Chapter 45 - Emotion Sway

Whip! Whip! Whip!

Inside the enclosed room, Riku regained consciousness, hearing the crisp solid sound of the whip as Calin stretched his arms. Calin, on the other hand, appeared afraid when Riku threatened him with his furious glare.

"Kill me right now because once I manage to free myself here, I promise: I'll make sure that I kill you," Riku muttered in a deep tone, his sclera darkening.

Despite the fact that Calin was terrified of him since he emitted the same black aura as the monster. Despite this, he lashed the whip fully knowing Riku was restrained by the hefty chains in his limbs, which means he hadn't had the ability to fight back.

Whip! Whip! Whip!

"Argh!" he screamed, pointing to the ceiling and writhing in agony. Yes, it was excruciatingly unpleasant to be whacked by the whip while naked.

Riku was suspected of being a spy for the enemy kingdom all over again after the Rattin Kingdom declared a bloody war on Arzotoc village. He didn't know the complete story, but he was certain of one thing: he wasn't a part of this conflict.

"How dare you come back here, huh?! You no longer belong to this village, outsider! After you broke the trust given to you by lady Arisu!" Calin continued swinging his hand, not caring if Riku's body was covered in bruises.

After a few were moments, he was paralyzed, staring attentively at the man in front of him, who was heavily breathing.

"I-I have said, I have no intention of betraying this village," Riku replied weakly, also attempting to explain why he had gone missing for several days. Calin, on the other hand, will not believe him since that was all nonsense in his view.

Bam!

And then, out of nowhere, a woman in a white robe with a golden outline entered the room. Arisu, of course, she was the one who was desperate to see Riku after he vanished.

'Shit! 'I told them not to mention anything about it to Lady Arisu,' he whispered, then quietly threw the whip in the dark side of the little room where the light from the ceiling lamp couldn't reach it.

Meanwhile, Calin approached her, kneeling on the surface and slightly bending his head to express his respect. "We've apprehended the traitor, lady Arisu, and we can now question him about the major reason they intended to invade our hamlet," he remarked gently, adoring her.

"A traitor-?" she asked, pausing for a couple of seconds as one of their guards tortured this man for the second time. Her eyes were enraged as she stared at Calin, as if she wanted to kill him.

"Hey, Calin, do you have any proof that shows Riku is the traitor in this village?" She coldly said, at the same time, waiting for Calin to respond with her question.

Surprisingly, he confidently nodded his head and reacted in this manner. "Yes, lady Arisu, the days that passed were enough for him to come back and forth in our village; we knew that the Rattin Kingdom was the nearest enemy Kingdom to our village since they could reach here in three to four days."

Arisu gritted her teeth after hearing his reasoning, then barely smacked his face since the conclusion he made wasn't enough to persuade her.

Slap!

His gaze shifted to the direction in which Arisu swung her hand. Furthermore, Calin was holding his face and blinking his eyes in bewilderment, as he had not expected the woman he had loved for so long could do this to him.

"Get out! I don't want to see your face! My command is clear that whenever you meet Riku, just detain him for a bit and interrogate him; additionally, I have never instructed all of you to torture anybody. Get out!" Arisu shouted, pointing her index finger at the metal door. "Didn't you hear me, Calin? Leave this village and I'll never see your face again."

Alas, Calin recovered from the slap so he had now worried expression after Arisu ordered him to remove the village. "W-Wait, lady Arisu, I-I can't do that. The Arzotoc village is the only place I can call home-"

"Get out, you bastard!" Arisu summoned the numerous soldiers stationed outside the room before approaching Riku. "Guards! Take off Riku's chains and get Calin out of my sight!"

Several guards entered. Even though it was difficult for them to stifle the guy of high rank, they couldn't do anything because it was the order of the King's daughter.

Riku stood up from the metal chair after a few seconds, and it was clear that he was in pain. "Enough of this, trash!"

Blag!

Arisu's eyes widened as Riku furiously kicked the metal chair, which smacked into the wall. His eyes were enraged since he couldn't control the strong emotion he was experiencing at the time.

It didn't stop there; Riku demolished everything he could see in this room, oblivious to the fact that Arisu was watching him.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! WHY I'M ALWAYS TURNED IN THIS SITUATION! I'M DONE WITH THIS!"

Arisu could see Riku's scars from being tortured for six days, so she understood why he was acting this way. In addition, he had new wounds from fighting the big spider. For her, no matter what she said to him, she didn't believe it would help him as she didn't know how much pain he was going through at the time.

"P-Please, Riku, cool your head, and from now on, I won't allow anyone to hurt you," Arisu tried to approach, but Riku didn't seem to be listening. Aside from that, the guards stood aside to protect her in case Riku attempted to harm her.

WHY!

WHY!

WHY!

I JUST WANT TO COME BACK TO MY WORLD!

[FIRE CLAW!]

As soon as he couldn't control his emotions, it was as if someone had taken over his consciousness. Riku used one of his abilities, then slashed the chair, desk, and walls before darting his gaze at the silver-plated armored guards.

"All of you should feel the pain I was feeling right now," Riku whispered, and true, the dark crow's genes were now attempting to take over his body.

Arisu and the seven guards were taken aback as they considered what the outsider had done to learn how to wield transformation magic.

Riku's claws and arm had changed since the last time he utilized this skill. Or, to be more specific, the red-orange color was darker than before, and it had a small electric current that flowed through his entire arms.

"Please, Riku, calm down! I'm not your adversary!"

Swoosh!

Riku ran forward and got closer to the shivering guard in the blink of an eye. Even though he possessed a long spear to protect himself, the guard understood that no matter how hard he fought, he couldn't win against this outsider.

When the moment Riku has swung his left arm and his claws nearly to reach the guard's neck. His dark eyes turned into a whole height as he passed out once more.

"Riku, what's happening to you?! Why do you have the transformation magic even you have a low amount of mana?"