[EN] Angel of Destruction Prologue

 

Everyone has their own hero that they like and I am no different.

I have my own hero that I admire deep in my heart, my hero is someone that I aspire to be in the future. No matter what it takes or how long it’ll take me.

I will get rid of anyone and anything that stands in my way, be it Gods or devils.

 

Angel of Destruction

Prologue

Just what is a Hero?

 

What is a hero? Is it someone that picks up a sword and smite evil? Is it someone that rescues princesses from the evil overlord? Is it someone who stands up for justice? Is it someone that disregards one’s safety to protect others?

Regardless of what do you think a hero is, everyone can agree on one thing; at some point in life, everyone have a hero that they admire and aspire to be. I am no exception. I have a hero that I admire.

However, as a human, as we grow older, we eventually become “bored” with the heroes we admire as a kid. I, however… are not. I admire my hero and nothing can change that. The hero I worshipped and I are not so different.

When I was a child, I wasn’t that much different from other kids. I admire the heroes who come and save the day by beating the hell out of the bad guys. As kids, we love to pretend as if we are the heroes.

However, a problem arises…

If everyone is a hero, then who will be the villain?

At the time, we couldn’t stomach the idea of hero fighting other heroes. So someone had to play the role of a villain. Everyone knew what it meant; it meant you will never win against the hero. No matter what you do, the hero is always right and will beat you up.

I… was the villain.

Every time we play hero, everyone would always choose me as the villain. They say that I am the most suitable villain candidate out of everyone. Is it because I rarely interact? Is it because I often indulge myself in my drawings of heroes?

Looking back at it, I realized the reason why I was deemed as the most suitable candidate; I was the most robust among the kids of my age even if I am a girl. I can take many hits and shrug it off like nothing, so that means they can play hero longer.

At first, it was quite fun but as time goes, I noticed these “heroes” are taking things a bit too serious. Going as far as using rocks and wooden sticks to fight me and they weren’t holding back either. That was my first descend into a real villain. I fought back… and won. Since then, I don’t have anyone to call friends. Everyone distance themselves from me, calling me a monster.

Perhaps as kids they cannot deal with the fact that the hero they admire lose to a villain. Hence, they started to pick on someone else who they can beat.

That is when I realized, these “heroes”… aren’t they act like a villain? That means hero and villains are basically different side of same coin.

I began to look up on various sources about villains. What is their lore, how and why they become evil. To my disappointment, most of these villains are bad guys because “they can”. I cannot explain in words how disappointed I was but then I finally found her.

The so called, “Angel of Destruction” Canaris. That is right, my hero is what others call “villains”.

I couldn’t recall full details her lore anymore but I know she is a villain or rather villainess who “punishes” heroes who forces their ideals of justice to everyone. Unlike any other villains, she appears as an unimportant side character but shows her true power from the shadows.

I… instantly fell in love with her.

From that day on, I dedicated myself to follow her steps.

I practiced and mastered various martial arts. Karate, Judo, Kendo, you name it, I’ve done it. I also practiced how to use firearms; from pistols to heavier armaments. I meditated, I run around the mountain non-stop, I challenged bears to a brawling contest, I learned how to not breathe for long time, I snuck in and out of military bases, I crucify myself in middle of a hot desert butt naked, I drink various poison to allow my body to gain immunity. I did a lot of things for the preparation to become the next Canaris.

True to her steps, in front of the public, I did not attract any unnecessary attention. My grades are always below average, I will always finish the last in PE, I will always make mistakes but not enough to get me fired from the job.

However, when no one is around, I continue my self-imposed training and then one day, I realized that I made a fatal mistake.

I am still a human.

No matter how hard I practiced, a human body has limits that we cannot surpass. Canaris on the other hand, can surpass her limits because she is not a human to begin with and plus, she has magic on her disposal which defies logic and laws of the world.

I, shall take no compromise! I want to become the next Canaris! In that case, I’ll need magic and figure out a way to change my race.

