Chapter 102 - 95: Shio

A Demon, that's what they call her.

She has had no name since birth, because the people thought that she was undeserving of it. The only name they call her with is Demon.

She was born when the demons and humanity fought against each other The demons hanged many human corpses to show their military strength, and one of those corpses was a woman. Inside her was a fully grown baby, and that baby crawled out of her mother's stomach when the demons sliced the woman in half from the lower waist.

It was said that the heroes saved her from that hell.

That was 18 years ago, and now that baby is a fully grown woman.

She grew up in a poor orphanage, and even though that orphanage didn't get enough funding, the matron was still nice to her. The matron didn't discriminate against her and treated her the same as the other children in the orphanage.

But that wasn't the case for other people.

She was an outcast, the only child who was born in that hell. All the children in the orphanage got adopted, only but her. Even then, she lived her life with a bright smile everyday.

It was found out later that she had a talent for magic, so, at the age of fourteen, she was enrolled in the Royal Academy.

Her early life in the academy was horrible. After learning who she was, or what she was, they all made fun of her. Even going as far as insulting her dead mother.

It only got worse as the years goes by, and her life turned to living hell. Even though she was talented towards magic, the teachers and staffs ignored her. Many people spread rumors about her being a bad luck.

Even then, she didn't quit. She looked at life positively, and kept going. She believed that if she manages to graduate from the academy and receive a rare class, everybody would accept her. And so, she kept working hard, honing her magic skills and abilities through and through.

Her talent continued to blossom to the point that the academy couldn't ignore her anymore. She managed to become a Tier-5 Wizard at the age of 17, making her more special. She mastered all five basic elements to a certain degree, and became one of the best students in the academy.

At the age of 18, she managed to become a Tier-7 Wizard. And everybody finally acknowledged her, and finally, only then was she happy. They finally accepted her.

And this is when she finally learns the difference between "acknowledgement" and "acceptance".

But that didn't last long when she saw the eyes of the other students towards her. They stared at her with extreme jealousy, then they started spreading bad rumors about her.

How she is becoming a full fledged demon because of her unnaturally large amount of mana.

Demons have large amount of mana, that's why they said that.

She noticed it, but only recently she gained watchers that investigates her movement from the Goddess' Church.

They were watching whether she is a demon, or not. She knew that it's only a matter of time before someone decides to make a fake report about her being a demon.

She's no longer naive, all of them would do that to her. Everyone is her enemy in this place, they wouldn't accept her. Not now, not ever. The entire world is against her from the very start, from the very moment she crawled out from her mother's guts and intestines.

'I guess it wouldn't be bad to become a demon now, huh?'

That's what she thought.

She'll kill them, she'll become the demon they wanted. If the world made her its enemy, then she will comply.

With her magic power, she will kill them. She's strong enough now. All of them wronged her, all of her suffering was because of them.

If it's a demon they want, then a demon she'll be...

*BOOM!!*

(Scene Change)

*BOOM!!*

Hikaru looked up to one of the buildings and saw that it was on fire and a large part of it was destroyed. Students were screaming, and flying on top of that building was a girl. She was flying using the wind element, and in each of her hands was the fire element. She was shooting fire beams towards the students, killing them one by one.

Hikaru only watched in amus.e.m.e.nt, while the headmaster watched in horror. Cristoff only watched from behind Hikaru with worried eyes.

"Oh no! That demon finally showed her true self!" The headmaster shouted in horror. He was about to fly there with his wind magic, but he was stopped by Hikaru, who caught his leg in his hand.

"Old man, tell me about that girl. It seems to be quite interesting that you call her a demon." Hikaru asked as held his left leg. He knew someone who has a similar nickname, and it's his lover.

"This is not the right time, your highness! She's killing all of them as we speak!" The headmaster yelled, worried about his students.

But Hikaru replied that chilled his bones.

"Do you think I care? They called all die for all I care, just tell me why you people call her like that." Hikaru coldly and harshly said.

'So they were right, you're just a heartless bastard!' The headmaster thought angrily.

Cristoff only stood on the sidelines, knowing full well that his majesty didn't really care about other people. But for his majesty to ask about someone with that curiosity, she must be quite special.

The headmaster looked between his students and the King, before he made his choice. He chopped off his left leg using his wind magic, he flinched a little and continued flying towards the top of the burning building. He healed it in mid-air with healing magic.

Hikaru was a little bit surprised. Someone with that much determination, just to save those students. He threw away the leg towards the headmaster, hitting him in the head. The old man then slowly fell down to the ground, making Hikaru laugh a little.

"Hahaha, that was hilarious. Imagine kicking your own head." He laughed. Cristoff, who's behind him, was deeply disturbed.

"But your highness, those students might die! If we don't save them on time…!" Cristoff said to Hikaru worriedly.

Hikaru glanced at Cristoff and said, "You don't have to worry, here look." He made a giant hand made of mana by raising his own hand, and before Cristoff could blink, the giant hand had already reached the girl and was bringing her down towards Hikaru.

The girl tried struggling out that giant hand but it was futile. Hikaru brought her in front of his face and observed her slightly.

She had cute red bob hair, cute and round black eyes, smooth reddish skin, a permanent blush on her cheeks, and a cute little nose. She wore the traditional academy robe that is given to every student. Her robe was designed as pink and crest of fourth years in her right b.r.e.a.s.t pocket. She was short for her age, around 5'5.

Hikaru smiled at her and said, "How can they call you a demon? You're clearly just a cute little girl." He was taller than her by a large margin, that's why he said that.

Even though the girl was in a state of pure rage, she is suddenly attacked by a wave of embarrassment. Her heart started beating loudly in front of him, it was as if her heart was about to run away from embarrassment.

"Huh, so you're just like her," He means Azumi, "But you were not a pariah, but a girl that those foolish and stupid people thought to be a demon."

The girl just killed a few of her classmates, yet his majesty is looking at her with such tender eyes. It was as if he was remembering something. Somehow, Cristoff felt a little pity towards the girl. It was obvious that those people thought she was a demon for some reason, and it's not fun to be directed with all that unnecessary hatred. Maybe the reason she did that was because she was finally fed up with all her classmates looking at her like a monster, a demon.

But this is not a rare occurrence in the Kingdom of Humans. Many nobles frame other people as demons to justify their disgusting deeds. The people allows them to do that because of that kind of reason. It's a very disgusting thing to do to another human being, but Cristoff has grown numb to that kind of thing. He's seen enough of that to be numb.

The girl looks away and mutters, "Do you mean that?"

Hikaru kept his sweet smile and replied, "Of course, uh, eh, what was your name?"

"I don't have a name." She mutters shyly.

"Hmm, you poor thing." Hikaru then thought of something, "Then, from now on, your name is Shio."

'There is literally a building right there that's just been burned by the girl he's holding in his mana hand! And you're in the middle of naming her!?'

That's basically what the students who are watching the scene are thinking. It was simply ridiculous how this King of theirs is favoring this demon over his own subjects. A few fourth year students just died! Most of them are in Tier-4 to Tier-5, making them talented in the Kingdom.

But for Hikaru, it's like he's seeing a second Azumi. No, not in a romantic way, but some kind of nostalgia when he used to protect her when they were just children. Granted that he already had the mind of a teenager when he reincarnated here as a 9 years old child, but still.

Well, he'll help this girl and no one can defy him, unless they want to die.