Vol 1 Chapter 1 (2/2)

Orphen fiercely responded

“First of all, let’s get this straight You make me wear this stupid rental suit, and without explanation you dragmansion How do you expect me to act?”

“Hurph”

Vulcan pondered quietly

“I was acting like you were a big hot shot in our co, then you would happily be on the road to e”

“Hey, assholedon’t so casually determine my future”

Orphen said as he grabbed Vulcan by the neck, though he made sure not to dirty his outfit And both of the hatefully into each other’s eyes Then Dortin suddenly rose up and exclaimed ——

“Guys, stop fighting, even I didn’t know about the e fraud”

“Really?”

Orphen stressed his point once again, but Vulcan wasn’t listening

“Coht of a better plan?”

“You’ve gone too far!’”

Orphen stood up fro as if he was some preacher at the end of days

“First of all, you’re barking wokee fraud!”

Listening to his rant, Vulcan lifted up his face

“You don’t know the first thing about e fraud!”

“And don’t forget who started this whole affair!”

“Don’t say such stupid things”

Vulcan said nonchalantly

“But e fraud is such a stupid way to make money”

Orphen said, wanting to knohy he choose it

“What’s wrong with you? Do you want your money back or not?”

Dortin had a worried look on his face, and Vulcan patted his chest

“This is my master plan And when it’s complete, we’ll be rich Once we’ve sealed the deal, we’ll be able to get at their accounting books and use it as we please”

Vulcan just wouldn’t shut up, so Orphen took one of the chairs and kicked it at him

”You bastard!”

As soon as Orphen started to roll up his sleeves, the door opened

Orphen immediately turned around, and Vulcan hurried back into his seat The three of the roo

”Who are ——”

Before Orphen could explain the situation, the girl spoke before him

”Ah, sorry”

The girl banged the door shut, and a second later a knocking sound was heard

”Please, come in —— no, wait a minute!”

Orphen gruain his composure

”Come in”

The door opened again, and the girl looked over

“I’ot to knock on the door However, Please don’t think I don’t know etiquette”

The girl looked like Mariabelle, but more lively Orphen could instantly tell that she was Mariabelle’s sister She earing a beautiful dress white dress, looked very fit and had a petite body

She didn’t seem to hear their previous conversation, but Orphen wanted to be sure

“Well, since you don’t understand etiquette, could you please tell us who you are?”

”Oh, I'm sorry My name is Cleo”

She said her name, and put out her hand, then she shook hands with Orphen But frowned

“That’s a strong handshake you’ve got there”

“Well, that’s because where I come from both men and women have to serve a couple of years in the ins to thicken”

“Okay, I’ll take your word for it”

(Great, she didn’t seem to hear their previous conversation)

However, just as Orphen started san to smile

“Anyway, I don’t think your onna work”

Orphen thought that she didn’t hear, but it see continued

“Hey, I know you plan to deceive my sister, but to what extent?”

“How did you………”

Orphen's face begun to spas beside each other It looks like his plan has co to find out Orphen’s true identity

“Oh, I overheard your conversation from outside the door”

“How much did you hear?”

“The entire thing”

(This won’t end well…)

Orphen couldn’t help but buckle under the pressure, and Cleo are of his reaction She grabbed his hand and repeated the question again

“I know you plan to deceive my sister, but to what extent?”

“You’ve got it wrong”

Orphen couldn’t find a proper excuse to escape from this dilemma

“But I heard you talking about ——”

But in the

“It wasn’t me! It was his plan!”

Orphen sinored him

“It’s true, this guy here is a bona fide con artist!”

“Don't believe a word this troll says, he’s the one behind everything”

“How cruel, first you drag me and my brother here and then you insult us”

“That’s a lie! You were the one who came up with this plan, remember?”

“Don’t believe him, he’s an evil black sorcerer! He’ll try and brainwash you like he did me and my brother ——”

“Enough!”

