The bespectacled boy Hunter relied on the Book of Magic to cast spells, but the price was no small thing. It simply did not fall upon him personally; instead, Retribution struck the people around him.
He had originally had two good friends at school, a Little Black Girl and a troublesome kid. Not long after he became a wizard, both of them disappeared.
Neither living nor dead, they were still classified as missing to this day.
Later, the cost of his spellcasting fell upon Hunter's family. His father and mother drove to the supermarket to shop, only to get into a car accident on the road. Their car hit a telephone pole by the roadside.
His mother burst apart on the spot, while his father lost an arm. He was already lucky to have survived.
That was also the main reason why, after one of his magic teachers died, he erased his own memories and decided to retire. He had finally realized that the successive deaths of those close to him were actually his fault.
Even so, the man had suffered such a severe shock that he became a useless wreck who did nothing but drink and watch television. The cat suspected that even if Deathstroke reattached the man's arm, he would not pull himself together.
Once a person's heart died, that was that.
"I don't have some Mother complex. Bringing his wife back to life is impossible, and Death wouldn't agree to it either."
Su Ming tapped the cat's little nose. The cool feel of it made him want to laugh.
"But think about it. His wife died, and as a right-handed man, he lost his right arm too. Isn't that too miserable? If I restore his right hand now, then when the night is quiet, he can comfort