Chapter 62: Reunion
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Iron fist knocks my body to the ground.
It hurts my body was hurting so bad. I can't move my body the way I wanted.
Move or else this man is going to kill me.
I keep on struggling to move an inch of my body.
“This is your fault. This is what you get for going on my way. This bloodshed is a result of your own belief.”
“You’re the one making this bloodshed!”
“You’re still a child, but bloodshed is a necessity. Without bloodshed, the world will never be in balance. Killing is always needed for one to achieve the goal. I’m just one of those people. I will use and step on other people just to achieve my goal!”
“s**t head! You're a piece of crap! What so good about being a hero anyway?”
“Fame, wealth and power… People considered heroes can do anything in this world. I will become one of those heroes and my heroic take will be passed down to generations. Immortalizing my name forever and ever!”
Ironhead then made a laugh as he told me his plan.
He's making his own heroic tale. A planned biased tale. A tale that will lead to fool kids in the future.
Like hell, I’ll approve of that!
“... I’m surprised that you get Nagi in your side. Well, she's a monster contractor. Just by capturing and killing her I will be justified in the name of justice.”
“I had enough with your stories… I do not need to know your history or your goal. You're a bad person and I’m here to kill you.”
I said as I stood up. I made a sword stance and run straight to Ironhead’s position. Ironhead comes prepared and swings his sword before I mage to strikes him.
“Iron smash!”
Using Air force skill power, I blast myself up to the air. Above his head, I swing my sword and slashed the back of his body.
“Wind blade!”
My sword was carved through his iron armor. Blood was splashed on the ground.
He turned his body and collided with the next swing of my sword.
Looking to him with clear unwavering eyes. I continuously move my body to swing my sword.
The same way Ironhead replies.
Clash of our sword sparks and echoed. None of us wanted to lose the fight.
If shitty people like him disappeared. The world will become a better place. If people like him were killed many people will be happy.
“That light again. This kid's body is glowing...”
The strength of my sword continuously increases. Each s***h contains a heavy attack. Ironhead was still intercepting each of my attacks with his sword.
“Interesting! A monster! A hero will slay a monster and a monster contractor! This is the best! The best way to dispose of the vermins of this world!”
Monster! Monster! Monster!
“I’m not a monster!”
I screamed and swing my sword striking his sword. Cutting it down to two.
The broken blade falls and struck the ground. I bent my body down and with my two hands, I gripped my sword tightly channeling magical power on it.
“Like hell that I will let you do that! Iron hammer!”
A huge block of iron appeared on top of me.
Before it fell. Taki and Yumi go and destroys it. The iron crumbles apart with Taki’s fist and Yumi’s kick.
“Laura finished him!” 2x
They shouted.
“Lightning swift!”
Lightning ignited on my sword and body. A powerful high-speed s***h strikes Ironhead body armor. Blasting his body to the clock tower’s lower part.
Nagi whose standing on the top of the tower leaps to the back of the monster and made her way out of danger.
“No way… Kids manage to defeat Knight Ironhead… Our hero…”
The citizens can’t believe what they saw.
I don’t know why they feel bad about us defeating the false hero. They are all looking angry at us.
“A girl with white hair? A scarlet red eyes? A kid that contracting monsters to attack the citizens…”
“These kids are monsters… They are humanity's enemy!”
The citizen started throwing rocks at us.
Nagi draws scribbles in the air and destroys the rocks. She then slices the ground open. Creating a line between us and the citizens.
“You people don’t have the right to say that. This place is not even yours, to begin with. This island belongs to the mouse deity monsters. Two years ago people and mouse monsters are helping out each other in this city living in peace. It's always like that before the end of the industrial age. But all of you became greedy and vanished the mouse monster discriminating them after they helped you.”
“Monsters are monsters… People siding with monsters are the terrible ones.”
Before we launch our attack.
Nagi explained to us why she wanted to defeat Ironhead. Ironhead fooled the people and frame up the mother mouse of eating people.
