Chapter 53 (1/2)
Chapter 53
53Ray’s past
We decided to wait in the hospital roo opened could be heard
Ray enters and walks straight over to his mother and quietly watches her face
“……Mother…”
There’s no reply as Sheila continues to sleep
“I won the tournament……tomorrow is the finals”
He reports to the silent Sheila
“……Can you wait until tomorrow? I’ll help you by any means…”
Ray’s face doesn’t carry his usual smile as he stares sadly at histomorrow?”
Ray turns in the direction of the voice and the slightly driftinglike he’d understood soht it was strange how it suddenly started rainingI didn’t expect you to coh”
“I came because I didn’t believe Ray-san would join the royals by his own free will”
Ray puts on a smile that’s hard to read
“I’m a liar”
“…Liar’s don’t admit they are liars…”
Rays expression didn’t change as he continues talking to Misa
“Are you alone?”
“I am”
Of course, that’s a lieI’m currently hidden by Rain Spirit Mist <Fuska>If I don’t move I should remain hidden
“I’m sorry but I can’t talk to Arnos”
“……That’s a weird commentHave you been told not to talk to Arnos-sa threatened?”
“Do you think so?”
“I think that Arnos-sama can help you”
“Neither me nor my mother will survive if he knows”
Not that there wasthreatened
“What do you mean?”
“As you can see, my mother is sickBecause she’s half spirit ordinary doctors cant help”
Misa looks over at Sheila
“……What kind of disease is it?”
“Her in becomes thin and will disappear after a while”
“What’s the cure?”
Ray shakes his head
“If they’d told me I wouldn’t have joined the royal faction”
“……Can this hospital really cure her?”
“After she developed the spirit disease ic poeakened day by day but when she came to this clinic it went into remissionIt seeot no choice but to believe it”
If they have a way to put it into remission then have they identified the cause? If they know that then they can cure it
“To cure s I had to do for theht Arnos in the tournamentA contracted demon sword has been buried in my bodyIf I make a mistake, I will be killedIf I die they have no reason to keep my mother alive”
A contracted de force than Contract <Zekt>
If you break the contract then certain death awaits you as it erases your origin
“Even if you tell Arnos this the contract will still be broken”
“……Wouldn’t it have been better if you hadn’t told me…?”
“I believe you won’t tell anyone”
“Eh……?”
“That’s a lie”
Ray approaches Misa in an instantMisa melts into the mist and was just about to disappear before Ray slashed her ic with Initeio
<Fuska> is cut and loses its effectThe mist disappears and the rain outside stops
Ray looks around the room
“…It seems you really are alone…”
It see in the ht it was me
As <Fuska> was cut I activated Illusion Miic with Hiding Magic <Najira>
Myas I controlhe won’t find me
The reason I had Misa use <Fuska> when I could do this is so that when <Fuska> is dispelled nobody would think anything else would be hidden behind a second layer
“Well then”
Ray grabs both of Misa’s arer from his inside breast pocketRay hesitates a er down at Misa
Misa closes her eyes unintentionally but no dagger enters her body, instead, Ray had pierced her shadoith his dagger
“I’m sorry but I’ll have you stay here until after the finals tomorrow”