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Nov 10, 2016 3:02 PM
#51
| So I've been reading the fan translation and SPOILER It's said that choko or choco(?) dies in volume four. Is this legit? Like does she not come back at all or whatever.... cause they built that relationship up so hard with her and haruhiro that it seem like such a wasted opportunity :/ please ease my soul!!! Haha also, yumexharu for ever ;) haha (or choko if she's still alive somehow) |
Feb 18, 2017 5:53 AM
#52
| someone know in which volume the Kobolds appear? i really enjoy that guys ^^ will the manga tell more of the story (in the anime we have 12 episodes) |
KeIIionFeb 18, 2017 5:58 AM
| I open on DeviantArt a small and unknow Grimgar group, if you have any ideas to make that group better or want to Join http://da-grimgar.deviantart.com/ If you are a artist i love kickass and had alot ideas |
Mar 27, 2017 12:16 PM
#53
| Spoilers for volume 10 Merry died |
Mar 27, 2017 7:41 PM
#54
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
Todo.....todo es culpa del Ser X !Hasta no grabarle los principios del libre mercado a ese desgraciado, no tengo pensado morir! !Vivire...viviré y acabare con esto! Aun asi no odies a los Humanos. No te rindas solo porque son asi. Es facil abandonar a alguien, es aun mas simple odiarlo, pero continuar amando a alguien es muy complicado. "Es necesario que yo muera por mi pueblo, pero mi espíritu se levantará de la tumba, y el mundo sabrá que yo tenía razón." |
Mar 27, 2017 9:17 PM
#55
Yeah I was planning on buying the light novels to read them until I was spoiled on Facebook about this and now I refuse to buy them. |
Apr 17, 2017 11:41 PM
#56
| Is the translated ver. for level 9 and 10 out yet?? *Does anyone know if anyone have written the summary for level9 or 10 |
Apr 19, 2017 12:20 PM
#57
jejai said: i dont know if it is out yet.. but your question implies that maybe you have read english translation for level 4 to level 8.. if this is true.. would you be kind to share us the linkss...plsss Just search grimgar summary volume 4. |
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Apr 19, 2017 6:01 PM
#58
jejai said: summary is also good.. although i was hoping for a full translation.. better something than nothing Can't do anything about it, it's licence by J-novel. Try searching more, you might be able to read volume 3, because it was translated by nanodesu. |
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Apr 19, 2017 7:33 PM
#59
jejai said: chanesechan said: Is the translated ver. for level 9 and 10 out yet?? *Does anyone know if anyone have written the summary for level9 or 10 i dont know if it is out yet.. but your question implies that maybe you have read english translation for level 4 to level 8.. if this is true.. would you be kind to share us the linkss...plsss I actually read the Japanese for level 4 to 8 but it was simply too much for me and i got tired of it therefore I'm wanting for the English translation instead. Unfortunately, level 4 to 8 translation hasn't been completed yet and recently the entire series is licensed by J-novel so we're screwed. Fortunately I've managed to find an Eng Ver . Of level 4 (Chapter0-7) from a reddit post - link below https://files.catbox.moe/6hrabm.pdf Fully translated version of level 4 would only be released by J-novel probs by June 2017 which ofc you have to pay for. If you are done with waiting for translations and all you want to know is what happens next. I would simply suggest you to look at the summaries. Level 1 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar/ Level 2 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-2/ Level 3 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-3/ Level 4 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-4/ Level 5 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-5/ Level 6 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-6/ Level 7 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-7/ Level 8 - https://gensakuchuu.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar-8/ |
dedenkoApr 19, 2017 7:39 PM
Apr 20, 2017 10:02 PM
#60
| it wouldn't be surprise anymore if Haruhiro end up together with Shihoru |
| "... Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled." |
Apr 21, 2017 8:38 AM
#61
| can someone summarize what happened at the end of volume 10? |
Apr 24, 2017 1:24 PM
#62
jejai said: Amenix said: can someone summarize what happened at the end of volume 10? (yeah the author is really a douchebag for ending it at this note) at least he had the mercy for giving us that vol.11 preview :P I don't think he even gave us that for v3 |
Apr 24, 2017 5:32 PM
#63
jejai said: ruggia said: jejai said: Amenix said: can someone summarize what happened at the end of volume 10? (yeah the author is really a douchebag for ending it at this note) at least he had the mercy for giving us that vol.11 preview :P I don't think he even gave us that for v3 Still a douchebag regardless i have a bad feeling about that preview though mary's revival could take 5-10 volumes for a journey to meet no-life king like what souma is doing or could be quicker like how Jesse was revived meh, as long as v11 comes out within this year, i don't mind. given how Jesse is using the exact same line as the one we hear earlier in the volume from the girl who revived him, it's probably gonna be quick. I'm more scared of whatever consequence they'd have to pay for it. |
Apr 24, 2017 10:52 PM
#64
| thank you for the spoilers. |
Apr 25, 2017 7:16 AM
#65
| I'm actually really glade this thread exists, ty to all those that gave summaries and recaps of the volumes. |
Apr 26, 2017 12:02 PM
#66
jejai said: Amenix said: can someone summarize what happened at the end of volume 10? Here goes full summary of what i can remember from Vol 10. Haruhiro and co. (Haru,Mary, Shihoru, Yume, Kuzaku, Setora, Enba , )regrouped after fighting with flying dragon While trying to scavenge used armors and weapons in dead bodies in what used to be a battlefield, Haruhiro and Co. encountered a Gorilla-like creature, Haruhiro and Co killed it with great effort, but then a huge group of Gorilla knowing that their comrade has been killed, chased them with the intent to exact revenge. The gorilla group is known to be very persistent in pursuing their target, so these chase lasted few days causing Haru and Co. exhausted both mentally and physically. The chase lasted until Haru and Co found a huge waterfall and decided to jump through the waterfall to break the chase, After making the jump, the group scattered a bit, while regrouping on the river shore, they noticed Kuzaku was unconscious (could be due to huge impact after landing on the water surface with heavy armor) Kuzaku looking half dead, made the whole team worried, haru and mary perform CPR to save Kuzaku, until they managed to resuscitate him, Feeling somehow relieved that they managed to get away from the gorilla they continued journey although still feeling cautious cause the gorilla group might still continue pursuing them Then , they chance upon a village with quite big population with large fields of crop, Haru and Co decided to investigate this village with the intent of trading or stealing the crop cause they are really hungry to death at this point Haru went alone to investigate cause he has the skill stairs, while sneaking , he was discovered by the villager guard, Knowing that he was discovered, Haru ran away from the village and try to regroup with his team, but the guard still continue chase, After reaching his team location, he fought the guard together with the team, thinking that their chance of winning would increase if they fight the guard together, They got their ass kicked really bad, defeated by the guard without effort, It was then revealed that the guard is somewhat a human The guard made Haru a hostage after beating him half dead, There was some monologue from Mary worrying about Haru a lot fearing for his safety after getting beaten up bloody. Guard brought the team to village offering the team to stay in village in exchange that they must also contribute to the village and never escaped from it. Team agreed, Mary healed Haruhiro then feeling really relieved, ( it was not pointed out very obviously, but in Mary monologue indicated that she realized just how much important Haru is to her after seeing him half dead "death flag") Yume and kuzaku worked for the village for a while and shihoru was given a tour by the guard earlier, Setora and Emba was jailed someplace cause their identity as a former hidden villager was deemed as suspicious. The villager guard that engaged Haru team is Jesse , looked like hes in 30-40's.. and was a reserve soldier too, but he is the only character that has memory from previous world (Tokyo) He was born an american and later studied in Japan for a while, then realized he was in the world of Grimgar. He tried to explain to Shihoru about the previous world, but as usual she had no recollection of it. He also tried to make passes at Shihoru while he was it, saying how good shihoru body is , when shihoru panicked, he then dismissed it as a joke. Haru woke up and noticed he was nursed by Mary, Both have a conversation about how glad Mary was after Haru woke up, Haru felt like confessing to Mary but it din happen (death flag) Then they heard sound of Taiko drum signalling the siege of the previous Gorilla group, Haru and Co regroup again with Jesse to form a strategy to fight the Gorilla, Haru and Co and Jesse went to fight a group of gorilla away from the village, After killing some of the gorilla group, they returned to village again only to see that most of the village has been destroyed by the gorilla and its villager eaten by them, Haru and Co ran desperately to the jail where setora and Emba are held and rescued them Haru and Co continued the fight against gorilla until one of the gorilla bite Mary on the shoulder with lots of blood coming out, Haru ran towards Mary, Haru keep urging Mary to heal herself but then realized she was too injured to do so. Mary looking almost dead with her utmost effort tried to tell Haru, "Haru, -tsu-...... tsu-" .. with a smile on her face, Haru repeatedly asking Mary, "What are your trying to say Mary?", looking very worried. Mary continued smiling.. -END- (yeah the author is really a douchebag for ending it at this note) Thank you for your great effort to summerize this clearly! |
May 28, 2017 9:14 AM
#67
| About what happened to Mary and Haru, I will describe the last scene, this is a spoil so please stop if don't want to read. They were fighting a group of Gorilla like monsters, they were at their limit, SO Mary ended up fighting as well. Then one Gorilla grabbed her weapon and pulled Mary then bite her nick. Haru flew and killed that Gorilla, Mary fell down, Haru went to help her and asked her to heal herself. But she couldn't move her hand. Even though he tried helping her she couldn't complete the healing, then she started saying something to him it was a confession she wasn't able finish the words, (I like Haru), she said everything except the "like", when she reached it, she inhaled air (she couldn't finish it) Haru then tried to take a look at her face then found Mary smiling. (the chapter ends with him wondering for the reason). As you can see, Mary is fatally wounded and she isn't dead yet. But given that there's no healer except her there... However, There was once mentioned that a Shaman exist in this village but we still yet to have a glimpse of him/her. I'm saying this because Mary had saved the party from similar or even worse injuries. In Addition, before the volume was finished the author added a preview from the next volume, it was Haru's monologue about how everything was "supposed" to be ending here until some guy says "there is a way, only one". I will mention this as well, the one saying that last sentence is probably Jesse, we had a small story about him at the beginning of the volume where he was fatally wounded and almost eaten alive (partially) when a women came to him and said the same line he said to Haru. So there is hope. |
May 28, 2017 3:53 PM
#68
| Concerning Chapter 10 : My idea is very biased by the fact I started with the anime, making me ship heavily HaruxYume, and sadlly I'm probably taking my dreams for reality, but It may be the author was so moved by the anime rendition of yume and her popularity that he envisaged having her take marry's place? heeee... probably not that, right? :/ Off Topic: As a general rule I've always had a problem with works getting you attached to a character then dumping a new girl in the mix that will always get the MC's attention. I soooo hated "sakurasou no pet na kanojou" for that. Though here apparently in the LN the amount of attention given to Yume was supposedly to small to get attached. |
SaltyBaguetteMay 28, 2017 3:59 PM
May 28, 2017 6:19 PM
#69
Weakimp said: Concerning Chapter 10 : My idea is very biased by the fact I started with the anime, making me ship heavily HaruxYume, and sadlly I'm probably taking my dreams for reality, but It may be the author was so moved by the anime rendition of yume and her popularity that he envisaged having her take marry's place? heeee... probably not that, right? :/ Off Topic: As a general rule I've always had a problem with works getting you attached to a character then dumping a new girl in the mix that will always get the MC's attention. I soooo hated "sakurasou no pet na kanojou" for that. Though here apparently in the LN the amount of attention given to Yume was supposedly to small to get attached. I think the development in volume 8 Pretty much sealed the deal when it comes to Yume ever being a romantic partner for Haruhiro. She literally says "I like you" but it makes it pretty clear their relationship is entirely platonic. For me at least she's the last person I'd expect Haruhiro to end up with if Mary was to really be written off. |
May 31, 2017 7:40 PM
#70
| Mary! Don't you dare to leave me alone.... |
Jun 7, 2017 1:21 PM
#71
| Guys, can u plz tell what has happened to Ranta after volume 8? And\or tell spoilers about volume 9. Just cant find on the web summary of volume 9 =( |
AngrolosJun 7, 2017 2:14 PM
Jul 3, 2017 1:52 PM
#72
| Volume 11 cover is out~~~ Grimgar v11: “Back then, we saw a dream from each of our path.”  lvl11 synopsys (translation from HERE) In this cruel world, I lost her….. or so I thought. I need to fulfill my duty. For now, I have to. Go. Haruhiro grits his teeth and fights off the Guorelas with everything he can. He kept himself going with his sense of duty, and tried to turn his back on the reality of “her” death. When he finally faced the insufferable amount of despair and regret, the mysterious man, Jessy, spoke: 「There is, a way.」 Meanwhile, Ranta escaped the Forgans, and is desperately running away from the pursuit of his former mentor, Takasagi. An endless chase continues at Thousand Valley. When his stamina and spirit was about to hit the limit, the thing that crossed Ranta’s mind was….? SO HYPED >____< |
Jul 22, 2017 10:47 PM
#73
As everyone had foretold, @vol. 11, best girl is...... She was found lying dead as you may see - - - Until Jesse SAVED her!!!! by transplanting his life and memory(?) to Mary. I don't know what happened to him after that though.. |
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Jul 23, 2017 9:51 PM
#74
| Volume 11 is killing me, and it's not even out yet. |
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Jul 25, 2017 8:16 AM
#75
| I need my Ranta and Yume ship, Ranta please return |
Jul 30, 2017 10:32 PM
#76
| Hello! So Mary is still dead? I've been seeing people in some places saying she's revived by Jesse, so that's lies? My heart.. |
Jul 30, 2017 11:27 PM
#77
| part 1 Vol 11 abdriged Haruhiro's POV Still in the village of Orc Hybrid[Gumoo] surrounded by Gorrilla-like monsters[Redbacks], Kuzaku, Yume and Shihoru is fighting these monsters nearby a jailhouse . Haruhiro is detached far a bit from the group, dumbfounded for a while after watching Mary go lifeless in front of his eyes. But then he quickly regain his mind and brings mary's body to the jailhouse for shelter and regroup with his team to fight the [Redbacks]. Ranta's POV Ranta is somewhere in the forest of [Thousand Valleys] running away from Takasagi of [Folgan]. He found a huge frog and tries to catch it for meal. After playing catch while using several [Leap Out] for a while he manages to catch it. since hes a hurry to get away from Takasagi, he eats it raw in whole. Although the frog was far from delicious, he is grateful for having his stomach filled, and screams "i am still living!, I am still living!" Thanks to his screams Takasagi found his wherabout. Ranta tries to hide somewhere hidden but then got found out after a while. Takasagi tries to convince Ranta to come back with him and rejoin the [Folgan].Ranta dont believe Takasagi cause Ranta betrays [Folgan] and the fact that Takasagi chase him all the way here can only mean he wants to kill Ranta. After several tries of Takasagi persusasion, Ranta says 'ok'. Even takasagi is surprised by his sudden change of mind. Haruhiro's POV Kuzaku goes full berserk mode swinging his long sword killing Gorrillas after Gorrillas while muttering "I can still do it. I can stil do it, I can still do it" Some of the gorrillas he sword-split into two from head to toe using brute strength. While this is going on , Shihoru uses [Dark Elemental] magic to fight the gorrillas.Haruhiro tries to occupy his mind by switching to assasin mode, jump on the Gorrilla's back ,draw his stilletto knife in reverse grip and stab it in the gorrilla's eyes. Stab and pull, stab and pull, stab and pull. He repeated this many time while changing the angle of the knife until the Gorrilla is dead.After one is dead he aims for another Gorrilla while repeating the same knifing skill. In his mind , there is still a lot more things he wants to do with her but ..but...Mary.Mary.he goes emo berserk mode for a while and now his mind his occupied with the thought "Kill em all, Kill em all,Kill em all,Kill em all,Kill em all,Kill em all,Kill em all, Gotta kill em all". Surrounded by gorrilas, Kuzaku in berserk mode is slowly accumulating fatigue, but still continue to swing his long sword around yelling "can still do it!, Do it , can still!, DO IT" This continues for a while until he collapse while being surrounded by gorrillas. Haruhiro who notices this quickly ask for Shihoru and Yume to distract the Gorrilas while he run towards Kuzaku.Failing to wake up Kuzaku, he grabs him and brings him to the jailhouse away from the Gorrilas. Kuzaku then wakes up and ask Haruhiro "Where's everyone?, Where's Mary?" Haruhiro replies "I let her rest for a while" while fully knowing the real truth. Kuzaku then acknowledges this and stand up to continue fighting again " I can still do it". Then Yume, Haruhiro notices Yume who is lying flat on her back to the ground unconcious, Things are looking even worse for the team while being surrounded more and more gorrila.Then suddenly, he heard "Derum. Heru. En. Gisu.Baruku.Zeru.Arbu" a spell chant which is followed by a loud explosion towards the Gorilla pack direction. It is a high level explosion magic casted by Jesse Smith which killed a lot of the Gorrilas. He arrives together with dozens of green clothed [Gumoo] rangers. Help has arrived until a thought suddenly arrive to Haruhiro. WTH?.. why did Jesse ask us to come to the jailhouse? if he could use such OP spell why didnt he use it earlier? WTH Jesse? Did u perhaps use us as bait to lure the Gorrillas here to kill them all in one shot? Rege swells up in Haru's thought, but Mary.. why mary.... but he couldnt blame it fully on Jesse cause they were the ones leading the Gorrilla to the village in the first place. Then a sound came from the Gorrila side "Werruuuuu Weruuuu Wereuuuuu" signalling the retreat for the Gorrillas. Haruhiro then cathes sight of a huge [Redback] Gorrilla which is the leader of the pack. "That guy, That guy, I have to kill him. I have to at least kill him, otherwise it is meaningless" The leader Gorrilla runs away from the village when the signal was sounded but Haru pursue him. pursue him full with burning rage to avenge Mary. He continue his pursue but the Gorrilla was too fast it seems he cant reach it. Then a spell chant sounded "Derum.Heru.En" followed by a loud explosion. A huge wall of fire appeared in front of the leader gorilla's path blocking his way.The leader gorrilla continue running crossing the wall of fire. Haruhiro continue pursue while taking the roundabout way around the fire. The pursuing continues from the village to the farm area.Haru continue pursue while facing the leader Gorrilla's back. Mary. Mary. I have always wish to hold your hand, always wish you have more confidence in yourself. if compared to your pastself, you seem more cheerful lately, but i wanted to make you smile more. Mary... Mary... If i have to be frank, i have always wanted to embrace you dearly, always wanted to walk while holding hands with you. Mary. Mary... Mary... . i cannot see the future without you. even if there is sun in [Grimgar], This world seems dark without your existence... I cannot see anything... i cannot hear anything..without you... i cannot live. While watching the leader's Gorrilla's back who is fleeing, Haruhiro murmurs "You,.... You..I have to defeat.. at least, Otherwise its meaningless" The leader Gorrilla's pace is slowing down. slowing down. until the gorrilla trips onto something and fall on the ground. Finally Haru catches up to him . He jump on the Gorrilla's back. Haruhiro hold his stilletto knife in reverse grip. If i stab here and here it will end. but something feels strange. Theres no reaction, no movement.. the leader's body seems lifeless...Haruhiro murmurs "oi..wth is this"...what is this??....as if accompanying Haru's sudden realization of despair...The dark sky begins to roar and rain falls heavily accompanied by thunder. Jesse finally arrive to the scene and check the Gorrilla which is lying on the ground...While checking the lifeless body of the gorrilla.. he says nonchalantly "ah, looks pretty dead to me…the fire must have burnt his trachea and cause him to suffocate" he continues. Haruhiro still standing there with both hands holding his knife above his head murmurs "oi.. what is this.. what is this" droplets of rain falling on his head.. flowing to his eyes then to his cheeks...he then falls on the ground having felt all his energy sucked away. Then his team members all come running towards him they were all yelling Haru's name while running towards the scene ascertaining his safety.... Jesse then checks all the incoming Haruhiro's members and asks "wheres the priest?....ah….She's dead huh?" "dont say it" "nn?" "you...you dont get to say that" Jesse silences for a while.... replying to haruhiro anger he says " Theres a way... theres only one way" Ranta's POV Ranta walks into his home.. Upon arriving the door.. He unlocks it, open the door and enter. He then proceed to his room upstairs. Throws his bag aside, remove his shirts and pants leaving only underwear and lie on his bed. Grab the basketball near his bed and throws it up vertically while lying on the bed. Throw, catch, throw catch. His throat suddenly feels thirsty. “ i should go downstairs huh” He exit his bedroom and goes downstairs. He notices that the TV in the living room is turned on. His mother is sitting on the sofa while holding a big glass of wine. Ranta ignores her and proceed to the kitchen and open the fridge. He notices his mother casting a glance toward him. "shit.. Why is there only soda and mineral water in this fridge.. “What is with this shitty house?". “Tch..” " what?.. i only said the truth" " what is with your attitude?.. That behaviour... That look.. Its so similar to your dad" Ranta's father is rarely home.About once or twice a week would he show his face.. Adding to that, he only comes home late at midnight only to have big fight with his mother... "is the dad you mention your husband?.. Or is it some other guy?" "huh? Other guy?.. What exactly do you mean by that?” " who knows, you don’t look like you even care about dad anymore” "stop saying meaningless things" " what do you mean meaningless... Am i really fathers child or not?.." " why are you... But you are a bit different from your siblings.. They also don’t have loud mouth like you" Ranta's older sibling indeed are more successful than him.. They excel in studies, sports.. And also in their career. His sibling would sometime bring along their parent to go shopping. Just recently his older brother bought a new car for his father. Compared to them, ranta indeed feels inferior. “Did you mean how I was different than my older siblings?.... how successful and excellent child they are to you?” “What are you getting jealous at?... isnt it your fault that you are like that?.. always being lazy and half ass in everything?” “im not jealous at all!.. it just that I am the only child left here in this shitty home “ ”if you say that .. why don’t you get out of this house sooner?” ”Wow.. I cant believe how shitty parent you are.. telling your son to get out of his own house!!” blood rushing to Ranta’s head.. losing his judgement.. he snaps and kicks the kitchen stand full force… His mother raised her voice “What in the world are you doing!!” ”Hah??.. im kicking things.. that’s what im doing!” “getting angry at everything like that.. you are so alike with that person” ”Being told that… im not happy at alll!!!” ”I don’t even have the intention to make you happy at all!!” then Ranta replies in small voice.. “but.. todays my birthday anyway…” Ranta regrets saying those words...wish he could take it back..it makes him look weak while in this heated argument. he has his own pride too after all…..but her mother replied “So what” ”n-nothing” “ if its money that you want I can give you as much as you want.. if there's anything you want to buy.. just use that money and make yourself happy.” “but that’s not what I wa….” “ So if you don’t want to buy anything will please stop looking like you want something from me” ” I did not say I want anything anywayss…” Her mother snaps. “Then what the hell do want?... Look at your older brother and sisters… at my birthday, they gave me birthday letters an bought me presents… but you??.. you did not even do anything close to that and you expect me to do something for you on your birthday?.. you make me feel like vomitting!” “Then shut up and just vomit already woman!...vomit already… just vomit…like I care!” ”what did you just said to your own parents…” Her mother probably feeling too shocked by her son attitude… started to cough and vomit violently.. Ranta seeing this… feeling disgusted… despite that, he approaches his mother and proceed to giver her tissue nearby to wipe the vomit ”thank .. you..” … Then Ranta wakes up… it feels like a dream… dream that he can’t remember anything afterwards… He was inside a big tree with a hole inside.. he must have fallen asleep inside it while hiding from Takasagi… “Rantaa!!!!.... where are you?” Ranta knows that voice. Takasagi must be looking for him again. Ranta is confident that Takasagi cannot find him inside this tree. The forest is big and his location inside the tree is so hidden , he’s sure that Takasagi wont find him. But he cant be too comfortable, knowing that old man who is has many years behind him, it would not surprise Ranta if the old guy can sniff his location here. He tries to blend with the surrounding to lower his presence from being detected. I am a tree. I am a tree. I am a tree. I am tree. yes.. I am not Ranta now. I am part of the tree.I am a perfect tree.Holding on . Holding on.Too hard. This is too difficult.Too difficult. His bladder is full. hes doing his best just to hold his full bladder.This must be the world’s end. I cant do this. I cant do this. Ranta undress his lower pants and let go of his urge. Too good. This feels too good. I cant believe I held this long. But what is with this volume ?.. isnt this too much for taking a piss?.. Ranta’s pee keep continuing for a long time. ”Houuuuu”. He heard Takasagi voice. He must have been found out . “I cant believe you have the galls to do that in this situation” Ranta then comes out to face Takasagi. Takasagi then stretch his neck left and right. ”Ill say this first… the you right now don’t have one in a million chance at all against me” ”If it’s one in million chance.. wh.. why.. why don’t we try first” “Go ahead and give it a try” and Takasagi draw his sword.. pointing it towards Ranta with overwhelming pressure. Ranta is not that stupid… He knows full well. he already fought with this old man before. The differene is just too great. If he is level 50 , then the old man must at least be level 90.The old man has no gap at all. even if theres a gap. Ranta cant see it at all.Takasagi is too scary. wayyyy to scaryy… too scary that i have to hold my piss just knowing that hes coming..The silence between them feels like it will continue for a long time. Seeing this, Takasagi slowly grins. “That’s a good boy.. This is fine after all.” “ Yes sensei.. wha what should I learn after this” Takasagi replies “ Theres nothing I want to teach you , you have to learn it yourself with your own body” “Is that it?.. yeah.. that suits me better after all” Then Ranta quickly execute [Leap Out] [Leap Out] [Leap Out] and [Missing]. [Missing] is a feint technique where he will put his glance on left or right but then jump to the opposite direction to confuse the opponent. “Was that just a lip service after all Ranta?” He continue to execute [Exhaust] after [Exhaust] to flee from Takasagi. “So long old man!” Then he proceed to check the surrounding. Is the old man alone? He did not bring anyone else with him?. After making sure of this he use [Exhaust] again to close the distance just now with the old man.. Then connecting it with [Leap Out] to jump towards Takasagi. He then slash his sword [Riper] diagonally downwards towards him. He misses. Seeing this , Takasagi laughs. He put everything he had in that attack just now both speed and power. but he still misses. They then clashes swords multiple time. But every attack Ranta execute with his full power, Takasagi did not counter. he just parries it left and right nonchalantly. Ranta keeps giving his all. Using [Anger]… [Hatred]… [Anger] .. [Hatred] skill while clashing swords with him.. when hes in a bind he uses [Missing] to distance himself from Takasagi and then attacks again. Hes at his limit.. There is no going beyond this limit already .. he knows this full well.. he knows how useless it is to shout his skill name while attacking.. even though he consider it a Sure Kill Attack , in the end it did not amount to anything much… he also knows this too well. Haruhiro is always doing everything too seriously and always barely able to do it. But he always find myself being rescued by those idiot too many times.. he knows this too well… Why the hell are they always doing everything seriously.. it’s a joke.. Why do always do everything dedicatedly. They always end up being soaked in their own blood and sweat .. if it ends up badly.. then what would happen then?.. They are too different from me.. Their ideal and my ideal is too different apart.. That is not my place.. I don’t belong with them.. They don’t like me and respect me and I sure as hell don’t like and respect them either. .. as to why I end up like this.. This is all on you Haruhiro. yes.. you are the one at fault here. I am not the one being wrong. I am not wrong. I am not weak. Being hated. Being unappreciated. That’s just fine with me. Its not even painful. not even scratchy for me at all. Instead I feel good about it. “Ranta!” Takasagi shout his name while assuming attacking position. He lower his back , bend his knees and point his sword tip towards Ranta. Ranta thinks this is probably it. The old man must have think he has seen all from me and decide to end it here. LIke I am going to let that happen. His distance from Takasagi is 8 meters apart. Ranta stand still. I am dark knight. I will fight the dark knight way. “O darkness—“ Ranta begins to chant a spell. Takasagi spring towards Ranta, Despite that, Ranta ignore it continue his chanting “--Master of Vice and Corruption, [DEMON CALL] “ “Apostle of [Skullhell] huh?” Ranta then steps back to avoid Takasagi thrust barely. Beside Ranta a huge violet colored cloud like substance appears. The cloud quickly turns into vortex. The cloud turn into a different shape. covered by a violet colered sheet on top, its right hands hold a butcher knife, its left hand holding a club.Its floating just barely above the ground even though it has 2 legs. the eye part looks like empty eye socket, and its mouth looks like eye ripped out. Its name is Zodiak kun. (Kiihihihihihihi.. long time no see shitty Ranta) (Why don’t you just die already.. thousand times). Takasagi seeing this folds apart yells “Die” while thrusting towards Zodiak. (Kuhihihihi.. will you die before Ranta old man) “I am not old man, I am still middle aged” Takasagi explodes and thrust his sword towards zodiak, zodiak quickly step back and evade it It cant be that this old man is sensitive about his age isnt it. isnt it too easy to provoke him then?. Why don’t I use this againts him . No no no no.. It cant be. That old man is too crafty. it cant be that easy to beat him . It could be a bait. There must be a hidden motive behind it. "Oo Darkness, Master of Vice and Corruption, [Dread Venom] " Ranta cast a spell which brings out miasma, shooting it towards Takasagi. Takasagi quickly evades from the miasma and Zodiak at a speed so fast you wont believe he is an old man at all. But Takasagi’s path of retreat was read by Ranta . Ranta uses [Leap Out] towards Takasagi path of retreat afterwards [Slice] using his sword [Riper] as if like drawing the number 8 . no.. in the middle of his [Slice] his sword was parried by Takasagi skillfully. Zodia also joins in , swinging downward its butchers knife towards Takasagi. Takasagi turns around and and swing his sword diagonally and counter the attack from Zodiak and swing again one more time towards Zodiak is somehow able to receive it while Ranta barely able to defend himself from the counterattack. But as a result from the clash, Ranta falls on his backside while Zodiak was flown 5 to 6 meters away What is with his power. Also, wasn’t Takasagi too fast , my eyes cant even see his movement just now? No, no . This is not the time to be amazed by his prowess. Ranta quickly uses [Exhaust to escape from his position away from reaches of Takasagi. “If you put enough effort you can just do well Ranta..” Takasagi put the tip of his blade on his left shoulder .. tapping several times on it. Oi.. lowering your guard down now?..Yes, the ranta right now who has his back on the ground having his posture broken is no match for Takasagi . If Taksagi wills it, he can slice Ranta in two with one swing. Takasagi laughs “ You fall with just one swing Ranta” Why? Why? Why didn’t he just finish me off just now. Is he still playing sensei-student with me now?What bullshit ”Ah” Ranta replies admitting to it. Somehow Zodiak eyes is shining a bit just now, must be his imagination. “ill just be frank with you Ranta, ill let you off this once, even the general [Jumbo] can forgive you if you just quietly follow me back to [Folgan]” Ranta has hear this many times before, but how should he reply? Is that really your intention old man? are you really going to forgive me just like that? That old man should have been able to kill me?Why? Is he seriously letting me off just like that?The me that has betrayed and ran away from the [Folgan], instead of killing me here, he is just going to take me and rejoin the group again? He came here all the way for that? Ranta blinks his eyes many times as if not believing what Takasagi said just now. His nose feel somewhat stuffy, eyes itchy, he grinds his teeth. Stop saying those thing already old man. just stop already. “You’re at your limit already” even if Takasagi ask him to go back at this point, Ranta just cant do it. He has already gone too far. He betrays them left and right. “if I return to [Folgan] will I be able to do everything freely?. will I be able to remain as myself?”