209: Hunted 209: Hunted Countless questions ran through my head at mach speed.
‘How is this happening?’ ‘Why is this happening?’ ‘Why is it happening right now?’ ‘How is this possible?’ I scrolled through dozens of blazing hot articles, trying to find even one that painted a story of it not being true.
There were none.
I scrolled through dozens of fresh off the press articles, trying to find even one that could ease the distress I was experiencing.
There were none.
[Dog & Dragon Duo State They Are Here to Locate “Enki”!
What This ans | WTM] The dragon and the dog girl were real, and they had co right from the side of the Protagonist’s cold corpse to hunt down.
SLAM-!
“What the fuck is going on?!” Slamming my fist down onto the Librarian’s desk, I let out a heavy, trembling exhale, barely clocking how she had reactively jumped out of her seat and stiffened.
“Ahhh!
C-calm down, Enki!” “How can I calm down?
Are you seeing this right now?
They could have only co here for , and they even said as much right here…!
They’re going to fucking kill !” “Th-they won’t!
Fret not!
Fret not I say!
Certainly, it will not happen!
I declare it!” “What do I do, goddamnit, what the hell is even this situation…
Tch, fuck…!” Grabbing my head with both hands, I walked briskly around in circles, panicked.
‘How’d they even get here, their world is so far away…
Ah, right, magic.
Magic, magic, magic.
It’s always magic.
Dragons are too good at it, that’s why– that’s why they were able to get here…’ I soon began to have my phone bombarded with notifications.
Sparing a brief glance at the bubbles as they rapidly appeared and instantly got swallowed by the ones that followed, I didn’t even have to open or read them to know what they were about.
By this ti, I had no doubt that the news of those two would be being broadcasted on television and phone screens across the globe.
Naturally, that ant their self-proclaid mission would also swiftly be known.
‘To locate “Enki”‘.
No one else but would know for sure what they were talking about, and I’m sure for the few who shared my na it was quite scary, but it was probably even worse for the people who knew .
Not only had I gone missing for almost eight months, but out of the blue, this happens.
“…I can’t go back.” Taking a deep breath, swallowing down a good portion of the concern that swamped , I managed to gain a few monts of clarity.
With that ti, I ca to the swift conclusion that returning to living on Earth was impossible.
A normal life was already impossible from the beginning, but now, things really had crossed the point of no return.
“The Event Horizon…
Hah.
There’s not gonna be an apocalypse all of a sudden, is there…?” It was only a joke, but when I said it out loud, I imdiately regretted it.
Anyway, now that there were people actively coming to hunt down on Earth, I couldn’t take the risk of living with my family.
Not only would it be putting them in danger, but I’d also be stuck in one place, and so long as I lived like that, they’d find in no ti.
Fortunately, I could at least use the Library as my safe haven, and the rest of the ti I’d either be taking on a Contract or in the Tower anyway, so…
“…Ah.” At that mont, I belatedly realised sothing.
“The Tower…
If I’m in the Tower, will they not be able to chase …?” ‘Would that even work…?’ Part of thought that it wouldn’t be possible because you needed to be Awakened to enter the Tower.
I guess that ant I was technically counted as an Awakened, since I could get in even without any magic power, but did it work the other way around?
That is, if soone who possessed magic energy but wasn’t Awakened tried to enter, could they?
“I guess I can only wait and see…” On the bright side, I was confident they wouldn’t be able to chase even to the Library due to the fact it was created and protected with World Stability―a force infinitely greater than even magic.
And then, if they tried chasing to other Illusory Worlds, it would take far too much magic energy for them to keep it up consistently.
‘They can only target while I’m on Earth.
Fortunately, I shouldn’t have to spend much ti there, if any.’ I guess if I wanted a shower I’d need to go back, but…
I also couldn’t really just show up at ho after so long without saying anything, so I’d probably have to find another way to keep clean…
or just leave it.
‘Good thing the Library has a toilet.’ I only found it one ti while exploring down the vast aisles, but it was definitely there.
“Fuuuh…
I guess that’s just what I’ll do then.
It’s a pain, but…
I can’t disturb everyone’s lives even more.
If I saw them again now, it’d only put them in danger.” It felt bad to do, but it was what needed to be done.
At least that way everyone would be safe.
“―Ah!
Enki, ergency!” All of a sudden, the Librarian exclaid.
Having successfully cooled myself, I walked over, giving her the entirety of my attention.
“What’s up?
Red Contract?” “Mhm!
Look!” Nodding enthusiastically, she swiped her arm and materialised a crimson scroll out of thin air, unfurling it to make a transparent screen appear before .
Contract Details [The Villainous Empress Will Fall] Fanfiction Protagonist: Liam Tichá | Avenger Tags: #Fantasy #Action #Drama #MaleProtagonist #DeterminedProtagonist #NobleProtagonist #Revenge #Nobles #SwordsAndMagic Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Scanning over the details briefly, my eyes were caught on a few specifics.
Particularly, the na…
‘Why is it so familiar…?’ Searching through all my Contract-related mories, it didn’t take long before I too exclaid.
“Ah!
Ticha…!” A faint recollection of the distant past shined through, and with the Tichá family na grabbing ahold of the main point of my attention, I belatedly realised.
This was the na of the first Beloved’s younger brother.
“Back to Drakon-Rasa, huh…” The image of a certain cool noble flashing in my mind, the corner of my lips slowly curled up.
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