Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Rogue Journey - Beast, respond tothe Call

Chapter 2 - Re the Call

She studied black e In fact if you asked her colleagues, they would say she was quite the idol She was know as the “Chaos Witch”

Though even though everyone considered her that, she was quite the beauty After all, even he thought so He was five years younger than her and was a student in the saether, since a very young age

She has been very dissatisfied with her short hair —— but he believes that her short hair is more suitable

Though she cut her hair, she still retained her feminine features Her eyes were always so cheerful and had a brilliant radiance to them, and when he stared into her eyes he could always see hiave hi sorcerer

Although in reality, he rarely got the chance to test his skills against hers It was only during their coainst her —— but like rabbed him by the arm and threw him over her shoulder, so fast that he could hardly breath when he hit the ground

“You always see for me to throw you”

She always said this In fact, it’s true, but it was his secretIt seeo —— but even when you experience pain it, you can still dream……

Even though Azalie was popular and hout her life, not ht so

However, no one around hiust from everyone else Those people, ere st thes they said still lingered in his ears

“I didn’t expect this…”

”However, there are many witnesses”

“And then there was that noise…”

“They say everything is under control”

“But what about that”

“That bloody stain”

“Stain ——”

Stain

It was like those words were imprinted on his body, he trembled as he listened —— it was if he was branded But he never did feel any pain He looked back at the “Tower of Fangs” backyard, where people were quietly co the queue of mourners

He stood and watched the crowd of mourners, who apparently were friends of Azalie From the faces he spotted in the queue, he soht so The funeral queue slowly cli to the cemetery

The boy kept his head down, like an aniht up from behind, no one walked with him

“Krylancelo!”

His name was called, and he suddenly raised his head He was a boy with red hair as around the sae, and started to walk beside him

“Oh, Hartia”

Krylancelo looked up at the redhead with dull eyes

“I didn’t notice that you joined the funeral procession”

“Me and you are the only two out of Childman’s class to attend”

Harita said, clutching himself, if he did this when the sun shi+nes his hair would shi+ne with a fiery red But there was no sun today, only a moody atmosphere

“Teacher?”

Krylancelo asked, much to the surprise to Hartia

“You s, teacher isn’t here yet”

Hartia went to the front of the queue

“Oh, yeah…”

Krylancelo h he really didn’t care, about hi Dead or alive, it doesn't matter

“Hey, cheer up I know you and Azalie were close, but I don’t understand why you’re acting like this It’s like you're going to your own funeral”

“I ht as well be”

“Hey!”

Hartia said in surprise Subsequently, he left his friend, and went to the front of the queue beside his teacher’s side Krylancelo watched hiaze to the taller arded as one of the best sorcerers in the entire continent He was young and about 25 years old His body and deter eyes that made him look like an impeccable warrior His black hair had a rope tied around it,

The road in front of him was filled withthem

Located on a hill in the public cemetery, it was a little crowded The queue was now at the ceht whichthe coffin ht —— Krylancelo inadvertently overheard thee

“No, the coffin doesn't have a woman's body inside”

A na in advance, which the coffin was placed in The mourners started to sprinkle soil on the coffin with a shovel Krylancelo started blankly —— Childently took his shovel Even those ould say bad things, shut their mouths

Krylancelo thought to himself No matter how you are buried, you will never be satisfied with it He stared at his shovel for a while, so long that it forced soht into the hole and started digging with his shovel, he saw that the hole wasn't deep enough

“Who’s funeral is this?!”

“This is the funeral of Azalie, the student of Childman”

Childman said, but Krylancelo clearly wasn’t satisfied with his answer

“Then why isn’t her body in the coffin?”

“You should have known the coffin is empty”

Childman’s voice never wavered, it was as if Krylancelo hit a brick wall

“Then this isn’t her funeral!”

“You are being irrational”

“You are the one who is irrational! She is still alive!”

“Stop hanging on to that notion!”

Childrave, and said

“I know she is dead, and the big shots think so too”

Krylancelo pushed his hand

“I don’t care about those people You are just afraid of da”

“They ruled that she was a failure to the Tower of Fang, a stain”

A stain —— he heard that word again, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth

“She is not a stain, she is the best black sorcerer this tower has even seen She could even use white ic ——”

”Yes, she was an outstanding scholar of ic”

“Not was, she is! She’s still alive!”

Krylancelo glared at his teacher, but of them could not sway each other But they could convince the people present

Standing beside Childman was Hartia, ore a worried look

“Krylancelo, you can’t be serious——”

“Why must you insist? Why do you still have the notion that she is still alive?!”

“You are the one of the top students here, and before long you could take first place One day you could——”

“Shut up, Hartia You’ve got nothing to do with this!”

Krylancelo looked ferocious, he then turned his gaze to Childman

“You want to bury an e to place in the coffin!?”

“Me”

Childh it was kinda like a joke After a brief pause, Krylancelo continued

“No, me!”

”Are you serious?”

