I was still wandering around the forest.

　I didn't have the awareness that I could return to the ward city already. The only thing driving me was the awareness of not wanting to die. That's the only thing that drives me now.

''Haha... haha... haha...''


　Perhaps even in the twilight world, I am in a place that humanity has not stepped into for the last 150 years. I had already lost my sense of direction, and was just moving forward frantically. And with each step forward, the color of the burning twilight grew darker.





　I moan. My body was already screaming and I couldn't even proceed. Oh.........this will kill me. No, I'm definitely going to die........


''Ah.........''


　I thought I just fell. But I was wrong. I had fallen off the cliff.

　There was no pain in my body as I rolled around. I just wanted to go on and feel better. The last time I wished that, I lost consciousness. I'm sure dying is like not waking up after you go to sleep.

　That's what I thought.


"U........this place........


　When I woke up, I was at the riverside. Apparently, I had fallen into the river and been swept away, caught in a piece of driftwood on the way there. The cold water cooled my body mercilessly, but somehow I was still alive.


''........''


　I'm still alive even though I've been exposed to this kind of haplessness. With that thought in mind, I crawl onto the land...and lie down on my back on the gravel. Then I light a fire in a large tree beside me. Magic is largely a matter of talent. I was only slightly better at magic than others. I can also use the four major attributes well.

　Then, with a final burst of power, I created that fire.

　The warm fire heals my cold body. At that moment, I suddenly felt tears coming out of my eyes.





　I sobbed. I was alive. I was alive in a twilight world where humanity is said not to survive for long. Perhaps a day had passed. But I was still clinging to life. I didn't want to die yet. I was willing to die. But when I thought that I might be able to save myself, the relief brought tears to my eyes.


　How could I do this? I just wanted to be for someone else. Like my great father. But I didn't want to be someone else's pawn. I didn't become a demon to be abandoned by Dan and the others. When I thought about it, I felt a black emotion take over my chest. But now ... this is not the time to think about such things.

　What do I have to do to live?


Dazzling....


　When I looked at the sky, I saw a twilight light that seemed to burn bright red. The view I had always seen from inside the warded city was now spread out ostentatiously in front of me. There is neither morning nor day in this world. There is only dusk and darkness. Dusk in the daytime and pitch black at night. This is the present day in the world ruled by the demon race.


We need more.........fire.........


　In the Academy in the Warding City, there was a certain amount of survival training based on being left behind in the twilight world. But that was just knowledge that could be passed on, not something practical. Still, as an inferior student, I needed to learn everything, and I learned and remembered that knowledge as well.

　And with that in mind, we need fire first.

　People can go two weeks without food. And they don't need to take water, if only for a couple of days. Fortunately, we're close to a river and there's fresh water here, so we don't need to worry about water. The problem is that we'll be attacked by monsters. Demons are afraid of fire. It must be an instinctual thing, and they don't come close to fire. So I used my magic to make the fire bigger.


''Ghohoho........''


　He coughed uncontrollably and his hands were soaked in blood. Maybe he had injured his internal organs. Or maybe he's infected with some kind of germ?　I have no knowledge of the twilight world. No, I would say that humanity has almost no knowledge of it. I go out there under the guise of training, but that's only near the warded city. Like Dan, it's crazy to go deep into the forest like that.


''U...........................''


　Then my consciousness darkened again.


".........


　It hurts. My body hurts. The pain woke me up again. When I traced the pain, I saw what looked like a red-black crack running down my right arm.


''What the hell is this...?''


　I think about it, but I can't think of anything else. But it doesn't matter now. There are no doctors here. No one. If this is what it takes to die, that's it.

　And I was feeling a little more positive, thanks to a kind of reopening. Fortunately, there didn't seem to be any demons around here, and this riverside was rather peaceful. But I needed to get some food soon. I haven't eaten anything for a few days now. Although I'm drinking water, the feeling of hunger still comes over me without choice.


'I have to go...'


　Dazed, I moved forward with a glazed look in my eyes.


'That was...'


　As I was advancing through the forest, I saw a white wolf there. Perhaps this entire forest is White Wolf's territory. I don't know if I can defeat it with my current strength or not...I think so, but I can't resist this feeling of hunger.


　I grab a small wooden stick and use it as a base point to activate my magic. My magic is just poor dexterity. That's what I've been told. But in fact, there was one spell I was good at, and that was illusion magic. It's the illusion magic. I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than that. It's what makes the world perceive something that doesn't exist as something that exists. But it's of no use. Even if you create an illusion, it is useless in the world of dusk. More practical technology is what is important. It was partly because of this idea that my reputation was the lowest in the academy.


　But for some reason, I felt like I could use it now with better ingenuity. I don't know if it's because I'm in a state of life or death that I can do this, but I'm going to use this wooden stick as one sword to trick the world.

　My illusion magic really establishes something that doesn't exist in the world as something that exists. Normally, once illusion magic is exposed, it's over. I'm not going to be able to get any more information on this.

　However, the one I used this time is not just an illusion magic. I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than that.


''........Good.''


　At first glance, it appears to be just a wooden stick. But there is an extension of this wooden stick that has a sharp blade. You can't see it. But it's there. That's how I made it.





　With a bang, five white wolves took one look at me. At the same time, they consider me as an enemy and try to bite me. That speed is indeed a demon, and if it was me until now, I might have been scared away. But now.........if I don't do this, I can't live!


　Then my invisible sword decapitated the white wolf. Instantly, the tattoo-like thing on my dominant arm emitted red light, but I couldn't care about that right now.


''Haaaaah!!!!


　I let out all the yells I could muster. And my invisible sword decapitates every white wolf cleanly.


　This is the beginning. This was the beginning of me living as a new me. And it was also the beginning of a long life in the world of twilight.