THE WOMEN?

Sigh!

Hmm, one might ask why am I sighing.

Well, that's because the moment I transmigrated into this world the first thing that greeted me was athereong headache.

even before I could understand the environment around me, I was hit by a strong headache, and it made me feel dizzy.

But since I was used to pain, I somehow managed to get used to the headache as well.

Thinking that it might be a side effect of transmigration.

But when that happened I was completely taken aback.

The first reason for it is that I was currently in a 13 -15-year-old body, but that was acceptable since it would help me build a solid foundation, and second because of what I am seeing right now.

In all directions of me were huge skyscrapers, all of them reaching above clouds, and if that was not enough I was currently standing right below a mushroom-like building, and a huge amount of people were gathered here, all of them had an expression of enthusiasm etched on their faces.

I also saw many guards wearing what appeared to be a nano-tech full-body armor controlling the huge crowd.

In the world I came from nano-tech armor was still just a concept so it's fair to assume that this world is much more advanced than the one I came from.

"Hey kid, why were you shouting? people are complaining about you. where are your parents?...do you get separated from them?"

A guard appeared in front of me and asked, but I was too engrossed in my thoughts which resulted in even after hearing his words I didn't reply.

So what should I do now?

His powers were beyond my imagination so for me to kill him, I will need a strength that I can't imagine.

Ha! Quite the predicament isn't it?

but it will take time to just regain my previous powers, and since the magic system is the same..... Wait it's a new body right, so maybe... Maybe that damn mark is removed!

This body is around 13 -15 years old so in a year or two my awakening will occur–

In a few seconds, a plan started to form in my mind but before it came to its conclusion, a sudden shake disturbed my focus.

"Hey are you listening I'm talking to you."

And the culprit behind it was the guard,

Should I kill him?

For a second that idea crossed my mind.

Nah, that might be too much for me without mana.

First, let's gather some information.

I thought and-

"N-no, I came here with some friends, but we lost each other in the crowd,"

I said, trying to act like the age I am in now. [:!His face doesn't match the words he says, it looks unnatural, like he is forcing himself to make a face that matches his words.]

But I don't think I was doing a good job in it as the nano-tech armor-wearing guard remained silent.

"You are from the slums, aren't you kid?"

After a long silence, he opened his helmet and spoke.

Slums?

I took a quick glance at my clothes and then at the clothes, people around me wore.

And surprisingly my clothes looked better than theirs, so why?

Well, let's just play along.

"Y-yes, h-how do you know?"

Again I acted like a little kid who was surprised.

This time, putting more effort.[:!Doing even worse now]

"Haaa! it's nothing special, you said you come here with some frie- "

He sighed and was saying something when suddenly he became silent.

"kid don't shout anymore and stay put. I will return when the headmaster has entered the Academy, and help you find your friends OK"

a few seconds later he spoke and without waiting for my reply ran away somewhere.

But that was fine he had already given me the information I wanted.

the keywords the guard used were

" 'slums', 'headmaster, 'entered', and lastly the 'academy' "

So the crowd is here to see the headmaster of some academy.

And it's one of those schools where kids go to train and learn about their gifts.

In my previous life, I never had the chance to attend one and in this life, I don't think they could help me much in anything.

but since I'm already here, it wouldn't hurt to see what kind of man this headmaster is, maybe I can use him in the future.

As I began pondering over these things, suddenly someone shouted from the crowd.

"The headmaster has returned"

and in a flash, all the people who were mostly quiet or conversing with each other until now began cheering.

"The headmaster has returned"

"The lord of swift magic has returned"

"The hero of the battlefield has returned"

Among the numerous titles being shouted, these once stood out as the loudest.

I could also see from the far end of the road a silver-colored floating car surrounded by five black-colored floating cars heading our way.

another thing that was still just a concept in my previous world.

The car suddenly accelerated and reached its destination stopping right in front of the gate of the huge mushroom-like building In an instant.

It felt as though the car had been instantaneously transported from one place to another.

The people around me wore shocked expressions. But why are they surprised? Shouldn't this be common here?

After a momentary pause, the crowd emerged from its state of surprise and began to cheer once again.

And contrary to my expectations, the whole crowd became deadly silent when the silver-colored car gate opened, and two people came down from it.

What happened?

They were cheering so loud a moment ago why did they suddenly become so quiet? 

is this some kind of tradition?

