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The Archivist's Ploy: A Tale of One Against The World

Far above the horizon, beyond the clouds and the apocalyptic storms under it, hovered a yellow-haired old-looking man. His yellow eyes gave off a bright radiance, and countless books floated around him. Throughout history, the man was known by many names, (The Watcher - The Chronicler - The Historian - The Custodian - The Recordkeeper) But during this Era, he was known as The Archivist. The Archivist's perception inspected thousands of kilometers far and wide, Yet 'Nothing interesting is happening' His frustration grew 'What's the point of a worldwide perception if there's no apposite change to perceive?' 'The world has become mundane' 'And no one is doing anything about it' Ergo, The Archivist will take matters into his own hands 'I'll orchestrate a worldwide, All-embracing scheme against an oblivious individual' With a sinister smile on his face, he devised his plan 'Turn the entire world into a person's antagonist, Then enjoy the show' And he had the perfect plot for it 'First, Utter Despair that would cause immense Pain' 'Then, More Despair that would turn the Pain to Loathe' 'Then, As the Loathe grows, The Despair will transform into Rage' 'The Rage will make the Being Crave Revenge, and the intense Crave will result in Devotion to his goal' 'Finally, The Despair, Pain, Loathe, Crave, and Devotion will all be used as fuel for the Rage, Transforming it into an even extremer emotion' "WRATH" How would a single person unleash his Wrath against the entire world? 'That's what I'm going to find out' "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The Archivist's maniacal laughter echoed loudly 'The world is about to be entertaining' He looked up and asked with a reverberating, Bleak voice "Who will be the unlucky one?"

Adhaman · ファンタジー
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295 Chs

Fancy, Beyond

Blaze stood up and said

"The most beautiful girl in the world"

Viorica's face became red

"Girl? You're flattering me"

Leus quickly added

"No, Mom, he's right, I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you."

She became even more embarrassed

Leus wondered

'Is the place really that fancy? it'll be awkward if we stand out too much, right?'

Honestly, Leus couldn't care less about anyone's opinion, he was so used to people looking at him strangely and for a long time because of his hair color.

'As long as no one comes in my way, I don't care, it's just that I don't want Mom or Amethyst to feel bad about anything, after all, they are really excited'

He was certain that with this look, Viorica would really stand out among all.

'Well, if someone dares to make her upset ... '

Blaze suddenly looked at Leus and asked

"Leus, where is your emblem?"

That pulled Leus out of his thoughts

"Ah? The Library's Emblem? I put it in my pocket. I don't know if I should wear it to a restaurant or if it'd look strange"

"Hang it on the Jacket's pocket, it's designed for that"

Leus tilted his head

'What's designed for that? The Emblem or the pocket?'

But he didn't ask that loudly and took out the Emblem from his pocket and did as Blaze said.

Instantly, The Emblem seemed to melt into the fabric of the jacket, then the Crimson drawing of the Library became printed on the jacket's pocket.

As for the Emblem itself, it somehow became inside the jacket's pocket.

" ... These clothes certainly have many weird functions"

Blaze shrugged

"It's not that weird if you think about it, Noble families like to show off their family's flags and emblems."

"I never encountered anyone like that"

"Well, you only go either to the library or to the Slums, those aren't really the most attractive spots, Right?"

" ... True"

Viorica said

"Let's not be late, how much time is left?"

Blaze took out the invitation and said

"92 minutes, it's about time we leave"

"Let's go then!"

Viorica picked up a blue purse that was the same color as the dress and had shiny white flowers on it as well.

Then took out blue Heels for herself, blue Espadrilles for Amethyst, and 3 black shoes for the three males.

"Wear your shoes and let's go"

About 5 minutes later, all of them were outside the house.

"So where's that place?" Leus asked

 Blaze explained

"Initially, we'll walk in the same direction as if we're going to the Library, But midway we'll have to take a turn and go to the heart of the city"

Leus nodded and walked with them.

As Leus expected, they stood out among the crowd.

Some people looked at them with interest

'But no one seems to overdo it, maybe it's not that strange after all'

Soon, they reached the point where they took the turn that Blaze spoke about.

Leus looked around him

'I've never entered this area before'

Slowly, the buildings looked more grand

'Higher and prettier buildings, and also the people look richer'

The deeper they went inside, the less they stood out

Leus realized

'Suits, dresses, and strange expensive clothes seem to be normal in this area.'

Leus also noticed something else

'It's like we are going up'

There was a slight curve in the ground, so the area they were heading to was higher than the rest of the city, albeit slightly.

They took a couple more turns, and suddenly, a humongous crimson Castle appeared in view, which immediately caught Leus' attention.

"Dad, What is that?"

"The Citadel, The Crimson Guards' headquarters"

For a second, Leus looked at it with narrowed eyes

'The Crimson Guards' headquarters huh ... I see'

Viorica asked in a cheerful tone, pulling Leus out of his thoughts

"Did you not see it before, Leus?"

"No, I never came to this area"

They moved forward a little bit more, and then Leus was able to see another huge building, not as big as The Citadel, but bigger than all the other buildings in the area.

He looked at Blaze

"I assume that is the Red Mansion, right?"

"Correct"

Viorica looked at the Mansion with excitement

"Maybe soon you'll live there, Leus!!"

Leus replied to her with a smile

"Maybe"

The two buildings weren't near them, but they were able to easily see them because of their unique color, special design, and huge size compared to all the other buildings.

While Leus was looking at The Red Mansion Blaze spoke

"It's here, we reached"

Leus turned around and looked in the direction Blaze was pointing at.

In front of him, there was a big, bright red building. The building looked extremely fancy, it was impossible to miss it.

There was a sign on top of the building that had an image of a red lobster, written on it was (The Red Lobster Restaurant)

In front of the restaurant, there were two sculptures of two large red lobsters, both lobsters were raising their right claw in the air

'They look like they're catching hands, but it's claws ... Does that mean they're catching claws?'

It looked somewhat funny, the two lobsters' right claws were joined, and they were pointing at the restaurant's door with their left claws.

In front of the door, stood two men wearing red, expensive-looking suits. Both the men's hair was bright red

The pockets of their suits had an image of a lobster on them, just like Leus' Library Emblem, they had a Lobster Emblem

' ... Lobster Emblem'

It was a horizontally curved Lobster, raising both its claws in the air

'Everything looks expensive, but the entire Lobster theme is making it look funny'

Leus and his family were slowly getting closer to the restaurant when an idea suddenly came to Leus' mind.

'I want to know their Realm'

A smile appeared on Leus' face, then he activated the Abstract of Concealment.

Simultaneously at least 7 people locked eyes on Leus.