Chapter 89: A Forgotten Memory

Chapter 89: A Forgotten Memory

Bloody stared at where her right shoulder shouldve been. All that remained on the right side of her body was just charred and smoking flesh.

The attack had simply been too fast.

She had sensed the girl gathering her power and channeling all her Ord into her attack. The next thing she knew, the arrow-shaped energy had embedded itself in her shoulder. Then all that Ord infused into the arrow exploded and tore off a huge chunk of her body. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Bloody's body was compressed when she was in her smaller form, increasing her physical stats, including endurance. She had never thought about how this form might be counterproductive. It only eliminated her weakness of having a heavier lower body.

But the damage wouldnt have been so severe if she had that bigger body.

Bloody sighed. She knew that considering what if situations was useless. The injury wasnt something she could regenerate any time soon.

By the time she realized what had happened, a scythe covered in shadows had slashed at her and cut off her left arm. Next, her legs went flying, and she fell to the ground.

So this is how I die? As another persons pawn? Killed by some kids who arent even full-fledged exorcists?

Bloody was a demon created due to peoples fear of leeches and a prostitutes corpse dumped in the swamps. Those two fused and created her.

She didnt remember the prostitutes life, only small glimpses. However, she did remember the rough outline of a little girls face. She was sure she had a daughter whose face she couldnt remember.

How long ago was this? Decades? A century?

Back then, the leech demon was eager for power. She wandered the world, cannibalizing demons and eating humans until she became a high-class demon.

Bloody never contemplated her previous life as a human. She didnt even think of the prostitute as her past life.

But she couldnt help but wonder what her daughter looked like. Did she grow to have a good life? Instead of wasting time on power and other things, she should have gone and lived after her. Maybe if her willpower had been stronger, she wouldnt have had this realization so late.

Was that why she spared the young girl even after killing her older teammates? Even Bloody didnt know her answer. Was she trying to make amends with her daughter, who was probably dead by now?

The shadow werewolf swung his scythe toward her, about to cut her neck. Bloody didnt resist and knew this was the end. Her heart was never into killing kids, either. This mission was a failure before it even began.

Ah, I wish I could see her and remember her face clearer.

As her death grew closer, Bloodys life flashed before her eyes.

But just as the scythe was about to touch her nose, it stopped. The shadow werewolf dissolved and revealed a young man whose shark-like teeth were the only thing that stood out about him. His face looked like a two-bit delinquent.

The young boy had a look on his face as if he had seen a ghost. Demons are supposed to be emotionless killing machines! So why the fuck are you crying!?

Bloody came to her senses and realized that there was wetness on her cheeks. Oh? I havent cried since ever. I dont think I have ever cried. This is surprising. I didnt think demons could even cry.

She was mouthing some nonsense words. Her mind was muffled with a thousand different things.

The two other guys jumped down from the tree and approached her.

What could make a demon as mighty as you cry? Are you afraid of death? Asked the bald kid. Despite his menacing appearance, he had a conflicted look on his face.

What?! Why couldnt that egotistical bastard keep his mouth shut!?

Noticing the look on my face, she added. "Don't worry. You should be okay as long as you live up to his expectations."

That's the thing! I couldn't live up to them! I didn't want to be compared to him when he was my age!

He probably expected me to grow even faster than he did. After all, he had a huge head start on me.

Aghh! What did I do to attract his attention?!

"Damn, that's gonna be hard," I whispered.

"Well, that's your problem to deal with. I'm already tired of living, so you can kill me now." The demon head seemed almost smug about no longer having to deal with this world. "A good stab in the brain should do it."

"You think I'm gonna kill you after you said that?" I reciprocated her smile. "Nah, you're coming with us."

Her eyes widened, but then she sighed. "If you had asked that half a century ago, I might have accepted. I almost saw my daughters face last time I was about to die.

Tears rolled out of her eyes again.

No doubt she had some regrets in life. I didn't know what they were. I wasn't sure I wanted to know.

With a swift slash, I chopped her head in two. It felt a bit strange after killing her.

That was someone who had experiences that no one would know about. It would be like she had disappeared forever. It was sad.

Maybe if she hadn't gotten involved with the Demonic Exorcist. No, it was useless to think about that now.

This was why I didn't like knowing anything personal about the people I killed. It always got too personal to the point I started sympathizing with them and seeing myself in their shoes.

"Hey, the leeches are going crazy," Bets called out to me.

I looked at what he was talking about. The leeches were writhing on the ground and no longer acted like one singular unit. "Carpy, kill them all."

Hundreds of small water blades fell down like raindrops, turning the green grass red.

I stared at my fish. He was a demon too, and I was tempted to ask him about his life experiences. Did he remember what happened before he was turned into a demon?

But then I remembered where I had found him. Bringing up such memories wouldn't be pleasant.

"All done, master," Carpy flew down on his water bubble and wrapped himself around me in a protective manner.

Though he wrapped himself around me, there was no extra weight on me that might slow down my movements. Carpy had surrounded himself with a thin layer of water, his cheap version of levitating. He was quite a talented fish.

We had to go and find some new ribbons and make sure we were going to pass this part of the exam. We had an easy time with the blue ribbon due to Carpy, but now we needed to go and find the other two as there weren't many days left.

But before any of that, I had to deal with another problem.

Miku was breathing heavily while leaning on the tree. She barely had any Ord in her. What should I do with her?