Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 11 - Another Story

The clouds moved quickly, the weather instantly changed, the four of them looked at Nagato who looked like he was controlling the weather in the sky.

Lightning roared violently, the sound was so loud that it made the clouds look like they were split apart, instantly a huge collection of Dragon-shaped lightning appeared as if swimming behind the clouds above the dark sky.

The sound of his roar sounded so loud, when the dragon head appeared behind the clouds, the four of them were surprised and amazed to see the figure of a creature that should have been extinct for thousands of years ago even the creature was only considered a myth but now they see it for themselves.

The Dragon Head stared at Nagato for a while then re-entered the sea of clouds and the figure was like it was wading through the clouds around him, there was a loud and thunderous sound of lightning.

Nagato whipped out his sword and pointed it towards the sky, as the Dragon-shaped cluster of lightning roared and looked at Nagato then the Dragon struck quickly towards Nagato's sword, leaving everyone who saw it shocked.

The lightning speed that exceeded that sound, struck Nagato's sword so quickly.

As the lightning dissipated, rain stubs began to fall under the city of Roshima, raining heavily.

"Naagato?" Kuina was speechless looking at Nagato, the aura surrounding her body looking different.

"Did Nagato just control Lightning?" said Azai who was also surprised and looked at Nagato.

Hyogoro's grandfather was amazed to see Nagato who looked like he was controlling the weather, Azai and Serlin were also so surprised to see the child of his teacher had extraordinary strength.

"Good name brat, but your body will not be strong enough to withstand this power of mine, I wait for you to grow up and get stronger until we are able to fight together someday!" the voice disappeared, along with the sound of rain stubs drenching the City of Roshima.

Nagato closed his eyes, tears began to flow down his face, for some reason the voice was like his father's substitute figure, his chest hurt, he shouted as loud as possible, he cried out as loud as he could, the young man wanted to vent all the emotions he had endured all this time.

The four of them looked at the fallen Nagato while his hands held tightly to his chest, he looked so fragile when in such a state.

Nagato bit his lips hard to the point of bleeding, but his sadness could not be held back, tears continued to flow on his cheeks, the rain grew so heavy that Nagato's voice could not be heard around him.

Hyogoro's grandfather invites Azai and the others to check on the situation in Roshima City.

Azai and Serlin go with Grandpa Hyogoro, they want to comfort Nagato but they seem unable to see Nagato crying, while Kuina steps over to Nagato's place, the girl hugs Nagato, and she hugs him, seeing the young man in front of her crying, Kuina also shed tears.

Nagato recalled a few months ago, when he lived with his parents but now only a story remains, now left only stories and wishful thinking, the distance between her and her parents was separated by two different worlds, separated by a distance, the distance that separated the scattered longing.

Loneliness slowly begins to seep into all the cells of his body, Nagato hugs the girl's body in front of him tightly, he sheds all his tears, he closes his eyes, he enjoys the atmosphere, he said, the atmosphere made him want to scream.

Nagato cried, he recalled when Kazan set fire to the forest where he lived, and for a moment he seemed to see a shadow as he was chased by members of Disaster who were subordinates of Kazan.

"Mom, why are they after us? Why are they screaming to kill us? Did we do something wrong to them?" Nagato's voice as he was being chased by Kazan's group sounded in his own memory.

"We don't do things that make them hate us ... Nagato." his mother's soft and soft-sounding voice made her cry, her heart felt an excruciating pain.

"Nagato, remember that you are not alone in this world, one day you will have a friend who will understand you, not what if you later feel troubled leading with time, but you must not let your feelings of anxiety and anxiety get through you, if you are defeated by those feelings, then light a fire in your heart, and you must remember that you will watch over you from within that heart." Her mother's soft voice and sounding like she wanted to cry made Nagato dissolve in her sadness she hugged Kuina's body tighter and slammed her face against Kuina's chest.

"What do you mean mom? I don't understand, and why are you being targeted by them?" said Nagato innocently at that time he did not understand the words of his mother.

"Your father is a great man, remember Nagato's mother said, though as sick as it may be you must live, one day you will live a life of obstacles, but no matter how hard and painful it is you have to keep walking in front of Nagato." his mother's voice now sounded soft and restrained, Nagato saw his mother shed tears.

"One day you have to liberate this country, Nagato ..."

"Mother, want to see you grow up but ..."

