The Seven's
An Old Story: Meeting Justice

...Part 1's...

Karand was silent at Diego's big smile. Since getting to know Diego only this time, he saw a smile that smooth on the face of the blue-haired young man.

"To celebrate this reunion how about we eat at the restaurant" Mars proposed.

"Let's calm I'm the deal" Mars added. Diego nodded "What about you Karand, come along" Diego asked. "Of course I won't miss a free meal" replied the chubby-cheeked girl with a giggle.

They went to a restaurant at a crossroads.

Kriin

The sound of a bell rang as they entered the restaurant. They walked to the cashier to order food and take the table number.

They sat at a table corresponding to the number "oh yes Miss Mars where the other Tetra Fang party members are" Diego asked with a little enthusiasm.

"Party Tetra Fang has disbanded" Mars looked at the blue-haired young man with a hard-to-article look.

"Wait to see why they broke up" Diego asked. "Joe and Maru get into a fight as Maru leaves the party and Joe disbands the party"

"The child's new obsession to become famous has crossed the line so it always endangers people around him" Mars added.

Diego remembered that Maru had once forced to open the Dungeon floor that had not been open.

"Then where are the other Tetra Fang members now" Diego asked. "Leois and I got married and we still do missions together and then for Sena he opened a shop in Dwartnia but he didn't have a good business ability so he got into a lot of debt and he got married with a Dwartnia official to pay off his debt"

"Gosh, that's really surprising" Diego said. "Then to Maru I never heard from her again and also Joe she became a librarian in Walter's village"

"Walter's village is a village that goes into the territory of the Mermaid Tribe right" asked Karand.

"Right" Diego added.

"You know Diego, actually Joe can be said to be lucky and unlucky at the same time" Mars chuckled.

"Why" asked Diego.

"He was forced to marry the granddaughter of Village Leader Walter, there was actually nothing wrong the granddaughter of Village Leader Walter was beautiful and also a famous singer but he was a little crazy"

"Huh"

"The granddaughter of Village Leader Walter was very jealous even when Sena and I came to their wedding I could see a black aura coming out of her body" Mars is still afraid to remember what happened a few years ago.

Diego smiled a little hearing that. "Then what about your own Diego" asked Mars a little curious.

Karand also put up a good ear it feels like he will hear something interesting.

"When I was ten years old I officially became an adventurer and took missions from Guilds and roamed several Dungeons. Moving parties sometimes become solo adventurers I have also participated in the conquest of several Dungeons and now I am a student at the Kaum Academy"

Suddenly a servant came to them while carrying some of their food.

"Once nine years is not a long time like there is no memorable adventure on you" asked Mars to take a spoon near the plate.

"Farewell has always been memorable for me sometimes I'm happy sometimes sad but long ago I got used to it" Diego smiled wryly.

"That's it" Mars looked at the blue-haired young man he understood what the young man meant. His self was also very sad when the party broke up.

"Sister Diego what's the saddest parting for brother" White asked.

"Farewell to my friends Vincent, Victorus, Dylon, Regizel, and Zola. Parting with them was the most painful thing for me until now I still feel the sensation when we parted" Diego was silent for a moment.

"Sister Diego, I hope you can reunite with your friend" White said, then ate his meat sandwich.

"If that's the case I don't want to see them too soon they'll get mad at me" Diego chuckled.

Karand and Mars fell silent they understood what Diego meant. Diego's friend's friend is dead.

"Then you guys live where Miss Mars is" Diego asked. "We live in my native land on the outskirts of Florian village, come visit there sometime Diego" Diego nodded slowly he would remember the name of the village well.

Mars brought his face closer to the blue-haired young man's ear "Psstt Diego from earlier your friend did not say much lest he feel neglected" Mars whispered

Mars sat back in his chair. "You're okay Karand" asked Diego to the point.

Mars let out a long sigh "Don't be asked that way Diego where his stale base is". Diego was silent for a moment he did not understand the stale bases like what he had to do to Karand.

