Vol 4 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3: Captured Orphen

It’s dark, he’s all alone, floating

He couldn’t tell if he was standing or floating——he couldn’t feel his body He seeertips, it was a war Then a cold one

Suddenly his eyes were filled with light——he couldn’t see hiure in front of hiirl

She suddenly began to speak

“Are you, Orphen?”

“…………”

He was unable to reply

“Sorry……I would like to apologize”

Her expression beca this, he became a little less tense

“I’m so sorry, I really am——it’s my fault that you were attacked……”

……He didn’t understand Was he attacked? He couldn’t re to remember His name, he didn’t know it either Or he simply didn’t want to remember it

She didn’t have an explanation for this

“You wanted to take Majic back, so the Dragon attacked you……”

“…………”

“I didn’t want hiet other’s help”

She said those words very clearly, but he wasn’t so sure what she meant by them

“But I didn’t think the Dragon would make you useless……”

Dragon——that ter, it made him want to run away

“I will h it may take some time”

While she was speaking, the darkness around hiradually became thin

“Also, don’t go against Makudogaru Don’t kill hies——”

And then the darkness disappeared into the light, he could hear no more

(……What happened?)

(Where am I——?)

(Who am I——?)

(Where is the pain——?)

(What part of ——?)

(damn it……)

He turned his body It was a simple action He felt pain from his left shoulder He ounded

(I can’t re……)

So in the dark——

He was afraid of so, humble eyes——

He opened his eyes It was dark at first——then the light ca froainst the wall Walls were all around hiht he was in some sort of cave At that time——

“You’re awake, sorcerer”

That voice……so to hiuely reed to The aru, he was the leader

He rolled in the opposite direction

Soht, it was a pair of shoe’s——the shoes of Makudogaru They were a pair of dirty hiking boots, another pair set not far away, they seeht, he could see iron bars and a staircase

It was very clear to hiround cell The door to the cell was slightly open, standing in front of hilanced upwards at him, his clothes were bloodstained and he had an assortment of weapons

(Can I stand up?)

He asked himself He should be able to do it, but for some reason he couldn’t

Makudogaru coldly gazed down upon him

“Tell me your name, sorcerer”

“…………”

He didn’t answer——or rather he couldn’t

(My first name?)

He re——his mind in chaos, it was like a dream——

Upon getting no reaction, Makudogaru sighed

“Why do you remain silent?”

“Of course he won’t obediently answer our questions”

Theafterwards

“You knohat, Sarua?”

Thethe military jacket was called——Sarua Orphen remembered this

“ThisElite black sorcerers hail fro here, he certainly won’t tell us”

Makudogaru laughed

(——The Tower of Fang……)

Orphen was familiar with this word——for he had spent more than half of his life at that place

Makudogaru continued talking:

“Let hiue”

“Torture? On a sorcerer? These guys have undergone resistance training”

Sarua shook his head as he spoke Slowly, Makudogaru becary

“Do you forget who the boss around here is?”

“Of course not”

Sarua chuckled

“This is your village——the heart”

Makudogaru was satisfied hearing this He nodded, then looked at Orphen

“I will not only ask about your naers? Did you kill them?”

(Kill?)

That as absurd to him He unconsciously exposed a smile

But this seearu

“What’s so funny!?”

The leader kicked hilared back at him, his face red from the impact

Makudogaru saw his silence as obedience, sloith a look of satisfaction on his face, he spoke:

“My nareat heart, a sacred place Me and on, ill protect it and our homeland with our lives”

“…………”

He didn’t respond Sarua shrugged his shoulders, Makudogaru continued his speech:

“Simply put, you and your apprentice will be executed I don’t knohyhave co this place alive”

(Apprentice?)

He re

“Now get so here”

Makudogaru grinned at hi that the door was locked, they walked up the staircase

Orphen used what ic he had to heal his shoulder wound, afterwards he slept About an hour after his sleep, he recovered all his memory

“……Why do you live in a room like this?”

This question made her feel very embarrassed——Fiena looked out the , she scowled

(Right now she isn’t a priestess)

Majic came to this conclusion

She turned She earing ordinary civilian clothes indoors, they were made out of white linen

“I don’t generally show myself in front of people”

“Show yourself?”

Majic asked, a self-deprecating smile ran across Feina’s face

“I ae when important ceremonies are held, then……sometimes miracles happen”

“Miracles……like healing people’s wounds?”

Feina didn’t answer She looked back and forth across the room

Majic also looked around——he noticed he was in the tower at the centre of the village, it was about ten round However, it wasn’t very spacious The room was only a handful of steps across The room had a desk, a s on top of it

Majic earing girl’s pyjamas, he lay es It seearu hadn’t healed yet, but he felt no pain According to Fiena, he was ready to stand up and walk, but he was reluctant

She was looking for so water and putting it to her mouth

“Has the wound stopped hurting?”

“Huh? Yeah……I guess so However, when I move my body I feel a little muscle cramp”

“I think that’s because the skin hasn’t connected right I’ic used was really powerful”

“Is that right? My ic……”

Having said that, he thought of hiard this as a disadvantage or an advantage in this situation Majic’s body shook a little, but he quickly put that fear behind him

“Uhm, why am I dressed like this?”

The girl’s pyja for him Feina moved the cup away from her mouth, a smile appeared across her face

“Because that’s all I had, there was no other way for me to take care of you in my house”

“Hehehe, I guess so”

Then, Majic quietly whispered to himself

(Hopefully I’ll get to see Master and Cleo again……though I don’t kno things will turn out……)

Majic thought for a moment, his face turned white

“Anyhose clothes are these?”

Majic asked a question The ansas simple for Feina

Suddenly the door opened Makudogaru entered with a griuards weren’t with hi him, Feian’s body shuddered

“Are you ready, Feina?”

“What……do you mean?”

He didn’t knohen Feina’s deed back to the “priestess”——Majic felt this was her defensive posture

Makudogaru restlessly lifted his face

“I’ve already told you about itsoon it will happen”

“……I understand”

Feina whispered

Makudogaru’s patience earing thin, he took a deep breath and said:

“You said the sa yesterday, and the day before that”

“I think——”

Majic couldn’t hear her whisper Though Makudogaru heard it clearly——he stared intently back at her

“What did you just say?”

“I said……I……”

Feina repeated herself softly, but she still couldn’t be heard Majic watched anxiously as her priestess demeanour collapsed

Makudogaru took a step forward

“Six o, when you were lost in the woods, I protected you”

“……I didn’t get lost”

She looked down and took a step backwards Makudogaru quickly raised an eyebrow

“You didn’t get lost? Then ere you doing?”

“I was looking for so”

“Looking……for what?”

Feina’s voice was tre

“Looking…for you

Hearing this, Makudogaru exposed a look of surprise

“So you had a guide, didn’t you?”

“…………”

Feina didn’t answer Makudogaru took another step forward

“You are indispensable for our plans, it would be impossible without you We thank you”

He shrugged

“But we need a response, don’t we? You have the power, Feina”

“The power……that sort of thing……”

Feina was hesitant Makudogaru interrupted her: