about to die if I can't escape this house on time. I'm having this bad feeling since the morning and it just gets worsening as time goes on. I always trust my instincts so I trusted them this time too. I secretly left the mansion just before nightfall. No one will notice my absence for a long time. When there is something interesting and new all of the Houlls are immediately focused on it. Except for me and my little cousin Charlotte.We both were different from the other Houlls while we grow up. We didn't have this obsessive curiosity in our family. And I'm glad about it. When they focus on something they easily forget the world around them. Just like the last couple of days. We decipher the data of Andrew's experiments which I uploaded to our system previously to attract my uncle's attention. James Houll, my uncle, is the current head of our family. We can't disobey him as he controls everything our family has.About three weeks ago I was doing
'It was... easier than I thought.'Oscar looked at the dissipating corpse of the toad spirit. He first thought that it was going to be another life and death battle but when he tried to measure the amount of mana his opponent has he was surprised. That toad spirit only has a mana amount of an Inferior Class. The only problem was its troublesome ability of it. Being able to release shockwaves and doing it with the entirety of its body was something he didn't expect to face.He would have easily died because of the shockwaves damaging his internal organs. But thankfully his mana and hex strengthened body was able to withstand the shockwaves. Since the toad didn't have any other abilities he easily killed it by stabbing its core with a water spear. He took the spiritual core that was left from the vanishing corpse."It's really unfortunate that all of the people here just died because of the effects of our short battle. I would have liked to interrogate some of them."The basement was in
Evelyn took a deep breath. Her legs were shaking. The scene in front of her was both shocking and horrifying for her. There were crimson flames everywhere burning anything in their path. She could also see heavily injured people scattered around. "M-m-monster..." A single word fell from her lips albeit barely. Her eyes were focused on the back of the young boy. He was on his knees and passed out while standing like that. He was also the center and the reason for these crimson flames that can burn everything. She gulped and take a step forward. Her target was the person who was checking on the boy. At her every step her tension grew and eventually, she stopped just a few meters away from both the boy and his grandfather. "M-master..." She called out to the older person. She was still scared of the intensely burning crimson flames around. The older man looked at her with a serious face. The face she always saw was filled with kindness and sincere emotions but now there wasn't any tr
(Zara's POV)Luna Edgar. Someone who owes me a debt. She is also the daughter of one of the strongest families in the Daxhoull. A year ago she asked me for help. To cover something she had done. She killed an ordinary high schooler, Nora Crest. It was weird. I didn't understand why she asked for help with something as easy as covering the death of someone ordinary.I soon understand why she asked for help. All of the family heads in the Daxhoull begin searching for one who is responsible for the death of Nora Crest in a panic. Turns out she was related to someone scary enough to make every influential family. I never learned who that person was. My uncle kept refusing to talk about it. He looked scared to death whenever I tried to talk to him about this so I stopped before he did something stupid because of his fear.I can't help but remember that night. Luna first called me just before nine. She told me that she needed my help. When I went to the place she told me to, I saw her and s
She kept muttering and the symbols started to change shapes. Their shapes... became twisted... In the middle of the paper, some liquid gathered and outlines of some words started to appear. But before anything could happen the paper suddenly turned apart by itself and Luna fell to the ground with a scream."Luna!"I was extremely worried about seeing her fall to the ground. I quickly helped her to the nearby sofa. She seemed to be deathly pale. I couldn't understand what was happening. She was just fine until that paper suddenly torn apart by itself."Luna! Are you okay?!""I'm fine. It's just... there is a backlash of failed spells.""Blacklash?""Our witchcraft works with special energy called essence. Essence is the core of a witch. It's their life force and every witch's essence is unique and different from others.""...that sounds like it's coming out of some fantasy novel. But I think I shouldn't be surprised about things like this anymore."One after another supernatural things
"Alright, it's time to remodel the cave!"Oscar announced with a loud voice. Izumi, Charlotte, Kairi, and Akane all looked at him with weird expressions on their faces. The gloomy Oscar from a day ago was gone and he was now cheerful. It was weird to see all of them."Has he finally gone crazy, nibi?""Akane! Don't say mean things. He was just having difficult times.""Guys, I can hear you, you know."Oscar released a sigh. He knew why their reaction was like this. Until yesterday he was gloomy because of everything going on. Learning about the government and Houlls' co-operation was a big worry for him. He was thankful for Kairi's previous advice on keeping an ordinary student identity.Keeping himself hidden would allow him freedom but revealing himself was extremely dangerous because he couldn't guess what it could lead to. That unknown factor was scaring him. But he couldn't let his fears control him. He had to ready himself and face them properly. So today he decided to be cheerf
Because of everything she went through she already closed her heart. She only acts friendly with everyone even though she didn't want to, to not be abandoned by them, to not get left alone and buried in her loneliness, again. Oscar was already nicer to her than anyone she ever come across in the last years. So she didn't want to lose this person and his group.But it was incredibly hard for her to act friendly with everyone, not because they were bad people. But because she was instinctively refusing to open her heart to the others. She couldn't change this. She already tried to open her heart before but she left with disappointment several times by now. She was far too many times betrayed by people she come across since her childhood.'If it's him, maybe... Just maybe things will be different this time...' She wished in her heart. She turned her head away to hide her blushing cheeks. After so long she had a hope to gain a friend and maybe a place she could truly call home. That hope
"Clans are classified as three separate segments. These are called, Noble Clans, Great Clans, and Big Clans. The clans are divided into these segments according to their numbers and sometimes to their war potential and military power.Noble Clans, have to at least have a number of ten thousand people in their ranks. There are only four noble clans and they were fighting alongside the emperor back in the imperial age. Each noble clan has three great clans they have under its rule. Meaning they were the biggest part of the old military of the Sanraisu.For the Great Clans, it's a bit different. They usually have more than a thousand and less than ten thousand people in their ranks. There is an exception for this. Tsukine Clan. I will explain it a bit later. Anyway, my clan was also part of this segment. Great clans are under the rule of noble clans because in the past some great clans tried to rebel. They have perished at the hands of the noble clans but they still caused heavy damage t