Chapter 172 The moment I held out the golden fruit I received from Alice, Kuro’s mood clearly changed. (1/2)
The moment I held out the golden fruit I received from Alice, Kuro’s mood clearly changed.
Her expression disappears and her golden eyes look at me without any quivering at all.
Seeing the different aura around her, I stopped speaking any further, keeping my silence…… before Kuro slowly turned her face down.
[……F- Fufufu…… Ahaha…… Ahahahahahaha!!!]
[ ! ? ]
Black smoke erupts from Kuro’s body, who started laughing like a madman, and it instantly envelops the entire room.
The smoke that seems to swallow up the entire space makes my vision instantly turn all dark.
What is this? What is this place……
I found myself standing in a pitch-black space where I couldn’t see what is up and what is down. I couldn’t even tell if I was really standing in place or if I was floating.
It was so jet-black that I couldn’t even read the distance between us, but somehow, I could clearly see my own body. The space that could be described as abnormal was inexplicably suffocating.
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Along with the sensation that my body was being constricted by the air itself, I could feel my body trembling slightly.
Before I knew it, the golden fruit that I should have been holding in my hand had disappeared, and out of the corner of my eyes, a pair of golden eyes suddenly appeared in the pitch-black landscape.
“Arehh~~? You look much better than I thought? Hehhh… A barrier made by those kids huh…… Fufufu, hahahaha!!!”
[……Kuro?]
An eerie voice, as if tainted with madness, echoes in the space, using a voice that should have been familiar, but sounds unfamiliar at the same time.
“……Ahh~~ Finally…… Finally…… It’s been a long time~~”
Her eyes flicker in the black space along with a mocking voice.
What in the world is she talking about? Alice said that Kuro would reject me…… but Kuro’s behavior is far from what I imagined rejecting was.
“Countless times, countless times have I failed…… But I’m glad, Kaito-kun. That a “success” finally happened.”
[…….Suc….. cess?]
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I don’t know what she’s talking about…… What I do know is that an inexplicably heavy and frightening air is surrounding my body.
It’s as if I’m stuck in the belly of a monster, so intimidating that I feel that resisting here would be pointless…… I’m not supposed to be before her killing intent, and Kuro is supposed to be laughing, but I feel like my knees are about to collapse.
Kuro said that I was better than I thought I would……. That means that this feeling right now is already mitigated by the Defensive Magic that Alice and the others have prepared for me…… With this amount of pressure, it’s already been reduced? How powerful…… could Kuro’s true power be……
“……Kaito-kun~~ Have you ever played the domino toppling game?”
[Domino?]
“Yes, domino…… Did you know at what moment that game is the most fun? It’s at that moment when you can finally topple them.”
[……Guhh……. Ahh……]
More and more pressure assaulted my body, and I could even hear something creaking.
Perhaps, the barriers Alice and the others put up for me are letting out screams…… If I didn’t have these barriers, my consciousness would have been reaped away a long time ago.
“The baby bird I raised with great care, as if it were my own child…… Seeing them grow out the most beautiful wings there is…… I was really looking forward to that moment when I can finally “tear them off”!!!”
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[……What…… are…… you……]
“However, not everything works your way. You see, I’m quite particular with my hobby…… So, I cravingly wanted to tear apart only the most beautiful wings…… The moment of “your confession towards me”, the moment you sprouted the most beautiful wings!!!”
[……A- Aaaahhhh……]
At that moment, that was finally released.
In an instant, my thoughts were painted black and I was struck with a fear that makes me want to scream…… A pure, intense killing intent.
It far surpasses the one I received from Isis-san, and the word death is being intensely burned into my head.
As if I’m paralyzed in my sleep, my body won’t move, and the discomfort is accompanied by intense nausea, as if the fear itself is crawling over my skin.
“Fufufu, it’s no use. Kaito-kun…… If I wanted to, all that Defensive Magic you have wouldn’t do you any good…… It’s also no use expecting Shiro would help you here. This space that I made isn’t a place Shiro can enter……”
[Gfuu…… aaaahhhhh……!?]
