Black Hero
Growth Skill

Riska and Kana are currently at the clothing store while Roy and I are outside the store.

We were on a bridge, underneath which was a flowing river.

The two of us stared at the river while eating bread filled with meat.

Just like before, I don't feel full at all but this bread is delicious too.

"So after killing Maria, what's your next goal?"

"We didn't kill him just burn him."

Roy breathed.

"You're! then?"

I chose to tell you about myself maybe he knew something about growth magic.

"You know, I'm a 15-year-old, not a 6-year-old."

"Uhuk-Uhuk."

Roy chokes on his bread while banging on his chest.

"Well, maybe this sounds like a joke but that's the fact."

Roy had already disappeared and continued the conversation.

"Why suddenly!"

"Sorry sorry."

Roy ate his last bite of bread and threw his trash into the river. After swallowing his last bite he started talking while looking at his trash flowing in the river.

"I don't know your problem and I don't really want to know, but I'm definitely helping you because of my friends. Anyway, from the beginning I knew you weren't a kid, but I didn't have proof. So, what do you want to say?"

I don't know his nature doesn't like pleasantries but this makes it easier for me to look for growth magic.

"I want to go back to my original form and I previously knew from someone that growth magic was the key."

Roy held his chin while staring at the sky. And it seems he knows something.

"Growth, huh? I don't know but if you want to find information about magic you can find it in the city library."

City library, huh? maybe I'll go there with Riska.

I finished my bread and burned my trash with fire magic.

Not long after, Riska and Kana came while carrying a lot of plastic containing the clothes they had just bought.

Because I intend to give a surprise if I can return to being a 15-year-old child again and also it seems that he just bought a child's clothes.

"What are you doing staying here."

Roy approaches Kana and tells her the truth.

"Where, we're supposed to give clothes to 15 years instead of 6 years."

Kana was a bit confused by what Roy said. Suddenly the air was hot like fire, when Riska looked angry, her eyes were red as fire then her hair was up like a snake ready to bite at any moment.

"Risca? you why?"

I was confused by him who was suddenly angry.

"Zens. Come with me."

Riska suddenly pulled my ear and took me near the river far away from Roy and Cana. Meanwhile it seems Roy seems to be telling us the truth to Kana.

Upon reaching the river below the bridge, Riska removed her hand from my ear and began to speak while crossing her arms.

"Zen, what are you talking about with Roy."

Just looking at him made me unable to speak properly, I was even afraid to look into his sinister eyes.

"I. i..."

I stammered and had difficulty speaking, even my whole body was goosebumps.

"Zen, what am I? say it clearly and look me in the eye."

I slowly tried to look at him and tried to speak with all my courage.

"I... told him about us not.. little boy."

"Why?"

He asked again and his hair felt like it would eat me at any moment.

"Because I got information that we could go back to what we used to be with growth magic, and. I asked Roy for that magic."

"For what?"

I was really scared he kept trying to make me talk.

"For..."

"For what?"

Riska glared at me as though the one before me was a demon, but Azazel alone was a demon not this scary.

"Basic is not normal."

Azazel suddenly spoke in my head.

"What do you mean I'm not normal?"

"You're terrified to see this girl angry but not afraid of me being a demon."

True as well but what should I say to make him calm down. I asked Azazel.

"Azazel, help me."

"No, it's boring."

Azazel refused with a very lazy tone.

I was really confused and didn't know what to say.

I let out a long sigh, I had to tell her that I did it for Riska.

"I. I'm doing this for you. Because when you're a child you look upset even if you cover it with your smile."

Riska's anger subsided and she threw away her face and her face looked red, smoke billowing over her head.

"Ja-so... You.. did this... for me...?"

I breathed a sigh of relief that the anger was gone.

"Now I want to go to the library to find that magic and imitate it."

Riska saw my face as usual.

"All right, let's go back. I'll buy some more clothes."

Riska pulled my hand and ran to the bridge where Roy and Kana were.

When meeting them on the bridge the atmosphere looks awkward.

"I'm sorry, yeah, I didn't tell you."

Riska lowered her head and started apologizing to Kana.

"No need, I've heard from Roy that you've been through a lot, I'm happy to be with you."

