Monster

"Huh? Journey?"

"What do you mean?"

They didn't know anything, so they were startled by his decision.

He looked at Claudia, and she was looking away. Still, he had made up his mind since staying in this world any longer was useless, and he had planned to go to another world after this.

"You know my purpose here, right? I want to get stronger, so I plan to go on a journey after learning everything in this Asterisk."

"...you have learned everything?" Julis looked at him feeling stunned.

"Yes, I have devoured all of them."

He didn't lie since he had devoured everything in the Asterisk. The only one that he hadn't was Xinglou, as he hadn't seen her fighting.

"Hahaha!" Xinglou was happy hearing his words. "Then, hurry up! Let's go! I can't wait anymore!" She was already impatient, and she couldn't wait anymore. She wanted him. She wanted to fight him now!

Still, the girls wouldn't let him go so easily.

"Wait! What about the journey?"

"I have prepared for it. Claudia knows about it since she is the one who helped me with the permission."

"....."

They wanted to stop him, but they could tell that no matter what they were going to say, it was useless. He had made up his mind to go out to train, and even if they tried to stop him, he wouldn't stop. They knew that in his mind, the most important thing was to become stronger. Meanwhile, they could only become his number two, yet knowing all of that, they felt frustrated.

Couldn't he discuss this matter with them?

"..how long?" Julis asked softly.

"Probably for a few months? But it should be less than a year."

"That long?!"

"Do you really have to go...?" Julis asked with a complicated mood.

"Sensei..." Kirin looked at him with a sad expression.

The rest was the same since this news was so sudden they weren't prepared for his departure.

"Yes." Tamazuki nodded. "So, if you have something to ask me, then you should ask now since you might not be able to contact me at that time."

"...we can't?"

"Yes, though you can still use Aisha if you want."

"Please leave the rest to me," Aisha answered.

Claudia thought that if everyone knew about this departure, he would stop, but it seemed that was useless.

"You don't need to feel sad. It's not like we won't meet each other again. Also, let me see your smile before I go, okay? Anyway, I will take care of my duel with Princess first." Tamazuki looked at Xinglou and asked, "Where are we going to have our duel?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I will take care of that matter." Xinglou also didn't waste his time since she knew that he was about to leave.

"Okay." He decided to leave everything to this woman as he was sure that she had prepared everything.

Frankly, it was said Xinglou's current physical ability wasn't even half of her previous, but even so, she was stronger as her Prana was much bigger. Still, as she was young and hadn't reached her peak age, without a doubt, she was weaker.

Yet, it didn't matter since Tamazuki's intention in fighting Xinglou was just to learn all of her abilities and also push his power forward.

Nevertheless, he had to sigh, feeling a bit helpless as he needed to see his target using their abilities before he was able to learn them. He wondered whether there was a way for him to learn the abilities of his opponents with just a glance.

Currently, that might be impossible, but in the future, it might be possible, so he knew that he had to go to another world so he could become stronger.

His power might be able to defeat Nura Rikuo, Nurarihyon, all the Nura Clan, or even all the Kyoto Youkai, but it might be too early for him to go back as he knew he had to face Abe-no-Seimei.

Even though in the past he might say that it was okay for him to follow Abe-no-Seimei, he started to wonder whether it was really alright since Abe-no-Seimei was the last villain. He might understand how Abe-no-Seimei hated humans, so this villain wanted to rule this world with the darkness, which showed that he was the ally of a youkai, but was it really?

At least, he wanted to make sure that he could protect his people, so they wouldn't die.

After what happened to Claudia, he might have realized he was quite a softie. He didn't expect that he would cry when he thought that she would die in front of him, yet this was selfishness. She might wish to die, but he didn't want her to die. It was the same with the others since he didn't want them to have a meaningless death from those higher beings who used them as nothing but pawns.

Yet, when he was about to leave with Xinglou and her disciples, someone stopped in front of him.

"Wait a moment, Inugamigyoubu. Can we have a talk for a moment?"

Standing in front of him was a woman. She seems to be in her mid-20s or maybe a little younger. She had a beautiful, dignified countenance, her tight, well-toned body clothed in a city guard uniform.

Yet, he knew that this woman was head of the City Guard, the Witch of Time Manipulation, Helga Lindwall.

Without a doubt, this woman triggered his system.

Still, similarly, he did the same thing he did to other women.

"Who the heck are you?"

"..." Everyone.

Even Hilga was stunned in the place, hearing those words, but she calmed herself and answered, "I am the head of the City Guard, Helga Lindwall. I have come to ask you a question."

"Listen, Granny. I am kind enough not to mention your illegal trespassing, so can you not bother me and leave my house now? Or should I sue you?"

"...." Everyone.

While everyone could only marvel and respect the power and beauty of Helga Lindwall, as expected, Tamazuki was as indifferent as ever.

Helga might be known as the strongest Genestllar and Strega of all time, but without a doubt, she was weaker than Orphelia Landlufen and Xinglou. As for him? There was no comparison between them.

Helga might be strong, but that's it.

Still, he knew that while this woman seemed like she was in her mid-20s, she should be more in her 50s or 60s. If she wasn't granny, then what was it?

Yet, no one could say something like that as she appeared like a bewitching young woman with a teenage figure, presumably no older than the students themselves, but at times, she also seemed to have the tender figure of a young girl.

Her ability was to control time around her, which made her able to alter her age depending on the task at hand.

However, it was impossible to deceive him.

Her body might be young, but her soul? She might be able to change the age of her body, making her young forever, but it didn't mean she was immortal. Even if she was Strega with the ability to alter her own age, when the time came, she would die.

Nevertheless, facing such a woman with long years of experience, it was wasteful to praise her beauty as thousands of men also did the same, so he might as well have made their relationship turn sour.

"G-Granny...?" Helga almost staggered before she stared at Tamazuki with killing intent. What was the most forbidden thing to be mentioned among mature women? Age. It was the same case with her as she appeared like a young girl instead of an older age, showing how she cared about her age much like other women. She might appear young, but in the end, it was because of her ability, and once that ability disappeared, she would become a granny.

Yet, no one dared to say those words to her during her life, but this bastard dared to say it!

Helga seethed with rage, but she didn't lose her mind, and all she could do was stare at him, yet if a stare could kill, it would be her current stare now.

The rest was in silence, but Xinglou laughed. "Ohohoho!"

Yet, Tamazuki ignored Helga and looked at Xinglou. "Come on. I can't wait to fight you."

"That's what I want to hear."

"Banyu Tenra, can you bring me too?" Helga suddenly said.

"Sure." Xinglou nodded. "But you have to fight me too in the future."

"...okay." Helga might be hailed as the strongest Strega, but even so, facing this monster, she didn't have the confidence to win, yet it didn't matter since she just wanted to see this bastard beaten to ease the anger in her heart.

"Sure." Xinglou then looked at Tamazuki's women. "How about you all?"

Was there even a need for that question? All of them decided to go with him.

"Bear with me for a moment then since I want to start my duel with him as soon as possible."

Then, suddenly the Mana in their surroundings began to writhe uncontrollably, the scenery around them seemingly melting like wax before they appeared in a different place.

"....."

When they saw all of this, they only realized what kind of monster Xinglou was.

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