Volume 6 Chapter 1 (1/2)

The sound of dull, oppressive bells rang throughout Past God Bantorra’s Island

All Armed Librarian who heard this bell stopped their work and put their highest priority on gathering These were the bells that rang during times like the Monster’s attack and Mokkania’s rebellion

The normal librarians evacuated slowly The trainees lead all visitors to a safe place Slipping between them, the Armed Librarians ran towards the conference roo place

Enlike alone stayed sitting in a chair at the lobby He gazed at them with empty eyes Ten days have passed since he heard of Noloty’s death He kept just sitting the whole ti to anyone

Why a to do at this place any to connect me to Bantorra Library anymore

But he still kept sitting there His eyes wandered through the people running around He was looking for the figure of Noloty who couldn’t be there

How o was it? They have played chess here before There were souests that needed to kill soht him

“Umm, you have four more minutes”

Only Noloty was talking Enlike stayed quiet and glared at the board There was no rule in chess that allowed one to take pieces by glaring at theh

Enlike ht He was at a position where he could aim for both the bishop and the rook simultaneously

“Oh, that’s a good move, so I’ll escape here”

Noloty moved her rook back Enlike took the bishop At that ti from the back spoke

“Just where would that count as a goodthe queen to f7”

Nolotyunnecessary things? Enlike unconsciously let out blue sparks from his body

“Haame?”

“Not at all”

Cold sweat ran on Noloty’s cheeks Enlike stood up

“I re home”

Noloty hurriedly grabbed his sleeve

“Uot tired of chess, will you do darts next? You kno to play darts?”

“I don’t”

“I’ood at it either, but won’t you play? Come on, Mattalast-san will teach us”

She could hear Ha behind her

“It isn’t easy babysitting that kid”

Yes, that happened Noloty invited Enlike to play with her at so He had no one to invite him to play anymore

Was it about a o?

Enlike also taught the trainees during that day His entire training regimen was made of real combat The trainees could freely attack Enlike and he could freely attack the hit by attacks, it was a training method possible only for him

When he was about to leave Ireia spoke with him

“Haven’t you softened lately, Enlike-san?”

“Yeah”

At first, he would make attacks that could kill in the worst-case scenario Now he settled onattacks that would cause heavy injuries at worst Ireia chimed in

“Don’t hold yourself back, Enlike-san You can do whatever you want except killing them”

“I know, but… I’m sorry”

Unusually, Enlike apologized frankly

“Oh ?”

“I’m worried for Noloty”

Recently, it seemed that the other trainees co too hard Why don’t they talk to ht Enlike

But since it was for Noloty he had no choice He started going easier on them

“Oh my… so it can’t be helped”

Ireia said and shed in relief When Noloty was troubled, he was troubled as well

But there was no longer anyone to trouble Enlike

This happened three o It was the time when the man called Volken took Olivia and ran away

Enlike didn’t think thatGod Cult He didn’t look like a cowardly man

He didn’t know much about the person called Olivia He heard that eventually Volken had been killed Just as his goal?

Anyway, after the two have disappeared, soe happened with Enlike

His memories that were taken away by the Cult were suddenly restored

His late parents as well as his village that was erased during wartime He retrieved only a part of his memories, but Enlike was still able to find out about his personal history

Enlike’s memories were not the only ones to return Thewith him by the Monster were also restored His comrades have died, but their memories were still alive within Enlike

“So you came from the Principality of Meliot, Enlike-san”

Noloty unexpectedly shared her sentiments

“To be exact, the west of Meliot It now gained independence and becaion”

Mattalast corrected her

“What about it now?”

Enlike asked The hometown in his ht He lost both of his parents due to that He was probably caught by the Indulging God Cult afterwards

“The war is over The new govern pretty well It’s now at peace”

“I see”

Enlike said and sment of a memory about his ho was at peace there

“Do you want to go back, Enlike-san?”

Noloty asked However, Enlike shook his head

“It doesn’t have to be right away I’ll return after the fight with the Cult is over Besides…”

He closed his eyes He wasn’t to only one to retrieve his memories The memories of his comrades captured at the Monster’s island also returned

There were also war orphans like Enlike a them There were those ere trafficked There were also those we lost their position as False Men due to some blunder and were turned to Meats They were already dead, but their memories lived inside Enlike

“I’ll have to go to the other guys’ hometowns as well I will travel around the world”

“So it’ll be a world cruise”

Noloty said in a carefree manner

“Yeah Not bad… a world cruise, huh”

For some reason, Noloty watched hi and kept chatting Tio to work As she did, Mattalast suddenly poked Enlike

“What’re you doing?”

“Invite her”

“Who?”

“Invite Noloty Ask her ‘won’t you come with me?’ -wasn’t that the flow there?”

“What flow?”

“…Really, sometimes you’re so…”

Mattalast seeh Enlike had no idea why

Nonetheless, he thought that inviting Noloty for a trip around the world wouldn’t be so bad But time passed and he didn’t breach the subject

And now, the person he wanted to invite was gone

It’s not that he was in love

He didn’t think of any grand things like wanting to unite with her or be together with her his whole life

He just thought that if Noloty was alive and happy it would be good

He wanted her to beco to the extent she could protect both herself and her happiness Enlike wanted to protect Noloty and the Library until she could be strong enough

Then, after defeating the Indulging God Cult and seeing Noloty grow into a fine warrior, he would leave Bantorra Library

One day, if he could live in soood health once or twice a year, he wanted nothing ht that would be fine

If he wishes for toodown I ht

But if even that was too much of a luxury, what should he wish for?

“…Enlike-san”

Mirepoc stood in front of his eyes She see Did she coht Enlike

“Why?”

Enlike said

“Why am I alive? Why was it Noloty and not me who died?

Wasn’t her turn supposed to be much later and mine much earlier? But she still died and I’m alive Why?”

“…”

Mirepoc said nothing It was as if all the words she wanted to say have been sealed

Enlike recalled Relia He was the first person to show him a smile He died He was turned into a human bomb and died idly

He recalled his comrades They were killed both by him when he was foolish and by the hands of the foolish Ganbanzel

He also recalled Quht have loved died at his hands

Then, Noloty died

All of them were people who should have lived All the people who should have lived died, and yet Enlike was alive