Hakai No Miko Chapter 122 (1/2)
“My beloved Souma My dear child How very cruel of you To have killed thisso terrible, the girl appeared to be very happy
“Because, if I didn't do so, Shyemul would have! Shyemul and the others would have!” (Souma)
“Is that true? Is that really true?”
Souirl's question
“It's because you won't be able to survive in this world if she isn't here, right? It's because you can't survive by yourself Because you are scared Isn't that why you had escaped into the public stance of saving her?”
Although Souma had realized this unconsciously, he had never wanted to look at this part on his own accord But the girl still dragged this out into broad daylight
“I-I haven't ran away!” (Souma)
“You have, my dear!”
She denied Souma's pitiful opposition with a brief comment
“Oh, clever and smart Souma If it's you, you knew that it would turn out like that, didn't you? However, you decided to not think about it That's because you wouldn't be able to run away fro both her ar around
“However, a dead-end awaits ahead of where you ran away to There's no passage in front, to the left and to the right To enter a dead end that you can't escape fro to run away Oh, very, very foolish Souma”
“It's different! It's not like that!” (Souma)
“You can run away if it's possible to do so, cowardly Souma”
Those words were sweet and at the same time filled with poison
“To render the deaths of these children futile Ah, what pitiful children Even though these children would have never died if you ran away fro the girl's voice, the apparitions raise bla shouts all at once
“Run away Betray Shyemul who trusted you Abandon Garam who harbours expectations towards you Forsake all of the the apparitions that swarmed the vicinity
It's not only zoans Souma doesn't know either
Garam, Gulkaka, Shahata and Shyemul have turned into apparitions and coony They torture Sou why he had abandoned them
“No! I don't want this anymore!” (Souma)
“Dear Sou annihilated by the hu killed this ive the zoans They will geta very, very horrible hell”
She gently places her hands on both of his cheeks, left and right, and brings her face so close that it looks as if their lips are touching
“There's no way that you will be able to run away, oh gentle, gentle South, he can't shake off her feminine hands at all
“It's already too late Oh, ht red as they are dyed with blood Where you passed, corpses had been piled up highly All and everything is soo back any Souma's heart
“Oh, Souma, Souma My adorable Souma Your kindness will kill a lot more people fros Ah,Souhter
Souirl by anypreposterously dreadful
Sou apparitions
“No, I don't want to, nooo!!” (Souma)
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He surveyed his surroundings, and found hied prayer area His shoulders were heaving up and down as he breathed roughly
The figures of the apparitions and the girl ere there until just now have vanished without a trace
“… That just noas a dream?” (Souma)
Tears streamed quickly down frohter
“For the sake of Shyemul? For the sake of the zoans? Isn't that retarded? Haven't I been just running away…?” (Souirl in his dreah about his shameful and pathetic self
There's no way that I will be able to run away
I can't escape
He had already crossed a line he shouldn't have a long tiliness after trying to avert his eyes fro it, even his laughter withers away co hih-pitched sound
At thatsound
Once Souma turned around as he felt a sense of deja vu, he saw the very young zoan older brother and younger sister, Geeta and Shyepo froer sister with a bad aftertaste soo, Sou up to hi that
“Older bro, are you crying? Where are you hurt?” (Shyepoma)
Shyepoma, who just about , peers into Souma's face with a curious look
Souma somehow transfor Rather than that, what happened, you two?” (Sou even such small children to worry about hi children as a nuisance and used a rougher tone
However, not noticing that, the two children started to speak while looking happy
“We were told by dad; it's thanks to older bro that we survived”
“Yea, ere told that it's fine if we eat plenty of dureat that we could eat them until our tus recently”
“Yea The meat was so tasty too!”
The zoans, who had lost their food for surviving the winter, had iven that they were able to procure the provisions brought in by the humans due to the victory caused by Soue was resolved
Thanks to that, the very young siblings looked tremendously happy that they were able to eat until their stomachs were full for the first tihting, right?”
“Yea, it was sad because everyone had mean faces earlier”
Children are much more sensitive than adults think No ried the hearts of the children just by existing
“That's why I wanna give this to older bro”
What Shyepo this was a necklace created by passing a string through es ether It's an iteular gems and nuts used as decorations
But, Souently ratitude to him
””Older bro, thank you””
The older brother and younger sister, who hung the necklace around the neck of Souma who had stiffened in surprise, matched their voices and said this
At that moment tears overflowed fro saved due to the existence of people that thanked him, who had cruelly killed so
If it was Gara him with this, Souma, who hated himself, probably wouldn't have been able to accept it upfront
That doesn't mean that he believes that they wouldn't have thanked him from the bottom of their hearts
However, both of them have positions that possess responsibility within the clan Since they have to worry over the fate of the clan, they wouldn't be able to co Sous don't hide any selfishness and strategy within their words, due to thely resounded within Souer sister were surprised due to the suddenly bawling Sou, older bro? Do you hurt soht? Wanna talk to the Elder and get so to the worried rerandfather
It was the day when Sou class at school The very young Sourandfather whether he went to war and killed people
Recalling it now, he regrets having asked his grandfather soht have been at that tiently at Souma, only at that time showed a smile that see:
『Sourandpa only didn't want to behave shamefully Please believe that much』 (T/N: He uses Honshu/shi+koku dialect fyi)
He didn't clearly state it, but randfather killed people at the front, Souht at that tiht have suffered and worried more than Souma
『You randfather's favourite phrase reverberated in his ears
That's right Didn't I resolve myself?
Whatever motive I had, I decided to help Shyemul and the others ahly wipes away his tears with his arms
‘Even if I pitybut shas I did, it will torment those ere saved by my actions, and only insult those who died because of it
“… Thank you” (Sous naturally flowed out of Souma's mouth
“Really, thank you I'm very happy Thank you” (Souiven a necklace but also included his gratitude towards thes, who don't co was odd