Everyone around thenored his question and continued shouting

“Yes, I’ll gladly be buried together with Azalie! But she’s alive! I will find her, not matter how in with, and an Orphen I shall remain”

Krylancelo —— no, Orphen pulled his shovel away from the coffin and lifted it into the air Several people around him took a step back, but Childest black sorcerer in the continent spoke in a soft tone

“You’ll find her —— she’s become a monster! Do you think a kiss will return her to normal?!”

“Stop playing around, Childe her back to normal!”

“But you can’t ——”

Childh Orphen seems to be overwhelmed with his emotions

“Are you i that you can do better than me?”

“If I were in your position ——”

Even though Childman maintained a callanced over at the elders and then sighed

“Shut up, you fool!”

“You think my idea is stupid?!”

“Come at me, you fool!”

“Oh, I’m ready”

Orphen woke up from an unpleasant dream, and he found himself inside a prison cell, Totokanta’s police prison cell to be exact Unpleasant grey walls stood around hi his escape and a small barredin his rooh he was in no h his throat was very dry Since he woke up his head has been hurting,

His vision was blurry though he couldhis face from him, he was probably furious Orphen slowly sat up and he could he the

“Why are you up?”

Vulcan said as he turned around, his face was soer fro him

“Let’sclear!”

“I have nothing to say to you”

”Are you kidding!”

Vulcan said as he grabbed Orphen’s collar Though this was only because Orphen wasn’t standing, so if he was Vulcan wouldn’t be able to grab his collar unless he jumped Vulcan continued to berate Orphen

“Don’t ignore me! We’ve been here for three days already! Now listen, we're going to charged with fraud, disturbing law and order and da property!”

It goes without saying that they are suspects, even though they’ve probably been found guilty already After the disturbance in the Everlasting estate, civil servants rushed to the scene It see to the scene, unsure of as happening, they called the authorities By the time they arrived, Orphen and the other’s didn’t escape so they ended up being caught and thrown in prison by the police

On Orphen’s face appeared an ironic smile

“At least we should only get charged with fraud”

“Are you forgetting soiantto it ——”

Orphen immediately forcefully pulled Vulcan’s hand off his collar, and warned him

“Listen toet Don’t you dare call her a ot that!?”

“Well, whatever you say”

Vulcan said as he started stroking his arm

Orphen stood up and put his back against the wall, as he gazed around the room He was in trouble, and didn’t knohere to start

“I already knew you weren’t normal, but I didn’t expect that you were raised by a monster!”

Orphen and Vulcan glared at each other, but Vulcan just went back to touching his aran to talk slowly

“I grew up in the Tower of Fang”

Upon hearing that, Vulcan nervously breathed deeply —— The “Tower of Fang” was thecontinent's highest est sorcerer’s come from there, and they are used even in times of war Vulcan spit out saliva due to excessive tension in his an to hold his breath

“I’m not surprised a monster came from that place”

“That’s not what I said!”

Orphen shouted, Vulcan lifted his leg as if to kick hiuards took notice

“Hey, what are you doing!”

A suards

“Ah, everythings fine”

“Is that so…bastard”

Orphen stood on Vulcan’s foot, and he let out a squeal But Orphen just ignored hi

“Now listen, I grew up in the Tower of Fang but I was an Orphan before I joined them Out of all the people who join, less than one percent of theraduate Does that answer your question?”

“Kinda…but you didn't need to stand on my foot! ”

Vulcan conored him and continued his story

“In the Tower of Fang, most people were usually lonely or unfriendly Mainly because the competition is so intense, and that makes it hard to find someone to confide in Most people had one or two close friends, me, I had Azalie She was five years older than me, and everyone called her a witch”

“Well, was she hot or not? —— Ouch, that hurt!”

Orphen kicked Vulcan in the side with his boot, then continued the story

“Yeah, she was beautiful, and everyone had the hots for her After all, she was a skilled sorcerer But then she tried to cast ic she couldn’t handle ——”

“And then what happened?”

Vulcan obviously had ulterior motives, it wasn’t just a casual interest

“It backfired, she failed in her atte to find her, and I’ve been looking ever since”

“Yes, and thanks to ain”

Vulcan muttered

“I don’t intend to thank you, just hurry up and give me my money already!”

“You’re thinking about money in here?”

“I’ve been waiting for it ever since you borrowed it, or would you prefer I just keep sto you for having to put up with your bullshi+t”

Orphen said, as Vulcan took a step back and quietly asked another question

“Wait a second, so she was huin with?”

“Yes”

Orphen nodded

“I was there when she turned……”

“Well, what kind of ic was it?”

“I don’t know”

Orphen said blankly

“You don’t know?”

“Yeah, the transforic unknown to me She did the entire process in secret, I still don’t understand it even to this day”

“”

Thinking it a little more, he asked another question

“So, you’re trying to turn her back into a human —— That’s why you’re on this journey?”

Orphen signed, and answered him in utter despair

“That’s what I planned to do, but as long as she uses et anywhere near her”

”I see”

Vulcan said, as he tried to rub out Orphen’s footprint off his rental suit

“Well, if it doesn't work out you could always end her suffering, right?”

”You’ve got to be joking”

Orphen said fiercely

“What do you plan to do next?”

