"This brings back a lot of memories" painful memories that is, for Kotarou this country is full of memories he wished he could forget, yet if he did, everything he worked hard for will be senseless. The mild breeze, the cheerful people in sight, the big buildings, and the people working for their families are seen in this country and it made him happy.
"Well at least this place didn't change" he murmured. Kotarou finished his sightseeing and went to where he's supposed to be.
He spotted a big mansion, and from the looks of it, it's the place where the demon he was hired to exterminate, lingers.
He entered the mansion, as soon as entering a man approached him and asked "Pha-pha-phantom Magician?" Kotarou, upon hearing this, laughed,
he thought that no man believed that the Phantom Magician really exists.
Kotarou asked, "hey gramps, do you actually believe in the Phantom magician?" the old man replied,
"a-a-a-I had my doubts bu-bu-but seeing you in person,
those eyes, that hair, and that ring….."
then he paused for a while and took a close look at Kotarou ,
his white hair which engulfs everything, his fierce black eyes that can see through everything, and his ring,
the only ring that is said to draw out the wearer's full potential and power
and yet it holds tremendous beauty that reflects to a person's soul.
Trembling, he gulped and continued,
"The man who destroyed a country in a whim really exists, and is standing right in front of me." Kotarou flinched in hearing the words "in a whim."
What he did isn't for his whim.
It's for the sake of everyone he cared about and most of all for the girl whom he loved,
but this is long forgotten, since what he did was wrong,
but
it was also pointless,
he saved no one, and
he let the girl he loved more than anything else in the world be sacrificed in front of his eyes,
"I will tell you this clearly, I AM NOT THE PHANTOM MAGICIAN",
Kotarou said with guilt and anxiety.
Chapter 1 B
Kotarou tried his best not to remember his past and went further inside.
Inside he saw a very expensive vase, and not only that,
he saw a painting which is considered as one of the most beautiful paintings in the world, the floor was very shiny and the room is like a vast hallway with many antiques displayed that cost a fortune.
Astounded, he continued forward and met his client.
"Yo, so you're the one who requested my assistance?"
Kotarou said with an annoyed facial expression.
"Nice to meet you, phantom magician, I am Rei, the master of this house."
Rei smiled and suddenly talks in a serious tone,
"You better do a good job" he said, he clenched his fist and looked into Kotarou's eyes and continued, "
We are paying you a huge amount of money but do not forget that everything in this room worth more than what we are paying you,
so you better not destroy anything or you'll have to pay for it."
Kotarou abruptly said, "and is the money worth more than your life?"
the entire room was filled with a devious aura,
a strong wind gushes in the room and almost destroyed some paintings and vases as if mocking Rei,
no one in the room dared to say anything to Kotarou,
but suddenly a psychic, a boy almost the same age as Kotarou around 15-16 years old, out of nowhere appeared in the room,
his flashy teleport did not even amaze Kotarou.
The psychic looked in the room and wonders why is there a magician in the room,
"hey, hey, why the hell is there a magician in here?"
he noticed Kotarou as a magician because of the aura coming out from Kotarou's body and he continued
"Magicians can never be near the level of a psychic, exterminating a demon is out of the question, I assume he waited for my autograph."
The man laughed as he talked.
Kotarou on the other hand ignored him and sat in the chair, bored,
he slowly looked at the inner ki force of the psychic and said to the psychic
"alright, I might be a nuisance to you so I'll just step back and let you do your thing."
The psychic arrogantly replied "hey! A magician shouldn't talk back, you should just…"
he was interrupted by Kotarou
"It's time to work." Kotarou wasted no time to take a snack from his pocket,
"I might enjoy this little show" he said in a weak voice that can't be heard by anyone in the room except himself.
Finishing this job more quickly means more time for Kotarou to goof around.
But seeing things as they are,
he thought to himself to just enjoy what's about to happen.
