I raise my hands and look at both of my palms.

  “. . .”

  “(This sensation. . .)”

  “K-Kasumi! You all right?” said the boss in a worried tone.

  “Y-Yeah! I’m fine.”

  “W-Where is the katana? It’s gone!”

  I look down at both of my hands, and the katana has disappeared from my hand.

  “(So I just do this. . .)”

  *!*

  The sheathed katana magically appears in my hands.

  “Here it is!”

  “Hm? Wait, it looks a little bit different now!”

  *?*

  After what the boss said, I did notice that the katana has a different color now. Its sheathe are entirely in dark purple with different shades of purple across its length. The grip of the katana is black, with some bits of its upper and lower part is in light pale purple.

  “You’re right, boss. . . I have no idea it would change colors.”

  “Me neither. W-Wow, you really became a Believer, huh? How does it feel?”

  “. . .”

  A line of thought pops up in my mind that tells me about Vein armor and the abilities of this katana. I try activating my Vein armor.

  *!*

  And all the veins across my body shine dimly in purple.

  “(T-This feeling. . . I feel so powerful right now!)”

  *BWOOOOOSSHHHH*

  *!!*

  “W-WHOA?!”

  *DAHK DAHK DAHK DAHK DAHK DAHK DAHK*

  I jump towards the ceiling and immediately turn upside down to land on my legs. I immediately kick the ceiling and launch myself diagonally downwards to the right wall. I quickly turn around again and land on my feet on the wall. And I quickly kick off the wall to launch myself to the right again. I keep repeating the same thing over and over again, and I bounce off, ricocheting throughout the entire room randomly, without clear directions and without hitting the boss as well.

  *THUD*

  Lastly, I landed back at the same spot where I first jumped to the ceiling.

  “As you can see, boss! I feel powerful right now! This Faith power increases my physical capabilities tenfold or maybe a lot more!”

  “Whoa! So, you’re ready then?”

  “Just to be safe, please allow me to fully get myself accustomed to this new power first until the day of our departure. And please relieve me for the time being from my usual duty!”

  “Ah, of course! This is the original intention I had for you, anyway! Don’t worry about them anymore! From now on, you are my personal bodyguard! You’ll also help me with some minor stuff, but that’s for later! Go on and train to your heart's content.”

  “I thank you, boss! But I have one more request! Do you have any empty rooms? A place where I can be rough and violent, so I can test out this new power? Preferably, a room where you don’t mind being damaged or even destroyed.”

  “Then you can use my stupid ex-wife’s room. I don’t mind that one being destroyed! Hahahahaha!”

  “Then please excuse me, right away! I’d like to start training immediately!”

  “Yeah, of course! You’re dismissed!”

  I bowed my head to my boss and quickly made my way towards his former wife’s room. I feel so excited right now. I can finally feel like I am able to payback everything that the boss has done for me.

  And so, for an entire month, I locked myself up inside the boss’s former wife’s room, located on the third floor of the mansion. I train vigorously every day, trying to get accustomed to this power. I only came out of the room for short breaks, either for lunch, dinner, or bathtime. Afterward, I immediately spent some alone time inside the room. I sleep at 1 am in the morning every day and wake up at 5 am the next day. Strangely, I don’t feel tired or sleepy at all. In fact, this sleeping schedule is optimal for my training regimen.

  Most of the time, I simply swing my katana a thousand times, each day, the first thing in the morning. Then I swing my katana another 1000 times while my purple lightning is activated, electrifying the entire blade of the katana. Afterwards, it’s just free training where I tried to move away randomly and immediately swing my katana as I stop. I need to get used to this motion because I feel like I’m gonna have to do this a lot from now on. I also practice thrusting my katana forward and retracting it back, and immediately thrust it forward again for another 1000 times in the afternoon, right before bathtime.

  I continue this practice for an entire month. And the day of departure has finally arrived. I woke up at 5 am and swung my katana 1000 times in two sets as per my usual training method. Afterward, I finally left the room for the boss’s room. He allowed me to enter, and he congratulated me for my hard work for an entire month. I accepted his appreciation with an open heart and a smile. He asked me to go take a bath and change into a new outfit that he had prepared for me in my room. I bowed my head and excused myself.

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  About five minutes later, I was already outside, waiting in front of his black limousine, wearing the new outfit he prepared for me. It turned out to be a butler outfit. An all-black outfit consists of a black long-sleeved tuxedo with two black tails behind that reach the back of my thighs, a black short-sleeved shirt underneath, a black tie, a pair of black gloves, a pair of black long trousers that cover down to my upper ankles, a pair of white socks, and a pair of black leather shoes. This outfit makes me feel so, uh, official? If that is even the correct term.

  My boss finally came out of the mansion five minutes later. We quickly made our way towards the airport to board the plane.

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  We’ve arrived at a country that I don’t recognize in the north, and I’ve learned about the world during that first month in the boss’s mansion. This seems like a small country that isn’t listed or associated with the UNO. The boss told me that this is a recently formed country from what’s left of the once used to be a giant country that tore itself apart in a civil war. The few thousands survivor took down their former country's name and flag and created a new one after killing everyone who was still alive from the civil war.

