Chapter 29 (1/2)
“Urm.. Hinagiku”
“I’m going!”
“No, I mean this really is …”
“I’m going!”
“But….”
“I’m going!”
Hinagiku’s not even listening to him, he felt like crying but tears won’t come out.
He accepted the fact that she might be very crossed for agreeing to travel to such a dangerous place.
After exiting Saginomiya household, he was like ‘die then die nothing much’, he was prepared to receive his ‘discipline’ from Kaichou-sama.
However, right after going out of the house she just said one line to him ‘I’m going’.
He’s thought up of various scenarios, she might beat the c.r.a.p out of him, give him the cold shoulders, a fantastic goodbye, or even stabbin time with kitchen knife.
Just now the scenario where she would go with him!
This time, it’s not the trashy mob headless giant, and compared to the underground hall, the danger this time is on another scale altogether. He could go there without much afterthought because he has the system as his trump card, also because he survived in the giant beast forest before, so he could still deal with stuff like this.
This plan however didn’t take into consideration of Kaichou-sama, if it did then it’s all up in the air. Kaichou-sama is only level 18, tier 2 onlym and the foe this time should at the very least all be level 20. Not to mention it’s not just one, it’s a whole nest of them, isn’t this just asking Kaichou-sama to go send vegetables? (Tl: dig her own grave, get served)
He persuaded ever so patiently to no result.
“Hinagiku, the target this time lies in a very hostile area, even I might not be able to protect myself, how can i just let you waltz in there…”
She s.h.i.+fted back to face him before acting stubbornly irrefutable like before.
“Because it’s dangerous, that’s why I want to go even more!”
“But…”
“Are you resenting me as troublesome? Thinking I might be in the way!”
She lividly shouted at him.
Good G.o.d the misunderstanding, he tried to defend himself by shaking his head.
“It’s not like that, I just fear that there might be a 1 in 10,000 chance that….”
“I don’t care, if you’re going, I’m going!”
Now he’s dithering, she just won’t listen, if she sure about something even 9 ox can’t drag her back (Tl: very stubborn). And if he just went there without giving her the time of day then going by her personality, the probability that she would come running to find him is practically 100%.
But, if she did come along, ai…. (Tl mandarin onomatopoeia for sighing, p.r.o.nounced a-ye, drag the a part of aye a bit longer)
“Would please listen to me just this once?”
Helplessly he tried to raise his dissent.
With her eyes on him, he could see that her eyes were moistening.
Oh… lord, this can’t be…
Startled by waifu, this trend, isn’t it going to end up in her crying? h.e.l.l no man, moi can’t deal with girls’ tears, much less someone I like.
As long as it’s anyone who knows her, they would know that this compet.i.tive gal would be harder to agitate then asking the academy’s boys to wear skirts and yet Wu Yan who only started hanging out with her for about 1 month almost made her cry twice!
If she really did cry, this would be a treacherous sin against all that is holy.
He feebly tried to comfort.
“Hinagiku, you…”
“I’m afraid.”
Cutting him off and elaving him in a daze she rubbed her tears before lifting her head gazing at him and continued muttering.
“I’m afraid, I’m really afraid that once you go there you wouldn’t be coming back, that’s why I’m afraid so really afraid…”
Saying so the windows to her soul began to fog up once more.
“That is why I want to follow you, at least I can be of help at your side…”
He’s at a loss of word at her true intentions.
He has already forgotten that he might very well be able to confront risky situations like it’s another day at work but can someone like Hinagiku really see him off into a situation like that? Towards the adventuring him, there’s no one else who would care more than the one and only Hinagiku before him!
How could he empathize with her when he can only think of the sealed barrier as a leveling map?
Self mockingly he lowered his head and laughed.
“That is true, selfishly agreeing other’s plea when I didn’t even think about your feelings, it looks like I still need much improvement…”
Her body shook before falling straight into his embrace, this gave him quite a scare. Frantically he held onto her waist while showing a vacant expression.
Can Kaichou-sama voluntarily give other people a hug?
Clouded by similar thoughts, this super development has exceeded his predictions.
Hinagiku’s also very embarra.s.sed by her subconscious action, her body moved without her knowing and by the time she realized it she can already hear his heartbeat.
She just closed her eyes and blushed. Her body was trembling slightly, since she already got this far might as well see it through.
“I don’t know why you would risk your life for that crystal but since you have your reasons then I have mine as well. Please let me go with you, I beg of you!”
Basking in the scent of her hair he let out a long sigh.
“Aren’t you going to chastise me or something? You know, for chasing after a crystal while risking my life and what not…”
Shaking her head she laughed at the guy’s goofiness.
“You said so yourself that you would tell me what’s really going on with you, that’s our promise and I believe in you, that you have your own reason!”