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Chapter 2 - Prologue:2

Well, here I am. I finally arrived in the city of Enda. At some point, I was forced to take the long way around because no taxi or train would go near this place, and they even told me I was completely crazy to come here. Actually, I also know it's not a good idea, especially since that "incident" a few years ago, I can only use a tiny fraction of my strength. But it should be enough to defend myself against most people, except for "the queen." She has many nicknames, but the most well-known is "the queen of the underworld." They say she's a raging madwoman and so powerful that even the great kingdoms don't want to touch this place for no reason. With my current abilities, I'd be killed by her before I even knew what was happening to me, so the plan is to avoid attracting too much attention so as not to attract her attention. But luckily, they say she hasn't been very active lately.

My goal is to find this "Lilith" and protect her, and luckily for me, the figure left me a piece of paper with the name of the high school she attends.

While I was organizing my thoughts, I heard a thud and instinctively grabbed something.

"A bullet?!" Before I even knew what was happening, another shot was fired. I managed to dodge it and immediately threw the bullet back in the direction it came from.

"ARGHH!" That was the cry of the person holding the gun who had been hit in the shoulder.

"YOU, ASSHOLE! DAMN IT, YOU'RE A DAEKI STUDENT, HUH?!"

"Daeki?" I was surprised he mentioned the name of the school I enrolled in. It must have a bad reputation, huh?

"Yeah, I am, so what?" We may be in the crime capital, but did you really have to shoot me for no reason like that?

"Heh heh," the man started laughing. "You may be strong, but believe me, you don't know where you are. Here, people kill just to steal a can of soda, rape, murder—all the worst crimes in the world happen here. Be realistic, a newbie like you will never survive! I'll make sure you don't leave here alive!"

"Hmmm... You want to kill me even though I didn't do anything to you, is that it? Go ahead and try, but... let me tell you something: I really tried to die, but I couldn't, so good luck, buddy."

"The crime capital, huh? It lives up to its name." I thought to myself,

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_Wow, this building is exactly as I imagined it.... Gray colors that take away your desire to ever know happiness, broken walls stained with blood, and homeless people in front of the door. You could say it's an open-air garbage dump, but it's not bad compared to the buildings next door. Maybe it's because most of Daeki's students live here, and the delinquents next door don't dare touch this place?

_Ah, ever since I got here, I've been doing nothing but thinking. I'm really going to end up with a headache.

After several minutes of walking up and down the stairs, I arrived on the seventh floor where my apartment was. The website said it was a three-person shared apartment, and as soon as I opened the door---

_AKHHH

_I told you that if you touch my share of the cake, I'm going to kill you, didn't I? So you fucking touched it?!

A Black man with dreadlocks tied back, the ends dyed yellow, had just kicked a tall guy over 6'6" who, despite his height, was in an athletic build.

"All that for a piece of cake? Are you serious?"

"It was the last slice the bakery was going to sell this month!"

The tall guy started to throw a punch as the man with dreadlocks jumped in the air, extending his leg—"

"Huh?"

"What?"

I grabbed the hand and foot those two were planning to use for their attack and—"

"Sorry to bother you guys, but where's my bed?"

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