Chapter 04

Only three years have passed since the last chapter. Currently Mikasa and Zirken have just turned 9 years old and so far the boy has shown no sign of awakening his dormant powers nor the system that is supposed to help him.

Right now he is helping his father chop wood, while his sister is organizing the pieces of wood to carry back to her house together with Zirken after they finish the job.

'After all this time I haven't felt even a spark of the sunshine. I guess that confirms my theory of awakening it when it reaches the right age...' - Zirken.

After a few more minutes of chopping on logs, they finally got the amount they needed and the three of them left for home again. However, no one realized that there were other people lurking around watching them.

"Now we just have to confirm that here are the last descendants of the old shogun clan!" - Hatted henchman .

"That little girl and her mother will be worth a fortune on the slave market if they have that mark..." - Tall henchman

"That boy with the strange hair is probably worth a good amount too, let's kill the father and kidnap the other 3. If the boy resists, they can hurt him enough that he can't move."  - Boss.

"Roger that, boss!" - Henchmen.

'kekeke, soon I'll be swimming in rivers of money inside the sheena wall!' - Boss.

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The trio entered their home again. Zirken and Mikasa placed the firewood in the fireplace and her father lit it to warm the atmosphere inside the house amidst the impending winter.

'I have to start keeping an eye out. It's almost certain that it was around this time that the slavers killed my parents. Fortunately, I already have a few tricks up my sleeve to make sure that at least we all get out alive...' - Zirken.

For some reason unknown to the young man, his memories of his previous life still remained vivid in his head. Therefore, early on he had been arming countermeasures to some of the likely events that would happen throughout the story.

However, the young man did not have as many resources, as he was forbidden to go to places other than the outskirts of his home, and because of this he was forced to improvise with whatever materials he had available at his fingertips.  

"Zirken, help your sister carry those tools to her room." - Mom.

"I'll be right there." - Zirken.

The two children picked up the two axes and the makeshift basket they used to carry the firewood. 

"Couldn't you carry all this yourself for your little sister?" - Mikasa asking with a pampered tone.

"That speaks to the girl who is as strong as I am. Besides, didn't you know?" - Zirken.

"Knew what?" - Mikasa tilting her head to the side in confusion.

"I am an excellent advocate for gender equality!" - Zirken.

"What an idiot." - Mikasa.

"How-" Zirken.

The young man was about to retort, but was taken aback by something that came into his vision. His gaze was glazed on the window and through it could be seen two armed men sneaking walking towards his house.

"What happened, why did you stop out of nowhere?" - Mikasa is already a few steps ahead.

"Mikasa! hide in the storage room now!" - Zirken said desperately.

In the next instant, the boy, still with an axe in his hands, ran back to the room he came from earlier. 

"Wha-what do you mean?!" - Mikasa is extremely confused and a little afraid because of the tone of urgency her brother used.

Ignoring the girl's doubts, the young man continued running at full speed while praying to arrive in time and be able to activate his prepared trap.

'Shit!!! they had to show up right now?! Just when I'm not near the entrance?!'- Zirken.

*KYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAA*

"FUCK!!!" - Zirken.

When the boy finally reached the living room, it was already late. His father had answered the door and was now on the floor with his hands on his belly as his blood dripped onto the wooden floor. And standing in the doorway was a tall, brown-haired boy with a bloody knife in his hand.

In the next instant, the tall henchman was about to deliver another fatal wound to the fallen man, but was stopped by the shrill and angry shout of the white haired young man running with an axe in his hand.

"WRETCH!!!" - Zirken.

However, instead of fiercely setting off on the tall henchman like a typical shounen protagonist, he pulled out a thin white line that was fixed under the window near the door, raised his axe and started running toward the bandit. 

"hooo? get ready to be-" - loud henchman 

Before he could say the rest of his sentence, he was hit in the head by a bag full of rocks that was suspended by a rope. The blow was so hard that the tall man lost his balance and fell forward.

