Chapter 887: The Stampede in the Past
Chapter 887: The Stampede in the Past
"Hmm... after looking at his past for a while already, it seems like he’s just like any other average person," Victoria said.
"Didn’t he only trained his body at a much later age? Just a few years before his death? Then until he became a doctor, he will be an ordinary guy," Shirley said.
"No ordinary guy would make something such as Shameless Survival Arts. Though that must be for later after the stampede in Melk that killed many people," Victoria said.
The illusion continued with Roy’s school life. He met Angela, but didn’t meet Kayla. Angela has became quite popular because of her beauty and her four element. As for Kayla, she was already dead.
"Roy said that Kayla was targeted by the boys and when they were hunting monsters, she got herself surrounded and had to bury herself underground. If no one helped her, I guess Kayla would be dead already," Victoria said.
"No wonder I didn’t see everyone’s face after a few days. Many must have been dead because they tried to attempt to defeat monsters. Or maybe because they encountered bad humans. This is saddening," Shirley said.
"But even today, such things must have happened somewhere. No matter what, human’s greed is something that can’t be cured," Victoria said.
In the illusion, Roy is just gathering herbs as a hunter while also trying his best to find out the Black Slime’s special ability. And he only learned of the Black Slime’s shape-shifting ability.
So he tried to kill a goblin with a sword made of the Black Slime. But he failed because his strength is so weak.
He might be raised as a villager and helped the village with farming. But that doesn’t make him stronger than even ordinary goblins. Especially since he was just a beginner level summoner.
And for the rest of his life, in his past life, he was just a beginner level summoner. Even after learning Aura, he didn’t kill enough for him to increase his level.
As the illusion goes on, Victoria and Shirley had confirmed that everything about Roy is totally ordinary.
"The only interaction he has is with that guy. The guy we met in Rygis. The one who joined the cult. Though at this time, he doesn’t seem to be with the cult," Victoria said.
"And their interaction is just nodding at each other whenever they met. Roy doesn’t have any friends here," Shirley said.
"Oh, look! That’s when Wendy entered the school as a new teacher! Roy witnessed another teacher kept talking to her all the time. He’s the teacher who wore a wig," Victoria said.
The illusion continued to the day that Wendy appeared as a new teacher at the school. And that’s also when Roy experienced his first love.
"Now this is funny to watch him experiencing his first love," Victoria said.
"Wendy was already an agent sent by the country at that time. So if she knew that Roy is the former king’s son, she would do anything he asked," Shirley said.
"I guess it’s good that neither of them knew. Also, since it’s already at this time, I guess your father was already dead, huh?" Victoria asked.
"Yes. My brother should be the king already a couple years before this event. I guess Roy didn’t care enough about his own king that we never saw the news enter his ears," Shirley said.
"Oh, I think I saw that guy. He’s a member of the cult. Though he should be dead already since Roy killed him now. I guess there’s no need to make a copy of his head," Victoria said as she pointed her finger at the guy who was suspiciously walking around in the street.
"Since no one knew that the cult exist, no one would figure out why he was being suspicious. I guess peaceful era always come with its flaws," Shirley said.
They keep on commenting on what they saw from Roy’s past. But they never forget to remember all the events and the people there.
Victoria keep on making new heads around Roy’s sleeping body the copies of the people that they saw. Though for those that Victoria remembered to be dead already, she erased them.
"Wow. Roy killed a lot of people, huh?" Shirley asked after watching Victoria erased some heads she thought to have been killed in this life.
"That’s why he could reach the next level faster now," Victoria said as she erased another head of someone she knew that Roy has killed.
Roy might have forgotten their faces. But Victoria remembered most of them. Especially since Roy is using her as a weapon. So Victoria remembered most of the people who died because of her.
Meanwhile, there’s a Spirit King who is confused. Because it should be him who wanted to learn about Roy’s past. But it turned out to be the two weirdos.
’They kept talking and making heads. I started to think that this is a mistake. But if it’s true that he returned from the future, then I must know the reason why,’ the Spirit King thought.
And then they saw how Roy changed. It’s just a little change. From an innocent boy to someone who experienced a big tragedy.
The stampede at Melk.
In the original past, there’s no one to prevent it and to protect the city. Many people died. Way too many. And Roy was just lucky that he’s alive even though he’s the weakest.
"...I guess this is where he first changed," Victoria said.
"This is the reality of what will happen if we didn’t change it? Anyone would change after experiencing this much," Shirley said.
Then, Roy who survived waited until all the monsters left. There’s no more of what can be called as a city. So he needed to move.
And before he moved, he grabbed as much hunter cards as possible. It’s for funding of what he needed to do next.
Time passed, and Roy is now taking an entrance exam to be a doctor. While still gathering herbs for a living since the money he got after the stampede has all gone.
"He wanted to be a doctor because the Black Slime’s ability to change into tools for surgery. Since he couldn’t fight, he tried to heal," Victoria said.
"And he also started jogging every day to improve his stamina. Though he’s still not thinking of fighting with you as a weapon yet. I guess he must still be traumatized after the stampede and how he’s much weaker than even goblins," Shirley said.
Roy started his training. Not because he wanted to fight. But because he learned that as a surgeon, he needed a lot of stamina so he could perform a surgery for hours.
"Though he wasted some money going to brothel. I never thought of him as someone who is addicted to sex. So it must be for him to remove the negative thoughts in his head," Victoria said.
"But it is still embarrassing how I need to watch my own brother have sex with various girls. Can’t we just skip these parts?" Shirley asked the Spirit King.
"No. I want to watch everything. And it’s usually when a man is with a prostitute that they leak out their inner thought. Maybe he will leak his thought sooner or later," the Spirit King said.
He had a lot of experience watching people’s past. And he would almost always see that when a man is asking for a prostitute’s service, they would tell them what’s in their mind. Though for the prostitutes, they just listen. And unless it’s something that they can gossip about, they would just forget about it.
"Hmm... it should be soon that Roy in the past is older than the Roy now, right? Then there must be history that will never happen again. More future that we prevented," Victoria said.
"And we even didn’t know about the cult at all at this time. Though Roy only learned the rumor of Marie now. I wonder how Albert felt when Marie went through all that?" Shirley asked.
"And the guy who was supposed to be their bodyguard in the shadow is the worst of all. Good thing we killed him early in this life," Victoria said.
The past of Roy that they thought to be an ordinary man’s life before, turned into the life of an ordinary man who had tragic past. He’s still ordinary. Learning medicine to be a surgeon.
"Though I guess it’s no wonder that he has a lot in his mind. Because even after all that he went through now, he’s still an ordinary man with ordinary way of thinking," Victoria said.
"I really wanted to tell Albert how Roy is actually our half-brother. He will be shocked hearing it," Shirley said.
"Though he will be disappointed that the Spirit King didn’t grant any of our wishes. But I hope we can find more clues about the cult from Roy’s past. This will help a lot," Victoria said.
Even now, there are more heads created by Victoria using her clones. But now, all of them are half the size of ordinary head. Because there are just too many of them. To make some space.
"...My flower garden turned into heads garden. This is creepy," the Spirit King sighed.
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