With her cold words, the feeling in my left hand—— disappeared.
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When I moved my gaze, I saw that my left hand…… No, everything beyond my left elbow were gone.
There’s no pain…… However, I can’t feel any sensation of my hand being there either. It’s as if I was swallowed by a jet-black space, as if my hand didn’t exist right from the start……
“Don’t worry…… I’ll make sure to properly feel your deliciousness…… Eating you little by litter, one piece at a time……”
[………………..]
It wasn’t just my hand that changed.
Along with Kuro’s words, the sensation gradually disappears from my toes…… beginning to disappear into the black space.
What is this? What’s going on? What the heck is going to happen to me……
“……You’re going to die.”
[…………………]
Kuro’s words weren’t a lie. I didn’t have to think about it to understand that Kuro was serious about killing me.
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Rather my body understands that, my thoughts finally begin to think about death.
……I’m going…… to die? Ahh, I see…… I’m going to die huh……
I wonder why though…… It should have been something frightening, I should have been thinking about not wanting to die…… Is my mind broken already? I find myself accepting those words without any resistance at all.
I feel as if not only my body, but also my thoughts are being eaten by the black space…… feeling helpless, without anything I can do.
It’s dark and cold…… How much of my body is left now? Is all of my body already gone? Why don’t I feel anything? Has even my senses…… already disappeared? The only thing I can feel is the cold……
“……Hey, Kaito-kun? How is it like to feel the taste of despair?”
[………………….]
Despair…… I see, so this feeling is called despair…… Ahh, that’s right. Thinking about it now, It’s a feeling that I remembered before.
It’s that dark gloomy feeling…… I felt it in that dark, cloudy skies peeking through the crevices…… and the feeling of Mom and Dad’s body getting colder inside the car.
It’s scary…… cold…… making me feel afraid…… and freezing.
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“……Hey, can you let me hear your final words? Your final words dyed in despair……”
[…………………..]
My final words? I see…… My final words huh…… I’m going to be killed by Kuro now. What will I say to Kuro, who is about to kill me?
I can’t get my head to think straight anymore…… I can’t think of anything…… I don’t want to think about anything……
In the midst of my fading thoughts, the last words spontaneously slipped out of my mouth as all the things in my vision were being dyed black.
[……Kuro….. Thank you…… for everything.]
Ahaha…… Even I’m astounded. Even in this situation, I can only feel gratitude for Kuro.
I’m sure I’m quite afraid of dying, but I personally can’t help but feel neither anger nor fear for Kuro…… I’m sure I’d be okay with that even if Kuro were to kill me…… for I’m deeply in love with her……
“…………………….”
Immediately afterwards, the entire space shook greatly.
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And my body, which should have been on the verge of disappearing and losing its senses, suddenly began to feel heat.
The fear that had enveloped my body, the icy coldness…… Everything disappears in an instant, and my vision opens up all at once, revealing the pair of golden eyes floating in the black space.
And it’s not just me that has changed.
The golden eyes are also shaking for some reason.
“……hy…… Why…… WHHYYYYY!!!”
[ ! ? ]
A scream too loud, with a voice that isn’t eerie unlike before, as if it’s filled with strong emotions.
“I’ve already done this much!!! Why aren’t you “scared” of me!? What aren’t you “getting away” from me!?”
[……Ku…… ro……?]
“Why!!! Even though you’re going home anyway!!! Even though you’re going to disappear anyway!!! Why are you making me waver this much!!!?”
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[………………]
With a mournful voice that sounds like it was crying out, and with each voice, the jet-black space greatly shook, as if this darkness represented Kuro’s heart.
…..I see, this place is…… With these emotions Kuro is releasing at me right now…… is the true emotion that is most hidden beneath her heart.
That means, what she did just now was just an act…… Hahaha, she really is quite an outrageous fellow.
Perhaps, I’ve been influenced too much by my Sympathy Magic, and she successfully guided my emotions so that I would believe that she meant it.
And then, little by little, she made the killing intent stronger and adjusted it to make me experience fear as if I’m close to my death…… making me feel afraid.
[……Kuro……]