. ”The ‘yourself’ that you mention , what do you mean by that Ranta” “What I mean is , ‘myself’ before I met and join your side [Folgan]’ “do you mean the ‘yourself’ that is childish and always playing around?” “I was not playing around, I am also doing everything seriously like those guys, a lot also happened, I even had my partner died on me.My partner died on me because I let him died. I did not have enough power back then.” “Let someone die on you?. Youre saying absurd things Ranta, that person died because his luck was not good enough. Everyone dies you know. Even i will die and you also. Its just a matter of who dies quicker and that guy just didn’t have luck with him to live longer than us” “Its just as you said old man, just as you said, if I am to rejoin the [Folgan] , I will probably be think like you.you guys don’t get along with others, don’t get chummy with others, everyone just stand on their own feet. even if you find someone to get along with, when you die, you just die alone. That’s how life should be. You guys are seriously the real thing. So cool I have to admire you guys. I also want to be like you guys.” “If that’s the case, you can just be one of us then, live shamelessly. What you really need is the determination to do so” “that was lie” :”What?” “I’m not that kind of person. if I enter [Folgan], I can be like you guys. I can just act how I want. But you know what?. that’s not my original ‘self’.” “I may sound like an old man for lecturing you on this, but you know Ranta. Theres no such thing as your original ‘yourself’ that exist. Its not only you, even I don’t have this ‘self’. Don’t think that there's a path prepared from the beginning for me and you. The path that you can see in front of you is only an illusion. You can make your own path after you walk. The path that you have travelled is all consist of you. Even if one second later, you decide to change the direction of your path, that is also consist of yourself. Theres no such thing as your original ‘self’ to begin with. Only you decide what you become” “That’s quite a lecture old man” Ranta laugh a bit but Takasagi, without showing any sign of embarassment only grins a bit. “After all, I have many years behind me, although I don’t look aged” “no.. seriously you look aged ” ”is that so?” “yeah.. you have lived longer than me afterall, but that was seriously moving to be honest.. In short, it means I could be however I want depending on the choice, no matter what I have been like or what I am like, doesn’t it?. If I wished to live in [Folgan] , I could realize that ” Ranta slowly take a long breath and releases it. Takasagi remains silent. But if Ranta also remains silent, should he wait for Takasagi reply? maybe he should confirm with Takasagi once again. Should I go back or.. He could not ask that to Takasagi. It was a short period, but Takasagi did teach him some things back in [Folgan]. Does this old man really like being a sensei?. Maybe it is like that after all. Just because of his talent, this old man gained respect of the [Folgan] members as if he is their leader. But not much as an executive. Maybe [Jumbo] don’t fuss too much about it. Maybe it is because I am the same human being as he is. that’s why Takasagi look after me. Whatever the reason is, Takasagi looks set to bring me back to rejoin the [Folgan] no matter what. Seriously I am grateful. Thank yo… like I could say that. “From the beginning, I only join you guys to save my skin and to save that trashy bitch. I just did if to live after all. Just because you guys look fun to get along with that’s why I decided to get along for a while, drinking sake, make some noise a bit. That was fun . so fun I want to puke. You know what?. Even if its on the red-light district, I have decided for myself that I will build Ramen Shop Mogzo & Ranta stall no matter what. Why do you ask? That’s because I have decided if myself.. … As a great Dark Knight myself” Even I don’t what I just said there. It just seems like something overflow from within me. Perhaps this is blood. This is bloodrush. The time I spent in [Folgan] back then felt… lukewarm somewhat.. is that so.. maybe that is it. The time I spent with Parupiro party, It was also somewhat lukewarm as well. But as a team that was consist of only really weak small fries. we have gone through a lot of severe hurdle, life and death threatening experience is like a daily occurrence. But in [Folgan], it was a different kind of lukewarm. I respected [Jumbo]. studied under Takasagi, made a lot of friends. But is that really my path of living that I want? No. That place has it charms , I also felt good being there. But, me. That is not what this great me really seeks deep down in my heart. (Die Die Die Die…..!) Suddenly Zodiak made a horrifying voice. Takasagi assumes his position, carefully looking at Zodiak direction. (lowlife lowlife lowlife lowlife lowlife lowlife lowlife….! Well said Ranta… Now curse you and die..!. ) “Oh” Suddenly Zodiak-kun goes through transformation… But Zodiak-kun.. that sheet like thing covering your head.. it is covering your head right?.. the sheet that was covering Zodiak-kun is peeled off revealing what looks like neither a man nor a woman appearance, but it looks similar to human. But the face? it has no face?.. No eyes ? not even nose? seriously though that’s disgusting… This transformation took only a fraction of seconds.. While this was happening, the butcher knife and the club held on both if its hand is also changing shape into a different weapon. (Die Die Die …..Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die……… Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die. Die Die Die Die….. Die Die Die Die) This is bad.. this is bad Tears. Snots. Ranta is shivering right now. Standing in front of Ranta is a small build wearing dark violet armour, holding long handled spear with curved blade on its tip. The shape of its armour , even the design of the armour.. far from ominous it looks beautiful to Ranta eyes. Its that right? Its that!.. When it comes to Dark Knight.. it can only mean that. “…Coooollll!” (Die Die Die……Die Die Die Die Die….. .Praise me more.. Praise me more and go die soon” “hm.. is it really you Zodiak-kun?” “Die Die Die Die Die…. refer to me as ‘-san’… you weakling trash” “ee… so.. its Zodiak-kun-san…?” (……………………………….) “Zodiassan?... is that much better?” (……………………………….) “What If chane it to Zodie?... so If I add –san to that.. it will be Zodie-san right?” (………………………….-sama) “Zodie-sama? sama huh? ummm” Ranta wrings his neck “-sama you see… Zodie-sama. it doesn’t sound bad. hmm.. nope, nope.. no matter how I think about it .. its weird you know… -sama or –san.. in the first place , are’nt you my demon familiar!?.. also why did you transform all of a sudden.. it has been long time since I lasst collect vice and offer it to Skullhell-sama” (That is) “That is” (fu fu fu fu fu fu) (…It’s a trade secret…. Die Die Die Die Die… Just drop dead already..) “no.. there should be no trade secret in the first place” (Skullhell-sama is watching) “eh?” (I aammm….. Skullhell… the lord of darkness himselff….) “Noo… no wayy…. The real Skullhell-sama himself?...He has come descend here?..no.. real or not.. he is more or less a darklord anyway” (more or less????) “Pl-please forgive meee.. its not more or less… you’re a real darklord… the real stuff… seriously real darklord. .. the master of the master of darklord…” (mad……. die……) “Pleaseeeee forgive meeee….!” In this case, I can only do this.. yes.. this is the only way… Ranta jumped as high as he can, upon landing on the ground, his head pointing to the ground, he assume a 4 legged position while bowing on the ground. THIS IS THE DOGEZA!! No THIS IS THE JUMPING DOGEEEEEEZA! “Will you please forgive me?!..... O darklord SkullHell-sama!!!” (Kuku….kukuku) “I will do whatever you ask of me…. so will you please forgive me” (You don’t look like you really reflect on your mistake….Die Die Die Die) “That’s… That’s.. That’s not true…. is it old man?... you think so as well right old man?” “You planning to drag me along in this conversation.. just how insensitive can you be” “You want to leave me like this ?.. coward old man” “No seriously.. what should I say in this situation” “just think of it yourself stupid.. oopps.. that was very rude just now…sorry sorry.” Ranta laugh lightly. Then he readies his sword. “Now.. im not sure what just happened.. but im sure I have ranked up several time in dark knight power. Now Zodie!!... Lets beat up this old-man two on one foul play style like how dark knight would” “you are a natural trash huh.. Ranta” Takasagi looks fed up. He then relaxes his body. The dark lord Skullhell-sama has descended here .. like hell it is.. that was just a play by Zodie… Zodie slowly approaches Takasagi holding its long cruved blade spear pointing towards its enemy. “O Darkness, Lord of Corruption and Vice ---- [Dread Aura]” without a moments delay, ranta calls out dark violet aura. The aura strengthen the might of dark knight. The effect strengthen even more depending on amount of vice collected and offered. Ranta’s body feels lighter, he feels half lighter than normal. This is really cool.. No no .. don’t let this get to your head.. lets cool down our head and keep calm. If I have to be honest. I want to scream right now. I want to roar loudly. but I wont. its pointless to do so. Takasagi takes a glance at Ranta, then Zodie. He grips the sword held with his light hand strongly. Begin now, after Ranta commands so , Zodie starts to move. Zodie is no longer the cute floating ball it once was. It maybe an object of affection but in the end, a demon is a demon. in battlefield ,It can be used effectively, with no emotion.. no no.. in the first place the thing has no emotion after all. (Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) Zodie holding its long spear begin to strike at Takasagi. Ranta jump by [Leap Out]. but he did not jump straight into Takasagi, but goes around him to Takasagi’s back. Takasagi wants to avoid having his back facing Ranta but Zodie is also near him. Takasagi repel the long spear strike from Zodie. Zodie uses the momentum from the repel to rotate the spear and strike at Takasagi once again. Takasagi retreats by jumoing backward but Ranta attacks him there. [Anger] Takasagi twist himself to avoid Ranta’s sword----- is what he thought.. but he counter attack Ranta.. He uses backhand blow trick, It was out of Ranta expectation. If Ranta was not enhanced by [Dread Aura] he would have not been able to avoid it barely. Ranta having his posture broken.. retreat by [Leap Out]. But Taksagi does not chase him . (Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii………..!IIII…….iiiiiiiiiiiii……………..) Zodie swings down his long spear, thrust and thrust again aiming at Takasagi. Takasagi does not even receive it, but evade it skillfully. But he ignored Zodie and doesn’t chase Ranta as well, because he cannot. Zodie cannot hope to bring down Takasagi on its own. Zodie is barely able to restrain and and glued to Takasagi movement and it takes all of its concentration just to do so. No , its because Ranta let it so. but then, Ranta cannot let Zodie remain as tank for a long time because by then Taksagi would have been able read through all of Zodie attack. If that happens, Zodie would be done in by Takasagi … easily. Ranta connects [Exhaust] to [Leap Out] and strike at Takasagi. [Hatred] “Tsu” Even while slightly out-of breath, Takasagi repel Zodie’s long spear .. causing it to rotate outward leaving Zodie’s torso defenceless. Takasagi steps in, ramming himself towards Zodie and thrust him down. From there, he faces Ranta again and swing his sword upward diagonally. Ranta swing off his sword to repel the attack. As if dragging out the fight, Takasagi’s blade slowly approaches Ranta. Ranta being overwhelmed by this started to flee from it but at this rate he wont make it. If he does not act fast, he will be done in. Taksagi blade approaches Ranta chin. If I just bend his body slightly ,I can evade from the attack just by paper-thin margin. but I cannot even do that much.If my lower half is cut by that, it will hurt so much I wont be able to move afterwards. My opponent will have the upperhand. This is the end isnt it?. No I wont let it end. I wont let myself die here. maybe. If that’s the case, theres another way, I will minimize the damage I receive here and counter attack from there. its possible right? ah.. its possible.. im gonna do this. I am a dark knight. So its not really dark-knight like to be so gung ho right?. Dark knight should be more dirty and hard to give up. But.. Aree? That’s weird Takasagi’s blade looks dull. Then I should be able to evade this right? “Guaaah” In one go, Ranta arched his back, his head sink to the ground. Ouu This posture.. its like bridge right? Of course, he cannot afford to remain in this posture for long , so he uses his head as a fulcrum point and “funnn!” and rotate his whole body, exerting all his energy and “Houu…..!” and spring up from the ground. Takasagi whose swords hit nothing but empty air, makes an awkward expression while clicks his tounge, “Eiiii….!” while attacking again with his blade. So unlike you old man. “Keii” Ranta repel Takasagi’s attack, and slash at Takasagi. Takasagi receive it and before both swords become in locked position, Takasagi slightly changes the blade angle and push forwards, then distance himself a bit. He did not want to remain in the bind position perhaps. “ngg aa… ! R..uaaa….!” Ranta let out screams to fire himself up. Takasagi is quite the sly old fox. For a moment, he will put in more force in his swords , then relaxes it, then put in more force again. Then he shakes off from Ranta and jumps away from the bind. This old man probably hates locking sword. It’s a given, of course Takasagi has better build than Ranta, that is also the case for his arm strength. But Takasagi has only one arm. If compared to Ranta who has both arms attached, even Takasagi would have hard time to lock sword with him. No matter how skillfull swordsman he is, he cant change the fact that his dominant arm is gone. Even if that’s the case, Ranta still cant reach Takasagi’s level. Because of that, Ranta overestimated Takasagi’s strength. In short, hes scared of Takasagi. Even if its difficult , he has to do this. “ssaaa…!” Perhaps being flustered, Takasagi uses his right leg to kick at Ranta’s right leg, Thanks to Ranta being alert to his surrounding, able to endure it. Then suddenly, an image flashed through Ranta’s mind, then his body moved on its own. Ranta’s move his sword as if rolling it up and slipping the upper part of Takasagi’s blade at this moment causing the tip of his sword almost thrusting towards Takasagi’s face. Takasagi also roll his sword moving Ranta’s sword upward as well, Ranta let his sword moved up by this then pushes it down . He once again aim for Takasagi tip of nose . Takasagi then twist his body “tch…..!” and jump backwards. Shallow… too shallow.. Ranta’s sword managed to cut off just 2 centimert of Takasagi’s left cheek. Ranta use [Exhaust] and retreat and takes a deep breath to reposition himself. I did it , partner. He almost wanted to scream his partners name but he held it. This is not the time to be submerge in emotion. Isn’t that right , partner? “is it wind just now” Takasagi lightly roll his shoulder … Pehh.. spit out his saliva with upturn eyes looking at Ranta. Its different from just now. Its horrfyingly chill. Is this….. bloodthirst? “you a warrior now Ranta? I thought you were a Dark Knight” Ranta does not answer. Hes in the middle of a serious fight. Hes not going to let his mouth run off here. No.. more correclty.. even if he wants to talk.. he cannot.. his voice wont go out. Takasagi “you are surprisingly quite skillful arent you Ranta. if you join me for a few years, you will be more useful you know” Old man Seriously youre too scary if I just let my eyes off you for a moment, ill get cut anytime. Maybe its not true, but it feels like that. Really?I don’t know. I cannot tell for sure. Anyways. The Takasagi I am facing now feels different that he is before. Manslayer, is the word that comes up to Ranta’s mind. Maybe that is Takasagi’s real character. “You know what Ranta, I really mean it when I said that. I have aged this far. Perhaps it is time that I should take a disciple and play sensei-student at this age. Let you learn more and experience more hell. I see you have that will-power to see that through. More than talent, I think that is more important. Maybe your talent is mediocre at best but material-wise you’re not that bad at all. I seriously was thinking of whip you into shape . Just to past the time you know.. But how dissapointing. Ranta shake his head.---- don’t get shaken by him Why is this old man get into idle chatter now. There must be a gap . There has to be. but even then. Ranta does not even move one pot from his position. The sword he is holding is slightly shaking. Oi.. Zodie.. do something already. Zode who got thrown away from the clash earlier, is already standing. Like a frog being glared by a snake huh… No.. no way I am a frog. Snake or whatever, just come at me. Ill take you on. Just when Ranta about to jump, he was restrained by Takasagi. It looked like he has been read by Takasagi. When he realize, Takasagi is already in front of him. Huge. He slightly grin. He looks really big. Ranta uses [Riper] to defend himself. He is able to receive and defend from Takasagi blow just barely. Gyan gyan gyan gyan gyan. Sound of sword clashing repeated several times. Takasagi sword looked so intimidating as if it was a huge rock pillar. Ranta’s sword looked like it wanted to let out pitiful scream. Even Ranta himself want to scream now. Look. Look closely. If you just let off your eyes for a moment, you’ll die. you’ll be killed. “Wahahahaaha…………..!” Takasagi laughs Whats his deal.. he looks really scary. He seriously not a human. Hes a monster. I can feel it. Whatever limiter that he has previously , he must have broken it a long time ago. This is seriously impossible. whether I win or not, whether I lose or not, this is no longer the case. I feel like my heart wil be shattered at any moment. But, I am still living right now am i? He can still remember it vividly in the back of his ming. The battle of Deadhead Guardian Fortress. The Orc Keeper. Wearing ominous red colored armor. Flowing from the gap of its helmet is black, gold colored long hair. Holding two sword. Two bladed style [Zoran.Zesshu]. Even when his partner flew several feet away from the blow, without any hint of fear, he keep on striking on [Zoran]. [Zoran] was not only big, he was very fast. His partner got hit many times, first it was his left shoulder, then his upper arm, then his left leg, then his right back, his left cranium. Even the top of his head got done in. Even so , his partner kept standing tall. [Zoran] clearly looks shaken. Why is this person still standing? This must be a bad joke.. The reason why [Zoran] was beaten was thanks to his partner. Till the end, he burnt all his energy just to continue standing. That is my partner ---- Mogzo. Youre the reason im still standing on this ground, Ill show you with my body . The proof that you are still living. Ranta receive and defend every hit that Takasagi gives. But somehow he cannot defend anymore and the [Riper] sword got blown away. But , at this very moment, a chance appears for Ranta. This maybe once in a lifetime opportunity. Ranta let go of the sword from his hand. Takasagi swing his sword full with bloodthirst aimed at Ranta, at that moment “Ramen S-s…..!” Why did those word came out just now. Of course, someday he will open the shop Ramen Shop Mogzo & Ranta . It’s born out of hope, out of desire, it’s a very declaration of his purpose. With all his might from his body, Ranta uses [Exhaust] to flee backwards. Of course, Takasagi pursues him. Hes too fast for an old man. What is this guy? A beast? (IIIIIIi…….!IIIII…!) Zodie attacks from Takasagi’s back using its long spear.Takasagi has do something about that long spear or else hell be in trouble. Takasagi turn his body around and dodge from the long spear. He thrust his sword directly towards Zodie’s torso right in the middle of it. (….Die……….) Zodie changes back into dark violet colored cloud and then vanish into thin air. “Rantaa….!) Takasagi turn his back while yelling. That face can no longer be seen anywhere. Ranta also cannot see Takasagi anymore. Running. Running. Running like hes in a trance. Hes no longer thinking of anything else. Just keep running. He no longer care which direction he faces. He only care about fleeing away from Takasagi for the time being. and he continues running. continued part 2 damn.. i only plan to make summary but i ended up translating the whole thing.. please pardon the bad translation. |
jejai1Aug 7, 2017 12:31 AM
Aug 1, 2017 6:54 PM
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| part 2 vol 11 abridged Haruhiro’s POV Although it was for a short period, because of the falling rain, most of the buildings in the village has stopped burning. That is to say , even the jailhouse remain safe from being burnt. She is there, lying on the dirt floor inside the jailhouse . She is lying facing up. Her hand which is barely gripping into fist is on top of her bossom. Her left arm slightly bended outward. Her left palm facing the ground. Her right legs slightly collapse inward. Her left leg is slightly stretching outward. She doesn’t look like she is sleeping at all. She was badly wounded. Her eyelid remains closed with no sign of blood at all. At least I want to fix her lying posture correctly if I can. But, correctly?.. how do I do that? Not so long after, the image of correct posture he had in mind just now vanish. At least in this world, theres no such thing as correct posture for that. He cannot think of any correct ones, hence she ends up just like that. Yume walks slowly towards her, wrinkling her eyebrow, biting her lips while looking down at her. Then Yume sit flatly on the ground. Shihoru seeing this, hug Yume’s shoulder without uttering a single word. Kuzaku remain outside of the building while muttering “….Why?” or “This must be a joke right…?” Setora and Nyaa are also outside of the building for now. Jesse quickly approach her,----she who has lost her breath and squat nearby her head, while scrubbing his unshaven stubble. Jesse then calls out the [Shaman] nearby. [Shaman] is a being which is neither orc nor human. Haruhiro does not even care what they are doing. No matter if its [Shaman] or [Priest], no one in this world can do anything about someone who is no longer of this world. There is a way… There is only one way. is what Jesse told him just now. Of course he did not even believe single thing. “Is that so, so the priest really died huh.” Jesse said coldly. Then he look up towards Haruhiro straight and ask him further “Can I touch her?” “No way” Yume replied shortly “What are you saying. Mary is our companion, why would we let you touch her on your own convenience” Yume continue further “Touching her on my own convenience is bad so that’s why I asked for your permission first” “No way, I wont let it” “Yume” Shihoru calls out to Yume and hug her while glaring angrily at Jesse. “For what purpose is it?...There must be a meaning behind it” Shihoru presses Jesse for answer. “I just want to check how fresh it is” then Jesse laugh a bit. “This expression is quite wrong is it, sorry. I did not mean anything bad by it. In other words, I just want to examine the severity of the wounds. If I don’t do this properly, there will be obstacles later. There’s a lot to be prepared , so I would like to examine her body in advance.” “J-Just what kind of preparation do you mean” “Did I not say it just now?The girl is dead , no mistake about it, so there’s only one way to revive her back . And of course the preparation is for that purpose.” “T-That’s” Yume blinks her eyes while looking at Mary’s body and Jesse’s face alternately. “Revive. … revive. You mean.. Mary chan.. bring her back to life?” Jesse ignoring Yume’s question look again at Haruhiro and ask again. “Can I touch her?” Haruhiro look at shihoru expression waiting for her reaction here. Haruhiro cannot decide anything. He cannot make any judgement. Shihoru also remain silent and so does Haruhiro. Without waiting for any answer, Jesse quickly push her hand to Mary’s neck, raise her hand up, bending her finger, as if Mary is nothing but a human puppet. Its as if Jesse is examining her joints and and endurance. Haruhiro suddenly hit by dizziness.Oi.. Stop it…He wants to yell right now.. wants to kick Jesse in the face. Why didn’t he do that? Perhaps he doesn’t have the qualification to do so. “It doesn’t look that bad” Jesse said so while releasing Mary’s hand “It will heal fast, so we need to deal with this as soon as possible. Next is to decide .. what do you plan to do here” “..W-what do I plan” even after opening his mouth, he can only let out those words. “ To revive her or not” Jesse stand up and let out a breath “its not my position to decide this you know, its up to you guys” Jesse continues. “Up to .. us….?” “Before we start, maybe I should give a few explanation” “Is t-there, is there any…. requirements?” Shihoru asks. “rather than requirements..” Jesse raise his eyebrows and let out his breath. “what happens after that .. you would like to know right?..” Jesse continues. Kuzaku stands outside looking like straining his ears to listen to the conversation inside the jailhouse. He comes inside the building, and fall down on his knees nearby Haruhiro. Why is he doing seiza now. Even though he is big, he is shaking right now. “w-what should we do here. Mary-san” “If it were up to me, first thing first I would revive her back to life ASAP” “ts” Haruhiro wanted to say something but word remain stuck in his throat. Wait. Just wait a minute. What is this.. ‘first thing first’? First thing first. the word alone sound ominous. First thing first. It feels like it will be painfully dangerous. His head suddenly becomes dizzy. “… is there any… risks?” “Risk is it… I don’t think theres any.. but I’ll just say this to clear thing up… I have died once, and revived back to life. Also I am not the only one who has been revived the same way before. The possibility to fail is... well I wouldn’t go as far as saying it is zero but you can say there is possibility of it failing” “ahn??..” Kuzaku look up upon Jesse’s face widening his mouth. “-----……died… once?... eehhh…died…. revived back….?” “If I have to say it in simpler terms… I can revive her back to life.. just like how I was… There’s no risk.. but it comes with compensation. In other words.. I will revive that girl in exchange with my life.” haruhiro cant understand at all what this guy is saying. What in the world did he say just now? I will revive her in exchange with my life? In exchange -----------meaning , in other words.. what the hell does it mean? Mary lost her life. but , there’s a way to bring her back to life. Then? What happens to Jesse? “For the sake of reviving Mary, you will…?” Haruhiro’s voice leaks out. “----------have to die?....?” “YES. You are correct” Jesse replied without hesitation. “That is …..” Shihoru pauses for a while “But that is…” Yume hugs and caress Shihoru’s back. “haha….” Kuzaku let a thin laugh. As if he don’t understand whats right and what wrong anymore. “By the way, regarding that point, you guys don’t have to be that concerned about it.” Jesse says this with indifferent tone . Although this will involve him deeply but the person himself look as if there’s nothing concerns him. “Previously, I may have been quite worried about doing this, but since then, thanks to my experience , I know how to be prepared for what would happen. Also the [Jesse-land] that I have built for so long have destroyed to such a devestating state ,it feels really troublesome just to start it over from zero you know. Its GAME OVER you know” “G-game over you say.. that’s…” Kuzaku lift his hip and sit down again. bending him arm around his knees. “Aren’t you being a bit irresponsible about this.. theres also Yanni-san too” “Orginally this was not a charity work you see, I just did it for fun. But now that it has become boring, I thought its better to put an end to it here. Isn’t game just like that?” This guy is seriously weird. He died once before, than just to die once again. What does that mean? does dying changes nothing then? No, its wrong. Jesse has died before. Then if am to swallow this guys story, someone else dies that in exchange for someone life , the dead person is revived. until then, Jesse , even after getting [Backstab] at a vital point, he was still able to live just fine. He is not supposed to be a human. But he was a human before. But after getting revived, he changed into something else. Haruhiro put his hand on the back of his head, strongly gripping the hair on his back. Died, get revived and change into something else like Jesse? Didn’t he just said that she will be revived just like he is? Then does it mean that, Mary will turn into something else just like Jesse has? Haruhiro stares into Mary’s face. That smile which has gone the moment she lost her life. The very moment she lost her life , theres no more expression left of Mary. He did not want to admit it, but Mary has become nothing but a lifeless corpse now. But if they dont choose the revival method from Jesse, far from becoming a lifeless corpse, it will lose even the shape of the body. In this season, the body can decay fast. not long after that , her body will be cursed by No Life King and move about mindlessly. They should begin burial as soon as possible. If taking the curse into consideration, they should just go with cremation. This is not Ortana, so a crematorium is not possible. They should just cremate her on their own. The very image of Mary’s flesh burning flashed through Haruhiro’s mind. Don’t want to see it. But they have to. If they don’t, then regrets will linger. Even if they go through the whole cremation process, regrets will still remain. They should just cremate her if it’s the same. Maybe Haruhiro will do it. But I don’t want to see it. Just by imagining it, every cell in his body feels like it will be pulverised into small pieces. The moment when he burn that body, perhaps he will feel like this as well. I don’t want to. Mary. I don’t want to. I don’t want to cremate your body, but if I don’t do it.. then… there’s no other choice. I will revive you. Jesse said it, theres a possibility to revive her in exchange for his life. But is such a thing possible? are they parents and child? lovers?.. well the reason is not important, Theres not even a valid reason anyway, so why would Jesse sacrifice his life to revive Mary? Is there any hidden motive behind this? Like perhaps Jesse prefers to end his life, just want end his life already, is maybe what he thinks. Maybe getting revived has its demerits, from outwards appearance, Jesse seems fine but maybe that is not really the case. maybe Jesse is suffering great pains that no one else can understand. Is that the kind of thing I want to push to Mary? If she gets revived, what