Chapter 1 C
The psychic, iritated at Kotarou's presence made a glare to him and then he continued forward. The psychic shouted "COME DEMON, I'LL KILL YOU WITH ONE BLOW!"
the demon dashed inside the mansion through the window,
it swept the room of its beauty,
destroying everything on its path, the once astounding and beautiful room is now a room suited for a beggar, the psychic charged and used fire and water attacks at the same time,
for normal people this is a great art,
for the psychic this move was his strongest and most beautiful attack
as the fire and water spiraled with each other.
Kotarou thought to himself "Fool!",
but those words suddenly came out of his mouth.
The psychic rushed toward the demon and dealt his finishing blow.
He struck his hand out and fired a number of fire balls that is targeted at the demon.
But the demon produced a barrier in which most of the fireballs was neutralized.
The demon backed a little as to regain its composure
then it released a tremendous evil aura which made everyone in the room fell down,
well,
everyone in the room except for Kotarou.
"Is this all you've got Mr. Psychic?" Kotarou asked in a disappointed manner.
I thought you were hiding your power since your aura is leaking from your body, well I guess it isn't leaking, you just don't know how to control your feeble power.
Kotarou's thought stopped and when he saw the demon getting more and more energy, he also saw Rei in the ground, trembling and crawling away from the demon.
"hmmm, Mr. Rei, do you remember what you said earlier?
You stated not to destroy anything in this room,
I'll ask you only once,
which do you value more, your possession or your life?" Kotarou asked in a simple manner,
Rei on the other hand is trembling and is slowly crawling in the ground,
his movements is like an injured ant,
moving away from something that will cause his death.
Kotarou is not sure if Rei heard him so he repeated that question again,
but still Rei did not reply.
Damn, my client is scared out of his pants,
I bet he can't even think properly now,
so if I save him will He pay me or
will he accuse me and let me pay for all the damages that has been made?,
if that's going to happen then
I might as well let this mansion be destroyed along with him.
Kotarou thought of this over and over, as the demon attacks him,
he made a restriction,
a barrier for the demon to be sealed and continued thinking this over,
and he decided,
All right I don't want to pay,
and it's not like I did anything wrong here,
I simply did not act, there's nothing wrong with that,
if I act,
I might be blamed for everything,
so the best solution for me is to do nothing, and leave.
If I leave this mansion my restriction spell will be broken
and everything will be destroyed by the demon, including my problem.
"Bye."
Kotarou smiled as he said this word,
it's as if his entire problem vanished.
He walked out of the door contented.
Chapter 1 D
"HELP ME PLEASE!!! I'LL DO ANYTHING, I'll PAY ANYTHING DON'T LET ME DIE!!!"
Rei roared, crying and desperate he shouted,
he was unable to move an inch,
unable to hear anything even the loud roar of the demon
and unable to feel the pain of the broken glasses from the vase piercing his skin due to his fear, fear to die. "
What a hassle, guess I have no choice" Kotarou said in an annoyed voice, Kotarou went back to the room where the injured Rei is lying, the psychic that is pretending to be unconscious, and the restricted demon.
Kotarou said, "It's time for you to sleep"
and countless sword and spears appeared in the space piercing the demon unrelentlessly.
The demon trying to escape,
struggled,
but it was useless,
while different kinds of sword and spear pierced the demon's body,
Kotarou gave off an evil smile,
as if enjoying the demon suffering,
he called forth the wind and cut the body of the demon slowly,
and eventually using the wind he sliced the demon's head.
Kotarou with a straight face looked for the psychic,
he slowly walked towards the psychic that is lying in the ground,
and he shouted "hey, stand up fool!",
The psychic looked at Kotarou's face and asked "Who are you? No ordinary magician can cast a spell without a chant."
Kotarou, with a dumb face also asked a question,
"Who are you? I didn't know psychics are that weak."
Kotarou really is disappointed seeing this psychic's strength,
he thought that psychics are very strong because for them magicians are nothing but a second rate casters.
The lying psychic got mad at what Kotarou said,
he replied to Kotarou with a large and intimidating voice,
"Do you not know who I am? I am Daisuke! ,
the older brother of the successor of the Karatsu Clan, Rin,
there is no man alive that doesn't know the might of Karatsu Clan."
