Kairo then stops the cart in the Cebudal forest.
Kairo – Let's take a break here in the Cebudal forest.
Cassandra – But we need to get to Omeron soon.
Kairo – I know, but it's already getting dark, and the horse needs to rest, because it won't have the strength to pull the cart.
Cassandra – I understand.
Kairo – Let's rest at this point in the forest.
Fujimoto – Why didn't we go through the Cacadel forest?
Kairo – It's faster there, but there are risks of bandits. The road to Cebudal is longer, but on the other hand, the road to Cebudal is quieter than the road to Cacadel.
Fujimoto – I understand.
Koharu – Cassandra, can I ask you a question?
Cassandra – Yes.
Koharu – Why are you desperate to go to Omeron?
Cassandra – I need to know about this secret about my past that only Ros knew.
Shana – I know it's inconvenient of me, but why are you and Kairo living this kind of life?
Cassandra – Let's pack our things and sit down so I can tell you.
Shana – Okay.
Everyone packs their things and sits down.
Cassandra – Kairo, I think we should tell them our story.
Kairo – Okay.
Cassandra – The reason we became criminals has to do with something that happened five years ago.
Fujimoto – What happened?
Kairo – I studied at a school called Magichool in Gagardrel, where we learned how to control our powers and increase our abilities.
Max – This is one of the biggest schools in all the kingdoms.
Cassandra – Yes, I studied there too. I managed to get there thanks to an application and a test I took, but my mother couldn't afford it.
Koharu – So you would suffer prejudice from those who were rich and had the means?
Kairo – Yes, those who did not have financial means would suffer prejudice, and the sons and daughters of the rich hated it if anyone tried to oppose them.
Cassandra – Especially the daughter of the school owner.
Max – Melissa Merechal?!
Fujimoto – Do you know her?
Max – I've heard of her, because the rumors about her were enough to make anyone sad.
Fujimoto – Why would anyone be sad?
Max – Because no one can surpass her in physical and magical abilities.
Cassandra – It was that wretched Melissa who destroyed my life and Kairo's.
Fujimoto, Koharu, Max and Shana are surprised.
Kairo – She was jealous that the teachers praised Cassandra more than her, Melissa started to challenge Cassandra in every class.
Fujimoto – But wasn't that supposed to make the two rivals?
Kairo – Not for Melissa. Melissa humiliated Cassandra every time she beat her, and her obsession with Cassandra became something unhealthy.
Shana – Why?
Cassandra – I was the target of her hatred even when there were girls or boys better than her and me, and she even manipulated Kairo several times.
Shana – Don't tell me you sold yourself to her because of money?
Cassandra – Kairo was in love with Melissa.
Fujimoto, Koharu, Shana and Max are surprised.
Kairo – I was in love with Melissa, so she used me to try to get Cassandra, but there was one time she crossed the line.
Cassandra – Kairo manipulated me into going to a nobleman's house to steal and then sell, because I needed money to buy food.
Fujimoto – I understand, I know what it's like to be in financial need.
Cassandra – But the problem is that Kairo tricked me and left me alone in the house.
Koharu – Kairo!
Kairo – Melissa just wanted to manipulate me, she told me it was just a joke to make Cassandra get scolded, but when I met her later, she told me something scary.
Fujimoto – What was it?
Kairo – She told me that this nobleman made the other people like slaves, and he also tortured the male slaves and abused the female slaves.
Fujimoto, Koharu, Shana and Max were scared.
Cassandra – Don't worry, that guy didn't do anything to me, he said he was going to make my mother and me his slaves as punishment, so I killed him.
Kairo – So I ran away from Melissa and went back to this nobleman's house, when I got there I found his dead body, Cassandra had blood on her hands.
Cassandra – I was so shaking that I couldn't move my body, Kairo hugged me tightly and apologized, then he ran away with me to another place.
Kairo – I told Cassandra what happened, and I also told her that Melissa humiliated me when I was no longer needed by her.
Cassandra – So the next day, Kairo and I went back to school. We decided to face reality. We were at the gate to enter, but we were stopped.
Kairo – Everyone was looking at us with contemptuous eyes. Melissa then began to humiliate us.
Cassandra – But something surprising happened. Melissa's father, who is the owner of the school, reprimanded her, saying that it was her fault for what happened and that she had crossed the line.
Kairo – Melissa was furious and insulted Cassandra in many ways, including doing something horrible.
Cassandra – because of the incident, my mother ended up committing suicide, thinking that I had become a slave, and I ended up reacting by killing the nobleman.
Kairo – Melissa is so mean that she said that Cassandra's mother committed suicide because she was ashamed of her daughter.
Cassandra – the director defended us, but said that Kairo and I could no longer participate in Magichool.
Kairo – in addition, the director suggested that we live with Ros, I believe that the director and Ros knew each other.
Cassandra – Ros then said that we had to work so that Kairo and I could fill our bellies.
Kairo – since the people who took care of me before were an elderly couple who only knew how to steal, stealing was my job.
Cassandra – Ros taught us that stealing was wrong, and Ros was also very kind to us and even covered up for our mistakes, but then he would scold us.
Koharu – But why did you come up with the tactic of using your bodies?
Cassandra – That was three years ago when I realized that I could use my beauty to seduce and steal from men.
Kairo – Then Cassandra suggested that I do the same with women, using my smooth talk to deceive them and then steal from them.
Kairo – This is the story of a man who grew up without parents, was adopted by an elderly couple who only knew how to steal.
Cassandra – This is the story of a woman who grew up with an adoptive father who beat her mother, was humiliated all the time at school, and was the victim of a crime.
Fujimoto, Koharu, Shana, and Max are shocked by Cassandra and Max's story.
Fujimoto – So in Omeron you can find the answers you're looking for?
Cassandra – It seems so.
Shana – Just one question for you two.
Kairo – Go ahead and talk.
Shana – If you ever meet Melissa again, what would it be...
Cassandra interrupts Shana.
Cassandra – Don't say that!!!
Everyone gets scared.
Cassandra – I hate that damn woman and I don't want to see her again.
Then they hear a noise that sounds like thieves.