happens to her then? Of course, if it was up to Haruhiro, he would very much like to revive Mary, even if he could give up his life he would do it. But what if Mary, who has been revived, is not happy about it? If that’s the case, then isnt it better if we just let Mary stay dead in the first place? “Now then” Jesse hold out both of his hand and look at Haruhiro and his party one by one. All of a sudden , haruhiro has doubts, was he always like this before he dies? What if after getting revived, you become a completely different person than before. Then the same will happen to Mary. If she gets revived, maybe she will end up like Jesse. “What now? Should we bury her? Should we revive her? Decide as fast as you can. her state will only worsen the longer you wait. When the sun sets , maybe [Bool] wil come here. It will take quite a bit of time, so if we want to proceed with the revival , we should hurry.” “[Bool]?” Shihoru asks in low voice. [Bool]. This is not the first he heard about this. Perhaps Jesse has told Yanni about this. Hes not sure what it is though. “Bool are wolfs that preys on dead flesh” Its not Jesse, it came from Setora standing near the door who answered it. “They may be classified as wolf, but they look similar to cats. While they prefer the flesh of dead animals,--- they also sometimes attack orcs and humans. The ones they usually aim are hunters heading home bringing back their game. They will surely aim this place seeing the huge amount of corpse lying aroung this village, they can smell it from a distance after all. “The ones in [Thousand Valley] are small size right?” Jesse points towards north direction. “From [Kuaron Range] to the east, lies [Bool] which are much bigger than the [Mist Leopard].They look like bears. If all of the corpse have been burnt down I’m not sure what will happen, but for better or worse, it was raining earlier. Maybe the eagles or crows will come here first. After that, Bools will come. If its just eagles or crows, we can just drive it away but for Bools is quite difficult you know. At any rate, we have to abandon this place at once. I already informed this to Yanni. “ “…..We are evacuating this place?” Shihoru asks “YES, IT IS SO” Jesse deliberately uses a broken accent replying to Shihoru answer. “When this all over, whether we return and rebuild this place or look for a different place to settle in, Yanni will decide it all. I will not be involved. I have already lose interest you see. I wont do things I have no interest in. I have already decided this before.” Jesse then add something more “By the way, maybe you are a bit worried so ill just clear things up, after I was revived back to life, there were no dramatic changes to me you see. whether you believe me or not its fine, but originally I was already born with this personality you see , but after revived, dying has become more difficult , but that is not a small change huh, quite big of a change now that I think about it. But theres no demerit to it, if you ask me, having this body is more convenient.” “………Details” Haruhiro’s voice sound rattled. That’s right , he have always wanted to ask this. Why didn’t he ask it earlier. “Will you please tell us the details. specifically------ after getting revived, what happens, how , anyway, we want to know everything. Before deciding, cause you see, we don’t really understand how this works... that’s why, we cant decide on the spot … its not us getting revived…. and the person himself also is not able to give her permission as well… so we cant really decide this on a whim.. unless we have more details….” “I will have to reject that” “Ee?” “ I have already explain the things that I wanted to. There are also the things I wish to remain secret. You guys are not that stupid right? This is not how normally things work. It is only common sense that dead people cannot be revived back to life. So since this is a special circumstance, there are special condition. However, its not really that big of a miracle, its more like some magic. No matter how marvellous a magic is, theres always a trick to it. But in this case, I cannot disclose the secret of the trick. There’s a reason why I cannot disclose it. And I also cannot discuss that reason with you. So how will you proceed from here? Will you just take my suggestion as it is… and revive the girl? or bury her? hurry up and make your decision. I am fine either way” Haruhiro look up on the ceiling. There’s a hole on it. He can see the sky through it. Thick cloud are hanging low over the sky. Whatever. I don’t care about everything else. “Please do it” Haruhiro said so while still looking up on the ceiling. “If it really is possible, then I want Mary to be revived back to life” The moment he opened his eyes, he was on lying on a bed and Mary was sitting nearby on a chair nearby his bed. They were alone. Then Mary died. No else was there. “Then, Lets proceed” What should we do here? will something start already? Its strange but, not only Haruhiro, but yume, kuzaku setora, shihoru just stand there clueless. “you’re in the way, so move” after Jesse demands so, yume and shihoru steps back without retorting. Kuzaku and Haruhiro too remain silent. Jesse lay the tip of his sword blade on his wrist and put some pressure to it. “If Yanni and the others come here----“ “---- Do not ever let the come in. Put someone outside the guard the entrance” Kuzaku and Yume drags their feet heading to the entrance hesistantly The ones left are Haruhiro and Shihoru. Jesse squat on one knee beside Mary “It should be around here is it” and mutters so. He slit his left wrist with the blade without any sign of hesitating at all.Bloods flowing from the wound opening.. no.. far from flowing.. its gushing out violently. Jesse presses the section of his cut wound towards Mary’s collar . it was there where Mary was bit by the Gorilla, also possibly the reason she lost her life. What ever could Jesse hope to accomplish by doing that? It looks repulsive to Haruhiro’s eyes but he can do nothing but hold himself. Jesse puts away the knife and hold his left wrist with his right hand. He lets out single breath. Looks towards Haruhiro. “Haruhiro” “…nn….” Haru plan to answer but his voice wont let out. “Help me out a bit here” “Help … w-with what?” “I want to push this, but if possible I don’t want to let it separate. Its first time for me doing this after all.I don’t think there wont be any problem but. its just as a preacaution you see.” The one responding to Jesse’s request is Shihoru. She quickly grab a big piece of cloth from her belonging and tie both Jesse cut wrist and Mary’s neck together. Haruhiro could do nothing. Not even one thing at all. “…Sorry” Haruhiro apologizes in a small voice. Shihoru hold Haruhiro with both of her hand while shaking her head. Even during times like this, he is supported by Shihoru “Its because Haruhiro didn’t say anything” That’s wrong… That’s not it. “I also .. want to .. revive mary back to life…so.. please don’t carry that burden alone. Yume, Kuzaku also .. Im sure they too feel the same way.” “Un” Haruhiro can only nod. Its no longer Shihoru who is always the one being supported. This time it is Haruhiro who is being supported by her. The one who look like he would collapse anytime soon .. is no one else but Haruhiro. “I….---“ He promises to himself not to left any regrets behind. He doesn’t know what Mary would think of him, she may even suffer after this but even so, Haruhiro don’t want to regret anything. Maybe he made the wrong decision, maybe he has commited a sin, but he will take full blame for it. Maybe Mary will resent him for doing this, but even so , he is fine with it. There is no other choice. This is the only way to bring Mary back. If Haruhiro were to find himself in the same situation again, in the end , no doubt he will request Jesse to do the same thing. Haruhiro sure the desire of reviving Mary comes from the bottom of his heart, so there should be no regrets even if he is wrong. Therefore he will not look back again. For some reason, it is noisy outside, Gua. Gua. Gua. Gah…. Ga ga. Ga ga. Ga ga..Gua. Gua That must be the crows. He lift his eyes towards the ceiling hole. The sky is filled with many dots black in color. They look like birds. Jesse slowly loses strength in his legs and squat with both of his knees on the ground. His shoulder is moving up and down. He looks like he is whispering something. Even though Haruhiro is sitting nearby, he cannot listen to any of his murmurs. Far from monologue, it looks like he talking with someone else. Just who is that someone else? Mary? But Jesse is not looking at her face. His eyes instead remain glued to the ground below him. “Shit…!” Kuzaku yells outside Bird in huge flocks comes flying down. The fairly big ones are probably eagles and the smaller ones are crows. The huge flocks of bird may have come to prey on the dead corpses. Kuzaku swings his big swords around to drive the birds away, but its quite difficult with this huge number of birds. Yume is seen trying to drive them by swinging her dagger . Setoran and kiichi cannot be seen anywhere. Did they go somewhere else? “Shihoru” “….W-w.What is it?” “Why don’t you sit?” “I’m…. fine” “I see” “Haruhiro-kun also.. are you ok?” “I’m ok..” “.. I see..” “Un” Jesse, far from squatting, he is already lying with both of his hand and head on the ground. He doesn’t look fine at all, but Haruhiro let him be. In exchange for Jesse’s life, Mary will be revived. Haruhiro think about the meaning of those words again. He shakes his head. Stop.. don’t think about it. Its too late anyways.. no it has not end yet so it should still not be too late. But he doesn’t have the intention of stopping Jesse at all. In any case, Mary will be revived. I can see Mary again. Isnt that all that matters? Isnt that just fine? From the hole in the ceiling, a crows stop by and caw serveral times GaGa, Ga Ga. Its really loud and he want to drive it away but no matter how hard he swing his stiletto knife, it wont reach the crow. Should he ask Shihoru then? Using Dark?He probably wont go that far though. It doesn’t look like it will try to enter this building from the hole anways. He should just leave it alone. Jesse is lying on the ground. Not even a voice can be heard from him . His back moves slowly. Still alive it seems. Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga, Kuaa, Kuaa, Kuaa, Gaa, Ga, Kuaa, Gaa Crows are cawing. This time , judging from the sound, the number seem to have increased. 4,5 .. no maybe its more than 10. “g-getting… s-smaller…?” said Shihoru. Cold chill went through him. Is this an illusion? its an illusion right? Jesse’s body is not that muscular to begin with. And he is also of average height. But is it because he is crouching position? That’s not it. It is obvious, that Jesse is shrinking. The volume is reducing. Haruhiro strains his eyes towards the scene. Haruhiro looks closer to see the profile of his face. Jesse’s cheeks has dried up, his eyes hollowed. Jesse is drying up… is the right expression for what is happening. Not only his face, but his whole body is experience the drying phenomenon. The body has lost it thickness and volume it once has. Kaa, Kaa, Kaa. Guaa, Gua, Guaa. Gaa, Gaa, Gaa, GaGa… The flock of crows are cawing noisily. While Jesse is gradually, gradually shrinking. Why didn’t he think that any of this was odd before? Jesse slit the artery of his wrist and…. even if he can heal the wound . … in that short time , a considerable amount of blood must have flow out. He pressed his wound towards Mary’s. The cloth that tying the wouds together are already soaked. But far from that, It should have been filled with sea of blood by now. But that is not the case at all. Jesse is gradually shrinking and shrinking. His outer skin still retain the shape of humans. If we take all the blood from a body, then there should only skin left, but in the first place that should not have been possible. If theres no skeleton, tendons and muscle, and organ left, then it should not have been possible to walk and even living in the first place. “that’s…”Shihoru covers her mouth. Jesse now is already thin as paper. Oi.. what is this this? what in the world is this? Kaa, Kaa, Ka, Kaa, Ka, Kaa, Ka Kaaka, Kaka,.. The crows are still cawing loudly. Haruhiro feels nauseous . He cannot turn back . He understands this well. . No .. actually he cant understand. It is still possible to turn back here. Maybe its best that they turn back here. But if he was to separate the shrunken Jesse away from Mary, theres possibility of failing. He may not see Mary again. Is that really fine with him? Ranta’s POV Suddenly, he coughs. Could it be an illness? No.. no.. It’s just a cough. Just a simple cough. a simple cough. . don’t think too much about it. He looks right and left, rubs his eyes. “Its pretty dark huh…” He looks up towards the sky which peeks through the branches of trees, and it seems like the sun has not set yet. Despite that, the deep forest in [Thousand Valley] is slowly getting engulfed in darkness everywhere. I am not scared at all. … No.. no matter how many times I went through the darkness of the night outside , am still stricken by anxiety and fear. It can’t be help though. (Kihi…) Demon Zodiak who is following Ranta’s back lets out a laugh. Previously , he would have complain , but now, Ranta is not mad. The demon is now assuming a new human-like appearance. But ,it is still not a human. The demon’s behavior may reflect Skullhell influence but fundamentally it is the very ego reflection of the Dark Knight himself. Even if the demons behavior may deviate far from the Dark knight himself but it could be a reflection of whats hidden deep in the dark knight’s subconcious. (Ishihihi…… Roll… now roll.. roll there… and diee….) “But.. I don’t really want to do that you know” (…………………..) “ignoring me now is it?” (………………………………..) “Just disappear already. . Hurry up and vanish in thin air for all I care.. no .. that was lie… please don’t vanish on me.?” (what .. to .. ..do…kihihihi……….) “[Command], Don’t vanish” (……..Chi…….) “What the hell man, don’t take that attitude on me.” Even though Zodiak is dissatisfied, but he doesn’t vanish. Previously, when he was training in the Dark Knight Guild under [Rod], he heard the chant [Command] and somehow he was able to recall the memory of that. After trying out the chant himself, it seems to be working, so he tried it out more repeatedly. no matter how stubborn Zodiak is, in the end it is still a dark knight subordinate . I the demon doesn’t obey him here that mean he does not have enough control over himself then. In other words , he have very little understanding about himself then. In any case, this is regarding himself, so theres no way he cannot understand himself right? That’s a given… Only i can understand myself. But somehow he has some doubts about this… I am myself. . The one standing here is no one other than myself. Purely 100% the great myself. .. What is this nonsense about 100% myself? Its about me right?. .. I don’t think I fully understand. ..up until this point, just what exactly has he seen himself? if its not me.. then what about the others?.. For example, is it what is justified as righteous in Haruhiro and others eyes? isnt that just bending to their own will?Maybe I am also like that. Being selffish, being stuboorn.. how did I turn out like this? Perhaps in the end, its just going according to others expectation. Oi you guys, why don’t you like me? I know if full well you know, Yume , Shihoru, even Mary. They hate me. Really hate me. Even Kuzaku also. But that guy is the junior in the party , so maybe that’s why he only held it in all this time. If that’s not the case, he might have gone full rage on me already. Even for a short period that Manato was with us, he did manipulate me well. Which is the kind of impression I had of him. That guy is really smart. Hate or not hate, he is not the type to make his judgement based on his feelings. He is that type of guy. Mogzo is kind of mysterious guy. Nope. Its just that he is gone now that why I think that he is mysterious. He is very kind. Very kind. He put others priority before his own. He put full effort into everything. For his partner, he went over his limit and died. DeadHead Guardian Tower Zoran.Zesshu. If Mogzo wasn’t there, it would have ended badly for Renji and Kajiko. Numerous amount of people would have lost their lives. Maybe all of the Volunteer soldier would lost their live at that place. Mogzo probably understood that very well , and so decide to face Zoran. ‘If its not me, then everyone will die’ is probably what’s in his mind back then. He is just that type of person. He is just not the type to hate other person. And then theres Haruhiro. That guy most certainly hates my guts. Like water and oil, is probably the best expression for our relationship. That guy must have been holding it in all this while. Doesn’t that make him an idiot then? He must be an M. I never intentionally make things hard for him. He always want to keep things smooth without trouble. So why wont you put more effort to match with my pace then? You should devise some tactic to make it suit with me. So that this great me can demonstrate my power better. Arent you the leader?.. This should be the very basic of being a leader right? Oi Parupiro, you know?I know its hard, but isnt that what being a leader is? I know how you were forced to take the leader role because no one else were willing to. But take your role more seriously. Don’t give up oi. Put more effort into it. I don’t want to give a damn about it. Im not you anyways. I can never be like you anyways. Each and everyones are born different right? .. “Its too late to reflect on it now isnt it.” (… Eeehheeee….hihihih….you cannot reflect on anything you lowlife monkey…hihihi) Looking back, Zodiak is right there glaring at him. It is covering him as usual huh. The dark violet sheet is covering Zodiak from head. His eyes like empty hole. The mouth beneath it looks like ripped eyes. Right hand holding butcher knife and left hand holding club. Floating above ground although 2 legs are properly attached to his body. “So Zodiak-kun has become Zodie huh…” (Kihi….You did not even offer any vice you piece of shit.. don’t be too conceited .. just die quietly……..) “[Command]. Don’t say ‘die’” (… please pass away) “Even if you say it politely its still mean the same thing oi..” (….Be killed by someone already) “Passive sentence is also the same oi” (The past you that love freedom.. where has he gone off to?.. Ranta) “oi.. I am proper responsible man myself… and don’t talk like I have gone somewhere off far away.” (Ku… hihihi… kuhihi… responsible… you talk as if you know that word. ..) “in the first place.. the reason I end up in this situation is because I take responsibility in my own action right?” (Are you regretting it, Ranta…. you piece of shitty being… ihihi…) “no.. no regrets at all” (.. Putting up a strong front now .. Kihihihihi…) “Theres no way im acting it now.. . I’ve already made up my mind.. I wont look back and regret anything” (….Hi….) “Did I look cool just now?” (………Oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…………………) “You vomit just now?” Just as expected of my demon. He has a good sense of humor. Woman always appreciate a man with good sense of humor rather than a man who is boring. But .. there is no woman around here though. Should I take a rest here?.. Or should I proceed ahead? I have been lost for several 10 minutes. Every several of 10 of minutes? or maybe more frequently than that? Since I cant grasp the flow of time here, I cant say for sure. Its getting darker but the noises make it feel different. When your sight can see nothing but darkness , I guess your hearing becomes sharper to make up for it. No matter how faint the sound is, I can hear it. “Its better not to open your mouth here.. oi Zodiak-kun. [Command]. Don’t open your mouth unless you sense something comething” Once Zodiak seals his mouth. Sound. Sound. Various sounds overflowing to Ranta’s ears. Don’t get drown in it. Listen closely. Its difficult but I have to do it. What is that sound nearby us? My own footstep? Bugs? Is that it?... Fii, Fii, Fii, Fii .. that high pitched sound.. is that some animal roar? I don’t know. ka,ka, ka, ka, ka kaka, kkakakakaka.. what is that sound? Like I said, I don’t know. Im not some expert on nocturnal creatures damn it. I know I a a dark knight, but I am not an expert on nocturnal creatures… In the first place.. what the hell is a nocturnal expert… is there really such a thing?.. As expected, moving around in the darkness of this forest.. isnt that just reckless? its obviously too dangerous. Well.. when I sleep, whatever happens then .. I will think about it later. . But is the old man still chasing? The old man’s objective is to bring me back to [Folgan]. And I don’t plan to let him do so. Then cant I just ask him nicely to go back. If that is the case then. I can just advance ahead and walk safely. This is bad.. Scarryyyy… Too scaryyy…. Its too scary my heart is going dododododododododo..! Until now I have not experience this fear! How so? “… I see…” Until now, I was being chased non stop. Its only natural that I don’t want to get caught. Theres also overwhelming pressure from the pursuer presence. And the one chasing are Takasagi and others. Theres no question about getting killed by them . Also , while being chased, in other word, Ranta was not alone. Maybe it’s the huge size of this forest, in this forest of Thousand Valley, being alone, not knowing where to go and which direction, and what to do.. makes me really scared. Anyway, should I return to Ortana?.. is the kind of thing that’s playing on my mind now. What should I do once I reach Ortana, specifically… I have no idea. If by luck I meet Renji again in the future, should I join him ? I have rejected him before though.. will he accept me?.. Should I go back to Ortana though? The thing I am feeling right now. Its that huh.. isolation. A loner who does’t have any relative huh? I want to rest. To restore my stamina, to avoid any risk, I should really take a rest. Just lie down and take a rest. But I cant. If I stop here in the middle of the darkness alone. My head will go crazy. I will probably cry rivers . When was the last time I cried? Its embarassing,.. but I probably have shed tears before.. but.. no .. this no time to think of such things. Demon can only afford to retain its shape 30 minutes at most. When he realized it, Zodiak has already vanished. He wanted to scream .Oi.. let me know beforehand if you’re planing to vanish. Without a moment delay, he rechant the spell [DemonCall]. Just as Ranta previously commanded, Zodiak obeyed it and remain silent without a sound. Don’t complain here. The moment you take back that command, you lose. No No.. in the first place why did I commanded Zodiak to stop talking? Its just that its embarassing for a man to take back his word you see. But its already too late, I cant go back saying ‘its too lonely so cant we talk about something interesting’ .. no way im saying that.. my pride wont allow it. Theres no way I will lower my head here and request a favor from him.. No no.. in the first place, he is my demon.. so isnt it weird to call it asking a favor? So in this case, Zodiak should just guess my feelings and just open his mouth and make joke already… isn’t it? oi? how bout it?.. He cant hear maybe.. no no.. he definitely heard that.. even if he cant hear it.. then just sense it already.. why cant you sense it oi.. For just a moment, it became brighter. It became easier to determine the outline of surrounding trees and terrains. “it finally became safer huh..?” No.. its too early to decide that. Its still night time after all. Just a bit. Lets just continue for a bit.. a bit what? what happens after that then?.. For example , even if morning comes, theres no reason to call it safe yet. Then, when will I be able to rest ?I can rest anytime I want… Just so long If I have the resolution to face anything… I can rest anytime I want. . Just resolution huh. Lets stop then. I already reached this far… There’s no helping that my leg hurts this much. I should really take a rest. I f I don’t, I will collapse at any moment. Just take a rest already, I’m sure it will be alright. Surely there’s nothing to worry about. If I take a quick nap, im sure I’ll have more energy when I wake up. So I stopped my feet. “Yosshaa” The voice from my mouth sounds really weak. as expected I really should take a rest. So I lie flat with my back on the ground. (Hiii… RanRan….) “…..a?” He callout out as he look over to Zodiak. What do you mean RanRan? RanRan. This is no place for retorting to that. Zodiak quickly turn to his right. Without a momen of delay, Ranta use [Exhaust] to jump from his spot. At the same time, Zodiak was being held down by something. That something somehow was very close to them. From the thickets of bushes behind Ranta and Zodiak, it seemed to have jumped on Zodiak. Before Zodiak could resist, that something bit Zodiak at his eyes. The moment a demon received a considerable damage, due to their weak defences, it will vanish just like that. The attacker must have been quite confused by it, but it soon reposition himself again to make another attack. What is that? Are? A beast? Black colored. No.. It has spots all over his body.. Wolf?.. No .. Cat?.. Could it be a panther?.. This is bad.. its too fast.. I don’t have my sword. I dropped it when I fought Takasagi. Isn’t this a really bad situation for me? Ranta executes [Exhaust] again to jump away whiles readies himself with a knife. He uses [Exhaust] again. This is bad. I cant get away from him. Far from that, its sticking really close to Ranta. Theres a big difference in speed between them average human and that thing. Too fast. This is impossible. Cant get away. Ranta becomes completely flustered. “------Ngaa…?” It’s a tree. His back just hit a tree. What a blunder. Its coming. Its probably a panther. Goooooooooo… it howls while jumping towards Ranta… I am being held down. I am being pressed down with overwhelming force. I cant move my arms. Ranta’s head is covered by a helmet and the the movable visor covering his vision is being gnawed by the panther and ripped away. “Ooooo…???” This is bad.. It will gnaw my face next. Ranta lift his neck. The panthers sinks its teeth into Ranta’s head instead of its face. “Oooo!,Oooooooo!, Oooooooooooo……!?” GajiGajiGajiGAji…. The helmet . sound of teeth clashing to the helmet can be heard. No?.. “It hurtsss!?” It hurts damn it… “Ooooooo!,Ooooooo!,,,OOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo..!?” The helmet.. What unbelievable jaw strength. The teeth is penetrating the helmet layer and soon reaches his head. If it goes any deeper, it will be very bad for him. The helmet has already been squashed. His neck seems like it will break anytime soon. I’ll die. I’ll die.. I’ll get eaten at this rate. “I’m no tasty!!!.... p-p-pleasee don’t eat me!!.... don’t eat me p-pleaseee?!” Calm down. This is not the time to panic. “D- ,D-Dar,… Darkness, Master of Vice and Corruption, [Dread Terror]…..!” Violet colored mist appears and suck into the panthers cavity, mouth and nose. Its effect showing immediately. The panther quickly separates away from Ranta. Ranta quicklt rolled his body sideways on the ground.. got up on the ground on his 4 limb. Then uses [Leap Out] to jump away. While running away , he look over to check the panthers position. The panther howls gyagyagya like a cat while jumping around. What scary beast. [Dread Terror] , a spell to instill terror of Skullhell-sama to rob away of the target’s judgement ability. It bought him some time to get away from the panther. but things don’t always work out as planned. The panther lets out a roar Byaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Then faces towards Ranta’s direction. Then he chases Ranta in full speed. Could this perhaps.. that dread feeling before somone dies? I have to chant another dark knight magic. otherwise ill be done in here. Its impossible to attack him directly. That panther is much bigger in size thatn Ranta. This one small knife he is holding wont make that much of a difference. The panther may have ran out of his stamina so it may be possible to keep running away from it and make it a challenge of endurance instead. But that panther is damn fast. too fast.. before long he will be caught up. When that happens, Ranta will become merely a prey for it… maybe I should just give up to him.. ok maybe I’ll give him one of my arm… Yosh.. I have decided.. If I can extend my life with this, it’s a cheap price to pay. .. Ok I’ll do this.. lets do this.. “……!.....” he stopped temporarily. Panther is already drawing closer to him. [Missing] Look towards my right, jump towards the left. The panther still come towards me without any hesitation. Seriously? Is this what they call beast intuition? This guy doesn’t have any opening at all. Once again [Missing] This time again look towards my right, jump towards the left. Work hard, my legs. The panther slightly moves towards ranta’s right. but it changes direction mid way and faces Ranta’s again. “Tsaa….!” Ranta twists his body and jump straight up.. then forward.. he plans to pass through the panther.. but nope.. The panther catches his back. Depending on the situation he would have sacrifice one of his arm., but from the beginning he doesn’t have any intention do it for real. Ranta grabs the panther’s neck with his left arm and lock its torso with both of his leg. He thrust his knife towards the panther’s side of neck. The panther lets out a howl while jumping around. Its jumps and crashes towards the nearby trees on its back. The on receiving the damage directly from it was none other than Ranta. Ranta nearly blacked out from the impact. I’ve come this far. You think I’ll let you go that easily?. No way. “Ngaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa………!” He moves his knife. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die already The panther lift up his front lef and aim towards Ranta’s left arm. Those claws. That looks really bad.He let go of his left arm. He then separates himself away from the panther. Rolling.. Then get up . The panther jumps here. [Exhaust], [Missing] . Ill do whatever I can to get away from it. The panther still has a lot of energy in it. It doesn’t look concern or hurt at all from the wound of its neck. Ranta open his helmet and throws it towards the panter. Then use [Exhaust] to jump . His legs already starting to give away. How far can he go? As long as he has the will, he can do it. He plans to turn around the table with one single attack but he has no way of doing so. Lets do this again one more time. Ill pull it off somehow… but I no longer have the strength to do so. Not even the determination to see it through. This is really a stalemate. Live or die. Although I’m barely able to stand now, I am somehow able to relax my mind. All of a sudden, something long flies over and reach Ranta. That long thing pricks the tip of his toe. It was a sword. Ranta puts away his knife, and pulls out the sword from the ground. The panther is now closing his distance . As the panther drawing closer and closer, Ranta put his left leg to front and twist his wrist. He swing his sword downward diagonally. Ranta can feel the feedback from the slash. The panther sways left and right for a while before collapsing on the ground. “This.. sword” Facing towards him , is a hill. Something must have thrown the sword here from that hill. There’s no way a sword would fall out of nowhere just at the right timing. He climbed that hill and check the surroundings. no one is there. The sword scabbard is lying there . The moment he picks it up. He falls down on his knees. “……” Don’t cry. Don’t cry damn it I desparately endured it… and let out a breath “That old man----“ “ ….That stupid old man….. “ continued part 3 |
