The Human Giant



Inside Justice Town, there existed a hidden room that rarely saw usage. Except for the Mayor, no one else in the entire town knew about this room's existence and, of course, never stepped foot into it.

Yet today, this hidden room that seemed to always be empty was a bit crowded. Inside the room were four people who each had their unique facial expressions and thoughts. However, today it seemed that the main character, Lucien Mango, was the only one who seemed to be struggling to keep his emotions in check.

With his back facing the other three people in the room, he hid the fact that his face was pale and his hands were trembling from fear. If the others had seen him, they would have thought that he had seen a ghost, only he knew that he had seen an existence that was much more horrifying than any ghost.

"Demon, how could I have accepted a demon as my student!?" Lucien's pupils were tightly constricted as he remembered what had happened only a few hours ago.

"Since you have good fortune and are destined for greatness, allow me to take you as my student. Don't discount my offer since this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Lucien said with confidence.

Even though he had partially tricked Yoze into becoming his student by forcefully handing him his Witch Identifier, which took the form of a silver pocket watch, he didn't regret his actions. Since it meant that unless Yoze threw it away or handed it back, other witches would see him as part of the Witch of Time legacy.

He didn't think Yoze would go so far as to throw the silver pocket watch away since it was a valuable item and was quite interesting for new witches. Just the feeling of the Witch Identifier causing Yoze's Dead Crystal Nerves to throb for the first time should have grabbed his interest.

"What is this? Also, who are you, Mayor Lucien?"

When Yoze spoke, Lucien nodded as he knew that Yoze would have asked this question since this was exactly what he had asked when his teacher had taken him in. To lure Yoze deeper into his trap so that there would be no way for him to deny becoming his student, he didn't answer and simply walked toward the town hall.

He knew that Yoze would follow him since he needed to get his questions answered, all of which could only come from him. Unfortunately, Lucien wasn't able to get far as he felt that Yoze was familiar like he had seen him before.

"What a strange feeling! It is like I have seen this young gentleman before; have I seen his work as a scholar?" Lucien felt puzzled as he searched his memories to try and find where he had seen Yoze before.

"No, I don't think I ever heard of a scholar named Yoze Thunder. Judging from his young age, he must have only become a scholar recently."

"Maybe I accidentally saw him walking around town and just forgot about it. Yeah, my memories are beginning to clear; I saw him somewhere in town before." Suddenly Lucien stopped walking as his eyes snapped open wide as he felt a shock run through his body from both fear and horror.

"He's the demon that was fighting the Slug demon! For him to be here and the Slug demon to have vanished could only mean." Lucien's body began to tremble, but he quickly tried to suppress it.

Even though he no longer wanted his memories of that day to come back, he had no choice but to endure the flood of information. As he remembered everything, he made connections about all the rumors and disasters that were happening around town.

The mountain transforming into a volcano, the earthquakes, the sighting of a worm-like creature flying in the air, and the rumors of the mountain suddenly giving birth to a giant metal monster, everything made sense.

"I'm doomed."

The urge to run away as far as possible nearly overtook Lucien's body as he knew that for Yoze to be here and in perfect condition could only mean that the Slug demon was dead. And that his curse did everything in its power to make sure that he would force Yoze into his student.

Including making him have amnesia so that he wouldn't remember anything that happened that day. As for everything else that happened after this point was no longer influenced by the Curse of Possibility.

Even if Yoze decided to kill him and devour his soul, the curse would do nothing since it had already fulfilled its goal and ended. He could only hope that Yoze didn't figure out that he was the Witch that cursed him so that he could live a little bit longer.

Unfortunately, Lucien's wish wasn't going to be fulfilled as he felt a large hand clasp his shoulder tightly as he heard Yoze whisper into his ear.

"Let's find a quiet place where there are no people so we don't catch unwanted attention. You wouldn't want the townspeople to find out that their mayor is a witch, right?" 

Even though Lucien didn't see Yoze's face, he could imagine that Yoze had an inhuman grin across his face. So he sighed with regret and continued to walk to the town hall lacking the pep in his step he had before.

...

After recalling the details of his and Yoze's chat, Lucien heavily rubbed his eyes from exhaustion and stress as he first needed to deal with the immediate problem. His teacher's elder student was waiting peacefully behind him to check his progress in witchcraft.

Even though he hadn't made much progress, this check-in wouldn't be a problem since he had already planned an excuse. The problem was that right next to this elder student was someone even more problematic.

Knowing he couldn't stall any longer, Lucien turned to face all three people waiting for him. Unlike the other two, Yoze had a smile on his face as he gained quite a lot of benefits from his interaction with Lucien.