Burning Raven 4/4

Young master Gaun was eyeing the burning raven with a complicated look.

'Am I this unlucky?

'Or am I this lucky?'

Young master Gaun shook his head, as he didn't know what to feel.

'I thought I had become a 5th-order knight already, but now I am back to being a 1st-order aura knight.'

'I don't know what to feel about the system and this beast in front of me.'

With the near-death situation he experienced earlier, young master Gaun was sacred and elated at the same time.

However, now that it passed he didn't want to experience it again.

He hated himself for not being able to control himself in that critical moment.

There's also the situation that he acted like an arrogant young master who was courting death.

In that situation, he is not himself; he didn't like it.

Blob! Blob!

Young master Gaun can feel a warm, fiery magical aura.

Caressing his skin, massaging his muscles, and warming his soul.

It was coated on his body.

However, he knew that this power that was making him feel good was a useless power from the legendary raven.

He now wishes for something 

'Give me back my courting death points!? Why!?'

It was so disappointing for young master Gaun.

Like when someone thought they won the title miss/mister universe title only to find that the host (St*ve Harvey) misread it.

It doesn't feel good.

Whether to the winner or the loser.

Ding!

[ The stronger the target, the higher the reward. ]

[ If the target's desire to kill disappeared and gave the lifeforce to the host, therefore it disappeared to heal the host from their own attack. ]

Young master Gaun rolled his eyes at the system.

'It's already obvious you are only putting salt on my injury.'

If he could only smack the system, he would've done so.

Ding!

[ … ]

Young master Gaun's back sweated when he saw the empty reply of the system.

'What if the system annoyed me?'

'Will he kill me?'

Ding!

[ … ]

If the system could talk, young master Gaun would've felt so guilty.

It is just a newborn baby system. Why is it so harsh?

Staring at the sky.

Seeing through the clouds, bathe in holy light.

Young master Gaun should be happy.

His situation was just a thing that he could only see in movies.

Now he is living the dream.

Young master Gaun's mind was occupied. 

He was sighing uncontrollably.

'I thought courting death would be easy.'

'If I somehow provoked an old master but they would take a liking to me because I was so handsome?'

'If I was so talented, would I have the spirit to never give up whatever the world has thrown at me?'

'Will all that effort be useless because I was that handsome, great, and admirable?'

Ding!

[ … ]

Young master Gaun woke up from his daydreaming.

'Great! Is that all?'

He said as he was pissed again at the system, destroying his imagery as the great one.

Soon the light disappeared.

Ding!

[ Congratulations to the host. ]

[ The host became a Holy Knight! ]

[ The host can upgrade to 5th order apprentice holy with no Holy Knight magic practices (limit) due to the life force of the rare legendary beast, underworld raven. ]

Young master Gaun's heart throbbed when he saw and heard this from the system itself.

'Huh?'

Young master Gaun was rooted but his smile was so wide.

What does it mean?

It means he didn't need to suck up to the higher royal nobles like Kings and princes and stuff. 

He can improve on his own.

However, only to the 5th holy knight.

Ding!

[ Retrieving all data... ]

Young master Gaun didn't know what to do at this moment and only stared at the system screen.

Waiting for whatever the system throws at him.

Leanne only stared at him lovingly.

She was elated. 

So she came over to his side.

Young master Gaun felt his skin crawl.

Like the hair on his fingers solidified up from the shoulder to the head as she sat beside him comfortably.

"Husband."

She said with a smile on her face.

'I'm glad you're happy. Next time I will try to get magic practices for Holy magic so that you don't have to worry about it.'

'As long as you are by my side, as long as you are mine.'

Young master Gaun who was giving her a side glance was feeling uncomfortable.

However, that crazy-looking smile only made him feel more like something bad was going to happen if he messed it up.

'This Vixen, if I kill her someday, the mission will be nullified, right?'

Young master Gaun thought because he may be weak right now, but in the future…

It's another matter.

With his abilities, he is confident in anything.

As young master Gaun thought of that, he remembered the tragedies, catastrophes, etc. in the near future.

He nearly puked.

'I am not that confident.'

Plus, the thought of killing her made him feel bad.

He is not sure because of her grudge or what he wanted was the original owner of this body, anyway.

Not to the current him.

So he will just escape, and if she follows, that's when he would retaliate.

Ding!

[ … ]

Young master Gaun smiled back at her.

"SWAAARREKKKKKKK!!!"

The scream of the bird almost made young master Gaun jump from his seat.

Leanne looked at her legendary bird, the underworld raven, and glared like a knife.

Underworld raven: "..."

"Skwirk."

Ding!

[ Warning to the host, the host's heart must be protected, or the host will die and consume one extra life. ]

[ If wastes too much extra life, the current host will have to struggle and fight other random alternate universe selves, and if the current host lost, the current host will be replaced. ]

[ Current heart life consumption: 0/10 ]

[ Extra life: 2/2 ]

Young master Gaun heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing this boosted his mood.

'So I can die today and it will be okay.'

Young master Gaun thought with pride.

In the novels he read in the last, the main characters are almost all afraid of dying.

While he could only laugh in the face of death.

Soon his facial expression changed.

Young master Gaun almost vomited as he remembered how he died.

The darkness, the memory, the loneliness, the peacefulness, the nothingness, the emptiness, the fullness.

Everything he shouldn't know or he should know was something he could describe in the state of death.

Cough! Cough!

Young master Gaun couldn't control his cough.

He shook his head and thanked the system from the bottom of his heart. 

Even though he knew it was nonsense because he can be replaced anytime if he dies too many times.

Leanne's facial expression changed to a worried look on her face.

"Husband, are you alright?"

Leanne's soft hand touched the young master Gaun's cheek and forehead.

To check if he is feeling bad somewhere.

Young master Gaun shivered and became tongue-tied but he still mustered the courage to reply.

"I'm alright, my love."

With this, Leanne stopped whatever she was doing to his face and looked him straight in the face.

Young master Gaun was stunned but then Leanne hugged him tightly.

Cough! Cough! Cough!

She was choking him.

'You're killing me, bastard!'

However, young master Gaun cannot say that loudly.

The underworld raven who was standing at side silently was just watching them.

'The master's husband was so handsome.'

'Now, I understand why she likes him so much.'

'I never thought a human could be this handsome, even to my folks, the would droll over him.'

She thought in her heart.

All of a sudden, the ground had a vibration.

Tremble! Tremble!