Episode 39- Engraving Fear into One's Heart

"Well, looks like this battle has reached its conclusion. There is no reason for me to keep the barrier up."

With those words, Sara snapped her fingers, and the barrier completely disappeared.

Lucas Evanstine was still on his knees, too scared to move because he feared getting killed again. Even though it was a second since he had died in the real world in the darkness, he felt like he was endlessly getting pulled through the depths of darkness, and the darkness had no end. It was like a bottomless pit.

Shito sighed, walking away from the man who was kneeling in his presence. "Don't speak on my kids again or you are going to die again because the next time you do you are going to die for good. And there is going to be nobody that's going to be able to save you after that."

Nodding his head, Lucas quickly got up off the ground and ran out of the room. He could not bring himself to look Shito in the face. After all, he had killed him multiple times, and the face of the person who killed him was engraved into his soul.

Four of the five great mages stared as their other member ran off in fear, that was enough to make them wonder about what he experienced after his death. The prideful man Luca Evanstine was reduced to a coward. His fear was shown above anything else.

Just looking at his face was enough to make them feel fear. He walked by them and all of them bowed their heads, trying to avoid looking at him and making him mad.

Illayaka and Illya jumped out of their seats and ran towards their father, smiling brightly, "Papa! I'm glad you didn't get hurt fighting that bad man!" the twins shouted in unison. Both young girls jumped into their father's arms hugging him tightly.

Shito grabbed both of his daughters tightly and looked toward Tenka. She was still sitting in the seat, looking at her family.

Getting up out of her seat, Tenka started walking towards the group, and smiled, pulling all of them into a hug.

"Let's go home… as a family."

Illayaka and Illayaka nodded their heads, looking at their mother who was standing beside them. They were happy to spend time with their parents even if they were just walking around the area.

They quickly jumped out of their parents' hands and each one of them grabbed one of their parents' hands. Illya grabbed their father's hand, and Illayaka grabbed her mother's hand.

Shito looked up at the doorway and sighed.

Are we really going to fit through the doorway? The doorway is too small… well, I guess I'm going to have to expand the doorway.

Those were his thoughts as he looked at the doorway. Space-time bent, stretching the doorway out. On both sides, there was a cut in space that led to the other side of the doorway. Of course, the only reason for that is because he knew that Tenka and his daughters wanted to walk around the area with him. That was something he was not going to take from them.

With the doorway completely bent, there was enough room for them to walk out of the room together, and that's what they did. Illayaka and Illya smiled and giggled as they walked out of the room together, leaving Sara and the four great mages behind.

Sara looked at the four mages that were beside her and smiled, "I know you have questions that you want to ask, so go ahead and do so while you have the chance."

The four mages looked at each other, nodding their heads in agreement. They didn't know who was going to speak first, so they nominated Kiana first because she probably had the dumbest question to ask, so they wanted to go ahead and get her over with first.

Kaina stepped up and stared at the strongest mage, "D-do you think that boy would fight with me?!" her tone had changed from an utterly overbearing one to a childish yet sweet one. She was happy to be able to see someone stronger than her, other than the strongest mage.

She watched the whole fight and admired the whole battle, ignoring the fact that he repeatedly killed one of the members of her group. She was seeking a person that could ease her battle spirit, and she had found the person. Nothing but admiration was in her eyes. She would become his disciple if he allowed it. That was how willing she was to have a fight with him.

"Well, it depends… he doesn't hold any grudges against people, but if you harm his daughters or Tenka, he is most definitely going to kill you without any hesitation."

Her overbearing tone was toned down because of how excited she was to fight him. In public that was the persona she put on but in private she acted like a child that was hungry to fight strong opponents.

"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm ready to reencounter him, bump the overbearing attended. I want to be able to fight with him." she declared, jumping happily in the air. Her excitement was reaching its boiling point, and she was happy.

Even though she acted older than the rest of them in public, she was actually the same age as Lily and graduated early because of her strength. Of course, she was smart, but she didn't use her book knowledge unless she had to. Most people thought she was twenty-five, and the only person in the group who knew her real age was Lily.

Selena looked at the excited girl and sighed, "Why is someone your age so willing to fight a child? Aren't you like too old for that?"

"What do you mean? We are about the same age… I'm only nineteen years old."

Those words left Saito Urashima and Selena shocked, they both met her when she was sixteen and she was more developed in the chest area than Selena was, so they assumed she was older or around the same age as her.

Selena looked at her chest and sighed in defeat, "You're a nineteen-year-old girl, and… your breast is already bigger than mine. It's just not fair how much young girls develop these days." Her icy tone had changed, and you could feel her voice wavering, it was like she was about to cry.

"Are you some kind of pervert? Why are you staring at my breast?" She looked down at her beast and grabbed them, "These things are too big I wish they were a little smaller because if they were, I wouldn't have had to adjust my body to a different weight every time these things grew… it was really annoying."

Sara sighed. "Well, enough with breast sizes. Is there anyone else who wants to ask me any questions? It's about time for all of us to head out soon."

After hearing her words, Lily raised her hand to get Sara's attention. She was waiting to ask her question.

"Go ahead and ask your question."

Lily took a deep breath before looking up at Sara, "Can you give an approximate number on where his strength is currently a—"

"Nope, I cannot answer that type of question." Sara interrupted, knowing what she was going to ask her. "Go ahead and ask the next question, we don't have time to be standing around and waiting."

Selena and Saito Urashima looked at each other; Selena nodded her head and looked forward, staring directly at Sara. her expression was completely serious, and she opened her mouth, "I wonder… if he can beat you in a fight. After seeing all the skills, he demonstrated today. It would be natural to ask that kind of question."

"Hmmmmm…. That was actually a good question." Sara sat back in the seat with her legs perched, "For right now, it's a stalemate, but I don't know what kind of skills he is hiding after all. He might have more broken abilities that I don't know of."

"So, nothing the two of you do to each other is going to be enough to kill each other?"

"Yeah… you are right on the money. But that's for right now because I don't know what kind of skills he has right now."

"What is your question? You are the only person that hasn't asked a question. So, we might as well go ahead and get you out of the way right quick."

Saito Urashima looked at Sara and smiled. "If your brother is so strong, then why is he spending his time at the academy? He could be out adventuring the world… but he decides to stay on the academy ground."

That was the most straightforward question that one could ask her. Knowing her brother really, she already knew why her brother stayed on the academy grounds.

"He wants to live a normal life, so he decides to stay here at the academy. As you can see, my brother has a daughter and a 'wife', so it's normal for him to want to stay out of trouble… after all, he is a father that wants to watch his kids grow stronger."

The four mages were taken aback by the words that came out of her mouth, and they didn't expect a kid like him to want to take that much responsibility. He was still seventeen, a young boy who should be enjoying his youth, and yet he was more than willing to spend his time with his children.

Shito was a father that most kids would love to have because of how close he wanted to be to his children.

"All right, all of your questions have been answered… now it's time for you guys to leave, so goodbye."

All the mages nodded their heads before teleporting themselves out of the room.

Sara looked up at the ceiling and smiled to herself. She was happy to be able to talk about her brother. If she were talking to anyone else, she would have bragged about him to their faces because she really loved her brother deeply.

I hope you are having fun with your family… brother.

Those were her thoughts as she got up out of her seat. It was time for her to go back to her office. It wasn't time for her to go home because she had paperwork that needed to be done, and she wanted to go ahead and get it out of the way. Of course, since it was getting late outside the doors. She was going to use magic to speed up the process so she could go home.