However, how do I learn magic? In this world, people dismiss magic as mere fantasy. Scientists would laugh at you because you try to prove that magic exists but at the same time, they never been able to disapprove it. So logically, that means… magic might exist.

So anyway, I started to look into various mythical stuff. From voodoo to necromancy. I hunted down every cult and secret society to seek answer. All for the sake of becoming the next Canaris.

Yet, I couldn’t find magic. I refuse to give up. So I continue to practice and research a lot of stuff. I continue to hunt cults to steal their knowledge, I stabbed many dolls and eat a lot of human remains, I do lot of ghost hunts, stab the dolls some more, I tried to open up a path to hell, I continue to fight the bears and add in some mountain lions to the mix, etc.

Until one day, I was on the mall, taking a bit of break to enjoy some sweets. Some masked,  heavily armed people began to shoot everyone without warning. I fought them out of anger, how dare these lowlifes disturb the vacation of next Canaris?! They are nothing compared to the bears and mountain lions anyway. I took them one by one and then, there was a loud boom on the background followed by a white light.

It happened so fast but I smiled and managed to run towards it. I’ve found it! MAGIC!

“THE SECRET OF MAGIC IS MINE!!!”

Those were my last words before my entire body feels numb and I black out.

 

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In the end, I did find magic… I guess? Apparently I was reincarnated in an entirely new world called Ledea. I am fortunate or unfortunate enough to be born in a family of a baronet which is basically commoners who have contributed a lot to the Estera Kingdom and earned their own place, in a sense we are nobles but at the same time we are not. So I believe the term is… yesn’t?

Anyway, my childhood is not that interesting really. Lots of “guh” and “gah” involved so I’mma skip that shit and give you the summary. The moment I become self-aware is probably when I was couple of months old I believe? At that point, my mother showed me some magic tricks, hoping to impress me. Not gonna lie, I was impressed and wanted her to teach me but being a newborn baby, I can only speak the universal baby language which again, involves lots of “guh”, “gah” and crying followed by some random body gestures. Truly, it is amazing how baby language transcends worlds.

At the time, I didn’t understand a single world. Whatever language used in Ledea, it’s not English. Later I learned there is an universal human language among civilized nations commonly referred as “Mankind Tongue”.

Anyway, since the moment I become self-aware, I began to try to feel magic on my own, I just simply can’t wait. At first, I felt nothing but as time goes and I grew older, I started to feel some tickling sensation and I can see some sort of sparkles in the air. That was my first actual encounter with magic. However, my body was not accustomed to magic so I tend to fell unconscious shortly after trying to feel and improve my magic. However! The next Canaris does not know the meaning of surrender!

If my body is not used to magic then I’ll just pound it, temper it and mold it until it is accustomed to it. If it’s not enough, then I’ll just temper it some more and some more and some more aaaand some more!

Using my memory of my past life, I undergo through the same training with some modifications. This is the world of sword and magic! I can’t just apply the logic from Earth willy-nilly. For example, I can’t just charge at a bear and brawl it to death like usual because  bears in this world can spit acid, climb walls and… wait, am I sure that was a bear not a fluffy Xeno? Eh, whatever.

Just like the saying, “When in Rome, bang Romulus. When in Mongolia, bang Genghis”. I adapted to this medieval-era magical world. On the day, I spent my day studying and learning like any normal children but I intentionally try to not stick out. I keep my grades and performance at average or below average. During the night, I’d sneak out from my home and head to the nearest dungeon or forest to train myself. Of course that means I don’t have enough sleep but I can make it back to home on time and pretend as if I have some sort of sleepwalk.

During first few weeks of the training, it felt like hell but as time goes, my body is accustomed to magic and I’ve become quite strong to the point I can pretty much one shot any monster near the village. Every time there a dungeon or XP farm as I call them, I would head out silently and clear it out myself.

It turns out that I absorb some of monster strength every time I defeat them for good and that is just perfect! The more I kill, the stronger I get!

