1 A Day and Night at the Empire

All my life I have lived was pure red. Red, the color of blood that, we, weak people shed if bled. Each and every corners of my life, I see this red stuff like an everyday routine. This world I lived in, I do not really care much, for people were born and soon will die. I am Illumga, a killer for fun and this story is from how i lived my life until I met a certain person, which we later wish big.

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-Saturina Empire-(Morning- 7am)-

A laugh echoed from the depths of the tunnel as a low sound can be heard from the outside.

Inside there was a certain man with sharp weapon in each of his hand and had more several prepared. It was me, Illumga.

In front of me was a woman covered with blood, tied and chained both her hands and feet.

" Good morning, my lady. It is torture time" I said while gracefully dancing with these sharp blades in both of my hands.

I continually tortured happily her while humming and smiling. Her screams goes louder and louder as every second comes.

"Ughhhhh, this beautiful figure!"

Her face, no her body was pale. She was naked soaked with blood. Well, it is not like I have never seen this before.That kind of perverted stuff doesn't interest me a little. A blood and fear is all I need.

" Please! I beg you, let me go. I mean no harm, I have still children to take care."  Her face was giving of the feeling of pity. It gave me chills down in my spine.

"I beg you!"

" I will give you everything that I want"

" Please, don't do this"

" I want to go home"

" I wanna have fun."

" kids"

" hel..."

" A-"

She was out of breath after she continually uttered these words. While me, I only laughed at her despairing state.

As the woman pleading her life to me, I never have thought about pity. What I felt was different. Yes, it was ecstacy, her fear and blood, it was so euphoric.

"Hmmm" 

I continually moved towards her while showing a grin, and I whispered right before her ears 

" Do you love your children and does your children loves you too? Ahhh... I have an idea! Do you want them to join you, too?" I told her in a happily tone with flowers all over me.

"Wha~~" as she was about to shout a question for her confusion, I directly shut her using my hand. She was trembling and I also felt her anger towards me. This is really fun.

"Do you think that giving me that sorrowful look will help me change my mind?" I replied to her mockingly but that was not the reason why I shut her up.

The real reason was because the equipment I prepared earlier began reacting. A wire which is connected from the entrance of the tunnel to this room and, if someone enters the tunnel, the wire connected here will react and gives me a sign that there are people entering.

"Hmmm..this is boring. I am sorry, my lady perhaps our time ends right now. Just behave and let me kill you once and for all" as I said with a cold looking face, real reason is because I got annoyed.

I move towards her and covered her mouth. She keeps on resisting but because she was weaken she cannot properly resist. I directly placed the tip of my knife in her throat and slashed it gracefully giving a parting words of " Goodbye thy beauty".

Dead, a silent and short death was granted for her. This is frustrating.

Guess, I'll have to head out now. I left each and every equipment there and only carried the long scythe, which was bestowed to me since I was a child.

" Hmm, should I go directly to her children now and kill them, or should I go find another prey."

While leaving, I thought of this for a while.

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Killings these days is really famous thanks to that certain person. I thought as I hurriedly walked towards the office of my senior.

As I reached at his office, I opened the door and the figure of a man with well built body was standing looking at his window. Yes, He was my senior.

"Sonerya tunnel, time: 7 at the morning, gender: woman, age: 23, name: Flor Gardinia, a caretaker of 5 children, was tortured and killed inside the tunnel, sir Nayt." I directly give the information I gathered from the incident this morning.

" Good work, Lumia, for investigating and gathering these informations. So, how does it go? Is it also him this time?"

" It is possible sir. I am still having further investigation to him, the Bloodthirsty Illumga. His bounty increased again to a 10,000 golds" 

" Don't dive in too much, Lumia. We are already have many informations of him right now as he is famous everywhere as an assassin and serial killer in this empire. It was funny hearing that he also kills his clients." he released a little squeak of laugh for a moment.

"Yeah, you're right sir. I guess I need to dismiss for now and prepare my dinner." I subconsciously nodded to him and directly dismiss myself.

Hm. I wonder what he looks like? As the rumors says, they said that he carries a large scythe that is more larger and bigger than him.

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I left the office, returning to my apartment.

It was night, a cold breeze shivering in my body.

Yet I was unable to move because of the scythe that was wrapped around my neck from the back.

"To think that you would come for me, Illumga , I have never expected to die in a place like this."

It was the bloodthirsty monster. To think he followed me all the way here but it was just as I expected. He had black hair paired with his gray pupils as I saw him while I was turning my head slowly at the back. Technically, this scythe was really huge.

How can I expect him to be a killer. Even his body was slim, it is almost unbelievable for me to believe even though I also expected this.

"Good evening, my lady, or should I call you The Witch of the knights? You really are carefree as ever".

Hmm, well-mannered and he is also well informed. Only a few were to know and call me by that name. By the way, I am a knight in this empire serving the General Nayt.

'As ever?' to think he gad been stalking me.

" To think that you know what they call me, just hurry it up and kill me, i rather prefer an instant death"

Scary, what the hell am I saying , this thought came in ny mind.

" You are boring. That face, that heart, no fear? It really disgust me."

Hmm that is right, he can feel and sense fear that was his ability. I doubt it from the start but right now I really think it was true after all. Guess I will just let him give me more information.

"So you are really a special human. Do you perhaps smell fear?"

"Yeah, a very special at that and I will correct you something I don't smell fear, I devour fear."

Bullseye, that was it? It was surprisingly easy. But he will never read my fear no matter what.

" You think you are special? Don't blame me if that broken heart of yours can be felt by me."

"Wha~, do not be cocky woman. So, a special, hm. You really are boring"

Yes, I am also a special human, one who can read the heart of others and manipulate a heart that I touch. He can't sense my fear because I changed the actual rate of my heart.

In reality, this is quite scary. Good thing he does not have interest in that kind of thing.

Wait, does he already know my ability? does he already got what it is? or perhaps he is not interested in that?

He then lowered his scythe and slowly backed off as he slowly disappeared from the dark night.

As soon his shadow was not seen, I thought for myself 'What the hell have you become? what happened?' as I felt pity for the person that was in front of me earlier.