Chapter 65 – Day 65

Day 65

“Digester…”

The Sword Emperor muttered with a distorted expression.

Digester.
One of the nine most vicious villains.
And, the founder of Illuminate.

His official rank is Zero, the same as his own.
But upon facing Digester, the Sword Emperor instinctively knew.

The same Zero rank?
Don’t bullshit.

That thing is a monster.
A natural disaster wearing the shell of a human being.

Even at this moment, the powerful force trapped within that small human shell was about to burst out.

Nevertheless, instead of being frightened, the Sword Emperor gripped his sword even tighter.

Crunch-.

The Sword Emperor clutched the sword handle so tightly it was about to crumble.

He is a hero.
The opponent is a villain.

Then, isn’t the outcome already decided?

“Digester. I will kill you.”

“Huh-, you little brat.”

Digester let out a mocking laugh at the Sword Emperor who pointed his sword at him and declared he would kill him.

Although he had been holed up in Germany lately without showing much activity.

“I didn’t expect even a little brat like you to underestimate me.”

Flash-!

Digester spoke with a voice like the roar of an enraged beast.
At the same time, Digester’s three eyes emitted a sinister light.

Rumble-.

As soon as the ominous light burst from Digester’s three eyes, the earth began to shake violently.

It was the ‘earthquake’ disaster that Digester had obtained through the magic technique of the Three Eyes Three Disasters.

Nevertheless, the Sword Emperor stood firmly on the quaking earth, glaring at Digester as if nothing was wrong.

That’s how it was, the Digester causing earthquakes and the Sword Emperor standing unaffected amidst the tremors.
How long did their gazes cross?

“Die-.”
“I’ll kill you.”

They charged at each other, saying those words.

From the tip of the Digester’s finger pointing at the Sword Emperor, a beast made of lightning leapt out and rushed towards him.

The Sword Emperor also swung his sword towards the Digester without hesitation.

A beast of lightning and an invisible sharp slash.
Just as the two were about to collide.

“Severance.”

Zzzzt-!

The space between them separated, and as the lightning beast and the slash collided with that separated space, they shattered and disappeared.

What just happened?

While the Sword Emperor was looking confused, unable to understand the sudden situation, the Digester, who knew all too well whose doing the recent ‘spatial severance’ was, turned to look at Cheon Seoa.

The three pupils of the Digester looking at Cheon Seoa were filled with questions.

Why did the young lady block his attack?

Such questions were deeply etched in the Digester’s three pupils.
To that, Cheon Seoa showed a gentle smile and said.

“The festival is over, so it’s time for us to go back.”

“Is it alright to leave that little one as is?”

“It’s alright.”

Cheon Seoa nodded and answered Digester’s question.
Digester’s brow furrowed at Cheon Seoa’s response.

He was dissatisfied.
This little brat, who was revered in the world as the Sword Emperor or Zero Rank or whatever, didn’t know their place and said they would ‘kill’ him.

Digester was unsatisfied that they couldn’t pay the price for that.

However.

“Everything is as the young lady wishes.”

If Cheon Seoa said to go back, he would simply return.
Having made that judgment, Digester turned to look at the Sword Emperor again and said.

“You’re lucky, kid.”

With those final words, Digester disappeared, becoming a violent storm.

As Digester returned to his original territory in Germany, Cheon Seoa smiled slightly.

Something.

‘It feels like watching a child going through puberty.’

Cheon Seoa, who muttered such thoughts inwardly, soon disappeared, tearing through space.

Only the Sword Emperor remained alone in the ruins, still tightly gripping their sword.

* * *

“By the way, should I go see that child?”

“Did something happen?”

The place where Cheon Seoa reappeared after disappearing from Paris was Japan.
After returning to Japan, Cheon Seoa was resting in the house prepared by Mio, the Sword Demon, when Mio suddenly visited upon hearing the news of Cheon Seoa’s return.

Meanwhile, when Mio asked a question after overhearing Cheon Seoa’s muttering, Cheon Seoa responded as if it wasn’t a big deal.

“Emperor did quite a bold thing.”

A bold thing…?

At Cheon Seoa’s answer, Mio showed an expression of incomprehension.
To this, Cheon Seoa continued her explanation with a gentle smile.

“You must know that this time, the Villain Association created by Emperor attacked Paris, France, right?”

“Of course.”

“I was also invited to that event.”

“I know that too!”

Like a child in a classroom, Mio raised her hand high as she responded to Cheon Seoa’s words.

