Chapter 138 - Open The Door (2/2)

At this moment, his teacher’s voice was suddenly heard from beside him. Kaos turned around and saw that General Fred’s eyes were open.

“Teacher… why is it lamentable?”

Kaos had already forgotten what his teacher General Fred said before the start of the movie. Right now, the only thing in his mind was the movie’s story.

Because of that, he did not notice when General Fed opened his eyes, whether his eyes were open from the very beginning or if he opened his eyes when those law enforcers massacred Mathilda’s family.

Nevertheless, General Fred had ignored his prior proclamation that one should not waste time on something as senseless as a performance.

He was feeling sorry for the character Léon.

“For people of his profession, making that decision is akin to taking a step to one’s tomb.”

General Fred’s voice sounded very sentimental. He seemed to be recalling something from long ago.

“I don’t think there’ll be any problem. Lord teacher, you must’ve not seen the beginning of the movie in your sleep. Léon is very skilled. Furthermore, he possess an arcanotech device for assassination. It is even stronger than the continuous crossbows inscribed with magic runes. Right now, all he’s doing is saving a little girl.”

Even though that was what Kaos was saying, he couldn’t help but remember the ending for ‘Beauty and the Demon.’ That story started out as a happy story about a girl’s chanced encounter with a prince. But, it ended in a tragedy.

Kaos was sincerely hoping for this movie to have a happy ending.

But, as if to confirm what General Fred said, after the demon hitman saved Mathilda, he tried very hard to bring joy to the sad little girl. But, when the little girl fell asleep in his apartment, he took out his weapon and aimed it at Mathilda’s head.

“If I was him, I would kill her,” said General Fred all of a sudden.

General Fred’s comment was heard by the young noble girl sitting beside Kaos.

As the performance hall was too dark, the young noble girl didn’t recognize the person who made that comment was the Nation of Steel’s renowned Iron-blooded Admiral.

“Why… their relationship has been so good before!”

The young noble girl refuted with resentment. But, she did not receive a response from General Fred.

Kaos was someone who has experienced the greater world following his teacher. Because of that, he had interacted with some of this world’s cold-blooded assassins. As such, he knew very well that the demon hitman was in a terrible situation. If he was to bring along a little girl with him, he would be in desperate straits.

Because of that, he began to understand why Léon would point his weapon at the sleeping Mathilda. But, in the end, that demon’s kindness made him incapable of doing that cruel thing.

“Maybe he will be able to give up on his dangerous profession as a hitman,” Kaos tried to be more optimistic toward this story that was going to inevitably become a tragedy.

“That’s impossible. Those dyed with others’ blood will one day receive their payback. That demon is destined to only be able to do that job for all his life. That little girl will only bring him misfortunes,” said General Fred.

“But, that demon is still choosing to protect her…”

Kaos understood why his teacher said that the demon was lamentable. At the same time, he realized what was truly great about that demon killer.

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