Vol 1 Chapter 18 (1/2)
Chapter 18
Snow dancing in the Flames of War
My throat hurts
Breathing is painful
I don't have enough oxygen
And if that wasn't enough, because of that I' breath to boot
Feels like hyperventilation
When doing strenuous activity for a long time, there comes a point where how you breathe out becomes important
And currently I don't have the specs to run long distance to begin with
It's pointless if I can't fight when I reach the city
On the other hand——if I'm too late, it's pointless too
So I desperately ran towards the town, going up in a blaze of fire
”Hah, ha, ha”
After reaching the gates, I stopped, supporting myself on my knees
I was very well aware suddenly stopping like that is not good forbody which didn't want to move another step
Crisis or not, I was at my limit
” no oes, it ends up like this,” Till o of my hand
”Wheeze, wheeze Till?”
I felt like dying already, but Till only looked at me like some insect
Stop it!
You're crushi+ng my heart!
”Weakling Co After this is over, I will drill thee until thou wish thou were dead”
”Wait”
I tried to call her to a stop, but Till only laid a finger on my mouth
”One is not so weak to be worried about by one's disciple Even if one retired long ago Rest a bit before thou come Is that well?”
With those words, Till ran through the air into town
”Ha, ha disciple?”
No, more importantly this endurance
In an e with it!
Heal would be pointless, wouldn't it
Oh well, I can only reh breath to be able to walk again
DAMMIT!
Weakeakweak!!
What's with this weakness, I'est at all!
I allocatedthat to use, or not, depends on me now
But this body's unreliability pisses me off!
”O kay I'm fine”
While breathing with heaving shoulders, I put one foot before the other
I have to, protect Aunty
In place of, shi+on-san and Uncle—————
I'd known
For a while even
But after entering the town, that ied into certainty
The blood and the screaht be to the edge of puking
Robbing, killing, burning
This
Is this so!!?
”Aunty”
Cutting across the main street, I hurried home
So far, I hadn't run into a bandit since entering the city
There were so around, but it ithout thinking as behind those
Anyway, home!
Whippingbody forward, I hurried home
Like that, I finally arrived
It wasn't burning but the door was open!
The anxiety almost crushed me
My reasoning came up with all the bad scenarios
I basically jumped inside—————
”—————————Aunty?”
There were two people
In the living roohed with shi+on-san, Uncle and Aunty, in the living room where we'd bantered, there were two people
One was a bandit in boorish clothes with a blood-stained those round swords, a scimitar?
Anyway, he had a blood-stained weapon in his hand
And the other————a figure lying on the floor that I kneell
”Y”
The world turned red before my eyes
”What!? A! There was such a beauty left!? Lucky!”
Seeing hted
Disgusting!
”———You're dead!! You animaaal!!”
”Argh!?”
With a single thought, I releasedtowards me
Without restraint, without regret, without mercy, only with clear intent to kill
Even without the incantation, the effect is enough
With one strike, I sent him to hell
I didn't feel anything about it
I wordlessly walked towards the fallen bandit———and stepped on his head
What should I do?
What should I do!?
I haven't had enough
I haven't killed enough!!
I want to tear him to shreds!!
””
My eyes fell onto the scimitar in the bandit's hands
”I'll cut you to pieces”
I grabbed the blood-stained scimitar and———
”D don't do it Alice chan”
”!?”
I dropped it
Who gives a damn about murder weapons
With all my power, I turned around
”Don't get sed up”
”Aunty!”
Even with blood flowing out of her chest, Aunty s warmth
She's alive!
She was still alive!
”Run away Alice chan cough”
Aunty had been stabbed in the chest
Her heart was probably alright, but it was in that area
No, if her lungs overfloith blood!
”I won't run! I'll save you! As long as you're alive!”
Focus
This time, it's okay if you collapse
”————Goddess of earth, grant co breath!!!”
I poured theinto the stabbed chest
One moment later, dizziness assaulted me
The wound was too deep
Uncles had been nothing in comparison
I feltdrained to the bone
Probably, Heal is lower class
Mages don't specialize in healing, I can't help it
That's right, I can't help it
I can't help it
But with ”I can't help it” is not enough for Aunty's life!
”I'll definitely!”
They are the saviors that tookabout me
Uncle, Aunty, shi+on-san
Without this family, I'd definitely be dead by now
Like I'd let so to them!
”Oh? What's this? There were some women after all!”
”Seriously?”
”——”
T bandits cah the entrance
This was the worst
Cancel———yeah, like I can do that!
I' for every second here!
I have no ti!
”Please leave! Right now I don't have the time to deal with you!”
I was about to fall unconscious to begin with
To rely bit my lip
It hurt too much
That taste of blood and the pain somehow bound me to reality
”Hehe, now this is a good woman!”
”Hya, don't stay there, play with us!”
With vulgar laughs, they came closer
What should I do!
I really don't have time to deal with you now!
”I'll take you on later, so please, leave us alone right now!”
I wanna die, really!
I should've learned Double Cast!
No, just how much has Cast Time Reduction saved me already?
And before that, right now I' my hands full with heal, there's no way I have room for Double Cast!
”Can't have that, ht? That makes now our chance, doesn't it”