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[Belmude POV]
“Darn it…”
Not only did the man cut off my arm inscribed with a magic circle to enhance magic potency, but he also took the ring that let me use summoning magic. With both gone, I can no longer retain my position as before in the underworld.
I was the Dark Guild Master, and the fact that none of those people even tried to come and help me, regardless of the situation, is a testament to that.
After all, they are the ones who live behind the scenes.
In a world where the strong rule over the weak, it is impossible for people who lost their power to unite people like they used to. There is no way they would look up to you.
“How did this happen?”
Who was the man in the black mask in the first place?
I should have obviously heard about a man of such power when I was the Dark Guild Master, yet there was no such thing.
If I had information about that man, I would have run away from that place the instant I saw him.
I wondered how he had remained undetected until now until I came up with a terrifying answer.
“Found him.”
I was alone in my hideout when I heard a woman’s voice.
I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a black masked maid and the daughter of the Lewis family, Karendoll, standing next to her.
“Who are you?”
“Ara, as a former Dark Guild Master, do you recognize the Black Rose, the secret society of darkness? I am Sarah, a slave of the Black Rose, and although I call myself that now, I am working hard every day to become the official number one slave. I’m here to remind you that your fate ends here, but I’m sure you don’t need it.”
When I turned to the woman next to Karendoll and asked her who she was, she replied that she was a slave for an organization called the Black Rose, a so-called secret society of darkness.
I’ve never heard of a secret society called Black Rose, but I can sense how powerful this maid Sarah is from her aura that she doesn’t even bother hiding.
To say the truth, I would like to run away from this place immediately, but I can’t because I know that the moment I turn my back is the moment my life will end.
And the fact that someone with that much power is just a slave in that organization…
Really, really, really bad.
[TLN: It says “Yabai”, but demn, I’m out of words to use.]
It was the only word that came to my head.