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Since the kids didn't agree to go to the Palace, Yuusha took them to the Adventurer Guild. Yuusha and Pablo were adventurers and they're famous in the Capital. They finished many hard missions, they're known as the VIP of the Guild.

The kids were baffled when they saw the interior of the building. As street kids, they already saw the Guild but this was their first time going in.

Yuusha was not accustomed to the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of the Guild. Right now, there's only a couple of people inside.

He goes to the reception and talked to the receptionist. The woman knew him and they talk smoothly but the woman frowned when she heard that Yuusha wants the kids to stay here. She knew that the Capital was in turmoil but she believed that their Guild was safe. After all, the Guild was under the Temple of War, also known as the Temple of Adventurer.

However, she couldn't say no, that's why she nodded even though her face was twitching. Yuusha was happy that the receptionist agreed, he gave his adventurer Insignia and thanked the woman. The kids were now in a safe place, before he left he gave them food. The children stayed in the vacant room. He believed this place was safe because the Guild Master was here.

He walked out of the building and he saw the carriage of the Royal Family on the front. It seemed like someone was talking to the Master.

Yuusha remembered the conversation that they talked about together with Prince Julian.

………………

A couple of days before the party, he and Pablo visited Christopher. They saw that there were two people with him. It's was Marlon and Julian, Pablo was shocked when he saw the first Prince but it quickly subsides when the conversation moved.

After some introduction, Christopher opened his mouth and started to speak.

"… I have a Gift."

He gulped and said.

Yuusha, Pablo, and Marlon nodded, they already had thought about it. The only one who was surprised was Julian yet he didn't ask him, the conversation would not advance if he asked now. Christopher continued

"Someone was telling me about the possible future.…"

He paused.

Pablo didn't detect anything weird and he wanted to hear more. His Gift was not reacting, which means that Christopher was not lying.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, that's it."

"I see, it seems like it's a Contract."

Christopher didn't refute Pablo's deduction. Since Christopher's secret only ended in two sentences, the Prince started to question him.

"So what's the reason why we are here?"

As a man who would become Emperor, he didn't ask further about his Gift. Asking about Gift was improper, Gifts were a blessing that every Goddess gave to their followers, asking about it was like asking the Goddess. It's a dangerous way of dying. Besides, Christopher's explanation was enough, the term 'possible future' was sufficient for Julian to understand.

'There's only one Goddess who had Authority about the Future, the Goddess of Fate, she's the deity that could see the future. I see, perhaps Christopher is one of the Oracles'

"What did she said?"

Julian seriously asked, believing that his conclusion was right. Christopher smiled grimly.

"It said that I would die in the party…… and there's a possibility that the Capital will destroy……"

Julian was dumbfounded, how could the Capital, the center of the strongest country perish? As a Prince, he couldn't accept this. It's traitorous to say that kind of thing to the Empire. He stood up and lifted his hand.

Julian almost slapped him but Marlon interrupted him, they fiercely looked at each other. Julian kicked his tongue, urging Christopher to continue. The blonde man started to tell everything he knew.

The four people listen attentively.

…………………

The meeting ended.

The first Prince decided that he would ask the Captain and Marquis to protect him. He was skeptical but it was better than doing nothing.

Yuusha decided to find the bomb since he's not noble. Pablo would hide, to protect Christopher from any sudden death and Marlon was… going to do nothing.

Marlon was actually angry that he didn't receive any mission. Christopher said that he would give him one at the party. The man grumbled but he accepted it, he's simple-minded so he easily trusted Christopher.

………………………

Yuusha returned to reality after thinking about it. He found that Christopher's prediction was half right and half wrong. Yet he couldn't blame the man, he knew that there's no such a thing as true precognition. As a person from another world, he knew many theories related to time, he knew that the future was not constant. The future would change depending on the decisions and thoughts that a person created. Maybe a butterfly effect happened that caused the future to change.

He shook his head. Based on what he saw, Christopher was the type of person that would curse himself. He hoped that Christopher wouldn't take his own life because of guilt.

'I should be the one to die.'

Yuusha thought, he had the power of a Hero, he had the strength equal to the Master even though he's an Intermediate. He's healing capabilities was like an immortal. In everything that happened, he took the blame.

This is Yuusha Seigi, the protagonist of the Auburn War.

He would shoulder every suffering just to save the innocent. Just like the other characters of this story, Yuusha was a crazy man. Every misfortune that happened close to him, he would always condemn himself. This was how Derik created him, a self-pity man who always curses his incompetence, exactly just like him.

Yuusha decided to go to the Palace, maybe Christopher received another divination.

He saw Knights and adventurers patrolling the area. They're inspecting the surrounding, they looked for any suspicious movement. Two explosions happened last night and all of them were afraid. That's why they were seriously doing their jobs.

Thankfully, Yuusha was known in the Capital. He got to the main gate. He asked the Knights if he could enter the Palace. Though just like what he expected, they didn't agree. The Palace was the place where the Emperor was. They couldn't let any person enter it. They knew that Yuusha was a good person but it's better to be sure.

He sighed and left, he didn't want to cause a ruckus so he decided to find another way to enter but he stopped his feet when he heard the people crying.

Hundreds of people were protesting at the gate, he looked at them and felt like there's something odd……

"Oh shit!!"

He found the reason for his agitation.

His eyes widened and he began to move, but he was late.

A man was standing in the middle of the rioting people, he's a Master Mahikero. The earth shook and the landmark change, a deep hole appeared and eaten the citizens, even the gate was destroyed.