87 Ch. 87 'The Current One Is Not The Old One'

"Kazuto, listen to me carefully. I'm not afraid of you. Ever since I meet you, not once, I feel frightened towards you. Instead, I like you."

Now Niken's face was glistening to red as she never thought she would speak her heart out loud in front of the man.

How embarrassing!

She never knew all this time Kazuto thought she was afraid of him since the beginning of their meeting. She did not want this misunderstanding to continue and create a gap between them. 

That's why she held back her shame and was blunt about her true feelings towards the man.

However, the man didn't give any response to her confession, so she decided to keep talking.

"I ... I'm not afraid of you. I admit, the first time our eyes met, I was afraid of you. But I didn't hate it at all. Instead, I wanted to look into your eyes once more time. I once thought, maybe... if... if I looked into your eyes more often and got closer to you, I won't be scared anymore. Therefore, the answer to your question is very easy for me. I'm not afraid of you. But I am indeed afraid of something." Niken continued with reddened cheeks.

All of a sudden, she felt wanting to go inside her shell as she gave a sheepish smile to the man. She didn't know where did her courage come from. This was the first time she professed her feelings. She just hoped that her voice just now didn't sound weird.

"What are you afraid of?" asked Kazuto with a gentle voice.

"That... I..." Niken gulped nervously as she could feel the heat rush in her blood.

"Yes?" But the man was so mercilessly probing her to continue her words.

"That.." Niken felt wanting to cry now. Can she back to sleep now?

Unknown to her, the man enjoyed her flustered face and teased her purposely.

While she was on the dilemma, Kazuto's body became tense, and he felt restless. Niken lowered her head so she couldn't see the change of the atmosphere.

In an instant, Kazuto unleashed his shadow energy, creating several wolf shadows around them. The next seconds the wolf's shadows sprang out of the room.

"Kazu, what's wrong?"

Before Kazuto could answer, the door of her room opened. Scarlet, Yuki, and Izzy went inside to surround Niken as if they were protecting her from something.

"Why are you here? What happen?" Niken asked in confused.

No one answered her query. They just focused their attention towards the door. Niken didn't know what was happening, but she could tell something terrible was happening outside.

Niken looked at Izzy, who had entered her mind. Aware that Niken was watching her, Izzy glanced at Niken and smiled.

"Can you chase away our unwelcome guests with your cyclone?"

"What are you talking about?" Scarlet questioned Izzy without distracting her attention from the bedroom door. "Niken's elemental energy is water. How could she possibly create a hurricane?"

"Isn't that because you're inside her astral dimension? Maybe it's just a form of her defense."

"It might also be true."

Initially, Izzy also suspected the same thing. But the energy coming out of Niken's astral soul body was too real as if it was not the manifestation of the defense in the astral. The essence she felt during the attack of the typhoon felt like a wind Elementalist attack her.

Niken didn't join in their conversations as she had too many questions inside her head.

What exactly is happening? Was there an attack? Who would attack them? And why did she sense so many Elementalist knight's energy? How many Elementalist knights that was inside her house? She desperately wanted an answer.

Niken's daydream shattered as she felt her right hand being held by Kazuto. Niken glanced at Kazuto.

"You don't need to be afraid. You will be fine. We will not let them touch you."

"..."

If she had heard that before, she would not be afraid anymore, she would definitely sit quietly and hide behind the backs of those willing to protect her.

But now she regained her sealed memories. She remembered how weak she was when they were under attack.

The last time when her father and mother protected her, they were both gone. And when her brother protected her, he got a bad injury. Not only that, but they both had to lose memory.

'We will not let them touch you.'

These words...

Precisely because of these words, no one could touch her; no one could hurt her. But instead, her beloved ones getting hurt.

No! She doesn't want it.

Niken didn't like those words at all. She did not want to lose her loved ones again.

The current Niken is not the old Niken.

No.

The right word is the current Xiao Yue is not the old Xiao Yue.

Niken raised her head with her eyes full of confidence and throughout her body released a surge of strength, causing the time around her to stop.

A dark green circle came into sight above her head unnoticed. It was the last phase of the green stage of the magic circle.

Strangely, the magic circle did not appear under her feet; instead, it popped up above her head! That said, a wizard who managed to bring up his magic circle above his head was a wizard who could bring up more than one magic circle.

A wizard who has just one magic circle was so powerful to the point of making the Elementalists unmindful. Let alone more than one magic circle, which could summon more than one element skill at the same time. 

History said the person who committed the mass killing in the kingdom of Zeed has managed to bring up three indigo-colored magic circles and almost created a fourth magic circle.

Is there any connection between the mad person and Xiao Yue? It's still way far in the future to know the answer. For now, let's go back to the situation of Niken's house.

Out of the blue, everything went to stop. Time had frozen once again; only this time, all Elementalist knights stopped moving too.

Niken rose and walked out of her room to discover what was happening and was shocked beyond word when she saw everything.