Vol 2 Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter 35

Meanwhile, in a hut along thehis fallen subordinates

Bright red wine dripped fro blood-like stains across the floorboards

“Wh… y…”

A beastkin th to reach out to the youth The youth si

“Why? Such is the way of things for everything to continuesmoothly”

Although it was a necessity, even he felt bad for having to go this far

The youth’s goal was to take advantage of Lunéville’s new arena and releasemayhem

The first barrier for hi monsters, but he was able to coh a collaborator

The second barrier was ferrying the monsters into Lunéville

He’d ed to successfully accomplish that thanks to the fact that the youth pretended to be an ever- in and out of town, as well as the fact that Lunéville’s citizens were generally used to peace

However, he hadn’t foreseen that the Branch Vice Manager, someone he’d spoken to about this and that, would suddenly disappear He’d initially thought that theinfor on in town had turned out to make him a beneficial acquaintance

For him, someone as eventually able to enter the toithout any hindrances, the final obstacle was to ferry them into the arena, but while all of this was to make it easier for the youth to escape unnoticed, he was ready to release the monsters immediately if he’d been found out en route

And now, having safely escaped Lunéville, the youth shi+fted over to dealing with the loose ends

In this case, thatthe people involved drink wine that had been laced with poison in order to destroy anything that could connect him to the crime

Although he’d also planted suicide bo unexpected occurred, they hadn’t detected the poison, allowing hi to activate the rather expensive stones, so he was happy about that

Everything was for the sake of constructing a world for humans and humans alone

“And that’s what you lot helped with”

The a into a cold indifference as he looked over his fallen subordinates

They were people who’d grown to resent Lunéville’s prosperity due to the their jobs in other areas of Rondéville

As far as the youth was concerned, nothing of value was lost with their lives They’d actuallyfor him

“Goodbye, you unsightly beasts You’d alanted to die in nature rather than soht?”

A fire lit to battle the cold of winter being left unattended and causing a fire in a hut wasn’t so rare

The youth started to recite the incantation of the only fire ic he could use and—

“Oookay, that’s enough”

“—!?”

—was interrupted by a sudden voice

The youth was surprised by suddenly hearing a voice after not noticing any signals of their arrival, but he quickly ed to recover his composure

“Th-this place is… I’m sorry It looks like so to lay them to rest…”

If one were to judge the youth on his tone and expression alone, most would have believed the youth’s tale

However, this hed

“Kukuh, yeah, sure, sure It loooooks like it”

“… Err, I’m not sure I…”

“I heard everything Saw it, too You can drop the act~”

Claude waved his hand at the youth, who’d started atte to keep up his act, in dismissal

Seeing Claude act so confidently, the youth let out a sigh and looked at Claude once more

His eyes were cold, ridicule pasted on his face

“You’re a huet in et it I hope that you won’t take this the wrong way”

“You know, I can’t just overlook what you perpetrated in Lunéville~”

“… Hmph Even if you catch me, that won’t stop the monsters You should hurry up an—”

—head back to do so about them

Those words never made it past his lips

“… What’s so funny?”

Because he saw Claude holding his ownup and down

Finallyto settle down, Claude spoke

“Sorry, sorry”

Not understanding what theabout, the youth frowned in bewilderment, but the man didn’t seem to be worried at all… rather, his smile seemed to deepen as he continued

“Man, I didn’t think you’d fess up so easy Thanks for the confession, really You saved me a lot of time”

“… Tch—”

The youth reached for the sword at his waist, assu a battle stance

The distance between the to recite an incantation would give hi

In the instant Claude went for his oord, the youth’s blade went for Claude’s neck However—

“… Wha—”

The one to be surprised was the youth

He only realized that his target had ed to unsheathe his sword at some point once his oas repelled

However, in the amount of time it took for his eyes to blink once, steel struck steel and sparks flew The youth’s sas severed practically at the hilt

“Although you choosing to rely on your sword given the distance… going with a thrust was a mistake~”