Volume 2 Chapter 21 (2/2)

（…It does seem like it could work The delanced at the dey fro taken aback It seeured that it had no choice but to attempt it even if I did

Either way, it looked like I had enough time to finish what I’d come to do before it healed

「Shuria, I’m here today because I wanted to hand you a sort of offer」

I absorbed the y I poured into the【Heart Flame Ghost Blade,】forced her off of me, and then turned to face her

She ended up falling onto her hands and knees as I pushed her away

「I’ve got a good idea of what that bitch did to you and I think I know exactly how you’re feeling right now You hate her You want vengeance You can’t help but want to tear her apart with your oo hands, right?」

An expression of displeasure found its way onto her face the lared at nized and knew very well

She was pissed, pissed that so like he understood her, pissed that soh they clearly couldn’t

「And I’m sure you feel the way about that demon over there You want to be a part of its fall, its demise」

I hit the nail on the head She and I had a lot in common, but eren’t accoh our backstories were near identical, ere incapable of truly feeling each other’s pain

And that would reardless of how many conversations we had

「But as you are now, you’re powerless You can’t do anything to it regardless of how injured it is」

「I-I know, but I still—」

I interrupted her by sending a wave of h to attack her instincts and force her doith brute physical force

「It’s a pity, but still the truth At this rate, you won’t be able to do a thing, not to the demon, nor to Yu you even the slightest bit of involvement I could care less about how you feel, or what she’s done to you There’s no reason for hhhh!」

Shuria leapt at h bloodlust her way to repel her

The attack wasn’t one she’d thought through or planned She sinize et in her way To be frank, it was ed her with ease, grabbed her by the back of her collar, dropped her to the ground, and pressed one of hh… Get off of , Shuria? It’s because you lacked knowledge You didn’t knoould happen because you were too naive to think far enough ahead, too green」

「…」

「You were too lacking, both in strength and willpower The world you live in is a horrible place You can’t get by believing in it or its people’s kindness What you need is doubt, a blanket of doubt that covers every last fibre of your being」

「…ow already」

「You tried too hard to believe in the people around you You clung too hard to the concept of trust And look at you now, look what it’s done They played you for a fool, and only because you let them You washed your own suspicions away and tricked yourself into thinking everything was fine, all because you wanted to think could ”trust” her And that, that’s why you’re here right now That’s why your life has beco hell You weren’t a bad person; you didn’t anything you shouldn’t have But it was still your fault Here you are, at rock bottolected your responsibilities, because you wanted to trust her」

「I know! I know that already, and I don’t need you telling it to me!」

Her eyes blazed with a dark, fiery passion

A pitch black conflagration had lit itself within her, one she had no idea how to expel

「Hurts, doesn’t it? How about this, I’ll lift eance」

「fuck… off!! Yuet you out of here if you give up on her I really do feel sorry for you, so I’ll even give you some cash You can find a place for yourself out in the countryside and live the rest of your life out in peace」

「Screw off! How’s that any different fro dead!?」

Madness filled her voice as she continued

「I’ et about all the pain she’s caused!」

Shuria loosed an almost bestial shout, a proclamation that she’d eance

All reason had left her

Her screahtest bit of rationality

Her tantrum was almost like that of a newborn’s Within it was the unshakeable will to live, to truly live

No, it wasn’t like a newborn’s

It was a newborn’s

Her cry had signified the birth of an insurgent, a renegade with naught but her own desires at heart

「I see」

She rolled to the side, bared her fangs, and bit at htest shred of hesitation the moment I lifted if off her back

There was no th

「You sure are a reckless one, huh?」

「Why… aren’t you fighting back?」

At first, she was suspicious of an to slacken

「Because I deserved it It was just for confir bullshi+t at you, and I know it」

「…」

She continued to stare at ure out my intentions, her eyes filled with suspicion

「Have you already forgotten the first thing I said? I’m here to recruit you, Shuria」

「Re…cruit…?」

「Exactly」

I squatted down in front of her now that she’d finally stopped struggling, and looked her straight in the eyes

「You said you would rather die than forget your vengeance And so, Shuria, I have an offer for you」

I extended a hand towards her

「Would you like to be reborn, here and now?」

I paused for a

「Won’t you join eance’s path?」

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