90 [2-24] You dont get it right. (1/2)

The little children were frolicking, despite their hunger.

With their voices in the background, Wilfred bites into a loaf of stone-like bread.

Seeing this, Panira (Rene) gulped down the spit that welled up in her mouth repeatedly.

I thought I was the most unhappy person in the world until just now. But when I heard Panira's story, I felt ......

Did it make you feel like you weren't the only one?

No, not really. ......

Looking down at the wreckage of the bread, Wilfred mutters, ”I got scared.

I got scared. I was scared. ...... Thinking that I was unhappy made me feel like I was doing something ...... horrible. ...... I didn't want to be that person who hates. I don't want to be that kind of person who holds a grudge.

I don't want to be that person who holds a grudge.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that Panira was a bad person.

”Well, that's okay.

It's more of a compliment.

She's a demon king type girl who likes to be scared.

You don't hate me?

...... I hate you. I've never been so angry in my life.

I'm not sure what to make of it.

Wilfred's fingers dug into the hard bread.

A feeling of anger smoldered in his heart.

But then I imagined ...... myself killing all the people who disgusted me and holding a bloodstained sword. Then I got scared of myself.

People instinctively hesitate to attack their own kind.

On the contrary, even attacking a humanoid demon seems to cause psychological resistance.

Not everyone can kill with impunity.

Not everyone can hold a grudge that transcends their instincts.

Wilfred threw the rest of the bread into his mouth and chewed it, looking up at the sky for a while.

He looked up at the sky for a moment, chewing on a piece of bread. ”Do not wield a sword for revenge. A sword is for protecting people, that I'm sure Master would say that.

”Master?

I'm sure that's what a master would say. He is not a swordsmanship teacher, but a spiritual master. ......

I don't even know his name, but he was an amazing person who risked his life to fight demons and protect us. I don't know if he's alive now. ...... No, if he's as strong as his master, he must be alive.

I hope to see him again someday. So, ...... I'm going to get as strong as I can by then and ask him to fight me. I'm going to make sure I get one and make him roar!

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I'm sorry ......, that was irrelevant.

--Swordsmith.

I'm not sure what to say.

I'm not sure what to say, but I'm sure you'll understand.

I also understand ....... You're afraid to hold a grudge.

I know what you mean,” said Eunice, who had been listening intently to Wilfred.

”I used to hate the bandits who destroyed my village, too. For a long time, I was filled with hatred. ......

But one day, I looked in the mirror and saw a ...... demon. It was my own face, but it looked like something else. ......

I still can't forgive those bandits. But I've stopped letting it fill my heart with hate. First of all, hating won't help.

Eunice said quietly, as if she was reading a story to him.

The pain in her heart was palpable to Panira. It's hard to even remember, and it's even harder to hold a grudge. It's just painful and it's not going to help. That's what Eunice thought.

Someone has to be angry at the unreasonable. But you can't be happy when you're angry.

Suddenly, a warm voice came to her mind, and Panila (Rene) felt her heart tighten.

She swallowed down the unrelieved bitterness and sank it deep into her heart, seeking a peaceful life.

I'm sure there are people who would be happy with that.

I wonder what happened to Rene at ....... What is certain is that he can no longer do anything but run down the path of revenge filled with the stench of blood and rot. We don't know yet what the end will be. But if we stop, only the worst is yet to come.

Everything is so different from Wilfred and Eunice.

--This is no time to be sentimental. I've got to do what I've got to do.

Yeah. I'll give you a reading. Maybe it'll tell you what to do.

Panera, is that it again?

Panila (Rene) came up with a rather mischievous idea.

In fact, I was going to give her a letter saying that an adult stranger had told me to deliver it to Wilfred.

”Divination?

Panilla (Rene) pulls out a set of fortune telling cards from her pocket and thrusts them at Wilfred, who looks at them quizzically.

Panilla had picked them up on the street. Panilla's favorite pastime is to use these cards to tell fortunes to anyone and everyone.

After spreading out the cards on the upright barrel, Panilla (Rene) shuffled them into a bunch again and then handed them to Wilfred.

Yes, cut these. Do you know how to cut a card?

You don't have to believe me. You don't have to believe me. Fortunes don't always come true.

Not really. You can read something a hundred years in the future and it will come true.

Panila (Rene) retorted to Eunice's admonishing tone.

I don't know now whether Earth's fortune-telling was really correct or not, but in this world where magic exists, fortune-telling is not to be taken lightly.