The sadness was indescribable!
I was speechless and dumbfounded when Ryan tapped me on the shoulder.
“Hey, hurry up! Do as I say! We’ll both die if we keep going like this?”
"Hey...?"
“Swoop! I won’t let you die!”
"No..."
“Whoa! Here comes the bear, the bear! Run quickly! Three! Two!”
The technique of raising one's voice and pushing the victim off a cliff in a tense situation... Well done.
"One!"
I turned around as if I was being pushed.
'Even if Ryan says this, he must have calculated that he would catch the bear that was chasing me the moment I ran away!'
With the belief that.
Looking back.
While running.
“Ugh!”
And scream as you are told.
The bonds that had been placed on the bear were also released.
Krrrrrr!
The roar of an angry beast was heard.
Bang, bang, bang!
The heavy footsteps of a bear started running towards me as soon as the restraints were released.
He waved his arms wildly.
I had to keep running away like that,
'I believe you, Ryan!'
I trust Ryan.
Then, it came to a sudden halt.
I was speechless and dumbfounded when Ryan tapped me on the shoulder.
“Hey, hurry up! Do as I say! We’ll both die if we keep going like this?”
"Hey...?"
“Swoop! I won’t let you die!”
"No..."
“Whoa! Here comes the bear, the bear! Run quickly! Three! Two!”
The technique of raising one's voice and pushing the victim off a cliff in a tense situation... Well done.
"One!"
I turned around as if I was being pushed.
'Even if Ryan says this, he must have calculated that he would catch the bear that was chasing me the moment I ran away!'
With the belief that.
Looking back.
While running.
“Ugh!”
And scream as you are told.
The bonds that had been placed on the bear were also released.
Krrrrrr!
The roar of an angry beast was heard.
Bang, bang, bang!
The heavy footsteps of a bear started running towards me as soon as the restraints were released.
He waved his arms wildly.
I had to keep running away like that,
'I believe you, Ryan!'
I trust Ryan.
‘I can’t just come all this way and go back empty-handed, can I?’
Whoosh, I looked back.
Krr...
As expected, Ryan flew over the bear following me, pounced on it as if he were flying beside me.
He rolled around, becoming one with the bear...
Until it happens again.
'I saw it all.'
I took it in my eyes.
Ryan, who was getting up and shaking his hands, was surprised to see me standing still instead of running away.
“This, this bear guy...!”
Then he started to pretend to strangle the 'already dead' bear, even taking a dagger out from under his clothes and stabbing it in the bear's neck.
'You're trying hard.'
I stood still and watched Ryan's show.
The bear should have died a long time ago.
At that very moment, when I touched Ryan.
"Phew."
Ryan smiled, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“Why didn’t you run away?”
“I’m worried about you, Dad.”
“...Hmm, right? Anyway, you saw it, right? I’m strong, right? I can even catch bears.”
"Yes."
Ryan slung the sagging bear over his shoulder with a “groan.”
‘...Hear that?’
Strength is a major factor. The bear seemed to have starved for a long time, and although it was smaller than average, it weighed well over 100 kilos.
“Bear meat for dinner tonight!”
Ryan walked leisurely past me.
The back of the head of the family heading home with pride after a successful hunt...
Following Ryan, I reflected on today's accomplishments.
Special Blessing, Instant Death.
'I got it.'
The ability hunt was a success.
***
In Wassenberg, family members are taught all kinds of abilities from a young age, before they awaken their abilities.
How to use the ability, how much its power increases with each stage of training, how to utilize the ability most efficiently, etc.
Of course, I learned it too.
<Instant Death> was on the very first page of the power textbook. It was the only power among the powers that had a 'special' rating.
Instant Death
- The power to destroy life in one fell swoop.
Grade: Special
First Manifestation: Melvin Wassenberg
Stage 1 of Manifestation: The holder can instantly kill a target (living being) by making contact with it.
Growth Stage 2: Can instantly kill all targets within a 10m radius of the holder and within sight.
Skill Level 3: ...
'Oh, we're already here.'
Thud.
