Chapter 15 (1/2)

Chapter 1, Episode 15: Despair

(Where did I go wrong? What did I do wrong?)

The hts were aith those words

He was full of confidence just a while ago, but that was all gone now

It took all he had to run fro him from behind

The man’s name is Karelis He will turn 34 this year

He is a staff officer in Bail Narmer Lichtein’s army

He was once a slave, but he ie and was set free

His life was finally on the right track, but he just happened to run into trouble

And he had so o?

(There were 500 of us What’s going on?!)

Without so le strike, the 500 soldiers were all killed

If this isn’t a dream, the only monster capable of that would be some sort of spirit

As soon as he came to that conclusion, the man’s feet stopped

(… Could it be that he was a spirit?)

He hides in the shadows of the rocks to catch his breathe It would probably be best that he go report this to Viscount Lichtein after he does so

While looking around his surroundings, he holds his breath and gathers his thoughts

(That’s right There’s no way Dagner would die an unnatural death like that unless that was some sort of spirit)

Thinking back on it, his body trembles even now

A young boy had appeared to stop their advance Dagner tried to get rid of hi his arm torn off

After that, a an It could not be described in words

Everyone ent against him was butchered, and those who tried to escape had their heads severed from behind

There was no expression on the young boy’s face as he effortlessly killed them

There was nothing there Not a speck of any emotion at all

(Why did it turn out like this…? It should have been a simple job We were just supposed to take the Sixth Imperial Princess’s rear!)

Tremble, tremble—

Even though it wasn’t cold, his body was shaking, and his teeth chattering

Karelis held his tongue Heboy takes notice of him

Clunk—

He heard the sound of a stone being kicked

Karelis closes his eyes The huainst his cheeks

He felt he was going to go insane from the intense fear

(I don’t want to die I don’t want to die I don’t want to die I don’t want to die)

However— Despair was not about to let hio

「… I will give you two choices Either take your own life, or I take it for you」

『Eek, p-please, spareSo please, let o!』

The young boy looks down on Karelis with cold eyes as he lowers his head

『Please What are you saying I did?! I didn’t do anything! I even lost ah!』

Karelis was grabbed by his neck and hoisted up

Wondering where these skinny arth to do this, this was the point in which Karelis’s mind completely broke

『Please, I haven’t done anything! Don’t kill me! I don’t want to die yet!』

「You haven’t done anything “yet” But if I let you go, you ht lead to soht of that」

『Wh-What the hell is that…? You’re going to kill ?! Do you think you’ve beco?!』

「Yeah… Maybe I aht now」

『Gah— Mmph!』

The young boy’s glistening blade slashed Karelis’s chest and made him spit up blood

As Karelis’s consciousness began to fade, he recalled a certain folktale

It is a very common story which parents read to their children when they are up late

If you stay up too late into the night—

—”Desperation” comes to take you away

(TL note: Kanji is “infinite despair”)

「What, so you were 「Ogre」 after all?」

Viscount Lichtein’s smile widens as he steps on the head of the man with the scar on his face

This th that was different from the other Imperial soldiers when they attacked Fort Alt

He captured theperiod of tilad he did

To think that he was that 「Ogre」 It seems fortune is on his side

「Thanks to you, it seems I’ll be able to capture the Sixth Iood care of her in front of you」

『Gah!』

Viscount Lichtein shouted at the criirl as he kicked Dios’s face

「If you wish for me to return this man unharmed, surrender quietly!」

They couldn’t tell fro, the soldiers knew she was stirred

Just onehis sword down on Dios’s arm

『Ugh!』

The severed arh into the air and spins around before it hits the ground

『Gaaaaaah!』

Dios grit his teeth and endured the pain

He had lost his are for him to have lost consciousness from the pain

Fresh blood gushes out Viscount Lichtein nods his chin at a subordinate

「Stop the bleeding」

「Yes, sir!」

Immediately, the subordinate takes out a piece of cloth and wraps it around Dios’s shoulder

He stabs the fallen arorously, and throws it before the criirl’s feet

「Sixth I to die if you don’t hurry and treat him! Ahaha, hahahahaha!」

Now, I don’t care whether you charge or surrender Let me see you take some sort of action

Viscount Lichtein saw the i out in his head

He feels a sense of pleasure froht alone

I’ll torment you, violate you, and treat you like trash I’ll show the entire Eure

Viscount Lichtein is unable to hold back his sines that near future

But that soon came to an end

『Your highness, Celia Estreya Elizabeth von Grantz!』

Dios shouted

「Hmm?」

Viscount Lichtein looks down on Dios puzzled

『Fight on! Even if I am to die, my soul is with the Grand Grantz Erand dream you once spoke of!』

「You bastard, what are you saying?」

『I will offer my soul to the twelve Gods of Grantz if that dream will come true!』