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| part 3 vol 11 abridged Unknown’s POV Run Run Its dark. In this darkness, I’m running along a long long tunnel I can see a dim light ahead of the path. I run towards that source of light. Run Run I run in the darkness, Facing toward the source light, i keep running It seems so far I can’t reach it, but even then , I keep running Run Run Just a bit further, The tunnel is so long it seems to never ending Run Run Run I continue running. All of a sudden , light overflows. I got out of the tunnel, and run I run persitently, The skin of my arm and head, exposed to the sunlight feels so hot. If I keep running, its feels nice and cool, so I don’t want to stop running. I run on the plains of grass. While running, I look over and the sunlight entering my eyes seems dazzling. It feels strange, but I am laughing. While laughing , I face forward again and continue running. Ooooooii, Don’t run off too far Said the voice Noo, I don’t want to, So I answered, then I laugh again, hastening my pace Don’t want to get caught. Don’t want to get caught by anyone. Its not that I want to go far off though. Even if the wind is not blowing, if I run like this, it feels like breeze is dashing trough my cheeks. …Oooooii, Come back already. That voice repeated again. Mou.. It can’t be helped then . So I stand still, because of his works, my father rarely exercise. And he always like to record with his video camera. During days off, he would bring his daughter together on a drive. sometimes he would walk her to the nearest park. Somehow, whenever he brings along her daughter, he would record it with his video camera, be it kindergarten ceremony, or school entrance ceremony, or Hinamatsuri or Christmas party, even birthday party. But even though he record each and every of the event, we never watch it though. Its fine really. .. is what father said. it will be recorded.. Surely someday,. we will watch it together , and feel nostalgic about it. That’s why he will keep recording everything. Is it after I am all grown up?. is what I asked him and he replied maybe Maybe after you have grown up to an adult, get married to someone , then having kids. It feels really strange somehow, Me? getting married? Its not that I don’t want to, But even If I do get married, its not that strange , Its just that getting married seems so distant in the future. Should I really do it? getting maried. having kids? Means I will become a mother? You probably will I think … said father. “… Eee?. What?.. Can you say that again clearly?... I must have misheard that..” said mother while holding the phone. Then she burst into tears. I can’t hear really well with her sobbing voice. But, in truth I somewhat understand what really happened. I did hear mother say it clearly, the fact that my father had passed away. Isn’t that just a lie? Could you probably have misheard it.That kind of thing should not have happened. Ee? What is it mother? .. can you say it again clearly.. what happened to father exactly..? Run I keep running. I’m running on the corridor. Got outside of the building and continue running Run on a big street , hail a taxi. Raise my hand while running.. I jump into the taxi that stopped nearby me. Tell the driver my destination. The taxi moves ahead sluggishly. The taxi halts when the light turns red. Slow. this is too slow. If I knew this would happen. I would have not taken the taxi before. I should have continue running on foot. The taxi then reached the hospital. Door wont open. Lady, you should pay first. said the driver. How much is it. I asked while taking out my purse. I only have 425 Yen left. Its not enough. What should I do? What do I do?.. So I told him .. it looks like my father is dead.. and please forgive me.. Its fine then… I understand already.. said the driver. The door opens. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.. im so sorry.. I repeated many times. I run I run inside the hospital. In the dark room , I watch the video father recorded before. I was running in it. While laughing. I blowed the lit candles on the birthday cakes I sang Sometimes his voice can be heard. Oooooi… don’t go too far off Fathers laughing voice When I sang, father also sang along In the dark room , I continue watching the video which is only filled with image of me. However, fathers face cannot be seen anywhere. Only parts of his hands were recorded in the video, his voice also but that also very rarely. Why didn’t I record his face before? “Will you go out with me please” said Hakamada beneath the sunlight filtering through the trees. “aah.. Why did I say that in polite sentence.. must have sound weird just now… won’t you go out… with me?” said Hakamada again to correct his previous statement. So I ponder upon it deeply and ask him. “Going out with you.. specifically, what does it mean?” “what does it mean?... that’s … things like going home together maybe.?” “Isn’t it just fine if we just do that?” “No.. not only that,.. things like playing together maybe?” “I’m fine with playing together though?” “though?” “Its really fine though” Its fine as long as we don’t get married .. is what I thought… but the word marry never come out of Hakamada’s mouth. But I don’t really feel like getting married, so why did I agree to going out with him?.. so I ponder. “So whats really good about Hakamada anyways?” asked Yakki. ‘ I shake my head. Yakki stops her bicycle near a bench and licks her Ice Candy. I am also lick my ice candy. The sound from cicada reverberates noisily, the ice candy is too cold , my sweat wont come out. “There’s really nothing good I notice about him though” I answered honestly. “Theres nothing good but you still goes out with him?” “Even though he asked me out, its only going back home together only though” “Then you guys are really going out together then.Then ? Did you two kiss already?” “No” “Ee?, do you hate doing it?” “That thought never cross my mind “ “why did you two go out then?” Let see, if I have to put a reason to it. Maybe I just wanted to see how going out feels like. But I feel like Yakki will misunderstand the meaning behind that so I did not give her proper reply. Yakki said “Shouldn’t you two stop seeing each other then?” I also have thought of that, but how should I explain it Hakamada-kun then? I take out the indoor slipper from the shelf and the moment I put it on. My feet felt something sticky beneath it. I remove it and red stain can be seen on the socks I’m wearing. I lift up the indoor shoes to my eye level and examine the insides of it closely. It looks like someone have put ketchup sauce inside. “Why would someone do such a terrible thing?” So I mutter, remove the stained socks. It seems both pair of shoes got ketchup sauce inside of it. Its not Hot Dock, Its Hot Dog. Dock is where they repair ships and all. I lift up the stained socks, and walk inside the corridor with left foot still wearing socks and the right one barefooted. There should be slippers for visitors reserved somewhere. “Aree?, Mei, what happened” Yakki called out to me. The lower half of her face is strangely loose while the upper part of it is a bit stiff. While looking at that expression… Yakki. I am convinced she is the culprit. “I’m looking for slippers” I answered. “Why? Aree? Your socks, what happened to it?” “It got stained somehow” “How did it got stained anyways, Mei. Mei sure is a weird one eh” “Is that so” I break up with Hakamada-kun afterwards, and he got upset. “Eh?. W-what.. did I do something bad?” “Hakamada-kun didn’t do anything wrong” “If that’s the case, why are you saying you want to break up with me then?” “I think we shouldn’t really be doing such a thing” “Such a thing?” “How should I say this… umm.. Hakamada-kun probably really likes me right?” “If I have to be honest, yeah.. I really like you a lot, so I asked you out, eh?... wait.. does that mean you don’t like me then?” “I’m sure Hakamada’s feeling is very different with mine. In the first place, I don’t even know what it means to like someone” “If that’s the case, shouldn’t you have declined me asking you out earlier?” Hakamada-kun’s face is getting red. He’s really mad at me. I accepted him asking me out without thinking, and regret about it afterwards. I have done something bad. I have hurt him. Even though I don’t have the intention to do so. When we first met, he greeted me and we chatted, then he invited me along to play with his friends, so I play and got along with them, and it was fun. Then all of a sudden, he asked me out. Now its going to be really awkward between us. We probably won’t be able to have friendly chat after this. “I am really the worst person am I” “maybe” “I’m sorry” I lower my head and apologize. Hakamada-kun remain silent. His sight remain fixed on the ground beneath. His left hand grasps the school uniform trousers he’s wearing. His right hand balls into fist, shaking slightly. If I say ‘lets not break up here then’, his anger might subside a bit. But I must not do that. “Eh? So because of that, you broke up with him, Mei?” “Being discouraged from this, you should not have done that , Mei. I will hate you, you know” I see, as I answered so while thinking the reason why would Mei resent me in matter regarding Hakamada-kun. It is something that is beyond me. Back then I always consulted my father about matters like this. I rarely talk to mother though, even to this day. By the way, somehow Yakki looks similar to mother. Yakki seems flippant and playful, and easy to talk to . But sometime, she will suddenly become harsh. Out of nowhere, such cruel words came out from her mouth. Its just like mother. There are times that when she is in bad mood , she would argue with father. “That’s not fair of you to do that” “You don’t have to say that out loud, I can you hear you well” “You always make me the bad person here, maybe you’re fine with it but I cant stand it anymore” “No, you’re not the bad person. I never for once have that thought at all. If there’s anyone that is being bad here, it should be me” “No, that’s not what you truly think” “Its true” “If its true, how exactly are you bad then” “I always scold you if you do something wrong, but whenever I do something wrong, you don’t get mad at me” Father is a really gentle person. He would laugh, would look troubled, sometimes he has this sleepy eyes from fatigue. The day father died, mother sat down on a bench, covering her face with both hands while muttering. “How do I live from now on, now that you’ve gone.” I sat nearby her, and rubbed her back. If it was father, I’m sure he would do this. “I am here by your side, You are not alone in this mother” Mother slowly nod to this and cried for a while. After that, the night after we have settled with the funerals and all. We sat in dark room to watch the video father recorded. Father’s face cannot be seen at all. In that video, I was running, Just where exactly is that grass field? Asked mother. Does she know where it is? She probably does. She should have been with us that day. I want to go to that place again Basking in that warm sunlight, the wind was barely blowing, just standing still in that sunlight would be hot, but running is fine. “Do you like pink color , Mary?” asked father “I don’t like it that much” “What color do you like then?” “White, maybe.. and light blue!” “Water blue huh” Mother always bought me dresses in pink color. Cause I am a girl she said. Pink is cute right?, father then quickly intervened.. she should be fine with whatever color she likes right?. I want to run Lets run I am running Ooooooi…… The voice calls out to me Who is it? Is it father? Sounds a bit different. I want to run further, without minding the voice, keep running. Oooi, Mary……. I think I recognise the voice. I stopped my feet. Could it be Michiki? I look back. Far away in the distant, someone is there. He is not alone. Is it Michiki and the others? “Michiki? Mutsumi? Ogg?” I raise my voice, calling out to them . Is it three person or more? I’m not sure. Its too far. Anyhow, someone is there, but they are not moving. “Mutsumi? Ogg? Michiki? Yakki? Father? Mother?” No matter how many times I call out to them, they wont come. Not even Michiki, Yakki, father, not even mother would come. If that’s the case. I will call out their name. They--- They? Who is this ‘They’? I cant remember.. Why? I see, If they wont come, I’ll just go to them. This time, I face towards them and run. Run But no matter how far I run, I cant reach them. I run and run but their figure remains far. I become tired, so I stop. All of a sudden, a shadow appear. Its black in color, huge in size and it passes over my head. What is that? After a while, it goes to the horizon and vanish. Lets go search for them again. Nothing. They can no longer be sighted anywhere. I lost direction. I no longer know which direction I came from and direction I am heading towards. I can only see plains of grassfield. Grass and sky. Other than that, there’s nothing else. …I am alone, My voice, As if reverberates into nothing,it fills deep into my chest. I am alone. I grit those word in my teeth, grit and grit but there’s no taste. Finally I remembered. I see. I look around, as usual, only sky and grass can be seen , but no one else is there. ----- I , have died. That’s why, I am alone now Just now, I felt someone calling out to me in the distant, that must have been my imagination. I have already died, so I should be alone , and no one else should have been here. When I die, I no longer become myself, unable to comprehend anything and disappearing into nothingness. But before that. I want to see him. This feeling of desire, maybe its just from feeling lonely. I sat down, and look down. I cannot see my own hand. No arms, no legs, not even my body. I cannot see anything, I cannot hear anything, maybe its cause the wind is not blowing? Of course , I don’t have a body , not even eyes. The only thing that remains of me now … is my thought. Thinking… Thinking… What should I think of? Maybe I should I count numbers. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten , eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty, four, sixty. four . five? sixty, six. six, sixteen. five? six? Its useless, I must count the numbers If I don’t count them. aa, I’m vanishing, vanishing, van-, -----Mary, That voice, Whose voice is it? I want to meet--. Cause this is the last This is the end, Before I vanish. Somehow.. everyone---- Who is everyone? Mary? Mary….? He call out my name holding me What,...Just what should I do….? You don’t have to do anything I don’t need anything else You have already done a lot for me Isn’t that just a lie? I was happy I was not alone You were always there for me Haru I I Haru I I have always What is it ? What is it that i wanted to say to him? I forgot. Theres so many things I wanted to say to you Saying goodbye like this… Aaa goodbye Going away like this…. Even saying goodbye… I am so glad that I met you “HEY GEEK” Five years ago, I always been made fun of by Mat saying my face is full of pimples waiting to explode. That moment, i got really mad. I jump on him by surprise and attack him. I push him down and ride on top of his body. I viciously punch and beat him face many times. This weak body. I do not have enough strength to beat him down. Mat quickly regain his judgement from the shock. He reverses his position and ride on me. Now I am the one getting vicious beating. It hurts. It hurts. Scary. Someone save me. But I do not beg for forgiveness. I desperately put on guard with both hands and grit my teeth. I will resist matt’s fierce attack until its end. No matter what, I will resist it. Matt’s fist somehow looks hurt, so he separates himself away from while cursing at me. While lying flat on the sideway of Kingsback, South Pine Street. I quietly cry cheers of victory inside my chest. I am maybe a geek, but I am not a weakling, not even an idiot. I will grow strong, and realize my dream. I learn Japanese. The materials are mostly from anime or manga or Anime songs or JPOP. And after that, I start reading Japanese light novels. I am also studying properly. Originally, I was already good in science and mathematics. Since I have been learning Japanese on my own, I also become adept in learning literature subject. I am also jogging, stretching, muscle training, strengthening body. I am not able to become as buffy as Mat. But, I still manage to gain considerable amount of muscle. Even after all that, no one approaches me. I endure the loneliness. Not long after, the day arrive when I can finally step feet in Japan as an exchange student for 1 year. Why wasn’t i born in this country? Anyways, this country really suits me. Of course, I am still a geek , but because of that I attract a lot of Japanese seeking friendship. I learn the feeling of having a real family while living in my host-family house. Since the day I was born throughout high school period, it is in japan that I finally able to make friends with someone. I am also able to fall in love. High School female, Sakki. Yes, the same name with the girl from the movie [Tonari no Totoro]. I hold my hands with Sakki. We walk together along the embankment, above the paved roads, crossing bridge , going to the bookstore. “Jesse-, You are really fluent in Japanese aren’t you.. like a natural” …..Sakki-? I kiss with Sakii and. Lips touching lips, we kiss lovingly…. Who is it? Me? With Sakki? I seriously love Sakki, with all my heart, with Sakki… with all my Sakki I love ….. What is this strange feeling that I have? Something is not right. The day I have to leave japan is approaching “I’m fine with long distance relationship” Sakki said. Every month I repeat “I love you” to Sakki. As for the reason, its cause I really love Sakki. Finally I return to my homeland. Sakki ask me to video-chat everyday. I make idle chatter with Sakki. Just by doing that alone, I am filled with happiness. But the moment the video-chat ends, the loneliness and sadness is overwhelming ,its unbearable. I become longing to hear her voice, long to see her face. But, I already ended the video chat just now and its already late in japan. Something feels strange “Aren’t being cold to me lately Jesse?” Sakki said so. If I apologise here, she would get mad. Something is not right. Its strange. Everything is strange. Who am I? Am I Jesse-? I am …… “Ageha, lets be together forever” Takaya hugs me while whispering those words to my ears. I secretly wish to be hugged like this forever. Takaya’s chin rests on my forehead. Takaya doesn’t properly shave his stubble, so when it slightly rubs against my forehead, it hurts a bit. I’m thinking of asking him to properly shave them next time. I get it already .. answered Takasagi . But he keeps forgetting to do it no matter how many times I ask. Before long, I give up and become used to it. Its not that bad once I get used to it. Hugging Takaya on a bed covered with thin sheets, it feels warm , my head becomes blank, feel drowsy but I cannot fall asleep. I cherish this moment, cherish it dearly. I want to pester him to kiss me but I am so embarrassed I cannot do it. Its better if Takaya is the one initiating it. But he pretends to fall asleep. Mouu… somehow its irritating. So I also get ready to sleep. Takaya then approaches his lip towards my forehead. His lips slowly goes downwards. I receive that lip with mine and we kiss for a long time. I feel something is not right. This is not right Takaya’s body temperature is slowly reducing. Even though it was very warm just now. I embrace him strongly to warm him up. I don’t think doing this is pointless. I don’t want to think. There are other people around us. Rikimaru, Karashi, Tomiko and Tarashina. They also stopped moving. The blood flowing from my companions has become cold. BunBunBun .. goes the sound of the flies flapping its wing. The flies are gathering. I drive them away with my hands but theres too many of them. Just moving my hand has also become difficult. Now that I look at it, the flies are also swarming my stomach. I want to scream but voice wont come out. A fly has landed on my mouth and enter it. I want to close my mouth but it wont move. So I close my eyes instead. Something feels not right. Its feels strange.. “There’s a way… There’s only one way” I have already realized it, but I cannot convey it properly, didn’t I receive the key? I, We.. from the beginning, why were we taught the unique magic [Magic Missile] ? I see, that’s why… it was Wizard Sarai. I asked that question to Wizard Sarai. The elder of the magician guild Wizard Sarai just laughs and ignore my question. I have to think the answer myself then. I have to find the answer myself, otherwise I wont reach the real meaning behind the magic. If I do that, only then I can call the magic as my own. Finally, I was able to see it, the path that I should take. “Yasma” Sarai call out to me “Its no good rushing you see, this life is long you know, you’ll do just fine by taking it slowly.” Of course, that is what I have been planning all along. While feeling that something is strange, I At least I got a clue. Although its not my place to say this, but I am a very diligent person. I became Volunteer soldier took the magician path. I studied the path of magician diligently. I have mastered various type of magic. I am able to voice my opinion clearly and if I feel someone is doing mistakes, I can clearly point it out to him. Thanks to that personality, i often find myself in conflict and discord with other people and even within companion. There is always person who needed me as a magician. As a magician, as a volunteer soldier, I have lived a way of life that I am not ashamed of. I have the confidence to declare so. even so, something is strange. I will polish the [Magic Missile] magic. I am convince I will achieve a breakthrough. I am still in the middle of it. No… far from that I am still in the beginning. I must not fail here. Even so, something feels strange. “Live strongly, Itsunaga, strongly….” Mother is almost buried beneath the fallen leaves and twigs. I gathered them all and piled them so. Mother seems to be cold, so I thought this should make her feel warmer. I hold mother’s hand and she holds mine as well. Before long, the strength in her hand gone, letting go of my hand. She is smiling. She is dying, I know that. I have seen many living things lose their life so of course I know of it. My mother is dying. The word “live strongly’ remains within me. But even so, something feels strange, something’s strange. At any rate, my mother will die. While holding her lifeless hand, I swear that I will never forget how badly the villager treated us two. But , mother never seem to be able to hold grudges. But I can never forgive the villagers. I cannot do it. My mother hid a short sword inside my pocket for self defense use. I decided to take my vengene upon my enemies using this short sword. If this short sword is not able to reach their throats, ill just get a longer one. If I said so in front of mother, she will not hesitate to stop me. So I remain quiet and let her rest in peace with no worries. But even so ,something feels strange. Something is strange. Who.. Who am i?. . Who.. ..I… Itsunaga? I no longer know my real self anymore. My name changes. I don’t mind it. I threw away 10 names, picked up 100 names and hold 1000 names. Diha Gatt. That is merely one of the thousand names that I have picked up. Merely an ancient name. However, maybe it is the oldest name I have. I am ---- Jesse Smith Ageha ------ Yasma ------ Itsunaga ------Diha Gatt ------ I am? Your name is fine. I have a thousand names. Went around thousand places… Something feel strange..While roaming around unknown places, I feel somethings strange. While standing on the edge of the cliff near a large river with wind breezing through, I am gazing upon the sea which changes color from bright green to blue, from blue to dark blue. As if sucking in the scent of the salt water, I strain my eyes and gaze upon my hands. My green colored hand. My thick fingers. My solid looking talon. I am a rat. The king of rat. I am Jee ------Geha ------ ha ------tsuna ------a ------sse ------yass ------Di ------su ------ma ------i ------gatto ------mith ------ga ------DidididiHa GagagagagagagatgaitsutstsutsutsunagayasusususususususuAaaaaaaagegegege gegegehaJessejejejejejeejessesmismismismismismimemememememememememememarymememememememe Jesse Smith Ageha Yasma Itsunaga Diha Gatt Rarararara Rat Kingngngngngngng I cannot go beyond there. I am running Running Runni Grassland Sky Nothing Where am I? No one is here I am alone You are not alone . said a voice. Not one, but many voice. I reach out my hands. Something touch my hand, without reserve, with no restrain, violently, its forcing its way in. it flows into me. Don’t come into me. Stop it. Don’t come in!. don’t come inside me. Please I beg you. --Mary! That’s That my.. Mary! That’s my name that’s someone is calling out. Say it more. Embrace me more Don’t let go Mary! Mary! Mary! Aa….., Then I try to open my eyes. continued part 4 |
Aug 7, 2017 12:25 AM
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| part 4 vol 11 abridged Haruhiro’s POV Kuzaku pace himself inside the building “What’s with those guys. Its night time already but how can they just stay still there!” Kuzaku mutters so while going outside of the building, then return inside and then goes outside again and repeats this over and over and over again. He should be tired of it already. He should be filled with hunger and thirst already. But even so, he can’t afford to just stay still. I understand him very well though. It’s the same for Haruhiro. Just staying still is very difficult, but he must remain close beside her. Yume is sitting with knees raised up near the broken door entrance while holding her sword scabbard. She has been casting her eyes downward the whole time. if I call out to her now, she probably won’t answer. Shihoru seems to be in the same state as Yume. Sitting beside Haruhiro, hanging her head while not moving an inch. The crows are still cawing with piercing noising. More than ten or so crows have come and switch places in the edge of the ceiling’s hole and they’re still noisy as ever. Kuzaku kicks the ground , then crouches while saying “… what should we do here?..”. Haruhiro opens her mouth and tries to say something but no words come out. He licks his lips a bit. It hurts. Must have died and cracked a bit. In the end he answers “Still”. Kuzaku mutters “ I see..” Kuzaku then tries to get up only to fall down on his back. But Haruhiro is not the one to remain still. He actively examines the present state of the girl and Jesse who has turn into nothing but human skin. But just touching Jesse’s skin gives the shivers in his spine. There is no warmth on Jesse’s skin, it doesn’t feel moist but it also doesn’t feel rustle from the drying up. Haruhiro picks up Jesse’s left ankle and lifts it. He can feel the weight behind it, but it’s not of humans weight. Looking from his outer appearance, is he only consist of only bones and skins now? Anyhow, he should not be alive already, but there’s no smell from dead flesh, not even a sign of decay. She is also of the same state. She is already dead, should have. He was beside her when it happened. In the present state, she is not alive. He already confirmed it. Theres no pulse. Her heart is also not beating. There’s also no warmth in her body. Despite that, her body is not showing any sign of stiffening and decaying. Then, there’s another thing I noticed. When human are still alive, the heart continuously beats moving the blood in the body. If the heart stops beating, naturally the blood also stop flowing as well. Then what happens? The blood is drawn by gravity and if the body is lying upwards , it should accumulates at the back of the body. The changes can be seen from outside by purple spots appearing on the body skin. Haruhiro tries to lift her head. To do this, he needs to keep pushing the wounds from Jesse wrist against Mary’s neck injury. So he carefully removes the cloth binding them together. He can’t believe his eyes. The wound on Jesse’s left wrist has turn into big crack. However, Mary’s neck is in beautiful state. It can be said that the big wound on her neck was the cause of her death but that it has already disappeared. The large amount of blood that is supposed to have flown out from Jesse’s left wrist is also nowhere to be seen. The cloth binding the wounds that is supposed to have been over soaked in dark blood, far from getting stained, it is already dying up. Haruhiro lifts her head up, move her hair aside and examine her nape. Naturally it should be there, but there’s no purple spots at all. What on earth is happening here. She is not alive , but you can also say that she is not dead. Such a thing is not possible. Her body must be going through some sort of change. What kind of change then? It is beyond him. Of course, such a thing is beyond anyone else. Surely, Haruhiro expects it to be a good change. But the same time he is afraid. Something bizarre is about to happen. Maybe its already taking place gradually. He can only accept anything that happen from here. But can he afford to accept it? Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….. “--------Ot…..” Kuzaku stands up. Yume looks outside. “Haruhiro-kun….” Haruhiro nods after being called out by Shihoru. Jesse said it before. When the sun sets down, [Bool] will come here. Yume readies herself while standing on one knee. Something just run into the building and passing through Yume. It’s not the dead flesh-seeking wolf [Bool] but it is Setra who is holding her staff and Kiichi, the ash colored Nyaa. “Haru” Setra who did not even cast her glance towards Kuzaku and Yume , quickly approaches Haruhiro. To which Haruhiro only replied “…Aa” After laying her headstaff against the wall, she stands nearby Haruhiro. She takes a short breath. Kiichi is rubbing its neck against Setra’s shin while meowing , Nyaaaaaa. “… Where have you been?” Asked shihoru. “ I was looking for something” Setora answered while taking out a something out of her bosom. That something is similar to human fist in both size and shape. Is it made of metal? It looks solid and heavy as well. It seems there are several holes in some parts of it. Faint blue lights leaking from the holes. Haruhiro stares at that thing. He is only looking at it and has no interest at all. To be honest, whatever that thing is, he doesn’t care at all. “This is called a [Fake Soul Vessel]” Setora explains. “Inside it resides Enba’s fake soul. You can call it the real form of the android. Necromancer tie the corpse to this [Fake Soul Vessel] to create the androids. The me who was born in [Shuro] house has been fiddling with human and beast’s dead body ever since I can remember. People from the village had always treated the family members of Shuro House badly. I also had people speaking behind my back saying how smelly I was. But the truth is we necromancer never use rotten flesh in the first place. Instead , the carefully washed corpse smells much better than a living human being. Additionally, the sight of the bones, muscles , blood vessels and organs are very beautiful. Then , assembling all that parts together and seeing a completed Android able to move is very emotionally moving for me. However, after I have finished building Enba, I can’t bring myself to build another android. The necromancer from Shuro House has always been creating Androids only to destroy them and build another. They repeated this over and over again aiming for perfection. But I am satisfied enough with only Enba . The people from my house cannot understand me for being like that. Also it is considered a miracle to have a woman in the house to keep Nyaa as a pet. Apparently, I am an anomaly among them.” Hearing this haruhiro just nods ambiguously. If its not for such timing, Haruhiro would have paid more attention to Setora’s story. But for now its quite impossible. He cant bring himself to listen to it. Just say it already, ‘now is not the time’. “Haru” Setora places the [Fake Soul Vessel] in her bosom. Kiichi looks up towards Setora. “You are in love with that girl , right?” “.. W-w---“ Words remain stuck in my mouth. What are you saying all of a sudden?. Why.. now? In this place… Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….! Bools are howling. Haruhiro is looking towards the ceiling’s hole. Before he knows it, the crows there has long gone from the spot. Haruhiro cast his eyes downwards , blinks his eyes twice and let out sigh. “…. Its only one-sided though” He cant bring himself to lie here That is the only thing he cannot do. “Rather than one-sided.. from me. Its more like---“ “That’s enough” Setora bends herself and places her palm above Haruhiro’s hand. Then while displaying a slight smile on her face, she says “I understand” . “But you know what Haru” she then continues with her voice changing slightly. Her hands trembles repeatedly. “----dead people, cannot be revived , you see” Haruhiro did not say anthing back. It’s not because his mouth is covered by Setora’s hand. Such a thing does not affect him at all. Haruhiro has suspected this before. Isn’t that just a dream he was seeing? Reviving dead people. If someone is dead , they should remain dead. With a single word, such a convenient dream has shattered into pieces, bringing him back to reality. Setra pulls back his right hand and grasp it with her own left hand. “Android in a sense is product created with a certain compromise, the craftsman who were later on called as necromancer originally aimed to revive dead person. It was first attempted by obtaining the relic known as [Fake Soul Vessel] and even after the first androids were created, the attempts continued on. But not once, have they succeeded in it. Death is an irreversible phenomenon which affects not only human but also other living beings alike. Living beings can never be revived back once they lost their life. Even if that woman were to somehow to be revive, it might be different than the revival that you hope for. The revived girl maybe a different person before her death. Maybe its fine as long as it is not revived as unknown monster. Nevertheless, maybe its better if she has the same personality as android which is faithful and loyal. But if its opposite, what would you do?” “…I Would …” “No. Its not the case of what you can do or not. I want you to fully accept my advise” “That’s.. .. I get it already” “Are you sure? Can you really assert that you are prepared for it then? Haru” If am really prepared for it, I should be giving immediate reply to it and state my affirmation. But I cannot do it. “If you cannot do it then” Setora relaxes her tone and says so quietly “There are things that you must do now” “.. Me?...things I must do …?” “Aa, yes. We can still make it in time. Use that knife to stab the woman’s head and heart. That should be able to do it. If you cannot do it then , I can take your place. I am already used to it due to the nature of my work. I can do it without blinking an eye.” make it in time? Is that so? Must do. Me? With this hand. Either me or Setra. No. If anyone should do it, it should be me. But is it really necessary to it in the first place? Its not necessary. Resolution. That’s it. As long as he has the resolution to see things through, no matter what happens, he should be fine. Haruhiro is----- “….un……” a voice leaked out It was not Haruhiro. Not Setra. Not Shihoru. Not Yume. Not even Kuzaku. It was Mary. Mary’s limb suddenly stretches out. Not only both her arms and legs. The parts of her neck to the torso become arched like a bow. “Mary….!” Haruhiro jumped towards Mary. “UaaaaaaaAAAAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaAAaaaaaaaa” Its dark so he cant quite see it, from Mary’s mouth , maybe from other parts as well, something is flowing out . What is it? What is that inside Mary? “nn….” Haruhiro covers his mouth, stop his breathing. This smell. Blood? Could it be, blood? It smells like blood. No , but, its smells more pungent. “What is it…?!” Setra steps back “Mary-chan…!?” gasps Yume “Mary-san…!” shouts Kuzaku “-----Hiiiii…..” shrieks Shihoru. What is this… this. What in the world is this… Haruhiro kneels down with his left hand attached to the ground. Is this blood or something else.. I don’t know. At any rate, the liquid from inside Mary is gushing out and soaking Haruhiro’s left hand and afterwards his knees. In large amount nonetheless. “Aguuu, go, gu,ga,gou, gau,agga,ka, fuga…” Mary continues to gush out liquids while emitting foreign like noise. What should I do here. What do I do? I cannot just stand still here. I must do something. Cause she seems to be suffering. “Ma, Mary…!” Haruhiro climbs on top of Mary, and grasps both of her shoulder. I want to stop it. The liquid that is gushing out. But, will it be fine if I stop it?. Can I hold it back? But how? The liquid continues gushing out from Mary’s inside non stop. Mary is already soaked wet from the liquid. The same is true for Haruhiro. Hands, arms, legs as well has become drenched in it. Even his face got splashed from it. Perhaps, this liquid is not just ordinary blood. While holding Mary’s shoulder with his left hand, his right hand stretches out to hold Mary’s cheek. As I thought, not only her mouth. The liquid is also flowing from her nostrils and eyes. Haruhiro tries to wipe it. But its useless. It keeps coming out non stop. Does the liquid have never-ending supply? He cannot stop it even for a moment. But he cannot afford to not wipe it. Because it is also impossible to do nothing. “Mary! Can you hear me!? Mary! Its me, Haruhiro! Mary….!” I want to do something but it seems impossible. Mary. Mary. Mary. Haruhiro continuously calls out to her. Mary’s whole body stiffens as it becoming rampant. She’s surely suffering tremendously now. Maybe, its about to end soon. Whats about to end? He cant properly explain it. But perhaps, just a little bit. Haruhiro embrace her in his arms while yelling. It’s alright. You don’t have to worry. I am here. We are here. Mary, we are here beside you. Your body is here, but maybe the real you is somewhere far away. Somewhere my voice can’t reach. Maybe you cant hear me. If that’s the case, I will yell as loud as I can, make it reverberating, make it roaring , make it reach to you. I may not be able to pull your hands and bring you’re here with us. But, I will call your name many times over so long as my voice permits. I will drag you here, I promise. