Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chapter 38

Translator: Luk2048

Editor: Ghost Ape

『Guaaaa! Darkness! I am being swallowed by a torrent of darkness!! It is too overwhelminnggg! 』

That’s why I told you… I tried to stop you . I told you for your own good, you should’ve turned into a gra.s.shopper and returned where you came from . You ignored me and look what happened――

While sympathizing with the resounding in my mind death throes, I reflected on the short memories we shared .

――――……

Due to the approaching evening coupled with the boredom of keeping watch, I was being overwhelmed by waves of sleepiness . Even if I stayed awake I wouldn’t be of much help anyhow; besides, Lady Saintess was keeping watch properly . Rēko, who needed an overseer at all times, was also asleep, so it should be fine for me to rest, right?

By the time my train of thought got there, the weight of my eyelids had already peaked and I was half-asleep .

The problem occurred a while after .

Suddenly the chills ran through my whole body while I was sleeping flat on the ground . I opened my eyes frightened and tried to move my body . However, it didn’t budge even an inch . It had to be the so called sleep paralysis . In my field of vision I saw the carefree Lady Saintess kneading and playing with mud, not even being able to move my mouth and call for help .

What the heck is happening? As I was bewildered in a petrified state, a voice echoed inside my mind .

『Kukuku… you fell for it thoroughly . You certainly did not think My Great Self would fall to such a trivial attack, did you?』

I wonder what does he mean by an attack? When I groaned (no voice came out due to sleep paralysis though), the mysterious voice snapped at me like he was angry .

『Stop acting the fool! You erased your heart’s maliciousness during my attempt to possess you, trying to purify me . That was quite a feat you accomplished, yet I still narrowly escaped the danger all the same . Afterwards, I erased my presence and bided my time in obscurity . 』

『Ah, I see . You’re that spirit demon?』

I didn’t need to speak out, since it seemed he understood what I wanted to say just by thinking . Be that as it may, the misunderstanding was awful . That wasn’t a purification attack . It was only due to my way of living being unbelievably pathetic .

『What foolishness… Are you not at least one of dragon kind? The worst evil deed a member of the dragon kind, standing at the summit in terms of strength, had supposedly committed is “Hogged a tree with delicious leaves all to myself”? Such nerve to jest, even if the heavens allow it? I would never accept it . 』

『It’s a misunderstanding . Strictly speaking, I’m more of a lizard than a dragon . I don’t have magic power, and I also don’t have any strength . 』

The spirit demon turned silent . However, I acutely felt a flare of seething wrath after a moment . His pride must have been hurt, being nearly annihilated by a mere lizard .

『Well… nevermind . At any rate, I shall have you pay the price for insulting me . The one who is with you―― that girl with the dreadful magic power . I will capture her, and turn you into dust using her magic power . 』