Chapter 67 (2/2)
“Ever since we e!”
Asuna yelled That Momokawa Kotarou was an evil man who commanded curses
That he no doubt stared lewdly at the girls when they slept, with how he had masturbated in the same place That Kotarou, who had fortunately joined a party consisting of beautiful girls, secretly planned to make them all his own And that, just like Futaba Meiko, with her abnorree of loyalty towards hi curse on them as well
“Asuna, stop being delusional”
“No I’m NOT! I’et…”
Asuna tried to deny it
That It was because of the evil brainwashi+ng curse, that Futaba Meiko had brutally assaulted her She wasn’t nor There was no way Asuna could see her as sane
“… Hey, was it really that bad of an injury?”
Everyone could assent to Yuuto’s question The only reason the scars on Asuna’s face disappeared so cleanly was due to Sakura’s healing ic and Kotarou’s ointments that accelerated natural recovery
“Futabsan, ould you go so far”
“Because Kenzaki-san wouldn’t yield, you see Also, it was Kenzaki-san who punched Kotarou-kun first I can’t forgive her for that”
“Just, just for that––”
“Didn’t I tell you, Yuuto-kun? To Futabsan, Momokawkun is her savior Momokawkun saved her life, where I had abandoned her”
What was irl who had cruelly abandoned her and her merry band of friends? It was a no brainer
“As for the result of that duel, no one has any right to co to stop it… However, Asuna and Futabsan both fought with mutual determination and consent Yuuto, you of all people, don’t you think it’s undue for someone unrelated to complain?”
“… Yeah, that’s right, you’re right, Class rep If Asuna fought by her oill, then no ht to blame”
Although Yuuto said that, Ryouko thought, that he likely wouldn’t hold true to it had he seen the state Asuna was in after the outco only because the incident was gone and passed
Which meant that in conclusion, Kenzaki Asuna was the only one for whom that duel from the near past had not ended The fear, the pain, it all stayed with her, the trau into her
“Whether Asuna truly thinks that Mo, or whether it’s just her way of coping from the trauma That’s not the point we should focus on”
She could show no sympathy towards her important friend
“Now, everyone please listen Sure, we had our doubts about Momokawkun, we never did fully trust hi to us, while we on the other hand, one-sidedly deeet rid of hi, as a fellow class”
Ryouko argued once usted by Mo hiardless of the strained situation, his every action aroused suspicion
“Before that duel, I said this, remember? What if our suspicions were all misplaced? What would we do then?”
It was a proven fact that Kotarou didn’t have any brainwashi+ng ic thanks to Kotori’s Eye of Veracity And in reality, Kotarou hadn’t behaved suspiciously at all, his feud with Sakura was only natural considering the sort of situation he’d been pushed into
“Whatever the excuses are, Asuna ithout a doubt, first to raise her hand She pushed him out of the transfer circle, an act practically synonymous to murder You all should know that”
Asuna had si hi hi train
Subjecting hieon alone, hoould that not be the sa to eon first hand should know
“So, how’s she going to atone for this try at murder of hers?”
Meiko asked class rep theto the crux of the matter
“We must, save Momokawkun”
“How?”
“We will… Continue exploring the dungeon Since we’ve already teleported, we can’t turn back”
“Youto search?”
“Since everyone’s destination is the sa, and Momokawkun knows that too, don’t you think?”
It was extree to survive in the dungeon alone And there was no way to know his whereabouts, and it was uni as hopeless as passively waiting for rescue at a nearby fairy square After all, he’d want to proceed through the dungeon if he had any hope to survive
“… Fine But we have to thoroughly proceed through the dungeon to search for him”
“Yes, we should extend our scope of exploration from now on”
The nor their co for soer, more in depth route Even if they couldn’t find hi clues The dungeon was complicated, filled with countless zones and paths, so even if Kotarou was in the saht be directed in a different path
That said, looking through the vast area of the dungeon was a fool’s errand Everyone’s goal was to get through this dungeon, so if they missed the opportunity to one further past them
“So, you’re saying you won’t be punishi+ng Kenzaki-san at all?”
“Futabsan, I understand you’re angry… But we definitely need Asuna’s strength, whether it be for the search or sieon”
There was the adage of strength in numbers, but most importantly, there was the fact that Asuna was a Dualwielder,her an important asset to their battle prowess
“I do understand that, but isn’t that too naive? She tried to kill someone, you know? Do you really think that it’s okay to leave her be?”
