Chapter 2.8 (2/2)
“Yeah?”
“Why do you want to become strong?”
“Well…” My purpose hasn’t changed— “I want payback on a certain queen and G.o.d.”
Shock flashes across Vera’s face before hardening again and being replaced with a never before seen smile. He says, “How thrilling! I like it!”
Sora says, “Glad to hear it,” while shaking hands with Vera. He then adds, “You’re cute when you smile.”
“Fuu, what a “Sora” like thing to say.”
Thus the battle between Sora and Vera is curtained. That’s when Sora remembers his promise to Ai, that he would introduce her to the one who made his arm. He tells Vera and is surprised by his reply. From his understanding of Vera’s personality, had a.s.sumed Vera would reject instead of saying, “Of course you’d conceal the truth.[5] I’ll go meet her.”
Yami rushes towards Sora the moment Vera disappears. She hugs him as tight as she can. Sora, at the moment, is powerless to do anything about it. Trailing behind Yami are Asia and the rest of their cla.s.smates.
Sora says, “He- hey, Yami?”
What is this? This strength… it feels more like I’m being squeezed than hugged.
Yami says, “Masta, why didn’t you summon me? I was waiting. Reflect on this!”
Sora is taken aback by Yami’s words, “!” What is she saying? That guy came here to check if I could master this left arm. Letting you fight would have been pointless. Yami, you need to put in more effort in a.s.sessing the situation.
But eventually, he says, “You’re right, I’m sorry.”
Yami loosens her grip while saying, “Don’t do it again!”
s.h.i.+loh is breathing hard from having run after Yami, but says, “Sora-san…who in the world are you?”
I’m… Actually, I’m pretty sure anyone who saw my fight just now can tell I’m not human. Still—
“I’m a human.”
s.h.i.+loh says, “…I see. We believe your words, but the other students will probably despise you.”
“Despise me?” That’s right, Vera called me Sora=Basard. A lot of students must have heard him. I don’t give a d.a.m.n if anyone despises me, but I don’t want Asia, s.h.i.+loh, and Ray getting caught up in it…… It was short, but is it time to peace out?
Sora adds, “It’s fine, you guys won’t be troubled in the slightest.”
Just, is this really the best choice? Yami likes being a student here.
Yami somehow knows what Sora is thinking. Despite his concerns, says to him in a low murmur, “No matter. I just want to stay with masta.”
“Sorry.”
–n.o.bel Diamond ◇ will grow with love and care ♢–
They leave the arena and find a great number of students waiting outside. Hatred looms in their eyes. Someone raises a voice, “That guy! He called the ak.u.ma!”
More students bandwagon off the first and shout, “He’s a traitor!”
“Those people behind him must be ak.u.ma too!”
The people behind me? My cla.s.smates.
Various words are flung at Asia, s.h.i.+loh, and Ray.
During the middle of that, someone says, “Cut it out! Even if that guy is an ak.u.ma, he didn’t run away!”
“Don’t make one-sided a.s.sumptions!”
Despite the defenses, most students hurl abusive words towards them.
Sora, out of concern, glances behind himself and finds Asia and Ray comforting s.h.i.+loh who’s about to break into tears.
Fine then. Sora recalls how an ak.u.ma acted in a novel he once read and plays the role. He says, “Fufu fufu fuu, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
The various students quiet down at his sudden burst of laughter.
“That’s right, I’m a traitor! I was going to slaughter all of you, but then I realized you’re all too pathetic to kill! It was so much fun, getting them to believe I was their friend! Just what kind of delicious faces would they make upon learning the truth?”
A student charges forward, swinging a sword while saying, “You! You really are sc.u.m! You don’t deserve to live, die!”
Sora grabs Asia who’s behind him and uses her as a s.h.i.+eld. He speaks into her ear, “Sorry.”
Asia, despite her surprise, understands his intent and speaks in a soft voice “Thank you, desu no.”
The student stops and says, “You monster! How big of a sc.u.m bag are you?”
Sora says, “Fuu! What’s wrong? Weren’t you attacking? All I did was take a hostage. Well, whatever. I’ll just be going now.”
“Wha- hold it!”
—Teleport[6]
Sora and Yami appear in Sora’s dorm room where they gather his belongings and pick up Laila.
Sora says, “Fuu, that performance was completely overkill.”
“Masta, it was horrible.”
“You think? Hmm?” Sora then notices Jin is in the room.
Jin says, “Oh, you’re back? Just like the board chairman-sama said.”
Sora says, “What do you mean?”
“‘Sora will be leaving this academy. He’s too much of a cheat.’ is what she said.”
She was able to read this far ahead?
Sora says, “I see… Well, that’s the gist of it. Our time was short, but thanks for looking after me, Jin.”
“…I see, you really are leaving. Then, have this!” Jin throws Sora a polished, bluish-white, stone.
“This is?”
No such stone exists in Elias’s memories.
Jin says, “It’s proof of our friends.h.i.+p. Don’t lose it? If you do, don’t cry?[7]”
Sora says, “Fuu, I see. I’ll take care of it… later.”
“Ah, I’ll introduce you to my girlfriend the next time we meet.”
“You have a girlfriend!?”
“I totally do! Next time we meet, I’ll introduce you!”
“Seriously!? I did not see that coming.”
“Hahahaha, yeah! Well… oh yeah, that’s right.”
“What?”
“Leave your cla.s.smates to me. The board chairman-sama also ask me to look after them.”
Asia, s.h.i.+loh, and Ray? The board chairman is incredible. She even took them into account.
“Alright, I leave them to you.”
Sora then relieves Sura from watching over the still sleeping Laila and places her on his head and picks up his bags.
What did I even come to this academy for anyway…?
A/N: We have completed volume two!! Great going everyone, a special thanks to my TL, (Gandire), my editor (Gandire), and my poster (Gandire). Also, super special thanks to everyone who catches those small mistakes and explains the segments I don’t understand. Your help really improves the reading experience for everyone else.
I’m wondering if we’ll meet the board chairman again. She can teleport. Guess we’ll just have to wait for the next volume to find out.
-Gandire
[1] The context suggest that his cla.s.smates stayed behind, but I could be wrong.
[2] I’m not sure what that means
[3] そうだよな、 他のスキルとかを使って攻撃したらあいつの目的は果たせないからな。
だけど、身体強化は良いとか優しいな。
[4] He just suddenly stopped using his name, Reinforcement Body, for no reason. The author might have forgotten??
[5] 勿論変装してな That part confused me. The whole sentence is 私から会いに行こう。勿論変装してな。 Does anyone know if I was correct or not?
[6] Why yes, I do believe this is the first time he’s called it teleport. This author is so inconsistent!!
[7]友情の証だ。 なくすなよ？ なくされたら泣くぜ？ The third segment has me a bit confused.
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