4. Not Cultured Enough

Randy took Ira away from her friends who had noticed this oddity. The two of them hid behind the pillars of the building where they had fought. Randy didn't need to shut the girl's mouth because he had ordered her.

"Damn it, if it wasn't for you, I would have shouted for them..." Ira peeked at her friends who came to the place where the battle had taken place from behind the pillar.

Anger and fear mixed within her.

"Don't worry, they won't notice your presence here! You'll be completely undetected." Randy explained while also peeking from behind the pillar.

When he peeked a surprise occurred when he saw familiar faces standing there.

"Girl with tied back black hair, Celicia the Student Council President. Pink twintail hair, Windy the class idol. And, long blue hair with shy behavior, Naura the student council secretary. So this is why the boys at school look weak? Their opponent is people with this kind of power." His eyes sharpened and focused on their clothes.

Ira noticed how Randy's eyes see their clothes. She immediately nudged that pervert.

"Ouch!" Randy spoke.

His voice was heard by them and immediately turned to the place of the two people who behaved stupidly.

Randy has quick reflexes and hides quickly before the girls see him.

"You're done! They will free me after this." Ira looked at Randy with a satisfied look.

But Ira forgot that all her actions could be arranged by Randy. The man turned to smile at her. "Ira go meet them with bringing this thing. Tell them that you have beat the monster," said Randy with a cruel smile while giving something to Ira.

It was a fake key that must taken by them.

Without much questioning, Ira immediately showed herself to her friends while waving at them. Surprised and happy faces were mixed on them.

"Ira, where have you been?!" Celicia ran towards her.

Celicia quickly hugged that girl who looked exhausted. Celicia didn't notice Ira's necklace was starting to turn dark. It seemed that only Randy and Dalor were the ones who could see it.

"I met Justiciar on the way here, so I had to beat her!" Ira stroked Celicia's hair.

"I thought you were hurt due to the snake's attack." Celicia strengthened her arms.

"Calm down, everything is fine. I already defeated that snake!"

"You defeat it?!" (Naura)

"Really?!" (Windy)

They were both shocked and walked towards Ira. Celicia who heard Ira's statement immediately let go of her hug and looked at Ira in disbelief.

"Ehe" Ira showed off a bright smile while showing the fake key.

"How could that be?!" Celicia glared at the key which have a snake pattern on the handle.

"What an amazing work! How could you do that?!" (Naura)

"What a lame... I wanted to tear the snake apart too! But that damn Justiciar got in my way!" (Windy)

Ira who heard Justiciar's words immediately shifted her gaze to Windy.

"Justiciar? Wait, where are they now?!" (Ira)

"They left us, maybe..." (Celicia)

"Th-they think the snake ran away…"(Naura)

"And here... the one who defeated the snake, this is a big catch for us, am I right? That pathetic Justiciar thought the snake is gone, hahaha!" Windy smiled while blushing like she was aroused.

"Uh, yes!" Ira smiled as she turned off her Valkyrie's clothes.

"Why are you turning off your clothes?" Celicia asked in surprise.

"Eh?" Ira realized that the Time Fracture had only been running for 2 hours.

"Ira seems to have forgotten that there are still 4 hours left before the Time Fracture ends, hi hi hi." Windy smiled sharply while looking at Naura who was silent.

"Hm hm hm" Naura nodded shyly to answer Windy.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Their laughter rang out in the red sky of the Time Fracture world. No one was aware of Ira who had been affected by Dark Corruption until the completion of Time Fracture.

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Meanwhile, Randy flew with his wings following 2 Justiciar who have left the battle. The two of them flew high towards someplace. Randy doesn't know where they will lead.

"How could they be so fast?! Even using your wings, it is still hard to catch them!" Randy complained to Dalor about the wings.

"My wings are not the one who must be blamed, the one that has to blame is you! We fly too low and have to avoid cars and houses! Even the professionals can't do that!" Dalor explained.

He knows he is wrong, but flying high is not the best option right now. Randy wouldn't show himself until he saw who the Justiciars were.

"By the way... Boss, why we are following them?" asked a confused Dalor.

"I already have spies within the Valkyrie, why not include Justiciar as well?" Randy smiled devilishly even more than Dalor itself.

"Wait a minute boss, you have to perfect your Dark Corruption on Ira first before looking for another one!" Dalor scolds him.

"Dark Corruption?"

