My Emperor's Sword

Chapter 16: Kazuti And Amaterasu

"You guys are trash."

Shesmu could no longer hold it in his heart anymore. Being a roleplayer was one thing, being so bad was another. At this point, he had mixed feelings of anger and pity towards the couple.

The girl became flustered when she heard Shesmu's insult, "Hey! Yes, you saved us, but that doesn't give you the right to insult us!-"

However, before she could even finish her rant, Kazuti stopped her.

"No, Amaterasu. He is right. At this point in time, I am simply too weak. No matter how much I want to protect you, with this power, I can't."

As he said those words slowly and heavily, pain could be seen in Kazuti's eyes. He clenched at his heart in regret before he forcefully looked at Shesmu in his eyes.

"Great master, please, with this power of mine I cannot defend anything or anyone. I beg you, teach me how to become a strong person!"

The light in Kazuti's eyes showed the strong will in his heart. However, Shesmu didn't buy any of that. Throughout the whole speech, he had a judgemental face that condemned mankind for evolving to this state.

"Nope, sorry. Just learn by yourself, it's not that hard," Saying these words, Shesmu immediately turned his back and went off. Want me to take care of you nutjobs? Yeah, right!

But if Shesmu had thought he will get away from this situation so easily, then he was in for a world of disappointment. Before he could even take two steps, Shesmu was stopped by a hand holding his leg. He turned around to look at what the idiot was doing again, only to be greeted by the most anime protagonist smile he has ever seen.

"I'm sorry, but I cannot continue down this road. So that I can protect everyone that I love, for our future, I must be strong."

"Yes! You get the chance to train the hero of old, how can you not be proud?!"

If there was anything that annoyed Shesmu more than the chunni roleplaying hero, it would be the annoying cheerleader next to him. Nope, I'm getting out of here.

Before he could hear any more of their rants, Shesmu used Dash to teleport away from Kazuti. Then, with all of his strength, he sprinted out to Leo and DepressedRyan, who was still waiting for him deep in the forest.

"What was that?" Leo asked.

"No time for that, we need to get the hell out of here first," Shesmu shuddered just remembering what kind of situation he was about to be stuck in.

As the trio continued running away from the terror that was Kazumi and Amaterasu, DepressedRyan laughed and exclaimed, "Haha, that must have been the funniest thing I have ever seen in years. For someone to scare you this much, he must be amazing in his own way!"

In response to Ryan, Shesmu just grumbled and muttered under his breath, "yeah, he really is amazing. Just a tad bit too amazing for me."

While the trio was still running away, Kazuti and Amaterasu were still on the ground looking at their back.

"Hey, Kazuti, don't worry about it. That guy was too stupid and couldn't see your potential. I'm sure that there will be so many others who will." Declared Amaterasu. But her shoulders were down and she kept looking on the ground; she was obviously dejected.

Kazuti looked at the direction Shesmu ran to for another two seconds before turning towards Amaterasu. He got closer and cupped her head before looking straight at her eyes and saying. "Amaterasu," he then caressed her hair before continuing, "Don't feel sad. Every hero has to go through hardships, and this is but the first one. I could sense it, that unless I train under him, it will be meaningless. I will not give up, and you should too." Kazuti then stood up before extending his hand towards Amaterasu, "Get up, we still have a long journey awaiting us."