Odyssey of the Blind God

"I found you, you little bitch!"

The moment Nial heard this, he froze in place.

Stupefied by the adjective used to refer to him, and the fact that Kira had just appeared in the living room of the house that belonged to Kark and his team, Nial couldn't even focus on the origin crystal in his hand anymore.

Instead, he was about to jump up and ask her the reason for storming into the place. But before Nial could do so, Miriam's confused voice rang through the room.

"Kira??"

Miriam was flabbergasted to see Kira, even more so because she seemed to know Nial. Her choice of words meant that she had been looking for him desperately, to the extent that she entered their house by breaking their door.

Knowing Kira's temperament and attitude, meant that Nial was important to her.

However, the moment Kira saw Miriam, she couldn't help but feel similarly confused, and her anger evaporated.

"Huh…Miriam, is that you?"

Both of them had been childhood friends and classmates in elementary school, meaning that their friendship had never ended.

Nevertheless, they had gone their separate ways after Kira had awoken her origin, in addition to other incidents that followed suit.

In the years that followed, they had encountered each other quite a few times but never had their encounter been that unique.

Initially, Nial wanted to pay more attention to his mana absorption and annexing process because that was quite important in his opinion.

Unfortunately, this seemed to be sidetracked for now as he intervened in the staring contest between Miriam and Kira.

"What…are you doing here, Kira? Aren't there only four weeks left before I have to leave for the Teradan military camp?"

Turning around, Kira could only smile dryly, feeling a little bit bad about quite a few things, while Miriam twitched as she turned her attention towards Nial too.

"She…is the person who recommended you to the Teradan military camp?!?"

This was the most shocking information Miriam got to know, and by looking at her childhood friend, she was unable to grasp how different their lives had become.

It was simply madness because she had always thought that the difference between her strength and connections to the prodigies of her former class was not that much.

But after learning that Kira, her childhood friend, had become someone with the power to recommend a child to the Teradan military camp, Miriam was shell-shocked. For a while, she simply stood staring at Kira as doubt and confusion spread through her entire body.

"I have lots of things to teach you, and Mara will help you too! We should leave, we don't have that much time!"

Suddenly Kira announced her intention of barging in along with the declaration that Nial should leave with her.

She had multiple reasons to think so but the most important was that the young blind youth was just too naive in terms of the dangers posed by the dungeons, abilities, and even more so, curses.

Kira figured that she had been slacking off too much, which was the reason she had been almost desperately searching for Nial.

It was not hard for Nial to understand that Kira was mostly concerned about his well-being because her voice sounded different from when she had made the offer to recommend him for the first time.

With that in mind, he considered her offer for a moment but felt a little bit reluctant.

"It's not that I'm not thankful for that offer, but can't I stay here a little bit? Miriam, Kark, and the others helped me a lot today, and leaving them just like that would be a little bit rude, right?

They're kind, and I don't want to hurt their feelings by leaving abruptly…at least not until they're back and I could speak to them…"

Miriam had predicted that Nial would simply comply with Kira's offer, and accept it without any hesitation.

After all, his recommendation to the Teradan military camp could be revoked at any moment.

Receiving the opportunity to enter any kind of military camp was already a great thing, but the Teradan military camp was on a completely different level.

And that was not only in terms of opportunities, potential to grow, and possible connections one could build.

Rather, one might even be able to find a mentor who would take a meritious student under his wing and become his godfather.

This would mean that as long as Nial had the talent, which he certainly had according to what Miriam perceived, it was possible to turn Nial into one of the stronger individuals of mankind.

She had never seen true prodigies, but at least in the Katu shelter, no commoner would be able to do what Nial was capable of.

Miriam was sure of this, and it was because of all the advantages Nial would receive just by entering and surviving the Teradan military camp that she was taken aback by his reluctance and rejection.

Hearing what Nial had said, Kira looked at the youth for quite some time, but instead of using brute force, she just nodded her head.

"Alright, you can have a good talk with the others, but I'll stay here with you so that we can leave once you are done.

Keep in mind, you bound a Curse to your mana core….you do know what kind of stupid action that was, don't you?!"

Ending her short lecture in a frustrated voice, Kira was unable to hold back her tirade as she continued,

"By the way, how come you are absorbing the mana out of origin crystals, but have no time to take a short glance at the Originals bracelet?! Do you even know how many messages I and my sister wrote to you?!?!"

Trembling with fury, Kira wanted to continue to rant even more but was stopped by the arrival of someone which Nial learned based on the sound of footsteps from behind her.