“W-well that’s…”
“Besides, I just can’t trust Kenzaki-san, you know? I can’t fight with this crazy murder lady behind ood idea After we save Kotarou-kun, we’ll coet her”
“Wha!?”
Wasn’t that just like e?
However, it was reasonable for Meiko to propose such an arrangement
Kenzaki Asuna, with the intent to commit murder, had pushed Moardless of whether Kotarou-kun lived or died, it was a crio unpunished
Meiko, in other words, had proposed to imprison Asuna in that fairy square Imprison her there until Kotarou was rescued If Kotarou turned out dead, then Asuna’s attee to actual hoe to life i, a death penalty
“Wait, Futabsan! please reconsider”
“I’m the only one ants to help Kotarou-kun In fact, every one of you don’t care, you’d feel better if he was dead… Isn’t that what you’re thinking? How about you tell me, Soumsan?”
“I, I have not had any such thoughts!”
“But, you don’t feel like helping, right? Isn’t it a pain? You’ve finally reunited with Souht?”
“I’ve never considered such selfishness So, of course I’ Momokawkun”
“Cooperate? Ahaha, cooperate she says, class rep Sou?”
Ryouko reacted like a frog being stared at by a snake when Meiko eyed her in a dry chuckle She was starting to resent Souma Sakura’s fastidious personality
“Cooperating, don’t you mean, it’s your duty?”
“Uht, Futabsan”
Ryouko consented with a tre reply
Cooperation, in the end, only aood intentions Let’s help Kotarou to make amends for Asuna To Souma Sakura, that’s exactly it What she cared about was her friend, Asuna Kotarou’s life or whatever, it would be the last thing in her list of priorities In her head, it was only, ‘I’ll cooperate in order to resolve o help! Because er’
Whether Sou the life of a person against her friend’s feelings, there was no way for Ryouko to knoever she could quite easily see that to Futaba Meiko, her friend’s priority on justice and friendshi+p and what not could only be seen as ill intent
“See, that’s how it is, Class Rep Kotarou-kun’s life doesn’tup Kenzaki-san’s life for his uys seriously search for him too?”
If, right at that ainst Futaba Meiko, how many of them would die?
She could pree an instant head shot… No, not possible Meiko had Evade and looking at her fighting against rown proficient in her natural reflexes even without the skill If she tried shooting irl would swiftly dodge and her own neck would be crushed the next instant
If that happened, it’d be pandemonium Most likely, Souma Yuuto would be the only survivor Since he was a Hero, he could even defeat this Berserker… At the cost of everyone else sinking into an ocean of blood
They couldn’t afford to turn Futaba Meiko into an enemy
Ryouko desperately repeated to herself: Don’t give up There’s still hope
“Please, Futabsan I’ll tell everyone to properly search, so Please don’t let me lose anymore of my friends”
Finally, tears started to fall fro and voice quivering, she was desperately trying to plead for the safety of her friends
“Fine, since you’ve gone to that extent There will probably be plenty ofbosses on the way so, Kenzaki-san will have to work hard as penance, won’t she?”
Meiko said, eyeing the desperate class rep coldly
“But please know, that Kenzaki-san’s life won’t be guaranteed without Kotarou-kun’s”
With Kisaragi Ryouko’s hard-fought pleading, they were able to appease this berserker with no blood spilled
However, the insane contract where they would exchange one person’s life with another’s had created a deep, forlorn rift a with the suspicions towards Mo into the symbol of fear and trauma for Kenzaki Asuna… It was as if a curse had been placed on the party to slowly drive them mad
“Kenzaki-san, you should thank class rep, she just saved you”
With a smile, Meiko said such words In response, Asuna’s shoulders started to tre in bitterness
“Wait for me, Kotarou-kun I’ll definitely, save you… ”
With Asuna’s audible sobbing and heras a backdrop, Meiko vowed to save Momokawa Kotarou in her heart
The translator for the in-order translation got a bit busy, so we're changing the schedule to once a week for the next month In other news, CLICK NEXT TO GO TO CHAPTER 68 I capitalized that so it's harder to miss This is likely Lion Mask's last contribution to this series and was posted as an april fool's joke I've checked through it and it's an actual translation so on't be bothering with it
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