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. “Mary……..!” Haruhiro exerts all his strength in his arms embracing mary. He tries to call Mary’s name once again. His voice has long become hoarsed. Its fine even if I crush my throat, I will call your name many times over. “….!...” Mary suck in a breath, the liquid spewing out of her stops. Mary, starts to cough. “…..Ha,……..ru?” said Mary while still letting out cough frequently. Haru. That was Haru? What? ‘That was Haru?’ is what Mary thought? Haruhiro doesn’t understand. But whatever, its fine. “Aaa….! its me, Mary. Its Haruhiro. You understand right? You heard it , right? Mary. You have finally returned. Mary! Mary…….!” Mary only nods. Anyways, the cough seems to have ease down a bit. Her breath is still uneven. Mary seems to be herself. Theres no mistaking it. She called Haruhiro’s name, and she properly understood what Haruhiro was saying. Which means? Unbelievable. No. Its fine to believe it. How can I express this feeling into words? I did it? Thank goodness? Welcome back? are those the words im looking for? I’ve been longing for your return. Thank you for coming back. I missed you. Each and every of those are not wrong but even if I combine all of them together, it still wont be enough. But, as long as Mary is here, its fine. Uroooooooooooooooon! Ruon! Uoooooooooon! Uronnnnnnnnn! Ruoooooooooon! “Haruhiro!” Kuzaku yells. “Maybe its those Bools” “Bool” Mary said so firmly. She stands up. Haruhiro tries to stop her “Mary, you’re still not yet-----“ “This is not the time to for that” Just as Mary said, in this situation they cannot afford to remain still in the building. Haruhiro helps Mary to stand up, she staggers a bit , and grabs the headstaff resting on the wall, “.. Equipments” she mutters then lets out a small groan while shaking her head. “--- Its better to equip shields. Bows and arrows as well. Its in the storage….” “Mary…..?” “Lets go quickly” Mary then squats while searching the Jesse’s body which looks more like a cast-off skin rather than a dead corpse. What in the world is she doing. Mary then quickly stands up. “I will guide the way to the storage. Lets go” “E,……a, un” He has his doubts, but he just swallows it for the time being. This not the place to be throwing questions. Setra, Kiichi, Yume, and Shihoru are standing nearby the entrance while Kuzaku is outside. He is readying himself with his long sword which is tinged with bright white lights.That must be the [Light Magic, Saber]. Urooooooooooon! Urooooooooooon! Roooooooooooon! Uroooooooooon……! Its nearby. I can tell from the howling noise. “Huge…!” Kuzaku yells. Is he referring to the Bool? where is it? Haruhiro still cant see it. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection, -------Protection” Mary uses the light magic spell. Light shaped Hexagram appear on Haruhiro and the others wrist. Kuzaku screams “Nuaaa………!” while swinging his long swords. The bright while light is shining. Is that… Bool? But seriously, isn’t it too huge? “Kuzaku……” “Uoooooo……….!?” The bool’s shadow is overlooming Kuzaku. No, did it leap over and crushed Kuzaku ? Haruhiro can’t move even a step. Even Yume, Shihoru an Setra as well. Only Mary, behind all of the others, Mary rush towards Kuzaku. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection------“ Mary aims towards the Bool which is leaning over Kuzaku and releases a dazzling light. “[Breim]……….!” “Gyon” such howling noise can be heard while the whole body of the Bool is trembling. While it may be only be for a moment, this time time he can see it clearly. Its covered with fur, Its probably black in color. maybe blackish brown, or dark gray. Dead-flesh eating wolf. That thing? A wolf? Just where exactly ? Wolf are not that buffy arent they? they should be much slimmer in build. This thing looks way too buff. Its head looks too thick. Well, it does look like wolf a bit, But the whole body looks way off. Far from wolf, it looks more like that. Bear. The moment that word comes out from his mouth. He remembered, Jesse told him once . “It is much bigger that the Mist Panther which resides in Thousand Valley. Its similar to bear, I think.” Bear That’s it. “Guaryaaaa….!” Kuzaku move aside the bear which is toppling him . At the same moment, Mary uses her headstaff and hit it in the face. The Bool tries to retreat. Mary yells “Haru…….!” while running. Perhaps, shes facing towards the storage house. “—Lets move” This is bad, Haruhiro thought. I am not the one making decision right now. Mostly , he just went with the flow, leaving it all to Mary. This means, my meaning of existence is…. No,… meaning of existence or whatever, its fine. “AA- Shittt, Mary-santhankyousomuchyousavedmethere” “Zaaaaaaa………..!” Kuzaku turn over and shower the Bool with attacks from his long sword. “Go ahead, everyyone! go!” Haruhiro waves his and urging everyone. Setora, Kiichi, Yume, Shihoru and then Kuzaku all follows Mary behind. Haruhiro follows behind Kuzaku. Bool is coming. Urooooooooooon. Urooooooooooooon. roooooooon. How many of them are there. looks quite a lot. But is there more of those bear-like Bools?.No.. that shouldn’t be the case. Fu, ha, ho, ha, ha, haa, ha, haa. My breath is getting hard. The bear-like Bool is chasing persistently. We’ll get caught at this rate. Its coming to attack. “----Ni……..!” Haruhiro lets out a strange noise while jumping sideways, rolls and then stand up again. That was close! it grazed me a bit though, with claws or something. Ugogogogogogoaaaaaaaaa , the Bool is roaring as if being unsatisfied, bending its big body over, he plans to finish me off? NotgoodNotgoodNotgood. Haruhiro flees. He sprints with all his might. But he may lose speed-wise. see? The Bool is already close to him. Close Close Close… Too close… too fast too fast too fast. I may get killed here. “----Gi….!” He tried to run away somewhat but did not make it. When he realize, he is already about to be squashed flat. What a horrible beastly smell. He cant breath. Perhaps he will be eaten here? “Ndaaa, Raaaaa……….!” Kuzaku retraces his step back and deals a blow to the Bool. The Bool howls “ Gooo?!” He wont let go of Haruhiro. Kuzaku yells “ Oiii, Youuu!” while slashing at the beast. “what are you doing to Haruhiro! Move aside! I will kill you! Die! you bear….!” kuzaku showering blows at the bool. no but that guy is not a bear you know. Bear or not. whichever is fine. Bear then separates himself away from Haruhiro’s body. Kuzaku then helps Haruhiro get up . “Haruhiro, Are you ok?!” “Yeah, somewhat…” “That was bad just now, I cant slash it at all, maybe it’s the furs…Ooo……….!?” Kuzaku was blown away. The Bool once once again plunge towards here. Kuzaku immediately guard himself with the long sword. He hold his position to face the blow from the Bool. URoooooooooooooooooon! Bool is trying to spring upon here. Haruhiro drawrs his stiletto knife. Until now, he has been keeping his knife sheathed. What have I been doing, seriously. I grapple the Bool which is trying to attack kuzaku and stab it with the stilletto knife. Stab, stab, stab , the Bool twist his body in protest. my stabbing doesn’t seem to be effective? the furs. This thick dense fur is it. The sticky fur itself is not only solid, its also dense and layered, like cushion. Due to its small length, just using the stiletto knife to break through the cushion-like fur will exert a lot of strength. This maybe be more troublesome than those gorilla’s husk skin. Looks like I have to play by the book and aim for there. “….O..?!” The Bool howls UgoOAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa while raising his body. It raises its front left. Seriously, this guy. its not a wolf, isn’t it more like bear? Standing up, it seems even bigger than before. \ “Uoooooooo?! Oooooooooooooo……!?” Kuzaku looks surprised. Haruhiro desparately clings on to the Bool. But the Bool continue to roar Uooooooaaaaa, Guaaaaaaaaaa and violently shakei its body so he’s really at his limit. This is bad. Impossible. I cant move my hands anymore. Haruhiro is shaken off, blow away, not heading towards the ground but facing the direction of a nearby building wall. Haruhiro hit the wall , smashing it into pieces. “……un… ku…” Are? Its bright, …isn’t it? “hyaa!” this is Yume’s voice? Haruhiro is in lying down facing upward position. It looks like his head received strong impact from hitting the wall just now, he was dazed for a bit. When he looks around, Yume is there. Even Shihoru, Setora, Kiichi. Aa, that must be it. Storage house. This is the storage house. I see. And theres also light glowing inside. Yume is here, Shihoru is here, Setora is here , Kiichi is here, and naturally Mary as well. “…A?” How curious. What is the meaning of this. Mary is not wearing any clothes. What is this , place. Am I dreaming? That must be it. Bucause theres no reason anyone would be naked in this situation. “Haru…..!” Mary leaps over here. While Mary is lifting Haruhiro in her arms, haruhiro wonders if he really is in heaven right now. Maybe not. Things like heaven don’t exist , right. Then , this is reality? “Oi, you!” Setora passes over a green overcoat to Mary. “At least , wear something decent!” “Ha….” Mary while having Haruhiro’s head resting on top of her lap, covers her breast with the green overcoat. “This, this is.. my clothes were soaking wet, so… I was in the middle of changing just now. “ “I .. .i see” Haruhiro closes his eyes shut. “Un. I.. I wont look.. promise..” “Nnyaa! Kuzaku-kun is….!” “We have to assist him…!” Yume and Shihoru looks uneasy. No .. They should be. Kuzaku is facing the ominous Bool alone. Even so, what am I doing here. Is this really the time for me to lie down on Mary’s lap?.. This is really bad isn’t it. “Umm… mmmm.. Haru, can you… I’m about to change , so..” “A, Aaaaaaa….” haruhiro opens his eyes and stands up then look at Mary. Mary also tries to stand. Then put on her green overcoat but with bare legs. She’s already wearing clothes on her top but perhaps , down there she is? Haruhiro shakes his head. This is not the time. Yume holds her bow, She hangs a quiver filled with bows on her shoulder. Setora holds spear and rectangle shield in her hands. Shihoru is also holding a shied but perhaps its not for her but for Kuzaku’s use. Although it looks small, the building is a proper storage house . The rack is arranged with spear and swords. Hanging on the walls are several shields, bow and arrow while the shelves stores clothes inside. Haruhiro then look towards Mary. He then averts his eyes. Mary is crouching while making rustling noise inside the overcoat. Perhaps she’s in the middle of wearing clothes. “Nuaaa! Zuaaaa! Seaaaa…..!” Kuzaku is dealing with the Bool on his own. “Ah!” Haruhiro came to his sense and rush towards Shihoru and Setora while giving instruction “The shields!” “Yesss…..!” replies Shihoru. Haruhiro goes out the building through the broken wall’s cavity , followed by Yume. Haruhiro slaps his own cheek with his left hand. get your shit together haruhiro. He follows behind Yume. Setora brings Kiichi together. Shihoru calls out “ Kuzaku-kun,…..!” while throwing the shield to him. The shield rolls towards Kuzaku feet. But Kuzaku only cast a single glane to the rolling shield, and that’s it. He must be too occupied to pick up the shield. Kuzaku presses himself closer to the Bool “NueaAAA….!” while swinging his long sword. Even though the long sword hit the Bool’s left shoulder, it doesn’t seem to cut anything. Kuzaku pulls his sword, “Keaaaaaaa…..!” then swings it downward. It seem to have hit the top of the Bool’s head, the bool only waver a bit and step backwards. That is some heck of a cushion-like fur you got there. How should we go at him. “Idiot!!, If you can’t cut it, just thrust your sword into it” Setora not only yells, but she is sprinting towards the Bool. Pushes out her spear forward, projecting it towards the Bool’s throat. it hits it firmly. Setora let go of the spear, and jump bacward. “Corner him , Idiot!” “Nnaaaaaaaa……!” Kuzaku charges into the Bool. The kuzaku that enters into battle mode and charges into his enemy is quite scary. Kuzaku collides his body with the Bool and using the long sword stabs deeply into its stomach. Setro has already returned to the storehouse. “Haru!” he turns over as his name was called out, a spear came flying towards him. Why, Haru asked but without a moment delay he receives it. Setora yells “You too, Huntress!” while handing over a spear towards Yume. While thinking how stupid, indecisive, incompetent and useless he is being right now, Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto and readies his spear. Maybe he wont use it. “Kuzaku!, retreat back further” while yelling so, Setora and yume advances forward. It looks like that strike from Kuzaku earlier is working, the bool is withdrawing. Haruhiro , Setora and Yume uses their spear to skewer the Bool. While the bool tried to remove the spear, it twists itself and somehow falls down sideway. It looks like it wants to get up but having his throat crushed, stomach blowed and skewered by the spears, it seems useless. “Move away………!” Kuzaku who has retreated just now fiercely leaps over , pulls his sword backward and thrust. Its mouth crushed. Kuzaku crushed the inside of the bool’s mouth. Not only that . “Nuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!” he splits the head of the Bool into two. No matter how tough the beast it is, that attack should have ended his life. Haruhiro feels relieve for a while. How naïve of me, so I told myself. “Kiichi….!” Setora commanded something to the gray colored Nyaa. How naïve of me. There are still several Bools left here and there roaring UrooooooooooooonURooooooooonnnn. There’s no end to it. What should we do here. Mary holds her headstaff with right hand, left hand holding lamp while exiting from the storage house. Mary wearing the green overcoat looks completely different from her priestess image, Haruhiro cannot help but be amazed in the sight of it. Seriously, what should he do in this situation. He’s not acting leader-ish like he should. Isn’t Setora looks more leader-ish right now? Perhaps, he’s now in a slump? could it be that? No.. What is a slump anyway. In the first place, he’s not the type to lead people. But even so, he has to take the role, he will do whatever he can to the utmost of his ability. Clear your mind. What did Setora commanded Kiichi just now. Kiichi looked like it was going somewhere. Setora probably asked Kiichi to look for escape routes. Mary is carrying lamp. Is that really okay? That light stands out too much. But maybe, Bools are nocturnal creatures. They can probably see well in the darkness. We cant see well , so its probably disadvantageous to be in the dark. Its better to have some light. At any rate, we need to escape from here. I am not really skilful in leadership, so there are too many things that I don’t know, and things that I cannot do, nevertheless i cannot waste my time complaining about it. If I cannot do break the deadlock by myself, I can just ask for help from the others. “Setora! Which way should we go!?” “Hold on” Setora produces a sharp sound from the gaps of her teeth, eye closed, while her neck turning. A faint sound Nyaa can be heard. Which direction did it came from? Haruhiro cannot judge it well. Setora looked like she grasped the location. She opens her eyes, and point her finger to left. “Lets head there first, I cannot confirm if its really safe for now.” “That’s good enough. Kuzaku, take the vanguard position” “Ossu….!” Kuzaku picks up his shield and nods. “Setora stick close to me and lead the way, please” “Yes, Understood” “Yume, follow behind me!” “Nniyaa!” “Mary---“ he pauses for a while. He’s about to cry a bit. What would he do if cries? Just as usual is fine. To be able to say ‘Just as usual’ to Mary… “---guard shihoru, in front of Yume!” without a moments delay, mary replies “Eee!” “Shihoru, preserve your mana for a while. We don’t know what would happen next” haruhiro says so with tearful voice. “….Yes!” she replies shortly, Shihoru also let out a sobbing voice. “Yosshi, Lets go!” Haruhiro and others run as fast as they could. The Bool’s howling can be heard. He can also feel their presence moving around but just how many of them are there, haruhiro cannot grasp it well. “This way!”or “That way!” Setora continue giving direction diligently. Haruhiro can only follow her direction while basking in the feeling of helplessness, but hasn’t it always been this way? If he only needs to bear it, then he can do it. In most of the situation, they always end up in trouble. For example, if he were to be evaluated and full mark is 100 point. Like maybe he should have done it this way, or that way. Why didn’t he do it that way. Maybe on average , he would get 47, 48 points. “It looks like we’ll be able to get away soon” Setora says so , but he still cannot let his guard down. You, is it really fun living your like that? He hears the stupid Ranta’s voice whispering to him giving him chills. Is it fun? Its really not fun at all but surprisingly , there may be times he is happy about it. You may not be able to understand it Ranta, but my way of life doesn't make me be a person who gets happy intensively or depressed sharply. But along the way, I also experienced happiness and suffering. I don’t mind if I got told my way of living is dull. It cant be helped you see. Its how I live after all. Somehow, we are back to how we used to be, Mary is here, unlike my usual self, I lost my mind a bit there. But at any rate, Mary has returned, Kuzaku, Yume, Shihoru , Setora and Kiichi also are in good condition. It can be said that we are in good fortune. Somehow, Haruhiro was the leader, but he was useless. During that period, even it becomes disaster, it wont become too strange. Its fine if I get 50 out of 100 points. Even 40 points is fine with me. 60 points is pushing it. I will try my best not to score 40 points lower. Will try my best to score 50 points above. For the others, I would like to score 60 points, or even raise it to 70 points. I want to somehow aim for to be a party that is 60 points worth. That is my job as a leader. I have to bear in mind not to overstretch myself as well. If I overthrow the balance and fall down, I will lose everything. Anyways, calm down, see it, hear it, feel it. Use everything I can. Especially my head. Even if by repeating thing over and over, there’s no progress, do not get tired of it, do not give up and keep doing it. Just by taking one step , and another step forward, is already enough. Let your party advance forward. Things like making it big, or get acknowledge by strong guys, or get famous , for me , I don’t have such desires. Things like, want to see new scenery , or stand in a high landscape overseeing everything, they are also irrelevant to me. But, if its for the sake of my comrade, I will go for it. I don’t really hate it that much. I use all my energy for the sake of my comrade. They are my pillar. If I lose them , I cannot walk forward. Far from that, maybe I wont be able to stand at all. Soon after we left the village and enter the field, we regroup with Kiichi. Uroooooon, Rooon., ROOOOOOn. The howling from Bools can be heard from the back . It feels like they’re losing them. They’ll be able to escape at this rate. “Kiichi!” Setora releases Kiichi again. Kiichi advance ahead of the team. If there are Bools ahead of them , Kiichi will let them know. “If there’s one or two ahead, we can take them on” Kuzaku said so vigorously even when hes out of breath. “Mary, put off the light!” “Understood!” Mary quickly extinguish the lamp she’s holding. Bool may see very well at night, but having said that, if there is bright source of light in the dark across the field, it is just the same as letting the Bool know of their location. Sky becomes overcast with many clouds, moon cant be seen , and stars are few. The darkness is overwhelming. But , once they get used to it, they can somehow see the outlines of their figures. The Bools howling are no longer close, they seems far enough for now. “Its cause they are dead flesh vultures” Setora lightly whispers. In the first place, Bools should have no interest in living beings like Haruhiro and the others. They shouldn’t be too attached to them . They are only hoping that the Bool would stop chase because of that, but they still cannot let down their guards. “Yume feels like they are no longer nearby, you see!” if yume feels so, maybe that is really the case. No, don’t let get into your head. We still have to be careful. “Shihoru?! Are you tired?!” Haruhiro turn over to ask “I’m still fine!” answers Shihoru. “Its fine!” Mary also adds. If Shihoru looks like she’s crossing her limits, Mary would stop her without question. “Fuu,you guys are---“ Setora about to say something and grins. “Ee? What?” Haruhiro asks “Its nothing” Shihoru shakes her head. Kuzaku’s footsteps look heavy. He must be tired. It must have been hard for him all this while. I want to let him rest for a bit. But , just a bit further. If Kuzaku falls down here it will be troublesome. “Our pace is slowing down” “..Ossu!” Kuzaku fastens his footstep. Bools howling is already far away. Looks like they’ll make it. Fuu, he let out a breath. If he shows a gap here, he’d let his guard down. That very fragile nature of his is is his own enemy . The biggest enemy, is ourself. He suddenly reminded of Ranta, Go away. Why is that guy appearing now. He’s not one of us anymore. But do I really think so? Did he really believe that Ranta betrayed them? Just forget about it. How nice if they can take it leisurely. Really, from the bottom of his heart, he just want to relax. Just eat something nice, sleep soundly. Just one day is fine. No maybe half a day. He just want to pass time like that. What a luxury. He understand it even if it’s a dream. “Kuzaku” “Ossu” “Setora” “Aa” “Shihoru” “….Yes” “Mary” “Yea” “Yume” “Nyo” “----Yosh” Are you guys tired? No use acting strong here. I’m tired. I should realize it, but I can still do it. Till when should we continue walking? Next morning? Can we last? We should calculate, anticipate and plan here. Its difficult to make an accurate outlook. But even so, its really bad if we go without any plans. “Are we roughly approaching the east direction now…?” Haruhiro asks and Yume answers “Maybe its northeast. Maybe its slightly towards the east” Either way , eventually, they will step into mountains. Before that, maybe they should take a rest. Most probably, Bools are nowhere nearby this area. Lets rest. Should I tell them a bit afterwards. Its not good if we lose focus here. UnaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaa…! Suddenly Kiichi voice can be heard. Setora dashes forward. Something unexpected may have happened. “Setora , Wait!” Haruhiro calls out to her Setora did not stop. Shes already out of his sight. He cant let her go alone. “don’t be rash! Lets make preparation first …!” Haruhiro draws his stiletto knife and overtakes Kuzaku. He chases after Setora. He soon understand what faces them when he arrives. Rather than sees it, he feel its presence. Initially, he feels the ground elevates upward. Maybe hes climbing a small hill. Gyaaa! Gyaaa! Higyaaa…! Kiichi is screaming. Its like the screaming when cats are brawling each other. The hill is moving,--- is the feeling he had. “Kiichi , retreat…!” Setora yelling. “Haruhiro!? What is ….” Kuzaku finally catches up. Haruhiro just stand still. “I don’t know , but…” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. The low frequency sound which is like ground rumbling noise is approaching. He cant see it well but theres no mistaking it. But he can declare it, this is really bad. “Fu, Ooouu…!” Yume’s eye can see clearly , so maybe she have spotted something. “Ma-…” Shihoru tries to say something. Maybe she tries to say magic or something “This is---“ Mary stumble for words seems to mean something. Why did Haruhiro fel that way. “I don’t understand well, but you see” Kuzaku whisper something “The world before we came here, It was not really like this you see. Its really Grimgar” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. Its coming. Something’s coming. I don’t know. I don’t know but how should we deal with this. I don’t know. But we must deal with this otherwise. I am alive right now. I am alive right here in Grimgar. I already erase the image of Mary who is unable to move and eyes closed. Just the sight of it crumbles my heart. I wont let such a thing happen again. “Lets retreat!” Haruhiro raises his voice. “don’t get separated!” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. What ? Something is coming. There is no doubt. Something is coming? “Dark…..!” Shihoru cast her dark elemental . “..!” Yume releases arrow. Did it hit? How was it? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Mary is saying something in bitter voice. Maybe its “Sekaishu…” or something. NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Sekaishu. Perhaps its name for that thing? But why would Mary know the name for such a thing. Whatever. Haruhiro jumps. He feels something touch his toes. “-----They come from below as well!” Haruhiro warns while looks out NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN shit, Cant seeNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNwhatisthis, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjustitsslowlyapproachinghere, Iknow thatNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNcanfeelit, severelyNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNitfeelslikeinvadingmychestNNNNNNNNNNNNN…No. Don’t be bewildered here. Something touches my toes again. Haruhiro didn’t jump. He steps on it. Its not solid. Also not soft. Just stepping on it, he feels like sinking. He feels like he will be engulfed in it. In the end, Haruhiro jumps back and retreat. That was dangerous. Just now, what would happen if he continue stepping on it. He can feel there’s substance in it. He was able to touch it. It touches Haruhiro’s toes again. Haruhiro kicks it away. “Don’t be afraid, its just some… weird thing…!” “Uhahaha!” Kuzaku is laughing. “Light, Oo lumiaris, under divine protection of the light , dwell in my sword!” Hexagram light appear on the blade. Its like a giant caterpillar. “They’re just catterpillars …!” Haruhiro yells. Caterpillar. They’re just caterpillars. Its disgusting cause they’re caterpillars. Maybe they’re poisoned. Its better to be careful. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjust what is this. Haruhiro kicks away the incoming caterpillars. Kicks them , kicks them away. Don’t back too far away Kuzaku, “Uoraaaaaaa!” he swings the long swords heartily driving the caterpillars away. Yume also using her sword. Mary is swinging her headstaff. What happened to Setora and Kiichi I wonder. He cant make sure of it. Shihoru casts “Go forth, Dark…!” and releases the elemental magic. Is it effective? But even so, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNis too noisy. The inside of my ears. The inside of my head, and chest is shaking like metal ballNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNand reverberates in low frequency. How many dozen times has he kicked them away , Haruhiro then notice blood coming out of his nose. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN What is this, The back of his eyes is burning , it hurtsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNsuddenlly “Guheeeee!” something spitted out. While falling on his knees, brandishing his large sword, kicking away the caterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNmy tears, no, this is not my tearsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNblood, blood is coming out, from my eyes NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNharuhiro is coughingNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNgettingdizzyNNNNNNimcaughtNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMyrightlegNNNNNcatterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNfellonmybackNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNthiscold, NNNNNNNNfeelslikemyrightlegisnomoreNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSekaishuNNNNNNNN Thisisbad, this is bad , this is bad, kick the caterpillar with left leg, kick them, kick them . Peel off them from my right leg. Run. Otherwise. I will be drowned in. “Dark….!” Shihoru calls out. The dark makes a strange sound Vowowowowowwow and flew past Haruhiro while shrinking. The dark elemental struck into what seems to be its foundation or substance which shaped like a hill. But the sound NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN keep intensifying. Nothing else happens afterwards. “Ooooooo…!” Kuzaku which is five or 6 meters apart from Haruhiro is swinging his sword randomly while getting surrounded by the caterpillars. “This is bad!. At this rate….!” Mary’s voice yelling. “Run! With all your strength! Separate away from them! I will…!” Mary will what? Why does it have to be Mary? While ignoring the discomfort and suspicion he has in his mind, he turns back. Kuzaku. Kuzaku is not moving. Did he not hear Mary’s voice just now? Even Mary, Yume, or Setora, anyone is fine “------- Protect Shihoru” Haruhiro runs toward Kuzaku while stepping on, driving away, pushing his way through the caterpillars, “Kuzaku, retreat! Kuzaku…!” Kuzaku faces towards Haruhiro “Ah, Sorry…!”, “Faster…!” , “Ossu…!” , The caterpillars rushes in great number towards us. Haruhiro and Kuzaku flees with all their strength. They got coiled around by the caterpillars. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN sound intensifies. They try to drive away the caterpillar somehow. Shake them away, while running away desperately. The caterpillars invasion is not that fast. That much is fortunate. Who is that? Probably Yume, waving her hand. Nearby her must be Shihoru. Is that Setora holding Kiichi?. And then . Mary. Mary. Mary is “---Derum Heru En Sarasu toremu rigu arbu …..!” “Ofu…!?” “Do..!?” Ofu is the sound from Haruhiro while Do is from Kuzaku. Both Haruhiro and Kuzaku falls forward at the same time. Afterall, there is dreadful hot wind coming from behind them blowing them. That feels very hot. Far from hot wind, it feels more suitable to call it bomb blast. Haruhiro managed to roll forward somehow ,get up on his feet and turn over. “Hothothot…!” His face burnt.. No it may not have burnt but it hurts as if his face may have scalded a bit. Even calling it pillars of fire maybe an understatement. Far from walls of fire, it is like a cliff of fire stand towering over the surrounding. Its Arbu Magic. But its not from Shihoru. Shihoru can only cast Dark elemental spell. Afterall she never had any experience learning Arbu Magic before. “Hothothothot…!” Kuzaku crawls over. Haruhiro stands up. Its hot. The sparks from the palisade of fire is scattering all around. Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto knife, covers his face and walk towards his party while staggering. Shihoru just stares blankly at the palisade of fire which is dying off. “…[Blaze Cliff]” is the word that comes out from Shihoru’s mouth. Perhaps it’s the magic’s name. But the one using the Arbu Magic is not Shihoru. He casts his eyes towards Mary standing nearby Yume. Suddenly she averts her eyes. “I was…” Mary looks downward, covering her face with left hand. “I was… eliminated it… Sekaishu. I can only.. do …. This much.. That’s why.. magic. . I .. for the time being. I …” Setora hold Kiichi in her arms while squatting and put the gray colored Nyaa on the ground. “Priestess, what was that Sekaishu just now “ “Sekai, Shu” “I” don’t know , is what comes out of Mary’s mouth Haruhiro only stand still, as if at his wits end. I don’t know. Mary said so. Sekaishu. Haruhiro repeats the word which he had never heard before. Mary used a magic spell. [Blaze Cliff]. Arbu Magic. He has seen that magic twice already. First was in the village, from Jesse. Mary doesn’t know. Putting aside the light magic, Mary who is a priestess should not be able to use Arbu Magic at all. “Lets flee from here for the time being.” Haruhiro pays close attention to make his voice unshaken. Then walk towards Mary, reach out his right hand. Are you prepared for everything? I fully admit it. Fully accept it. Fully embrace it. “Lets go, Mary” Mary raises her face. He did not wait for her to give her reply. Haruhiro hold Mary’s hand tightly. Aa, of course, I have already prepared for this. Haruhiro pulls Mary’s hand and walk together. Lets put aside the [Blaze Cliff] first. I don’t care about Sekaishu or whatever. Ill escape from whatever monster I don’t understand. And aim toward east direction. We should reach the sea if we head east. If we reach the sea, maybe everything will work out somehow. End vol 11 |
