Leaning on the carved parapet of a stone arch bridge, someone passed behind from time to time. Probably only a big fool like me was willing to be here in the shining sun.

Under the bridge was the slowly flowing river, reflecting the bustling scene of the streets.

Next to the river there were some willow branches fluttering in the breeze, the reflection in the water setting off the sun in the water. The daylight coming out of the billows was a little glaring, glistening.

I looked up at the sky. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon.

Speaking of which, my hunger seemed to be shielded a lot after activating the ability. So I was able to resist not eating lunch. It was also the case when I went to training before. If I activate the ability to fight all day, I don’t eat or drink basically.

But it doesn’t matter about the imperative of what to eat .

Now I have a few questions to think about: do I want to escape? How do I escape? What are my chances of success if I escape? Is it really good to run away from the master?

First of all, let's analyze my position. I am Ilotia, the final weapon of the Demon Race. So if I run away, it is equivalent to being a deserter, and I am a very important soldier.

Do I have to leave my duty behind and run away selfishly?

If I don't run away, I will go back to the kind of life where everything is in the hands of others and I will have to kill a lot of people in the battlefield.

Do I really have the heart to kill? This is reality. I can’t figure out how those time travelers are able to kill others without any mercy in the novels I’ve read before. Is it because of ‘Survival of the Fittest’? Easy to say, I just want to be a good person, and don’t want to be any kind of hero to save the world or any kind of murder weapon.

I am homesick, incredibly homesick, but I know I can’t go back no longer. I don’t want to do something unnecessary grief. Morever, I am now thinking more about how to live, how to turn into a human being again.

I am a psychologically normal person who is not so inferior as to willingly kneel down and lick the feet of others. I am a human being, not a slave.

What about the war with the devils when I escape?

Since there is a way to build me out, there is still a way to recreate a weapon, right? So I just comforted myself in this way. Leaving the small bridge, I slowly turned my back on the direction of the castle walked.

The master said she would locate my position and told me not to run away or face the consequences.

What if she is just scaring me?

Even if it's a death end, I'm going to try to escape. Besides, the master won't kill me, I'm her most valuable soldier, Ilotia.

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Already out of the gates of the Imperial Capital, I just took a break in the woods outside the gates.

The sun's shadow has tilted, the sunlight has become softer, and the dappled shadows of the trees were dotted and sprinkled on the dead grass.

I felt a little hot, but surprisingly not sweaty.

I reached out and touched my blue hair, silky smooth touch, because of the long exposure to the sun, the hair was a little warm.

Maybe I should be resentful of my master who is the culprit for turning me from a human being into a weapon. She broke the peace of my life. Thinking of saying goodbye to my family forever, there was like a painful pinch in my heart.

Yes, I just remembered that I should hate my owner.

Maybe it's just because she didn't do anything out of the ordinary to me and fed, clothed and housed me that I didn't rebel against her so strongly.

I admit that I was still curious about the world at the beginning in the castle, but it doesn't matter now. As long as I am free, it doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or anything.

Slightly rested enough, I stood up, once again gathered the magic in the body. This time, I must escape far away.

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The sun was setting in the west.

The orange glow contributes its last glow to the sunset. The sunset clouds became fiery red, decorating the orange sky.

It was autumn, I thought.

I was in the middle of a mountain range, surrounded by short and sparse trees.

Dead leaves covered the heat-emitting soil, and the air was a bit dry and hot. My ears were always alert to the movement around me in case of a sudden attack by a large animal.

I didn't know where to go, only that it would be good to get away from the Imperial Capital.

If the sun went down, I would lose my navigation direction, because I ran away all looking at the direction of the sun.

Looking at the setting sun, my heart beats a little faster, the excitement factor poured into my brain along the arterial blood vessels. And I wondered if my master could catch me.

I just took a little rest and got ready for tonight's wilderness camping.

If the master can't find me, I'll keep going tomorrow and go as far as I can.

Into the woods, I chose a very large and unknown tree with green leaves, gently pressed black-checkered and white-patterned skirt, sitting on the ground full of dead leaves, back against the tree.

I Closed my eyes and felt the breath around me, but I couldn’ let down my guard.

Because the sun was setting off, the temperature of the air gradually down, there was no previous sense of dryness. The breeze occasionally blew, a light cooling crossing on the cheeks.

The wind speed suddenly increased, a sense of foreboding coming against the gale.

I hastily opened my eyes and drove the magic power in my body to expand the range of perception.

I felt a strong murderous aura shocking me in the distant sky, and I could distinguish that it was the master's breath.

It must be Cross going after me.

A little self-deprecatingly, I closed my eyes and sat in the place, waiting to die.

Can I outrun a Griffin? Can I escape the master's mental prying eyes on me?

Let's just forget about it, stop struggling unnecessarily and think about how to beg for mercy from the master later.