"Mother!" Nagato looked at the body of the woman he was hugging, he saw a crying Kuina while hugging her.

"So it's all just hallucinations." Nagato said inwardly then he closed his eyes, losing his strength.

Shortly thereafter Grandpa Hyogoro, Azai and Serlin come to the two of them and Grandpa Hyogoro tells Kuina that none of the townspeople survived and they only found the mother of the daughter who was saved by Grandpa Hyogoro, then they buried him.

Kuina took off Nagato's embrace, she saw that the child of her teacher was already asleep, her body looked so exhausted.

"Dad .., mother .. don't leave me alone." murmured Nagato softly who fell asleep, the four of them who heard it became anxious to cry but they tried to hold it back.

When Kuina wiped Nagato's tears, slowly the rain began to stop, under the night sky, not a single star appeared, the sky was as if it was grieving, and there was no star, the view of the small town that has now turned into the Dead City that has dried up and mute only leaves a story inside that is now gone.

The night passed quietly with a gust of grieving wind hitting the sleeping human body under the starless sky. The quiet night disappears slowly when the sun awakens from its night sleep and emits its light which makes the dew evaporate to vanish unceremoniously due to the warmth of the sun's rays.

Nagato woke up from his sleep, he saw Kuina and Serlin chatting beside him.

"Why does my body ache?" inner Nagato let out a long sigh while trying to get up from his sleep.

"Have Nagato woken up? Hyogoro's grandfather came over to Nagato, then he called the others over to gather.

Kuina and Serlin were sitting next to Nagato, before long Azai also came to join.

After all gathered, Grandpa Hyogoro's facial features looked solemn, before long he explained that the perpetrators of the Roshima City attack were a group formed by the former Seven Deadly Great Sins.

Hyogoro's grandfather showed a torn shirt with a red skull and crescent, similar to the Organization of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Then he also explained that ten years ago there was a rumor that said that one of the members of the group of the organization came out because of a quarrel between fellow members in the organization.

"This is the emblem of the Demon Worshiping Sect of the group formed by the former Seven Deadly Great Sins, ten years ago, a, The palanquin left from the Imperial capital and a few days later appeared this group they attacked the city and village, I heard this group has some secret headquarters in the Ezzo Continent!" Hyogoro's grandfather looked so serious, as he had not expected them to make any more moves in the Kai Empire, after five years they had never reappeared.

Nagato was surprised to hear Grandpa Hyogoro say, he felt he found some pieces of clues that led to the truth.

"Possibly those who massacred the entire Kagutsuchi Clan!" inner Nagato with a faint smile on his face he also saw with his own eyes the cruelty they committed by burning Roshima City into a sea of fire.

Shortly afterwards, Grandpa Hyogoro explains that the Organization of the Seven Deadly Great Sins is targeting someone with mysterious powers and a person with a special or special body to perform a ritual that the group is doing.

"It is likely that the group that the former members of the Seven Deadly Great Sins founded also did the same, I assume that this group is the one that attacked the Kagutsuchi Clan!" Hyogoro's grandfather stared intently at the four of them and told Nagato not to act rashly when they grew up because they would most likely be aiming for something inside Nagato's body.

"Ah ... Where am I?" the little girl stood up then looked around her she was surprised to see the city she lived in had become the ruins of a burned-out city.

The little girl was crying out loud she looked so shocked, the five of them approached the figure of the crying little girl.

Serlin hugged the crying little girl, Serlin also felt the same way when Kazan attacked the Azbec Kingdom with Black Madia and the traitorous black mages in the Azbec Kingdom, they committed mass murder to the royal witch and several witches from the wizard guild in the Azbec Kingdom.

"Dad ..., Mother ... Everything is gone!" the voice of the little girl sounded so painful, her cries sounded so sad, from thousands of people only she survived a reality that was so painful that everyone who saw the girl mourned.

Hearing the cries of the little girl crying in front of him, Nagato made up his mind to eradicate the groups that attacked like this, he did not want to see others feel this kind of painful feeling anymore.

"There must be a man who defiles his hands to exterminate a human who has a demonic nature!" inner Nagato who was staring intently at the little girl in front of him.

The little girl hugged Serlin's body so tightly, she cried as hard as she could, tears rushing down her cheeks.

After a while later slowly the little girl began to look calm, Serlin wiped the tears that drenched her cheeks. Shortly afterwards the little girl stood up and looked at the burnt-out Roshima City.

