Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

31. First Encounter

1 YEAR AGO

The imperial capital of Houou, the city of Phoenix. It was the largest city in the Houou empire and was the center of government and economy.

In the middle of the city was a magnificent palace that was the residence of the emperor and his family.

The city is divided into 8 regions that represent the direction of the winds. Then a little in the middle, the edge of the palace area is a territory inhabited by nobles and important people. In other words, a special area for the elite (executive).

This special area is separated by high walls and and tight security. There are only 4 entrances, namely in the west, east, north and south which are also roads to enter the palace.

This is where Laila and her family live, more precisely in the western part of the region.

A large 5-story house resembled a small palace with a spacious courtyard.

Although spacious, large and magnificent, Laila's house is actually not too different from the house on the left, right, front or back. In other words, houses as big and grand as Laila's were common in the area.

But the view is a little different in front of Laila's house.

Across the street, there was a house that was 2 times bigger and grander than his. The house did not belong to the nobility, it belonged to an unidentified rich man. Laila had never even seen the owner of the house and only saw the 30-something maids.

Today is a school holiday. So Laila has no special activities. Usually he would practice swords to improve his abilities, but somehow he felt lazy to practice today. And that's why he's bored. So bored.

In order to dispel his boredom, he finally decided to go on a road trip around the capital.

"Huhh.today is hotter than usual..." Laila said as she exited her house.

It is summer, so it is natural that today is hot, but somehow today the weather is hotter than usual. For Laila, heat was not a problem, but her skin would turn brown if exposed to direct sunlight for too long.

Today he wears a white one piece, high heels and a brown straw hat. And don't forget a small bag for storing cell phones and money.

Beautiful and sweet. That was the first impression when he saw himself. She is no less beautiful than the princess of this country.

"Miss Laila, do you want to go out today?"

A maid asked him. Maid is in her 30s and is the head maid at Laila's house.

"Yes, Sophie. I'll walk for a while to get some fresh air. If mom or grandma asks me, just tell me I'm walking."

"I understand. Do I need to call a car?"

"Yes. Please." Please."

After a few minutes of waiting, a private train belonging to the Laila family arrived in front of the house controlled by a coachman in his 40s. The black carriage pulled by 6 stout black horses was ready to take Laila anywhere.

Horses were chosen because they were more comfortable and quiet than the larger, rugged Maltea.

"Good morning, Miss Laila. You look beautiful as always. I am Hyura ready to take you wherever you ask. So where are we going today?"

As usual, Hyura looks excited and energetic despite being old (frozen).

"Good day, Hyura. Today I don't know where to go, hmm... do you know any interesting areas that I haven't visited yet?"

Hearing Laila's request, Hyura paused for a moment and thought. Then Hyura remembered something.

"...All right, then I know a place that makes you happy."

Laila got on the train and left.

After exiting the elite area through the west gate, Laila's carriage went towards the south of the capital. The scene instantly looked different as he peered outside through the window.

Even so, this was the scene of life in the capital. Many people passed by on the side of the big road. The shop here sells a variety of magic needs and equipment. Trains pass each other. Street entertainers, magic shows, hawker shops and more.

It was then that Laila began to realize that this was a little different than usual. Right now he felt the city was more crowded and more lively.

Shortly after, Laila's train stopped. Hyura got down and opened the carriage door.

Laila got down and finally saw what caused the city to look more lively.

"Whaaa.., Hyura might do this..."

"Yes, you're absolutely right, Miss Laila. It is currently the location of the summer festival. "

The festival. That's why the city is getting more alive.

Along the way, many shops stood and peddled their sales.

Games, food, entertainment, and much more. Even though the weather is so pans, it does not discourage visitors at all. The festival will last until night. At that time, the festival will be more crowded.

The shop extends up to 5 km. It must have taken a long time to count the number of shops in the festival.

"The festival lasts 7 days. You must have never been to a place like this before, so I invite you to this place. Miss Laila, what do you think? Should we go somewhere else?"

"No... I think this is the right place to spend some time."

"Thank God then. Should I accompany you?"

Laila shook her head and smiled.

As the daughter of an important person, of course she should be escorted. But he knew, even though Hyura was not accompanying him, there were still some people protecting him in secret.

"No need. I'll have fun alone."

"All right then. I've understood. I'll be waiting for you here, but I hope you're careful because in a place like this it's often criminal."

"Aha ha. I understand. I'll be careful."

After saying goodbye, Laila entered the festival crowd.

It was a lot of people and crowded, but fortunately the area used by the festival was quite wide, so he could move a little freely.

