Mardinal: The Assassin's Adventure
Chapter 18: For the Good?

“Ah! Pecel Nek ‘Cel is indeed the best!”

Now, Mardin and Haku are sitting on a park bench enjoying Mardin's subscription pecel. After buying gardening materials, Mardin invited Haku to find a comfortable place to chat. In addition, they also bought a pecel made by Nek ‘Cel when they happened to find it selling around the park.

Unlike the garden shopkeeper earlier, Nek ‘Cel did not panic at all when he saw the blood on Mardin and Haku's clothes. He understood, thinking that both of them after helping to cut meat even though it was just a lie. Mardin did not want to tell the truth that he and Haku were Rogue.

Mardin sat on the bench with a knee-stick position as the fathers hang out in the coffee shop, while Haku sat down but ate his pecel using chopsticks.

Mardin had a glance at the wonder of how to eat Haku. It's a little unusual to see someone eating pecels with chopsticks. The chopsticks must also be he brought his own considering Nek ‘Cel does not provide chopsticks at all.

“You ate chopsticks?” ask Mardin.

“What's the reason?” ask Haku. “I'm used to eating food like this with chopsticks.”

Mardin smiled, returned to bribe the pecel. “Yaaa.. It's strange to see people eating pecel with chopsticks.”

Haku also bribed the pecel. “That is even stranger if you eat gelatin with chopsticks.”

“Much stranger when eating noodles with nostrils.”

Both of them paused eating, suddenly laughing crisply with the topic of their pleasantries about how to eat. For a moment the atmosphere became lighter when they chatted like this in the park while eating.

“So...” Mardin switched topics. “How do you know about myself?”

Haku swallowed his chew first before answering, “…. I know from my teacher.”

“Your guess?” Mardin looked astonished.

Haku drank a glass of water for a moment. “Aaah…. Yes.” Stirring pecelnya anyway. “He also asked me to look for you, conveying a very important message to you.”

“Oh, yes? What message?” Mardin again busy eating pecelnya while looking at the view of the park in front.

“A request, or rather a task to resurrect the Demon Beast.”

Mardin suddenly stopped eating, quite surprised by what Haku said. However, he remained calm as if this was not surprising.

Merely, Mardin was astonished by his intentions. Awakening the Devil? It was not that he had already died ten years ago from being killed by the Guild Alliance side that Mardin himself had forgotten his name.

“Heheee...” Mardin chuckles to hide his surprise. “Generating The Devils Satisfied? Heh, your teacher is crazy. Where can a dead person be resurrected again?”

“At first, I didn't believe it either. But my teacher has done some research on this issue. So he was sure, there was a way to awaken the Satanic Demon. And the only way to resurrect it is to ask for your help.”

“My help...?” Mardin pointed to himself. “What can I do with the Resurrection of the Beast Devil? I don't even know anything about him.”

Haku glanced sharply at Mardin. “You sure you don't want to help your dad?”

Again Mardin was made silent by Haku. Apparently, in addition to knowing about the Beast Devil and Mardin, Haku's teacher also knew about the familial relationship between the two. He may even know that Mardin and his father are Ruzan, descendants who have the curse of overproduction of Ru Energy.

Actually, who is this Haku teacher? How far does he know about Mardin and his father's information? This made Mardin suspicious.

In addition, Mardin also had to hide the identity of his origins. He did not want anyone to know that he was the son of the strongest assassin. It will only make him bother dealing with people who have a relationship with his father.

Good relationships, and bad relationships.

Yes, his name is a great man, must have many rivals who hate the father. One of them was the group that killed him.

“Actually, who is your teacher? And where are you from?”

Haku had time to think, worried to answer what, between being honest or choosing to lie because there is a possibility that there is a risk that will be obtained if he said the origin. But, Luan had given a message that she should make Mardin believe him. So, Haku was forced to tell the truth, but just as necessary.

“I used to be from the Yatshuhama Guild, but was expelled from the Guild in order to come here to meet you,” replied Haku calmly.

“Guild Yatshuhama?” Mardin narrowed his eyes. “Isn't that Guild located in Yagama City? It takes about 24 hours from there to get here when riding a land vehicle. If you get kicked out of the Guild, then now you're really a Rogue?”

“Kan told you, we're both Rogue.” Haku back bribing the pecel. “This is all because of you, so I was expelled from the Guild. Therefore, you must accept this request from my teacher.”

“You mean to force, huh?” Mardin smiled while stirring his pecel which remained a little more. “Indeed how can I resurrect my father?”

“Guruku said, by collecting five Midra Seals from all five users. Your father is currently in a coma or some sort of suspended animation. During that time, the production of his excess Ru Energy was still on its way, and it was utilized by the seal users to suck up your father's Ru Energy for their own sake.”

“Seals Midra?” Dros, who had heard Haku's explanation, felt familiar with the seal. “I know about Midra Seal, Mardin. But first, we listen to every explanation, then you can make a decision. The existence of the Midra Seal is very dangerous for your father's body as well as the people involved with the five users. They will use the Midra Seal arbitrarily.”

Mardin was silent while thinking. He could ask for a more complete explanation of the Midra Seal later on Dros if the parasitic plant knew about it. However, he was still curious about the seal explanation and teacher Haku's request from Haku himself.

“What I know from Master's explanation, the Devil is currently secured in the Haxona Guild Lab, still in the process of absorbing Ru Energy. And for 10 years since he was presumed dead, the Devil kept trying to endure the pain of his Ru Energy being forcefully absorbed by the energy-absorbing machine, then channeled to five Midra Seals at once.”

Haku continued, “I don't know for sure what kind of side effects your father will or is currently experiencing. What is clear, it will be very bad for him.”

Mardin remained silent saying nothing, still trying to digest every explanation from Haku. What he heard from this man sounded quite convincing, about the request of Haku's teacher, the Midra Seal, as well as the state of his father.

But still, Mardin should not be rash to make a decision. Although this is related to the safety of his biological father, Mardin should still be able to think more about the consequences of the decision he took.

Seeing Mardin think for too long while listening to his explanation, made Haku lean on the bench while sighing.

“Haaah…. This matter is related to your father's life. Yes, you may have accepted his death for 10 years. But, this is an opportunity that will never come back, right? If you love your father, then you will accept my teacher's request. After all, Master is also doing this for your own good.”

“For my sake, huh..?”

Haku slightly flinched when he heard Mardin's tone change. His initial light voice now sounded heavy, glancing a pair of blue eyes also seemed sharpened to cause a flash there. And the corner of his lips tilted a petty grin.

Currently, Mardin was in a state of intimidating his interlocutors.

“For my sake, or just want to use me?”

Haku stared back at Mardin. Now, he increasingly understood why Luan considered Mardin a dangerous figure.

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