Congratulations to me who got exempted from the exam because I passed my game earlier than the Deadline! HOORAY FOR FREEDOM! [th_084_.gif] [th_091_-3.gif]

I'm so Happy.. I had no time to sleep because of that DAMN project. [th_0gotas.gif]

I'm really glad I could come back here.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

BTW, I got really deep when I made this(I was just reading comments in youtube before this). It's really weird. Please excuse the really deep thoughts.

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Despair looms over the world of shadows, as hopelessness and anger takes hold of the guilty heart. -Be it young or old, no man nor woman can resist the wrath of those that had been wronged; neither death nor life can even make a difference.- Such is the fate for those who wish to redeem themselves; such is the fate for those that have to walk the road of thorns.

>>>~~/M\~~<<<

It happened late at night. It was after we were able to get out of that ruin like dungeon. We were able to stabilize her condition and managed to treat her bruises. Thinking we were able to cleanse her from the demon, we cleaned the place and began to walk outside. We were about to reach the door, when suddenly, she screamed loudly as if she was possessed by the demon.

"@#&*23,[)! *@alf:#!"

She was repeating words that I could not understand. It was as if it was another language that I've never heard of. Then, she began to shake us off vigorously as if she was running away from something. We thought it was just a nightmare caused by the incident, but when she suddenly opened her completely white eyes, we thought other wise and began to notice her condition turning for worse. Her mana was deteriorating at a faster rate. Nothing like this has ever happened before.

"W-what is happening?!"

"I've never seen something like this before."

"Quickly! Get her to settle down!"

Her strength started to rise, and her body temperature began to shift from cold to hot. It was after five minutes of struggle that we were able to restrict her movements; but after that, she started crying. Then, it hit me.

I didn't have the time to explain everything since the patient was at her worst already, and everyone else was at a loss on what to do.

"Everyone! Step aside."

"Senya? What are you doing?"

In order for a demon to absorb the victim's mana, they have to weaken their heart. In order for them to do that, they have to attack by means of using one's memories that will weaken their resistance, making it easier for them to enter. The demons will manipulate and turn the memory into something worse, creating a false memory out of the original. The only way to save the victim is by destroying its outside body, then casting holy magic to the victim's head immediately.

There was no doubt that the demon had already been slain, so why is she going through this? I have no idea. It is the first time this ever happened for us who have a good history of treating demon victims. Yes, they get mentally weakened, and the experience itself is a huge turning point for their personality, be it bad or good, but this sudden 180 degree turning point is a new thing.

The demon is already gone, but since that thing was not normal, I might be right to assume that its mind control is unlike any other we faced. This was just my assumption at first, but the more I connect everything, the more convinced I was to do so; to erase her memories. I knew it was unheard of, since manipulating one's memories are only done to highly convicted criminals for special reasons, but what I had in mind was merely to suppress her memory of the past that had been corrupted by the demon, to the point that it was "gone". Although, I plan on bringing her memory back only when she is ready to face it.

"Hate me for this later, but since there is no time to explain everything, I'll only tell you this; I am going to erase her memories."

"WHAT?!"

Everyone was shocked, but I had no time to explain everything at that time; and so I just instantly cast the spell the moment they got confused and couldn't react. That way, they wouldn't be able to stop me. I only pray that it would work.

"[Oh [dfsdadj] of history, I offer thee the memories of this child. Meoiudfdroi oieuroeu: [daldfkdkj] suppress]"

Using the ancient tongue method that I studied a long time ago, I changed the spell of memory erasing to suppressing, and as expected, I couldn't understand the words that came out of my mouth. After that, I fainted from mana exhaustion.

>>>~~/M\~~<<<

"...I see..."

Inside a big round tent, the Captain, who's now wearing a leather vest and a brown pants, sits on a chair with a table meant for a high ranking officer, facing the only exit of the tent. In front of him are two of his subordinates and the supervisor of the newly formed group -Vice Captain Senya, Intelligence division's representative Sir Armin, and the supervisor Sir Amos, The Paladin-.

