Seventh: Volume 1 [Complete] by Yomu Mishima

Author:Yomu Mishima
Language: eng
Format: epub

I tottered absently along one of Darion’s deserted streets. I’d run around blindly after fleeing the Guild, so I had absolutely no clue where I was. The roads here were narrower than the city’s main thoroughfares, which could indicate I was heading into an unsafe neighborhood.

I didn’t really care about that right now. I understood Novem had underreported her pay out of concern for my pride. The revelation was just bad timing. I was already exhausted for a number of reasons, so getting hit with a cruel dose of reality at that point was more vexing than I could handle.

It seemed like ever since I left home, I’d been nothing but useless. No, if my family was to be believed, I’d been no better back then either. I hated myself for being so mediocre.

“Dammit,” I hissed.

Worried voices found their way to me from within my Jewel. Unfortunately, the founder’s was also among them.

“What’s the problem? Boy’s supposed to be an adult, but he still sucks like a child. You gotta actually make your way in the world before you’ve got any right to mope about it. The way you are now, boy, you’re too worthless to be wasting time pitying yourself!”

“Put a sock in it already!” roared the second head. “You’ve got some nerve, always chiming in to constantly belittle others when you hardly amounted to anything yourself. Now, Lyell, I know this ruffles your feathers, but you also need to—”

I immediately unfastened the chain that housed our family Jewel.

“L-Lyell!” the seventh head squeaked in protest.

“There’s no point...in keeping this stupid Jewel,” I muttered to myself.

The founder snorted, unimpressed. “Yeah? You wanna get rid of it? Then hurry up and toss it aside, boy! It’s not like we want to waste our time teaching our Arts to some ignorant little crybaby like you anyway! Go on, throw it away!”

Normally, a family treasure like this Jewel would impart all the Arts that its former users had inscribed into it. Mine had failed to fulfill that role thus far, instead providing constant unnecessary commentary from the peanut gallery, thereby draining my mana even further. They were a nuisance. Part of it was also that I was in a foul mood and exhausted.

My fingers squeezed around the Jewel. I reeled my fist back, ready to fling it as far as I could, but as it left my hand...

“Ouch!”

I smacked right into a girl with red hair who’d stepped into the narrow street with me.

“S-Sorry!” I panicked and scurried over to her. The necklace had landed a short distance away, but the voices from it still filtered into my ear as if they were right beside me.

“Lyell, I hate to tell you this,” began the third head, “but since you’re the current owner of this Jewel, your magic is inextricably linked to it. Even if you leave it somewhere, you’ll still be able to hear us. Throwing it away means you lose any benefits it might have while still suffering our commentary. Personally, I think it’s best if you hold on to it.

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