Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

THE SELF-CUTTING MAN, THE UNKILLING FIST – PART 1

March 13, 2016Tgurneu

Zatoh ca to Noloty He stood in front and stared at her

She felt terribly uncomfortable It was as if his eyes were void of emotions

“Where’s Hamyuts Meseta?”

“The Director?”

“Where did she go?”

“I-I don’t know She’s fickle and I can’t tell what she’s thinking about at all”

Zatoh slightly frowned But he immediately walked past Noloty

“Please wait a second”

“What is it?”

Zatoh turned around Noloty decided that for now she would talk to hi of a topic that wouldn’t be sensitive for him

“U-umm, did you quit that brawl business?”

“I don’t need it anymore”

Zatoh answered this and started walking He didn’t seem to be interested in Noloty at all

“Please wait, Zatoh-san!”

Noloty grabbed his sleeve and called to hied She froze in place after he turned around and showed her his face He stared at Noloty with eyes full of anger and astonishment

“Why do you know that name?”

“The Director told me”

“…I see”

Zatoh e towards that name

“Do you have any business with the Director?”

After being asked so, the ht a bit

“I’ to be killed”

“…Huh?”

“I’ll be killed by Hamyuts Meseta”

“Umm, pardon me What did you say?”

“I said I’ to be killed by Hamyuts Meseta”

Noloty was stunned to hear those words The Director said he was being suicidal, but as this deal about getting killed by her? It was a rather roundabout way of co suicide

If he wanted to die, it would be faster just hanging himself

“Please wait If you suddenly say such things I’ll be worried Even the Director won’t kill a person without any reason”

“I said I want to die That’s enough of a reason”

“No, it’s not enough at all”

“Don’t touch other people’s clothes”

Zatoh tried shaking off Noloty’s hands But she didn’t let go easily

“You’re in my way I must find Hamyuts Meseta”

She couldn’t allow it Just now, Hamyuts had told her – she must save this person If the person she had to save would suddenly die she would fail the mission She couldn’t understand the situation at all, but she had to stop him

“Please wait I can’t allow this”

This tirabbed not his clothes but his wrists

“Then, will you kill me?”

“…Huh?”

“You’re lacking compared to Ha I don’t mind if you’d kill me”

She couldn’t understand him at all She opened her eyes wide

“Kill me”

“…I can’t”

Noloty answered Zatoh looked annoyed

“That’s enough You’re in my way Go somewhere”

“Even if you tell me that…”

Zatoh tried shaking off the hands that grabbed him Noloty desperately held on to his wrists Fro lovers

Suddenly, so hit Noloty’s foot When she looked down, she saw a small iron bullet She released Zatoh’s wrists and picked it up

“It’s the Director’s e bullet”

After opening the mass of iron, she could see a small piece of paper inside Noloty and Zatoh looked at it

“To Zatoh-kun – It’s useless trying to look for me”

Zatoh snatched the piece of paper from Noloty’s hand, tore it apart and threw it away Then, he turned his back to Noloty and started walking in a fast pace

“Where are you going, Zatoh-san?”

“Don’t follow me”

He said as if spitting, and went away

“Even if he says not to follow him, if I do that my job’s done for…”

Noloty walked around whileplaces she could hide in if he were to turn around She knew the basics of tailing after soet shouldn’t be able to feel her if it’s an ordinary person

She decided to gather information about him She had to take such an action in this state where she couldn’t understand anything about him It seems that for some reason, he wants to die Furtheret killed by so or drown himself

What’s going on with Zatoh? She had to investigate this first and foremost

Zatoh left the don area and passed by the pier He was heading towards the warehouse district; due to it being night, there was no human presence there

He stopped in front of an especially old and small warehouse He then opened the rusty iron door and went inside

“Mm…”

Noloty was anxious about entering that warehouse alone, but she couldn’t just give up here either She looked for a place she could sneak into while staying undetected She found the vents on the other side of the warehouse near the roof She cliot inside

Fortunately, it was dark inside Noloty had no problems because she could see in the dark, and she wouldn’t be found by those inside Being careful not to make any sound, she silently descended down the wall Infiltration successful

The inside was dusty and apparently hadn’t been used in a long tiht will have to be careful not to sneeze or cough Inside the warehouse there was a large pile of cloth sacks Judging fro coal

Noloty put her ears to the ground She could hear the sound of her own heartbeats as well as the footsteps of just one person from the other side of the warehouse Other than that she couldn’t even hear ht that only she and Zatoh were inside this warehouse

Noloty gently poked her head from behind the sacks of coals There was a small space in the corner of the other side of the warehouse There, Zatoh was rubbing a ht a lamp

His figure was illu bag, and a s here, this was probably the place Zatoh lodged in Since he should havebeaten like earlier, Noloty couldn’t understand why he would sleep in such a place Was there soo to an inn?

Zatoh took soht was reflected on it, she could see that it was a short sword He grabbed the blade in a backhand grip and suddenly stabbed the back of his hand

“!”