Aug 18, 2017 4:23 AM
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jejai1 said: part 4 vol 11 abridged Haruhiro’s POV Kuzaku pace himself inside the building “What’s with those guys. Its night time already but how can they just stay still there!” Kuzaku mutters so while going outside of the building, then return inside and then goes outside again and repeats this over and over and over again. He should be tired of it already. He should be filled with hunger and thirst already. But even so, he can’t afford to just stay still. I understand him very well though. It’s the same for Haruhiro. Just staying still is very difficult, but he must remain close beside her. Yume is sitting with knees raised up near the broken door entrance while holding her sword scabbard. She has been casting her eyes downward the whole time. if I call out to her now, she probably won’t answer. Shihoru seems to be in the same state as Yume. Sitting beside Haruhiro, hanging her head while not moving an inch. The crows are still cawing with piercing noising. More than ten or so crows have come and switch places in the edge of the ceiling’s hole and they’re still noisy as ever. Kuzaku kicks the ground , then crouches while saying “… what should we do here?..”. Haruhiro opens her mouth and tries to say something but no words come out. He licks his lips a bit. It hurts. Must have died and cracked a bit. In the end he answers “Still”. Kuzaku mutters “ I see..” Kuzaku then tries to get up only to fall down on his back. But Haruhiro is not the one to remain still. He actively examines the present state of the girl and Jesse who has turn into nothing but human skin. But just touching Jesse’s skin gives the shivers in his spine. There is no warmth on Jesse’s skin, it doesn’t feel moist but it also doesn’t feel rustle from the drying up. Haruhiro picks up Jesse’s left ankle and lifts it. He can feel the weight behind it, but it’s not of humans weight. Looking from his outer appearance, is he only consist of only bones and skins now? Anyhow, he should not be alive already, but there’s no smell from dead flesh, not even a sign of decay. She is also of the same state. She is already dead, should have. He was beside her when it happened. In the present state, she is not alive. He already confirmed it. Theres no pulse. Her heart is also not beating. There’s also no warmth in her body. Despite that, her body is not showing any sign of stiffening and decaying. Then, there’s another thing I noticed. When human are still alive, the heart continuously beats moving the blood in the body. If the heart stops beating, naturally the blood also stop flowing as well. Then what happens? The blood is drawn by gravity and if the body is lying upwards , it should accumulates at the back of the body. The changes can be seen from outside by purple spots appearing on the body skin. Haruhiro tries to lift her head. To do this, he needs to keep pushing the wounds from Jesse wrist against Mary’s neck injury. So he carefully removes the cloth binding them together. He can’t believe his eyes. The wound on Jesse’s left wrist has turn into big crack. However, Mary’s neck is in beautiful state. It can be said that the big wound on her neck was the cause of her death but that it has already disappeared. The large amount of blood that is supposed to have flown out from Jesse’s left wrist is also nowhere to be seen. The cloth binding the wounds that is supposed to have been over soaked in dark blood, far from getting stained, it is already dying up. Haruhiro lifts her head up, move her hair aside and examine her nape. Naturally it should be there, but there’s no purple spots at all. What on earth is happening here. She is not alive , but you can also say that she is not dead. Such a thing is not possible. Her body must be going through some sort of change. What kind of change then? It is beyond him. Of course, such a thing is beyond anyone else. Surely, Haruhiro expects it to be a good change. But the same time he is afraid. Something bizarre is about to happen. Maybe its already taking place gradually. He can only accept anything that happen from here. But can he afford to accept it? Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….. “--------Ot…..” Kuzaku stands up. Yume looks outside. “Haruhiro-kun….” Haruhiro nods after being called out by Shihoru. Jesse said it before. When the sun sets down, [Bool] will come here. Yume readies herself while standing on one knee. Something just run into the building and passing through Yume. It’s not the dead flesh-seeking wolf [Bool] but it is Setra who is holding her staff and Kiichi, the ash colored Nyaa. “Haru” Setra who did not even cast her glance towards Kuzaku and Yume , quickly approaches Haruhiro. To which Haruhiro only replied “…Aa” After laying her headstaff against the wall, she stands nearby Haruhiro. She takes a short breath. Kiichi is rubbing its neck against Setra’s shin while meowing , Nyaaaaaa. “… Where have you been?” Asked shihoru. “ I was looking for something” Setora answered while taking out a something out of her bosom. That something is similar to human fist in both size and shape. Is it made of metal? It looks solid and heavy as well. It seems there are several holes in some parts of it. Faint blue lights leaking from the holes. Haruhiro stares at that thing. He is only looking at it and has no interest at all. To be honest, whatever that thing is, he doesn’t care at all. “This is called a [Fake Soul Vessel]” Setora explains. “Inside it resides Enba’s fake soul. You can call it the real form of the android. Necromancer tie the corpse to this [Fake Soul Vessel] to create the androids. The me who was born in [Shuro] house has been fiddling with human and beast’s dead body ever since I can remember. People from the village had always treated the family members of Shuro House badly. I also had people speaking behind my back saying how smelly I was. But the truth is we necromancer never use rotten flesh in the first place. Instead , the carefully washed corpse smells much better than a living human being. Additionally, the sight of the bones, muscles , blood vessels and organs are very beautiful. Then , assembling all that parts together and seeing a completed Android able to move is very emotionally moving for me. However, after I have finished building Enba, I can’t bring myself to build another android. The necromancer from Shuro House has always been creating Androids only to destroy them and build another. They repeated this over and over again aiming for perfection. But I am satisfied enough with only Enba . The people from my house cannot understand me for being like that. Also it is considered a miracle to have a woman in the house to keep Nyaa as a pet. Apparently, I am an anomaly among them.” Hearing this haruhiro just nods ambiguously. If its not for such timing, Haruhiro would have paid more attention to Setora’s story. But for now its quite impossible. He cant bring himself to listen to it. Just say it already, ‘now is not the time’. “Haru” Setora places the [Fake Soul Vessel] in her bosom. Kiichi looks up towards Setora. “You are in love with that girl , right?” “.. W-w---“ Words remain stuck in my mouth. What are you saying all of a sudden?. Why.. now? In this place… Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….! Bools are howling. Haruhiro is looking towards the ceiling’s hole. Before he knows it, the crows there has long gone from the spot. Haruhiro cast his eyes downwards , blinks his eyes twice and let out sigh. “…. Its only one-sided though” He cant bring himself to lie here That is the only thing he cannot do. “Rather than one-sided.. from me. Its more like---“ “That’s enough” Setora bends herself and places her palm above Haruhiro’s hand. Then while displaying a slight smile on her face, she says “I understand” . “But you know what Haru” she then continues with her voice changing slightly. Her hands trembles repeatedly. “----dead people, cannot be revived , you see” Haruhiro did not say anthing back. It’s not because his mouth is covered by Setora’s hand. Such a thing does not affect him at all. Haruhiro has suspected this before. Isn’t that just a dream he was seeing? Reviving dead people. If someone is dead , they should remain dead. With a single word, such a convenient dream has shattered into pieces, bringing him back to reality. Setra pulls back his right hand and grasp it with her own left hand. “Android in a sense is product created with a certain compromise, the craftsman who were later on called as necromancer originally aimed to revive dead person. It was first attempted by obtaining the relic known as [Fake Soul Vessel] and even after the first androids were created, the attempts continued on. But not once, have they succeeded in it. Death is an irreversible phenomenon which affects not only human but also other living beings alike. Living beings can never be revived back once they lost their life. Even if that woman were to somehow to be revive, it might be different than the revival that you hope for. The revived girl maybe a different person before her death. Maybe its fine as long as it is not revived as unknown monster. Nevertheless, maybe its better if she has the same personality as android which is faithful and loyal. But if its opposite, what would you do?” “…I Would …” “No. Its not the case of what you can do or not. I want you to fully accept my advise” “That’s.. .. I get it already” “Are you sure? Can you really assert that you are prepared for it then? Haru” If am really prepared for it, I should be giving immediate reply to it and state my affirmation. But I cannot do it. “If you cannot do it then” Setora relaxes her tone and says so quietly “There are things that you must do now” “.. Me?...things I must do …?” “Aa, yes. We can still make it in time. Use that knife to stab the woman’s head and heart. That should be able to do it. If you cannot do it then , I can take your place. I am already used to it due to the nature of my work. I can do it without blinking an eye.” make it in time? Is that so? Must do. Me? With this hand. Either me or Setra. No. If anyone should do it, it should be me. But is it really necessary to it in the first place? Its not necessary. Resolution. That’s it. As long as he has the resolution to see things through, no matter what happens, he should be fine. Haruhiro is----- “….un……” a voice leaked out It was not Haruhiro. Not Setra. Not Shihoru. Not Yume. Not even Kuzaku. It was Mary. Mary’s limb suddenly stretches out. Not only both her arms and legs. The parts of her neck to the torso become arched like a bow. “Mary….!” Haruhiro jumped towards Mary. “UaaaaaaaAAAAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaAAaaaaaaaa” Its dark so he cant quite see it, from Mary’s mouth , maybe from other parts as well, something is flowing out . What is it? What is that inside Mary? “nn….” Haruhiro covers his mouth, stop his breathing. This smell. Blood? Could it be, blood? It smells like blood. No , but, its smells more pungent. “What is it…?!” Setra steps back “Mary-chan…!?” gasps Yume “Mary-san…!” shouts Kuzaku “-----Hiiiii…..” shrieks Shihoru. What is this… this. What in the world is this… Haruhiro kneels down with his left hand attached to the ground. Is this blood or something else.. I don’t know. At any rate, the liquid from inside Mary is gushing out and soaking Haruhiro’s left hand and afterwards his knees. In large amount nonetheless. “Aguuu, go, gu,ga,gou, gau,agga,ka, fuga…” Mary continues to gush out liquids while emitting foreign like noise. What should I do here. What do I do? I cannot just stand still here. I must do something. Cause she seems to be suffering. “Ma, Mary…!” Haruhiro climbs on top of Mary, and grasps both of her shoulder. I want to stop it. The liquid that is gushing out. But, will it be fine if I stop it?. Can I hold it back? But how? The liquid continues gushing out from Mary’s inside non stop. Mary is already soaked wet from the liquid. The same is true for Haruhiro. Hands, arms, legs as well has become drenched in it. Even his face got splashed from it. Perhaps, this liquid is not just ordinary blood. While holding Mary’s shoulder with his left hand, his right hand stretches out to hold Mary’s cheek. As I thought, not only her mouth. The liquid is also flowing from her nostrils and eyes. Haruhiro tries to wipe it. But its useless. It keeps coming out non stop. Does the liquid have never-ending supply? He cannot stop it even for a moment. But he cannot afford to not wipe it. Because it is also impossible to do nothing. “Mary! Can you hear me!? Mary! Its me, Haruhiro! Mary….!” I want to do something but it seems impossible. Mary. Mary. Mary. Haruhiro continuously calls out to her. Mary’s whole body stiffens as it becoming rampant. She’s surely suffering tremendously now. Maybe, its about to end soon. Whats about to end? He cant properly explain it. But perhaps, just a little bit. Haruhiro embrace her in his arms while yelling. It’s alright. You don’t have to worry. I am here. We are here. Mary, we are here beside you. Your body is here, but maybe the real you is somewhere far away. Somewhere my voice can’t reach. Maybe you cant hear me. If that’s the case, I will yell as loud as I can, make it reverberating, make it roaring , make it reach to you. I may not be able to pull your hands and bring you’re here with us. But, I will call your name many times over so long as my voice permits. I will drag you here, I promise. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. “Mary……..!” Haruhiro exerts all his strength in his arms embracing mary. He tries to call Mary’s name once again. His voice has long become hoarsed. Its fine even if I crush my throat, I will call your name many times over. “….!...” Mary suck in a breath, the liquid spewing out of her stops. Mary, starts to cough. “…..Ha,……..ru?” said Mary while still letting out cough frequently. Haru. That was Haru? What? ‘That was Haru?’ is what Mary thought? Haruhiro doesn’t understand. But whatever, its fine. “Aaa….! its me, Mary. Its Haruhiro. You understand right? You heard it , right? Mary. You have finally returned. Mary! Mary…….!” Mary only nods. Anyways, the cough seems to have ease down a bit. Her breath is still uneven. Mary seems to be herself. Theres no mistaking it. She called Haruhiro’s name, and she properly understood what Haruhiro was saying. Which means? Unbelievable. No. Its fine to believe it. How can I express this feeling into words? I did it? Thank goodness? Welcome back? are those the words im looking for? I’ve been longing for your return. Thank you for coming back. I missed you. Each and every of those are not wrong but even if I combine all of them together, it still wont be enough. But, as long as Mary is here, its fine. Uroooooooooooooooon! Ruon! Uoooooooooon! Uronnnnnnnnn! Ruoooooooooon! “Haruhiro!” Kuzaku yells. “Maybe its those Bools” “Bool” Mary said so firmly. She stands up. Haruhiro tries to stop her “Mary, you’re still not yet-----“ “This is not the time to for that” Just as Mary said, in this situation they cannot afford to remain still in the building. Haruhiro helps Mary to stand up, she staggers a bit , and grabs the headstaff resting on the wall, “.. Equipments” she mutters then lets out a small groan while shaking her head. “--- Its better to equip shields. Bows and arrows as well. Its in the storage….” “Mary…..?” “Lets go quickly” Mary then squats while searching the Jesse’s body which looks more like a cast-off skin rather than a dead corpse. What in the world is she doing. Mary then quickly stands up. “I will guide the way to the storage. Lets go” “E,……a, un” He has his doubts, but he just swallows it for the time being. This not the place to be throwing questions. Setra, Kiichi, Yume, and Shihoru are standing nearby the entrance while Kuzaku is outside. He is readying himself with his long sword which is tinged with bright white lights.That must be the [Light Magic, Saber]. Urooooooooooon! Urooooooooooon! Roooooooooooon! Uroooooooooon……! Its nearby. I can tell from the howling noise. “Huge…!” Kuzaku yells. Is he referring to the Bool? where is it? Haruhiro still cant see it. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection, -------Protection” Mary uses the light magic spell. Light shaped Hexagram appear on Haruhiro and the others wrist. Kuzaku screams “Nuaaa………!” while swinging his long swords. The bright while light is shining. Is that… Bool? But seriously, isn’t it too huge? “Kuzaku……” “Uoooooo……….!?” The bool’s shadow is overlooming Kuzaku. No, did it leap over and crushed Kuzaku ? Haruhiro can’t move even a step. Even Yume, Shihoru an Setra as well. Only Mary, behind all of the others, Mary rush towards Kuzaku. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection------“ Mary aims towards the Bool which is leaning over Kuzaku and releases a dazzling light. “[Breim]……….!” “Gyon” such howling noise can be heard while the whole body of the Bool is trembling. While it may be only be for a moment, this time time he can see it clearly. Its covered with fur, Its probably black in color. maybe blackish brown, or dark gray. Dead-flesh eating wolf. That thing? A wolf? Just where exactly ? Wolf are not that buffy arent they? they should be much slimmer in build. This thing looks way too buff. Its head looks too thick. Well, it does look like wolf a bit, But the whole body looks way off. Far from wolf, it looks more like that. Bear. The moment that word comes out from his mouth. He remembered, Jesse told him once . “It is much bigger that the Mist Panther which resides in Thousand Valley. Its similar to bear, I think.” Bear That’s it. “Guaryaaaa….!” Kuzaku move aside the bear which is toppling him . At the same moment, Mary uses her headstaff and hit it in the face. The Bool tries to retreat. Mary yells “Haru…….!” while running. Perhaps, shes facing towards the storage house. “—Lets move” This is bad, Haruhiro thought. I am not the one making decision right now. Mostly , he just went with the flow, leaving it all to Mary. This means, my meaning of existence is…. No,… meaning of existence or whatever, its fine. “AA- Shittt, Mary-santhankyousomuchyousavedmethere” “Zaaaaaaa………..!” Kuzaku turn over and shower the Bool with attacks from his long sword. “Go ahead, everyyone! go!” Haruhiro waves his and urging everyone. Setora, Kiichi, Yume, Shihoru and then Kuzaku all follows Mary behind. Haruhiro follows behind Kuzaku. Bool is coming. Urooooooooooon. Urooooooooooooon. roooooooon. How many of them are there. looks quite a lot. But is there more of those bear-like Bools?.No.. that shouldn’t be the case. Fu, ha, ho, ha, ha, haa, ha, haa. My breath is getting hard. The bear-like Bool is chasing persistently. We’ll get caught at this rate. Its coming to attack. “----Ni……..!” Haruhiro lets out a strange noise while jumping sideways, rolls and then stand up again. That was close! it grazed me a bit though, with claws or something. Ugogogogogogoaaaaaaaaa , the Bool is roaring as if being unsatisfied, bending its big body over, he plans to finish me off? NotgoodNotgoodNotgood. Haruhiro flees. He sprints with all his might. But he may lose speed-wise. see? The Bool is already close to him. Close Close Close… Too close… too fast too fast too fast. I may get killed here. “----Gi….!” He tried to run away somewhat but did not make it. When he realize, he is already about to be squashed flat. What a horrible beastly smell. He cant breath. Perhaps he will be eaten here? “Ndaaa, Raaaaa……….!” Kuzaku retraces his step back and deals a blow to the Bool. The Bool howls “ Gooo?!” He wont let go of Haruhiro. Kuzaku yells “ Oiii, Youuu!” while slashing at the beast. “what are you doing to Haruhiro! Move aside! I will kill you! Die! you bear….!” kuzaku showering blows at the bool. no but that guy is not a bear you know. Bear or not. whichever is fine. Bear then separates himself away from Haruhiro’s body. Kuzaku then helps Haruhiro get up . “Haruhiro, Are you ok?!” “Yeah, somewhat…” “That was bad just now, I cant slash it at all, maybe it’s the furs…Ooo……….!?” Kuzaku was blown away. The Bool once once again plunge towards here. Kuzaku immediately guard himself with the long sword. He hold his position to face the blow from the Bool. URoooooooooooooooooon! Bool is trying to spring upon here. Haruhiro drawrs his stiletto knife. Until now, he has been keeping his knife sheathed. What have I been doing, seriously. I grapple the Bool which is trying to attack kuzaku and stab it with the stilletto knife. Stab, stab, stab , the Bool twist his body in protest. my stabbing doesn’t seem to be effective? the furs. This thick dense fur is it. The sticky fur itself is not only solid, its also dense and layered, like cushion. Due to its small length, just using the stiletto knife to break through the cushion-like fur will exert a lot of strength. This maybe be more troublesome than those gorilla’s husk skin. Looks like I have to play by the book and aim for there. “….O..?!” The Bool howls UgoOAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa while raising his body. It raises its front left. Seriously, this guy. its not a wolf, isn’t it more like bear? Standing up, it seems even bigger than before. \ “Uoooooooo?! Oooooooooooooo……!?” Kuzaku looks surprised. Haruhiro desparately clings on to the Bool. But the Bool continue to roar Uooooooaaaaa, Guaaaaaaaaaa and violently shakei its body so he’s really at his limit. This is bad. Impossible. I cant move my hands anymore. Haruhiro is shaken off, blow away, not heading towards the ground but facing the direction of a nearby building wall. Haruhiro hit the wall , smashing it into pieces. “……un… ku…” Are? Its bright, …isn’t it? “hyaa!” this is Yume’s voice? Haruhiro is in lying down facing upward position. It looks like his head received strong impact from hitting the wall just now, he was dazed for a bit. When he looks around, Yume is there. Even Shihoru, Setora, Kiichi. Aa, that must be it. Storage house. This is the storage house. I see. And theres also light glowing inside. Yume is here, Shihoru is here, Setora is here , Kiichi is here, and naturally Mary as well. “…A?” How curious. What is the meaning of this. Mary is not wearing any clothes. What is this , place. Am I dreaming? That must be it. Bucause theres no reason anyone would be naked in this situation. “Haru…..!” Mary leaps over here. While Mary is lifting Haruhiro in her arms, haruhiro wonders if he really is in heaven right now. Maybe not. Things like heaven don’t exist , right. Then , this is reality? “Oi, you!” Setora passes over a green overcoat to Mary. “At least , wear something decent!” “Ha….” Mary while having Haruhiro’s head resting on top of her lap, covers her breast with the green overcoat. “This, this is.. my clothes were soaking wet, so… I was in the middle of changing just now. “ “I .. .i see” Haruhiro closes his eyes shut. “Un. I.. I wont look.. promise..” “Nnyaa! Kuzaku-kun is….!” “We have to assist him…!” Yume and Shihoru looks uneasy. No .. They should be. Kuzaku is facing the ominous Bool alone. Even so, what am I doing here. Is this really the time for me to lie down on Mary’s lap?.. This is really bad isn’t it. “Umm… mmmm.. Haru, can you… I’m about to change , so..” “A, Aaaaaaa….” haruhiro opens his eyes and stands up then look at Mary. Mary also tries to stand. Then put on her green overcoat but with bare legs. She’s already wearing clothes on her top but perhaps , down there she is? Haruhiro shakes his head. This is not the time. Yume holds her bow, She hangs a quiver filled with bows on her shoulder. Setora holds spear and rectangle shield in her hands. Shihoru is also holding a shied but perhaps its not for her but for Kuzaku’s use. Although it looks small, the building is a proper storage house . The rack is arranged with spear and swords. Hanging on the walls are several shields, bow and arrow while the shelves stores clothes inside. Haruhiro then look towards Mary. He then averts his eyes. Mary is crouching while making rustling noise inside the overcoat. Perhaps she’s in the middle of wearing clothes. “Nuaaa! Zuaaaa! Seaaaa…..!” Kuzaku is dealing with the Bool on his own. “Ah!” Haruhiro came to his sense and rush towards Shihoru and Setora while giving instruction “The shields!” “Yesss…..!” replies Shihoru. Haruhiro goes out the building through the broken wall’s cavity , followed by Yume. Haruhiro slaps his own cheek with his left hand. get your shit together haruhiro. He follows behind Yume. Setora brings Kiichi together. Shihoru calls out “ Kuzaku-kun,…..!” while throwing the shield to him. The shield rolls towards Kuzaku feet. But Kuzaku only cast a single glane to the rolling shield, and that’s it. He must be too occupied to pick up the shield. Kuzaku presses himself closer to the Bool “NueaAAA….!” while swinging his long sword. Even though the long sword hit the Bool’s left shoulder, it doesn’t seem to cut anything. Kuzaku pulls his sword, “Keaaaaaaa…..!” then swings it downward. It seem to have hit the top of the Bool’s head, the bool only waver a bit and step backwards. That is some heck of a cushion-like fur you got there. How should we go at him. “Idiot!!, If you can’t cut it, just thrust your sword into it” Setora not only yells, but she is sprinting towards the Bool. Pushes out her spear forward, projecting it towards the Bool’s throat. it hits it firmly. Setora let go of the spear, and jump bacward. “Corner him , Idiot!” “Nnaaaaaaaa……!” Kuzaku charges into the Bool. The kuzaku that enters into battle mode and charges into his enemy is quite scary. Kuzaku collides his body with the Bool and using the long sword stabs deeply into its stomach. Setro has already returned to the storehouse. “Haru!” he turns over as his name was called out, a spear came flying towards him. Why, Haru asked but without a moment delay he receives it. Setora yells “You too, Huntress!” while handing over a spear towards Yume. While thinking how stupid, indecisive, incompetent and useless he is being right now, Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto and readies his spear. Maybe he wont use it. “Kuzaku!, retreat back further” while yelling so, Setora and yume advances forward. It looks like that strike from Kuzaku earlier is working, the bool is withdrawing. Haruhiro , Setora and Yume uses their spear to skewer the Bool. While the bool tried to remove the spear, it twists itself and somehow falls down sideway. It looks like it wants to get up but having his throat crushed, stomach blowed and skewered by the spears, it seems useless. “Move away………!” Kuzaku who has retreated just now fiercely leaps over , pulls his sword backward and thrust. Its mouth crushed. Kuzaku crushed the inside of the bool’s mouth. Not only that . “Nuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!” he splits the head of the Bool into two. No matter how tough the beast it is, that attack should have ended his life. Haruhiro feels relieve for a while. How naïve of me, so I told myself. “Kiichi….!” Setora commanded something to the gray colored Nyaa. How naïve of me. There are still several Bools left here and there roaring UrooooooooooooonURooooooooonnnn. There’s no end to it. What should we do here. Mary holds her headstaff with right hand, left hand holding lamp while exiting from the storage house. Mary wearing the green overcoat looks completely different from her priestess image, Haruhiro cannot help but be amazed in the sight of it. Seriously, what should he do in this situation. He’s not acting leader-ish like he should. Isn’t Setora looks more leader-ish right now? Perhaps, he’s now in a slump? could it be that? No.. What is a slump anyway. In the first place, he’s not the type to lead people. But even so, he has to take the role, he will do whatever he can to the utmost of his ability. Clear your mind. What did Setora commanded Kiichi just now. Kiichi looked like it was going somewhere. Setora probably asked Kiichi to look for escape routes. Mary is carrying lamp. Is that really okay? That light stands out too much. But maybe, Bools are nocturnal creatures. They can probably see well in the darkness. We cant see well , so its probably disadvantageous to be in the dark. Its better to have some light. At any rate, we need to escape from here. I am not really skilful in leadership, so there are too many things that I don’t know, and things that I cannot do, nevertheless i cannot waste my time complaining about it. If I cannot do break the deadlock by myself, I can just ask for help from the others. “Setora! Which way should we go!?” “Hold on” Setora produces a sharp sound from the gaps of her teeth, eye closed, while her neck turning. A faint sound Nyaa can be heard. Which direction did it came from? Haruhiro cannot judge it well. Setora looked like she grasped the location. She opens her eyes, and point her finger to left. “Lets head there first, I cannot confirm if its really safe for now.” “That’s good enough. Kuzaku, take the vanguard position” “Ossu….!” Kuzaku picks up his shield and nods. “Setora stick close to me and lead the way, please” “Yes, Understood” “Yume, follow behind me!” “Nniyaa!” “Mary---“ he pauses for a while. He’s about to cry a bit. What would he do if cries? Just as usual is fine. To be able to say ‘Just as usual’ to Mary… “---guard shihoru, in front of Yume!” without a moments delay, mary replies “Eee!” “Shihoru, preserve your mana for a while. We don’t know what would happen next” haruhiro says so with tearful voice. “….Yes!” she replies shortly, Shihoru also let out a sobbing voice. “Yosshi, Lets go!” Haruhiro and others run as fast as they could. The Bool’s howling can be heard. He can also feel their presence moving around but just how many of them are there, haruhiro cannot grasp it well. “This way!”or “That way!” Setora continue giving direction diligently. Haruhiro can only follow her direction while basking in the feeling of helplessness, but hasn’t it always been this way? If he only needs to bear it, then he can do it. In most of the situation, they always end up in trouble. For example, if he were to be evaluated and full mark is 100 point. Like maybe he should have done it this way, or that way. Why didn’t he do it that way. Maybe on average , he would get 47, 48 points. “It looks like we’ll be able to get away soon” Setora says so , but he still cannot let his guard down. You, is it really fun living your like that? He hears the stupid Ranta’s voice whispering to him giving him chills. Is it fun? Its really not fun at all but surprisingly , there may be times he is happy about it. You may not be able to understand it Ranta, but my way of life doesn't make me be a person who gets happy intensively or depressed sharply. But along the way, I also experienced happiness and suffering. I don’t mind if I got told my way of living is dull. It cant be helped you see. Its how I live after all. Somehow, we are back to how we used to be, Mary is here, unlike my usual self, I lost my mind a bit there. But at any rate, Mary has returned, Kuzaku, Yume, Shihoru , Setora and Kiichi also are in good condition. It can be said that we are in good fortune. Somehow, Haruhiro was the leader, but he was useless. During that period, even it becomes disaster, it wont become too strange. Its fine if I get 50 out of 100 points. Even 40 points is fine with me. 60 points is pushing it. I will try my best not to score 40 points lower. Will try my best to score 50 points above. For the others, I would like to score 60 points, or even raise it to 70 points. I want to somehow aim for to be a party that is 60 points worth. That is my job as a leader. I have to bear in mind not to overstretch myself as well. If I overthrow the balance and fall down, I will lose everything. Anyways, calm down, see it, hear it, feel it. Use