Chapter 3: Chapter 3

"Mid-rank soldier. Atleus, at your service."

I said while bowing.

"... I thought I called someone who is a high rank soldier though…"

–Is what I think she said under her breath.

Well… that's a suprise? Maybe I'm already a high rank soldier?

–... You're on the verge of becoming one, that's for sure, but for reasons unknown, you can't advance in rank.

… My skills in using the sword might not be enough then.

–[I doubt that is the case. It's more of the fact that you don't want to advance as you're scared of something else… a curse in your bloodline? Let's be real, it's probably just something like I don't want to look good or something…]

{It is said that for weird reasons, an angel could get stuck with a blessing or a curse when they are born, this curse or blessing only activates after becoming a high rank soldier, so when people want to become stronger, they always hope that they got a blessing or not a curse. Chances of getting a blessing is 30%, chances of getting no blessing or curse are 68%, and chances of getting a curse is 2%... I'm scared of the chance I will get cursed. I'm scared of it, I hate taking risk that will hinder me, if I lost something important due to this curse… I would have… already lost my will to help.}

"... Hmm, Anyway, I called you here for a simple reason, soldier. I need some help with paperwork…"

She said while looking at the ceiling with a sorrowful tone. Since I don't really care about someone popular, I didn't remember who this person is, but I'm sure they are powerful. Though to be honest, I take this job as it is more interesting than going to a town and report if it is fine or not.

"Yes, is that so? I will do it at the moment. Do we have a-"

"Hey, calm down…"

She said to me while she is looking like I am a bit crazy.

"You just need to help me do some paperworks, you don't need to be so enthusiastic about it…"

She said while grabbing a stack and giving it to me… hehehehehe, look at these papers…

…

"Hmm…"

One stack finished…

"..."

Three stacks finished…

–... [Yep, a workaholic indeed. It's only been 3 minutes, how did you finish this so fast? Are you maxing your stats on agility, wisdom and strength?]

{The rumours here that a well 2 km in the west has ghosts is probably true. But it's over exaggerated of how they write it, I should note that down. Next, this is paperwork about how… no useful information there… this could be rewritten as it's full of exaggeration… this one is fine as it is…}

"Can you hear me?"

The royal knight asked the soldier, but Atleus still continued to finish the paperwork as if he wasn't even hearing her.

"Ufufu… imagine my surprise, it's a workaholic. And every paperwork that I need to do today is done."

…

{Hmm, so that's how it happened. Maybe I should look into a book later on how it can be misinterpreted. This word is not something commonly used, it's probably from the old version of how to say this language, I can't read it too accurately… but I guess it's a message instead of work, so I should set it aside… this one, it's a report of how a village got destroyed 3 days ago…}

I stopped moving my hands for a brief period…

"..."

{This was the one I didn't prevent… tch, damn it. I should have arrived on time, if I did, then I would be at least able to save someone… but I was too late, everyone there is already dead… and I doubt that the survivors of that village are alive.}

–... Hey, are you okay? [That report…]

Uh, yeah. I just think of something for a second.

I set the report aside and immediately started to do the stacks of paper work again… hmm, there's at least 10 stacks here…

10 minutes passed.

... And done. Information gathering is complete.

–How the hell did you read all of those in under 10 minutes?

There's a trick to reading, it's called reading efficiently. And also I guess I am a fast reader.

–[... You didn't even answer my question at all.]

Well don't worry, Angel-chan. It's all fine.

–I'm a boy!

Hello a boy, I'm Atleus.

–Who teach you those jokes? Your parents? Cause they're rather a-parent.

Hahahaha… and I should leave, for now I have to do a-... Yep, someone is calling me.

I bid my farewell to Miss royal knight, and left the room.

I lowered my floor 2 times and is on the second floor now, my boss is currently staying in one of these rooms.

I knocked 3 times on the door first and I was invited to come in, so I entered the room.

"Atleus, at your service."

I said while looking around in the room… no papers… hmm so not paperwork, a bit saddening, but that is fine.

–... [Maybe everyone is worried about you not caring for your health just to do work?]

Hmm… I wonder why they called me…

"Atleus, you're here. Now let me quickly get to the point… basically, we need to find an Angel Sword."

–... Trying to find something like me? Why, though?

I don't really know yet, but I'm sure I will get the reason just by listening.

"Sir, why is it me that you're calling for this?"

I asked with a confused tone.

"... We are short on people, and all of the high ranking soldiers are doing missions for me and the other knights. Basically, you're the only one who is not assigned to any work at the moment."

… That's surprising, maybe I should do some expedition-

–Later, do that later.

… Sure.

"I see… I've got it Sir. But, I don't even know what they look like Sir."

I said in a worried tone.

"Oh, don't worry, it's fine. You only need to find one, it was in the village you reported earlier… Chronos, my friend actually lives in that village, and supposedly… a sword is on a wall there. I don't think it is much clue, but this should help right?"