At the festival, Laila tried various gems and food.

A lot of games and food he had never tried before, so he had a lot of new experiences today.

He tried shooting games, but he always failed to hit the target.

This is natural because all games are games that rely on physical ability. Magic is prohibited in every game except games that use magic.

Laila also bought accessories in the form of necklaces. Although cheap, but he's happy to get a memory.

3 Hours passed. Laila did not expect time to pass so quickly.

He was now at the end of the festival area, but he was startled again when the end of the festival area was a city park.

Being a little hungry, he ended up eating the snacks he had bought.

A flower-shaped dry chocolate cake, that's what he ate.

He ate in a chair that was located under a large, shady tree.

Not only himself, he also saw other people with their partners were feeding each other.

Seeing the couple, for some reason made Laila a little envious.

She is currently 15 years old, but does not have a boyfriend.

He could have received a man's declaration of love at his school, but he didn't feel something called love. So he refused it.

"Haa.... "

Laila's feeling became uneasy, therefore she sighed deeply.

He decided to end his adventure today.

He picked up the phone in his bag and contacted Hyura.

"Hyura, pick me up at the end of the festival park. I want to go home."

"(Alright, Miss. Please wait a minute.)"

The connection was cut off and Laila put her phone in the bag.

While waiting for Hyura to pick her up, she still continued to eat. Right now he doesn't care whether the food he eats will make him fat or not.

At that moment, he saw a strange young man wearing a robe and a white mask covering part of his face.

The young man walked over and would pass in front of Laila.

That was when the wind suddenly blew strong enough to make the young man's robe lifted.

The clothes inside the young man were nothing but t-shirts and trousers.

At that moment Laila saw a sword in the young man's right hand, but that was not what attracted Laila to the young man.

Carrying a weapon was common, so the young man's weapon did not attract Laila's attention.

What attracted Laila was the blood that kept dripping from the young man's left hand.

The young man was injured.

Somehow Laila could not let it go and just grabbed hold of the young man's robe as it passed right in front of her.

The masked young man stopped and turned his head towards Laila.

"Stop!"

Laila said that in such a serious tone. The young man showed a complicated expression.

"Hmmm... is there a problem, miss?"

Unexpectedly, the young man asked Laila in a gentle and polite tone.

That was enough to surprise Laila.

"The problem? Yep. There is and the problem is why did you let that hurt? You know, I can't stand to see people who don't care about themselves!"

"Wounds? Ahh... You mean this little scratch?"

The young man showed his left hand that was injured deep enough to be pierced by something.

It wasn't a scratch.

"Ahhhhh...Mooo... Sit quickly!! I'll treat your wounds!!"

"Eh?"

The young man looked confused, but when he saw Laila like an angry monster, he finally had no choice.

Although it looked like an ordinary girl, it remained that the pressure of an S rank magician was so great.

"Well, if that's what you want."

The young man sat down near Laila and laughed bitterly at the sight of many hawkers strewn across the chairs.

"You wait here. I'll find a cure first. Don't try to escape. Even like this I'm a pretty powerful witch."

The young man nodded while sweating coldly.

Laila then went to the tent that was used to treat people who were injured while at the festival. Thanks to that, Laila is not difficult to find a cure.

The question Laila asked was why didn't the young man go to the tent to treat his wounds?

After a few minutes, Laila returned with the medicine in a small bottle and a pack of wet wipes.

Laila sat down and held the young man's left hand. Then he cleaned the young man's hands with a wet tissue.

Once clean, Laila was shocked because the young man's wounds turned out to be deeper than she had seen.

Laila realized that such a wound could only happen if it was hit by a sharp object like a spear.

"Hey... Aren't you afraid of me?"

The young man asked as he saw Laila purging the blood that kept flowing.

"Fearful? Whatchu mean?"

Laila continued to clean the young man's wounds, she had even finished a lot of wet wipes.

"You know a suspicious person like me might be a criminal or something...."

Hearing that, Laila stopped wiping the young man's wounds for a moment, then continued on again.

"I'm not afraid. But I also thought you might be a criminal, even so, I'll still treat your wounds."

"..........."

"After all, if you're a criminal, what crime are you committing?"

"...I'm telling you, lady, you're treating a killer's hand right now."

"Eh?"

Laila instantly froze and widened her eyes.

That was a reasonable reaction.

The young man had also thought that Laila would react like that.

But, Laila also had another reaction, which was a small laugh.

"so apparently. You are a murderer and I am the son of a murderer. I think we're a little bit alike, don't we?"

"Eh?"