Currently, I am already 7 years old. I have white snow hair and a surprisingly translucent skin which a bit uncommon within Estera Kingdom; the Kingdom I am currently residing in. Regardless, look at this slender body! I am goddamn HOT if I may so. Umu… that’s good.

I usually wear white colored dress to match my hair. Hey, just because I want to become the next Canaris, it doesn’t mean I can’t admire myself! There is nothing wrong with admiring myself okay?

“Ta!!”

A girl with short brown hair managed to break a wooden dummy set up by the local instructor. Every children, me included applaud and look at her with awe and admiration. Of course that is just an act on my part, I could easily clear up dungeons when I was 5, a wooden dummy is nothing but a child play. However, Canaris only shows her true strength from shadows so I shall keep acting like your average children with no talent.

“Impressive Ann!” I clapped my hands while smiling brightly at the girl.

That girl is Ann. She is my first friend in this world. She is a cheerful person and if anything that is interesting about her, that’d be her eyes. Her azure blue eyes are always full of compassion and the will to improve herself.

Ann turns to me and waves her hand at me, smiling proudly. Yes, yes, I can see that your hardwork paid off. Breaking a wooden dummy may seem like not much of an achievement but this is a world full of magic!

For children, controlling their magic is already a difficult task and quite taxing. The wooden dummy is already enchanted by the instructor so it won’t break unless if you combine your wooden sword with your magic. If your magic is too weak, it won’t leave a dent or only scratch it. Pour too much and you’ll ended up breaking both the sword and the dummy. If you pour waaaaayyy to much, you’ll end up breaking up some bones in your body.

Why children like us are ordered to practice things like these? Because believe it or not, this world is far more dangerous than Earth. In Ledea, everyone can use magic and magic has become an important aspect of life. You can do things deemed supernatural by normal humans of Earth with ease in Ledea thanks to magic. You can fly, you can conjure fireballs out of thin air, you can bend the nature to your will.

However, humans are not the only one that can use magic, monsters can do it as well. Slimes for example, they can conjure fireballs or water ball at you. Don’t let their small appearance fool you, slimes are magical creatures, that means their magic are far more potent than humans although they lack the brain to develop it further. Even so, a fireball from a slime can seriously injure children.

Believe me when I say this; monsters ARE everywhere in Ledea. If it’s not civilized, then you can expect to run into monsters once every few minutes. Since I can solo a dungeon myself, I am not too concerned with the small fries that litters the road.

“Ann is amazing!”

“Can’t believe a commoner can be so strong!”

“If she is this strong, she can enroll to the nobles academy!”

  Ufufufufu, of course Ann is amazing! I taught her some tricks after all. Obviously I didn’t teach directly and say something along the lines of “Hey, you should do X because Y”. No, no, no, I am the next Canaris! I wouldn’t do such thing! My role in front of everyone is to act like a regular NPC or a mob character that you probably going to forget in next 5 minutes.

So how did I teach her?

Simple, our exercise is not about smashing wooden dummy all day long. We’d have spar as well with each other, though because we are kids, we can only be serious for first few minutes before it turns into a chaotic, free for all, battle royale by swinging your sword around like headless chicken and hope something runs to your sword.

When I spar with Ann, I intentionally hold back and match her movements. My past knowledge really helps a lot, I removed all the unnecessary movements. When she showed weakness, I simply hit her hard enough for her to realize her mistakes. You see, Ann is a smart lass, she can quickly realize her mistakes and fix it within short span of time.

Considering her good personality, wouldn’t it mean that she might become my enemy in the future when I become the villain? Obviously yes but there is a strong reason why I only handpicked small circle of friends I know I can use.

Canaris did not just show up and start killing people around to get the heroes to show up. Instead, Canaris blends in with the masses.

Canaris has lots of support from the people because she understands them. Ann is a commoner and I am a daughter of a Baronet. Ann is not the type to lie to me so far so I know that I can rely on her to understand the common folk of this world. Of course one person is not enough but it’s a start.