After that the three of them chat for quite a long time even though Diego only listened and occasionally commented.

They don't realize White/Whity is asleep. After that Leois appeared when asked why he knew they were in this restaurant. Leois lightly replied he was following Mars' perfume.

With the coming of his Leois the chat became longer making them forget time.

"I'm sorry it's so late in the afternoon we have to go back to the people's academy" Karand interrupted the conversation of the three reunioners.

"I'm sorry to keep you here Karand" Mars said regretfully.

"It's okay" Karand replied.

"Diego take this lady to the academy" said Leois. "Good" Diego replied briefly.

"We also have a chance to go to the inn because tomorrow we will go back to the village" Mars said. "How about I take you guys if I can" asked Diego.

"Sure Diego" Leois smiled slightly and nodded "Then we go first a lot of things to be prepared tomorrow at six in the morning at the north gate of the city you should not be late ya".

Leois and his small family then went ahead of the two students of the academy.

"Then we're Karand too" Diego asked.

"Hey you guys are leaving now when I've waited a long time to chat with you Hunter of Nightmare" Diego stopped walking he was very familiar with the owner of the voice.

"You're so good at hiding your Blade of Justice presence" Diego said.

"You can call me as usual Diego".

Karand fell silent just as he heard the names of the three extremely famous five-star gold rank adventurers.

"I understand the reason why the city guilds of the people were flooded with missions because the greatest adventurers they had entered the school and lost their vision in the assault incident of the city mall of the people" the man with blood red hair with brown eyes as well as black bare-chested pants and iron gloves on both his hands and a reddish white skin with a sword at the waist.

"Cordon Nero"

"Geez you're still as cold as ever Diego" Cordon smiled sinisterly.

"Instead you still like the familiar pretentious as usual huh Cordon" Diego finally could feel the existence of the man.

"I don't have time to serve you the Cordon I have other business" Diego grabs Karand's hand and pulls him out of the restaurant.

The man smiled a little "until you meet your heart on the road Diego take care of your girlfriend well yes" exclaimed Cordon then he smiled a little.

...Part 2's...

Diego and Karand walk towards the race academy while holding hands. "Diego is he really the famous Blade of Justice? He's the real one, right?" asked Karand enthusiastically.

"He's the one" Diego replied.

"We shouldn't go straight away I want to ask her for advice" grumbled Karand.

"Then why does he call you the Hunter of Nightmare" asked Karand.

"Because I'm the one" Diego answered briefly.

"Don't joke Diego" Karand said. Hunter of Nightmare is the best adventurer of the best. When Karand was still living in the village he often heard stories about the adventures of the Hunter of Nightmare from street poets.All children liked his story.

It's hard to believe. Not to mention Diego who is the same age as himself makes it even harder to believe.

"Karand" call Diego.

"What's up Diego" replied the girl.

"Do you have free time tomorrow" asked Diego.

"What's wrong with that"

"I know being adventurous isn't easy so tomorrow I want to give you something that might help you" Diego smiled.

"Why do you want to help me" Karand looked at the blue-haired young man. "Because you're paying enough attention to me, it's about time I pay attention to you"

Deg

Karand's heart beats faster. He was used to receiving praise and seduction from the opposite sex but he felt nothing.

I don't know why his heart beats faster.

"Di's....Diego like his we'd be late if it kept going like this" Karand stared at Diego's hand that was still adrift in his hand..

Diego stops walking "you're right" Diego releases his handrails on the girl with the chubby cheek.

Suddenly the wind whirled around Karand's waist. Slowly his body flew into the air.

"Eh what is this" cried Karand frantically. He lost his balance and swirled in the air.

"Calm yourself Karand"

"How can I calm down" exclaimed the girl in panic. Diego reached out "hold my hand if you're afraid" Karand accepted Diego's hand.

The wind whirled around Diego's waist. The wind whirled the faster it made the body of the blue-haired young man fly into the air.

