C314 - People Searching for Her (4)
"Your word is my command," sa replied obediently.
She had recently passed the final test to beco a guardian knight and had been assigned as the twelfth flagbearer, alongside Scott Rymon, who stood on the other side of Jin.
"Scott?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Go clean up the trash on the streets."
Robberies, murders, violence. All it took was turning one's head to witness the anarchists committing cris in real ti. That was the scum who hadn't realized Jin had arrived in Mahet.
He didn't actually care if the underworld scum fought amongst themselves, but there were also civilians mixed in.
Jin's order aid to put an end to the criminals who were violating civilians.
"I will fulfill your order, sir."
sa and Scott passed by Jin and began to move.
Within seconds, the shouts of the anarchists began to sound from different places. The frequency of the shouts rapidly decreased.
After Scott knifed a few, the rest got the hint. It wasn't just any guardian knight who had co to this place on a mission. A Runcandel Flagbearer was here, in this wasteland.
The streets fell silent imdiately.
But Scott couldn't care less. He went through every alley like a ghost to carry out the cleanup.
The streets emptied as well. Mahet's criminals were busy hiding in their houses and taverns like prey spotting their natural predators.
Only a cold breeze swept through the empty streets. Mahet fell silent for the first ti in years.
"sa and Scott have grown very strong."
Jin ford a soft smile. It was quite interesting that they were now full-fledged guardian knights.
It was about ti for Vellop to return from the snowy ridges of the southeastern Mytell Kingdom as well.
The remaining seven mbers of the younger faction would also take their final tests.
"Once they all beco guardian knights, maybe I should take them to a hellish training ground. If possible, it would be great if they all beca strong enough to be called up as Black Knights before they turn fifty. Wait. Maybe I should make them work hard so they have no choice but to beco Black Knights."
The two were completely unaware of Jin's wicked plans.
sa and Scott had to calm their excited hearts as they forced Mahet's anarchists to submit. They were ready to give it their all, now that they could be with Jin once more.
Jin walked slowly toward the Moonlight Pit.
Just as the lives of the younger faction boys had changed, my teacher's life will be altered compared to my past life once she ets . Perhaps Joshua discovering her fake na at this mont could also be a result of my return to life.
That sent shivers down his spine.
He always knew that every little thing he did after his return to life could very well change the lives of the people around him.
That's why he tried his best to make decisions that would guide all his loved ones to a better ending, as much as possible.
But he wasn't sure what to do about Valeria.
He couldn't know if eting Valeria would have a positive impact on her or not.
But now wasn't the ti to ponder over such matters.
He should keep her by his side and provide her with a safety net. In my past life, neither the Runcandels nor the Zipples managed to capture her, but in this life, one couldn't be sure what would happen.
Valeria was undoubtedly a strong person. She was one of the strongest people he knew. It wasn't just about her combat ability. It was the strength of will that Valeria possessed as a person.
She was radiant and admirable.
But there were things in the world that couldn't be solved by willpower alone.
A good example would be a seventeen-year-old prodigy sorceress evading pursuit from two giant clans with no one to trust.
Unlike Jin during his days as a Provisional Flagbearer, Valeria had no siblings to hide her in Lafrarosa or comrades willing to risk their lives to protect her.
She would be unable to stay ahead of the pursuit by the two clans forever. If I don't help her, they'll eventually catch her.
As her disciple, now was the ti to repay the grace of my master from my past life.
My confused heart cald as I approached the Moonlight Pit.
"He has arrived, my lord."
sa and Scott bowed their heads as Jin reached the entrance of the Moonlight Pit.
Behind them, five union leaders and their subordinates were kneeling, neatly arranged in rows. There were about a hundred subordinates, and they were the officers of each of their factions.
Jin observed them for a while without saying anything. He was looking for Valeria.
She's not here.
So, the next step was to find a leader who might know Valeria.
"Fortunately, there's a familiar face here. You. Yes, you. What's your na?" Jin looked at the leader kneeling at the front as he spoke.
"I am Yorke, sir. Do I know you, sir?" The leader replied, stating his na politely.
Indeed, Yorke already knew Jin.
"Hello, kid. You seem like quite the talent for your age, but it won't do you much good to stay in this city for too long, let alone if you intend to cause trouble."
"Thank you for your advice. But I need to find soone. I'll make sure not to cause trouble for the people staying here," Jin had said.
"Haha, I heard that the other day you killed a thug in the taverns with a single blow, but now you're acting like a ek lamb."
"That's because you're different from all those. Turns out, I know very well what to expect from you."
