The Mysterious Child: An Adventure Tale Beginning with Numerology

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"It's time to go. Say your goodbyes."

Hearing these words, the girl closed her eyes one last time before the gravestone.

It had been a dilapidated settlement. Originally a secluded clan gathering in the forest, it was a small community of less than a hundred people.

This modest but peaceful settlement was destroyed by an attack from magical beasts.

The girl was the only survivor.

Her parents, her friends, everyone was killed.

The girl was talented in magic.

In this world, almost everyone can use magic. However, it's normal to have an aptitude for two or three of the nine attributes. Those who can use four types or can use holy magic are rare.

Among them, the girl was respected by adults for having an aptitude for all nine types of magic. Despite her level, her mana value was quite high, and she had talent.

Even though life in the settlement was simple, she loved being able to help everyone with her skilled magic.

But that peace was abruptly shattered by the sudden attack of wolf-like magical beasts.

One by one, her clan members fell.

In the end, only the girl remained.

Even she ran out of mana and became dizzy, about to be eaten by the wolves.

If her mentor hadn't rushed to her aid at the last moment and wiped out the magical beasts, she would have surely died. It was truly a close call.

So, by luck, she survived.

She alone survived.

"...For everyone's sake too."

The girl made a small vow while praying at the clan's grave.

She must repay this fate of having survived, this harsh life bearing the lives of her entire clan.

"I will definitely live."

No matter what happens from now on, she will survive.

She'll become strong.

She'll become strong enough to lose to no one, strong enough to prevent such sad events from happening again, strong enough to protect all her precious people, and live on.

The girl slowly stood up.

She held back her tears. If she cried at the time of departure, everyone would worry.

"Well then, let's go."

"Mm."

And so, the girl left her ruined homeland with her mentor.

It was the quiet departure of a small girl destined to become the king of magic - the "Demon King".