Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Rogue Journey
/ Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Rogue Journey Vol 3 Chapter 6
"......What is it?"
"You leave first, go outside and see if Majic is there."
"Alright, but aren't you coming?"
He looked directly at Cleo, then simply pointed at Hirietta.
"This mansion, these monsters lived here. It's too dangerous for you to stay, but me and Hirietta should be fine."
"…........."
Orphen avoided direct eye contact with Cleo, he went on to say:
"Once you find Majic, tell him to put oil around the house and set it on fire, that should be enough."
"Fire?"
Cleo said with a puzzled expression.
"If we set the mansion on fire, what about you?"
"We'll find a way to escape, don't worry about us."
Orphen finisehd talking, he the pointed towards the exit and told Cleo to leave.
"Please, don't leave too late. You've got to get out before all the exits are blocked."
"I know......"
Orphen pushed her, and turned his head. She took a couple of steps forwards, she stopped——turned her head, and gently said:
"Orphen, am I a burden to you?"
"Yes, most of the time you are a burden to me......"
Hearing this, Cleo was instantly hurt, her face became distorted. Orphen looked at her face, and said:
"Not in that way, both you are Majic are burdens that weigh me down——without you, god knows where I'd be drifting."
"….........?"
Cleo didn't say anything. She quickly ran towards the exit, she turned back, with mixed feelings, she said:
"Don't get burned."
"…...Huh. No matter what you say, she still listens."
Hirietta joked. Orphen was too lazy to correct her.
(If I go back to being Krylancelo——I will return to the life of a combat black sorcerer. But since Cleo is still alive, I will remain a loan shark for the time being.)
In short, he's doing it all for her.
"…...Is this it?"
Orphen crossed his arms. They were on the second floor. After a decade of no one cleaning the house, dust piled up everywhere, though this room was fairly clean. It didn't feel natural at all, all the rooms windows were nailed shut, the room was very dark. They could make out a bookcase, an empty vase on a table, also on the table was a black and white photo. The bed in the room had a doll in the shape of a bear between the two pillows.
"Yes. I forgot something."
Hirietta said as she stepped into the room, Orphen followed her, and said:
"Is this your room?"
"Yes. Here......look, I found it."
On the table was a beautiful diary, she picked it up. Then he patted the dust off of it, and held it close to her chest.
Orphen was more interested in what was next to the diary, it was a picture frame——an old black and white photo, it was a man and a woman standing together. The tall young man looked familiar, upon closer inspection, the girl beside him looked like Hirietta. She hadn't changed much over the years, but for some reason the girl in the photo looked more mature, she had long hair, some flowers, and was wearing a long bow.
Both the young girl and man stood side by side, they had their hands on each other’s shoulders and were smiling. Orphen could tell that the man was Samii, he had changed much from his picture.
"Is this you in the photo?"
"…...Yeah."
Hirietta then turned towards him, exposing a sarcastic smile.
"I bet you want to ask me some questions."
"No, none."
Orphen shrugged. After he regained his strength, he healed his wrist injury. Even though his entire body hadn't fully recovered, this was no problem for him.
"For some reason, I feel like I can't let this place go."
"…...Can you think of a reason?"
"Maybe its Samii, maybe I want to burn with him in this place."
After he listened to her words, for a slight moment, her lips trembled.
"I think its my duty, I need to be here until his very last moment."
"Is it because you love him?"
"Yes."
"I was just fifteen years old at the time."
"Its because you were a young girl."
She touched the cover of her diary——then looked around for a place to sit, she sat on the dust covered bed, and continued talking.
"Samii was really good to me——I was just some wandering homeless girl. This diary, he gave it to me for my birthday——he prepared everything in this room, Samii said he got most of the things after the death of his sister, I could tell that he missed her dearly, but I tried not to think of myself as her replacement. You know, he taught me everything from reading to writing, he even got me to live here with Fonogorosu......"
"Regardless of Samii's intent, Fonogorosu had his own plans."
Orphen knew Fonogorosu had ulterior motives——he took the words right from Hirietta's mouth, she wanted to say this, and Orphen could see the rising anger in her eyes.
"It's obvious that a man like Fonogorosu would not feed and clothe someone he didn't know for no reason."
"That's right, he wanted to use me for an experiment, not Samii."
A sarcastic smile went across her face, as her fingers touched the cover of her diary.
"As far as common sense is concerned, no one would willingly sacrifice their body. All the assistants were afraid......and then Fonogorosu went mad, when it came to my clothes——"
She was referring to her black leather clothing.
