(Komoto will be mentioned by Mesuji by the ones who know this name and in the narration of text)
"So, how do we plan to move forward?" Marcus asked, he was sitting alongside with various people who helped in defeating Dark Lord.
"What can we even do now?" Annie, an elf with wings—a rare gift of nature—asked everyone.
"Sister, what do you mean by that?" Thea, a lizardman with rare healing magic interrupted. Her voice was sharp.
"You all just handed me the credit for defeating the Dark Lord" Marcus said to steer the discussion back on the track. "Just like you did after the battle with Kingdom of Ruins."
Anna, a human with excellent mind, replied him "We all know that was Komoto's wish."
"And what did that achieve?" Marcus's voice grew louder, filled with frustration for losing a very close friend. "He is dead, and no one even remembers him."
"Marcus, how can we be certain that master is truly gone?" Mio asked with just slight of hope.
"Mio…" Marcus's voice cracked as he trampled her last hope.
"My love, we found his remains—an arm and a leg which is a clear indication that the mana inside him detonated after sustaining those injuries."
Mio's eyes filled up with tears as she remembered a promise between them.
"But…but he told me…he promised that he will see our wedding, Marcus."
Mei, sitting quietly until now spoke up in anger as everyone forgot the real problem.
"He also said that he will visit his siblings on his home world but now he and his parents all are gone." she said.
"We should have never included Komoto and the others in this battle; I may be blind but I should have felt their fears." Marcus said.
Meanwhile Mesuji whose healing was faster than compared to others was being companied by Historia.
"Miss Wand, why do I sense some kind of mana outside the house?"
Historia who was changing the bandages on Mesuji's waist replied, "That is because this shop of mine is in the middle of forest so I need protection in case monsters attacked."
Mesuji looked at her with excited eyes and asked her, "That means you are super strong?"
Historia chuckled and replied, "No, I am just a medical advisor. The protection spell was casted by a friend of mine."
"Awesome! I have been fighting for so long but I couldn't use any spells" Mesuji replied with a bright smile on his face.
Historia looked a bit uncomfortable after the conversation so Mesuji asked her if everything was alright but Historia replied him that she currently lives alone and is currently in a great debt after Kingdom of Ruins was destroyed.
"So, if you saved me...?" Mesuji asked as he realized that he just ruined her life savings.
"Yes, I am now entirely broke" she replied with a great smile, she was in tough situation but she hadn't lost any confidence.
Mesuji's smile was gone; he instantly raised his right arm towards his side, his fingers slicing through the fabric of reality as if it were liquid.
His fingers went through the otherworldly void from where he retrieved a small sack.
Mesuji looked at Historia and asked her, "Miss Wand, which town is it?"
Historia looked with surprising eyes and replied, "Archasia in the Kingdom of Verdant Vale"
As he heard the name, strange warmth radiated his entire body. His body moved on his own; his eyes gently closed themselves and a faint smile curved his lips.
He extended his arm in which he was carrying the small sack "Here." He opened his eyes and with a bright smile said, "Thank you for taking care of me, take this money and please let me stay here for a while"
Historia was confused not by his action of providing money but the tears rolling down his eyes slowly.
"Mr. Mesuji, are you alright? Are you having any trouble?" she asked confused on how to help him.
Mesuji shook his head slowly "No, I am feeling the best right now."
His tears were still following the path down his cheek but this time they were different—this time they were for the happiness. He finally reached the town where his parents once lived.
In a few days, Mesuji's body healed up it was just looking perfect and strong from outside but from inside it was hollow—it was very weak.
"I checked the flow of mana in your body—it is very aggressive, if you use mana, it could kill the new cells so I would advise to not use any kind of magic." Historia replied while writing down something on his notebook.
"I can use skills, right?"
"Yes, skills don't take any mana."
"But what about a skill which lets me manipulates mana?"
Historia looked at him with surprised eyes "Who even are you? You just gave me a sack full of platinum coins which is worth about 100 gold coins each and now you have a skill capable of manipulating mana."
Mesuji looked at her with an uncomfortable smile, he knew he can't tell her the truth that he is not some NPC soldier but the one who defeated Dark Lord.
"I-I was just a very great soldier you know" he replied with a proud smile on his face.
"Can you show me your stats for a quick check up?"
"Alright"
A blue colour screen appeared in front of Mesuji displaying his current status profile.
Name: Mesuji
Age: 22
Level: 84
Remaining stats points: 18
Overall Stats: [Strength lvl 41], [Agility lvl 28], [Mana lvl ∞], [Stamina lvl 56], [Defence lvl 43]
Shop Navigation Skills AI
After the status profile another blue screen appeared displaying the following message:
[Status error: Body damage 65%
Reducing stats by 65%]
Name: Mesuji
Age: 22
Level: 84
Remaining stats points: 18
Overall Stats: [Strength lvl 14], [Agility lvl 10], [Mana lvl ∞], [Stamina lvl 20], [Defence lvl 15]
Shop Navigation Skills AI
"Wait a second, what does this strange symbol of your mana level represents?" she asked with curious yet suspicious eyes.
"That is an ancient symbol—meaning that my mana is very aggressive."
Mesuji lied about it because he can't let anyone know that his mana in infinite because if the words come out it would be very troublesome for him to handle all the stuff.
It was just then the entire house/shop shook aggressively.
"W-What is happening?" Historia screamed
"I think a monster attacked us!"
Mesuji grabbed Historia's left hand and he ran towards the exit.
His heart started beating loudly because of the strain on his body; light approached them as they reached near the exit of the house but just then a mana bear towering at the house sensed them approaching.
The mana bear moved a little back and then started running head-on towards the approaching two, Mesuji didn't hesitate a little—he extended his free hand, aimed at the mana bear.
[Skill: Mana Manipulation is being used]
Mana surged through his veins; he conjured a massive blast of mana.
The mana shot forward, cutting the air to reach the mana bear—the blast reaches the bear and it fell several distances behind.
Mesuji used the time and ran fast to reach outside the house, once they reached, he quickly jumped over the house.
"Miss Wand, please stay here I will try to defeat this thing."
"But you still haven't recovered." Historia reminded him in concern for both of them.
"Don't worry; I have several skills to defeat these monsters." Mesuji replied without any visible fear on his face.
He jumped down to confront the mana bear, it roared in anger and pain.
"Shut it down bear, you are pissing me off."
[Skill: Mana Manipulation is being used]
Mesuji's finger curled in the empty space as if grabbing some unseen force, soon black and purple mana started flowing around his palm.
The flowing mana solidified itself making up the black handle followed by a shining purple blade—the sword was shining bright in the bright sunlight.
"Let's finish this soon bear, I am still not recovered" Mesuji said with imposing tone setting up for a future battle.