Passerby Diary (Writing Practice)

Chapter 18 - Settling down

Cardinal World

Shinji POV

How did this happen?

How did it become like this?

It was just 3 years after we live in Cardinal World and the eastern empire is still trying to initiate the Great Tenma War to this world early because of the rapid advancement in Shiori-nee's nation but they never succeed until someone from another world stepped in.

Deus Ex Machina Industries.

It's the organization that create Mio from the result of a ritual called 'Spirit Formula' and cause the Eurasian Sky Disaster and various spacequake in my homeworld.

They are offering the eastern empire with technology that is out of this world and in exchange, the eastern empire will help them with their goal of ending humanity in my homeworld and the eastern empire agrees to that term but gets betrayed along the way, then DEM takes over the eastern empire and terrorized the world in the name of wizard.

I am currently flying to the middle of the forest at a rapid pace under the gray cloudy sky because I sense Mio's signature is getting weaker and I can feel myself panicking for her safety.

I land on a section of the Great Forest of Jura that was near the eastern empire when the signature of Mio is getting near and quickly run there swiftly while still keeping myself alert.

I hide behind the tree when I'm certain that the enemy is nearby and check the condition first and I see something that shatters my heart to pieces.

It was a corpse...

Not just any corpse...

It's Mio's corpse...

I feel horrified at the sight and look around to see if the perpetrator is still nearby and sure enough, I find a woman with pale blond hair wearing a skimpy battle suit that was called a Combat Realizer Unit holding a crystal in her hand.

I feel sadness...

I feel regret...

I feel stupid...

But I feel what anyone would feel at this kind of time...

RAGE...

UNBRIDLED RAGE...

I summon [Sandalphon] sword on my right hand, then [Zafkiel] flintlock pistol on my left and encase the whole area with [Ain Soph], then lock it with [Michael] while I'm at it to prevent her from escaping.

I point the pistol at my head and said.

Shinji- "Aleph"

*BANG*

I run to her quickly after getting shot with my first bullet which will increase my speed, then shape the landscape to my advantage so that I can quickly kill her and safely take the crystal.

Shinji- "Zayin"

*BANG*

I shot her too with the seventh bullet while I'm at it so that she won't try anything funny before I struck [Sandalphon]'s sword and cleanly decapitate her head while taking the crystal.

Shinji- "Haa... haa... haa..."

I pant heavily while looking at the crystal and the mess which I just made, then look over to Mio's bloody corpse before rushing to her and trying to heal her.

The keyword is 'trying' because her body can't get healed even after I pour a full potion on her.

I try to use [Zafkiel] on the crystal and restore her soul but it's also not working.