Now the young man was shocked and dumbfounded.

"Yes. My father was a murderer who killed on a duty. Even though what he killed was a criminal, it didn't change the fact that my father, no, even I would one day become a murderer. So if I'm not helping you just because you're a murderer, then that's a funny reason, or you're killing people for taking their property?"

It was then that Laila pressed the young man's wounds so hard that the pain multiplied.

"Hey..it hurts to know...."

Usually people would immediately scream, but the young man looked calm despite saying ill.

"Then did you kill to hurt and harm others?"

"Eitherway. The family of the person I killed must be sad, so that includes harming others."

".................."

Laila was speechless, yet she also had a small smile.

"Yes you're right."

Silence then occurred between them.

Laila did not say a word and continued to wipe the young man's wounds. So too with that young man.

The young man was silent.

"Haa. why don't you stop. I've run out of tissue."

"It's your fault for pressing my wound. You intend to treat my wounds, but you're aggravating them."

"God.."

The young man was right.

It made Laila feel guilty.

"It's your own fault, too. Hmm.. Don't you have any magic objects that can treat your wounds? If it continues like this, you'll bleed out and die."

"Ha ha, who do you think is wrong?"

"............."

"Miss, I've run out of magic items to treat wounds. If I had it, I would've treated my wound."

The young man makes sense.

Then what should they do?

"Hmmm.. Then I guess I'll have to buy a magic thing capable of meng-"

"The shop selling such a magic item is closest to being 1 km away. It'll take time."

The young man cut Laila's words and explained that Laila's idea was useless.

"Then what should we do? The medicine in this bottle is only for minor injuries. The hospital is far from here. Hey what are you doing?"

While thinking, Laila was startled by the actions of the young man who took the bottle filled with medicine and opened it with his mouth.

The young man then quickly dripped the liquid into his wound.

"......ughh..."

The young man's face seemed to be enduring the immense pain.

That's natural because the drug does indeed feel sore.

"Bo-stupid, what are you thinking?"

Laila panicked when she saw the young man in pain.

He also did not expect the young man to be careless.

"Well.ha... Just chill. I'm fine. This drug is for small wounds, but it is better than not given medicine. You see, there's not much blood coming out, is there?"

The young man was right. Blood was not flowing like that.

Laila felt a little relieved .

"Ahh. You're right, but the blood is still flowing."

"We're pretty wrapped around it with a clean cloth, but-"

The young man did not have the clean cloth used to wrap his wounds.

The robes, the clothes, the pants are all dirty full of dust.

"Just relax, I have a handkerchief I haven't used yet. That must be enough even if it's not too clean of germs."

"Heii. but- "

"That's it. Let's just say it's my way of making amends for making your wounds worse."

Laila took a white handkerchief in her small bag, then wrapped it around the young man's wound quite firmly.

The white handkerchief turned red, but the blood had stopped flowing.

"Ahh. thanks then. Now I feel better."

Laila smiled happily.

But that was when he saw Hyura walking over.

It turned out that Hyura had arrived.

"I'm sorry, I think I should go."

Laila stood up.

"Ahh. okay. I have to go too. Thank you for treating my wounds."

"Ahahaha.I aggravated your wound and treated it, I don't think I deserve thanks. You put that medicine in your wound anyway, right?"

"Yes, but it was you who gave him the medicine, so I'm still thankful!"

Laila smiled.

The young man smiled too.

"See you, master killer."

After which, Laila waved her hand and walked towards Hyura.

The young man just fell silent and turned around. Then walk again to the destination.

"Master of the killer?"

That was the beginning of Laila's encounter with a strange and mysterious young man who claims to be an assassin.

>>

At that time Laila thought she would never meet the strange young man again, but two weeks after that day.

He met the young man again.

No. gabe. More precisely Laila found the young man was asleep in a park near her school.

Laila School is located in the western region of the capital, Shiryuu Academy.

In the capital there are 4 magic schools, namely Shiryuu Academy is in the western region, Seiryuu Academy is in the eastern region, Ginryuu Academy is in the northern region and Kinryuu Academy is in the southern region.

The school had several levels, namely the Basic Magic School [Basic Magic School], the Secondary Magic School (Magic School] and the Magic Academy (Magic Academy).

There is one more level, namely the Magic College (Magic College), but the place is in another region.

Laila's rank was the third year [Magic School] (grade 3 Junior High).

It's lunch hour.

Laila and her three friends plan to have lunch together at the park outside the school.

Lunch time is quite long, which is 2 hours makes the four of them choose to eat in the park near their school.

