Chapter 16 Part1 (1/2)

Author’s Note: A few hours late of my one week deadline Gusun

Anyways, sorry, but I kind of cheated on this post as well What I aht novel, not the web novel The light novel separated the first part of chapter 16 of the web novel and ht novel actually covers the first 25 chapters of the web novel I have some of the second half of the chapter done so I should be able to post it fairly soon Sorry that I was distracted a bit more than usual I also procrastinated on this a bit more than usual

Anyway, enjoy the chapter And to those that celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving

The Second Hero’s Return

In the Luxeria castle courtyard, a gauntlet wearing young lady inging her fist with violent move after hertufts of red hair, similarly to those movements, violently fluttered about in the air

(TL note: There was a typo in the web novel saying that the hair was black I confirht novel and it should be red hair so this tiht novel)

「…Haa…！」

Together with her yell, her fist that she thrust out ht explosive sound in the empty space

「Yaah!」

Continuing on, spinning her whole body and adding thekick cut the air

「Taryaah!」

Froht leaked out, and siht exploded

「Haa………haa…」

The young lady that had separated her red hair into two tufts sprawled out on the ground while letting the clothes that she earing beco soaked with sweat

Every tis made her body hot andout

「You're being pretty rough, aren't you, Akane」

In the sight of the girl as looking at the sky, a young lady that was about the sa a ki had appeared

The young lady, whose black hair extended down to her waist and whose bangs were unifor lady that was sprawled out

「……Hn」

The young lady called Akane wiped her face and base of her head with the wet towel she was handed, and finally felt refreshed

「Is it about Kaito?」

「S, shut up!」

「Haha, it's fine to hide it I' the same after all」

「Eh……Sakuya…Could it be, you…」

「Though I don't mean it like Akane's ”fallen in love”」

「Shut up!」

As Akane snapped at her with her eyes, the young lady called Sakuya giggled, and then immediately dimmed her expression

「As I thought, it was probably because of that tie」

「…………」

Akane didn't deny Sakuya's words

「He was shown a person's death in such a cruel form……That's the reason why he can't become the way he was before

It's already the fifth day since Kaito secluded himself in the ”labyrinth”, but,

right now, the reason that Kaito is training himself with that is in order to defeat the demon from that time」

That's right Ever since thehi himself

Saying ”As I am now, I can't defeat the demons”, he solicited the Imperial Court Sorcerer Head and entered the ”Labyrinth of Time”, where the flow of time was different

That place, starting with the Ancient Dragon, was a ic cavern that was infested with various ancient types

And then, it would seeic froon, that was enshrined in the innermost area of the labyrinth

「Kaito is suffering, at a tith ………That's why you're doing unreasonable training like you were doing just now, right? No, rather than training, ra…would it be correct to call it that?」

「……」

Sakuya's words, it was exactly that

Kaito changed ever since that time

The se that he had shown up until noed gloom, and if he held a sword, his eyes would carry hatred

Akane sensed that the kind Kaito was disappearing and was beco filled with only hatred for the demons

For the current hier at that tiirls' voices couldn't reach him That hat she felt

Feeling that was vexing and sorrowful, she rushed through wild, childish, self-injuring actions that couldn't be called training

「If it's alright with you, but……I would also like to rae ……Could you assist me with it?」

Sakuya had, as if producing it out of nowhere, drew a katana out of its scabbard

The katana's suic Sword Workshop It was soed by that old blacksmith master

(TL note: I had a hard ti out how this sentence was supposed to be I think it is stating that the summary of the quality of the katana is the same as the short spears, excellent, since it was the same old blacksmith master, Gold, who did it)

「! …That's fine with ainst Sakuya at least once after all!」

Seeing that katana, Akane, fros and skillfully stood up with a kick, then struck her own fists against each other

The gloomy atmosphere that was just there up until then disappeared

It wasn't just her She wasn't the only one to be bewildered by that change and feel impatient

「Let's go!」

「Bring it!」