"This way you won't be late to go back to the dorm" the two of them flew up into the sky. Karand stared at the city of the people who were overwritten by the orange light of the sunset "A very beautiful view of Diego" said the girl with admiration.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you" Karand from now on had to find a topic that fit Diego.

He did not want to offend the blue-haired young man. "No problem Karand "answered Diego briefly.

"I'm really sorry about that" Karand looked at the young man's face. Of the many friends of his only to Diego who can understand what he feels now.

Karand could feel the sensation of a cold body belonging to his friend. Not finished there Karand had to deal with family friends of his friends.

They cursed, cursed themselves, and wept in Karand's presence.

Asking why he was the only survivor why he didn't save their son.

It makes Karand locked himself in the dormitory makes father and all friends friends worried.

Even Sister Elizabeth went back and forth and the guild of the city to her dormitory just to check her condition.

"Diego what do you feel when your friend dies" asked Karand.

Diego was silent for a moment "Karand I killed my friend's friend" Diego said.

"What!?"

"You remember Vincent, Victorus, Dylon, Regizel, and Zola that I told you about at the restaurant? I killed them"

Karand stared in disbelief "It's impossible.don't joke Diego" as he tried to laugh.

"At that time the conflict between us was inevitable, we were an adventurous party that traveled from place to place but one day we found a newly formed Dungeon"

"We immediately explored it and managed to get to the last floor and we managed to get the Dungeon's treasure but that was the beginning of the problem, the Dungeon's treasure had enormous power"

"My friend and I were lulled by that power. We fought over that power and fought to the death"

"When I realized everyone was dead except Zola who managed to survive my attack"

Karand was silent to Diego's story. It was even worse than what he had experienced.

"For the first time I cried so heartbroken to see my friend's friend lying lifeless because of me" Diego was silent for a moment.

"I was so sad that even when my mother died in the fire I didn't feel anything" Diego chuckled.

"Then how can you forget all that and move forward" if Karand who is in Diego's position maybe he would rather commit suicide than live.

"I've never forgotten that Karand, I just accept all of her"

"It hurts Diego so much I'm not as strong as you even though I'm a sword if I fight you for sure I will lose" Karand looked away.

"If it hasn't been tried we won't know but Karand I'll help you accept all the pain you're going through" Karand fell silent and looked at the young man's face.

"Thank you Diego" that was all he could say to the blue-haired young man.

"You don't have to thank Karand, I just wanted to help you instead of helping you" Diego smiled.

"Then thank you for helping me" Karand smiled broadly.

...Part 3's...

"No problem" Diego replied briefly. After flying for two minutes they landed in front of the gate of the race academy.

"Let's Diego be late" Karand invites Diego to enter the academy gate but Diego is silent.

"I still have business so I haven't been able to get into school" the wind swirled around Diego's waist making the young man fly into the air.

"See you tomorrow Karand"

"I.iya see you tomorrow" Karand waved his hand. Diego flew further and further making him slowly invisible again.

Tomorrow

"Heart in the way of Mr. Leois Miss Mars and you are also White" Diego said.

"Calcified Brother Diego, my father and mother were very strong" the boy said. "Don't bother your parents White" Diego said.

"White let's get on the train" exclaimed Mars. The child obeyed the mother's orders.

"Diego we went away for a while but it was nice to see you again" Leois stroked the young man's head.

"Yes Mr. Leois I am also so happy to see you again someday I will visit your village, if not the name of Florian Village right?" Ask Diego.

"Right I'm looking forward to it I hope we can all gather together again and maybe explore the Sky Tower Dungeon again hahaha" Leois smiled and withdrew his hand.

"Again heart in the way of Mr. Leois" Leois smiled faintly as he understood the blue-haired youth's concern.

Monsters and bandits have always been a terrible scourge for people who would travel.

But he and Mars are always on the lookout for any eventuality that will happen.

"Let's just relax Diego I'll always be careful to see ya" Leois turned around and got on their train.

"Diego we go first yes" cried Mars. "Take good care of yourself" he added. "You too" Diego replied.

