v1c2 part1 (1/2)

Yuusha Party no Kawaii Ko ga ita no de, Kokuhaku s.h.i.+te Mita - Volume 1 Chapter 2 (part 1)

玉砕してみた

I tried to die honorably.

Translation by Solistia, Proofed by Hobo, MuscleSpark, and Flyingjam

Let's start from the conclusion. I was rejected. It was over with a single word — 'No'.

This is a room in the middle of the Demon Castle.

Indeed, this is the room I, the reincarnated Segawa Youki (now just Youki), guard.

Just what was I doing in the middle of this room?

”...Rejected. It's over. I wanna die...”

I was hunched over, hugging my knees and drawing letters on the floor.

Including failures from my previous life, just how many times have I been turned down?

”Um...excuse me...”

Next to me was a fl.u.s.tered girl in cleric clothes, whose name I heard to be Cecilia.

”...hahaha...”

The laughter just started welling up.

Humans get rejected so many times over the course of their lives.

When I was human, I was also rejected a lot.

That's why I was feeling the way I am now.

”Excuse me, are you all right? ....Wait, what am I doing, he’s the enemy!”

I thought she was cheering me up, but she suddenly readied herself for battle again.

She's so kind. Her awkward kindness felt bittersweet..

I almost forgot that she sees me as her enemy.

Why is that?

It’s because I'm a demon.

I hope I'm reborn as a human next time.

If I was human...would my boring face still make it hopeless?

She pointed her staff at me.

Looks like she's ready to take me down.

I can die happy if it's at my beloved's hands.

There's nothing left for me in this world anyway.

”《Judgement Cross》”

A pillar of light in the shape of a holy cross came at me.

A senior level light-type magic.

Even with my cheat, if I don't put up any resistance, I'll probably die.

”Aah, please let me be reborn as a human next time.”

I closed my eyes in prayer.

…

……

………

…………?

No matter how long I waited, the impact never came, so I hesitantly opened my eyes.

The magic she used was gone. Did she cancel her magic because I didn't do anything?

”Haah...”

But the burden on your body is huge if you forcibly cancel it. It was evident she had done just that as she was collapsed on her knees and breathing heavily.

”...Why didn't you resist? After a month of battling you I've come to understand some of the extent of your power. You should have easily dodged or countered that level of magic!”

She recovered from the backlash and asked me that.

The answer is quite simple.

”Since you turned down my confession, I felt like dying.”

”Don't toy with me!”

Even when angry she's still cute...Er, I mean...I thought it best to give her a candid answer.

”I have nothing left to live for. I've lived my whole life in this room you know? If I went outside I'd have to attack human towns for no reason at all, and because I didn’t want to do that, I never left...”

I still had all my memories of my previous life in tact, so I was immensely reluctant to do things like that to humans.