Chapter 2: World of demons and exorcists? Side-character?

Chapter 2: World of demons and exorcists? Side-character?

Chapter 2

His heart was beating fast; this woman before him was supposed to be his mother.

She was supposed to be a woman who had just experienced the pain of labor and birthed a child...

Yet, he felt that she had no particular emotion towards him; she didn't even show an ounce of tiredness.

She almost felt like an emotionless robot.

"Useless."

He heard her say; he could automatically understand her words for some reason.

His heart sank as he heard the word 'useless'.

'Wait, I am not going to be killed, right? Just after I was born at that...?'

He panicked; he didn't want to be killed for being branded useless, that would be the most wasteful death he could experience.

Of course, he didn't care about the woman either; it was fine if she did not like him for some reason, he held no strong feelings either. He already had a mother in his past life and the thought of suddenly accepting another woman as his mother was impossible.

But the situation now was peculiar, he was experiencing a crisis, praying that he won't be killed.

He could not run away with his current state either.

Knock Knock

At the moment, a small knock disturbed the eerily calm room.

"Speak."

The gray-haired woman commanded; her tone was authoritative and even colder.

"Madam, the clan head wishes to know about young master..."

It was a man behind the paper door; the flames of the candles reflected his shadow from the other side. Rêạd new chapters at novelhall.com

The Mystic Purge Clan was one of the five great clans, having ancient roots.

But... it was an extremely cruel clan.

For greater benefit, they were willing to use any extreme methods, going as far as to kill their own comrades to annihilate the demons.

Their methods were frowned upon by many, but no one dared to openly criticize them either; after all, each official exorcist from the clan was a master.

The clan had also earned itself the title as the clan that purged the most demons.

'This is troublesome now...'

He was a bit helpless; the clan was not only cruel to the demons but also to its members; their training was ruthless and inhuman, clearly not a place for weaklings or soft-hearted people at all.

It was a nightmarish place, to be honest.

But what bugged him more was that he had been branded 'Useless' by Ophelia, his so-called mother in this life.

Ophelia was one of the strongest female exorcists; she had multiple abilities and was feared by demons and humans alike.

What made her even more terrifying was the fact that she barely showed any emotion to anything; she was just like an emotionless doll who ruthlessly slaughtered her enemies.

He didn't dare doubt her words; if Ophelia had classified him as useless, then it meant that he really was.

She possessed a special pair of eyes that let her discern a person's worth and their talents. It was one of the four special eyes after all.

'But what should I do now? I must not have any talent for being an exorcist. How am I going to live here?' He was quite worried now that he was aware of his situation more clearly.

'Not only that but I am not even a special character, just a mob child of the clan with no talent for being an exorcist. How lame.'

He knew that the moment he stepped outside, he would either be killed by demons or would be kidnapped for his bloodline.

'Not only that, the Mystic Purge Clan is quite infamous in the exorcist circle, even in the novel, they had multiple clashes with the protagonist for not sharing the same morals and beliefs.'

Just as he felt all hope was lost, he heard a sound in his mind.

[Ding...]