Finished speaking the atmosphere was still awkward and Roy started talking to dispel this awkward atmosphere.

Nice Roy's.

"You're right, they'd better be told, too."

The atmosphere was back to normal, and the four of us went to the inn.

The inn is on the second floor of the guild. We walked into the guild and there were many adventurers who were eating and sitting.

The atmosphere was lively, the receptionist ran towards us and asked for our test results, behind which was a man I had never seen.

He is not skinny and not fat, his clothes look simple, with a white shirt with a green tie and black trousers. His long black mustache loomed on the left and right, his hair short black with a comb to the right.

Who is this guy? he looks dangerous.

"How's your test going?"

"We escaped."

The receptionist was very happy and hugging Riska was like hugging her own child.

"Who is he?"

I asked the receptionist about the person behind her.

"Include him William, he's the guild's master."

I was very surprised that he was a guild master, and that aura was coming out of his body like he was in a different realm.

He came closer to me and looked at me.

"that's terrible."

He said that after looking at me and it pissed me off.

"What do you mean?"

The guild's atmosphere was instantly silent and all looked towards me but I ignored it.

He turned and spoke.

"I mean, the magic capacity you have is terrible. Did you never try to hold it."

At first I was confused by what he said but I finally understood.

The capacity of my magic when I counted it before was absurd but I didn't know that he could figure it out just by looking at it.

"No."

I answered the question. Everyone who saw seemed confused by our conversation.

He put his arm in his pants pocket and he took out a gold ring, it was very shiny.

"It."

He gave me the ring.

"What is this for?"

I was so confused that he suddenly gave me the ring.

"It's to hold your magic, you can't wander around with your great magic."

I took it and wore it without hesitation.

But suddenly Riska lowered her head and cried out for forgiveness.

"Everyone, forgive us."

Everyone looked puzzled but the guild master only smiled and said.

"You don't have to apologize, I know what you're trying to say and everyone knows that."

Wow, I was really surprised and amazed by the guild master, he was really in a different realm from us.

"That's right, whether it's a child or not. We accept you with pleasure."

"That's right."

"Yes, right."

The atmosphere was lively again and everyone seemed to know that we were not children. We were invited to eat and party to celebrate our escape from the adventurous school. We had fun, all looking happy, from singing together, dancing together and eating together.

The sun went down, everyone looked exhausted to sleep on the floor. The ones who are still awake are William, me and Riska.

William walked over to us and led us into his room.

"You two, come with me."

We went inside the door that was near the reception, the room was so spacious and messy.

Paper and books everywhere are like broken ships.

"Sit down."

We sat in the chair in front of his desk. I felt like I was in Lina's room, everything was a mess and this place just looked messy, because I didn't see the dust just the books and papers were a mess.

He opened the drawer and picked up a book, it looked dusty and dirty.

"This is the book you need."

I was a bit confused he was suddenly confused, but when he heard him say that. It sounds like he knows a lot about us.

"I know you may be confused, but this is my ability. I can figure things out easily just by looking at them."

"So you mean, in this book there's magic we're looking for."

Riska said as if she understood.

"Yes." Yeah."

Riska looked happy and told me to use it.

"Zen, open it up and use it."

I took a breath and started to open it. In the table of contents I found it, it was on page 120.

I opened page 120 and then saw it, I used my imitation skill just by looking at how it works I can imitate it easily. But I use imitation skills and read how it works.

When I finished reading it, I tried it.

"[Growth]"

I pointed my hand at myself and the green light came out of my hand, and I began to grow and return to my original form. The clothes I was wearing were not broken.

And it looks like I grew up ten years ago I tried it on Riska.

Riska came back like before, when we were in the forest of death, but maybe this is just my feeling or not but she looks more beautiful.

"Hmm, I don't believe I can see the growth and copy skills."

William looks happy until his tears come out a little, is he still sane? but it seemed like he was only happy to be able to see high-level magic.

I turned the page to the table of contents.

"Zen, what do you want?"

Riska was curious about what I was going to do and William wiped away her tears and she already knew what I was going to do.

"What skills do you want to find again? Creative Skills huh?"

Hmm, what a strange but amazing ability because it's not a skill I can't imitate when I think it would be very useful to have it.