nodded and immediately choked on his salad as he realized WHAT he had done.
– Hound?! – surprised not that asked, not that approved Melaine.
– How did you know? Dale, or now Takasaki, slowly got up from his seat, pushing his chair back.
– Purely by chance, – Necroline also stood up. – Why did you lie?
– Necroline, he’s half Hound. His father was a Hound, and his mother was from the village of Haya, – Zander smiled disarmingly.
– Why did you lie to me? the ninja girl insistently repeated her question.
– I lied, and then by accident, – the elf made honest eyes.
Necroline stood up, threw her dark cloudy cloak around her shoulders and said:
– I’ll be back late.
The door creaked shut behind the girl. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
– So the Hound, – thoughtfully confirmed Melaine.
Is this a reason to hate a person? Takasaki asked.
– You understand Necroline correctly. Her family was killed by the Hounds. All Haya dream of revenge. The first one she will kill from the Hounds will be you, – Melania smiled bitterly, but confidently. “Though not all is lost. A truce is possible. By the way, where did my sister go?
“Save Lesya,” Caroline replied.
– The dark ninja saves, something terrible is coming, – Zander grinned and everyone burst out laughing.
***
Necroline came to the only fourth building in their settlement, still not understanding why she was doing it. As expected, Lesya was already there, on the roof, and someone else was with her. There is not a soul on the street, which was the norm at such a late time – it has become a kind of tradition in the settlement to spend evenings surrounded by relatives and friends. Dark dog. But ninjas see well in the dark thanks to the pumped human data, including with the help of magic.
Necroline climbed to the roof and saw a phenomenal picture. Lesya stood in a fighting stance, and opposite her a demon hung in the air. Demons are generally rare in this world, because in order to summon a demon, great magical power is needed. Every ninja dreams of “killing a real demon”, like killing a dragon in the Middle Ages.
Necroline attacked immediately, without asking too many questions, thereby saving Lesya from inevitable death. The fire attack burned the enemy, leaving only a clot of dark ash. Necroline chuckled. “Fire” is unique in the world, as well as the other three elements of nature. Most demons die from the touch of fire. The only exceptions are fire and water demons, they had to be tinkered with.
– You saved me! Leslie smiled. “So you still have Light in you.
The little girl was engulfed in a golden radiance, and snow-white wings luminous with purity and whiteness grew behind her back.
– I’m an angel. Necroline we will meet again.
The angel flew away, leaving Necroline, who stamped her foot in annoyance. It all happened too fast to be true.
***
Necroline returned home even more gloomy than she left. When asked: “What’s the matter?”, The girl honestly answered that she had saved the Angel…
They laughed at her for a long time and sincerely. The dark ninja saved not some “light-haired” one, but an Angel. In fact, the Dark Ones maintain their image and do not save anyone for free. And here??!
“Shame on my gray head,” Necroline shook her head in dismay.
“All is not lost yet,” Zander added, trying to remain calm. – You save a couple more Angels, the road to Paradise is secured.
Necroline shrugged. When the Dark One starts doing “light” things, it’s a nightmare, a loss of reputation.
– And also love, also a bright feeling. Do you like Takasaki!?! Caroline grabbed her hand, covering her mouth, realizing that she had blurted out too much.
Necroline continued to look collected seriously, with a stone, impenetrable face.
“If this is true, then you will have to be upset – this is not mutual,” Takasaki lowered his gaze.
Now he could not explain why he had lied again. He lied rudely and unfairly. He liked Necroline and Takasaki began to understand what “Ultimate Power” was. Absolute strength is not physical, magical or spiritual training and strength, it is something more, more sublime.
“Actually, I wanted to hire you, I need additional security to my village,” Takasaki put a heavy purse of money on the table.
– I agree, – Necroline sighed heavily.
Further, hike does not make sense of the description. It takes eight hours to walk to the village of the Hounds. Takasaki and Zander were delighted to be accompanied by three kawaii (seemingly) girls. Melaine was dressed in a crocodile skin jumpsuit, and her face was hidden by a cape wrapped up to her eyes. Usually, bandits do this when they go out on their “dark deeds”, or ninjas wear the same masks. They wear a mask that only reveals their eyes.
Caroline’s conscience “ate” all the way. Yesterday she betrayed – she betrayed her friend. Necroline said, “It’s okay!” but that didn’t make Kara feel any better. Her ninja friend was as calm as a tank. She was protected by the armor of tranquility.
Arriving in the village, the conscience attacked Necroline, and, having bitten, left. The reason lay in the Takasaki family. The family was very large – seventeen people. These seventeen included an ailing old mother, Takasaki himself, and fifteen of his brothers and sisters, between the ages of six and eleven.
The first thing the children asked for was money for food, but Takasaki just shrugged. He gave all the money to the three girls who accompanied him and Zander on the way. Now seventeen people will be hungry.
– Takasaki, darling! – some dark-haired girl threw herself on the guy’s neck.
Necroline watched with understanding as Takasaki hugged the girl, how they were talking cheerfully, laughing…
Necroline chuckled. Yeah, she wasn’t kawaii. But does it matter? But now the reason for Takasaki’s refusal is clear. He has the girl of his dreams. But with all this, Necroline was not upset, but on the contrary. It suddenly seemed to her that life was beautiful (such an incident happened to her infrequently). Usually a girl, like all Dark Ones, perceived everything in black.
Necroline was not exactly Dark, because in addition to black, she also saw white in life. Despite the entire Dark Code, Necroline still performed Light deeds without taking a fee, although she often spoke about it herself, as if she wanted to show that nothing but money bothers her. But, seeing the children, Necroline first thought about a completely selfless act.
She called one of the Takasaki brothers, handed over the purse of money, and left. She left unnoticed, in English, without saying goodbye. Such generosity was out of character for a ninja girl.
Many knew her as a cruel warrior who does not betray or forgive. Along with this, there was also a myth that Caroline “holds” all the cruelty. The myth is unfounded. Caroline really reduced the number of victims to some extent, but here you still need to take into account the human factor in the face of Necroline. She is not a supporter of violence, but some sometimes very well suggest themselves. Or patience sometimes bursts. Although one does not interfere with the other.
Zander twitched his long, pointed ear. He heard Necroline leaving, but didn’t stop her. What could he do or suggest? Ninja honestly did her job. What else is needed? He did not know that the mercenary gave the money. When the whole company finds out about this, they will