[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 125: The hidden Self (1)

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Back to a few moments in the past.

Olivia silently gazed at the reflection of the moon in the freely flowing water passing through the still intact canals of the city.

A few minutes had passed since Noelle left to do her 'job', and Olivia had still not moved from her place since then.

His face displayed a dazzling melancholy expression, while the glare of his eyes glared at the reflection of three months on the surface of the water.

Olivia exhaled a long breath while raising her face, and gazed at the sky filled with glittering stars.

No matter how often she saw it, Olivia never got tired of watching the star-filled sky.

Being reborn in a world of minimal lighting technology may be a blessing in itself for someone who likes the night sky scenery like Olivia.

The dark sky, sprinkled with countless stars, while the three moons of varying sizes were seen orbiting each other in precise positions.

How long has he been quiet there? He himself did not know.

Her sense of time had faded when she enjoyed the warmth of Noelle's body a few hours ago. In fact, until now Olivia still remembers all the sensations that filled her at that time.

A pleasant warm sensation flowed within her stomach, precisely inside her womb that had been filled by the seeds from Noelle.

Olivia smiled wryly as she stroked her stomach gently.

This might be a pretty serious problem if Olivia was pregnant at her current physical age, but it was not a problem anymore because she could freely control her own ovulatory system.

Although, mentally Olivia is already at the age of wanting to immediately 'contain'. But, Olivia will hold herself back for now.

Olivia smiled as she thought of some things that were too embarrassing to discuss, and turned to leave immediately. However, he was surprised by a girl who was leaning on one of the ruins of the building that was still left there.

It was Anzu.

His short hair swayed lightly as a gentle breeze struck them, while his beautiful-shaped eyes closed their petals as if enjoying that gust of wind.

"What are you doing here? "

Olivia tried to ask Anzu. Other than Noelle and Charlotte, Olivia hardly ever interacts with everyone in the reincarnator group.

Of course, Lilith was an exception to that. The situation was so urgent that Olivia had to talk to Lilith even though she was actually quite reluctant.

Shortly after, Anzu opened her eyes and looked at Olivia.

"I can ask you the same question. What are you doing here? It's midnight."

Olivia narrowed her eyes in annoyance, "Don't reverse my question."

Hearing that, Anzu smiled wryly and usefully, "You really hardly ever change."

"I just want to enjoy the fresh air after this weird day."

–Word day. Olivia fully agrees with that statement.

It was a crazy day, and a long one. Especially, for Noelle.

Olivia could imagine how many things Noelle would have to think about just for one day today. Although Olivia knew that, she still could not do anything to help Noelle.

Sighing for a moment, Olivia then looked back at the reflection of the moon on the surface of the water.

" " ……… " "

A strange silence ruled the air. None of the two of them were willing to open the conversation. After all, from the very beginning the two of them were not the type who could easily start a conversation with someone else.

"Hey … "

Olivia thought that this silence would last for at least the next few hours, but the thought was immediately broken by Anzu who called out to her.

"What's? "

Olivia answered quickly without taking her eyes off the surface of the water reflecting the moonlight like that mirror.

Anzu paused for a moment, then continued, "That ... I just wanted to say that ... Doing it too often isn't so good for your body and the continuity of your relationship, you know? "

" …? "

Olivia didn't understand what that meant. He tilted his head in confusion as his brain tried to figure out what Anzu meant.

It didn't take long for Olivia to understand what she meant. His face immediately reddened so it felt like Anzu could see the steam coming out of it.

Anzu who saw it thought it was funny so she could only hold back the laughter that almost came out of her mouth.

"T-please don't take care of that … "

Olivia in an almost screaming voice spoke frantically to Anzu. Despite that, Anzu still looks to be having fun.

"Sorry, sorry. Forget what I said. By the way ... Where Iza– I mean Noelle? "

The red hue on Olivia's face slowly disappeared. He managed to calm himself down to answer Anzu's question.

"Noelle's having some work. That's all I can tell you."

"Oh, yeah."

Anzu said nothing more. He knew that Olivia was hiding something, but it was not good if he was scraping too deep.

To divert the awkward atmosphere, Anzu decided to ask something she had been wanting to ask Olivia for a long time, or rather Ayano.

"Hey, in your opinion ... What kind of person is Iza– Noelle? "

"Hmm? "

Olivia turned her head and tilted her head. "What's all of a sudden? "

"No, I was just curious. In your previous life, you were very close, right? I know your family's background because Noelle told me about it first, but I'm still curious about the way you look at it."

"I guess .. That's a hard question to answer. Noelle is a strange person. His nature and personality are often out of sync with what he usually does. His thoughts were also sometimes so abstract that I couldn't read them."

That was an honest expression from Olivia. Noelle was a very difficult person to read. Olivia certainly realized how thick the mask Noelle used to create her appearance in the public. But, on the one hand, Olivia was completely unable to understand the contents of Noelle's head completely. Even if he's been with her for a very long time.

