“Sensei! Sensei! Are you alright?!” Sharlan was sweating profusely. His arms trembled (Both from the exertion and the fact that he was weak and the fact that he was scared and the fact that 15 minutes ago, in the bathroom…) while trying to lift his teacher up off of the ground. The man was still as a rock. OH! A rock! I’ll heal him!
Sharlan summoned the RRR (Relativistic Rock of Restoration or whatever bs name I gave it last time). He smashed it into his teacher’s forehead. However, instead of restoring the body back to normal, the RRR went right through the teacher’s forehead. The skull was smashed with such ferocity that the brains splattered all over the walls. There was no longer a head on the corpse and upon the entrance of the other disciples at the most suitable moment, the murderer was holding the murder weapon.
“WAIT! NO! I….” Sharlan couldn’t make the words come out of his mouth. What is this messed up situation? Why did it end up like this? What’s going to happen to me now? I didn’t do it! I don’t deserve to be punished! I still have the king’s support right? His thoughts were racing and more descriptive things in a situation like this.
The other two disciples that had just walked in, paused for a moment to assess the situation. Then they continued like nothing important had just happened.
“Sharlan, they need you at the gates. It’s a messenger from the king.”
“HUh? WHat? You guys are de先生tized!” (deSenseitized) Ideas starting popping into Sharlan’s mind. Do they think this is a prank? Are they aware of what kind of situation this is? Can I actually get out of this? Why does it feel even more wrong that no one else is freaking out?
Sharlan couldn’t move. Frozen from the situation, he just sat there bewildered. The two disciples walked up to Sharlan and picked him up by the arms. They dragged him to the front gates to meet with the king’s messenger. Sharlan kept looking back. He saw his teacher’s body being dragged out of the dojo.
Are they taking me away? Is it over? Am I gonna go to prison? Be executed? Why is no one reacting? What if they are pranking me? “I see what you guys are doing here, heh heh. You’re just messing with me right?” The disciples just kept walking.
“Hello Sharlan! You’ve been summoned to the palace again. Please come with me.”
“What’s going on? Why is nothing happening? Am I gonna get executed?” Sharlan was about to cry.
“What? Why? What happened?”
“My teacher just died and no one is even reacting!”
“How, what happened?”
“He just died of mana overuse right in front of me! T…then I tried using the rock…”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that….. I do need you to follow me.”
Is this really the most I’ll get out if anyone? What? Why?
Anyway, enough of me attempting to display emotions. It’ll look better in the manga anyway. (look forward to that). They arrived at the palace.
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“Sharlan, I hear of your rapid progress and your mastery of magic. I would like to express my condolences for your sensei’s sudden death, however, I can arrange for a new master by tomorrow morning.”
“What? Already? Why is no one even mourning his death? Was he that unimportant? This is just wrong!”
“I understand how you might feel, but I can’t break off my deal with you as that would taint my name. I can offer a day of mourning and we can arrange a funeral if that is your desire.”
“Yeah, I think that much should at least be expected!”
“However, we do not have the time for such things at the moment. Let’s move on to the reason why I summoned you here.”
“Ok,...”
“We received word that the Demon Lord has already reached the southernmost city of Theta. I have assembled a group of two more highly skilled individuals, who I think capable of accompanying you and your party on this quest to defeat this terrible threat. Please accept this quest as you are one of the strongest adventurers in the whole country.”
“What about the army and the military?”
“Most of our forces are currently deployed. We have few spare resources right now and breaking formation to take on a threat on the other side of the country would only be worse for us. Especially when we have super capable adventurers such as you and the others assembled here. You can look at it as repaying your master for the skills he taught you by saving the lives of the people most near this rapidly approaching threat.”
“Fine, I accept this quest. But I would like my request to be fulfilled.”
“Oh, certainly. It will be done. Ok, I need you to move out today so that you can make it to the site as soon as possible and prevent as many casualties as you can. I have trust in your strength.”
The new members joined the party. The group went to the guild to stock up on mana potions and other gear and they all headed out as soon as they were ready.
“I’m Ashar Knockers.” said the sexy new member.
“I am Gutts.” said the hooded man. He then remained silent for the bulk of the trip.
The trip continued for almost 7 hours. Eventually, the group made it to the region of the report. They all started preparing for the attack that they had mapped out during the trip. Sharlan and Lesli were paired up and would approach from the east. The others also had their own designations.
“So, I guess we have to wait about 30 minutes until they give us the signal. I’ll need you to take care of any small fry that they miss. I have to conserve my mana until I see the Demon Lord himself. Does that plan sound good?”
“Yes. I think I’m ready.”
They got into their spots and watched the scene.
“Sharlan….”
“Yeah? What’s up?”
“You seem kind of unhappy today. You barely even said anything during the trip. Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m alright. I’m just focused on the mission.”
“That can’t be the whole story! I know you’re leaving out details since you’ve never acted this way before.”
“Like I said, I’m fine. I’m just really focused right now. This is the Demon Lord we’re fighting after all” his voice quavered a bit.
Suddenly, two gentle hands crossed in front of him and he felt a tight embrace from behind. Lesli leaned her forehead into his back and held this position for a minute or two. They stayed quiet. Then, Lesli spoke.
“Sharlan, I know that I can’t keep up with your intelligence or with your capabilities in magic, but I still want you to know that you can always rely on me. I am your slave after all even though you don’t treat me like one. Ah…anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for everything you’ve provided me with.” She quickly let go after these words and went back to her spot.
The flare was fired and each team rushed in. Lloyd acted as bait using his ability as the Chosen one to lure all of the small fry away from the fort. George and bro broke in through a side window and started clearing the way for Sharlan and Lesli. Soon, it was almost their turn to invade when they heard a shout a bit away from where the main commotion was happening. Sharlan quickly assessed the situation and dashed in to save the villager who was being attacked by the troll. Sharlan didn’t hesitate for one moment. He used his spell and absolutely incinerated the troll while completely avoiding the girl in distress.
I can’t let anything bad like that happen again! I was starting to think that there was no meaning to any of our lives. But, thank you Lesli. You showed me that there is. Maybe the king and his employees don’t see it that way, considering they didn’t even try to care for Sensei Atama, but as long as there are still people like you…
“T…Thank you! You saved my life!” said the damsel no longer in distress. This girl had blonde hair with pigtails reaching down towards her collar bone. The structure of her face made her a beauty in practically any attire and physical condition. Her blue eyes sparkled after looking up at her savior extending a hand. She reached out her gentle hand and took a hold of his. While getting up, she patted down her skirt with her other hand. She bent over and grabbed the small basket of vegetables that she had dropped and ran off back to her house, which was barely visible behind the dense trees.
Ok, I gotta go back, the signal was already fired.
“Sorry Lesli, I needed to help that girl out. Let’s do this..”
Wait, where am I?