Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3
Chapter 2 Episode 3
(The Despair of Those Who Are Being Summoned 3)
Day 64 after being summoned to another world
The morning sunlight come through the window.
Laura and her sister looking at each other and decided to knock the door of Ryouma's room.
*Ton Ton*
What they are holding in their hand is a tray filled with breakfast that they had ordered from the innkeeper.
Since last night until now, Ryouma have never left his room.
Ignoring an invitation to have a dinner and the snack, they deliver at midnight, only the sounds of a page being turned over can be heard inside the room.
Fatigue can also be seen on the sisters face.
They have been worried about Ryouma who is currently checking the book as if something was possessing him.
*Ton Ton*
They knocked on the door slightly harder this time.
It was not the sisters' intention to disturb what Ryouma has been doing; however, they could not leave Ryouma who have not yet eat since last night dinner, and he even hasn't taken some water to drink.
”Ryouma-sama...?”
She called him fearfully.
As expected, there's no answer from him, only the sounds of turning page can be heard faintly.
Finally, the sounds stopped.
”Sara...”
”Indeed... I guess there's no other choice, ane-sama.”
After they gaze at each other, they placed the tray that they had on the floor and turned their body toward the wooden door.
*BANG!*
Their body strengthened by martial art blew off the door.
””Ryouma-sama””
The room is dark.
Despite the fact that sunlight can be seen entering the room through the window, the room remained dark and cold.
That was caused by the man who was sitting inside of the room.
”Ryouma-sama...?”
Cautiously, Sara tried to call him.
Ryouma did not turn his eyes toward the sister who had kicked the door open and just stared at the desk in silent.
Maybe due to him opened the page of the book over and over again, the tip of the page end up looking worn out, and some part of the pages are wet due to sweat dripping on it.
Numerous paper was scattered on the desk and the floor, on the papers is written names with a horizontal line.
(This is... Did he wrote all the name of the G.o.ds he knew and checked whether it was listed in the book or not...)
Even with only a brief look, Sara can see more than a dozen of papers scattered.
”Ane-sama...”
Laura handed over two pieces of paper toward Sara.
The papers are tightly filled with names with horizontal lines crosses over it.
And when she look closely, the name written on it are identically the same.
The line that crosses over it also the same.
”This is...”
Toward Sara's murmur, Laura nodded her head.
Ryouma wrote all the name of the G.o.ds as far as he could remember and checked whether it was written in the book or not, and put a horizontal line if the name exist in the book.,
And then, when everything written on it has a
horizontal line, he once again repeats it, in case there's a mistake, or he missed one of the names.
Looking for hope that does not exist... He repeated his works again and again.
”... None...”
A small voice comes out from Ryouma's mouth.
”Ryouma-sama?”
”I... Can't return home...”
This time, his voice can be heard clearly by the sisters.
”I can't return... I can't return... I can't return...”
The words that come out from Ryouma's mouth gradually grows stronger.
With the room being dark, it turns the atmosphere into deep gloom.
”Ane-sama!”
”Yes!”
The moment the sisters entered the room, they feel something uncomfortable.
In the sisters' eyes, the image of Ryouma is someone powerful, calm, ruthless, and a little bit kind.
However, the Ryouma in front of them now is fragile and unstable.
And yet, it was frighteningly ominous for him to have such image.
The two sisters immediately embrace Ryouma's head between their chest.