Kotarou knew what the Karatsu clan is,
it's long protected history, and even the succession ritual of the clan,
after all the Karatsu clan is his former self's clan.
And also even if he doesn't recognize the man in front of him,
he remembers Rin,
the adopted girl that he considers to be an angel at that time,
because she is the girl who showed kindness to him when he was a weakling in the past,
the girl that encouraged him to work hard for his family,
yet she was the one who humiliated him and destroyed his future to be the successor to his father, and the reason why he was banished and become an outcast.
I've forgiven her,
It wasn't her fault in the first place,
That was the succession ritual,
a battle to test your strength and control,
showing mercy against your opponent was not acceptable,
She exceeds me by far in ki strength and control,
I can even understand why she called me a "disgrace to the clan",
it is unacceptable for the successor to be weak,
she even trained me to get better and still the results were failures.
Chapter 1 E
"I know the clan and Rin,
but I don't know who you are,
I can't even remember the names of insignificant people but don't worry
I'll make sure to write your name in a paper so I don't forget a weakling such as yourself." Kotarou replied with a smiling face,
looking uninterested in Daisuke he stand up and walked towards Rei
but he was stopped by Daisuke's hand pulling his pants,
asking,
"hey, you haven't introduced yourself, who are you?"
Kotarou answered, "I guess weaklings such as you still have the right to know me, I am Kotarou, Kotarou Emiya."
Upon hearing his name Daisuke gasped, and asked "Kotarou?
Are you Kotarou Karatsu? The banished son of Jindaime, the "successor to be" that was defeated by my sister,
why did you change your name?"
Kotarou frowns,
he clenched his fist unconsciously and replied, "I think you're mistaken,
I didn't change my name, I relinquished myself of that name,
I am Kotarou Emiya now."
Daisuke looking confused asked,
"What difference does it make?
Come back, you will be a great tool for my sister,
you may be strong
but you're nowhere near the level of my sister,
you can be her assistant and you might become a useful tool for the Karatsu clan."
Kotarou showed a scary expression,
he can't stand to be called a tool.
He became a summoner to protect others not to be a tool,
his anger is seen through the black aura emitting from his body,
he can't control his anger because of Daisuke's stupid remarks.
Kotarou doesn't even remember when was the last time he became this angry,
he replied,
"I guess you don't value your life that much do you?"
Kotarou released an extreme amount of wind blades that hits Daisuke's body,
Daisuke's body was severely cut by Kotarou's blade,
even if the hits wasn't fatal it was painful,
Daisuke's body was full of deep cut coming from the wind blades,
and he was sent flying because of the large wind blade that hits his stomach,
as he falls down another large wind blade coming from the ceiling hits him and slams him to the floor,
"ye-ye-you a-a-aa-ass-he-he-hole." Daisuke said in a pained voice.
Kotarou used different kinds of High class magic without chants
and yet
he shows no signs of being exhausted
and he didn't even broke a sweat, Kotarou chuckled and replied,
"If you still value your life you will shut up and lie down there."
Chapter 1 F
Kotarou, looking uninterested in Daisuke, walked towards Rei again and asked, "Which do you value more, life or money?." Rei who has seen Kotarou's tremendous strength is now scared of him answered, "Life…..I realize it now,"
Kotarou replied, "I see, well then, I think you can quadruple my payment,
because that demon is really powerful it almost destroyed everything in your house,
and since you value your life it doesn't matter how much you pay right? You have until next month or else you might find a more frightening demon."
Rei froze upon hearing Kotarou's words,
he was shocked because of the evilness of the person he hired to exterminate the demon that was after him. He didn't realize that the person in front of him now is more dangerous than any other demon until now, he froze in the ground and sat dumb-founded.
Kotarou made an evil smile and slowly disappeared in the room leaving a blurred after image. Kotarou, flying in the sky, looked in the stars,
apparently his little business took much time and he can no longer goof around,
he looked in the sky once more and unconsciously said,
"I can't believe I'm back."
yes,
back from where he was banished,
back from where he ran away,
and now,
He's back to prove himself once more.