Vulcan asked, wanting round He then cracked his knuckles as if he was ready to use them, Vulcan responded with a defensive posture But Orphen didn’t notice hiht

(Azalie’s “stain” left upon the Tower of Fang is due to her failing the ht she could understand if she watched her own funeral —— but on that day, she lost all her friends)

Orphen closed his eyes again, he planned on getting as much rest as he could

(In fact she rong, all the other’s may have abandoned her But not Orphen, he still believes in her………)

But this ti

When Orphen began to open his eyes, he could see that the ated Vulcan was quiet and wasn’t on a rauards were standing in front of their cell, with a certain petite girl who started to walk closer to him She had a happy smiles on her face and put her hands on his back

“Cleo?”

Orphen was surprised to say The blonde girl showed up in the most unexpected of places, she then smiled and nodded

“Why are you here?”

Orphen wasn’t sure why, the girl had no reason to be here However she didn’t respond, she just went back to the guards and whispered souard replied in a polite tone

“Are you sure about this?”

The girl nodded and the guards removed themselves from the front of the cell

“Cleo, why are you here?”

Before asking another question, he let her answer Even though they weren't on the best of tere done to their house, he could tell that she had no ill intent

“I’ you out of here”

“What?!”

Orphen thought to himself (There’s no way she’s here to rescue me)

“If I wanted to escape I could have that lock open in two seconds, though I don’t really want to be a wanted ain”

“I’ as we don’t press charges, you’re free to go”

“Yeah, but what about the whole fraud thing, and the da you want soht?”

Cleo nodded

“That’s what ive you”

“Wow, thank you so much!”

Vulcan said in a loud voice The little guy had saw the light in a desperate situation, he started worshi+pping Cleo on the spot as if she were some Goddess

Orphen sitting beside him asked

“Why? You don’t owe us anything, or does your mother still think I’m a rich entrepreneur?”

Orphen was originally going to make a joke, but Cleo just shook her head

“No, we just want to help”

“What is it you really want?”

Orphen said flatly

“Well,you use ic…”

“Yeah, but ——”

A faint san to appear on Orphen’s face

“If you want to hire a black sorcerer, you’ll have to pay me”

“Hey, sorcerer!”

Vulcan hurriedly shouted, but Orphen ignored hied

“Name your price”

“Well that depends on what h first of all, could you take care of our rental clothing We’ve probably got a fine to pay for them”

“Ah, I’ve got just the thing, this should be enough”

Cleo put a sht hand, Orphen was lost for words

“”

“Well?”

A smirk appeared on her face, Orphen took a closer look at the ring

“Do you knois worth?”

”Who knows, but the ring design is very simple and ”

Cleo didn’t understand a word he was saying, she just looked confused A silver ring is very coirl's taste It was inlaid with gravel-like transparent ge closer he could see traces of text that had been carved

Orphen sighed ——

“It’s very old, it’s probably more than a thousand years old Can you read the inscribed text?”

Now Orphen was interested, he stared for a while at the save up

“I can’t read it But I’, no race on this continent uses this type of text”

“Yeahlike it somewhere before ——”

Orphen suddenly realized soht away

“Wait a ! How did you get this?”

Orphen suddenly stood up, startled by this action Cleo began to look a little embarrassed, she whispered to him

“I don’t remember But, I’ve always had it in a little box where I keep my jewelry since I was a child I can’t reot it……”

“This is fro from there, not even a hairpin”

“I didn't steal it!”

“I know that However, this ring in your possession has ic, it uses an ancient ic”

“Can’t you at least read part of it?”

Cleo asked, Orphen faced a difficult answer

“I can only read part of the text, it says so about power”

“Good grief, I hope it isn’t evil ic”

Cleo was a little worried, but Orphen continued

“This ring clearly bears a powerful force, maybe it can be controlled?”

Orphen began to carefully exa

“You can keep it Consider it payment for your services”

“Yeah, but we can’t pay for our rental clothing with this Though we could trade it in for some cash”

“That’s fine by me”

As if horrified, Cleo took a step back Orphen intended to put the ring onto one of his fingers, but it wouldn’t fit He put it into his pocket instead

“Well, that’s one thing out of the way”

“Great Though, there is one thing that is troubling my mother”

“What is it?”

Orphen kneouldn't like the answer, Cleo got to the point

“Someone wants to kill our family”

“Inside your house is the sword of baltanders If you do not surrender the sword, risk will come to you and your family To prevent such measures, surrender the sword by ——”

The deadline is today The letter didn’t specify a place or a time to meet So in other words, they will take the initiative to remove the sword from the house

“The Sword of Baltanders?”

Orphen felt superior as he held the letter, since he had the duty of asking questions Vulcan, Cleo and Tishtiny stood around him Mariabelle choose to stay in her roo, nainal clothes Orphen was dressed in his usual black sorcerer getup with dark color tones, Vulcan earing his tattered fur cloak and carried his sword in his holster Hie, prior to arriving Orphen warned hi his weapon with him But Tishtiny didn’t seeuests with great hospitality

Orphen didn’t know if Tishtiny cared about theresidence the woh it seeh the incident didn’t cause any dah the wall into her daughters room did She ue with each other, nevertheless Tishtiny answered Orphen in a calmly manner