After that there was a sound of horse footsteps starting to move away from him and no longer heard.

"I've done what you asked Diego" a voice suddenly appeared making Diego frown.

"Can you stop doing that Cordon" Diego said.

"Do what" asked Cordon innocently.

"Easy! is it all done, nothing's left ?" ask Diego.

"Yes, all the bandits that are monsters that are on the route of the two of your friends' trips are up, their journey must be safe" Cordon was actually quite surprised when he found Diego meeting him and asking for his help.

"Good then I'll go" Diego turned and walked away from the man.

"Hey why are you worried about them when they're just like us five-star gold-ranked adventurers" the question made Diego stop his steps.

"I don't want anything to happen to the white if for Mr. Leois and Miss Mars I don't have to worry about them" Diego walks away.

"It turns out you still have Diego's sympathy" Cordon chuckled at the young man's back.

***

A blue-haired young man wearing a white armor with hand and foot protection on his waist was a bag for arrows and in his right hand was an arrow bow.

The young man wore a brown jacket with a hoddie constantly attached to his head.

The young man stared at a green-colored snake monster that thought to have a length of twenty kilometers that he had just defeated.

Not far from there was a giant bat that was eating the flesh of the snake. Somehow by looking at the expression of the bat he knew that the snake meat was not tasty.

"When it was only the first level but it was already this strong, no wonder this was the most dangerous Dungeon in the world" the young man walked up to the giant snake and sat on its body.

"If you have got the help of Bathsy, I still have trouble beating this snake, fortunately, I can still win" said the blue-haired young man who is none other than Diego.

Diego immediately got up and walked over to the batsy who was lying on the ground due to the satiety.

Diego took the scales and fangs from the snake and put them in his storage bag.

"Batsy let's go" cried Diego.

As if understanding the words of Diego Bathsy immediately shrunk his body and flew towards Diego and hid inside the hoddie of the blue-haired youth.

Diego walked out of the Dungeon towards the nearby guild. The Elora Dungeon was the largest and most dangerous Dungeon in the world.

This Dungeon was located just below the ocean separating the two continents.

After spending a long time Diego made it out of the Elora Dungeon.

On his way out Diego found many soldiers on standby. Diego raised both of his hands "I'm Hunter of Nightmare a few hours ago I entered the Elora Dungeon and returned safely" Diego said.

The local government built a fort to guard if there were Dungeon monsters coming out of the Dungeon.

Although it is actually rare but anticipate much better than not at all.

"Show me your identification" shouted one soldier. Diego lowered his right hand and took out a gold-colored badge with three stars and threw the badge at the soldier.

The soldier picked it up and did an examination of the badge.

"This is the real Hunter of Nightmare" said the soldier. Diego was brought and asked various things by a soldier who was like his army commander.

After answering various questions Diego was allowed to leave.

Now this his destination was the nearest guild. "Toloooong" the scream made Diego stop walking.

"Someone please help me"

Diego immediately followed the source of the voice. He saw a tall man in luxurious clothes facing a man.

The man with blood red hair with brown eyes as well as black bare-chested pants and iron gloves on both his hands and a reddish white skin was brandishing his sword.

Diego stopped walking and hid behind a tree. "Please don't kill me. I have money and power.a.I am a ruler know if I don't come back there will be many soldiers looking for me" shouted the tall man.

"Originally you know I'm looking for you because you're the ruler" said the man walking up to the tall man.

"Ja..don't come any closer!!!"  the man grabbed a stone nearby.

The tall man threw the stone towards the red-haired man but such a stone was not a thing to be afraid of the red-haired man.

"Who do you really want.why do you do this...." The tall man's pants suddenly got wet making the red-haired man disgusted.

"I am an adventurer"

"Pe.. adventurers are not if an adventurer commits a killing outside of their badge mission will issue a red dot... your reputation will be tarnished and if the soldier checks your badge and investigates anyone you kill then you will be captured" the man smiled in satisfaction at having a glimmer of hope for life.

"It's true, but just so long as you know I'm justice"