Moon Flower Forest, snake territory-

I am in the middle of the snake territory,The feline skelton on my back have kept the majority of the snakes away. I need to be cautious not from the snakes but from the humans. They feed upon the weak.

The air had an aroma of wine it, I breathed it silently;there is sound of fire cracking by, There are five people sitting by roasting the mutant snakes, They are laughing and going merry- merry, When I got near them they noticed me, I don't know should I be happy to their stupidity or should I be sad to their ignorance.

" who are you" a lean man asked

'nice they didnt attack, is it because I look nomadic?'

" I got away from my partner"

" What do you want"

" direction to the soul wolf mercenary branch"

" go straight, then right and then left"

"Thank you"

Slowly and steadily I walked away from them

"Wait"

"What happened to you"

I smiled and walked away.

There question made me realise I cannot revert back to my original life, they will kill me, I have to move out of the city before they reach me.

After a day, Soul Wolf Mercenary Branch-

"Your name is sword Blade" said the Fat lady

"yes"

" What happened in the mission"

After breifing it for an hour-

" I need tell this matter to the headquarter"

" please, fill this form, the headquarter will contact you shortly"

"it is urgent"

"Sorry, Blade, I cant break the protocol"

"you know this is serious matter"

"yes, a free advice to you, go rogue"

"I see"

'I am too naive, I never thought they would back away. IS there hand also in this matter?'

'you should focus on implementing pan B'

'I see'

Corapital- Capital of Ring Empire.

In a dim lit room-

" A mice has escaped, a lucky one"

"he seems to have a secret"

" Boss should we clean him up"

" No, we are closely monitored"

" But"

" We cannot do it, doesn't mean others cannot"

" Boss, you mean-"

In a Apartment ( Red Stone city)

" What a disaster, first I got a bloody badge and then I got into a dirty game"

" I guess I have no choice, I have to go to the Red Academy City"

I never know when an attack will arrive, it is better I move right away.

i have 550 credits left with me, it is enhough for me to hitch a super fast car.

'isnt it too extravagant'

'its only 6 hours journey'

' I would rather spend money rather than risk my life'

'Six hour journey in three hours is a bonus'

Without any wait I packed my belongings,

The matter have already reached the far end, Macro brothers saw me from afar, but they didnt reach me, so is The receptionist. When the matter is related to their own security most humans would back off, though I would do the same, but doing the same and feeling the same is different.

Main Street,Red Academy City

I wish My Fathers key i.e.a leaf helps me out of this current pridacement. I chewed on the tasteless leaf. I felt someone is lookin at me

'she is saying me to wait'

'I will'

In the street, I watched as the sun goes back to his home.

A lady in magnificent yellow dress with a curvy eyeglasses slowly walked through the crowd, the red dressed soldiers surrounding her shooed away the crowd but in their eyes only respect and adoration. She said “ Lets go"

At the House of 'The Lady'

"please be at ease"

"yes"

sipping on her tea, she asked "did your father tell something about about me?"

"No"

"I owe him a favour"

"tell me in 5 minutes" said the Lady

"I got into the plot of imperial men..."

“ You got a token, escaped from Sharogs Belly, killed five sonats, killed a bluarp, safely crossed a rushing river and nobody is helping you?”

"yes"

“ You have come to me due to some royal cronies deeds so that I can save you”

“ Yes “

” How have you escaped from its stomach”

“ I got Lucky”

“ Lucky?”

“ Blade you should understand I would not help you, if you don’t satisfy my curiosity, I dont want to help someone and later on backstab me"

“ I understand, thank you for listening”

"wait"

“ I am an Alchemist Blade, you should try to understand that secrets are the most appetizing for me”

For a second we stared at each other.

“ I get it, just don’t tell anybody about it; its for your own good”

“ Okay?”

“ yes”

I wondered why she started caring for me, where was that threat earlier ago.

Nevertheless I kept in my mind not to repeat it to other again.

