I Am The Honored One Gojo Novels & Stories

I gasp against his lips, my hands instinctively gripping his arms as I try to steady myself. When he pulls back, his eyes are alight with something fierce and certain. “See? You felt that, didn’t you?” he asks, his voice breathless. “There’s no denying it, Maerilee. I’m your One.” I stumble back, my mind reeling. I did feel it. The power was there, even stronger than it was with Akin. But how can that be? I don’t want it to be true. I don’t want River to be my One. Akin has to be it, right?

She sobbed desperately as if her entire world had crumbled. “You will be enough. I do not need an heir if you are at my side.” He placed a hand behind her neck, while he rubbed her back with the other. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but suddenly it was as if I knew exactly what was going on. It wasn’t something I felt as if I experienced it myself, it was just simple knowledge that appeared in my mind. Weeks before a new Stone Keeper was chosen, this Azura in front of me had experienced an unimaginable fate.

“Then we have The Persian Princess. Made her debut last game and won to fight another day. And then our female champion, The Nubian Pharaoh. Undefeated to this day. What a show this will be.” A guard comes close and takes Kanda’s iron collar off. I’m glad because this might give us an advantage. I skim the crowd. Like before, it’s not a huge crowd, though the stands are filled. There does seem to be more people this time around. I’m happy when I see Honora. She waves at me and puts her fist in the air, mouthing Win. I smile, but soon that smile falls when I spot Zao. He stands up there as if he were king, and next to him is the witch, with Ezra right by her side.