The next person I have handpicked is Esmeralda, the daughter of Baron Redalion, you can think her family as my family’s direct superior. Whatever they say goes. She is a bit prideful and can get quite full of herself but in this world, the ruling class dictates and exploits everything until people revolts. Having an ear and eyes among them would greatly help me in the future.

“Hmph, not bad though I can do better”

Esmeralda who is standing next to me seems a bit grumpy today. Perhaps she dislikes the idea of being surpassed by a commoner. She is not that worried about me surpassing her since I usually perform worse than Ann.

Esmeralda is quite a beauty if you ask me. Her yellow hair smells like a field of flowers and those azure blue eyes of hers are enchanting. The way she walks and behaves for the most part is very graceful and ladylike. Her blonde hair is shining like gold, which sometimes makes me wonder if her hair is actually made of gold.

Me? Well, being a Baronet, I am not expected to do much so I can walk normally without the slightest care in the world but I am expected to answer the call from Redalion family in the future. If anything, I prefer all the glory goes towards Ann or Esmeralda. I don’t care whoever gets the credit, be it Esmeralda or Ann, as long I am not in the spotlight, I am perfectly happy with the result.

“Do not worry Miss Esmeralda” I smiled at Esmeralda, though she wasn’t looking my way. “The instructor said you have the largest Mana Pool among us so you can technically do better”

“O-of course I can!” Esmeralda responds proudly. “It’s just I thought it’d be better to give everyone a chance to show off!”

Hahaha, right. I wasn’t lying about her having largest Mana Pool. Well, obviously hers is nothing compared to mine but hiding and falsifying information is something that I’ve been practicing since I was born in this world. Anyway, Esmeralda may have the potential to be the strongest, even far surpassing Ann but she just bad at controlling her magic.

Yesterday, she poured too much magic to her sword, she ended up not only breaking the wooden dummy, she also breaks some of her bones and destroyed the training ground. Luckily she has her aides and bodyguards with her so they quickly helped her back on her feet but…

Human body has its limit.

Healing magic is very handy. It can make wounds disappear and restore broken bones, etc however it is not omnipotent as everyone thought. Healing magic forces your body to overdrive and rapidly repairs itself, the process tend to be very painful and plus, it cannot remove infection or diseases from your body. So I had to lend an invisible hand there.

Even if they managed to repair her broken bones, you cannot deny the fact that it’s not perfect. Some of her nerves are still damaged and as the result it makes her even harder to channel her magic throughout her body. I just simply fix those nerves a bit to allow her to channel her magic efficiently. It’s a small modification that she didn’t notice.

“Alright, I think that’s it all for today children!”

Our instructor, Zargat voice echoed through the training area, catching everyone’s attention. He is a young man probably in his mid-twenties but has distinguished himself as someone capable to serve as Esmeralda’s instructor.

“Huh?! Wait!” Esmeralda raised her voice in anger. “I don’t get a chance to smash that dummy!”

“Miss Esmeralda, you are still on recovery. We cannot risk you injuring yourself again. Please wait until you have fully recovered”

“No! I am perfectly fine!”

No you’re not Esmy. Some of your nerves are still damaged. Though I did help out from the shadows, it’ll still take time until you fully recover. I can use healing magic on her but it might damage her body from overusing healing magic. Her body is not as robust as mine after all.

I raised my hand to grab Zargat’s attention.

“Instructor, isn’t it too early to end the training? We haven’t entered the sparring session”

Esmeralda turns her head to me and give me a thumbs up as if she is saying, “Nice follow up!”.

“Oh it’s because the bandit attacks are increasing as of late, it’d be safer for everyone to return home early”

Every children in the training area, Ann included shows concerned expression. I am not concerned in the slightest but I pretend to be very concerned. Perhaps Zargat noticed that everyone is concerned, he unsheathes his sword, moments later the sword is covered in electric sparks. It gets everyone’s attention as we look in amazement.

“Relax! Baron Redalion is mobilizing a group to arrest those evildoers! As long as we live, no bandits can come close to this village!”