I thought but didn't dwell on it much longer because I was more interested in the individuals who came out of the car.

The first one was an old man around the age of 50 with green hair and light green eyes and the second person was a young man around the age of 25 with red hair and crimson eyes. A small U-shaped scar could be seen right below his left eye.

Getting out of the car, they were just about to enter the building when, abruptly, the red-haired man stopped in his tracks and started to look around in the crowd. as if searching for someone.

I don't know why but my otaku instincts screamed at me.

And without thinking twice I turned around to leave this place, but before I could take a single step I heard a voice from above.

"Where do you think you are going, kid"

Hearing the voice I froze in my tracks, not because of something like fear or surprise but because it was the same situation all over again there was nothing else that I could do.

Raising my head above, I looked at the red-haired man who was now floating above me using a fire spell.

"S-someone help me!"

An old hag, who was standing next to me suddenly shouted, as she stumbled to the ground, trying to crawl out of the area.

"Aaaaaaa t-the d-devil.. the devil of ashes is here!"

A man shouted

"R-run, run for your lives!"

A woman screamed

The whole crowd began to panic and started running in all directions, many of them even fell in this ruckus, but thanks to the guards who moved quickly there were no casualties, and in around 15 minutes the crowd of more than ten thousand people evacuated.

After this transpired, I knew the reason why the whole crowd was silent when the car gate opened, it wasn't because of some kind of tradition but it was because of the fear of this one single man.

And that same red-haired man had been looking at me for the past 15 minutes without caring about the people who were shouting and running.

"What are you doing Adonis? I said many times before didn't I, don't make a scene but you went ahead and did just that"

The man with green hair shouted, he was also floating in the air but instead of a fire spell, he was using an air spell.

"I'm well aware of that, but this problem is slightly different so can I ask for some time"

The man named Adonis asked, and in response, the green-haired man only sighed and turned his head in my direction.

"So who are you, boy?"

Adonis questioned after receiving the green signal from the green-haired man.

"Your grace have mercy!"

I was thinking about what to say but Before I could utter a word, I heard a woman shout that almost resembled a scream, Turning around I saw a woman with ash hair and ash-colored eyes wearing tattered clothes with some fresh small cuts all over her body, running in our direction, also the left side of her face had 2nd-degree burned scars.

As she came running towards us a soldier stopped her midway and apprehended her, but Adonis said something that left even the green-haired man, who I presume to be the headmaster stunned.

"let her come"

He said and came down from the air, but this was not the thing that left the headmaster stunned, but the one he said after this.

The woman wearing tattered clothes ran from her position to wear Adonis was now standing before falling to her knees and started to sob.

"h-have mercy, your grace! "

Your grace?

"Have mercy!"

the woman begged without raising her head.

'Who is she?'

"My child is not mentally sound furthermore, he is mute"

Child? So she is this body's mother.

"I beg of you your grace have mercy on my child!"

"Do you think I can't recognize you Lily just because of these simple burns, that I gave to you?"

When Adonis speaks those words, the woman's body visibly shudders.

And yes, this was the thing that left the headmaster stunned.

I also was surprised for a second, why one may ask because the two looked worlds apart from each other.

And that was not the end of it, the guards around the area, instantly surrounded us in a circle, making Lily their center point.

"N-no your grace, I-I won't dare to doubt your capabilities I was just trying not to show you this unsightly appearance of mine"

The woman named Lily said, ignoring the guards around her, It was like she feared Adonis to such a degree, that anything else didn't even cross her mind in the first place.

one may ask How was I so sure?

Because from the moment she came here, she had only looked at Adonis and no one else, with an expression filled with terror.

"you are saying the appearance I gave you is unsightly"

"n-no no y-your grace i-i didn't mean to s-say that, it just - "

"Just what? "

"would you stop that, why are you even talking to her? She is the killer of your brother-in-law, your lord, the previous Duke Alfred Flameheart."

The headmaster shouted annoyed by the back-and-forth Adonis and Lily were having.

"of course, there is a 'reason' behind it headmaster, I assure you that I will, definitely kill her but before that, I want to ask her some questions, and if I may"

He asked again, and the headmaster stared at me and Lily first before reluctantly nodding.

why is he looking at me?

At this point in time, I didn't know how fucked up the situation was.

Getting permission from the headmaster, the smile on Adonis's face vanished in an instant as he asked

"Is he my child?"

Wait, what???