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Chapter 14: The Fall and The Rise

She went to the forest and searched for Kyuu. She spent most of the time looking for her but she was nowhere to be found. The sun have set and she never saw even a single glimpse of her friend.

She hated herself. She saw it but she did nothing. She saw it but she chose to be silent. She should have talked to Kyuu! Even if she got mad to her, she shouldn't held back because it was the right thing to do.

She came back to the camp where she stays but oddly, it seems like no one was there. She tried to check the cabins but no one was there. She went back to her room and found a letter on her bed.

She opened and read it, "Meet me at the usual spot."

Even if there was no signature, she already knew who wrote it and the usual spot it mentioned.

She sighed when she saw that no one was there. She waited for few more minutes but no one arrived. She decided to wait for a little longer. She leaned against the tree and closed her eyes.

She thought of the times she had with Hideyoshi. If he discovered that it was the nine-tailed fox who did it and he knew her relationship with it, he will surely despise her.

He will hate her even more once he knew that she knew their death all along but she chose to shut her mouth. It was her fault, that's why she's reminiscing the moments she had with him because it will never happen again.

"If we only met under other circumstances..." Reimi hurriedly opened her eyes and stood up when she heard him "...we could have been lovers. In another life, maybe, we'll meet again and once we do, I hope you still feel the same."

"Am I... going to die?" she asked him with a smile on her face. He simply nodded to her. "Well, I am glad it was you. Thank you, I love you."

She felt his palm on her stomach. She closed her eyes and bit her lips before stretching it into the widest smile she could be able.

"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue. Cursed Technique Reversal: Red..." Reimi gulped, she didn't expect he will use that "...Hollow Purple."

"Thank you for making it painless," she spoke. She felt her body getting weaker. She fell on his chest. She wanted to be happy, he deactivated Infinity so she can touch him but she doesn't have enough time. “You know, I was hoping that you'll be able to help me achieve my dream.”

"A world where non-sorcerers, cursed spirits, and sorcerers live in peace and harmony. Me, too, wish for that but to be able to do that, you must survive," that was his last words before she let him go.

As she fall to the ground, she watched him walk away from her. Her eyes widened and she tried to call his name but her throat became dry. All she can do was to extend her right arm as her left palm touched the hole on her stomach. She tried to reach him but he was too far away and she was slowly losing her sight.

Sorcerers were ganging up on Hideyoshi who wasn't fighting back. Tears started to stream down on her face as the last thing she saw before she lost her consciousness was the fall of Hideyoshi who, just like her, tried to reach her before dying.

"Domain Expansion: Garden of Flames, Fourth Level: Paradise."

Reimi couldn't believe when she was able to open her eyes again. She immediately stood up, her mouth hung open on the view in front of her.

"I'm sorry, I broke our promise," Kyuu's last words before a sorcerer sliced her head. Her head rolled to the ground beside the lifeless body of Hideyoshi.

Reimi fell to the ground, unable to process what was happening. Her hands were on her mouth. Tears running down from her eyes while she was continuously shaking her head sideways.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't control her emotions anymore. She shouted, she screamed and cried their names. Telling them to not leave her alone. She wanted to be sad, she wanted to mourn but her anger was overwhelming.

Hideyoshi called her the strongest yet she wasn't able to do anything for them. She didn't manage to save them. She thought that if she died, they might survive.

It was her weakness, she was too confident that her death will be enough. She didn't expect that their lives are sacrifices, too.

She's mad and she can feel a lot of power stirring inside her. It was too powerful that she cannot contain it anymore. The only choice she have is to let it out.

In one sorrowful scream, she spread it.

Flames started to surround her and every people caught in fire would cry for help but she would just laugh at them.

"What should we do?" someone who looks just like her asked.

"Obliterate everyone," she ordered.

That night, the existence of Ancient Sorcerers was erased. They were either burned alive or beheaded. No one survived the massacre. The fall of the sorcerers happened and the feared Black Foxes rose in power.