Chapter 14 (1/2)

Chapter 14 – The Way a Certain Beast Girl was Broken Part 2

「Minaris, and Maris Is it true that you’re both wererabbits?」

She couldn’t comprehend the words that she had just heard

「I’ll ask again Is it true that you, parent and child, are beaste elder penetrated her blank head

(Whyhy!? Eh, why did he suddenly say that!?)

What filled her spinning mind was a storm of questions She couldn’t process the infor

With her thoughts in disorder, the girl instinctively turned towards her h to ask for help

Heras if she had come to some sort of decision, she released the illusion was constantly cast on herself

The villagers parted sied in an instant

It was the saoblin corpses that they exterazes were concentrated on theers who had, until yesterday, treated them inti to the words that changed one after another, the confusion in her head increased at an accelerated pace

She looked up in a daze The village chief’s eyes held a cold gaze she had never once seen before until now, and they were full of contempt

……Scary

This terror overshadowed the Ice Goblin she confronted yesterday; those eyes were scary

「As you can see, we are wererabbits I’ure of herthat with her head lowered, she finally understood that the villagers were directing azes toward her

「So what Lucia told us was true……」

「Eh, Lucia did!? That… You’re lying!!」

Lucia had promised yesterday She had said she would keep it a secret

She surveyed her surroundings, wanting to be told that it was a lie Her childhood friends stood aers

However, the one she was looking for wasn’t there

Looking this way as though he was looking at trash was her other childhood friend, Keril And then, trying to cuddle close to hi seen by the boy, was Lucia’s figure

「Wh…y…? Didn’t you say you would keep it a secret!!」

「Eep!! Keril…」

When the girl spontaneously cried out, Lucia clung to Keril whilst putting on a frightened facade

「Lucia, it’s alright so calently and then glared at the girl with an even harsher look

「Oi, don’t torment Lucia any more than this!! I couldn’t believe it when I first heard, but you really are the worst!! I ed you!!」

「Wha!? Just what…」

「Don’t play du fro her!! She cried, saying you threatened her into silence with that beastman power of yours「

「Wha…」

She realised that her words had actually ceased, that she had becohts had stopped as though the very existence of words inside her e chief, I don’t care what happens to me, however, please… Won’t you please spare this child? At least, at least until this child reaches her 18th birthday…」

Throughout that, Maris hugged her daughter with her head lowered

Maris had decided to do this yesterday when she heard the story frohter would be unable to flee the village while bringing her, as she had a weak constitution However, she clearly understood that her daughter would, no matter what she said, never leave her behind and escape Thus, Maris frantically bowed her head for her daughter’s sake

「Please, so!! This filthy beast!!」

What Maris faced in reply were abusive words and stones picked up off the ground

「That’s right, stop joking around!!」

「You’ve been deceiving us this whole ti!!」

「An ani other people!!」

Once the first person started, cutting insults and pebbles continued to rail incessantly down on the two

「Please, just this child…!?」

「Mother!!」

A largish rockhit Maris on the forehead, causing her to bleed

The girl reflexively covered her h to protect her

The illusion on the girl was also released amid the extreirl siirl’s ed to recover somehow, but she lost the physical tenaciousness of a beastman and became a mere shadow of her former self She eakened to the extent where she would be wounded by having rocks thrown at her by ordinary villagers with no training experience whatsoever

「Stop, stop it everyone, STOP ITTTT!!」

The girl’s wailing echoed throughout the village square, but it was repressed with a wave of jeers

「Shut up, the spawn of a monster should stay silent!!」

「Don’t speak with the words of humans, you beast」

「Die, why are you alive, hurry up and die already!!」

Creak, crack She understood that a dark fissure was for struck with the pointed stake from before

[Daily: Metaphorically]

Why? What’s the reason? No, it hurts; her heart hurt more than her body

When she looked around fro rocks in support of the villagers, not toat her with an intense look She also saw Lucia clutching at Keril’s sleeve while hiding behind hi smile on her face

And then her head, body, and heart finally understood

She had been betrayed She had been betrayed, she had been betrayed, she had been betrayed, she had been betrayed!!

「Why, why…」

Tears welled up The stones hailing down on her body had driven a wedge in her cracked heart Right before her heart completely broke, the momentum of the rain of stones stopped

「What is this commotion about!?」

The ones who appeared were the e

The men seemed to have returned froh it wasn’t ame

「Fa…ther… sniffle Father!!」

Despite her vision being blurred with tears, she still saw her father airl felt reassured; she would be saved with this Her father was an influential e and was expected to be its next chief

Relief swelled inside her when she saw hiers Ah, she was sure to be saved with this…

「You’re wrong!! I have nothing to do with this, I didn’t know!!」

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When she turned around, her world was turned upside-down It warped and collapsed