everything I can. Especially my head. Even if by repeating thing over and over, there’s no progress, do not get tired of it, do not give up and keep doing it. Just by taking one step , and another step forward, is already enough. Let your party advance forward. Things like making it big, or get acknowledge by strong guys, or get famous , for me , I don’t have such desires. Things like, want to see new scenery , or stand in a high landscape overseeing everything, they are also irrelevant to me. But, if its for the sake of my comrade, I will go for it. I don’t really hate it that much. I use all my energy for the sake of my comrade. They are my pillar. If I lose them , I cannot walk forward. Far from that, maybe I wont be able to stand at all. Soon after we left the village and enter the field, we regroup with Kiichi. Uroooooon, Rooon., ROOOOOOn. The howling from Bools can be heard from the back . It feels like they’re losing them. They’ll be able to escape at this rate. “Kiichi!” Setora releases Kiichi again. Kiichi advance ahead of the team. If there are Bools ahead of them , Kiichi will let them know. “If there’s one or two ahead, we can take them on” Kuzaku said so vigorously even when hes out of breath. “Mary, put off the light!” “Understood!” Mary quickly extinguish the lamp she’s holding. Bool may see very well at night, but having said that, if there is bright source of light in the dark across the field, it is just the same as letting the Bool know of their location. Sky becomes overcast with many clouds, moon cant be seen , and stars are few. The darkness is overwhelming. But , once they get used to it, they can somehow see the outlines of their figures. The Bools howling are no longer close, they seems far enough for now. “Its cause they are dead flesh vultures” Setora lightly whispers. In the first place, Bools should have no interest in living beings like Haruhiro and the others. They shouldn’t be too attached to them . They are only hoping that the Bool would stop chase because of that, but they still cannot let down their guards. “Yume feels like they are no longer nearby, you see!” if yume feels so, maybe that is really the case. No, don’t let get into your head. We still have to be careful. “Shihoru?! Are you tired?!” Haruhiro turn over to ask “I’m still fine!” answers Shihoru. “Its fine!” Mary also adds. If Shihoru looks like she’s crossing her limits, Mary would stop her without question. “Fuu,you guys are---“ Setora about to say something and grins. “Ee? What?” Haruhiro asks “Its nothing” Shihoru shakes her head. Kuzaku’s footsteps look heavy. He must be tired. It must have been hard for him all this while. I want to let him rest for a bit. But , just a bit further. If Kuzaku falls down here it will be troublesome. “Our pace is slowing down” “..Ossu!” Kuzaku fastens his footstep. Bools howling is already far away. Looks like they’ll make it. Fuu, he let out a breath. If he shows a gap here, he’d let his guard down. That very fragile nature of his is is his own enemy . The biggest enemy, is ourself. He suddenly reminded of Ranta, Go away. Why is that guy appearing now. He’s not one of us anymore. But do I really think so? Did he really believe that Ranta betrayed them? Just forget about it. How nice if they can take it leisurely. Really, from the bottom of his heart, he just want to relax. Just eat something nice, sleep soundly. Just one day is fine. No maybe half a day. He just want to pass time like that. What a luxury. He understand it even if it’s a dream. “Kuzaku” “Ossu” “Setora” “Aa” “Shihoru” “….Yes” “Mary” “Yea” “Yume” “Nyo” “----Yosh” Are you guys tired? No use acting strong here. I’m tired. I should realize it, but I can still do it. Till when should we continue walking? Next morning? Can we last? We should calculate, anticipate and plan here. Its difficult to make an accurate outlook. But even so, its really bad if we go without any plans. “Are we roughly approaching the east direction now…?” Haruhiro asks and Yume answers “Maybe its northeast. Maybe its slightly towards the east” Either way , eventually, they will step into mountains. Before that, maybe they should take a rest. Most probably, Bools are nowhere nearby this area. Lets rest. Should I tell them a bit afterwards. Its not good if we lose focus here. UnaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaa…! Suddenly Kiichi voice can be heard. Setora dashes forward. Something unexpected may have happened. “Setora , Wait!” Haruhiro calls out to her Setora did not stop. Shes already out of his sight. He cant let her go alone. “don’t be rash! Lets make preparation first …!” Haruhiro draws his stiletto knife and overtakes Kuzaku. He chases after Setora. He soon understand what faces them when he arrives. Rather than sees it, he feel its presence. Initially, he feels the ground elevates upward. Maybe hes climbing a small hill. Gyaaa! Gyaaa! Higyaaa…! Kiichi is screaming. Its like the screaming when cats are brawling each other. The hill is moving,--- is the feeling he had. “Kiichi , retreat…!” Setora yelling. “Haruhiro!? What is ….” Kuzaku finally catches up. Haruhiro just stand still. “I don’t know , but…” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. The low frequency sound which is like ground rumbling noise is approaching. He cant see it well but theres no mistaking it. But he can declare it, this is really bad. “Fu, Ooouu…!” Yume’s eye can see clearly , so maybe she have spotted something. “Ma-…” Shihoru tries to say something. Maybe she tries to say magic or something “This is---“ Mary stumble for words seems to mean something. Why did Haruhiro fel that way. “I don’t understand well, but you see” Kuzaku whisper something “The world before we came here, It was not really like this you see. Its really Grimgar” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. Its coming. Something’s coming. I don’t know. I don’t know but how should we deal with this. I don’t know. But we must deal with this otherwise. I am alive right now. I am alive right here in Grimgar. I already erase the image of Mary who is unable to move and eyes closed. Just the sight of it crumbles my heart. I wont let such a thing happen again. “Lets retreat!” Haruhiro raises his voice. “don’t get separated!” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. What ? Something is coming. There is no doubt. Something is coming? “Dark…..!” Shihoru cast her dark elemental . “..!” Yume releases arrow. Did it hit? How was it? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Mary is saying something in bitter voice. Maybe its “Sekaishu…” or something. NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Sekaishu. Perhaps its name for that thing? But why would Mary know the name for such a thing. Whatever. Haruhiro jumps. He feels something touch his toes. “-----They come from below as well!” Haruhiro warns while looks out NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN shit, Cant seeNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNwhatisthis, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjustitsslowlyapproachinghere, Iknow thatNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNcanfeelit, severelyNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNitfeelslikeinvadingmychestNNNNNNNNNNNNN…No. Don’t be bewildered here. Something touches my toes again. Haruhiro didn’t jump. He steps on it. Its not solid. Also not soft. Just stepping on it, he feels like sinking. He feels like he will be engulfed in it. In the end, Haruhiro jumps back and retreat. That was dangerous. Just now, what would happen if he continue stepping on it. He can feel there’s substance in it. He was able to touch it. It touches Haruhiro’s toes again. Haruhiro kicks it away. “Don’t be afraid, its just some… weird thing…!” “Uhahaha!” Kuzaku is laughing. “Light, Oo lumiaris, under divine protection of the light , dwell in my sword!” Hexagram light appear on the blade. Its like a giant caterpillar. “They’re just catterpillars …!” Haruhiro yells. Caterpillar. They’re just caterpillars. Its disgusting cause they’re caterpillars. Maybe they’re poisoned. Its better to be careful. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjust what is this. Haruhiro kicks away the incoming caterpillars. Kicks them , kicks them away. Don’t back too far away Kuzaku, “Uoraaaaaaa!” he swings the long swords heartily driving the caterpillars away. Yume also using her sword. Mary is swinging her headstaff. What happened to Setora and Kiichi I wonder. He cant make sure of it. Shihoru casts “Go forth, Dark…!” and releases the elemental magic. Is it effective? But even so, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNis too noisy. The inside of my ears. The inside of my head, and chest is shaking like metal ballNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNand reverberates in low frequency. How many dozen times has he kicked them away , Haruhiro then notice blood coming out of his nose. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN What is this, The back of his eyes is burning , it hurtsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNsuddenlly “Guheeeee!” something spitted out. While falling on his knees, brandishing his large sword, kicking away the caterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNmy tears, no, this is not my tearsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNblood, blood is coming out, from my eyes NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNharuhiro is coughingNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNgettingdizzyNNNNNNimcaughtNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMyrightlegNNNNNcatterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNfellonmybackNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNthiscold, NNNNNNNNfeelslikemyrightlegisnomoreNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSekaishuNNNNNNNN Thisisbad, this is bad , this is bad, kick the caterpillar with left leg, kick them, kick them . Peel off them from my right leg. Run. Otherwise. I will be drowned in. “Dark….!” Shihoru calls out. The dark makes a strange sound Vowowowowowwow and flew past Haruhiro while shrinking. The dark elemental struck into what seems to be its foundation or substance which shaped like a hill. But the sound NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN keep intensifying. Nothing else happens afterwards. “Ooooooo…!” Kuzaku which is five or 6 meters apart from Haruhiro is swinging his sword randomly while getting surrounded by the caterpillars. “This is bad!. At this rate….!” Mary’s voice yelling. “Run! With all your strength! Separate away from them! I will…!” Mary will what? Why does it have to be Mary? While ignoring the discomfort and suspicion he has in his mind, he turns back. Kuzaku. Kuzaku is not moving. Did he not hear Mary’s voice just now? Even Mary, Yume, or Setora, anyone is fine “------- Protect Shihoru” Haruhiro runs toward Kuzaku while stepping on, driving away, pushing his way through the caterpillars, “Kuzaku, retreat! Kuzaku…!” Kuzaku faces towards Haruhiro “Ah, Sorry…!”, “Faster…!” , “Ossu…!” , The caterpillars rushes in great number towards us. Haruhiro and Kuzaku flees with all their strength. They got coiled around by the caterpillars. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN sound intensifies. They try to drive away the caterpillar somehow. Shake them away, while running away desperately. The caterpillars invasion is not that fast. That much is fortunate. Who is that? Probably Yume, waving her hand. Nearby her must be Shihoru. Is that Setora holding Kiichi?. And then . Mary. Mary. Mary is “---Derum Heru En Sarasu toremu rigu arbu …..!” “Ofu…!?” “Do..!?” Ofu is the sound from Haruhiro while Do is from Kuzaku. Both Haruhiro and Kuzaku falls forward at the same time. Afterall, there is dreadful hot wind coming from behind them blowing them. That feels very hot. Far from hot wind, it feels more suitable to call it bomb blast. Haruhiro managed to roll forward somehow ,get up on his feet and turn over. “Hothothot…!” His face burnt.. No it may not have burnt but it hurts as if his face may have scalded a bit. Even calling it pillars of fire maybe an understatement. Far from walls of fire, it is like a cliff of fire stand towering over the surrounding. Its Arbu Magic. But its not from Shihoru. Shihoru can only cast Dark elemental spell. Afterall she never had any experience learning Arbu Magic before. “Hothothothot…!” Kuzaku crawls over. Haruhiro stands up. Its hot. The sparks from the palisade of fire is scattering all around. Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto knife, covers his face and walk towards his party while staggering. Shihoru just stares blankly at the palisade of fire which is dying off. “…[Blaze Cliff]” is the word that comes out from Shihoru’s mouth. Perhaps it’s the magic’s name. But the one using the Arbu Magic is not Shihoru. He casts his eyes towards Mary standing nearby Yume. Suddenly she averts her eyes. “I was…” Mary looks downward, covering her face with left hand. “I was… eliminated it… Sekaishu. I can only.. do …. This much.. That’s why.. magic. . I .. for the time being. I …” Setora hold Kiichi in her arms while squatting and put the gray colored Nyaa on the ground. “Priestess, what was that Sekaishu just now “ “Sekai, Shu” “I” don’t know , is what comes out of Mary’s mouth Haruhiro only stand still, as if at his wits end. I don’t know. Mary said so. Sekaishu. Haruhiro repeats the word which he had never heard before. Mary used a magic spell. [Blaze Cliff]. Arbu Magic. He has seen that magic twice already. First was in the village, from Jesse. Mary doesn’t know. Putting aside the light magic, Mary who is a priestess should not be able to use Arbu Magic at all. “Lets flee from here for the time being.” Haruhiro pays close attention to make his voice unshaken. Then walk towards Mary, reach out his right hand. Are you prepared for everything? I fully admit it. Fully accept it. Fully embrace it. “Lets go, Mary” Mary raises her face. He did not wait for her to give her reply. Haruhiro hold Mary’s hand tightly. Aa, of course, I have already prepared for this. Haruhiro pulls Mary’s hand and walk together. Lets put aside the [Blaze Cliff] first. I don’t care about Sekaishu or whatever. Ill escape from whatever monster I don’t understand. And aim toward east direction. We should reach the sea if we head east. If we reach the sea, maybe everything will work out somehow. End vol 11 THANKS A LOT DUUUUUUUUUDE YOU'RE MY LIFE SAVER!!!! And so, it seems the explanation of those memories have to wait for next volume, huh. still, MARY!!! |
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Aug 19, 2017 6:12 AM
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jejai1 said: part 4 vol 11 abridged Haruhiro’s POV Kuzaku pace himself inside the building “What’s with those guys. Its night time already but how can they just stay still there!” Kuzaku mutters so while going outside of the building, then return inside and then goes outside again and repeats this over and over and over again. He should be tired of it already. He should be filled with hunger and thirst already. But even so, he can’t afford to just stay still. I understand him very well though. It’s the same for Haruhiro. Just staying still is very difficult, but he must remain close beside her. Yume is sitting with knees raised up near the broken door entrance while holding her sword scabbard. She has been casting her eyes downward the whole time. if I call out to her now, she probably won’t answer. Shihoru seems to be in the same state as Yume. Sitting beside Haruhiro, hanging her head while not moving an inch. The crows are still cawing with piercing noising. More than ten or so crows have come and switch places in the edge of the ceiling’s hole and they’re still noisy as ever. Kuzaku kicks the ground , then crouches while saying “… what should we do here?..”. Haruhiro opens her mouth and tries to say something but no words come out. He licks his lips a bit. It hurts. Must have died and cracked a bit. In the end he answers “Still”. Kuzaku mutters “ I see..” Kuzaku then tries to get up only to fall down on his back. But Haruhiro is not the one to remain still. He actively examines the present state of the girl and Jesse who has turn into nothing but human skin. But just touching Jesse’s skin gives the shivers in his spine. There is no warmth on Jesse’s skin, it doesn’t feel moist but it also doesn’t feel rustle from the drying up. Haruhiro picks up Jesse’s left ankle and lifts it. He can feel the weight behind it, but it’s not of humans weight. Looking from his outer appearance, is he only consist of only bones and skins now? Anyhow, he should not be alive already, but there’s no smell from dead flesh, not even a sign of decay. She is also of the same state. She is already dead, should have. He was beside her when it happened. In the present state, she is not alive. He already confirmed it. Theres no pulse. Her heart is also not beating. There’s also no warmth in her body. Despite that, her body is not showing any sign of stiffening and decaying. Then, there’s another thing I noticed. When human are still alive, the heart continuously beats moving the blood in the body. If the heart stops beating, naturally the blood also stop flowing as well. Then what happens? The blood is drawn by gravity and if the body is lying upwards , it should accumulates at the back of the body. The changes can be seen from outside by purple spots appearing on the body skin. Haruhiro tries to lift her head. To do this, he needs to keep pushing the wounds from Jesse wrist against Mary’s neck injury. So he carefully removes the cloth binding them together. He can’t believe his eyes. The wound on Jesse’s left wrist has turn into big crack. However, Mary’s neck is in beautiful state. It can be said that the big wound on her neck was the cause of her death but that it has already disappeared. The large amount of blood that is supposed to have flown out from Jesse’s left wrist is also nowhere to be seen. The cloth binding the wounds that is supposed to have been over soaked in dark blood, far from getting stained, it is already dying up. Haruhiro lifts her head up, move her hair aside and examine her nape. Naturally it should be there, but there’s no purple spots at all. What on earth is happening here. She is not alive , but you can also say that she is not dead. Such a thing is not possible. Her body must be going through some sort of change. What kind of change then? It is beyond him. Of course, such a thing is beyond anyone else. Surely, Haruhiro expects it to be a good change. But the same time he is afraid. Something bizarre is about to happen. Maybe its already taking place gradually. He can only accept anything that happen from here. But can he afford to accept it? Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….. “--------Ot…..” Kuzaku stands up. Yume looks outside. “Haruhiro-kun….” Haruhiro nods after being called out by Shihoru. Jesse said it before. When the sun sets down, [Bool] will come here. Yume readies herself while standing on one knee. Something just run into the building and passing through Yume. It’s not the dead flesh-seeking wolf [Bool] but it is Setra who is holding her staff and Kiichi, the ash colored Nyaa. “Haru” Setra who did not even cast her glance towards Kuzaku and Yume , quickly approaches Haruhiro. To which Haruhiro only replied “…Aa” After laying her headstaff against the wall, she stands nearby Haruhiro. She takes a short breath. Kiichi is rubbing its neck against Setra’s shin while meowing , Nyaaaaaa. “… Where have you been?” Asked shihoru. “ I was looking for something” Setora answered while taking out a something out of her bosom. That something is similar to human fist in both size and shape. Is it made of metal? It looks solid and heavy as well. It seems there are several holes in some parts of it. Faint blue lights leaking from the holes. Haruhiro stares at that thing. He is only looking at it and has no interest at all. To be honest, whatever that thing is, he doesn’t care at all. “This is called a [Fake Soul Vessel]” Setora explains. “Inside it resides Enba’s fake soul. You can call it the real form of the android. Necromancer tie the corpse to this [Fake Soul Vessel] to create the androids. The me who was born in [Shuro] house has been fiddling with human and beast’s dead body ever since I can remember. People from the village had always treated the family members of Shuro House badly. I also had people speaking behind my back saying how smelly I was. But the truth is we necromancer never use rotten flesh in the first place. Instead , the carefully washed corpse smells much better than a living human being. Additionally, the sight of the bones, muscles , blood vessels and organs are very beautiful. Then , assembling all that parts together and seeing a completed Android able to move is very emotionally moving for me. However, after I have finished building Enba, I can’t bring myself to build another android. The necromancer from Shuro House has always been creating Androids only to destroy them and build another. They repeated this over and over again aiming for perfection. But I am satisfied enough with only Enba . The people from my house cannot understand me for being like that. Also it is considered a miracle to have a woman in the house to keep Nyaa as a pet. Apparently, I am an anomaly among them.” Hearing this haruhiro just nods ambiguously. If its not for such timing, Haruhiro would have paid more attention to Setora’s story. But for now its quite impossible. He cant bring himself to listen to it. Just say it already, ‘now is not the time’. “Haru” Setora places the [Fake Soul Vessel] in her bosom. Kiichi looks up towards Setora. “You are in love with that girl , right?” “.. W-w---“ Words remain stuck in my mouth. What are you saying all of a sudden?. Why.. now? In this place… Uroooooooooooooooooooooooooooon….! Bools are howling. Haruhiro is looking towards the ceiling’s hole. Before he knows it, the crows there has long gone from the spot. Haruhiro cast his eyes downwards , blinks his eyes twice and let out sigh. “…. Its only one-sided though” He cant bring himself to lie here That is the only thing he cannot do. “Rather than one-sided.. from me. Its more like---“ “That’s enough” Setora bends herself and places her palm above Haruhiro’s hand. Then while displaying a slight smile on her face, she says “I understand” . “But you know what Haru” she then continues with her voice changing slightly. Her hands trembles repeatedly. “----dead people, cannot be revived , you see” Haruhiro did not say anthing back. It’s not because his mouth is covered by Setora’s hand. Such a thing does not affect him at all. Haruhiro has suspected this before. Isn’t that just a dream he was seeing? Reviving dead people. If someone is dead , they should remain dead. With a single word, such a convenient dream has shattered into pieces, bringing him back to reality. Setra pulls back his right hand and grasp it with her own left hand. “Android in a sense is product created with a certain compromise, the craftsman who were later on called as necromancer originally aimed to revive dead person. It was first attempted by obtaining the relic known as [Fake Soul Vessel] and even after the first androids were created, the attempts continued on. But not once, have they succeeded in it. Death is an irreversible phenomenon which affects not only human but also other living beings alike. Living beings can never be revived back once they lost their life. Even if that woman were to somehow to be revive, it might be different than the revival that you hope for. The revived girl maybe a different person before her death. Maybe its fine as long as it is not revived as unknown monster. Nevertheless, maybe its better if she has the same personality as android which is faithful and loyal. But if its opposite, what would you do?” “…I Would …” “No. Its not the case of what you can do or not. I want you to fully accept my advise” “That’s.. .. I get it already” “Are you sure? Can you really assert that you are prepared for it then? Haru” If am really prepared for it, I should be giving immediate reply to it and state my affirmation. But I cannot do it. “If you cannot do it then” Setora relaxes her tone and says so quietly “There are things that you must do now” “.. Me?...things I must do …?” “Aa, yes. We can still make it in time. Use that knife to stab the woman’s head and heart. That should be able to do it. If you cannot do it then , I can take your place. I am already used to it due to the nature of my work. I can do it without blinking an eye.” make it in time? Is that so? Must do. Me? With this hand. Either me or Setra. No. If anyone should do it, it should be me. But is it really necessary to it in the first place? Its not necessary. Resolution. That’s it. As long as he has the resolution to see things through, no matter what happens, he should be fine. Haruhiro is----- “….un……” a voice leaked out It was not Haruhiro. Not Setra. Not Shihoru. Not Yume. Not even Kuzaku. It was Mary. Mary’s limb suddenly stretches out. Not only both her arms and legs. The parts of her neck to the torso become arched like a bow. “Mary….!” Haruhiro jumped towards Mary. “UaaaaaaaAAAAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaAAaaaaaaaa” Its dark so he cant quite see it, from Mary’s mouth , maybe from other parts as well, something is flowing out . What is it? What is that inside Mary? “nn….” Haruhiro covers his mouth, stop his breathing. This smell. Blood? Could it be, blood? It smells like blood. No , but, its smells more pungent. “What is it…?!” Setra steps back “Mary-chan…!?” gasps Yume “Mary-san…!” shouts Kuzaku “-----Hiiiii…..” shrieks Shihoru. What is this… this. What in the world is this… Haruhiro kneels down with his left hand attached to the ground. Is this blood or something else.. I don’t know. At any rate, the liquid from inside Mary is gushing out and soaking Haruhiro’s left hand and afterwards his knees. In large amount nonetheless. “Aguuu, go, gu,ga,gou, gau,agga,ka, fuga…” Mary continues to gush out liquids while emitting foreign like noise. What should I do here. What do I do? I cannot just stand still here. I must do something. Cause she seems to be suffering. “Ma, Mary…!” Haruhiro climbs on top of Mary, and grasps both of her shoulder. I want to stop it. The liquid that is gushing out. But, will it be fine if I stop it?. Can I hold it back? But how? The liquid continues gushing out from Mary’s inside non stop. Mary is already soaked wet from the liquid. The same is true for Haruhiro. Hands, arms, legs as well has become drenched in it. Even his face got splashed from it. Perhaps, this liquid is not just ordinary blood. While holding Mary’s shoulder with his left hand, his right hand stretches out to hold Mary’s cheek. As I thought, not only her mouth. The liquid is also flowing from her nostrils and eyes. Haruhiro tries to wipe it. But its useless. It keeps coming out non stop. Does the liquid have never-ending supply? He cannot stop it even for a moment. But he cannot afford to not wipe it. Because it is also impossible to do nothing. “Mary! Can you hear me!? Mary! Its me, Haruhiro! Mary….!” I want to do something but it seems impossible. Mary. Mary. Mary. Haruhiro continuously calls out to her. Mary’s whole body stiffens as it becoming rampant. She’s surely suffering tremendously now. Maybe, its about to end soon. Whats about to end? He cant properly explain it. But perhaps, just a little bit. Haruhiro embrace her in his arms while yelling. It’s alright. You don’t have to worry. I am here. We are here. Mary, we are here beside you. Your body is here, but maybe the real you is somewhere far away. Somewhere my voice can’t reach. Maybe you cant hear me. If that’s the case, I will yell as loud as I can, make it reverberating, make it roaring , make it reach to you. I may not be able to pull your hands and bring you’re here with us. But, I will call your name many times over so long as my voice permits. I will drag you here, I promise. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. Mary. “Mary……..!” Haruhiro exerts all his strength in his arms embracing mary. He tries to call Mary’s name once again. His voice has long become hoarsed. Its fine even if I crush my throat, I will call your name many times over. “….!...” Mary suck in a breath, the liquid spewing out of her stops. Mary, starts to cough. “…..Ha,……..ru?” said Mary while still letting out cough frequently. Haru. That was Haru? What? ‘That was Haru?’ is what Mary thought? Haruhiro doesn’t understand. But whatever, its fine. “Aaa….! its me, Mary. Its Haruhiro. You understand right? You heard it , right? Mary. You have finally returned. Mary! Mary…….!” Mary only nods. Anyways, the cough seems to have ease down a bit. Her breath is still uneven. Mary seems to be herself. Theres no mistaking it. She called Haruhiro’s name, and she properly understood what Haruhiro was saying. Which means? Unbelievable. No. Its fine to believe it. How can I express this feeling into words? I did it? Thank goodness? Welcome back? are those the words im looking for? I’ve been longing for your return. Thank you for coming back. I missed you. Each and every of those are not wrong but even if I combine all of them together, it still wont be enough. But, as long as Mary is here, its fine. Uroooooooooooooooon! Ruon! Uoooooooooon! Uronnnnnnnnn! Ruoooooooooon! “Haruhiro!” Kuzaku yells. “Maybe its those Bools” “Bool” Mary said so firmly. She stands up. Haruhiro tries to stop her “Mary, you’re still not yet-----“ “This is not the time to for that” Just as Mary said, in this situation they cannot afford to remain still in the building. Haruhiro helps Mary to stand up, she staggers a bit , and grabs the headstaff resting on the wall, “.. Equipments” she mutters then lets out a small groan while shaking her head. “--- Its better to equip shields. Bows and arrows as well. Its in the storage….” “Mary…..?” “Lets go quickly” Mary then squats while searching the Jesse’s body which looks more like a cast-off skin rather than a dead corpse. What in the world is she doing. Mary then quickly stands up. “I will guide the way to the storage. Lets go” “E,……a, un” He has his doubts, but he just swallows it for the time being. This not the place to be throwing questions. Setra, Kiichi, Yume, and Shihoru are standing nearby the entrance while Kuzaku is outside. He is readying himself with his long sword which is tinged with bright white lights.That must be the [Light Magic, Saber]. Urooooooooooon! Urooooooooooon! Roooooooooooon! Uroooooooooon……! Its nearby. I can tell from the howling noise. “Huge…!” Kuzaku yells. Is he referring to the Bool? where is it? Haruhiro still cant see it. