Feeling confused about Zen's action of taking off his disguise for a moment, she asked, "Huh? Why did you do that? And why'd you pull me here?"

"Nothing, just had some itchiness on my face from sweat. Anyway, let's take a rest for now. I'm tired." Zen stated as he put his mask back on and his hair turned back to black.

'Huh? You are an Advanced rank Magic Swordsman, and you are telling me you are tired from just walking?' Crystal thought feeling suspicious of what he said.

But in the end, she agreed to his request, as they had really been roaming around for quite a while now.

They found a bench situated near a walkway near them and sat down.

"Anyway, here is the amethyst earring, take a look at it and see if you can activate it right now." Zen said as he handed her family's artifact to her.

She extended out with her hands and took it, saying, "Before that, can you promise me that you will really help us with the Doom Order? We really do not have anyone else we can turn to." Crystal conveyed this with a depressing tone in her voice.

Zen grinned momentarily, an action that went unnoticed by Crystal. "Of course, I promise you that I will help you guys out." He reassured her with his eyebrows pulled down flat showing a compassionate expression. Displaying genuine sense of empathy for her circumstances.

"Ok."

After she said that she bit her pinky and applied a dropped of her blood to the item. It glowed for a moment and after some time the light gradually disappeared.

Edward, on the other hand, who was hiding in the distance, saw that Zen handed Crystal their family artifact.

Without thinking, he rushed towards Zen and Crystal, and before Crystal could even react, Edward forcefully grabbed Crystal, intending to run away with the artifact.

"Huh?! What?" Crystal was so bewildered by what was happening, to the point that she didn't even know how to respond to the situation.

She tried resisting Edward who grabbed her but to no avail she couldn't overpower him.

Zen watched this with amusement, and he revealed a devilish smile. He used his mana and aura together to enhance his physical capabilities, then vanished from where he stood and instantly appeared in front of Edward and Crystal.

"RUN!"

"WHAT?!" Edward was shocked at Zen's speed and that he could catch up to him so fast. He had already maximized his capabilities and was still unable to compete with Zen's speed.

As Zen looked at the two in front of him, he thought, 'WTF? AHhahahaH, this guy really took the bait? How stupid is this protagonist?'

With a saddened expression showing on his face, and a sigh coming out of him, he said, "Crystal? I did not expect you two to have such a sinister plan, you know I really trusted you?"

"N..Noo, Zen, it is a misunderstanding, I had no such intentions.." Crystal tried to justify what just happened, but with how everything looked, it really seemed like they intended to steal it.

"I don't need any of your fake excuses, stop acting like you really did not intend to steal it. If I had not acted quickly, you both would have already succeeded with your devious plan." Zen stated.

"Hmph, so what! This is our family's property, it belonged to us in the first place. You do not have the right to have it!" Edward retorted.I think you should take a look at ραΠdαsnovel.cοm

Without engaging in further arguments, Zen took his Katana out from his dimensional ring and executed a surprise attack against Edward with swift precision.

Edward did not expect Zen to suddenly attack him, so he could not really react at all.

The bystanders were all looking shocked that a battle had broken out—at the Mevouires territory at that.

"Aren't they afraid that the Mevouires Family will find out about them fighting in a civilian area?"

"They could be imprisoned and executed. What the hell are those three thinking?"

Discussion amongst the bystanders who saw what happened could not help but be surprised by their audacity to start a fight in a civilian area.

Zen swung his katana at Edward's hand, where he was holding the amethyst earring. His hands bones ended up breaking with a loud 'crack' and lacerations of his flesh can be seen. He emitted a shrill cry, exclaiming, "AHHH!" in response to the intense pain he felt on his hand.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm The ghastly glimpse of his hand, where flesh and bone intertwine with eerie transparency. It dangles from his wrist, perilously teetering on the precipice of detachment, as if daring to take a leap into the realm of severance. Truly a gruesome sight that would make even the bravest flinch.

'CLANK'

The artifacts he was holding flew into the air and fell to the ground, rolling in Zen's direction.

Zen kneeled down on one knee to grab the two earrings that were on the ground, and then he put them away on his dimensional ring.

Before leaving, he turned his head back and cast a last glance at Crystal, who was likewise looking at him in silence. He showed her an expression that seemed to convey that he was disappointed in her.

Crystal could not get the courage to go to him because she couldn't find a suitable explanation of what just happened. Everything just happened in a flash without even warning.

Who would have thought that the date she was looking forward to would get ruined by her brother himself!

She approached Edward, who was groaning in pain, and helped him stand up from the ground. Although she was infuriated with her brother's action, he was still her family and could not just ignore the severe injuries he just suffered.

But the way she'll treat Edward will never be the same as before. They then started heading back to their current place. The air carried a deafening absence of sound as they headed back, trapped in a peculiar vow of silence.

Once they arrived at their place, Crystal took care of his injuries, Edward tried talking to her, but was met with silence. After taking care of his injuries, she exited his room.

Eliza, who had returned also, was confused about the awkward silence between them.historical

She thought that it was just some simple disagreement between them, because it was normal for siblings to fight with each other from time to time, so she let them be for now as they could probably solve it by themselves.

Eliza did not see the injuries since Crystal gave Edward some potion that quickly regenerated his bone cells that healed his broken bones and the severe cuts of his flesh were also healed.

It was quite an expensive potion but it needed to be used to quickly treat his injuries. If it was not taken care of quickly, Edward might have to cut off his hand completely.