Noloty barely restrained herself fro a sound The thirty-centih the back of his hand, the blade dug into the bare ground

Zatoh pulled the sword out It was covered in blood, and he once again lowered it He stabbed hi stabbed himself in the sa the pain as he widened his eyes and clenched his teeth

When he lowered the sword for the third time, it wasn’t to the back of his hand He pierced the h his ribs

“…Ah”

Nor the chest you would normally turn the blade horizontally However, Zatoh simply buried the blade inside him as it pierced his chest Noloty felt as if she could hear the sound of his ribs breaking from where she was Even from that distance, she could understand the broken ribs and blade pierced his heart and lungs

Zatoh coughed violently Blood flew from his mouth

He grabbed the sword, covered in blood up to the handle, with both hands While sprinkling blood from his mouth, he next pierced his throat with the blade

He undoubtedly died Whether or not he strengthened his body by Magic, there was nothing he could do He didn’t even have the time to stop as it was so sudden

“…Oh no…”

Noloty muttered She suddenly failed her mission

There was no need to hide anymore Noloty raised her body and walked towards Zatoh’s corpse

His body, collapsed forward as if he were prostrating, was vainly lit up by the lamp When Noloty stepped into the fresh blood she could feel it was still warm Even while she understood it was useless, she reached for Zatoh’s body Then, she suddenly looked at his left hand

“Huh?”

There no wound on his hand Thinking that perhaps it was his right hand instead, she went around Zatoh to look at it Suddenly, she heard a voice

“…What are you doing?”

Noloty started looking around her reflexively

The voice she heard surely came from Zatoh at her feet, but she couldn’t believe a man who just died could speak

“…As I thought, it’s you”

Zatoh raised his body from the sea of blood His face, dyed red by his own blood, looked at Noloty

Noloty lost her words Hi pierced his heart and trachea seemed impossible to her

Only one person had such an ability

It was only the Monster that attacked Bantorra Library

THE SELF-CUTTING MAN, THE UNKILLING FIST – PART 2

March 17, 2016Tgurneu

Zatoh turned his blood-covered face towards Noloty after getting up

“What are you doing?”

He angrily asked He didn’t seem to be in pain He couldn’t possibly be a man who just shoved a sword into his heart and neck Even his left hand didn’t have any wounds anymore

“Because you went afterme But you just wasted that chance to watch me… why?”

I was busted, Noloty thought

She thought about escaping If Zatoh is the Monster she couldn’t handle him by herself She needs to escape and then call for assistance

Her reason called her to do that Strangely, however, her feet couldn’t move

Why was that?

Even if he had the sah evidence to say Zatoh truly is the Monster

Besides, she didn’t feel any hostility fro from him She could feel in one way or another that this man only wished to hurt himself

Zatoh picked up the short sword that fell into the sea of blood

“Oh well I’ll just try it again This time I won’t fail”

“Huh?”

Noloty raised a bewildered voice

“I’ll stabit until eneration can’t keep up Then I will die”

After saying this, Zatoh directed the short sword to his chest Noloty grabbed his hands

“Wai- Please wait!”

“Why?”

“Don’t just keep talking by yourself”

“…”

“U-umm, I didn’t come to kill you Please ith that whole suicide business”

Once again, Zatoh looked angry

“Then why are you here?”

Noloty hesitated a little

“I wanted to save you”

When Noloty said this, a strange atmosphere enveloped her as if the air was torn apart She knew this kind of feeling It was the at person

“Save me?”

“Yes”

“So it’s si me is to kill me”

“…That doesn’t count as saving at all”

“Please don’t say so and I shouldn’t do it”

Noloty desperately focused her eyes on hiet overwhelmed, and answered

“Suicide is wrong and you shouldn’t do it”

A shi+ver ran through her spine She felt as if his stare was physically assaulting her

“I advise you to go ahile I’m still calm”

Noloty thought that would perhaps be best However, she stopped herself fro his advice If she would withdraw here, why did she come in the first place?

Everything’s fine, Noloty encouraged herself She could still stop him Her superiors are far scarier Compared to them she can’t be afraid of this person

“What are you doing? If you’re going away do it quickly”

Zatoh said angrily

“Choose quickly Will you kill me, or will you scram?”

“If I tell you I want neither, ill you do?”

Zatoh sighed And he seerier

“What do you think I’ll do?”

“I don’t know I’m not very smart”

Don’t avert your eyes Noloty thought this while the two of thelared at one another

“TellWho are you?”

Zatoh thought for a while, averting his gaze from Noloty

“I’m just a fool”

After saying so, he fell silent Noloty also didn’t knohat to say and stayed silent

If this were a battle, this situation would like the both of them were stuck in a stalemate as they waited for each other’s moves Since Noloty didn’t want to kill him but Zatoh wanted to die, they were inco other than physical violence

The slender lamp illuminated the both of them They could hear the roars of the sea froulls were not heard anymore, they probably went back to roost already

Noloty stared at the person in front of her as if ascertaining him

Is this person the Monster? If he is, why is he here, and why does he want to die? And if he isn’t the Monster, who is he?

“Why did you come here?”

Zatoh asked Noloty didn’t answer

“Is it a mission from Hamyuts Meseta?”

Bull’s-eye Noloty’s face stiffened Seeing her face, Zatoh further questioned her

“What’s Ha to do?”

“I don’t know I’m just a subordinate”

“What’s your mission?”

“…I don’t really know I just need to save you, that’s all”

“Anyway, it seems like you weren’t told…”

Zatoh’s eyes twinkled Noloty could feel a pressure that wasn’t there before

“Aboutthe Monster”

Once again, a shi+ver ran down her spine Her entire body became tense Her feet screamed for her to run away

“Does an Armed Librarian trainee intend to save the Monster that attacked Bantorra Library?”

“…Are you the Monster?”

Noloty replied

“I’ve said it just now I’ for”

Zatoh said resolutely

There was not a doubt anymore Her secret mission or whatever didn’t matter Kill him Or if not, escape Flee, call for reinforcements and kill this man This was the rational decision It was the natural course of action

But, why is it that Noloty couldn’t move?

She could smell the scent of so She felt like so didn’t fit

In the battle between her reason and feelings, her feelings won

“…Thinking about it, you thought I caht?”

“What?”