"You are still as ill-tempered as before. What kind of nasty behavior you have!"

It was the voice of Tim, the archer of the group, that floated towards them through the entrance of the house.

He seemed to be enraged, and Kira flinched the moment she heard his voice, feeling as if today was one of her least fortunate days.

Turning around, she saw Tim, and Nicole, the voluptuous woman, who had been eager to fight all of their opponents earlier on her own.

Nial already knew that they were in a relationship owing to the mana fluctuations he had unintentionally perceived in the rooms above him.

Nevertheless, he couldn't help but feel a little odd because Kira was clearly showing her disgust as she spit out,

"Oh, how come I can see a speaking rat, holding an overused mattress right in front of me…sigh, looks like I have to wash my eyes with soap today, otherwise, I might suffer an eye infection owing to the filthy sight!"

This statement clearly showed that Kira didn't favor Tim and neither Nicole, which also indicated that she was familiar with both of them.

And from the spiteful words that had left her mouth and directed at the couple, Nial could figure out quite a few things.

However, instead of allowing things to escalate, he reached for Kira's hand and dragged her back, feeling that he had to intervene before they would get involved in a fistfight.

Kira was just about to use her strength to thwart Nial's attempts, but it was just at this moment that Kark returned too as he asked in an alarmed voice.

"What the hell happened to my door?!"

Ignoring the tension that seemed to envelop the entire house, Kark approached the wooden door.

Picking it up, he carried it back to the door frame before he mumbled.

"Cleanly torn out….looks like someone was quite angry…"

Nial was not sure why, but Kark's amused words calmed everyone down, and it was even possible for him to pull back Kira, who didn't move a single muscle to restrict him.

Instead, she was half inclined to let Nial drag her back as she realized that being enraged about the sudden change of events wouldn't help her anymore.

Thus, she turned towards the dwarf-like Kark before bowing lightly.

"I'm sorry for the sudden intrusion, I was just worried about Nial. The child is a little bit overzealous, and I had to see him now.

If possible I would love to take him back to teach him everything necessary and prepare him for the Teradan military camp.

I hope this won't cause any trouble to the group…"

Swallowing her pride in order to take Nial back with her was the quickest way to leave the rotten couple in front of her.

As such, Kira did just as she believed to be the right thing at the moment.

If Mara were to be present right now, she would have probably killed the two in front of her, recalling what kind of pain they had brought forth.

However, to everyone's fortune, this was not the case, and Kira had matured a lot, allowing herself to regain her composure.

Turning towards Kira, and Nial, who continued to pull her back, Kark radiated utter calmness as he replied,

"Nial can decide what he wants to do by himself. Correct me if I am wrong but even if he might be overzealous, it looks like he is healthy and competent enough to decide for himself? As for teaching him in order to be prepared for the Teradan military camp, we can help him too.

If that's not fine with you, or you have something else to say to him, you might as well stay here for a few days!"

Nial felt that Kark's answer was quite weird.

Somehow, it seemed like he was familiar with Kira, but on the other hand, this was not the case too.

It was certainly odd, but Nial felt that the tension only increased the moment Kark issued his offer.

"We are not running an Inn, Kark!! Furthermore, we have already established that every single decision that involves all of us has to be accepted unanimously!! Why would I accept this vixen of a woman in our house, even if it were only for a few days?!?"

Nicole couldn't hold back anymore either.

At first, she had wanted to keep her image of a peace-loving woman, but after being insulted by Kira, she came up with a seething retort.

The sudden change in Nicole's behavior astonished even Tim, who thought that Nicole was a feeble and cute woman despite her seductive appearance.

He had been irked by Kira's comment too, but he knew why she felt betrayed about him and Nicole.

It was only obvious…after all, he had cheated on Kira with Nicole, for a long period of two years!

And it was Nicole, who had initiated their affair, despite knowing that her good friend, Kira, was in a relationship with Tim.

As such, Tim had nothing to say about their sudden encounter and the insults that had been hurled at him.

Unfortunately, Nicole was the complete opposite, and it was her character that caused the tension in the house to rise once again.

Meanwhile, the earlier comfort and bonding Nial had sensed in between Kark and his entire team seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden.

He felt uncomfortable in the house, comprehending that Tim and Nicole must have done something extremely bad to Kira.

This was not hard to figure out because Tim didn't say anything at all, and his expressions clearly showed his guilt though Nial didn't know the reason behind this.

As such, Nial felt complicated, but he knew one thing for sure.

'Rather than feeling uncomfortable, I should simply follow my gut feeling.'

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