"You pass for your manners. Well, then I'll let you stay here a few more days."
"Thank you. I won't forget the fact that the kings of Mahet did a favor, even after my return."
That was the conversation Jin had with Yorke and the other kings of Mahet while on the interdiate-class mission.
"Yes, Yorke. The guy who made comnts about my manners in the Moonlight Pit lobby got his head cut off by the swords of the Secret Palace. Do you rember now?"
"Oh!" The leader's eyes widened as he nodded.
Of course, he rembered.
After Jin had terrorized the Moonlight Pit to carry out his mission and pretended that the Magician had co from the outside, the leaders of Mahet suffered under Siris for a long ti afterward.
It was all because Ryu and Heiten, of the seven swords of the Secret Palace, were unable to find the Magician - Jin - who had launched the lightning call at the Moonlight Pit.
Siris continued to harass the leaders for so ti afterward in an effort to find the culprit.
Only after a while did she realize that the boy she had released, Jin, might have been the culprit.
And when she did, she gathered the leaders and had them investigate the boy's activities in Mahet, from his date of arrival, purpose, and every little thing he did in Mahet.
It was a great misfortune for the leaders of Mahet, but they had no power to refuse Siris's orders.
"Lady Siris." The boy popped the head of a newbie nad Tonk in a tavern shortly after arriving in Mahet. Then he acted like he was looking for soone. He ca to the Moonlight Pit and did nothing else in Mahet."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, lady. As I see it, he may not be the culprit at all. You know it doesn't make sense for that kid to be casting six or seven-star spells."
"If it's not him, are you saying my n lost the sorcerer?"
"That's not what I ant. And even if you were right and he really was the culprit, Lady Siris, I don't think he was targeting the Secret Palace. Maybe one of us offended him, and he took it out on that person."
"Who was he looking for?"
"I was told he was looking for soone nad Fizta or Fester."
It was Yorke, the leader standing in front of Jin at that mont, who had spoken to Siris back then.
Yorke deliberately told Siris the na was Fizta or Fester because he was very upset with her, but he had clearly confird that Jin, at the age of fifteen, was looking for a Histor.
Of course, Siris had to waste a lot of ti trying to find a Fizta and a Fester.
"I apologize for not recognizing you imdiately, Sir Jin."
"Yorke, stay here. The rest of you, disappear from my sight as fast as you can," Jin spoke in a low voice.
The other leaders and subordinates quickly scattered like roaches.
The power represented by the Runcandel na within Hufester was not sothing lawless individuals could confront.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Yorke's intuition told him at that mont that Jin had returned to Mahet to find the person he had been looking for four years ago.
"Yes, sir!"
The two entered the Moonlight Pit. Scott and Maya then guarded the inn as gatekeepers. The lobby was completely empty.
"I'm looking for soone."
"Yes, Sir Jin. Please tell who it is. If you can give the na or description, I assure you I can find that person, as long as they are within Mahet."
"Is there a girl around seventeen years old residing in Mahet right now? She would have red hair and a silver pine staff."
"Red hair and a staff..." Yorke searched his mory.
As far as he knew, there were no red-haired girls with a silver pine staff in Mahet. Besides, how could a seventeen-year-old girl survive in this violent city?
But it reminded him of soone.
"There are no red-haired girls with a staff, but there's a girl of a similar age who recently joined my organization as an errand girl."
"What's her na?"
"She said it's Aria. I don't know her last na. She was born in the alleys, and she's quite sharp too."
Jin's heart began to beat faster. "Is there no one else?"
"None, sir. That girl is the only one under twenty years old. Should I bring her here?"
"Let check."
"Yes, Sir Jin. Please wait a mont. I'll go tell my subordinates to bring Aria."
Yorke was about to get up, but the lobby's ceiling suddenly collapsed, dropping a spear through it. It was a blue spear ford with lightning-based mana.
It was the variation spell Jin had experinted with in the Great Mitra Desert.
The spear pierced Yorke's head and stuck into the ground. Yorke didn't even have ti to scream.
Jin slowly raised his head and looked up.
There was a hooded figure whose figure was visible through the hole in the ceiling.
He could recognize the person, despite the hood covering the face. Even the unfamiliar brown hair peeking out from the hood was enough to convince him.
It was Valeria Histor, his master.
He felt as if ti had stopped.
He wanted to shout her na, tell her that it had been so long. All sorts of indescribable feelings crossed his heart like rays of light spreading in all directions.
"Jin?" Valeria asked upon eting Jin.
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