As soon as they looked toward the voice, a boy with black hair and eyes was standing there, in this place that should have no one, suddenly a boy appeared. The man, completely covered in black, was struggling in his mind to understand what was happening; his partners should be watching the area so that no one interfered.

(Still, where did this boy come from?)

thought the man dressed in black. But even so, everything was still fine; even not knowing how this boy got to that place, all he needed to do was kill him. With this in mind, the man dressed in black disappeared from where he was and soon after appeared behind the boy.

In seconds, the boy's head was rolling on the ground, stopping right at the foot of the bandit who seemed to be the boss of the bandits. As soon as he saw the young man's head on the ground, the bandit showed a scowl on his face, as if he didn't like something.

"I really don't like it when innocent people are involved"

Said the bandit, sighing. Meanwhile, the girl shed small strands of tears from her eyes, she couldn't believe that because of her, someone innocent who had nothing to do with the situation ended up being involved. The boy clearly had no notion of what was happening and was simply lost.

But even so, now he would never be able to return home, his family would never see him again, all because he indirectly got involved with her. At this moment, the girl would rather be dead, she would be much more useful to the boy dead than alive, but unfortunately, her words would never reach him, or at least that's what she was thinking.

"You didn't even let me finish speaking"

Suddenly a voice echoed in the place. The girl easily recognized that voice, looking up, she saw the same boy who had been killed seconds ago sitting on top of the carriage while looking at the situation calmly. Even though the girl was not understanding what was happening, more tears fell from her eyes; the boy was alive and well. Somehow this filled the girl's heart with hope.

***

Just before going to the place, I used cloning and made my clone appear in my place. Meanwhile, I was in a hidden place watching the situation. But still, I didn't think they would kill me as soon as they saw me.

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"As I was saying, I'm kind of lost, so could you guys give me some information?"

I said as I looked between the man in black and the bandit. Both the man in black and the bandit seemed surprised that I was alive; their eyes were wide, and they seemed unsure how to react. The other bandits seemed to be waiting for orders from the boss to act.

"You must be wondering how I'm alive, right? Well... look at the body you beheaded"

I said as I pointed to my own body. Maybe because they didn't know how to react, everyone instinctively looked at my body, in seconds, everyone's eyes became even wider as they witnessed my body turning into a black mist and coming toward me, merging with me right away.

"As you can see, that was just a clone"

I said disinterestedly.

"But... you seem to be doing something important... did I interrupt something?"

I said sarcastically as I smiled. After that, I looked slightly at the girl wearing a dress; her eyes were glued to me as small drops of tears fell from her beautiful golden eyes.

"You... who are you... and who do you work for?"

Asked the man dressed in black, looking angry. As soon as I looked at him, our eyes met. I could see various emotions reflected in his eyes: anger, anxiety, doubt, and fear.

"Me? I'm just an ordinary boy who is lost, just like I said before"

I said as I looked at the man. Hearing my words, the man dressed in black seemed to get even angrier.

"That's impossible. No ordinary person could use magic. From which god did you receive a blessing? Answer me"

Said the man as he shouted. Of course, I didn't intend to answer any of his questions, but it still gave me some answers. Wherever this place is, people can only use magic if they have a blessing.

"Magic? Blessing? I'm sorry, but I don't know what you are talking about"

I said, playing dumb.

"I guess I'll have to make you tell me"

Said the man, drawing a dagger. He seemed to be hiding the dagger in his arm. After that, the man disappeared again from where he was and reappeared behind me. A few seconds later, I felt something touch my neck, but that was all. As soon as I looked away, I saw the man looking at me with wide eyes. His dagger, although it was pressed against my neck, was not cutting me.

"Sorry, friend. I am quite resistant to physical attacks"

I said with a smile on my face. Hearing my words, the man disappeared again and reappeared in the distance near a tree.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? COME OUT AND HELP ME KILL THIS BOY"

Shouted the man dressed in black, but still, nothing happened. The man dressed in black looked around, not being able to understand what was happening.

"You are calling your companions. I am sorry, but they probably won't come"

I said, making the man look at me with wide eyes.

"I tried to ask them for information, but they tried to attack me without even listening to what I had to say. Pretty rude people, if you ask me"

I said nonchalantly. Hearing my words, the man looked at me with angry eyes, injected with blood. He looked like he wanted to kill me right there.

"You... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY MEN?"

Asked the man, screaming. Hearing his question, I made a gesture, asking him to look up. Following my command, as soon as the man looked up, his eyes widened, along with all the others who also looked in the same direction.