Chapter 4 Blue Violet

  Does this evil spirit in front of me know about its past and its own identity?

  The surroundings were a dull haze, the desert in darkness, and the dawn's gloom usually brought an ominous omen. However, Loth looked at the sky not far away, which was much brighter than here, but this side was still as dark as night, with cold winds sweeping constantly. He wore a cloak stained with some blood, which he had borrowed from a good friend at Ryūōkan. What Loth feared was that he might never be able to return it to his friend...

  But...

  No! No! I won't die here! Absolutely not!

  The sword worn at the waist suddenly started shaking violently, with a faintly gloomy and cold blue light constantly trembling outward.

  So you agree with my idea too? Although you're just a sword, perhaps you understand me better than those humans...

  As if he had used up all his strength that shouldn't have been used in this world, Luo Zhi painfully endured the severe pain and struggled to get up...

  The crimson slowly flowed down from his arm...

  Won't it be that once this blood is exhausted, I will die? So I must wait until the moment when the Blood Rose blooms and withers, then I can slowly... rest assuredly fall down!

  "Little kid, I didn't think you'd be able to get up looking like that?" Ajimodo's heart suddenly skipped a beat as he looked at the boy standing before him, slowly drawing his sword, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine...

  This kid is indeed not to be underestimated!

  His icy blue eyes were an unfathomable depth of darkness, and no one could guess what the young man in front of him was thinking or what he would do next.

  "You must have guessed I'm an evil spirit long ago!"

  The old man in front of him, called Ajimodo, stood upright and emitted a clear, eerie, and inexplicable voice that didn't belong to his age.

  The young man didn't speak, but his icy blue eyes still held that deep and mysterious aura...

  "Was that girl deliberately kept by you? What a fool! I didn't expect the prince of the Luo Empire to fall for an unknown little girl?"

  The smile bloomed at this moment, the rose blooming so magnificently that it seemed to be a plant not belonging to this world. As the fragrance flowed in between his lips, the young man swung the sword in his hand straight up to block the skull-like ghost claw that suddenly came towards his chest... and then used the power of the sword to bounce the ghost claw back.

  Although he bounced back, Lodz obviously felt it...

  This evil spirit's move is really fast! The ghost claw flew towards my chest like a beam of light, and I didn't even have half a second to react. If I had been late by just one more second, I'm afraid there would be even more blood on my chest!

  The body is humid...

  Sweat seems like it will never dry up...

  "Use your soul to pay for that girl!" The evil spirit howled in anger, its entire body slowly transforming into a strange-shaped whirlwind that slowly approached the young man who seemed fearless standing there.

  When a ray of light shone on the half sky, Luo Zhi used his last bit of strength to block the sword, but was shocked by that cold air and flew out!

  Ah!

  His body crashed into the stone wall nearby!

  The wound on his back had been left untreated since the battle with E-Rank Miko a few days ago and was slowly splitting open.

  For some reason, Luo Ze felt his own legs...

  Chest

  There is a bloody presence...

  The air is filled with the fragrance that vampires yearn for, and by my ears are various strange laughter sounds, as if mocking a weak clown who can't fight back...

  Is it fragrant?

  The pale youth leaning against the wall with a bloodstain at the corner of his mouth suddenly lowered his eyes, smiled eerily, and slightly raised his hand... A string of blue light suddenly burst out from his chest... Then flew to a nearby location...

  Luo Zhi couldn't remember such a miserable cry anymore...

  At that moment, I felt my eardrums were numb due to the vibration and couldn't hear any sound. All I saw was a blue light flashing towards the evil spirit's forehead, striking it heavily, and its body disintegrated into fragments. Then, a gust of dark wind swept in, and together with the skull wrapped in a black cloak, they vanished into thin air...

  Hmph! A contract? Is it because of the contract that I was saved? If I hadn't been injured, I should have had enough strength to defeat this evil spirit!

  But...

  It really hurts so much!

  If a green shoot has become like this itself and saw its own appearance, would it feel heartache for itself?

  Luo Zi sat on the ground, looking at the blooming roses on the ground, and couldn't help but touch his own forehead.

  Forget it, what was I thinking?! It's obviously impossible!

  The sky has already turned very dark, and touching the slightly painful wound suddenly became a bit worried...

  The moonlight outside is very smooth...

  But...

  Will that girl take good care of herself? It's really hard to imagine what kind of things she'll encounter without me by her side, and who knows, maybe she'll torture herself into a sloppy woman! Thinking about this, Luo Zi's eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle, then he endured the pain in his chest and slowly closed his eyes...

  I'm so sleepy!

  I really want to sleep!

  It was as if two people sensed each other at the same time, and then both closed their eyes simultaneously.

  Under the moonlight, everything is quiet...

  Under the moonlight, Ryūōkan is still bustling with business... Those powdered and rouged geishas are still dancing on the balcony, their fans fluttering back and forth with their bodies, as if they were really celebrating some human joyous event...

  Under the moonlight, everything is beautiful, as if the brief bloodshed never existed...

  No one knew that a young man had once fought alone with the evil spirit said to have killed the girls at Ryūōkan, and the evil spirit vanished into thin air. It was thought that the women who were jealous of their husbands not taking care of them and going to Ryūōkan every day would also be cleared of suspicion, but those men still went to Ryūōkan...

  Every night is filled with music and song...

  It's enchanting there, with endless fine wines, songs that can't be sung enough, and dance performances that can't be watched enough.

  The next day's sunshine was still very captivating...

  Loki hired a carriage and gave a thin little fellow a package of Loki coins before returning to the room to wake up Mephistopheles.

  "Matilda! Princess!"

  “...”

  "Princess!"

  “...”

  Seeing no one responded, Loki's face immediately became somewhat flustered and he began searching around the inn in a flurry...