Chapter 121 - #120 Beginning of the Darkness (2/2)

'I am sorry for borrowing your name in this way, Akashi Nii-sama. In the end, I still have to depend on you.' Kurome thought with a slightly sad smile but she quickly recovered from it.

---(Around 20 minutes ago)---

Akashi and Kiyomi were on their way when Kiyomi reported seeing 3 people walking alone in the forest.

Akashi asked for their description since he didn't want to take his blindfold off and stop his training. Kiyomi immediately described those people.

'Gravekeeper, perhaps? And that blonde woman with metallic gauntlet...is that Cornelia? There is no evidence of her death so it's possible but right now we have no time to deal with them, plus I have no reason to meddle with them.' Akashi thought while holding his chin.

”Ignore them, continue flying towards the place I mentioned before. It is only around 20 kilometers away from here. Also, don't forget to maintain our current altitude so no one can detect us, you have sharp eyes enough to see what's going on the ground but not all humans are able to notice us.” Akashi instructed and Kiyomi just chippered before picking up her speed.

'It's really weird how she can release cute sounds of normal birds despite her size and even fearsome appearance, of course, that doesn't mean that she is ugly, quite contrary.' Akashi thought with a weird expression on his face.

After a few minutes of flying, Kiyomi reported that she sees 4 humans and one of them is Kurome.

Akashi once again asked for the situation and their descriptions.

'I see, that must be Najenda, she knows about Kurome so she wouldn't dare to kill her without any good reason. By what Kiyomi described to me, it looks like they just ended their fight but only Kurome and that armored guy participated in it. By the way...that armored guy might be that imperial officer who ran away from the Capital with the help of Teigu.' Akashi thought and didn't take any action of interfering since he couldn't feel any killing intent in the air, despite them being really high in the sky, his senses were strengthened like never before so he would be able to feel something potent like killing intent. Not to mention that his senses were already good to begin with.

Kiyomi continued describing what's happening while flying in the circles.

'Looks like they have some kind of deal but...according to Kiyomi's intel, Gin and Natala who we rescued in those tombs already died and are now lying down there. I was already expecting Najenda to take action since Mera said that their deal is over. She had to reduce numbers of that fearsome ȧssassination unit.'

*Sniff* *Sniff* ”Is that a fire?” Akashi muttered and Kiyomi immediately explained what Kurome was doing.

”Haha, this girl, I am really proud of her but at the same time I am a little angry at her using me this way.” Akashi laughed a bit before calming down. He wasn't aware of what everything happened here but he saw through Kurome's intentions.

'Anyway, judging from her expression, she is quite proud of herself. Maybe she thinks that this is her first major problem she solved herself without my or Ichika's protection. I should definitely not let her see me because even if I said that I just arrived, she wouldn't believe me.' Akashi thought and decided to trust Kurome with her actions and ordered Kiyomi to fly towards the city.

She instantly complained since they have just arrived for them to leave again.

*chirrup!* *chirrup!* Kiyomi released angry and revolting sounds from her beak but despite it, she still followed Akashi's instructions.

”Calm down, you will get your reward regardless.” Akashi said and Kiyomi immediately started happily chippering.

However, after a few minutes of flying towards the city, when it was finally in their sight or more like in Kiyomi's sight, there was a lot of smoke coming out of there.

”?! What's going on, Kiyomi?” Even Akashi sensed the change of atmosphere when they got nearer the city. He was able to sense unusual amount of death in the vicinity and mainly he was also able to sniff once again fire but this time it was much stronger.

*Chirp!* *Chirp!* Kiyomi hurriedly explained the situation in front of them.

'What?! These idiots...it must be doing of The Incineration Squad! What the hell are they thinking? They are killing more than 70% of people who have no idea about Rebels or bandits. They are just hurting themselves by doing this...they are really stupid.' Akashi thought while Kiyomi got them above the city.

”AAAAAH!” The screams of people being burned alive were heard in every direction.

*sigh* ”What should I do?” Akashi sighed and then muttered while listening to those screams with a calm expression, occasionally, his lips twitched a bit when he heard the screams of children.