Chapter 24: The Coward 1

There is this one moment or incident, or maybe two, which comes to your life that leaves a great impact on your whole life. Whether that certain incident happened due to your negligence or mistake, you would always have this one wish to somehow undo that incident.

It was so impactful that it leaves a trauma on your mind that you don't want to look at. It's not because something terrible happened to you but it always recalls how pathetically weak and shows you are inside.

And Seiya had that moment.

"I think this date doesn't work out… You have to look after me…" Seiya muttered to the girls removing pieces of screen glass from his hand while he was sitting on her bed. His tone was so low that Utaha could barely hear or it was Seiya who didn't want to show his real emotions to the girl.

After the incident at the alleyway, Utaha dragged Seiya to her apartment to patch up his hand and to talk some senses to her mentally disturbed boyfriend. She might have guessed why Seiya was acting that way but she knew that Seiya shouldn't be left alone. She didn't know if his father or aunt was at home so she brought him to her apartment.

After patching his hand, Utaha looked at Seiya's dead eyes and gently caressed his cheek, "Seiya-kun what you did was the most accurate action. Anyone in your position would have done the same."

She wanted to assure her boyfriend but against her expectations, tears started coming out of his eyes.

Seiya let out a sorrowful smile then gently grabbed Utaha's hand and shook his head, "It's not that Utaha. There was… this…"

Seiya gritted his teeth while cursing his narcissist ability. No matter how he tried, he can't appear weak in front of Utaha. To be honest, he just wanted to run away and hide in his room and lock himself there forever but he would rather die than go that state again.

He wanted to tell Utaha his real feelings. The feelings where he cared for her, he wanted to remain by her side and wanted to love her while also sharing pain and weakness with her but his pride coupled with his narcissist personality would never say such out loud.

He was sure that no girl would want such a pathetic and weak narcissist guy by her side. He was not even saying anything to her about his problem.

Utaha, however, didn't show any remorse, instead, she softly clenched his hand and spoke, "Seiya-kun, I know it must be hard but let me hear it. As your girlfriend, I demand you to show me the wound you are hiding or it will haunt not only you but also me."

Seiya sighed and didn't know how to start.

"Actually a year before…"

Seiya started to tell her a story.

It was actually the time when the adult Seiya was working in the company before it went bankrupt.

It was a regular day when he was heading towards his home when he heard the scream.

For a moment he was a little stunt but decided to check the alleyway where the scream came from. He walked towards it and what he saw scared the shit out of him.

Five giant men were surrounding a woman in her twenties. One of them was covering the mouth while others were restraining her. Since they were so busy in their act, they didn't notice Seiya.

Seiya on other hand was stunned. He didn't know what these big guys would do to him if he intervened. Should he call the police? No, he would surely come under their eyes.

Scared and unknowingly, his feet started to move on their own away from that alleyway.

'T-that's right! I-it's none of my business! Yes, someone will come and call the police! Yes, getting away from here is the best course of action…'

He started to make rational reasons to avoid the situation. There was no way he was getting involved in this shit.

Just as he was thinking this, a sudden pain surged through his heart and stunned his body. The face of that woman, the horror in her look started sinking in his throat like a blade.

At the end of the day, he finally snapped out and called the police and wait for their arrival. He didn't even go and stop the crime but simply wait in his apartment. What could he do to stop them?!

After an hour and a half, his doorbell rang and he spotted the cops. They told him about a crime.

For confirming the crime, they led Seiya to the crime scene, and what Seiya saw that day, left a trauma in him.

The woman was lying helplessly with her clothes ripped. There were also fingerprints all around her neck suggesting that her neck was snapped. Apart from this, anyone could guess what happened to her.

For a couple of minutes, he even forgot to breathe. Pride of living lavishly was shattered into pieces.

However, she was not the only one who was killed, a part of Seiya called 'humanity' was also ripped away.

Although those thugs were ultimately caught and Seiya, as a lawyer made sure to send them jail for life imprisonment, it was a fact that Seiya was still terrified from that incident.

Who would have thought that trauma would transmigrate with him?

When Utaha heard the story from the perspective of 15 years old Seiya, she remained silent.

"That's not it. I was there when two guys from behind pushed you."

Utaha widened her eyes a little but decided to listen.

So this morning, Seiya had ice cream in his hand when he suddenly dropped them when he saw where Utaha was heading and saw two thugs following her.

His body froze as the images of that woman started circulating in front of him.

He realized on this day, the 'Coward' that was infesting in Adult Seiya's mind and soul, also transmigrated alongside him.

The 'Coward' was the result of action not entering in any combat in his life.

It was his dark side he never wanted to see in his life, it was his sullied other self that wished he would never face yet the 'Coward' was there only watching his beloved girl in danger.

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[Status]

Name: Seiya Kanie

Age: 16

STR: 24

AGI: 24

STA: 24

INT: 65

WIS: 10

CHA: 6

LUC: 10

Innate Ability: Natural Narcissist.

Other Abilities: Exercise, Skill Maker, Appraisal

Skills: [Mathematics (Expert) +], [English (Expert) +], [Literature (Master) +], [Science (Advance) +], [Cooking (Advance) +], [Basketball (Advance) +], [Mental Resistance (Advance)], [Teaching (Advance) +], [Management (Expert) +], [Taste Resistance (Expert) +]

System Points: 120]

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Rewards on halt:

[Rewards: 60 system points

Rewards: Skill [Music (Basic)]

[Rewards: 300 system points

Rewards: Ability (Inventory)

Additional rewards for 11% royalty: Skill Singing (Expert)

Additional rewards for 12% royalty: Skill Massage (Expert)

Additional rewards for 13% royalty: 50 system points

Additional rewards for 14% royalty: +40 CHA, +40 WIS and +40 LUC

Additional rewards for 15% royalty: 300 system points

Additional rewards for 16% royalty: Skill Hand Sign language (Advanced)

Additional rewards for 17% royalty: 100 system points

Additional rewards for other alteration: Ability Mystic Eye (left) of Life Perception]

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