A honorable death

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Everyone within a ten meter radius of me had a look of confusion.

Haha... Yeah, it might have been a bit of a strange situation...

What can I say...

It was quite unexpected for someone like me, an innocent disciple, to be hungry for blood...

Haha…

Hey! No no no! I am definitely not hungry for blood, okay! It's the system! The system is forcing me to kill! Cough Cough.

Anyway, let's get back to the main subject before the old man Xuan becomes too tired of waiting for my soothing voice. I'm taking too damn long to react to whatever he's saying, after all...

"Are you sure?" The old man had dared to ask me after that wannabe wise speech of his.

After what seemed to be more than a minute, I finally answered the old man...

"Are you retarded?" I asked, since that was the question that the old man was basically asking me. Like seriously! How dumb can he actually be to ask me if I was sure, when clearly, he wanted me to be sure in the first place!

"You!" *Sigh* "Can you at least tell me why you want to punish them, by killing?"The old man was quick to calm down his emotions for me.

I knew that the old man was a cool guy, because, surely, I never got spanked whenever I spoke to him informally. Wait… No! Don't you dare think that I want some spanking! Hmph!

Well, anyway… The old man is probably wondering if there might be some kind of a hidden grudge between me and those Phoenix people. Not really, I would say if he asked... They might have a grudge on me, but like chickens, I only saw them as food that I have to kill in order to eat. I did not really see them like food yet though… That's because, at the moment, I did not know how great the benefits would be from killing them. After all, if the benefits wasn't going to be as great as eating, I wouldn't be willing to abandon my morals.

If they are though…

Hehehe…

What are morals? Is it something to eat?

"U-uhm!" I cleared my throat. I had to after all, since I let the old man wait for almost more than a minute again.

Clearing my throat would make it seem as if I was pondering about his words, you see… Pretty smart, ain't I?

"You know… The phoenix race is a race that has a character that is filled with pride. Torturing them is just disdaining them, so, if the other phoenix family members came to know that one of their kinds got tortured because of me, I would certainly be more than a target to kill. I'd say it is better for me to kill them, since it's more honorable because they had also challenged me in the first place."

"I see… Your words does have light in them." The old man nodded.

"Thank you Elder." I bowed respectfully, and right after my bow, the old man Xuan gestured his hands in order to guide me towards the two injured outsiders.

I was allowed to kill them…

"I apologize for what the Elder did to you two… I've heard about your kind, and I can truly say that you two have my respect for challenging me first instead of assassinating me. Therefore, I will allow you two a quick and honorable death. You two have endured well…" I told the two outsiders when I was in front of them.

After I had finished my sentence, I went on to stretch the two arms of mine outwards, as I waited for something cool to happen. And indeed, something cool did happen, because the moment when I had opened up my hands, a sword was placed on each of them.

"Any last words?" I asked the two.

I knew that it might have had been wrong for me to do that, but I still had to say it. Other than it sounding cool, my morals forced me to listen to their last wishes.

*Sob* *Sob* "You really are a good guy, so… Take care of my little sister, please. She doesn't have the force of the Phoenix, which means that she won't be hostile towards you. You'll find her in the Clou-"

"Wait wait wait. I'm not taking care of anyone, okay. The last thing I need is definitely not the responsibility over a person."

I had to stop the big guy, because his words were simply too absurd. Honestly, I did not even expect him to be the one to be tearing up…

"What? Then… Then…" As a result of my words, the big guy began to fear the consequences of his death.

"What about you?" I moved the conversation towards the girl's side, and at the same time, I allowed the guy beside her to cry a little more.

"I have no disagreement, and am satisfied by your choice. You seem to be quite the brave person, and it's truly quite unfortunate for you to anger our blood… Go ahead. Kill me. My life is miserable anyway.

"Very well."

*Swoosh* I swung my sword so hard, in order to make it difficult for me to stop it in case my morals kicked in. As a result, the sword's movement could not be stopped by my own failure of a self, and had its speed only slowed down after it went through the girl's neck.

'Okay… It's not much of a problem for me to kill someone. That's good… It won't be long before I become used to killing then, which will be thanks to the amount of enemies that I already have at the moment.'

*Sigh* Right in front of the fear stricken guy, I let out a puff of air. It was truly not the best sight to see someone's head off.

Luckily, it was an honorable death, and the girl actually had her eyes closed while she was dead.

"Your life will be spared, since you have someone to take care of, and someone who loves you."

"T-thank you!" The guy gave me his sincere gratification.

"Just endure that hateful instinct of yours, okay? Other than it being easily resentful, it also has the honorable trait of one keeping their promise. I spared your life, so you should value mine as well…"

"I- I will!"

"Good…" I muttered while stroking my non-existing beard.