15 Richita

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Before the old man delivered Yuno on his last breath, Nacht saw a cloaked lady come sneakily with a baby basket. Nacht can see a glance of ash blond hair under the hooded cloak.

Richita, with teary eyes, put her baby in front of the church and muttered, "Be safe and grow up nicely, Asta. I am sorry" saying this, she ran away without looking back, probably clutching her ears to not hear the baby's cries.

She ran for many kilometers, seemingly in a trance, uncaring of her surroundings. She only stopped when all of the strength left her legs. Panting, she again started crying on her knees, cursing her miserable fate.

What she didn't notice was a shadowy figure who was following her as soon as she left the church. Nacht gave some space to her, erasing his presence just beside her.

When she stopped crying, Nacht revealed himself. The lady got scared and almost jumped after seeing a man seemingly appearing from thin air.

They both looked at each other, Nacht just staring at her. Richita wasn't a fighter, but she hunted animals and beasts for her survival. The instincts she had built up from her years of survival said that the man in front of her was strong, unfathomably so.

After a while, Nacht moved in towards her. Getting out of her stupor, she crawled back. "Stop, you'll get hurt!" she cried at the unknown man, not wanting to hurt him.

But Nacht didn't stop; at a certain distance, Nacht's mana began draining automatically. Richita's face paled. She already believed that the man in front of her was about to die. But Nacht kept getting closer to her and touched her head.

Richita's eyes widened when she saw this. Nacht lifted the hood of her cloak, revealing her medium-length ash-brown hair and bright green eyes that were red because of all the weeping she did.

Richita's heart was beating loudly (Wawawawawawa~ what is he doing). Her face became flushed. Nacht removed his mask made with shadow and made eye contact with Richita, flustering her even more.

She was also surprised to see that the powerful aura she was feeling was of such a young boy. She was mesmerized by those light blue eyes that she almost forgot about everything. The mana she was absorbing from the young man in front of her was pure and fulfilling; it gave her a feeling of relief. She had never felt this way while absorbing mana.

After a while of inspecting, where Richita just stared at Nacht with a red face, Nacht finally said, "I can help you control this power." with a straight face, without a clue that actions he did could be considered a flirt.

"Wh- Who are you?" She asked again, but she was surprised and curious about the statement made by Nacht. (What did he mean he could help me?)

"I am Shadow, the founder of Shadow Garden," Nacht replied

She didn't know about the Shadow or the Shadow Garden. But she thought that this man wanted something from her in return for his help, so she asked again. "Wa-what do you want?" She was stuttering because of all the weeping she did, and her emotional condition wasn't the best too.

"I want you, Richita," Nacht said again.

"Wha-?" (Aawawawawa) Richita's face began to become red, and she imagined a thousand things in her mind like a young girl.

Just like all the girls, her heart was also swept away by a creepy handsome-looking guy that was mysterious enough to give butterflies in her heart. Handsome people, as always, get away with all the things that ugly people get reprimanded for.

Nacht looked like a pimp that is taking advantage of an innocent girl's condition. But this never crossed his mind at all. He was just looking at Richita with a curious gaze like the emotionally dense guy he was.

But to Richita, Nacht looked like the person who knew 'Who asked?'. Like an angel or devil, he was standing there, unmoving. Curious about his first statement, Richita asked again, "What did you mean by helping me control my powers?"

"It means what it sounded like; I will help you control your powers, and in turn, you will serve Shadow Garden and me till you die" Nacht got straight to the point with her.

(Does this mean I can be with my child again? Can I really live a normal life again?) Richita's mind was going into chaos. Tears formed again in her eyes as she remembered all the horrible things she had suffered in her life because of these powers.

Now, she had an opportunity to get control of her own life. Her eyes gained determination (I will control my powers and meet my son again!). She looked at Nacht with reverence in her eyes and said, "Master Shadow, if you can really help me control my powers, I will serve you till my last breath."

"For now, I will fill your body up with my mana. This will be a new sensation for you because till now, you've never been filled up completely," Nacht said with a straight face. [( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )]

After a while, Richita stopped absorbing mana, as if her reserves were completely full. (I am completely filled up with master Shadow's mana). This was a weird sensation, and now she could feel that she could kind of control her power.

Nacht wrote some instructions on a piece of paper and gave it to her. "These are the instructions and exercises you need to follow," he said again and activated his communication device.

A teleport portal appeared near them as Nacht urged Richita to move in. "That will be Shadow Garden's HQ; I will come back soon," And disappeared from his spot.

Nacht's new destination was the Diamond Kingdom and Witch's Forest. Those two locations were extremely close to each other, so he will be traveling to both places.

Richita was a bit confused but complied with Shadow's orders anyways and moved inside the portal. On the other side, Omicron was standing, waiting for the new member to join.

As soon as Richita appeared from the portal, she heard Omicron say, "Welcome to the Shadow Garden."

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[A/N: I am not dwelling into Anime Science as how Richita was able to control her powers. :p]