A night had passed since that incident happened. Everyone was so tired at that time, and there were a lot of casualties; although, as fortunate as it sounds, the situation wasn't so severe. The Captain, who rushed from his work after he felt the shaking, announced during dinner that it was best for them all to rest, so he gave them the morning to work and examine the surroundings just in case, the rest of the afternoon for a break and a day to prepare for departure. Everyone was alright with it, so they all cheered.

On the other hand, Senya wanted to explain to the captain about the little girl's situation so that they could do something about it before things got worse, so the captain promised a meeting for the next day during their break. What they did not expect was the event that took place late that night. The captain, who was near the tent where the little girl resided, woke up and found out about the Vice-Captain's preposterous plan. He wanted an explanation, but they had to postpone since Senya fainted and the clerics at that time were dead tired.

Right now, the night had already passed and the sun had already gone over the horizon. It has been 30 minutes since the story telling started. After it ended, the Captain quietly closed his eyes to think. He then opened his eyes, looked at Senya with a serious face and ask her a question.

"Do you realize what you did?"

"Yes, sir."

"Do you not regret what you have done?"

"I do not regret anything. If I did, I wouldn't have done this in the first place."

True. She's not the type that does things half hearted.

"Hmm..."

"...."

"Senya. When we return to the capital, an adequate punishment will be given for you. For the mean time, you will be the one to take care of the child 24 hours, until we reach the first military base. Understand?"

"... Yes..."

"So... how is her condition?"

With a nervous look, I, the Captain, waited for my Vice Captain to answer that one important question. If the child were to die, it would not be something we could shrug off so easily, since what happened last night to the three years old is seen as a great insult to the country and seen as illegal. The only exemption to this rule is when it is done to prisoners. If you were to do this to someone without official consent, you will be scorned by the people around you, and in worst cases, you will be hunted down despite not being listed in the criminal records.

The reason for this is because of the ancient country's beliefs; to be specific, it's the personal privacy Act. According to the ancestors of the royal family in our country, there were many laws that were passed down in the ancient country of Amyth. One of them was the personal privacy Act, which means to not meddle with people's personal life without consent or mutual agreement; hence, no tampering of the mind of others. Since the royalties of our country are big fans of the last rulers of Amyth since the founding of this country, you can expect them to include the laws of that said country.

If the higher ups were to find out about that incident, and the memory erasing was all in vain, then my little sister would have her memories erased as punishment! She'll be accused of killing a child, by that court. It's possible, since the court is made up of malicious nobles who start criticizing people and blurring the wall between hypothesis and true story, escalating everything. On the other hand, if the little girl were to survive, then Senya's punishment will be handled by our people, which is not as worse as the court's punishment.

That would be the best outcome since, it'll be annoying to handle those people. After all they are the kind that hates our family for being Justice freaks and for meddling on their affairs. They will use any opportunity to strike a blow on us. With a serious face, Senya answered my worries with good news.

"She's surprisingly doing well."

"I-I see... wait. Surprisingly?"

"Yes. Surprisingly."

Surprisingly? Did something happen that shouldn't have happened?

"Explain"

"Yes. Her recovery rate is fast, despite her previous condition being worse. Her mana was very little and she was already suffering greatly when we first found her. From what I initially thought, the little girl is going to recover for quite a while, and it would take about less than a month or so, since she is still a toddler. Right now, it's a contradiction. Based on previous experiences some clerics had with patients of this kind, the victim usually takes about a week and a half to recover and that's a talent on its own; but at that time, it took a turn for the worse, and now that she has stabilized, her recovery rate has increased more than previously."

"Are you saying she'll recover for about a week and a half?"

"I'm saying she's recovering much faster. Faster than a week and a half. Every minute shortens the length."

Everyone was shocked. We all stared in silence after that, trying to piece together everything, making sure that we did not misinterpreted her words. Then Amos suddenly started blabbering and tried to inquire more about the interesting child.

"Wow. That's incredible. It's probably because of the powerful clerics, right? I mean, that's kind of impossible... Did you cast powerful healing magic on her?"

"Well... yes, but that has always been the case for victims like her. After fainting, I didn't do anything else, really."

"..."