"When you put your energy into the girl. Slowly, the necklace begins to darken, when the necklace is completely dark. It will form a new necklace and make the wearer unable to resist your will! That's the power you exert on it, Dark Corruption. "

Randy's eyes widened in shock and lost control.

THUD!

Randy hit a car while flying.

"Ouch!"

A bump appeared on the boy's forehead.

"Why didn't you tell me? That what I did was something like that?!" Randy raises his volume.

"I thought you're a guy like stuff like that?!" Dalor shrugged his shoulders while crossing his other 2 arms.

"Oh of course I like it!" His cheeks flushed. "But not like that either!" His face immediately turned into annoyance. "Why did I become a monster that appears in a cultured film?!"

"You didn't say anything!" Dalor scratched his head.

"So, is there a way to undo Dark Corruption?" Randy shrugged his right shoulder.

Right now Randy was sitting on the back of the car he had hit. He looked at the beautiful but also horrible red sky.

"No, but you can change the effect from 'Dark Corruption' who relies on taking full control to 'Justice of Word' who relies on your gentle words to make the target believe what you say."

"Justice of Word, the truth of word... So how is it work?" Randy asked while biting his finger.

"When you meet Ira, you just have to tell the truth. Like, what are your goals, why are you doing this, or other truth you want to say."

"Will it really work?"

"Everyone who absorbs your energy will believe your every word. But don't use it too much, because humans also have doubts. Justice of Word only increases the percentage of success of your words being believed." Dalor explains how to make Randy not look like a bad character in a cultured film.

"Hah... I think I got what you mean. But I should just go home." Randy started to yawn.

"Are you sleepy?"

"Shut up, I don't want to sleep here and I'll be hit by cars when the Time Fracture is over."

Randy stood up and prepared to go home.

His body couldn't stand the sleepiness on his face anymore. It would only get worse if he continued to be here. He could be hit by passing cars when the Time Fracture ends. Not to mention the speed of their vehicles is also very fast.

"Rain of Chains!"

A shot hit right in front of Randy.

"Hah?"

Randy looked up. His eyes were again made in disbelief when he saw one of his friends was flying wearing clothes covered by steel.

Fortunately, it wasn't him who was targeted by the Justiciar, but the Valkyrie in front of her.

Her attack before was just a stray attack.

"Farida?!"

Up there, Farida was fighting against Ira who seemed to have been glancing at Randy who was silent in the middle of the road. Ira's eyes seemed to be instructed him that this was the right time to run.

Randy couldn't just sit there forever. He relied on this time to escape from that place.

This is not the right time for that man to show himself. He still had a few things to prepare.

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However...

"Are you just going to leave her like that?" Dalor's serious tone came out while scolding the boy.

"Dalor?" Randy's steps stopped after being scolded by that demon.

"You said you didn't want to be a villain, right? Then save the girl who has saved you!" Dalor who usually looks lazy and foolish turned into a very understanding at this crucial moment.

"I'm sorry, Dalor. Sorry for being too focused on my goal!" Randy walked closer to the place of the fight.

He realized his mistake this time. As a man, what he was doing right now was very disgraceful. Not to mention he said he didn't want to be a villain, so he had to change his current mindset.

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It seemed that Ira wasn't even a match to that Justiciar. None of her attacks worked to hurt Farida.

"I'm sorry, Farida. But I'll be rough! I'm calling you, Jormungandr!"

A green circle appeared in the middle of the highway. The snake that had been defeated earlier came out of the circle.

"Hah?!" (Ira)

"Is that-?!" (Farida)

They were both shocked but the more surprised one was Farida. She thought that the snake had disappeared for some reason. Instead, now she had to face it right before her eyes.

The snake's mouth opened and prepared to attack.

"RAGNAAAROOOK!"

A swarm of burning stones shot out of the snake's mouth towards where the two of them were, causing both of them to get separated.

"Ayunda!" Another Justiciar helped Farida who was silent there.

When he saw the opportunity, Randy immediately flew using his wings and shot to Ira's place.

"Ira, follow me!"

"Yes sir!"

Shortly after, the snake disappeared and left no trace at all.

Farida turned to where Ira was but couldn't see her there.

"Shit, what exactly just happened?!"

Farida clenched her fists in annoyance.

The girl beside her tried to calm her down but she didn't dare to do so. She lowered her hand back.

The red sky of Time Fracture lingered until the time ended. Nothing else happened after that other than Randy who parted with Ira before Randy returned home.