The children mutter something along the lines of “Amazing!” repeatedly as they watch Zargat show off some of his, lightning-fast attacks. Heh, see what I did there? His sword is covered in electric sparks and….. lighting-fast attacks. Heh… No? Okay….

  Anyway, bandits huh? No wonder why father is busy lately. As a baronet, he is assisting Baron Redalion with mobilizing the troops needed.

This is not a modern era world, there is no such thing as telephone or internet. Even though there is magic, so far there is no magic that can replace phone or internet in this world. Meaning, it took longer for people of Ledea to spread the information.

Mobilizing an army in this era is not an easy task. You need to go to various villages and towns, spreading the word and recruiting people, then you have to prepare the supplies as well as a clear supply routes. Then you may also have to beat the recruits to shape.

Though for a bandit camp, they don’t really need a massive amount of troops really. Bandits seldom acts in large numbers since larger numbers will attract monsters attention, it’d be easier for them to move around and rob people if they have small numbers, hence why these elusive bastards heavily relies on ambush.

My father is strong and has a knack to find right people for the job, so he is probably tasked to find the suitable people for the job. I assume Baron Redalion may try to make a small, elite team of experienced fighters.

  Everyone is clearly worried about the bandits but not with me. If these bandits are ballsy enough to force Baron Redalion to go out to hunt them then it means these bandits must’ve robbed a lot, at least enough to get the Baron’s attention!

That means… they HAVE LOTS OF MONEY!

MONEEEEEEYYYYY!!!!

C’mon now, money is incredibly important to me! I need funds in preparation to become the next Canaris! I also need to secure a base of operations, I need a stable supply of both manpower but those two I can put aside for now.

I know that we can sell monster body parts to Adventurers Guild for money, though I have defeated a lot of monsters, I am still a 7 years old girl. It’d be odd if I were to sell a lot of monster’s body parts to the guild. Plus, the village I live in doesn’t have adventurer’s guild in it so for now, I just secured any monster body parts inside my dimensional storage magic.

Hehehehe, bandits… I hope you have a lot of money for me!

 

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Later on the same day, we agreed to end the training early as instructor Zargat told us. Esmeralda went home with her bodyguards and the instructor, everyone else that was present in the training was a commoner so we all went home together. 36 kids in total.

Some of the village’s fighters came and pick us up outside the training area so we all arrived back home safely. Everyone is happy that no incidents occurred. I, however, not satisfied!

I have thousands or millions of scenarios going through my head that I had prepared in case the bandits intercept us along the way and you bet your ass I am not going to let it go to waste!

So while it is still dawn, I decided to go and play in the flower fields alone close to the village. My plan was simple; I want in the scenario where I act as regular NPC, get kidnapped and then once I arrive on the bandits hideout, I show my true power, making them go like “Hold on, isn’t this girl too strong?!” and then I shall slaughter them all, leaving only blood and corpses in my wake, marking the first signs of the next Canaria… or that was my original plan.

“Snow! Wait for me!!!”

Why Ann decided to follow me all the way out here?! I mean it is not too far from the village but her presence alone threw all of my scenarios out of the window! Damn it Ann! Do you mind?! I am TRYING to get myself kidnapped here!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this earlier but everyone calls me Snow due to my hair and pale skin. My real name here is Claire.

Ann managed to catch up with me in the flower field. She is completely out of breath but she quickly recover from it.

“Snow, I knew you’d decide to come here again!”

“Ann, why are you here?” I ask her. “It’s almost dark so you should go home”

“Then!” she grabs my hand. “Let’s go home together Snow!”

I shake my head. No Ann! I understand that you see me as your best friend and highly value me. I appreciate that but seriously, GO HOME! I want to get kidnapped!

“Noooo! I wanna see the flowers a bit more!!” I tried to shake Ann away from me

“But didn’t you hear what Instructor Zargat say? The bandit attacks are increasing!”

Ho! That line… it’s a perfect set-up to follow with a line that can become a flag! Thank you Ann!