Anzu raised one corner of her lips after confirming Olivia's opinion.

"I see what you mean. He was indeed a little too abstract so it was difficult for others to understand. His sometimes silly, and sometimes serious actions are hard to guess."

" … How can you be so sure? "

Olivia did know that Anzu in her previous life could be said to be quite close to Noelle, but still it left a bad taste in her heart when she heard it directly.

"Personal experience. Do you remember when I went with him to visit one of the shopping malls in Akihabara? I also invited you back then, but you refused to come."

"Ahh .. That one, yes … "

Olivia would never have remembered the incident if Anzu had not said it. It is true, at that time he refused Anzu's invitation to visit the shopping center, and that's because he was not interested.

After all, Noelle and Anzu are there because they are hunting for their favorite anime franchise that releases that season.

Olivia is not very interested in anime, but she likes novels. So, if he had come with them back then, he would have just taken a walk alone in the book section that was quite a distance away from the location of the two of them.

"Nn, I remember. But ... What happened then? "

"There's nothing special. We just shopped as planned. But ... There was an incident that made me even more clueless about the content of his thought."

Olivia tilted her head in confusion. It was clear to wait for Anzu to continue with her words.

"Well, this is just a trivial thing but .. It made us both have to experience troublesome things afterwards."

"And? Whatisit? "

Anzu was silent for a moment. His face showed an awkward smile, while his eyes closed.

"It happened in a restaurant. He provoked a vegan extremist group by eating hamburger meat right in front of them."

"I feel like I can understand what's going to happen next … "

"The restaurant is pretty quiet. Other than the two of us, there was only that vegan extremist group that seemed to be in discussion about some things .. So .. They could clearly tell what Noelle was doing. In short, they immediately filed charges against us there."

"Just because they eat meat? "

"An extremist is terrible, you know? What's more, they're not locals, but tourists from other countries."

"Western? "

" … You can think of it that way … "

Both of them smiled slightly and laughed briefly.

It was amazing how the two of them could chat casually amidst the chaos and panic that engulfed the society.

What's more, Olivia is currently supposed to be a prime target in the suspicions of the previous Nix Regina attackers.

Although Olivia has denied their statements, the majority of the public still doubts Olivia.

That's just natural. After all, there was no way they would easily trust a person whose physical characteristics were so identical to the perpetrator of the attack.

Olivia doesn't really care about what other people think of her, but she won't keep quiet if they start involving people in her group, especially Noelle and Chloe.

If that happens, Olivia doesn't even know what will happen. After years of living with Noelle and having very intimate physical contact, Olivia has become a little more dependent on Noelle. The only thing he would probably do if the worst situation happened, he would vent all his emotions and expel all his power as a vampire and the owner of the sin skill.

"By the way, why are you .. Why are you all in this town? "

For a moment, Anzu fell silent from not being able to understand the sudden change in topic. When he regained consciousness, he nodded and took out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"We are here to practice hands-on experience to other areas. I didn't want to do it myself, but unfortunately I was required to take this trip so that I could graduate from the academy."

"Academy, yes … "

Olivia was silent for a moment when she heard that. Thanks to Cryll and Stella, he found out that there was a large academy of the royal capital where noble children studied. But, he never expected that most of the reincarnators would be in that place.

"Speaking about the academy, have you ever taken up an education somewhere? Noelle said back then that you two were from noble families in other countries, right? Are there similar educational facilities? "

The question was asked by Anzu with pure curiosity. With the quality of education so low in the community of the country where he lives, it is clear he will be curious about the condition of education in other countries.

And to be honest, Olivia doesn't know how to answer that. There was no way that someone who locked himself in a large castle for approximately 8 years would have any knowledge of the outside world.

The huge library in the vampire castle was enough to give Noelle and Olivia an education equivalent to a high-ranking noble family. But just that is clearly not enough.

The two of them did gain a lot of knowledge about magic and various other things from that place, but, as a result, they both did not have much information about what was happening in the outside world.

Olivia sighed for the umpteenth time, and answered Anzu's question with the answer she had thought of.

"Eitherway. I don't really know. Although we were both reborn as nobles, we did not have much interest in undergoing formal education at an academy. We just need to learn everything self-taught or call a private teacher."

"Truly like you," Anzu said without moving her expression.

Anzu knew the two of them quite well even in his previous life, so he was already not surprised by their way of thinking.

After that, the two of them kept quiet and said nothing to each other. The silence continued for several minutes, until finally …

A huge explosion occurred in the city.

"Seriously? "

Both of them could only sigh.

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Explosions were everywhere, and the fear of the citizens who had not yet escaped filled the air, making the ears of anyone who heard them feel pain.

In such a situation, a man with a long spear in his hand smashed all the barriers that blocked his path.

As soon as the barrier was destroyed, he directly stuck the tip of his spear into the head of one of the guards intending to attack him.

While the other guard looked surprised at the sudden death of his comrade it did not have time to shout even as the tip of the man's spear stuck into his shoulder.