However, within a matter of seconds, something surprising happened. While the henchman was still falling, the young Zirken emerged from his side and lowered the axe aiming to hit the back of the henchman's head and decapitate him right there to finish and hastily take care of the other two.

Despite this, the weight of the weapon was greater than the strength a 9 year old boy should have and so the blow ended up being struck in the shoulder, ending up completely separating his left arm from the rest of the tall henchman's body, making him feel enormous pain.

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGHHH*

It was at this moment that the other two appeared in the doorway and were amazed to see such a scene. They thought it would be a simple kidnapping without any casualties and suddenly their strongest companion/subordinate was lying on the ground and almost killed by a child.

"Shit!" - Hatted goon.

The second henchman immediately pulled out his knife and went at the child with the axe. However, Zirken did not stand still and ran to activate another trap that was hidden.

His mother, who was sitting on the floor because she had collapsed from the shock of seeing her husband being stabbed, couldn't stop shaking and had no idea what was happening. Until her son shouted to get her to move.

"Mom! Go to the depot with Mikasa!!!" - Zirken.

"What about you?!" - Mom.

"Just go! You'll only get in the way here!!!" - Zirken.

The woman was speechless for a few seconds, but soon came to her senses and bit her own lips so hard that it was possible to see the blood oozing out. She was so frustrated that she couldn't do anything to help her child in such a dangerous situation, that she could only feel anger at herself.

The next moment she was running towards where Mikasa was supposed to be.

"Pray that you die soon brat, because I'm going to torture you a lot!" - Hatted henchman.

"That's what we'll see." - Zirken as he pulled another, thicker, red line from inside the wall.

Then two large wooden planks that were attached to the ceiling came loose and fell towards the hat henchman. But he still managed to react in time and only one of the heavy wooden planks managed to hit him, hitting his left leg.

Zirken soon raised his axe again and chose to move towards the enemy with the injured leg. He tried to be as fast as possible so as not to give them time to react, but the young man underestimated the boss who was just lurking around waiting for an opportunity.

Just as the child was about to deliver the blow, the boss hit him with a strong kick to the belly that sent him flying until he hit a nearby wall.

"Get the fuck up! Aren't you ashamed to be humiliated like that by a child?!" - Boss.

*COF* *COF*

Zirken was out of breath from the heavy blow to his stomach and the impact of his back with the wooden wall, but he was still trying his best to get up. The boss didn't give him time for that to happen, however, and quickly delivered another kick to the boy's face.

*aaaargh*

"Try using your dirty tricks now bastard!" - Boss.

Just then the goon in the hat got up and went limping towards the boy lying on the ground.  

"You little shit!" - Hatted henchman.

After saying this, the thug held his knife in hand tightly and was full of thoughts about how he was going to torture the boy. 

'Shit!!!' - Zirken.

"'I'm going after the woman and the little girl, don't take too long with this and go help the other weakling. "' - Boss leaving in the direction of the corridor that led to the other rooms.

What they both didn't realize was that Father Ackerman was still alive and watching everything. When he saw that he would have to move to save his son, he started crawling towards the bandit who had lost his arm and quickly grabbed the knife stained with his own blood and attacked the bandit's neck with the amputated arm, killing him without hesitation.

Then he gathered all that he had left of his strength and rushed to attack the hatted henchman who had his back to him.

Just as the henchman was about to deliver the first cut to the young Zirken, the blade in the hands of the blond-haired father struck his heart with a deep stab.

"Don't you touch my son, *offending* you piece of shit." - Father speaking calmly as he was almost fainting.

"Didn't he kill you?!" - Goon as blood began to leak from his mouth.

The next second, Zirken took the chance given by his father and quickly delivered a low kick to the henchman's injured leg, causing him to fall headfirst to the ground.

The young man immediately got up and was about to take in his father, but was interrupted by him.

"Go to Mikasa and your mother!" - Father almost fainted.

'Tsk' - Zirken.

"OK!" - Zirken replied and ran as fast as he could to rescue his family while closing his own fist with enormous force and frustration.