Chapter 101 (2/2)

“It’s soa)

“What do you need a huive hie’s vacant house?” (Laboras)

Laboras’ voice gradually becomes lower

“… What’s a)

“I’m… not” (Laboras)

Laboras put strength into his fingers, which are grabbing his own knees

“I intend to respect you as our leader I believe that you are keeping the villagers together well If it’s your words, there are many ill listen to them, too But…” (Laboras)

Laboras, who paused, raised his right hand and twofrom outside

“If you broke a law, I don’t intend to forgive that” (Laboras)

Puuse was apparently hit badly a dozen tie drops of tears ran down fro both her arms is in order to ic

“Puuse…! You, what are you thinking to raise your hand at your own brethren!?” (Zanga)

“I don’t call someone who has violated the laws, a brethren” (Laboras)

Once released by the hands of the men, Puuse walked unsteadily and crua

“Puuse, are you alright?” (Zanga)

“I-I’a-sama…” (Puuse)

As Zanga wondered what she was apologizing about, Laboras raised his voice which was blurred by his rage

“We found the corpses of the people who left to greet the huether with Puuse” (Laboras)

Hearing the situation froated close to the barrier on the wastelands’ side There he discovered the corpses of his brethren ere devoured by wild animals

“That’s probably the result of the rettable, but isn’t that fine as you can say that they acted against the law?” (Zanga)

“If the opponent isn’t a human, that is” (Laboras)

Laboras opened his eyes widely and glared at Zanga

“That alone isn’t the issue” (Laboras)

Su Puuse as the person who’s aware of the circumstances, Laboras had her explain the situation What he then heard from Puuse is,

“shi+ku heard vague talking voices Breaking the law, they started a conversation with a brethren heading towards death and of all things killed hientle death! I called Puuse for the sake of asking her about that!” (Laboras)

Beating Puuse who didn’t reveal the ht, Laboras forcibly extracted the information out of her

“… Leader Zanga The human, you invited, killed our brethren and even broke an ie Do you really think that even this will be finished with ‘it’s a personal matter’?” (Laboras)

Laboras relared at Puuse who has broken down crying

“At least Puuse has co dishonoured the death of her brethren In accordance to the laws of the village, this person should be banished into the forest” (Laboras)

“… She likely only happened to be present at the incident caused by the hua)

While placing her right hand on Puuse’s back, Zanga lined up words in Puuse’s defense

However, Laboras was unable to agree to either of them

“It’s regrettable, but I have no intention to listen to your words To I will explain the circuers and that will likely result in you being re them the human’s corpse, it will probably be also necessary to de Puuse” (Laboras)

“You, do you plan to kill that hua)

“Of course That being a foreign body, it’s a disaster There’s nothing else left but disposing of it quickly” (Laboras)

“I wonder, if you will be able to” (Zanga)

“Even the peopleunder my leadershi+p understand the ireed to get rid of the human” (Laboras)

As Laboras’ words revealed his confidence, Zanga answered with a sarcastic smile

“That’s not what I ainst that hua)

“Are you telling le human?” (Laboras)

“T guess the lot ent to greet hia)

For a short while the room rapped in silence, however Laboras suddenly stood up

“Anyway, in theill carry out Puuse’s banishers Until then both of you aren’t allowed to leave this house either” (Laboras)

Leaving he two uards, Laboras went away

“… As usual, he iuy” (Zanga)

“Zanga-sama…” (Puuse)

“Look, I ipe away your tears Since you have such a cute face, isn’t it a waste to a)

She grabs one sheet of cloth off the pile nearby and gently wipes Puuse’s face

“By now I have no interest in the status of so Puuse and that hua)

“I’ently brushed Puuse with her still ht hand

shi+ku, who pricked up his ears in front of Zanga’s house, learned of Puuse being banished and ran in panic to Hifumi’s place to request his assistance

It was himself who told Laboras the truth, but by noreach the conclusion of even Puuse having to take the blae, they likely won’t forgive Puuse, once Laboras tells them that she broke the law

If it’s a huht be able to rescue Puuse and take her to soed

He was scared ofthat dreadful hu of his knees as he recalled Hifumi’s smile at the tiood idea caainst the uards, if it’s only himself

And, shi+ku who sought his assistance, and the assassins ere sent by Laboras, arrived at the hut where Hifu in, at the same time

And now, shi+ku who once again ended up fainting, came to his senses at last

“… Huh?” (shi+ku)

In the visual field, he saw in his absent-minded state, heaven and earth were upside down

“Agh, ooouuch…” (shi+ku)

As the current situation was inverted, he apparently fainted being hit by a trunk of a tree

Twisting his body in a squir posture, recalled the situation before he lost his consciousness

“T-That human is…!?” (shi+ku)

In front of his eyes there’s the completely broken hut On the opposite of that there are several corpses being scattered about

“Uubuh… Ueeeh…” (shi+ku)

shi+ku who ended up looking directly at so out from a corpse, which had its body cut in two, threw up until his stomach became empty

Pulling hiure of Hifumi in order to not look at the corpse, but he saw the back of so in fact surrounded by those corpses

The strange attire which had a beautiful deep blue colour, was riddled with holes all over and was dyed by some deep red stains

“W-What are you doing?” (shi+ku)

Resolving hi close, shi+ku notices that Hifu an arm of someone and his white face becomes blue

“… The reason why you elves get assimilated and turn into arbour is this after all” (Hifumi)

Hifuer in front of shi+ku after running it across the cross-section

A white sticky soertip

“What’s… this…?” (shi+ku)

“Don’t know What I understood fro some of the people ere cut apart is only that it’s little-by-little accuers and feet” (Hifumi)

Hifumi built a hypothesis upon the autopsies up until this point, but he believed in it with almost no doubt

“There’s so in your food, your drinks or possibly in the air drifting through this forest, however it probably quickens the transfor within the body Since the way of dying is by thewith the limbs and at the time of your death’s it even enters the head No, it accumulates there” (Hifumi)

As result of transfor the head encroached last, the body changes while the senses are still clear It’s a viciousness as if it is for the sake of causing complete dread

“Th-Then, the people, who turn into arbour and are absorbed by the forest, will…” (shi+ku)

“Their bodies’ functions will slowly cease and they will die It’s probably quite painful” (Hifumi)

“Such a…” (shi+ku)

shi+ku who dropped his shoulders as it was 180° different fro, finally rea’s situation

Quickly raising his face, shi+ku faced Hifumi and exclaimed,

“Help! At this rate Puuse-neechan will get banished!” (shi+ku)

“Hmmm…” (Hifumi)

Hifumi who scrubbed both his hands which touched the corpses with a paper, grabbed a corpse which lost both hands and feet, and tossed it into the broken house

“I’m not particularly interested” (Hifumi)

Hifumi easily refused shi+ku’s teary request