However, just as the man was intending to deepen the wound caused by his spear, a soundless slash suddenly appeared and broke his spear.

"You go! "

Norman suddenly appeared and encouraged the guard to retreat, then faced the man.

"Who are you? "

Although he got the usual questions from Norman, the man seemed to have no intention of answering them.

Or rather, the man seemed to be completely indifferent to Norman's presence. He instantly pulled back his spear that had been slashed neatly, then swung it haphazardly.

"What the fuck … "

Even Norman could easily realize that the man's movements were amateurish. He thought that the moves made by a 10-year-old boy might be better than that.

But, the destructive rate that the man unleashed with that messy move could not be underestimated.

Each swing produced a shockwave that had pushed Norman for a moment.

The Norman sword clashed with the man's spear which was now only a wooden stick. Even so, the spear showed no sign of breaking and instead pushed the Norman sword.

Norman frowned for a moment and directly swung his sword diagonally upward rapidly, then kicked the man's stomach very strongly.

The man's body bounced and hit the ground several times before finally stopping right after hitting a large stone wall.

Norman wasted no more time running down the street and pointed the tip of his sword at the man's head.

The tip of his sword blade easily pierced through the man's skull, and destroyed everything inside with the resulting shockwave.

"I'm guessing .. He was dead from the start" Norman said as he swung his sword to clear the remaining blood.

The person whose brain he had just destroyed, was indeed dead from the very beginning. That means, all he fought all along was a necromancer puppet.

In his mind, there was only one person who could do that.

"Terneth … "

Given all the previous events, Norman would naturally connect all of these points to one person, Terneth.

Although he did not want to believe it, Terneth had been proven guilty and escaped from the entanglement of the law.

By doing so, Terneth betrayed the trust Norman had placed in him.

While he was thinking that, someone came from the air and landed right beside him.

"Normany! The situation in the center is very bad! You gotta hurry! "

That was Kaira. He came to give Norman his report.

"What's going on? "

"It's hard to say it now, you better see for yourself. Alan was clearing the path so that all the residents would have a place to escape."

Right after he said that, two more people suddenly came by falling from the sky, and landed right before him and Norman.

The two of them were Muku, and Waka who came in turns.

"Normany! The west was invaded by a group of people with firearms! "

"The "eastern part too. This place is surrounded."

For the record, their current location was in a large refugee area that was underground. If they were to be surrounded in a place like this, there would definitely be no other way out.

Norman tried calmly to analyze the situation and find a good solution, but all the chaos that was happening around him made him lose focus.

(What exactly is going on here?! )

Although he was filled with impatience at not knowing the situation, Norman still tried to remain calm so as not to mess with everyone's morale.

If someone from the royal family would panic just because of an attack like this, then the royal family would definitely bear the shame of public ridicule.

"For now, Karia and I will go to the central section to check the situation directly. Muku and Waka continue to handle your part. If you can, take down all enemies and get information from them. If not ... Don't hesitate to finish them."

It was a bitter choice he was forced to make given his not-so-favorable situation.

As a reincarnator, there was no way he could easily command his friend to take someone's life, but he still had to do that, taking a rational decision at the expense of someone else's life, he himself had to do that, even if he hated it. Because that is his job as a leader.

Muku and Waka without saying anything else immediately nodded, and their figures instantly disappeared.

"Normany."

Kaira called out to him from behind, and Norman nodded, approaching him.

Kaira held onto Norman's shoulder, and their figure also disappeared like Muku and Waka before.

They had just performed a teleportation technique that should be used during an emergency. With Kaira as the go-between, Norman could instantly go to all the places he had marked before.

As soon as the teleportation process was complete, the two opened their eyes and looked around at their surroundings.

Corpses were everywhere, the stinging and disgusting scent of fresh blood splattered, as well as the flames filling the air were the first sights they saw.

Norman endured the nausea that filled him, and looked around.

There is no sign of life at all. Not even all the attackers reported by Kaira before were present either.

Kaira herself also looked at the place in confusion. Before he left this place before, he was very sure that there were more than 50 people in strange uniforms attacking all the residents without hesitation.

And now, their figures suddenly disappeared.

After a while passed with those who were overwhelmed with confusion, only then did they understand what was happening.

A cold chill pierced and flowed through their backs, while droplets of cold sweat began to appear on their foreheads.

The eyes of both of them widened in shock, while their mouths also opened without a word coming out.

The cause of everyone's 'disappearance' was standing right in front of them.

It was Olivia, who was standing on top of a pile of shapeless corpses. His dark eyes became increasingly dark and lifeless, while his lips smiled very widely, making him have a terrible expression.

In his right hand, a rapier that could reach 2 meters in length could be seen covered in blood, on his left hand were hundreds of sharp weapons made of ice and connected to each other through an ice chain.

The smile on his face looked terrifying, and at the same time, looked extremely dazzling.

It was the honest thought of everyone who saw the sight.

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(AN: My update will probably be a little messy after this. In any case, I will soon have to face a terrible final test.)