“Oh don’t worry” I wave my hand dismissively, “This place is not too far from the village. It’s very safe!”

Hahaha! Yes! I’ve said it! I’ve raised the flag! Now, bandits… COME AND GET ME! Don’t ‘cha see? There are two powerless, beautiful children here with no adults to help them around! Surely if you capture them you can make some cash! Especially me! JUST LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL HERE!!!! JUST IGNORE MY FRIEND, I WANT ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION!!!!!!! KIDNAP MEEE!!!!

“Snow! Don’t say such things!” Ann pouts at me.

Shortly afterwards, I felt presence of several individuals from the deep of the woods using my Search magic which works like a radar but I decided to pretend I didn’t know anything and proceed to argue with Ann.

Before I know it, several thuggish-looking men come out from the woods, armed to teeth with sword. Ann squealed out of terror at the sight of these guys, I screamed as well, pretending to be scared.

“Who are you?!” Ann yelled at them nervously.

“Huh, to think we’d stumble upon two squirts on our way back” one of the thugs responds casually. “Alright! Get ‘em! They’d make good cash on the market! Make it quick!”

“B-bandits?!”

Ann took a step back while holding my hands tightly. I can feel her entire body shaking badly and she is already on the verge of breaking down to tears as the bandits approach us step by step.

“N-NOOOO!!!” Ann screamed as loud as she can

YEEEEEAAAAH! HELLLL YEEAAAHH!! THIS IS THE MOMENT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!! THANK YOU BANDITS!!! Though I kinda hoped Ann wasn’t here. However, I can wing it so I guess no problem!

Okay, first! I pretend to be scared, I make sure that they can see that I am shaking in fear as well with tears running down through my eyes. Then, I step back slowly, ensuring that there is no clear patterns in my movements. I squeezed Ann’s hand tightly. My eyes are constantly switching between one bandit to another.

Next step! I turned around to look at Ann who is also clearly scared and shaken to the core.

“Ann! Let’s run!!”

Ha! I’ve said it! Now bandits! All you have to do is block our path! You don’t need some fancy magic, just have one or two people blocking our way back to the village, even if there is huge gap that we can run through, we cannot slip past because of how scared we are!

As I expected, two of the bandits run and block our path back to the village shortly after I suggest Ann to run. PERFECT!!! This is going the way I wanted! You guys are the best bandit I could ever ask for!

“Where are ya goin’ squirts?”

Well, considering we are both 7, calling us squirts would be correct. Anyway, now we are surrounded. Okay, next, I need to ensure Ann can escape. I NEED Ann to escape and tell everyone about this. What? You expect me to get Ann kidnapped as well? No, it’s true that Ann’s presence forced me to change my original plan a bit but if Ann made it back home, there is a chance I could get some audience watching my performance!

I silently use paralyzing magic from my eyes without chanting, numbing the bandits in front of us. I intentionally put a small delay so they don’t notice right away.

I squeezed Ann’s hand even tighter and run towards two bandits. Ann who is already scared and cannot think can only follow me from behind. As we get closer, the bandits try to catch us with their hands but the paralyzing magic I use earlier caused them to fall to the ground. I used this opportunity to slip past them with Ann in tow.

“The hell you two doing?! GET THEM!!” I can hear one of the bandits shouted in rage.

After making some distance from them. I let go of Ann’s hand and intentionally trip. As I fell to the ground, Ann stopped running, she tried to help me but I pushed her away.

“Ann, leave me!” I yell at her.

“NO! I am not leaving you!!!”

“Ann, my legs hurt, I will only slow you down! Go!”

Ann shakes her head and tried to grab my hand but I push her again, looking at her pleadingly while maintaining a “farewell smile”.

“You must warn others! GO ANN!”

Ann turn her attention at the approaching bandits and then look at me again, I only nod at her while crying.

“UWAAAAAA!!!! I AM SORRY! I AM SORRY!!!!”