Armin on the other hand, is silently writing what looks to be his report for the intelligence division. It's natural, since this place is actually his office, and this meeting is meant to be written for the intelligence division. How diligent, unlike his brother over there. I wonder why these two are so different despite being brothers.

Then, while I was looking at that fast yet very neat hand writing, Amos' question caught my attention and Armin stopped what he was doing.

"Is it okay if I come to see her?"

"Yes, but only if you stay quiet. She's probably still asleep."

Suddenly, Armin stood up, surprising everyone. Well, that was fast.

"I will come too. I am afraid of what may come if my older brother was left with her."

"Wha-! Are you saying I can't be responsible?!"

"I am saying that trouble will always follow you."

Oh! He's right about that one. Amos understood very well what Armin meant and couldn't retort anymore.

Well, If that's the case, I shouldn't stay quiet then.

"If you guys are going, then I'm going too. Senya?"

"...tch.. Then, follow me."

Senya... Did you just click your tongue... on me? What did I do wrong?

With a wounded heart, I followed Senya along with everyone to the tent where the miracle girl is currently resting. It was a just a short distance away from the tent we just used. We entered the place, thinking I will find a fragile three years old girl on the bed soundly sleeping, only to discover that the patient has already awakened and looking lively.

What came into view was a girl with a lovely red hair, fair white skin and an

"incredible"

blue eyes

"Eh?"

>>>~~\M/~~<<<

Hannah woke up, confused and a bit light headed. She couldn't recall anything that ever lead her to this predicament. She could only recall herself entering a large hallway and what came after that was a blur. This is an indication that the spell cast on her worked as what was first expected. Unfortunately, this caused her to feel anxious, the more she realizes her situation.

Out of no where, three men and a woman in simple clothing came through the only passage in this tent. Their sudden comment right after making eye contact with me caught me off guard. it was awkwardly silent. Fortunately, the shiny head one broke the silence, but the unfortunate thing is that

"Are you okay, little girl?"

"..."

For some reason, I could't say anything in responce. My heart began to raise, and my body trembled. I don't know why but I feel... less safe.

"Don't be scared, we're not here to hurt you, so come out of the blanket."

"..."

And on top of that, right after the shiny one finished his words, my body moved under the blanket. For some reason, I feel safe inside the tent; so, now he's being comforted by the men he is with, in a corner, far from here.

"There, there. It couldn't be helped that she got intimidated by your size and shiny head, brother."

"I don't think that will work. Look, he's getting worse."

"..."

Hannah never thought of making contact with other humans before, thus, because of the sudden situation, she reacted in a way that she would've never done before, if she were still Lily. Her reaction to the situation is not something new and is very natural. According to certain information, a human's reaction to hide from certain things like crowds and open terrains out of fear, despite not being sure of the danger, is just their survival instinct taking over them.

Since this is the first time she's interacting with people as a human, and quite sudden as well, her sense of danger went over drive, right when the situation became confusing. In addition, her emotions have not calmed down yet, and is still in turmoil inside, after that whole fiasco while she was unconscious. Of course, one wouldn't be able to properly understand what she feels right now, so just imagine yourself suddenly getting teleported into the middle of a crowd, while wearing your birthday suit.

What am I doing. I shouldn't be this scared of people. Then again, I am a toddler and they can easily dispose of me...

W-wait! What am I doing?!

This is not the time for imagining the unlikeliest!

I don't understand why I am doing this right now, but since this is a good opportunity to make first contact, I should take the leap!

... Wait, what should I say first?

While she was pondering over leaving the comfort of the blanket or not, the man's voice, who was comforting the bald one just a moment ago, suddenly got louder.

"... Senya. Let's just leave her be."

"... No use forcing her to come out, huh."

"Oi! You two! We're leaving!"

Sounds of footsteps leaving the tent began to fill Hannah's ears as everyone followed the man's order. This made Hannah feel a little bit of relief and a little bit disappointed of herself, knowing they were gonna leave her alone. Before Senya exited the tent, she stops, and then looked back to the little girl, covered by the warm blanket. She softly smiled with relief.

"... Food will come shortly, so stay here until then, okay?"

"..."

Just like that, Senya left the tent with the others.

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