Cheon Seoa smiled gently at Mio’s cute behavior and patted her head.

“But it turns out the reason for inviting me was a kind of insurance. They considered the possibility of a Zero-rank hero from the Hero Association appearing to fight them.”

….

Snap-!

At Cheon Seoa’s explanation, cross-shaped veins popped up on Mio’s forehead.

How dare that bug.
Trying to use someone like that?

With such thoughts, a violent and sharp aura began to emanate from Mio.
With just her aura alone, everything around Mio was being cut.

If Emperor had been here, Mio would have cut off that bug’s head without hesitation.

Cheon Seoa continues to gently stroke Mio as if trying to calm her down.

By the way.

“What should we do now?”

Cheon Seoa mumbled.

They played games, ate delicious food.
Went on overseas trips.

It seemed like they had done most of what they wanted to do since coming to Earth.

So, Cheon Seoa was wondering what they should do to pass the time now.

Maybe go on a cruise?
Or perhaps engage in some hero activities?
Being a villain didn’t sound too bad either.

After all, Cheon Seoa was currently a 7th-grade official hero and even a 9-star executive of the villain association.

While Cheon Seoa was pondering ‘What should I do now?’, it happened.

“They lost them…?”

Mio, who had been enjoying Cheon Seoa’s gentle touch, suddenly frowned and muttered in response to a report from a subordinate.

Noticing Mio’s muttering, Cheon Seoa looked down at her with a puzzled expression and asked.

“Is something wrong?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. Just some mistakes made by my subordinates.”

“Hmm.”

In response to Cheon Seoa’s question, Mio replied with an expression that genuinely suggested it was nothing to worry about.
Seo-ah Cheon, who felt an ‘intuition’ that something interesting might happen from such an answer, said:

“I heard you missed something, what did you miss?”

“Well, recently a strange guy has appeared.”

“Strange…? What’s strange about him?”

“There’s a crazy guy who’s been killing only ability users. And he doesn’t discriminate between heroes and villains.”

“What’s so strange about that?”

Seo-ah Cheon asked, as if she genuinely couldn’t understand Mio’s explanation.
To this, Mio sighed deeply and said:

“Well, the guy rips out and eats the hearts of the ability users he kills.”

He rips out and eats the hearts of the ability users he kills?

So, he performs heart consumption?

It was certainly understandable why Mio would find this strange.

In society, heart consumption is considered one of the greatest sins.
To commit such a grave sin so casually.

It’s not like the guy has learned the Heart-Eating Soul-Separating Great Power Technique like a heart eater.

To begin with, the only beings on Earth who know about the Heart-Eating Soul-Separating Great Power Technique are Seo-ah Cheon and the heart eater.
There were only these two, and in the case of the heart eater, they couldn’t reveal the Heart-Eating Soul-Separating Great Power Technique to anyone without Seo-ah Cheon’s permission.

And Seo-ah Cheon had never taught the Heart-Eating Soul-Separating Great Power Technique to anyone other than the heart eater.

Is it just a kind of ‘unique taste’ in the literal sense?
Or is there some intention behind it?

“At first, I thought they were pulling that stunt to draw out the Heart Eater, that lunatic.”

“But it seems that wasn’t the case?”

“Yes. Thanks to that, only we were bothered.”

“But, I heard you lost him earlier. Where did you lose him?”

“Ah, he’s probably no longer in Japan.”

Mio answered Cheon Seoa’s continued questions.

Cheon Seoa tilted her head once again at that.

If they lost him, they lost him.
But why would he no longer be in Japan just because they lost him once?

What could that mean?

As Cheon Seoa looked at Mio with such eyes, Mio smiled lightly and said.

“That bastard, he flew to Korea.”

Then, in a low voice, Mio muttered, ‘Now that brat from the Seven Sword Sect is going to be running around like crazy.’

At Mio’s explanation, Cheon Seoa suddenly stood up.

“I think I need to go to Korea.”

“What? W-what are you saying all of a sudden? Can’t you just stay here in Japan with me?”

“I’m sorry. But I’m a bit concerned about that child who performed the heart consumption.”

Perhaps, the Soul-Eating Heart-Snatching Great Power Technique from the Cultivation World had flowed into Earth.
Could it be that a human accidentally obtained and mastered it?

Thinking this, Cheon Seoa immediately tore through space without hesitation.

“Ah, but when this is over, let’s hang out together for a while.”

As she said that to Mio, Cheon Seoa disappeared through the torn space.