Although at school they also have a large park, but because their usual lunch place is occupied by others, one of Laila's friends proposes to have lunch in a park near their school.

In other words, this was their first time eating in that park.

And while looking for a place for lunch that Laila saw a masked young man sleeping soundly in a fairly quiet park.

This was natural because the park was still a school area, so not many people came.

"The three of you go first, I'll catch up soon after finishing a little business?"

"Rushan? What business?"

One of Laila's friends asked because she felt strange about Laila's behavior.

"That's it, you three go first!!"

"?"

Despite the strange feeling, Laila's three friends finally go first to find a suitable place for lunch.

But the three of them smiled when they realized Laila was acting strangely because they also saw the young man asleep in the garden chair.

"Hooo's... Alright. Fufu.. Aleca, Partners. Let's just go. We don't want to be called bullies, do we?"

"Yes. That's right."

"He he's.."

The three of them finally left Laila blushing in embarrassment.

"YOU MISUNDERSTANDMMM!!"

Although Laila shouted, the three of them only smiled slightly and nodded in understanding.

(It's all the guy's fault.)

With a red face of shame and anger, Laila turned towards the young man with a sadistic look.

Laila then ran towards the young man, and without a word, Laila kicked the young man in the stomach from above.

Bamm!!

But Laila's kick missed because the young man was no longer in the chair and only hit the chair made of iron.

"Eh?"

When surprised, Laila also felt her legs tingling and spread all over her body.

He eventually lost his balance and almost fell backwards, but his body stopped as it was being held back by the masked young man.

"If you want to attack me like that, then it's still too early 100 years. You know that?"

".....!?"

"But if your goal is to show off your white panties, then I'd gladly accept your kick."

At that moment, Laila's face was immediately red and wanted to explode. No, Laila has exploded.

He intended to hit the young man with his right elbow, but the young man hugged Laila with both hands.

"You know, you look sweeter when you're angry, miss."

The young man whispered near Laila's ear. It made Laila blush even more.

"Miss?"

The young man suddenly loosened his embrace. Taking the opportunity, Laila elbowed the young man's stomach with her right elbow and escaped.

"Gohh!"

The young man groaned in pain and looked down, but the young man suddenly smiled.

"I was just kidding. Such an attack does not affect me. Wellh.but I accept it because I deserve it. ...So why are you kicking me, miss?"

"Huh?"

Laila tilted her head.

Why do you think he was angry at the young man?

"Don't tell me you forgot why you're angry?"

".........Errrrr, yes that is..."

"You must be kidding me...."

The masked young man sighed then walked towards the chair and sat down.

It was then that the young man saw the lunch box on Laila's left hand wrapped in a white cloth.

"That's what it looks like, you're going to have lunch, but why is lunch here?"

"That's what I'm gonna ask you. Why are you here, Mr Killer?"

"Stop calling me that, frankly it makes me sound evil, well even though I'm evil, but I'm not comfortable with calling you rude."

"haaa.."

Laila just smiled dryly.

"My reason here is, as you can see I'm just sleeping because I found a quiet place."

Hearing that ridiculous explanation, Laila sighed then walked to the chair and sat down beside the young man.

"You're really weird. Why sleep in this park. You know this park is my school district."

"Hmmm... So you're a student of Shiryuu Academy?"

"From the uniform I'm wearing, you know. Geez, aren't you also my age, why don't you go to school and sleep here?"

Although she sounded angry, Laila was just curious.

"Well, I don't go to school, so I don't have to go to school..."

"Are you serious?"

The young man just nodded.

"Geez I can't believe anyone's not in school, but you don't look stupid?"

"You are not polite, miss. Even though I didn't go to school, I'm smarter than you."

"Where is it, stupid."

"Ha ha .. "

After laughing, silence ensued.

They don't know what to talk about.

But that's when they heard a creepy voice.

Groaoagroooaaao ...

"Whatis that? Are there any monsters near here?"

Laila turned her head in all directions, but found no source of the voice, the monster.

"It's just that you're looking, because the monster's in my stomach."

"Eh?"

In other words, the young man was hungry.

It was natural considering that the young man woke up at lunchtime. Especially when you see Laila's lunch.

That must be what made the young man's hunger so.

"Ahaha..if you want, you can eat my lunch, but only half."

"Eh, is that true. Thank you, miss."

"Yes, but after you take off your dirty robe and wash your hands. "

Despite feeling a little humiliated, the young man took off his robe and placed it on the chair. Now the young man was wearing only trousers and a red shirt and not carrying any weapons.

