BXBX NOVEL Chapter 351 Nina II
In a small house outside the city, a woman just finished patching up the child she picked up. Her purple hair was matted with dirt and blood. She did what she could to clean her up and bandaged her wound after she removed the bullet that hit her.
Nina finally opened her eyes after three days of sleeping and what met her was the ceiling that was patched with plastic to prevent it from leaking. It turned into a black because of the constant rain. She could feel the hard wood on her back but also the soft feeling of something like fur.
Nina tilted her head and saw a woman who had her back turned. She was cooking something and the aroma of the food made her stomach grumble. The woman heard it so she turned around and saw that the child she saved was already awake.
The woman walked up to her and helped her to sit down. She even helped Nina to lean on the bed's headboard. The woman helped Nina recover and she even fed her. That was her very first encounter with a person who really cared. It was a foreign feeling but for a child who didn't experience what they call a family, she enjoyed every moment of it.
"But even that came to an end." Nina gave a bitter smile when she remembered the only woman who showed her kindness in that world of cruelty. "Because in the end, she died because of people coveting my power. She did her best to protect me but everything was in vain."
In the end, she was captured and was forced to work for the syndicate who first found her. They trained her to become their soldier with only pure anger as the emotion that remained within her. She bid her time and made herself stronger for the sake of revenge. She promised that she would kill everyone who took the only happiness she had.
She did what they wanted. Killed those they commanded she kill. She became known as the slaughterer and everyone feared her. The syndicate she was working for rose to power and became well known in that world. Whenever they saw a purple hair, people would immediately run away and their enemies would surrender in fear.
She watched as that syndicate enjoyed the prestige and the power that came with them possessing a mage. She honed her ability until she could take down a whole organization alone. Despite what she did for them, she did not forget what they did.
It was in the middle of a storm when she finally struck. The syndicate was in the middle of a meeting together with all the high officials of the group. They had been talking about how they could expand their power to more cities and even with the heavy rain, their laughter still filled that eerie room. Nina, who had been silent on the side, stepped forward which caught the attention of the syndicate leaders.
"I stood there and looked at them. They were supposed to be humans but they all appeared as monsters to me. They were all black with red eyes and jagged teeth. Their laughter sounded like growls in my ear and it made me irritated." Nina straightened her back and continued, "That's when I decided to just kill them all."
Nina's mana scattered inside the room and the higher-ups of the syndicate started to stand up in a panic. They looked at the woman who was staring at them with cold eyes. They became angry and confused as to what was happening.
Some of them started to run away but Nina's mana tightly shut the doors. She could feel their fear as the bodyguards started to move too. They then realized that they were being betrayed. They brought out their guns and started to fire towards her. Several explosions happened as the bullets collided with the mana wall that she created to protect herself.
"During that time, I could feel a sudden rush of satisfaction and joy in seeing them running around in panic. They were desperately trying to kill me but I have the upper hand. I was ecstatic because they could no longer hurt me. I exploded them one-by-one and watched as the blood painted the walls of that dreadful room." A grin appeared on the woman's face as she recounted that particular event in her life.
All of that happened before the master arrived in that world. During that night of rain and thunder, she massacred the syndicate she had been working for ten years. She relished in the scent of their blood and the sound of their screams that rang in the air. As the explosions were happening, she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply then a grin appeared on her face.
Her laughter rang and mingled with the desperate pleas of the people who made her life a living hell. She waited as no voices could be heard inside that room before she exited. Minions of the organization were already waiting for her as she stepped out. Their guns were pointed at her and they fired without mercy.
Since she already used a considerable amount of mana inside the conference room, she wasn't able to fully defend against the attacks. Her body was riddled with gunshot wounds but she still managed to kill them all and set their headquarters in fire. Even with the heavy rain, the fire continued to burn until it all became ashes.
"Then the master found me and took me under his wing. During that time, he was already with the butler and the dragon. I thought I was really going to die but I managed to survive thanks to them." Nina concluded her story with a wide grin. They considered it a satisfied smile because they knew that she was satisfied with her current life.
"That is quite an interesting backstory you had there." Nahar spoke after she said her piece. Since he was born a guardian spirit, it was very interesting to hear that story from a human.
"Interesting? Are you going to use it for a novel or something?" Nina raised her head with her eyebrows raised towards the man.
Nahar shook his head. "I mean no offense. It is because I was born as a spirit that I have no knowledge of how humans lived their lives. I only have superficial knowledge regarding them as my interaction with them was limited."
"Oh, that's right." Nina realized because she actually forgot that the man before them was a guardian spirit and that he was actually an elf.
"Thank you for sharing that story even though you felt uncomfortable talking about it. I learned another thing because of that and your world is really different from this one." Nahar couldn't help but voice out his opinion.
"That's true and because of the master I can freely use my power in whatever world we visit." Nina suddenly added which only added to the elf's curiosity. "It's one of the perks that I learned throughout the time I was with them and I also discovered that I do not age."
Nahar fell into silence after hearing the woman's statement. So, the master had a power that could influence the people who were under his wings which was exactly what he felt. Aside from that, this could also prevent one from aging.
"If that's the case, then, if the master dies or disappears, all of us will disappear too since we are bound to him." He blurted out which further put the living room into an awkward silence.
Nina was dumbfounded at those words but she quickly recovered. The dragon who had been silent for a while now did not say anything and there was no change in his expression. The room was in utter silence when they heard an applause from the doorway that leads to the living room.