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection, -------Protection” Mary uses the light magic spell. Light shaped Hexagram appear on Haruhiro and the others wrist. Kuzaku screams “Nuaaa………!” while swinging his long swords. The bright while light is shining. Is that… Bool? But seriously, isn’t it too huge? “Kuzaku……” “Uoooooo……….!?” The bool’s shadow is overlooming Kuzaku. No, did it leap over and crushed Kuzaku ? Haruhiro can’t move even a step. Even Yume, Shihoru an Setra as well. Only Mary, behind all of the others, Mary rush towards Kuzaku. “Oo Light, return to Lumiaris divine protection------“ Mary aims towards the Bool which is leaning over Kuzaku and releases a dazzling light. “[Breim]……….!” “Gyon” such howling noise can be heard while the whole body of the Bool is trembling. While it may be only be for a moment, this time time he can see it clearly. Its covered with fur, Its probably black in color. maybe blackish brown, or dark gray. Dead-flesh eating wolf. That thing? A wolf? Just where exactly ? Wolf are not that buffy arent they? they should be much slimmer in build. This thing looks way too buff. Its head looks too thick. Well, it does look like wolf a bit, But the whole body looks way off. Far from wolf, it looks more like that. Bear. The moment that word comes out from his mouth. He remembered, Jesse told him once . “It is much bigger that the Mist Panther which resides in Thousand Valley. Its similar to bear, I think.” Bear That’s it. “Guaryaaaa….!” Kuzaku move aside the bear which is toppling him . At the same moment, Mary uses her headstaff and hit it in the face. The Bool tries to retreat. Mary yells “Haru…….!” while running. Perhaps, shes facing towards the storage house. “—Lets move” This is bad, Haruhiro thought. I am not the one making decision right now. Mostly , he just went with the flow, leaving it all to Mary. This means, my meaning of existence is…. No,… meaning of existence or whatever, its fine. “AA- Shittt, Mary-santhankyousomuchyousavedmethere” “Zaaaaaaa………..!” Kuzaku turn over and shower the Bool with attacks from his long sword. “Go ahead, everyyone! go!” Haruhiro waves his and urging everyone. Setora, Kiichi, Yume, Shihoru and then Kuzaku all follows Mary behind. Haruhiro follows behind Kuzaku. Bool is coming. Urooooooooooon. Urooooooooooooon. roooooooon. How many of them are there. looks quite a lot. But is there more of those bear-like Bools?.No.. that shouldn’t be the case. Fu, ha, ho, ha, ha, haa, ha, haa. My breath is getting hard. The bear-like Bool is chasing persistently. We’ll get caught at this rate. Its coming to attack. “----Ni……..!” Haruhiro lets out a strange noise while jumping sideways, rolls and then stand up again. That was close! it grazed me a bit though, with claws or something. Ugogogogogogoaaaaaaaaa , the Bool is roaring as if being unsatisfied, bending its big body over, he plans to finish me off? NotgoodNotgoodNotgood. Haruhiro flees. He sprints with all his might. But he may lose speed-wise. see? The Bool is already close to him. Close Close Close… Too close… too fast too fast too fast. I may get killed here. “----Gi….!” He tried to run away somewhat but did not make it. When he realize, he is already about to be squashed flat. What a horrible beastly smell. He cant breath. Perhaps he will be eaten here? “Ndaaa, Raaaaa……….!” Kuzaku retraces his step back and deals a blow to the Bool. The Bool howls “ Gooo?!” He wont let go of Haruhiro. Kuzaku yells “ Oiii, Youuu!” while slashing at the beast. “what are you doing to Haruhiro! Move aside! I will kill you! Die! you bear….!” kuzaku showering blows at the bool. no but that guy is not a bear you know. Bear or not. whichever is fine. Bear then separates himself away from Haruhiro’s body. Kuzaku then helps Haruhiro get up . “Haruhiro, Are you ok?!” “Yeah, somewhat…” “That was bad just now, I cant slash it at all, maybe it’s the furs…Ooo……….!?” Kuzaku was blown away. The Bool once once again plunge towards here. Kuzaku immediately guard himself with the long sword. He hold his position to face the blow from the Bool. URoooooooooooooooooon! Bool is trying to spring upon here. Haruhiro drawrs his stiletto knife. Until now, he has been keeping his knife sheathed. What have I been doing, seriously. I grapple the Bool which is trying to attack kuzaku and stab it with the stilletto knife. Stab, stab, stab , the Bool twist his body in protest. my stabbing doesn’t seem to be effective? the furs. This thick dense fur is it. The sticky fur itself is not only solid, its also dense and layered, like cushion. Due to its small length, just using the stiletto knife to break through the cushion-like fur will exert a lot of strength. This maybe be more troublesome than those gorilla’s husk skin. Looks like I have to play by the book and aim for there. “….O..?!” The Bool howls UgoOAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa while raising his body. It raises its front left. Seriously, this guy. its not a wolf, isn’t it more like bear? Standing up, it seems even bigger than before. “Uoooooooo?! Oooooooooooooo……!?” Kuzaku looks surprised. Haruhiro desparately clings on to the Bool. But the Bool continue to roar Uooooooaaaaa, Guaaaaaaaaaa and violently shakei its body so he’s really at his limit. This is bad. Impossible. I cant move my hands anymore. Haruhiro is shaken off, blow away, not heading towards the ground but facing the direction of a nearby building wall. Haruhiro hit the wall , smashing it into pieces. “……un… ku…” Are? Its bright, …isn’t it? “hyaa!” this is Yume’s voice? Haruhiro is in lying down facing upward position. It looks like his head received strong impact from hitting the wall just now, he was dazed for a bit. When he looks around, Yume is there. Even Shihoru, Setora, Kiichi. Aa, that must be it. Storage house. This is the storage house. I see. And theres also light glowing inside. Yume is here, Shihoru is here, Setora is here , Kiichi is here, and naturally Mary as well. “…A?” How curious. What is the meaning of this. Mary is not wearing any clothes. What is this , place. Am I dreaming? That must be it. Bucause theres no reason anyone would be naked in this situation. “Haru…..!” Mary leaps over here. While Mary is lifting Haruhiro in her arms, haruhiro wonders if he really is in heaven right now. Maybe not. Things like heaven don’t exist , right. Then , this is reality? “Oi, you!” Setora passes over a green overcoat to Mary. “At least , wear something decent!” “Ha….” Mary while having Haruhiro’s head resting on top of her lap, covers her breast with the green overcoat. “This, this is.. my clothes were soaking wet, so… I was in the middle of changing just now. “ “I .. .i see” Haruhiro closes his eyes shut. “Un. I.. I wont look.. promise..” “Nnyaa! Kuzaku-kun is….!” “We have to assist him…!” Yume and Shihoru looks uneasy. No .. They should be. Kuzaku is facing the ominous Bool alone. Even so, what am I doing here. Is this really the time for me to lie down on Mary’s lap?.. This is really bad isn’t it. “Umm… mmmm.. Haru, can you… I’m about to change , so..” “A, Aaaaaaa….” haruhiro opens his eyes and stands up then look at Mary. Mary also tries to stand. Then put on her green overcoat but with bare legs. She’s already wearing clothes on her top but perhaps , down there she is? Haruhiro shakes his head. This is not the time. Yume holds her bow, She hangs a quiver filled with bows on her shoulder. Setora holds spear and rectangle shield in her hands. Shihoru is also holding a shied but perhaps its not for her but for Kuzaku’s use. Although it looks small, the building is a proper storage house . The rack is arranged with spear and swords. Hanging on the walls are several shields, bow and arrow while the shelves stores clothes inside. Haruhiro then look towards Mary. He then averts his eyes. Mary is crouching while making rustling noise inside the overcoat. Perhaps she’s in the middle of wearing clothes. “Nuaaa! Zuaaaa! Seaaaa…..!” Kuzaku is dealing with the Bool on his own. “Ah!” Haruhiro came to his sense and rush towards Shihoru and Setora while giving instruction “The shields!” “Yesss…..!” replies Shihoru. Haruhiro goes out the building through the broken wall’s cavity , followed by Yume. Haruhiro slaps his own cheek with his left hand. get your shit together haruhiro. He follows behind Yume. Setora brings Kiichi together. Shihoru calls out “ Kuzaku-kun,…..!” while throwing the shield to him. The shield rolls towards Kuzaku feet. But Kuzaku only cast a single glane to the rolling shield, and that’s it. He must be too occupied to pick up the shield. Kuzaku presses himself closer to the Bool “NueaAAA….!” while swinging his long sword. Even though the long sword hit the Bool’s left shoulder, it doesn’t seem to cut anything. Kuzaku pulls his sword, “Keaaaaaaa…..!” then swings it downward. It seem to have hit the top of the Bool’s head, the bool only waver a bit and step backwards. That is some heck of a cushion-like fur you got there. How should we go at him. “Idiot!!, If you can’t cut it, just thrust your sword into it” Setora not only yells, but she is sprinting towards the Bool. Pushes out her spear forward, projecting it towards the Bool’s throat. it hits it firmly. Setora let go of the spear, and jump bacward. “Corner him , Idiot!” “Nnaaaaaaaa……!” Kuzaku charges into the Bool. The kuzaku that enters into battle mode and charges into his enemy is quite scary. Kuzaku collides his body with the Bool and using the long sword stabs deeply into its stomach. Setro has already returned to the storehouse. “Haru!” he turns over as his name was called out, a spear came flying towards him. Why, Haru asked but without a moment delay he receives it. Setora yells “You too, Huntress!” while handing over a spear towards Yume. While thinking how stupid, indecisive, incompetent and useless he is being right now, Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto and readies his spear. Maybe he wont use it. “Kuzaku!, retreat back further” while yelling so, Setora and yume advances forward. It looks like that strike from Kuzaku earlier is working, the bool is withdrawing. Haruhiro , Setora and Yume uses their spear to skewer the Bool. While the bool tried to remove the spear, it twists itself and somehow falls down sideway. It looks like it wants to get up but having his throat crushed, stomach blowed and skewered by the spears, it seems useless. “Move away………!” Kuzaku who has retreated just now fiercely leaps over , pulls his sword backward and thrust. Its mouth crushed. Kuzaku crushed the inside of the bool’s mouth. Not only that . “Nuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!” he splits the head of the Bool into two. No matter how tough the beast it is, that attack should have ended his life. Haruhiro feels relieve for a while. How naïve of me, so I told myself. “Kiichi….!” Setora commanded something to the gray colored Nyaa. How naïve of me. There are still several Bools left here and there roaring UrooooooooooooonURooooooooonnnn. There’s no end to it. What should we do here. Mary holds her headstaff with right hand, left hand holding lamp while exiting from the storage house. Mary wearing the green overcoat looks completely different from her priestess image, Haruhiro cannot help but be amazed in the sight of it. Seriously, what should he do in this situation. He’s not acting leader-ish like he should. Isn’t Setora looks more leader-ish right now? Perhaps, he’s now in a slump? could it be that? No.. What is a slump anyway. In the first place, he’s not the type to lead people. But even so, he has to take the role, he will do whatever he can to the utmost of his ability. Clear your mind. What did Setora commanded Kiichi just now. Kiichi looked like it was going somewhere. Setora probably asked Kiichi to look for escape routes. Mary is carrying lamp. Is that really okay? That light stands out too much. But maybe, Bools are nocturnal creatures. They can probably see well in the darkness. We cant see well , so its probably disadvantageous to be in the dark. Its better to have some light. At any rate, we need to escape from here. I am not really skilful in leadership, so there are too many things that I don’t know, and things that I cannot do, nevertheless i cannot waste my time complaining about it. If I cannot do break the deadlock by myself, I can just ask for help from the others. “Setora! Which way should we go!?” “Hold on” Setora produces a sharp sound from the gaps of her teeth, eye closed, while her neck turning. A faint sound Nyaa can be heard. Which direction did it came from? Haruhiro cannot judge it well. Setora looked like she grasped the location. She opens her eyes, and point her finger to left. “Lets head there first, I cannot confirm if its really safe for now.” “That’s good enough. Kuzaku, take the vanguard position” “Ossu….!” Kuzaku picks up his shield and nods. “Setora stick close to me and lead the way, please” “Yes, Understood” “Yume, follow behind me!” “Nniyaa!” “Mary---“ he pauses for a while. He’s about to cry a bit. What would he do if cries? Just as usual is fine. To be able to say ‘Just as usual’ to Mary… “---guard shihoru, in front of Yume!” without a moments delay, mary replies “Eee!” “Shihoru, preserve your mana for a while. We don’t know what would happen next” haruhiro says so with tearful voice. “….Yes!” she replies shortly, Shihoru also let out a sobbing voice. “Yosshi, Lets go!” Haruhiro and others run as fast as they could. The Bool’s howling can be heard. He can also feel their presence moving around but just how many of them are there, haruhiro cannot grasp it well. “This way!”or “That way!” Setora continue giving direction diligently. Haruhiro can only follow her direction while basking in the feeling of helplessness, but hasn’t it always been this way? If he only needs to bear it, then he can do it. In most of the situation, they always end up in trouble. For example, if he were to be evaluated and full mark is 100 point. Like maybe he should have done it this way, or that way. Why didn’t he do it that way. Maybe on average , he would get 47, 48 points. “It looks like we’ll be able to get away soon” Setora says so , but he still cannot let his guard down. You, is it really fun living your like that? He hears the stupid Ranta’s voice whispering to him giving him chills. Is it fun? Its really not fun at all but surprisingly , there may be times he is happy about it. You may not be able to understand it Ranta, but my way of life doesn't make me be a person who gets happy intensively or depressed sharply. But along the way, I also experienced happiness and suffering. I don’t mind if I got told my way of living is dull. It cant be helped you see. Its how I live after all. Somehow, we are back to how we used to be, Mary is here, unlike my usual self, I lost my mind a bit there. But at any rate, Mary has returned, Kuzaku, Yume, Shihoru , Setora and Kiichi also are in good condition. It can be said that we are in good fortune. Somehow, Haruhiro was the leader, but he was useless. During that period, even it becomes disaster, it wont become too strange. Its fine if I get 50 out of 100 points. Even 40 points is fine with me. 60 points is pushing it. I will try my best not to score 40 points lower. Will try my best to score 50 points above. For the others, I would like to score 60 points, or even raise it to 70 points. I want to somehow aim for to be a party that is 60 points worth. That is my job as a leader. I have to bear in mind not to overstretch myself as well. If I overthrow the balance and fall down, I will lose everything. Anyways, calm down, see it, hear it, feel it. Use everything I can. Especially my head. Even if by repeating thing over and over, there’s no progress, do not get tired of it, do not give up and keep doing it. Just by taking one step , and another step forward, is already enough. Let your party advance forward. Things like making it big, or get acknowledge by strong guys, or get famous , for me , I don’t have such desires. Things like, want to see new scenery , or stand in a high landscape overseeing everything, they are also irrelevant to me. But, if its for the sake of my comrade, I will go for it. I don’t really hate it that much. I use all my energy for the sake of my comrade. They are my pillar. If I lose them , I cannot walk forward. Far from that, maybe I wont be able to stand at all. Soon after we left the village and enter the field, we regroup with Kiichi. Uroooooon, Rooon., ROOOOOOn. The howling from Bools can be heard from the back . It feels like they’re losing them. They’ll be able to escape at this rate. “Kiichi!” Setora releases Kiichi again. Kiichi advance ahead of the team. If there are Bools ahead of them , Kiichi will let them know. “If there’s one or two ahead, we can take them on” Kuzaku said so vigorously even when hes out of breath. “Mary, put off the light!” “Understood!” Mary quickly extinguish the lamp she’s holding. Bool may see very well at night, but having said that, if there is bright source of light in the dark across the field, it is just the same as letting the Bool know of their location. Sky becomes overcast with many clouds, moon cant be seen , and stars are few. The darkness is overwhelming. But , once they get used to it, they can somehow see the outlines of their figures. The Bools howling are no longer close, they seems far enough for now. “Its cause they are dead flesh vultures” Setora lightly whispers. In the first place, Bools should have no interest in living beings like Haruhiro and the others. They shouldn’t be too attached to them . They are only hoping that the Bool would stop chase because of that, but they still cannot let down their guards. “Yume feels like they are no longer nearby, you see!” if yume feels so, maybe that is really the case. No, don’t let get into your head. We still have to be careful. “Shihoru?! Are you tired?!” Haruhiro turn over to ask “I’m still fine!” answers Shihoru. “Its fine!” Mary also adds. If Shihoru looks like she’s crossing her limits, Mary would stop her without question. “Fuu,you guys are---“ Setora about to say something and grins. “Ee? What?” Haruhiro asks “Its nothing” Shihoru shakes her head. Kuzaku’s footsteps look heavy. He must be tired. It must have been hard for him all this while. I want to let him rest for a bit. But , just a bit further. If Kuzaku falls down here it will be troublesome. “Our pace is slowing down” “..Ossu!” Kuzaku fastens his footstep. Bools howling is already far away. Looks like they’ll make it. Fuu, he let out a breath. If he shows a gap here, he’d let his guard down. That very fragile nature of his is is his own enemy . The biggest enemy, is ourself. He suddenly reminded of Ranta, Go away. Why is that guy appearing now. He’s not one of us anymore. But do I really think so? Did he really believe that Ranta betrayed them? Just forget about it. How nice if they can take it leisurely. Really, from the bottom of his heart, he just want to relax. Just eat something nice, sleep soundly. Just one day is fine. No maybe half a day. He just want to pass time like that. What a luxury. He understand it even if it’s a dream. “Kuzaku” “Ossu” “Setora” “Aa” “Shihoru” “….Yes” “Mary” “Yea” “Yume” “Nyo” “----Yosh” Are you guys tired? No use acting strong here. I’m tired. I should realize it, but I can still do it. Till when should we continue walking? Next morning? Can we last? We should calculate, anticipate and plan here. Its difficult to make an accurate outlook. But even so, its really bad if we go without any plans. “Are we roughly approaching the east direction now…?” Haruhiro asks and Yume answers “Maybe its northeast. Maybe its slightly towards the east” Either way , eventually, they will step into mountains. Before that, maybe they should take a rest. Most probably, Bools are nowhere nearby this area. Lets rest. Should I tell them a bit afterwards. Its not good if we lose focus here. UnaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaa…! Suddenly Kiichi voice can be heard. Setora dashes forward. Something unexpected may have happened. “Setora , Wait!” Haruhiro calls out to her Setora did not stop. Shes already out of his sight. He cant let her go alone. “don’t be rash! Lets make preparation first …!” Haruhiro draws his stiletto knife and overtakes Kuzaku. He chases after Setora. He soon understand what faces them when he arrives. Rather than sees it, he feel its presence. Initially, he feels the ground elevates upward. Maybe hes climbing a small hill. Gyaaa! Gyaaa! Higyaaa…! Kiichi is screaming. Its like the screaming when cats are brawling each other. The hill is moving,--- is the feeling he had. “Kiichi , retreat…!” Setora yelling. “Haruhiro!? What is ….” Kuzaku finally catches up. Haruhiro just stand still. “I don’t know , but…” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. The low frequency sound which is like ground rumbling noise is approaching. He cant see it well but theres no mistaking it. But he can declare it, this is really bad. “Fu, Ooouu…!” Yume’s eye can see clearly , so maybe she have spotted something. “Ma-…” Shihoru tries to say something. Maybe she tries to say magic or something “This is---“ Mary stumble for words seems to mean something. Why did Haruhiro fel that way. “I don’t understand well, but you see” Kuzaku whisper something “The world before we came here, It was not really like this you see. Its really Grimgar” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. Its coming. Something’s coming. I don’t know. I don’t know but how should we deal with this. I don’t know. But we must deal with this otherwise. I am alive right now. I am alive right here in Grimgar. I already erase the image of Mary who is unable to move and eyes closed. Just the sight of it crumbles my heart. I wont let such a thing happen again. “Lets retreat!” Haruhiro raises his voice. “don’t get separated!” NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN…. What ? Something is coming. There is no doubt. Something is coming? “Dark…..!” Shihoru cast her dark elemental . “..!” Yume releases arrow. Did it hit? How was it? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Mary is saying something in bitter voice. Maybe its “Sekaishu…” or something. NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Sekaishu. Perhaps its name for that thing? But why would Mary know the name for such a thing. Whatever. Haruhiro jumps. He feels something touch his toes. “-----They come from below as well!” Haruhiro warns while looks out NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN shit, Cant seeNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNwhatisthis, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjustitsslowlyapproachinghere, Iknow thatNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNcanfeelit, severelyNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNitfeelslikeinvadingmychestNNNNNNNNNNNNN…No. Don’t be bewildered here. Something touches my toes again. Haruhiro didn’t jump. He steps on it. Its not solid. Also not soft. Just stepping on it, he feels like sinking. He feels like he will be engulfed in it. In the end, Haruhiro jumps back and retreat. That was dangerous. Just now, what would happen if he continue stepping on it. He can feel there’s substance in it. He was able to touch it. It touches Haruhiro’s toes again. Haruhiro kicks it away. “Don’t be afraid, its just some… weird thing…!” “Uhahaha!” Kuzaku is laughing. “Light, Oo lumiaris, under divine protection of the light , dwell in my sword!” Hexagram light appear on the blade. Its like a giant caterpillar. “They’re just catterpillars …!” Haruhiro yells. Caterpillar. They’re just caterpillars. Its disgusting cause they’re caterpillars. Maybe they’re poisoned. Its better to be careful. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNjust what is this. Haruhiro kicks away the incoming caterpillars. Kicks them , kicks them away. Don’t back too far away Kuzaku, “Uoraaaaaaa!” he swings the long swords heartily driving the caterpillars away. Yume also using her sword. Mary is swinging her headstaff. What happened to Setora and Kiichi I wonder. He cant make sure of it. Shihoru casts “Go forth, Dark…!” and releases the elemental magic. Is it effective? But even so, thisNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNis too noisy. The inside of my ears. The inside of my head, and chest is shaking like metal ballNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNand reverberates in low frequency. How many dozen times has he kicked them away , Haruhiro then notice blood coming out of his nose. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN What is this, The back of his eyes is burning , it hurtsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNsuddenlly “Guheeeee!” something spitted out. While falling on his knees, brandishing his large sword, kicking away the caterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNmy tears, no, this is not my tearsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNblood, blood is coming out, from my eyes NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNharuhiro is coughingNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNgettingdizzyNNNNNNimcaughtNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMyrightlegNNNNNcatterpillarsNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNfellonmybackNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNthiscold, NNNNNNNNfeelslikemyrightlegisnomoreNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSekaishuNNNNNNNN Thisisbad, this is bad , this is bad, kick the caterpillar with left leg, kick them, kick them . Peel off them from my right leg. Run. Otherwise. I will be drowned in. “Dark….!” Shihoru calls out. The dark makes a strange sound Vowowowowowwow and flew past Haruhiro while shrinking. The dark elemental struck into what seems to be its foundation or substance which shaped like a hill. But the sound NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN keep intensifying. Nothing else happens afterwards. “Ooooooo…!” Kuzaku which is five or 6 meters apart from Haruhiro is swinging his sword randomly while getting surrounded by the caterpillars. “This is bad!. At this rate….!” Mary’s voice yelling. “Run! With all your strength! Separate away from them! I will…!” Mary will what? Why does it have to be Mary? While ignoring the discomfort and suspicion he has in his mind, he turns back. Kuzaku. Kuzaku is not moving. Did he not hear Mary’s voice just now? Even Mary, Yume, or Setora, anyone is fine “------- Protect Shihoru” Haruhiro runs toward Kuzaku while stepping on, driving away, pushing his way through the caterpillars, “Kuzaku, retreat! Kuzaku…!” Kuzaku faces towards Haruhiro “Ah, Sorry…!”, “Faster…!” , “Ossu…!” , The caterpillars rushes in great number towards us. Haruhiro and Kuzaku flees with all their strength. They got coiled around by the caterpillars. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN sound intensifies. They try to drive away the caterpillar somehow. Shake them away, while running away desperately. The caterpillars invasion is not that fast. That much is fortunate. Who is that? Probably Yume, waving her hand. Nearby her must be Shihoru. Is that Setora holding Kiichi?. And then . Mary. Mary. Mary is “---Derum Heru En Sarasu toremu rigu arbu …..!” “Ofu…!?” “Do..!?” Ofu is the sound from Haruhiro while Do is from Kuzaku. Both Haruhiro and Kuzaku falls forward at the same time. Afterall, there is dreadful hot wind coming from behind them blowing them. That feels very hot. Far from hot wind, it feels more suitable to call it bomb blast. Haruhiro managed to roll forward somehow ,get up on his feet and turn over. “Hothothot…!” His face burnt.. No it may not have burnt but it hurts as if his face may have scalded a bit. Even calling it pillars of fire maybe an understatement. Far from walls of fire, it is like a cliff of fire stand towering over the surrounding. Its Arbu Magic. But its not from Shihoru. Shihoru can only cast Dark elemental spell. Afterall she never had any experience learning Arbu Magic before. “Hothothothot…!” Kuzaku crawls over. Haruhiro stands up. Its hot. The sparks from the palisade of fire is scattering all around. Haruhiro sheaths his stiletto knife, covers his face and walk towards his party while staggering. Shihoru just stares blankly at the palisade of fire which is dying off. “…[Blaze Cliff]” is the word that comes out from Shihoru’s mouth. Perhaps it’s the magic’s name. But the one using the Arbu Magic is not Shihoru. He casts his eyes towards Mary standing nearby Yume. Suddenly she averts her eyes. “I was…” Mary looks downward, covering her face with left hand. “I was… eliminated it… Sekaishu. I can only.. do …. This much.. That’s why.. magic. . I .. for the time being. I …” Setora hold Kiichi in her arms while squatting and put the gray colored Nyaa on the ground. “Priestess, what was that Sekaishu just now “ “Sekai, Shu” “I” don’t know , is what comes out of Mary’s mouth Haruhiro only stand still, as if at his wits end. I don’t know. Mary said so. Sekaishu. Haruhiro repeats the word which he had never heard before. Mary used a magic spell. [Blaze Cliff]. Arbu Magic. He has seen that magic twice already. First was in the village, from Jesse. Mary doesn’t know. Putting aside the light magic, Mary who is a priestess should not be able to use Arbu Magic at all. “Lets flee from here for the time being.” Haruhiro pays close attention to make his voice unshaken. Then walk towards Mary, reach out his right hand. Are you prepared for everything? I fully admit it. Fully accept it. Fully embrace it. “Lets go, Mary” Mary raises her face. He did not wait for her to give her reply. Haruhiro hold Mary’s hand tightly. Aa, of course, I have already prepared for this. Haruhiro pulls Mary’s hand and walk together. Lets put aside the [Blaze Cliff] first. I don’t care about Sekaishu or whatever. Ill escape from whatever monster I don’t understand. And aim toward east direction. We should reach the sea if we head east. If we reach the sea, maybe everything will work out somehow. End vol 11 Wow you're a hero . I cant believe what you have done :O. Im still going to try to wait for J-novel club to translate to buy the books to support the author tho :D. Ps. Your english is far from being bad. It's was really easy for me to understand what you wrote. |
Aug 20, 2017 4:19 PM
#83
| Glad u guyz liked it... i plan to buy the english hardcopy too... Who knows, maybe by raising the LN sales even just a bit, theres a chance for S2 to happen |
Aug 29, 2017 10:11 PM
#84
| So is Mary alive or not?? |
Sep 7, 2017 1:36 AM
#85
| What are you guys babbling about merry>>>>>>>yume And i definitely ship haru x merry |
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Sep 10, 2017 8:03 AM
#86
| I'm at a lost, is that Jesse who took over Mary's body? Or did he and her become one? It seems more like he shed his old body and went into hers which is kind of... gross. Or is she really alive and a side effect is her gaining his memory. Will Haru be consider homosexual if he still go for Mary even tho it's probably Jesse inside, meaning it wasn't love? More of an attraction to her body. |
Nov 20, 2017 6:29 AM
#87
L3nggao said: I'm at a lost, is that Jesse who took over Mary's body? Or did he and her become one? It seems more like he shed his old body and went into hers which is kind of... gross. Or is she really alive and a side effect is her gaining his memory. Will Haru be consider homosexual if he still go for Mary even tho it's probably Jesse inside, meaning it wasn't love? More of an attraction to her body. nah if you say it like that, the "jesse" we know is not jesse , the person "jesse" that haru knows never exist , it's an entire unknown entity or person , probably only the memories remain |
Jan 27, 2018 12:20 PM
#88
| So as of in the LN now what's up with yume? She was my favoritw character in the anime, anything happen between her and haru, is she even alive ? |
Jan 29, 2018 2:45 PM
#89
| can someone please post a summary of volume 9, I can't find it anywhere. |
Jan 29, 2018 3:09 PM
#90
| jejai1, Thank you Man! You really helped us! Could you also create summary for 9 and 10-th volume? Are you going to create summary for 12-th volume? Is it possible to donate some money without buying book? Thanks, Czerv9 |
Mar 28, 2018 2:02 AM
#91
| Its basically theres a law that no living being once dead can be revived but mary was not revived she was given new life by one person sacrificing his/her life in exchange for someones life its basically like an exchange of sorts marry gets to live nad has the abilities and magic used by the previous owner of the life that she now has you know like life is not a soul its basically once youre body dies it looses life energy and the soul remains with the consiousness or the brain and by giving that body new life energy and healing the previously leathal wounds that body can be alive by the use of the new life energy given to that body so hence mary was not revived by she was mearly givin life energy thats my theory by the way hope you like it so buying volumes 5-12 i bought vol 1-4 but i want to support the LN so hopefully we get a season2 hope you like my theory |
Mar 28, 2018 5:09 AM
#92
| just want to ask what happen with the old illustration from vol 1 to vol 5 ? vol 12's illus is so bad that i can barely see on nowaday light novel , to be honest did they change the illustrator ? |
Mar 29, 2018 10:15 PM
#93
gialong299418 said: just want to ask what happen with the old illustration from vol 1 to vol 5 ? vol 12's illus is so bad that i can barely see on nowaday light novel , to be honest did they change the illustrator ? As far as I know, the illustrator is still the same. I think it's just that their art has changed a lot. To be honest, I don't like it all that much either. The earlier novels were much cleaner and easier on the eyes. |
Apr 3, 2018 2:02 AM
#94
| my pal in japan said japanese likes good art than the actual plot , especially it's their first time seeing a novel . maybe that why vol 12's selling is not as good as previous volumes . it's a good one , though . i really hope they can change the art somehow . |
Apr 3, 2018 6:54 AM
#95
gialong299418 said: It's probably not drawn by the same illustrator, there's no resemblance by the stroke and the tones of the arts in this 12th volume compared to the earlier ones. It's a good chance that the artist is not the same due to those reasons because it's not that easy to change style in drawing in a few years or so(based on experience).just want to ask what happen with the old illustration from vol 1 to vol 5 ? vol 12's illus is so bad that i can barely see on nowaday light novel , to be honest did they change the illustrator ? |
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Apr 3, 2018 8:17 AM
#96
probably still the same illustrator , eiri shirai named on the book . i checked the art , though . the first volume have kind of beginner art , next 6 volumes have very good art , i may tell vol 5 has the best . then vol 8 , it still has art the same but some pictures are being simplified  and you can see it became totally disaster in vol 9 and so on . i don't think the art is different than the previous ones . it's just far more worse , you can tell by seeing the hair of characters . |
Aug 26, 2018 3:28 AM
#97
| Can someone tell me what is going to happen in vol.12?, the ilustration where yume cries is really bugging me. Is she leaving the party for real? if so, why? I really appreciate any kind of spoiler. |
Sep 8, 2018 1:52 AM
#98
| can anyone tell me where i can read volumes 5 - 11? |
Sep 8, 2018 8:57 AM
#99
page04 said: Can someone tell me what is going to happen in vol.12?, the ilustration where yume cries is really bugging me. Is she leaving the party for real? if so, why? I really appreciate any kind of spoiler. In volume 12, Yume decides to stay with the K&K Pirate Company to learn from Momohina in order to become a stronger fighter for the party. She bids farewell to the others before telling them they'll meet once again in Alterna in half a year. |
Nov 2, 2018 4:38 AM
#100
| T MemeThief said: page04 said: Can someone tell me what is going to happen in vol.12?, the ilustration where yume cries is really bugging me. Is she leaving the party for real? if so, why? I really appreciate any kind of spoiler. In volume 12, Yume decides to stay with the K&K Pirate Company to learn from Momohina in order to become a stronger fighter for the party. She bids farewell to the others before telling them they'll meet once again in Alterna in half a year. Thank you so much for the spoiler! I will patiently wait until vol. 12 is translated. |
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