Laila could see the young man had black hair, but black hair was common, so Laila had no reason to think about it.

The young man washed his hands with tap water not far from the chair.

After that, the young man sat down on the chair again and saw that Laila had opened her lunch.

Omelette, fried meat, sausage, pickles, rice, everything is neatly arranged and looks delicious.

"Hmm ... is home made?"

"Yes. My mother made my lunch. Well even though there was a cafeteria, yet she still wanted to make it because it was the duty of a mother. "

"Your mother must love you so much."

Laila nodded slowly. He picked up the chopsticks and started eating an omelet.

And since the chopsticks were only a pair, Laila gave the chopsticks to the young man.

The young man also took an omelet and ate it slowly. Then he returned the chopsticks to Laila.

Tasty, that's the taste of their food. But the taste of Laila's mother's cooking was nothing special, so the young man did not comment on the taste.

"Why don't you take off your mask, by the way? Could it be that you're a fugitive?"

"Ha ha. It's funny. I wear it because it looks cool. That'sallthatis. Besides, if I open it, I'm afraid you'll fall in love with me because I'm too handsome."

"Yes yes.. Quick eat. I don't have much time to serve you."

"Good."

Laila and the young man took turns eating and took turns using chopsticks.

After a few minutes, the lunch box was clean.

"Thank you for the food."

"?"

The young man put his hands together like praying.

For Laila, it was a habit she had never seen.

"Is your hand okay?"

Laila asked as she recalled trying to treat the young man, but she instead aggravated the young man's wounds.

The wound on his hand must have not healed properly, or not.

Laila was aware that the young man's left hand looked unharmed or scarred. Bizarrely.

"As you can see, the wound has disappeared or left a mark."

The young man showed his healthy hands.

"This lied? Recovering without a trace can only happen if you use high-end objects or magic."

"Yes that's how."

The young man smiled, this made the guilt for two weeks disappear.

Could this be the reason why he approached the young man?

"Laila... Are you done?"

"Hum.it seems they're looking for me because they didn't catch up with them. I'm sorry, but I think we should split up here, Mr. Fool."

"Ahaa. I have to go too. That grandma would've scolded me."

Laila quickly tidied up her provisions and stood up.

"All right samp- eh? Where's she?"

Laila was surprised that the young man had suddenly disappeared along with his robe.

"Huh?"

Laila's confused. He even thought that the young man was a ghost.

The proof was that the wound on the young man's hand that had healed left no marks.

"City."

"City."

"Laila, where's the young man?"

Laila's three friends approached and stood beside Laila.

"Young man? Don't tell me you guys peeked at us?"

Hearing that the three of them laughed.

"Yup."

"I don't know the reason why you're rejecting all men is because you already have a boyfriend. Fu fu fu. This is great news. Aren't we?"

"Un for us.."

Mitra and Aleca nodded in agreement.

"Daughter? What do you mean?"

"Come on, you don't have to hide it. We know that cool masked boy was your girlfriend."

"Yes yes. Especially when you are without hesitation wearing chopsticks in turns. Ahhh. That makes me jealous." Partner Say.

"You're really friendly."

"Huh?"

Laila did not understand what they were saying, but Laila knew that they were currently misunderstanding.

That's why he decided to set the record straight so that this misunderstanding doesn't continue.

"Three of you, listen to me! Me and the young man only met once. In other words, not a friend or girlfriend. One more thing, we took turns wearing chopsticks because there was no other choice. Fu fuu. I just pity him for starving, that's all. So I reiterate once again that she's not my boyfriend."

"""............"""

"Mmmm.... Why are you silent? Don't you believe me?"

"No. We trust. We just didn't expect you to have multiple indirect kisses with a young man you didn't know."

"Eh?"

Laila instantly froze on the spot. He realized what the three of them had said was true. Absolutely right.

That was when her face was instantly red. Even the smoke is billowing.

At the same time, he recalled the time he and the young man took turns wearing chopsticks and kissing indirectly.

Not just once, but more than ten times.

"RUNNY!"

The three of them were shocked by Laila who suddenly fell down.

His face was red, his eyes were spinning.

"Ahhh."

Aleca complained because now the three of them had to pay Laila to a school that was a good distance away.

The next day, rumors of Laila already having a boyfriend circulate widely at school.

It made the whole school uproar and frenzy.

One thing Laila was grateful for was that no man would ever express love to her again.

Wait, doesn't that also make no men come near Laila?

Now he had a new reason to meet the masked young man and beat him up.

Unfortunately, after a month had passed, he was never with the masked young man again. Was it their last meeting?