We walked through the busy streets of Orario; we walked together, and for me, that was very good, because she was also on my list of those I must get into bed.
— I'm surprised.
— By what?
— Well, you always walk with… uh…
But she immediately interrupted me:
— With Ryu.
— Yes… with her. So why are you alone today?
— We have a lot of work today, so I'm alone.
— I see.
— You haven't come to us for a long time.
«Well, of course, how else.» — I thought.
— I've had a lot to do these last days.
— Ah, really? I understand… So, have you found a party?
— A party?
— You said you were going to find a party.
— Ah, no. I was helping my familia all these days.
— Ah, I see, your familia. That's very admirable and sweet.
— Sweet? — casting a questioning glance at her.
I saw nothing sweet or admirable in it, because Miach gave me strength, and I helped him. One could call it mutual aid.
— Yes, sweet.
— I don't understand.
— Ha, how silly.
— What…
— And here we are. Come in; I can't let you go without feeding you.
Before I could finish, we had arrived at the destination. Before I could do anything, she began pushing me into the "Benevolent Mistress." Of course, if I had not wanted to go in, she could not have dragged me in.
Entering the "Benevolent Mistress," I was met by a crowd of people, shouting, the cries of drunk nobodies. I could find no other words for them — how else could one call them? To bring their bodies to such a state, when they could barely move their legs — it was very pitiful. And the most pitiful thing was that they all understood what would happen to them, but still did it.
— Hurry, while there are still free seats.
My thoughts were interrupted by Syr pulling me to a free seat. Of course, it was surprising that there was a free one at such an hour. How lucky I must have been — or, on the contrary, unlucky? But in my case, it was definitely not in my favor.
I already felt no small irritation that Syr had prevented me from carrying out my revenge… But, to be precise, Kopii's revenge — but that was not so important. And the fact that there was a free seat at such an hour only added fuel to the fire.
«I should have sent her to hell from the very beginning.»
Some time later
It took Kane a week to learn about this woman and the men. As Kane understood, she was half a merchant — that was how he could call her. Because she deceived pitiful naive children who had come to the city in search of dreams and happiness, to become heroes.
He could understand why she did it: because such nobodies had nothing behind them. So why not fool them? They could not even do anything to them.
The boys were luckier: they were simply beaten and robbed, or simply killed. But the girls were less lucky: they could also be beaten, but in most cases, they were simply raped and killed, or thrown away like used toys.
Kane personally did not understand this, but from their conversations, he could understand that it happened quite often. This fact evoked hatred deep in his soul — so strong that the thirst began to consume him.
Kane barely held back from killing them on the spot. Quickly running away, he did not understand why he had reacted that way, but he quickly found the answer to this question. And it was that this was not his feeling, but Kopii's.
And the realization of this evoked nothing in Kane but fear. Of course, he tried to deny it, but denying himself was the stupidest thing one could do. So he had to accept what he had feared: even in this state, Kopii could unconsciously influence his feelings. In other words, it would not be hard for him to seize power over the body at any second.
The fact that if Kopii wanted to take power over the body, he would not even feel resistance. He could lose his freedom at any second. All his freedom could vanish in an instant, if Kopii so wished.
He also understood another thing: there was a high chance that Kopii was now in the same state as he had been all the time, when Kopii controlled the body. He was simply silent all the time. So at any second, he could regain control over the body.
«All this time, I was under the illusion of power?!» — thinking this, Kane tried with all his might to hold back his raging anger, but it worked very poorly. And the broken furniture confirmed it.
But it gave him very little. The fury did not go away.
— Bitch! Why does everything turn out like this! I hate it!
Bang.
Crack.
The mirror shattered to pieces. Kane looked at his face in the reflection in the shards. His face was completely filled with indescribable hatred for his position. That he was so pitiful.
— I'm like a damn dog!
He shouted to himself.
Now knowing for sure that his freedom was perhaps only because Kopii had allowed it.
So he decided not to hold back his anger and hatred, but simply to channel it in another direction.
And at that very second, he flew out of the house and headed to the place of their shop — their gathering place, where they all gathered and boasted. There were seven of them in total, and the woman commanded them all. She turned out to be level two, and the others — level one. However hard he tried, he could not find which familia they belonged to. But definitely not to one.
Some time later
«First!» — he mentally exclaimed.
This was the first one he intended to take revenge on, because he could disappear and then reappear. But that was not so important, because today, his revenge would be fully completed. This was the only day when they all worked — once a month.
— How little. And that's all? Are you, damn it, mocking me?
Blow.
The first was beating his next victim.
— Damn, I told you long ago: we need to look for bigger fish. You understand, right?
…
— What do you understand? Damn it. Someone like you.
Blow.
Striking him again, Kane saw that the boy's body was no longer breathing.
«Dead,» — Kane understood, preparing to attack at the right moment, spending the least time on killing him.
— Hey!
Blow.
— Are you even listening to me?!
Blow.
— Do you think I'm a joke?
«Oh, what, is he completely stupid?» — Kane could not help but wonder, looking at his strange behavior, which he could not logically explain. Did he not see that the boy was dead?
Whoosh.
Thud.
Wiping all the blood off the sword, he headed to his next target.
It took him a little more time, but he found the second victim, who was in the process of raping a dead girl. Her lifeless eyes told Kane this.
— … What… kh… kh…
Piercing his heart with one precise movement, Kane did not want to linger here. Quickly searching the corpse, finding a rather meager amount of money, he wanted to move to the next target, but, casting a glance at the girl…
— What! — Kane shouted in panic.
His eyes widened in panic — he could not feel his body. But it quickly passed, giving him quick control over the body. Looking at his trembling hands, he guessed what had just happened.
— Kopii
He whispered to himself, grinding his teeth, trying to channel his anger at the next target, which he did perfectly.
Kane ran at the maximum of his abilities — so fast that he quickly arrived where he needed to look for his target. But the target was alone. But Kane did not care — he moved into battle.
— Ah…
Bang.
The man did not have time to exclaim before Kane smashed his face against the wall.
Blow.
Blow.
Blow.
But Kane did not stop — he kept hitting. His hands trembled with the fury he had decided not to hold back, but to release it all. He hit him so many times, until only mush remained of him. But the anger did not go away; it only intensified.
His whole body was covered in blood and the remains of this devil's brains.
— Ha-ha-ha! Bitch!
Bang.