Ryan put the bear down in the front yard.
"This..."
Revan, who had been digging until then, ran over in a hurry and opened his mouth wide.
“Did my brother catch it?”
“Then did she catch it?”
Revan looked at me. He swallowed hard and silently checked the bear's condition.
There is a stab wound near the neck, but it is only a show... Anyone can see that he died instantly without any external injuries.
Glance.
Revan glanced at me again.
'You must be worried that I caught you.'
Revan would know that Ryan is not incompetent and that his special ability is <instant death>.
I don't think I'd want to keep it a secret since we've decided to live together, but since both men are keeping quiet for now, I guess I'll just pretend I don't know.
“Dad, you were amazing! You just strangled the bear like this, then finished it off with a knife!”
“Is that so?”
“...”
Revan smiled awkwardly. Ryan remained silent.
In fact, Ryan remained silent the entire time we were there. He may seem sloppy, but he's a sharp person, so he probably sensed I was on his tail.
Since you don't trust me, I guess you were thinking of hiding it a little longer...
'But I'm really on your side!'
It seemed like the two of them needed a strategy meeting, so I decided to sneak out.
“Then I’ll go in first!”
***
Ryan stared at Vania as she entered with a strange look.
“Brother, are you caught?”
"Uh."
“Instant death?”
"Maybe?"
“No, what are you going to do? Why did you take a baby out hunting in the first place?”
"Why would she follow me out to hunt without fear? She's so quick-witted, she would have figured out long ago that I'm not incompetent."
But since he didn't tell her what kind of ability he had, she guessed she followed him to find out for herself.
When he thinks of the courage to stop and look back, even when being chased by a wild beast...
“Is it okay to get caught this quickly?”
Revan was worried.
It wasn't that they were suspicious, but they still decided to watch Vania a little longer.
"How could she be my father's puppet? She's a top-tier human resource with a top-tier healing blessing. Why would you waste such a high-level talent on an incompetent person who kicked you out long ago?"
“Yeah, of course not. We talked about that before!”
“Could someone have helped her?”
Yeah. She's not incompetent, but her ability to decide to give up everything and leave home is not at all like that of a 12-year-old...
Ryan wondered if there might be an assistant inside.
Then things get complicated.
What if there was someone in the family who knew the child was not incompetent and helped him escape from home?
What if that fact reaches his father's ears?
'He'll do whatever it takes to take Vania back. He's a man who feels sorry for every single person with special abilities.'
So he wanted to be a little cautious until he could hear from Vania about the presence of an assistant and the information...
“I don’t need any of that anymore!”
"What?"
“There is no need to worry about whether or not you have an assistant, and there is no need to worry about it.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Absolutely, no matter what.”
Ryan's eyes glared sharply at the mansion. He looked for Vania inside.
“I can’t let that kid get taken away by my father.”
“Huh?”
When hunting bears.
Vania wasn't the only one who noticed Ryan's powers.
Ryan also had a point.
A situation where he faced a bear.
All his senses are on edge...
In an instant, the bear was clearly and definitely poised to attack and charged.
That moment.
Movements that were unnaturally bound in place.
'That was... 'The Shackles of Bondage.'
A higher level of behavioral abnormality series ability.
The shackles of bondage.
He's never actually seen it, but didn't he learn about this type of ability in textbooks when he was young?
Ryan couldn't help but notice.
“It’s a mutation, isn’t it?”
Ryan muttered.
“I’ve never heard of a person with two blessings...”
“What, what? Who are you talking about? How old is the baby?”
“Uh. I just checked two, just in case.”
Maybe three, four...
It is impossible to gauge the ability.
If he had separated Vania before coming to the continent...
“...It’s terrifying just to imagine. Hey, I have to make sure she can’t change her mind.”
Ryan looked back at Revan and said.
"It's a problem if she returns to Wassenberg on her own, and it's also a problem if my father tries to take her back. If she's taken away, we'll be finished with nothing we can do."
Ryan's eyes lit up as he headed back towards the mansion.
“Let’s absolutely protect it.”
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