Orpheuht hit the brother’s feet, resulting in a loud explosion that shook the entire house The explosion sent Vulcan and Dortin flying threw the air to a corner of the roo hole with burn marks in the expensive carpet, and the s ell built so dae to it’s foundation was nil

“Well, that shut him up!”

Vulcan and Dortin lay in the corner, both of thery face on hihter erupted from behind him It was Cleo, she seemed to be totally different from the other members of her family

“Wow, that was quite the show I kneould get out of hand but I didn’t expect this”

Orphen again, didn’t kno to respond

“By the way, isn’t it fifteen years in prison for fraud?”

Cleo said with a s his head

“But I was tricked!”

“You are very strange, Missy”

Orphen said, as he walked towards her and kicked Vulcan aside as if he was a piece of rubbish

“You can call me Cleo”

“Okay Cleo, so do you intend to call the authorities?”

“Hmm”

The girl pondered, as she shook her long blond hair

“So what are you gonna do?”

“I won’t do anything I don’t want to get my mother involved with the police”

“That guy over there planned it all —— though, we have still deceived your sister and mother”

“Well, that depends on you You don’t seeuy but do you still plan to marry my sister?”

“Well ——”

Orphen said while frowning, he couldn’t think of any other way out of this situation, so he decided to come clean

“Listen, Cleo You’re sister think’s I’m a wealthy businessman, but this isn’t true”

“I think she would have found out sooner or later, especially after the wedding”

At this e explosion shook the whole house

Boom!

At the sa broken And the walls were giving out creaking sounds, they didn’t know the origin of the explosion Due to the explosion, they were all to the ground Orphen could only think of everyone’s safety—— they seeht The explosion must have occurred somewhere in the house, but very far from the room which they were in As for the cause of the explosion, one could only guess

Coic, it siant hit flew out of the sky and i Orphen could think of was to get everyone out of here

“Get out of here!”

Orphen shouted to Vulcan and the others However, Vulcan and his brother Dortin flew into a panic and started screas running after each other’s tails

“Didn’t you hear me?!”

Orphen thought to himself for a second, he wondered ould happen to Vulcan and his brother if they were arrested here Though he knew they would break under interrogation and reveal everything, so he quickly put it out of mind

“Hey, wait a minute Mr ——”

Cleo shouted as she grabbed his arh when he turned around, she had quite the relaxed expression on her face

“It’s not Mr ——Just call me Orphen!”

“What kind of name is Orphan?”

(Note: In the English Language an Orphan is a child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently Orphen’s name is Orphan except the “a” is replaced with and “e” A sy

“It’s a long story”

Orphen wanted to tell her all about hiot Vulcan and Dortin together, and rolled them up inside the expensive carpet He intended to throw them out the nearest openhe could find, and he didn’t care if it was a soft landing or not

But someone screamed far away, it was a woman’s scream

“That’s my sister’s voice!”

“Darn——”

Orphen said to hiet away froo to prison, however he couldn’t ignore the screams of Mariabelle She could be trapped under rubble or hurt, he needed to find if she and her mother was safe

“Where is her room?”

Orphen asked Cleo, he intended on rescuing them

“Follow me”

Another screa her into the hallway The entire house sees and everywhere looked like the aftermath of a riot There was no trace of any servants, and another explosion rocked the building, knocking vases over and s them

“Hey, don’t you think about escaping, black sorcerer!”

Orphen could hear Vulcan’s voice froan following the back, he just continued onward He found running in his rental suit kinda onward, but that didn’t stop hi after Cleo

“This is it”

Cleo’s face wore a tense expression —— for she didn’t knoas on the other side of that door The walls were painted white to match the oak doors that were made out of wood, there were sophisticated and delicate carving patterns all over the door It reminded Orphen of a forest, as if beyond these doors lay a beautifulto be rescued from beneath the rubble

Cleo grabbed the doorknob and tried to open the door, it wouldn’t move at all, it was if the door itself was locked from the inside

“What now…”

Cleo casted her eyes upon Orphen, wondering if he could help

“Leave it to me”

Orphen said, as he nodded and closed his eyes He then started to focus and took a deep breath To start a enerally need to say an incantation, using sound as ait’s effectiveness, one must say it as quick as possible

Huic Orphen is a black sorcerer, and they are adept as energy based ht and heat, and they are able to cast healing ic, they can hly skilled to be able to use white ic, as most people can’t handle it

After Orphen focused, he opened his eyes, then touched the doorknob and whispered

Bewitching gate beckoning me!