"This is something that was involved in the development of a man-made beast, it was made for my fifteen year old self, now it's a little uncomfortable. Fonogorosu wanted to use this for killing sorcerers."
(Is this what happened to Hirietta after being merged with a man-made beast?)
Orphen thought, but he didn't want to ask her if it was true. He decided to ask something else.
"In the end, you weren't transformed?"
Upon hearing this, she laughed out loud.
"No——when I was thrown into the culture tank, Samii pulled me out at the last moment. However, he fell into the tank while pulling me out, Fonogorosu then transformed him instead of me."
At the same time, she hit the bed with her hand.
"There was nothing I could do——every day I went down to the basement and looked into the culture tank that held Samii, on the last day, before he lost consciousness——he said to me, kill me now. Right after that——"
A cold smile froze on her lips.
"He became the first client of the foolish dog Hirietta, and the last."
"I see......you've had a lot to think about."
After Orphen said that, she laughed.
"Don't take me for a fool, I wasn't born yesterday, Samii is——he's just a memory of my first love. In the eight years since I lost him, I haven't really loved another man. But even so, I couldn't let him suffer like that, that's why over these last eight years I've been looking for a sorcerer that could kill him. When I heard news that you disappeared from the Tower of Fang, I became overjoyed, I knew that would be able to kill Samii. I didn't hesitate using Ostwald to help find you, because I couldn't afford to fail in my endeavour."
"There's something I don't understand."
Orphen sternly said. He asked:
"After Samii left Cleo, I didn't see him go anywhere. Where is he now? You know, right?"
"He's somewhere in this house, probably waiting to seize an opportunity."
"Why hasn't he come to attack?"
"Since you killed all the man made beasts, he's probably confused. He must have believed that such a thing was impossible. You said that you were going to burn the mansion, will that kill Samii?"
Orphen felt that she wanted to take revenge. He replied:
"If he's dispersed throughout the house, then nows a good time."
He then went towards the barricaded window——he punched through the wood, opening a hole in the window, dazzling white light shot into the dark room. It was the afternoon, there was some time before it was evening——
Smoke could be seen from outside the window. Orphen waved the smoke away, and said:
"It's begun. Cleo has done her job, Majic and Vulcan have been mobilized. Vulcan is just like a child......he's quite the fire starter."
"Will this fire kill Samii?"
Hirietta asked, Orphen said that it would.
"His body is composed of gas, though its probably closer to oxygen. This buildings made out of wood......his body will surely react with the flammable substances. If he can't get out, he'll turn back into dust."
"…........."
Hirietta swallowed. Orphen said to her:
"We can escape using my magic. If you want to witness Samii's last moment, then I won't stop you. If you stay here, you will die within ten minutes."
After listening to Orphen, Hirietta nodded——she didn't say anything. Orphen didn't know if she was going to stay or not.
"Hirietta——eight years ago he died, even if you don't want to admit it, what's left of him will die. You will be burdened no longer."
"You know, there's something I want to say to you."
"What is it?"
"Thank you."
"Huh?"
Orphen shrugged.
"After listening to what you said about Fonogorosu and Samii, it made me happy."
"…...Listen......"
Orphen clenched his fist, and said:
"If you really want to stay here, then——I won't stop you. People die all the time for nothing——but I'd rather have you listen to my opinion on the matter——"
"Your opinion?"
She asked, Orphen didn't speak for a moment, he didn't know what to say——
"I don't want someone like you to die."
Unconsciously his face went serious.
Then——
She laughed out loud, she found this hilarious. Orphen maintained a look of displeasure on his face, he regretted uttering such words.
***
"Haha, haha!"
Vulcan was swinging his arms like a mad man, as he laughed in front of the burning house. His flag was sitting on his shoulder, it read: Vulcan's third Chamber of commerce, let's laugh as the marvellous fire consumes the monsters and the loan shark!
Vulcan proudly shouted:
"This is it! This is what I've been waiting for!"
"…........."
The assassin Kozen watched as Vulcan directed his brother Dortin and the children to pour oil around the house.
"Hey! Don't get too close to the fire! Lloyd!"
Cleo skilfully ordered the children, Majic stood behind her. Dortin tugged at the hem of his shirt, the blonde haired boy turned around.
"What?"
Dortin anxiously said:
"Ah......is this okay? Will the village people just let us burn down this house......"
"I don't think so......"
Majic said, with a blank expression on his face. Dortin then whispered:
"Although I'm not my brother, it wouldn't be good if the loan shark burned to death. Especially if you guys were to blame us."
"You really do talk too much......"
Majic stopped talking, he saw that the flames were now reaching the roof.