One minion is already at my throat, I don’t want to be labelled heretic, Even the girl in my mind says she is not a devil, doesn’t mean she couldn’t. It would be my dead secret.

I wanted to ask about the revolver, but before I could get into the topic My heart gripped own its own, whoever I want to divulge the information My heart tightens slowly an slowly I could guarantee that if I divulge the information I would die.

And so that proves , it is

cursed. It’s a relief that I couldn’t see any prominent effect on me.

“ Blade, even if I make them to disappear, some one will come after you again”

“ you have offended royal cronies and you have vouluntarily jumped into a 'hole' ”

I raised an eyebrow a bit

“ White bandage assassination organisation they are all over the wo0rld, I don’t understand, how would their token be in your hand?"

“ They are all highly professionals, the lowest member are level 5 and you a level 0 wont end up well"

“They will hunt you down till you are dead”

silence

I took a breath and asked “ What is the best solution”

She said “ Join the Royal Academy”

'Royal academy- straight path to upper class of the society.'

Royal Academy but-

“you have my support, there you can choose your job, your side profession, learn unattainable knowledge, there will be girls accompanying you, it will a bright future for you”

'something is fishy'

'I have no choice though; it is a bright opportunity for me too, she should have a high background to push a nobody like me into a highest class academy, Where even the rich can't enter that easily.'

“I will join"

“Lets go to Royal Academy”

“ now?”

“ yes, now”

“Royal Academy should be in Corapital right.”

“ no, you are going for Red Academy city”

“ Wait”

“ I don’t have time to tell you all the details you can ask my students”

“ok”

“ Right, give me that token, it wont do any good for you”

"yes"

'the first price'

To the one in my mind-

“ Hey, can I call you Mirage”

“ As you wish”

“ Mirage do you have any idea what she is planning”"

“ It doesn’t matter what she plans, you will gladly walk on it; any opinion is baseless”

“ Yes, You are right”

A girl of my age in White dress came and sat beside me and she bloomed a smile, which I wont forget for my life.

I gave a smile in return.

“Madam Catherine has instructed me to lead you into the academy , this is your ID, please drop a blood”

"yes"

[ Name: Marcus carp

Department: magic

Rank:F

]

'A fake name..'

Seeing my details in the hologram

"So you are in department of magic, Carp''

With an awkard 'haha' I nodded my head

"Me too"

"guess, we are clasmmates"

"yes" her dimples showed elegantly, with her sweet smile.

"lets meet in The Class, Carp'

"ok, see you"

"see you"

'what a sweet girl’

‘You shouldn’t get too close with her’ said Mirage

‘Why’

‘She is more than two or three levels higher than you; in every area’

‘so’

‘ You must understand partnership forms between equal’

‘ You mean, she would use me’

‘ Yes’

“ To be useful to a beautiful girl is my pleasure’

‘ you can do whatever you want’

‘ I understand your point, but I consider it is better than going alone’

Corapital, Ring Kingdom

“ The mice escaped'’

" Yes, Sir”

“ How strong is he”

silence

Deep breath

“tell me”

“He is level 1”

"Where is he now?"

"With Alice Webster"

"How"

"dont know, Sir"

“ Arrange me a carriage, we got to meet with that person, before she responds"

“ Yes, sir”

Red Academy City, Alice's Office

Sipping on a tea she asked “Ariana have you investigated”

“ Yes my Lady"

" one month before Marquise Zoz son was found missing, 'his' last location being the moon flower forest”

“Hm”

“ Red Stone city’s mercenaries including local famous Jack was found ‘missing ‘on the expedition mission with squad leader Mike”

“ Mike?”

“ Yes, that same Mike”

“ Things are getting interesting"

‘ So where is He?”

“ His recent location is unknown"

“off you go”

“Hm, Why haven’t you left yet”

“My Lady, Why don’t you choose better candidate rather than Sword Blade”

“ It’s a gamble”

“ He wanted my favour and I gave him”

“ Yes, My Lady”

“ if he needs something from me, give it to him”

“ Yes, My lady”