After asound was heard from the door, Orphen approached the door and slowly pushed it open Behind him Cleo softly murmured

“I expected more”

She was referring to that light wave that hit Vulcan in the living rooic Orphen ignored Cleo’s reaction and entered the room —— he was speechless

Sneaking behind him, Vulcan muttered

“What is it?”

He saas in the room

“It’s —— it’s a monster!”

” Shut up”

Orphen said with a tre, his body seemed paralyzed, unable to move

Most of the rooianthole in the wall Through the hole, he could see large parts of Totokanta The ere just big holes, and big gusts of ere blowing through Most of the furniture were in tatters, and a single stool stood upside down Leaning against one was the as part of a bed fraly

Mariabelle was standing in front of Orphen, her body was treed at her daughter's ar Orphen was stuck in a daze, and it took a whack fro him to his senses

“It’s a giant monster!”

Mariabelle said, as the monster sat before them

“What the hell’s wrong with you?! Do soon you rotten bastard!

“Shut the hell up!”

Orphen raised his leg as if he was going to attack the monster, but he spun around and kicked Vulcan instead

“What was that for?!”

Vulcan shouted, but it seeon rather than listen to Vulcan’s whining Which is what he was actually doing The monster's body was plastered with sticky mucus, and it’s scales were covered with bristles The creature was about three hed near a ton It was very easy to tell where it’s head and body connected, it looked like a big oval object with arlued on top But in actuality it looked like it had six feet, though it was hard to tell whether they were actually ars The hands at it’s front looked liked it had crooked fingers, and on the s, which shadowed over the entire room as it rose up

The longer he stared, the longer they all would be at risk But Orphen could see there was so special about this wild beast, it had a personality Though he could see that it was a conflicted personality He could see that it had green eyes, but they looked kinda burnt and it’s eyelids covered the pupil Orphen couldn’t help but think he’s seeing things repeat It’s almost melted eyelid covered not only the pupil, but it even down to it’s chin, where blood-like liquid was dropping out

This dragon was smart —— anytime it appeared it never chose heavily populated cities Orphen doubted if he could even reason with the creature —— or rather, is it even rational And if it is rational, then it should respond to his call

“Azalie!”

Orphen shouted Then the monster started to slowly turn it’s head, but he couldn’t tell if it was just ain

“Azalie! I've been looking for you!”

Orphen stretch his arms out, and stepped forward Behind hirabbed him

“hello, do you want to die?!”

“Shut up!”

Orphen knocked Vulcan out of the way, and once again stepped forward to the ain

“Hey! I don’t knohat you’re thinking, but you can’t take that ured that out?!”

“It’s not a monster!”

“What did you say? Have you gone crazy, go near that thing and it’ll kill you!”

“It’s ——”

As soon as Orphen opened hisand let out a loud roar It sounded like a dog howling, the sound filled the entire room and even kindled the fireplace

“Ahhhhhh”

A wave of sorroent over Orphen, but before he knew it a large wave of ic was casted around the room Flames soon surrounded the beast, and a wall of fire separated everyone froh Orphen couldn’t see the monster clearly, he still shouted

“Azalie!”

“Hurry up and do so bird brain!”

Vulcan shouted, as the wall of fire started to diminish

“Azalie! Don’t run away! Please!”

Orphen shouted as loud as he could, he then raised his hands and started to chant a mantra

I withdraw thee, shrew's dance

And suddenly the wall of fire disappeared without a trace, and theruins, leaving everyone except Orphen looking in wonder Orphen dashed over to the , or as left of it, and looked up into the sky He looked for the monster but could not see it, it’s seems to have disappeared