Ann turned around and continues to run back towards the village while crying and calling out my name again and again. I silently cast a spell to make her body lighter so she can run faster. Heh, that should be enough. Now, the theater is mine to perform!

I turned to the bandits and closed my eyes, faking the expression of hopelessness and despair as they blindfold me, gag me and probably throw me to a bag. Heheheh, perfect! You guys would make a perfect side actor in Earth!

I squirmed and yelled, trying to escape. Of course, with my full strength I can easily wipe these fries but hey, I want them to bring me to their hideout in the first place. Heheheheh, now I just play the waiting game.

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I don’t how long I was in the bag, blindfolded and gagged but I decided to pretend as if I fell unconscious because I struggled too much. The moment they opened my blindfold and gag, I am already chained inside some sort of a cave.

Both of my hands are tied to the chains on the wall. I can see the bandits gathered in the campfire. Really? Campfire inside a cave? Oh well, whatever. I count there are at least 17 of them, all of them are rather well-armed for a bunch of thugs.

I can see a carriage not too far from the campfire, from my current prespective, it may be loaded with goods. There are multiple chests and sacks filled with something near the campire too.

“Hahaha! Today’s a good haul! I can’t believe that stupid merchant and his son fell for it!”

“Yeah! You see how the merchant begged to spare his son? Hah! As if we’d let that happen”

“I didn’t expect you to find extra haul. That kid you kidnapped earlier is not bad, she is quite beautiful. She can fetch some good money. Too bad the other one escaped”

“I know right? So tonight, we feast boys! We’ll be rich soon enough!”

They are really enjoying their time huh? Well, considering they even go as far as chaining me here and the chains they used is not a normal chain as well. It is enchanted and I can feel it is suppressing my magic. Too bad such expensive item can be broken easily.

I mean even if it’s try to suppress my magic, in the end it is nothing more than a tool and every tool has limits. Human bodies however, despite its limitations can be tempered and developed. If you can disable the limiter of human bodies, you can even go further. I have enough magic to tear the tool apart and I have more than enough strength to just rip it off without trying.

However, just breaking it right now wouldn’t be fun.

“Oh hey look! The princess is awake!”

Yes! Thank you for noticing me! Though I wasn’t even sleeping in the first place. I look at them while putting up the most pathetic face I could do.

“Unh, where am I?”

Yes! Good work me! Let’s start by saying the most generic line every kidnapped character would say and then let them have laugh and throw insults at me. Then I will show my true powers AND THEN watch in amazement as they enter “Oh crap” mode! Ufufufufu peeerrrrfect!

“Hahah! Don’t think about unnecessary details princess! Soon you’ll be a slave anyway”

“S-Slave?!” I scream in terror and began to struggle to break free. Of course I am currently holding back. Not yet my dear audience! It’s not time for the peak performance.

“Yeah, Duke Godart will pay lots of money for beautiful girls. No idea why but we know it’s always been like that. As much we don’t want to, we need the money”

Duke Godard? Who? Eh, probably just another unimportant side character. Anyway, one of the bandits smacked the guy who spoke that unimportant side character name probably because it’s supposed to be a secret.

“Anyway, just be a good girl. Just don’t cause trouble and maybe we don’t have to scratch your skin”

The bandit who said that unsheathes his sword and points it at me while maintaining that scary, thuggish expression. Ufufufu, perfect. Now is the time for me to play my part huh?

I smirked.

“Huh? What’dya smiling at squirt? You think we are not afraid to skin you alive just because you are our merchandise?”

With little effort, I break the chains that binds me completely and stood up. In an instant, all the joyful air among the bandits disappear. They all drop whatever food and drink they were holding.

“Oi, oi, seriously?! How did she break those chains?!”

“Aren’t those supposed to be new?!”

“Those are new chains! I swear! I checked three times!”

Ufufu hahahahahaha! Perfect. I feel blood flowing from my wrists. Well those chains are meant to ensure people won’t escape so I had to tear my skin and break some fingers to break free. Doesn’t matter, I quickly repaired the damage done using my healing magic.

