" Hey, Dad!" Young Indhra looked at Kyra, who was seven at the time.
" What is it?" He gave a smile," What are you so excited about?" He knelt to reach Kyra's height.
It looked like they were at the cafe. It was closing time, and all the workers were working on closing the cafe(Indhra included).
Kyra showed him a picture she drew. It was horrifying to look at. Kyra was herself disturbed by her own drawing.
" Uhh.." Indhra looked at her," Wait... You drew this?" Kyra nodded. Indhra, with a tense look, asked," Where did you see this?"
Kyra looked at him," In... my dream." Indhra bit his lip with frustration. He thought in his mind," Shit!"
" Kyra! If you see anything like this again, say it to me!" Indhra shouted with a serious look.
PRESENT
" So, I somehow saw my own future in my dream." Kyra from the inside commented as she saw the horrifying look on Shinsetsu.
CH-25
REUNION
Shinsetsu held the sword with such force that it shattered. She didn't lose herself, nor was this an awakening; this was just her true form.
The red aura dissipated as if it had never appeared, but that was the moment when the witnesses realized it was all in their imagination.
The leader commanded his soldiers to advance and kill Shinsetsu," Kill her goddamnit!"
Shinsetsu smirked as if she saw the fate of all the soldiers rushing towards her.
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" *sighs*" Indhra was tired, his eyes looked tired as he saw Gunther down on the ground, sitting while taking support from a pillar located in the center.
Indhra's lightning dimmed, his bond with Gunther sparing him despite Taka's betrayal.
" You're not going to kill me?" Asked Gunther with his curiosity popping out through his words.
Indhra calmly replied with a trustworthy and calming smile on his face," You know, you were only the few who respected me, who was my friend. I cannot betray a person like you, who has a good heart; my body just doesn't work like that."
Gunther looks at Indhra's calming eyes, and he then looks down, still not believing the truth. Indhra said," Why can't we, instead of fighting, instead of killing, instead of having a feeling of vengeance, why just can't we live in peace? Why must the opposite side always have to die? Why can't we make a world where people live in peace?"
Gunther's eyes widened while still looking down. He then slowly looked up straight at Indhra's eyes," That's what we are doing. That is what Taka is trying to achieve!"
Indhra's eyes fell like he had a feeling of disappointment.
Suddenly, a few senbans pierced through Gunther's neck, missing the vitals. Indhra looked to the side to see Shido and Aldred.
" Don't worry, he isn't dead; these senbans have some poison which just leaves the others in a state of sleep." Said Shido.
" What took you guys so long?" Indhra asked with a serious look, and his smile faded away.
" Ahh, well, you see, Gindra, we were fighting this strong guy who was using these senbans." Indhra gave an annoyed look while shouting at Shido," MY NAME IS INDHRA!"
" Well, where is Kyra? This Shido guy said that he could sense Kyra." His eyes widened,"Did you see her?" Aldred asked with a straight face.
Indhra looked to the door, which again had closed," She is inside, but it is not Kyra!"
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Shinsetsu's right leg went back, getting ready for a sprint. A whirl of dust flew from her feet as her body moved.
The soldiers came near. Each step made her closer to a murderer.
A person comes from her left with a dagger and tries to stab her head with his right hand. Shinsetsu's eyes turned left slowly as she used her right hand to grab the person's right hand, which caused the dagger to slip out of his fist.
The dagger fell near Shinsetsu's left leg as she kicked it up and held it with her left hand, quickly slicing through the person's throat, with blood splattering on the ground as the person fell.
Shinsetsu threw the dagger to her right and quickly held it with her right hand as she saw three people coming towards her, trying to surround her.
Three soldiers closed in, their boots pounding.
The center one swung a fist at her face; Shinsetsu ducked, her eyes scanning right, left, center. She sliced the left soldier's thigh, blood gushing as he collapsed, then hurled the dagger into the right soldier's face, the blade piercing his eye with a wet crunch. Her leg swept low, tripping the center soldier, and she leaped, spinning mid-air. Her 360-degree kick cracked the left soldier's jaw, blood and teeth flying, while her stolen dagger, reclaimed in a flash, gutted another rushing foe, entrails spilling as he screamed.
" What the hell..." The leader gulped," What in the world was that?" He questioned himself as he saw Shinsetsu menacingly walking towards her goal.
The doors opened, men, women, and their children coming out of their houses to witness this beautiful murder.
Blood splattered everywhere, and people hid their children from witnessing this.
Organs, muscles, nothing was safe from her.
Few people came out of their houses and saved the women who were still smiling while looking at the dead bodies of their oppressors.
The leader started to feel scared. First time in his life, he was feeling this scared.
He turned back to see a spear and removed it from its place, but it was too late as he heard a table being pushed by its place. As he turned back, he felt the immense demon aura.
He saw Shinsetsu pushing down the table, which held the child which causing the child to fall on the ground.
He didn't get time to react as he saw the menacing fist coming towards him. He felt the punch through his tissues.
He fell on the ground as the spear fell on the ground. He turned back with a scared look on his face, with his nose and head bleeding.
Shinsetsu picked the spear from the ground.
The leader used his hand to navigate, but then he felt a dead end. He turned back, using his hand to stop what was going to happen to him.
Shinsetsu pushed his hands and held him by his throat and pulled him up.
" You sweet nobles think the world is for you guys, but let me reveal something about me, I am a noble just like you, I am a Setsu, and I have already seen all of this, your death, my death, and my husband's death, everything has already been written. But for jerks like you, even fate has given up." She pushed him up.
Shinsetsu's spear tore through the noble's jaw, blood and bone splintering as his body collapsed, the dome's floor a crimson mire.
She had a menacing smile on her face.
She smashed the feet of the spear on the rocky ground, breaking a portion of the ground to fit the spear to hold onto itself.
She looked back with her face and body covered in blood, to see all the citizens of this area on their knees with their hands joined. Everyone, including the children, wore a kind smile.
She slowly walked to the center. Each step reminds her of her own fate.
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Indrha looked to the side to see Gunther disappear.
No one could sense his movements.
" No!"
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Shinsetsu turned back to see her work. Everyone closed their eyes to pray.
She smiled one last time while closing her eyes as a pound of blood came out of her mouth.
Her stomach was stabbed by a sword with dark mana.
Gunther used the last of his energy left to remove Shinsetsu's mana-controlling Kyra, which caused Kyra's consciousness to come out. Gunther removed the sword as he fell to the ground while looking at Indhra on the door, stunned to look at the work of Kyra.
The wound quickly healed as Kyra remembered everything her mother had committed.
THE END