"I hope Master knows what he's doing......he's responsible for all of this."
"You really have no sense of responsibility."
Dortin said, Majic disagreed with him, he said:
"How can you say that? This whole thing was Master's idea, he should be the one to take responsibility. This is a very rational way of thinking."
"Really? Because that sounds like something Vulcan would say."
Dortin asked, he was puzzled. Suddenly, he heard a scream, it was his brothers voice.
"Whaaaaaaaat?"
Looking back, Dortin saw the little children pouring oil around Vulcan, it seemed they wanted to take revenge. One of them threw a match, the oil was set alight——
"Fire."
"Fire!"
Majic and Dortin shouted, Vulcan ran around in a circle, desperate to escape.
Cleo saw this, and quickly said:
"Ah! Kaufman, get some water!"
"Yes, sister."
"I poured some! Uh, ah! My mistake, that was oil."
The fire grew larger, Vulcan was flung into a frenzy, Kozen then walked towards Majic. The assassin had bloodstained clothes from a previous battle, however his injuries weren't deep. He said:
"If it's alright with you, I'm going to leave."
"Um, okay......"
Majic said, he was surprised, and asked:
"But, aren't you going to help?"
"…........."
Kozen deliberately ignored him, then a moment later, he spoke:
"No, I'm not."
His gaze drifted in the direction of Cleo.
Majic noticed this, and said:
"Well, if you are interested in Cleo I suggest you give up, you'll find out she's nothing but trouble."
"I'm not interested in a little girl like her!"
Kozen shouted in a loud voice. Dortin and Majic were both visibly shaken.
Dortin looked up to the assassin, and said:
"Anyway, please take care, mister."
"Call me Kozen."
"Hey."
Majic interrupted.
"No matter what you do, your still a good for nothing assassin. Your kind is despicable."
"…...That wasn't very nice......"
Dortin said. Kozen squinted, his face was difficult to see, but he only sighed, he quickly forgot about it and turned around.
"Maybe......"
Majic said slowly.
"That man has no sense of presence, something in his life would need to chance before he stopped being an assassin."
(Though I think that's highly unlikely.)
Dortin didn't answer, he just watched Kozen walk further away. Now the house was completely on fire, the only thing that could be heard was the burning of the house, and the yelling of Vulcan.
***
He knew that he could just leave these people——
However he couldn't feel any pain, but that was exactly what he needed to remember.
Over time, he had the feeling that he was getting "thinner", the howling flames were all around him, taking apart his body——there was no way of knowing where it would go.
He only knew that his body was destined to go somewhere. But after he departs, what would he be leaving behind? This vague question plagued his thoughts. However, he knew that his true self died long ago, what remained was only that shell that wouldn't last much longer. After one hour, the big house burned to the ground, and what was left of him disappeared.
He didn't know where most of his body has gone, but his consciousness remained.
.........
"Ever since I came to this village, it's really been a nice long day."
He heard those words before, it was a familiar voice, a voice that filled him with nothing but horror and despair, but he couldn't remember it. Who are you? Fonogorosu? This world, will it end because of him?
"I intend to repay you, Orphen."
That voice was also familiar, upon hearing it, it filled him with grief.
"It doesn't matter, I wasn't expecting any kind of compensation."
"Your welcome to it. Anyway......the house has been completely burned down."
"It was old, and the wood was very dry."
"Huh?"
"Look, it's him."
"…........."
Naturally, he was speechless.
"Samii doesn't seem to be completely burnt."
"…...Only a little."
"Its possible that he regenerated, or maybe there wasn’t any combustible materials near him to burn him."
"…...There was some."
"Hey, Hirietta?"
She pulled on the back zipper of her outfit, she pulled it down and a handful of mist fluttered into the air——It was the part of Samii that didn't burn, Hirietta held it in her arms like a mother would hold a child, she the picked up a red hot iron from the still burning rubble, and plunged it into her chest.
"Hirietta!"
Someone screamed behind her.
She refused to respond to him——she just wanted to think of that vision she had in her mind. In that vision she saw the hot burning iron burning her skin, her body sweating——the pain was getting more intense, but her brain could only think of one thing.
(I will never forget about you——)
Her chest was badly damaged——but in this wound she saw Samii disappearing, she said:
"Rest in peace, in my chest."
The fog then dissipated, it was gone.
She looked back, Orphen looked like a fool, she said to him:
"Could you do me a favour and heal my wound?"
She propped up her upper body, pulled the zipper back up, and smiled.
Chapter end
|
Report
|
|
Donate
Oh o, this user has not set a donation button.
|
