The Hero of the Shadow
Chapter 4 The Side Section "Failed Child and Gifted Child "

In the Sakura Kingdom lived a child who was very fond of swordsmanship.

Because of his love for the child of swordsmanship and martial arts so that he even practiced every day to master swordsmanship.

But it is unfortunate that the child is somehow always left behind from his friends to the point that people perceive him as a failed child.

The child was said to be a child who had no talent at all.

Many people around the child who always demean the ability of the child to the point where the child is always bullied.

But, the child is always not desperate and always tries hard to achieve his dream as a swordsman who is admired by many people like his father who has long died.

Until one day the child was expelled from the Dojo where he studied because the coaches there were fed up with the child who was difficult to develop which gave rise to bad rumors on his Dojo.

The boy went home with his sad face because he could not train in his Dojo.

Seeing the sad face of his son, the mother of the child was also attentively encouraging the child.

The child became excited again after being cheered on by his mother.

The child then routinely did self-training in a forest near his home.

A few months later, the child mourned the death of his mother.

After the death of his mother, the child also suffered a fate that was so unfortunate because he had to be willing to be more humbled after the death of his mother.

But even though he has tried hard he is still not able to pursue people with his abilities.

Until finally, the boy became very frustrated and wanted to give up to pursue his dreams but he always remembered the smile of his mother who always encouraged him and finally became excited again.

But one day when the boy was undergoing his routine training suddenly comes a mysterious man approaching him.

The man said "Already give up, you will not be able to master it "by reprimanding the child.

The child with an angry face only continued to practice while swinging his sword.

The man sighed and said, "I told you you wouldn't master it "As you approached the boy and stopped the swing of the boy's sword.

The boy then said "No, I won't give up because that's my goal "Agrily at the man's words.

The man became interested in the boy and said, "Calm down, I did say you can't master what you're learning right now but, uh, I'm going to teach you something that I see fits you so well "while holding the child's head.

The boy becomes visibly admiring the mysterious man and says "Include my name Takeda Hanzo who will become a swordsman who will be admired by many, please teach him " He lowered his head to respect the man.

The man said, "Well, from now on you can call me teacher" with a smile.

The child then says "If you may know if the teacher can introduce himself too? " With a little bit of curiosity towards the man.

The man replied " I'm just a guy who's always looking for peace you can call me Real because I'm real but if it's a little hard for me to come up with my real name because it's gonna cause something the troublesome " While smiling.

The boy Hanzo understood that and said, "Well then I will call you Master Real " with a smile as well.

They train from that day until the next five years before Real mysteriously disappears.

The meeting became the forerunner of Hanzo's ability to master the aura technique that would make him known as the legendary samurai.

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In a region in the Empire that was a single country that controlled another continent that was near the main continent where Ace was located.

A boy has been born who is said to be a child prodigy because it has a magic eye that is very rarely owned by someone.

Since the birth of the people around the child has been very proud of the child because of his ability to quickly understand all kinds of things that are taught to him.

The child was getting stronger and stronger which made him dubbed as a child full of talent.

Even at a very young age, the boy was able to defeat people who were much older than him and was very well trained with great ease.

Until finally he was lazy to practice because he already felt it was very boring especially himself who could easily copy all the abilities he saw.

The boy then intends to register to be a knight but not to protect the Empire but to seek pleasure because he thought maybe he could get pleasure if he became a knight.

But it is unfortunate that the thing that he thought could make him better actually made him become more bored because there is still no one who is able to surpass him.

Until one day he heard a story about how great the emperor who was dubbed as the strongest person in the Empire even said that the emperor was the strongest person in the world.

Hearing this, he went to oppose the emperor with great confidence.

He considered himself to be the strongest person ever even the Shadow Hero who had defeated the Demon King was nothing compared to his talented self.

Until finally he opposed the Emperor with his confidence.

The emperor accepted the challenge from the boy.

They also fought at the battle site in the Imperial palace.

When the referee says the fight starts.

The boy had intended to attack the Emperor quickly but suddenly the boy felt himself dying if he approached the Emperor.

The boy then tried to move a little but he suddenly felt the illusion of his death which was very real in the illusion of him dying with his neck severed by the sword of the Emperor.

The boy tried to move continuously but the illusion of death continuously came to him.

The illusion of death is something that is not created from Skill or magic but purely from the killing intent of the Emperor Who is so strong.

In the end, the child fell to his knees and surrendered to the Emperor without successfully giving an attack on the Emperor in the slightest.

The people who watched the match were distrustful of what he saw because in the fight the Child did not move in the slightest to attack the Emperor even in the match there was the slightest fight and the two of them only appeared silent until a while later the child while sweating coldly surrendered to the Emperor.

When the boy knelt before the Emperor.

The Emperor then said "What a futile talent" With a face of no interest at all.

The boy who heard this also looked very depressed.

Several days passed after the incident.

The boy kept shutting himself in his room.

Until the boy left his home and came to a forest and mourned his defeat.

As the boy lamented his sudden defeat came a man in a black robe and a black hooded cape saying "Not be so depressed, your defeat is not because you are weak but because your opponent's talent level is slightly higher than you "With extending his hand to the child.

The boy became amazed at the man and took a helping hand from the man.

When the boy got better the guy then said "My name is Wein Phantom but you can call me Zero, if you want to avenge your defeat I'll help you to do it, so, join me "In a tone of interest.

The boy knelt down and said, "From now on I am your service, my lord, Mr. Zero", with a face full of admiration.

Finally began at that time the child continued to grow stronger until finally he was known as one of the Black Number with Number Five with the name Lyre Mesis.

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