  The boss said that he’s here to establish a connection with them. Ready to help them build the country to a new glory with his wealth. The boss’s plan is to gain some type of military force by making them feel indebted to him. I am worried about his intentions because of the condition of this country, which had just been freed from a war. But the boss knows this, and that’s exactly why he needs a strong Believer in the first place. I hope I can be as strong as he needs me to be.

  We are currently riding a jeep, just the two of us, and he’s driving towards a village in the middle of a deep forest. It took about two hours to reach the village, and we’ve finally arrived. A group of people immediately welcomed us and escorted us to a certain small building, at the edge of the village, at the farthest back from the village gate. When we were going to enter the building, they told us that I could not go with the boss. He has to enter alone.

  Obviously, I object to their ridiculous request. This sounds like the most basic plan to secretly kill him after he signs some kinda contract of some sort. My boss also objects, but they insist on this to the point that they started to be violent towards him.

  *ZRAAASSSHHHH*

  *!!*

  I immediately slice the guy who tried to harm the boss in the torso, though I did not kill him.

  “UUUAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!”

  The other guards started panicking and tried to aim at my boss with their rifles, ready in hand. I think quickly and decided to jump towards all of the armed men with my swift movement.

  *ZRAAASSSHH ZRAAASSSHH ZRAAASSSHH ZRAAASSSHH ZRAAASSSHH*

  “UUAAAARRGGHHH!!”

  “AAAARRGGH!!”

  “AAAAAKKKKHH!!”

  *THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD*

  I slice all of them one by one in their chest in quick succession before they can even shoot my boss. They all fall as they continue to groan in pain on the ground.

  “Tch! The deal’s done! They never want to cooperate from the very beginning! They are probably after my wealth instead after killing me. Let’s go home, Kasumi!”

  “Y-Yes, boss!”

  I activate my Vein armor and pick the boss up and carry him on my shoulder. He’s quite fat, but his weight is nothing compared to my Vein armor’s strength. I ran ahead back to the jeep, but I ran past it without stopping.

  *!*

  “W-Why aren’t you stopping, Kasumi?”

  “I’m sorry, boss, but I ran faster than the jeep anyway! They’re gonna start chasing us since I did not kill them. Though I apologize for the jeep! It was a rental, and you’re gonna have to pay quite a sum for the compensation.”

  “. . .I see. Nah, don’t worry about it! I trust your judgment then! Bring us home safely!”

  “ROGER!” I respond in high spirits.

  I was thinking that the boss would reject my decision, but as it turned out, he respected it. It’s such a small gesture, but I feel respected this way, especially compared to how he usually acts toward all of his butlers and maids. I quickly made my way to the airports of this small country, all the way on foot, while carrying my boss the whole time.

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  We’re back in the mansion hours later. I ask the boss what his next move is. He said he has to think of something first, as that one deal was the only plan he had available at the moment. For now, all I did was train myself further and help out the boss with his business as his personal assistant. I am basically almost 24/7 accompanying him wherever he goes, except for the obvious.

  The boss didn’t have any more plans for a long time as I continued to be his personal butler. Over the years, I’ve seen him do some complicated things, like, for example, he married another woman and got himself a new wife without ever divorcing her former one. They have another daughter, but not from conception, because this new wife was a single mother. Quite a perfect match for the boss, actually.

  At first, their relationship looks normal. They properly love each other, and the wife’s daughter has proper manners. They often go out to dinner just the two of them. Of course, the boss asked me to tag along, but I stayed a guard from a distance, making sure I was not in their peripheral vision, yet I still had my eyes on them from afar, so they truly felt there were just the two of them.

  The boss also treated me to a very expensive meal every time they’re on a date with me at a different table. I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying exquisite meats, such as bears, rhinoceroses, jaguars, cheetahs, whales, elephants, and so on. They all tasted good! Not a single gamey taste in my mouth at all. This restaurant must have a very professional chef in the kitchen. I am thankful to my boss for letting me enjoy such unique cuisines.

  The daughter was also nice to me. She’s slightly older than me, and often asks me to play with her, even during my working hours. The boss let me go and said that he could just ask one of the butlers or maids to take my place temporarily. Seeing the boss happy also makes me happy. They also make me happy by befriending me and being nice to me.

  But everything quickly falls apart about two years later. The wife and daughter act indifferently towards the boss at some point. That point was when the boss found out that the wife had been cheating on a much younger guy. This enraged the boss, that he slaps his wife in anger. The wife’s boyfriend was also enraged in turns and he wanted to kill the boss with a pocket knife. I interfered, of course! No harm is gonna come the boss’s way as long as I am in the vicinity.

  I quickly summon my katana and slice the boyfriend in the torso. He groaned in pain and fell to the floor. He ended up crying from the pain and running away, leaving the wife behind. The wife regretted her actions, but at the same time, she became afraid of the boss because of the slap.

  In my opinion, getting slapped for cheating is a very generous punishment. Seems the boss still has the heart to forgive her and grants her a second chance. Apparently, the wife hadn’t gone to the point of having physical intimacy with the boyfriend, so maybe that’s why he’s willing to let this go. He is very mature, and I adore his actions. He’s such a cool person to look up to, the saviour of my life.

  But at home, the wife tells an entirely different story to her daughter, and she came to loathe the boss, even though he had already loved her so much and acknowledged her as his own daughter.

  I feel sorry for the boss, but at the same time, he’s not exactly a good person either, so I don’t know what to think of him. At the very least, I feel thankful for him.