Darkness,

A smile,

A young boy chases after the smile.

The smile gets taken away and gets shattered into pieces.

Another smile,

The boy chases after the other smile.

That smile gets shattered into pieces.

"What's the matter? Didn't you say that you were going to protect them?"

An evil smile,

(I will protect them...I have to protect them...I made a promise to someone to protect Adana and I want to protect Rochel...)

"And yet you lost, you are a pathetic loser."

The young boy raises his head to confront himself.

(I lost...?)

The boy seems confused.

"That is correct. You lost and will always lose. Doesn't matter what it is. When you want to protect those two, when you wanted to protect that friend you made and even when you wanted to protect your mother. You, Takaki Naota, have always lost every single time!"

Naota gets up from a slumber sleep. Naota looks around him and there are more bandages around him than he previously had and he seems to be sleeping on a comfortable huge bed. It also seems that Naota has all his gear taken away from him and was sleeping in his boxers.

"So you finally get up after such a long time, Takaki Naota..." A voice of a man says.

Naota turns his neck to the right to see who spoke. There sat a man near the window that had long white hairs along with a huge white buttonless long sleeved jacket upon a blue gi that he wore. He seems to be in his mid thirties or early forties.

"Who are you?" Naota asks. "Me? My name is Sige Dracoon. I am the city lord of the city of Clance. It's a pleasure to meet you." The man answered.

"Now tell me, were the girls who were taken away a bunch of hotties or not?! Did they have tits or did they have ass?! Were they the cheer cheer type or were they the total ignorant type?! Tell me! Tell me! Tell meeee!!!!" Sige seems to be getting excited.

(Great...Just what we needed, a city lord who is a complete pervert...How does this one differ from the city lord of Bluemoon then?)

"Oh dear husband!" An angry female voice says.

Naota turns his head to the left side. He sees a beautiful woman who seems to be in early thirties or mid thirties. She has short black hairs and wears a beautifully designed long red skirt along with which she wears a red dress and a brown leather jacket over it.

"Did I just hear that you were looking at someone else's ass other than me?" The woman says with a calm face (clearly an angry one) but with an angry voice.

(Scary...)

"No...It's not like you think Jane..." The woman interrupts Sige and removes her boot. "Oh dear husband, you wouldn't mind to get...BEAT UP A LITTLE NOW, WOULD YOU?!!!!" Jane begins to run towards Sige but Sige begins to run away.

Sige keeps running in circle while Jane runs behind him.

(Now it makes sense...He has a wife who is a crazy witch if you make her angry...)

Something struck Naota.

"Why did you bring me here city lord Sige and how long have I been out?" Naota asks Sige. "You have been out for almost a week now and as for why I have bought you here, huh?" Naota begins to make his way out of the room.

"Where are you going?" Sige asks Naota. "I am sorry city lord Sige but can our conversation wait, I have to go and save someone first." Naota says and begins to leave the room.

"But I am here to assist you by training you for that sole purpose." Sige says to Naota. "Hmm? Train? Are you serious? I don't have time for that..." Naota clenches his fist. "After all, this was my mistake...I entered that battle without evaluating the situation and I paid the price for it. I can't waste my time training or else...Horrible things might happen to them and would never want that to happen to them. After all...I am responsible to protect the-" Naota gets taken down by Jane.

"Your responsible to protect them? Is that what you were going to say? Who are you fooling by that blabbering kid?" Jane looks angrily at Naota. "I am not fooling anyone...I must...I must protect them!" Naota looks away from Jane.

Jane sighs. "Kid have you seen yourself? There are bandages all over your body and you are in no condition to fight and even if you were fully healed do you think you will be able to defeat someone like the person who defeated you. You and I we both know that the person who fought you is way stronger than you like it or not." Jane gets off Naota and walks back towards Sige.

"Honestly, I can hardly see you lasting even a minute in your condition and with your skill. So, if you go to Bluemoon now...You will die and have accomplished nothing but failure." Jane says to Naota.

Naota covers his face with his right arm.

(She's right...Right now as I am. I am just a level 6 noob who entered into this world without knowing its threats and danger. I don't know if this XP bar even does something for me other than getting new abilities. To simply put it...I don't stand a chance against those damn people...I never did...And because of my recklessness all of this shit happened. Just like how because of my recklessness my mother had to suffer back then...If I had a wish, I would only wish for more power...Not power like in strength but power like in to control the system of this world but for now...)

"I...I want to get stronger..." Naota says with his face cover. "Train me, Sige Dracoon so that I could protect my friends...Who am I kidding...Train me so that I could protect myself." Naota says as he gets up.

Sige gives a happy smile. "Alright then from here on it's all up to you Tia!" Sige says.

(Tia? Whose that?)

"Why do I have to get stuck with this guy?" a young girl's voice says with a huge sigh.

(I have heard that voice...I know who it is...THAT ASSASSIN?!)