–... I can't leave your wings, I can be summoned as a sword, other than that, if we are 2 meters apart, I immediately return to your wings…

Unfortunately, but I need to hide you for now, surely this Knight isn't gonna use you for good. Rather this feeling of greed is inside him, he probably will use you to get stronger… he doesn't know much about you after all, he just thinks you're a strong powerful sword.

–... Yeah… rather, not everyone uses us anyway, there's only 12 of us… supposedly used only for the 12 royal knights, but I don't know where the others are.

{... You're more than a hundred years olds… I can guess that by the way you worded it… so the old times, the time where it is possible that history is not sure due to the place being too old… the legend of the first 12 royal knights, you're one of their weapons… well, I guess that's why you are valuable, but then again, your strength depends on the one using you… probably.}

"Yes sir. I will go there and look around…"

And then just say that I didn't found one even though I destroyed every wall there.

–Want to destroy some basements and see if there are hidden survivors?

… That's a sinister thought, you've said as an idea. Of course that be bad, I might injure them by accident if I did that.

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–... [So, you will actually search for them…]

I left Knight's headquarters and left the city, and then I flapped my wings and immediately fly…

–If it takes 4 hours of walking to get there… how fast will it take if we fly there?

Hmm….since I am one of the fastest Angel on the city, 20 minutes.

–... That's very fast.

I immediately flew towards the direction towards the village that recently got destroyed 3 days ago…

20 minutes later.

"And in the area."

I said and lowered my altitude, as I reached.the ground, I quickly run towards a building and searched everything there.

–...

–...

…

…

30 minutes later.

"And… there are no survivors left in this place… tch."

And I guess there's not an Angel Sword here either, I guess… hehehehe…

–Look, this is urgent. Stop laughing at ironic situations… someone is behind you, you know?

I know, thanks for reminding me…

I turned around and made a confused face…

"Teacher Chronos? Why are you here?"

But before I could get an answer, I felt like I would get stabbed…

I summoned Angel as a sword and blocked the attack.

"As expected, it was you. The one who took that sword…"

He said while looking at my eyes in clear disgust… a mid rank soldier vs a mid rank Knight… who would win? Probably not me.

"I was thinking you are a normal soldier that is rather normal… but I didn't even think you are hiding your greed even in my eyes."

He said while a sword with wings as it's hilt appeared in his hands…

–... That's an Angel Sword? It doesn't feel like something I remember…

{That's weird… 12 swords only… uh, I see… copies.}

Those are copies, I have a feeling that it is.

–... Probably so, but still, even if it is just a copy, it should be stronger than a normal sword… but the way that he is acting, that's strange…

An eyes full of clear determination to delete everything that is considered slightly bad… Bad exists so that the good won't always happen, sacrifice exists so that bad won't be forgotten… all of them are either neither, or both.

... Do I have to make choices? Probably…

–... You're not gonna kill him right?

I'm afraid that I will, even though technically, Teacher is stronger than me by a big difference.

"Wing mode."

I heard teacher Chronos said before his wings shine and he immediately rushed towards me…

I floated in the air and barely dodged the first attack…

"Uggh… I felt like my wings got scraped…"

Teacher chronos flies again and dashed towards me… oh no…

–Accept my power…

"Wing mode."

I said as in acceptance and dodged the attack.

–You can only stay in this mode for 30 seconds, make sure to keep every second count.

{28 seconds left…}

I flied towards Teacher Chronos and slashed my sword downwards, he blocked the attack and I immediately back stepped before continuing with a stab to try and counterattacked a future action, but he knew I will do that so he moved to the left before attacking me on my back…

"Tch, that's my wings."

Maybe I should have kept some wing restoration potions…

–... I don't think we will, after all, that potion is only useful for this situation when wings are damaged…

My wings are damaged everytime I fight, I think it will be useful.

–... True, maybe if we had some money.

Now…

"23 seconds left… what I need to do is…"

Run.

–There should be a cliff if you go straight there for 10 hours… but since you are boosted in everything in wing mode, it should take… 25 seconds.

{It should take, 18 seconds then… enough time to run away}

"Greedy bastard. Running away from-"

"Swords are here to meet you, welcome."

I threw my sword towards him and after immediately going farther just by two meters, it came back to my wings.

–Let's go!!

Yeah yeah…

10 seconds left…

6 seconds left, I am there…

3 seconds left…

1 second left…

"..."

The mode deactivated on its own and I felt like my wings were being burned off… Uggh… my wings… it's painful…

–Sorry for that, it always hurts the wings everytime the mode is used, it won't do physical damage, but it will feel painful after using it…

"Well… oh, you might as well doom us then…"

Light covered me for a second before I fallen due to losing my consciousness…

–I'm really sorry, I didn't think… you rank up? Well… I guess there's a plus in this… now… I just have to hide you in some cave… and hopefully, we both will be fine. [Hopefully. You would die if I break, but I won't break until you die, if I break I will die… our life is now connected to a contract of life and death, Be not afraid… it is me who has the disadvantage here, if you die, I will die… that's why it's a disadvantage for me, you are now the reason I live, but I am the reason you are living at this moment… so I guess, it's just a contract of death.]

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