“Ufufufu…” I start with a small, but sinister chuckle and then, “AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”

Well bandits, you played your part good enough to entertain me but unfortunately, you are no longer of use to me. Fortunately, your death shall be a stepping stone for this peak performance of mine!

“I’ve heard enough of your nonsense child of man” I glare at the bandits, smiling like a maniac. “It is true, those chains worked as they intended but in the end, they are nothing but mere tool”

I pick up the remains of the chains and crushed them effortlessly with my 7 years old hand. It is enough to send a clear warning to the bandits that I have enough strength and magic.

“Heed me! Child of man!” I yell, my voice echoed in the cave. “I am Apolya! Soon, the world will bow before me! Just as is bowed before Canaris!”

Before the bandits can say anything, I dashed at them with extreme speed. These small fries are nothing so I don’t have the time to be precise or calculating with my attacks. I just need to be flashy enough!

I punched one of the bandits, it completely severed his upper body from his legs. Soon, blood that is pouring out from his body gathers above me and form a small ball.

“Now, who’s next?” I grinned at them one by one.

“HIII!!! M-MONSTER!”

“FUCK THIS SHIT I’M OUT!”

“NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!”

They scream in terror and flee from me. Awww that’s cute but no one is escaping me. One by one, I hunted them like a lion. I jumped across cave walls, run at extreme speed, I tear their heads off from their body, I pull their insides out, I slashed them with blood magic, all while laughing like a maniac. HAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS TOO FUN!

MORE! SCREAM MORE FOR ME!!! THE LOUDER THE BETTER! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Haa…… what? We are down to one guy already?! Aw sucks… I was just warming up! Oh well, I turn towards that last guy. He is shaking badly, he dropped his weapons and prostates in front of me.

“S-SPARE ME! I’LL DO ANYTHING!”

“Unfortunately, you already outlived your usefulness child of man”

I grabbed his head and pull it off from his body. Heh, thanks to you I can say that one liner like a villain!

Whoooo, okay. Now’s all of the bandits are gone. I check the carriage and all the treasure chests and sacks here. As I suspected earlier, it is loaded. Let’s see… potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, more potato, another potato, another potato, a jewel! Haha, no it’s just another potato.

Don’t need potatoes, ooh a carrot! Don’t need that. Another sack of potato, sack of potato, sack of potato. Sack of potato…

WHAT THE HELL DUDE?!

Where’s all the money and jewelry?! Why there are so many potatoes?! Are these guys potato maniacs?! AAAAARRRGGHHHH!!!!

Oh well… pretty sure these guys are not the only bandits in Ledea. I just have to get kidnapped again by another bandit gang. For now… I loaded up every single potatoes I found to the carriage and push it out from the cave and then I set it on fire, creating a thick, black smoke. It should be enough to get the rescue team’s attention… assuming they already on their way.

I went back to inside the cave and sit where they had chained me previously. I use a swrod from the fallen bandit to make some small injuries all over my body and then using blood magic to manipulate the blood, I sprayed some of the blood around the place I am chained. I make sure to injure my wrist enough and make it look my wrist is entirely covered in blood.

Perfect! Now I just pretend to fall unconscious and no one’s gonna ask me what happened!

Haaaaa, that was a bit disappointing but I am not giving up. This next Canaris will definitely rob some money from the bandits next time!

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To Be Continued

 

Claire’s Note #1:

Back on Earth, I would’ve never guessed that other world actually exist but now that I am here, in a world called Ledea. World of sword, magic and fantasy. I admit, I find the idea of living in such world to be quite… thrilling and exciting.

The most important thing of all is the fact that magic is the very foundation of everything in this world. Canaris, is someone who is unbeatable in magic, this world is exactly what I’ve always wanted.

However, in order to become the next Canaris, I’ll need money, a base of operations and an audience. After all, even if Canaris only strikes from the shadows, she still needs an audience to spread the message around.

Also… I will miss the internet.

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