They let the little girl to be alone, she went to the grave of her mother who had been buried by Grandpa Hyogoro, she cried in front of her mother's grave and after a few minutes she prayed for her mother who had gone to rest in nature. With a slow and restrained step the little girl approached Serlin and thanked him.

Hyogoro's grandfather tried to explain to the girl and apologized for not coming sooner to Roshima City.

The little girl tried to smile, and thanked Grandpa Hyogoro for saving her.

"I will take care of the life my mother has given me.." The little girl tried to smile even though her heart was sick and shaky. Because only a smile can hide his feelings but Nagato who saw it somehow did not think there was anyone who fared the same as him.

"Include my name, Novelitha, commonly called Litha .." The little girl introduced herself to the four of them, while Grandpa Hyogoro who already knew it just silence and listen because he is good friends with the father of Novelitha.

"My name is Azai ..."

"My name is Serlin the Beautiful Witch." Serlin introduced himself while making small fireworks with his magic.

"My name is Kuina."

"I'm Nagato."

Hyogoro's grandfather intends to ask Litha about the events that happened to Roshima City, but he realizes that this is not the right time.

"I'm going to go find food." Azai leaves but Grandpa Hyogoro stops him.

"It's better we continue the journey back, about half a day from here there's a small town, we can eat there!" Hyogoro's grandfather explained to those in front of him.

"Half a Day?!" Serlin was a little surprised.

"Better we have breakfast cake?" Kuina tried to persuade Grandpa Hyogoro.

"Oh yes, the provisions given by Kyla girl from Timun Village are still there." Serlin took out the provisions that were in his storage magic.

"Your magic can be useful too." Azai laughed out loud - bahak, Serlin then distributed fried chicken meat evenly to them but only Azai himself did not get it.

"Which part!" Azai extended his hand to Serlin.

"You who?" Serlin turned her face away, the girl's face pouting as Azai mocked her magic.

Litha sees Azai intending to give him his share of chicken but Azai rejects him. Serlin smiled looking at Litha who cared for others.

"Litha, you ate a lot because our journey is still far away, and you are also Nagato!" Serlin gave advice to Litha and Nagato.

"Yes, brother." Litha answered slowly and the little girl ate her chicken. Nagato just kept quiet while eating his chicken meat he was thinking about something about the power of lightning which he thought was a deadly force and could become his precious weapon someday.

"Kuina, she just called me sister." Serlin whispered in Kuina's ear, making the girl choke on hearing Serlin's words. The girl was amazed by the nature of her friend who sometimes looked so happy because of trivial things.

"Litha, do you want to come with Grandpa?" Hyogoro's grandfather invites Litha to go with him, he has finished eating chicken.

Litha just nodded slowly, the little girl glanced at Nagato who looked calm and still silent beside Azai.

"But to fill the stomach, isn't it Nagato?" Azai seduces Nagato.

Nagato fell silent and ate his last piece of chicken. After seeing Nagato finish eating Azai asked Nagato because after all he was curious about the lightning power Nagato used last night.

"Nagato, regarding the power you used yesterday, do you have the power to control the weather?" Azai asked Nagato, making the four of them who heard him choke.

"Stupid Azai, speak without a second thought! See the right time if you want to ask!" Serlin cursed inwardly hearing Azai's words.

Nagato was silent for a while before answering Azai's question.

"Oh .. it was the spirit who claimed to be my companion." calmly Nagato answered Azai's question then he looked at the sky with a faint smile.

"Nagato you don't put on a face like that, damn it! I became even more curious" Azai's inner self seemed to want to ask but Nagato didn't seem to be lying about what he said.

"Representative? Don't tell me that ancient curse" Kuina inner when she heard Nagato's reply.

"It's probably weather-control magic, after all she's the daughter of Princess Sarah, so it's no surprise to witches like me!" Serlin dissolved in his delusion.

"Is the sword force of Pandu already undergoing awakening, not the power of last night that looks different!" Hyogoro's grandfather frowned, while recalling the figure of the Lightning Dragon last night that made them curious.

While Litha was staring at Nagato, the little girl wanted to talk to him, yet it seemed like Nagato was looking cold.

Nagato looked at Litha who was looking at him, he wanted to smile but instead he looked coldly at Litha, making the girl so misbehaved at Nagato.