I Was Born With A Demon Lord Inside Of Me, Who Wants To Kill

Chapter 36: Whitebolts Origin III

Kenji was sleeping in Botans room. They talked to each other often. Sometimes the adventurer started touching him, but the kid always stopped him.  Kenji didn't think much of it, he was too young to understand. A couple of months has passed. Botan brought magic tests.

-Want to check your growth?

-Yes!

Kenji put his hands on the scroll.

-LVL 3 magic and 9000 PL. Not bad kid! You had 2000 PL when we started.

Kenji was happy about his powers. He turned 9 and the prince even gave him a present.

-This is for you, Kenji. – The prince smiled.

-A white suit? Thank you! I have never wore anything so expensive! – Kenji was happy beyond belief.

-Grow and serve the country well.

-Of course my prince!

Kenji tried out the suit. It was perfect fit.

-That looks... Good on you kid. – Said Botan.

-Are you okay? You are breathing heavily. – Asked the prince.

-I'm just tired from the training, heh. – Answered Botan.

It started to get dark. Kenji and Botan went to sleep. In the middle of the night, Kenji woke up from weird noises. He started to open his eyes. His vision was blurry. He saw a n***d man over him panting. He heard a door breaking down.

Kenji woke up. It was day. His head was aching.

-What was that nightmare? – He thought.

The boy looked on the bed and saw Botan wasn't there. When he looked around, the room was broken down and the furniture was torn apart.

-What happened here?

For some reason he could barely walk. He got out of the room. Guards were standing outside. They took him to the prince.

-Kenji! – Prince quickly rushed to him and hugged him – You poor boy, I'm so, so sorry!

Kenji got confused.

-W-what do you mean?

Emnei looked straight in the eyes of the boy.

-You, don't remember?

-Remember what? Where's Botan? – Kenji started to get worried.

-Botan! – Prince said his name in anger – He... He left us. He is on a trip and won't come back.

-What about our training?

-You have trained hard enough Kenji, it's time to rest. You can go back home. – Prince handed over a platinum coin and smiled.

-Are you sure? What about the promise I made? – Kenji didn't even care for the money.

-You can... Become an adventurer! You are strong enough, I bet you can become even stronger quickly!

That day, they packed all of Kenjis luggage and he returned home. Satoshi was happy about the kids return. With the money prince gave him, they brought a new house and Satoshi even opened a shop for stable income. He shared it with Harumis family. When Kenji hit 10, he became an adventurer. Harumi tried to support him with everything she had. She applied for an adventurer's school and at the age of 16, she became a receptionist at the adventurer's guild. Kenji had hit Tier 6 at the time and created a name for himself, Whitebolt. He always wore white suits as respect for the prince. Harumi and Whitebolt spent a lot of time together. At the age of 18, Whitebolt became a Tier 5 adventurer. His income gradually increased. Once, he met the prince near the adventurers guild.

-My prince! It has been years since I met you! For what did you come here?

When the prince saw him, he made a kind smile.

-How have you grown. You are even wearing white suits, the same ones I gifted you. I have an important topic to discuss, follow me.

-With pleasure! – Answered Whitebolt.

The prince, with his guards, arrived at a huge mansion.

-Do you remember Botan? – The prince asked.

-Of course! He was my tutor!

-Well, I don't want to keep this a secret anymore. You are a grown man, come inside.

The inside of the mansion was beautiful.

-Let us sit down.

When they sat down, the prince started talking.

-Botan became my personal guard when you were still a kid. After your incident, I didn't want your powers to go to waste. Pretty selfish right?

-No my prince! It was the best decision! – Answered Whitebolt.

The prince giggled, then frowned.

-There were multiple cases of kids getting kidn*pped, drugged and assaulted at that time. We could never catch the criminal and though he was a strong adventurer. We checked every single one of them. Everyone was proven innocent. Only Botan was left. I opposed the idea, but my parents still didn't trust him. At one night, a guard was on shift. He heard noises from your room and looked in. He saw Botan was on top of you while you were sleeping.

Whitebolt started to make a worried face. He leaned on the couch and started to bounce his leg.

-The guard immediately screamed. Botan was strong, a Tier 5 adventurer. He quickly killed the guard without any mercy. Multiple guards attacked him, but he took down everyone. Finally, one guard knew his weakness: Poison. He threw a poison dart at him, killing him instantly. I couldn't bear the fact that I trusted someone as filthy as him. I couldn't look at you in the eyes and let you go to live a normal life.

Whitebolt was in shock. He couldn't believe princes words. The prince stood up and put keys on the table.

-This is my present for your 18th birthday. This place is all yours.

Whitebolt didn't budge. He couldn't control his emotions. He was sad and angry. He even became mad at the prince, but didn't say anything.

-Goodbye my friend, serve the kingdom well. I will become king soon, look forward for that.

Whitebolt hasn't seen Emnei since that encounter. He didn't even go to his ceremony on becoming the king. His mood changed drastically since then. He was less happy and more serious. He became cruel and left his party of adventurers. He hasn't told anyone about his past and lives with that dark secret.

Whitebolt was sitting in his garden, enjoying the cold breeze. Rekka suddenly ran out of the mansion straight to him with a smile.

-Let's start training!

Whitebolt got up and rubbed Rekkas hair.

-Sure kid, come with me.