Because of that made-up story, the mouse monster that is friends with all of the people in Motorstrike discriminated against it and cage it. But Ironhead plan keeps on moving using Mother mouse children to fool the citizen on him doing heroic things by defeating the monsters and showing it off.
Before I remember, my mother told me that I can’t label races with one thing.
I can’t understand it by that time but this must be it.
Not all monster needs to die and not all people are terrible.
The people living in Motorstroke city still believe that this place doesn’t belong to mouse monsters anymore.
“Aren’t you people ashamed for not respecting the monsters that protect this city hundreds and hundreds of years ago! The laborers living in this city were the true foreigners. Our lineage and Mouse monsters are living here before this city was called Motorstroke city… If someone needs to leave this city it’s not us. It’s the workers of the city!”
Nagi said loudly.
The citizens were remaining speechless.
Looks like they can’t say anything because they are all guilty of this crime. They wanted the land that doesn’t belong to them, to begin with.
Now that the true owners of the land came to retrieve it they fight as they own it.
In the end, these people are thieves and innocent kids were fooled with such lies. Creating beliefs for themselves.
While I look at the people. I notice a giant loom of shadows moving around. I turned my head upward and saw the dragon.
From the dragon, a glitter flashes, and something crashed to the ground.
With us noticing Nagi’s body was pierced by a sword. In front of her was a girl wearing knight armor.
Her blue hair radiating with the moonlight. Her blue sapphire-like eyes. An extremely familiar girl appeared before my eyes.
“That might be true, but monsters are humans, natural enemies. I would never gonna let monsters live in this world. Not a single one of them must exist.”
“Mayu?”
“Laura… Are you with them? Are you one of humanity's enemies?”
“It's a miss understanding Mayu… Nagi just wants to save the mouse monsters. They didn’t do anything to people.”
“How can you say that? Do you have proof or evidence that they do it?”
I look down on the ground and reply.
“Nope… I don't have any of that... "
This girl in front of me was Mayu. She is my childhood friend A cheerful girl that always very kind to me. Why she’s acting like this? It feels like she’s a different person right now.
“... Laura his hurts me, but I have no choice…”
Mayu swings her sword around. A blade of light emerges from it. Cutting Nagi’s body in half.
Followed by it she moves closer in my direction and raised her sword.
“Laura I’m sorry…”
“Mayu?”
Yumi blocked the sword with her dagger, Taki charges and kicks Mayu's stomach. A few distances away from Mayu, Yumi swings her blade and chant her ability.
“Full counter!”
A blade of light emerges and flies in Mayu’s direction. Mayu intercepts it with her sword. Mayu looks at us like we are monsters.
It's the kind of eye Mayu would never give to me.
My tears flow from my eyes and asked her.
“Hey… A-Are you really Mayu? Answer me! Mayu will never gonna do something horrible to me. Are you just someone with the same face as Mayu? Where did you hide Mayu? Where is Mayu?!”
“Laura… Monster needs to be killed. In my eyes, I can tell that you have a monster soul. Before you are killed by someone else. It's much better to kill you on my hands. I’ll do it painlessly. Because you're important to me. You should die and meet your mother. This world is cruel and horrible. Someone like you is not fitting in this world.”
Mayu said and shed tears as she talked to me.
Her face seems like she is going through lots of pain.
“Are you for real Mayu?”
I can’t believe it… The girl I’m searching for appeared in front of me. I was very happy but. After seeing her current state. I wonder if our dream can still be realized.
Our dream of traveling the whole world. Smiling and doing exciting things together.
From my sling bag. I took the book that represents our dream.
“Mayu… Do you still remember this? You promised me to travel the world. Smile together and eat many fried chickens! Are you lying to me all this time? Mayu.?”
I was desperate to remind her of our colorful dream. Our smiles on that day we live in Rum town. Those peaceful innocent days.
“Of course, how can I forget about that… Laura… “
More tears fell on Mayu’s eyes.
I then noticed that her hands were shaking. Her sword was unstable.
She is truly Mayu.
But this reunion was not the kind of reunion I’m expecting.
- Writer
