I Reject Quests

Rewen handed over a glass of water to the terrified Michi. Even after a dozen minutes, she was still shaking. 

'T-thanks." She managed to utter some words of gratitude.

Rewen understood her condition. Although he never tried to vividly recall the memories of his predecessor getting assaulted by Svety, he knew it happened. He didn't want to increase more of his issues because he knows that he wouldn't view Svety the same way after he goes through his memories in detail. 'After all this over, maybe I would.'

Rewen looked around the room.

He was sitting in a chair in Michi's living room. The living room was clean with a small television, a couple of selves where pictures are kept, and a large sofa. 

"Can I ask something?" Rewen turned to look at Michi with a serious expression.

"Hm?"

"Who is the guy?" Rewen pointed to an unconscious man who was tied in a corner.

Michi shook her head. "I don't know. I just saw him in the streets in the morning."

"Have you seen him before?"

"I haven't."

Rewen nodded, then approached the tied guy. Flipping him with his legs, he bent down and checked his pockets. The first thing he found was his smartphone.

"It's locked." Rewen frowned, then searched his pockets.

The next thing he found was a card.

"Langle Grey." Rewen muttered while looking at the card. "This should be his name. Does it ring any bells?" He asked Michi again. 

Michi again shook her head. "I don't know."

"Search on the web," Rewen suggested.

Michi took out her smartphone and typed in the name 'Langle Grey.'

"He seems to have come from Avim… aside from that, there's nothing special about him… oh wait, he has a well-known relative." Michi went quiet.

Even after a minute, she didn't open her mouth.

Rewen sighed. 'As expected, it's the worst-case scenario.' He thought, then went behind Michi. On her smartphone was the picture of an elderly man wearing a black robe. "Is this his relative?"

Michi slightly nodded. "This is his grandfather, a Death Knight."

"Death Knight?" Rewen's expression turned solemn.

In the six nations in the Mainland, the only people who could talk face-to-face with a noble are "Death Knights". Just hearing the name would make people respect them. They roam around the world, going from nations to nations to solve irregularities, conflicts and fight against terrorists. They maintained order and peace in the nations.

Rewen slumped down on his chair. 'This is bad…' Immediately a thought came to his mind. "Wait, is his grandfather one of the "Death Knights" who came to the city?"

"No, that doesn't seem to be the case." Michi shook her head.

Rewen heaved a sigh of relief.

"FIRE!!"

"FIRE!!"

"EVACUATE!!" 

Just then, both of them heard loud sounds from outside the house. Hurriedly getting up, they peeked through the window.

The neighboring house was burning in fire. Not only that, the entire neighborhood was burning.

"W-what's going on?" Michi couldn't keep her calm and fell down on her rear.

Rewen was about to speak when he noticed the ceiling above him shaking up. Not wasting any time, he grabbed Michi's hand and made a run towards the outside.

The ceiling fell burning on the floor.

Rewen didn't have the time to see but Michi was terrified. 'W-what is happening?' Over a short period of time, she had gotten assaulted and is now seeing her house burning.

As both of them came outside, they saw a couple of people watching their house burning.

"M-Michi?" A middle-aged woman recognized her.

Michi took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. "Auntie, what is happening?"

"I don't know, child." The middle-aged woman spoke with an anxious expression. 

"It must be the work of Hanagawas! They have been in conflict with the Terio for generations! They finally couldn't hold it any longer." 

"How can the Hanagawas be that stupid? If they were to be the perpetrator behind this incident, then they have to be prepared for harsh punishments."

Michi squatted on the ground with both of her hands on her face as her shoulders shook. She couldn't hold herself back from breaking down. 

Meanwhile, Rewen quietly listened to the conversation. 'Let's review this a bit. Although there is a City Lord, the topmost figure in the Rover City is undoubtedly Terio Ikeda. Terio had conflicts with Hanagawas but because of rules and regulations, it's very unlikely that the Hanagawas would openly attempt to destroy the city. They may or may not have a hand in this but this couldn't be a direct attack from Hanagawa. That leaves me with…' 

"Fuck!" He saw a large arrow with the fire approaching them while everyone was engrossed in discussions. "Move away!" He shouted, then grabbed Michi's hands and fled from the spot.

*BAAM*

The bolt of fire fell on the ground causing the instant death of several people. If it weren't for his warning, it would have caused even more deaths.

"OH LORD!"

"RUN!"

"THE HANAGAWAS WILL PAY!"

Rewen kept running, dragging Michi who was in a trance.

"Rewen!"

He stopped when he heard someone calling. Turning his head right, he saw Hase sitting on the driver's seat of a car.

Rewen was delighted to see this and hurriedly went towards the car.

"Hop in quickly!"

Rewen opened the door and got in. He then gave some space for Michi to enter when he saw her standing like a statue. Sighing, he pulled her into the car. "Now is not the time to be in a daze. You can think about things later. I would even console you and make you feel better but not now, alright?"

It was unknown whether Michi heard him or not but she gave a small nod.

However, it was no doubt that Hase heard him. "Haha! Rewen, you still have the mood to crack jokes? Anyways, sit tight. I'm going to the villa. You don't have any problems, right?"

"No, it's fine," Rewen said,

***

Terio Villa.

Ceilings collapsed, walls broken, dead bodies all over the floor. 

Among all this lied a young girl in the center, her eyes dead, her face blank. Two streaks of tears slowly fell down on her face as she looked at the man lying in front of her. She vividly recalled the memory from a minute ago.

A few minutes ago.

Reza was, as usual, on her smartphone texting her friends when she heard a loud noise coming from the living room. Finding something wrong, she exited the room to find out what's happening.

"So you are telling me that you don't have it?"

It was the voice of a man she had never heard of. When she peeked, she saw a tall figure shrouded in black all over his body. Not even his face could be seen. Opposite to him was her father, Terio Ikeda.

"My Lord, if I had that, I would have already used it on my son."

"That's true. That's true." The man nodded as if he was understanding the circumstances of Ikeda, then his eyes turned to outside the living room. "Mr. Terio, it seems that your family has many peeping toms."