The Book Of Flowers

Didn't Like

-- 1 hour later, the continent of Flos ---

"They're what??" Ivor loudly asked his mother who was being healed

"They attacked us all of a sudden, Oberon. The three people were demon worshippers as well, and they had extremely dense black magic"

...

I just kept quiet, not focusing on Gwen because my gaze was on the covered corpses of the Elves. Even ignoring Frank helps to make sure every Elf there is okay

Pissed off? Growled?

No. gabe. I'm wrathful

So angry that I accidentally bit my tongue almost broke up

"Oberon?"

Dare to...

...

Frank who approached me also made my eyes shifted to him

"Sorry to worry you. We did not anticipate such a brutal attack from the captives at all" Frank explained. "Duke Lantana wants to get a message out to you" he later added

I didn't come for a pleasantry

"How many victims are there on our side?"

"7 people are dead. The rest are just hurt, a blessing from God"

...

Just...?

"Only... You said...?"

Realizing that I was being unsettled, Frank trembled, as Veskal came over and grabbed my shoulder

Having handled this incident quite a lot, he knows what kind of limits I have. Unfortunately, if that limit is broken, God alone knows what I will do

"Vain, watch your head. We have to handle this situation as best we can"

...

"I heard that someone got caught from them. Who?" I asked Gwen

"The man who calls himself Luca Erzebil. The body is small and-"

I did not heed Gwen's sentence anymore, and immediately went to find the person in custody for my immediate interrogation. Worried about what I was going to do, Ivor and Veskal soon followed from behind as quickly as possible, but did not precede me

He should be here...

Among all these people...

Small body, right...?

Seeing the whereabouts of the only person bound, I immediately approached and pulled the collar of his robe so that he was lifted into the air

Veskal and Ivor were immediately startled, immediately jumping forward to hold my hand that had barely managed to throw the child to the ground

"Vainzel's! He's been hurt enough!" Ivor shouted while holding my hand

"Don't kill him! We can still get information from that kid!" Veskal followed

"WHAT INFORMATION!?"

My hands that they couldn't stand were immediately used to push the two of them away from me. And in the second that they were no longer stuck, I slammed the boy to the ground, with my head landing first

"VAIN!!"

"Hold them and let me handle this!"

My orders were immediately heard by the Salamanders and Sylphs, who immediately drove Ivor and Veskal away from me

Veskal immediately gritted his teeth against me, looking up at me who was in anger, as my hand was again raised into the air while strangling the boy on the ground, ready to beat him again

"Now you'll explain everything, son..." I threatened him

The boy named Luca also put on a cynical face, although his head is still shaking because it slammed earlier

His expression turned into a grin, and his grin turned into laughter. His laughter grew louder, the more time passed

Upset, I hit her face hard again, so that one of her teeth was dislodged and her blood was drenched on my glove

"You really don't love life huh...?"

People like this will be hard to interrogate...

And if I'm not careful, the person watching this boy will definitely kill him from a distance. The question is when

"Natasha wants me to spare your lives. I'm more than capable of doing that, but you don't seem to want to keep breathing...!" I was violently strangling him

And instead of wanting to cooperate, he threw a mockery, "Elf turned out to be delicious.", to me.

Increasingly upset, I lifted him up again in the air, and this time slammed him with the back landing first so that a very unpleasant sound in the ear made my two friends shudder and close their eyes

"I'm still slow, son. Don't test my patience...!"

"Then what is hm~? I'll also end up dead, safe or not right now"

Ah, so you want hm...?

I pulled a hair from her head, and immediately did the exact same thing I did to help Natasha, but poked the strand of hair with blood coming out of her mouth

And realizing what I was doing, the boy's smile disappeared, replaced with a surprised face

"What-what?"

"Make sure no one can kill you but me..."

Immediately I put my Mana into the strand of hair, and as I expected, the connection between Luca and the owner of the demon blood was instantly severed, marked by him starting to cough up blood without cause

I ignored him too, who was violently drawing a lot of blood from his body. I just woke up, and immediately went to give new orders to the Elves

"Call someone who can use healing magic now! Also, ask Frank Hortensia to make a painkiller right now!" My voice was heard by everyone, as some of the Elves rushed to stabilize the child's condition

I slowly drew closer to Gwen and grabbed her by the shoulder as I brought my lips closer to her ear

"If the child is healed, take him to Miralius. I'll execute him personally after the interrogation later" I whispered slowly

And I paid no heed to Gwen's shocked expression, immediately moving towards Veskal and Ivor, pulling the two, then teleporting back towards the Forest Gate as quickly as possible

Gwen was stunned, especially when her gaze began to be directed at Luca who was writhing with pain

He was silent as my sentence flashed clearly in his head. But...

Having the same sentiments, Gwen convinced herself that executing the black magician was the right decision

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-- Forest Gate ---

The night was so quiet for Fyon and the Dark Elves, that a light came from the sky and fell right in front of the Forest Gate

Realizing that it was teleportation magic from me, he immediately clicked. But his expression instantly changed when Veskal suddenly brushed off my arm that was originally located on his shoulder

"What you did to that boy is too much...!" Veskal then attacked me

Ivor on the other hand, just silence don't talk. He was worried about choosing which side

He had the same sentiments as me after seeing the corpses of the Elves, but he could also understand Veskal who said that it was excessive. And as Ivor is consumed in his musings, Fyon approaches to wonder

"What's this about? You guys came back sooner than I thought"

I turned to look at Fyon, knowing what task I would give him now

"Find me someone who can force someone to talk in interrogation right away. And-"

"Woah, Whoa! Vainzel!"

"- Make sure that the person can do it effectively. Even black magic users can help, I don't care"

My job is done. I turned towards the Forest Gate and immediately walked into it to end the night, not caring about anything else

I'm mentally tired right now. If anything gets in the way, I might hurt someone, even my friends

So then...

"Don't follow me. I was just going back home to sleep" I said, before completely disappearing into Miralius' entrance

Everyone was silent lamenting my unusual behavior. They didn't dare to banish or reprimand, so they could only stand in place while letting me do whatever I wanted to do

The irritated Veskal immediately looked at Ivor

"You need to talk to him" he tried to ask Ivor

"Can't" Ivor immediately refused. "It's the first time I've seen him that angry. My hair has been standing up ever since she did" he added

"You have to explain everything to me" Fyon asked, holding the top of his nose because he felt dizzy

"Little story, Vainzel almost killed someone today" Veskal said

But since he felt that there was no point in staying there anymore, he also walked into Miralius, ignoring the two people left behind

Only, Ivor followed behind after that. He had no more power that night, and only wanted to rest before sunrise

Fyon was just stunned. He did not anticipate the incident at all, especially the command given to him just now

...

"I don't like this situation" he commented to himself, after clucking in annoyance