Vol 2 Chapter 46 (1/2)

Chapter 02-24 ~ Sacrificial pawn’s Hunting

(Chapter 46 of the story, but it’s the 24th chapter of the second arc/volume)

shi+on-san took a step back to avoid the slash ai that appeared after the attack, shi+on closed in on the enemy and launched a counterattack

“Oopsie!”

The kind-looking man(1) evaded the attack in an instant

Even if the wound was sorazed him, and blood came out from the area around his abdomen

“……bastard Didn’t expect so to come”

While still grinning, the man truly understood that the enehtly The ilant and squinted his eyes

“It see about your super unlucky life How unfortunate, such talk is not toI’m so sorry”

shi+on-san readied her katana in a relaxedspirit

Cal her like this, a sense of relief washed over me

Just by looking at her back, I could feeldown

I was struck with a sense of nostalgia Nonetheless, the weight of the tiny life in

“Good gracious You’re probably the scariest person I’ve ever faced so far Ah, what to do”

He stroked his hair while appeared to be playing du onehis expression as if he was unstable

According to his story, he was a veteran who had been wandering frouy with a lot of experience

“ScaringI can tolerate, and finding a way to justify your wrongdoings is so that I hate even ht?”

“That’s sothe truth”

“So? Do you noish to be co-life eneood or evil in war”

“Well, I guess you’re right――!”

While saying that, the kind-looking man inconspicuously took his hand out of his pocket

――a throwing knife!

What’swith an attack when being caught off-guard is definitely notI can do now is to turn around and endure the attack with my back

“――Like I said, I totally understand”

However, shi+on effortlessly struck down the throwing knifebefore I could even htest movement

Even though she was still being vigilant, that exactfor

Fearlessly charging at shi+on-san, the kind-looking man slashed at her

The speed was incomparable to before

――Be that as itis my sister’s forte

The ed to avoid all of thee

“Seriously I never heard that there was such a dom!”

“Hey, let irl like this cos, hoas she even able to escape from you in first place?

shi+on-san began to ask questions while avoiding his attacks

“Ah, that’s because she was a bait Have you ever heard of sniper’s hunting method?”

The talk was in no way an enjoyable one Nevertheless, the expression on his face showed that he was having fun from the bottom of his heart

“First you give someone a wound that e Like shooting their legs for example And then, the rest is si with justice will come and try to save them even if it costs their lives They will then deliberately jue That’s when you have your feast, and simply shoot them Do you understand?”

“I see As expected―――― You trash!+”

shi+on-san stopped evading and took the attack head on

Their swords clashed and got locked together

shi+on-san’s strength is 3

She is not an opponent that you would dare to lock swords with

Onee-chan……is angry

Of course she is

There’s no way she wouldn’t be!

“So basically, you were planning to exploit the fact that she’s protecting someone because it would restrict her movements, and then cut her down just like that Tell , isn’t it!”

“I applaud you Well, truthfully I was just cleaning up those foolish knights For that little girl to have conveniently shown up in front of the fa, we can only blame her bad luck!”

The two continued to lock swords, pushi+ng against each other as though to crush their opponent

“Hey you Did you kill the black guy using the same method?”

“Well, hisa battle, he was bound to lose He was just an amateur who had no place in the battlefield”

The equal sword locking lasted for a feweach other, the two jumped back to a safe distance

I didn’t knohat shi+on-san was thinking when she suddenly sheathed her katana back into the scabbard

She then slowly took a breath

“――There’s no point insleepy here I’ll do the honour of sending you off”

She gripped the katana’s handle with her hand She slightly bent forward and lowered her waist

――Ah, I see It’s Iai!

By attacking straight away the moment the sword leaves the scabbard, in other words a quick draw attack, it gives the opponent no time to react It is the fastest sword technique

It is sometimes even called a ‘close proximity firearms’

shi+on-san launched her Iai strike, coated with level 5 agility

This is…

“……This looks bad”

The kind-looking roan

Seeing his attitude changed like like this, he’s a veteran after all

I watched the breathtaking battle intently as I held the sobbing little girl in my arms

It was so intense that I alot to breathe

As I gazed upon the battle, on the edge of my eyes was――

“――Eh?”

I was so taken aback that I unintentionally let out a dumb voice

shi+on-san see smile

“――Fufu! It seems that the one ill deliver the final bloon’t be me after all”

Even though she was already on the verge of slashi+ng, shi+on-san let go of her katana

Confused, the kind-looking man became wary of shi+on-san He saw ht The moment he turned…

On the other side was……

“Isn’t that obvious――――Don’t just kill me off like that”

He dragged his feet forhile holding his flank which were overfloith blood

Being covered by wounds all over his body, he looked like he was ready to collapse anytime soon

Nevertheless, it was certainly the silhouette of a

“Solt-san!!”(3)

“O, onii-chaaaaaan!!”

“Uait! You can’t go now!”

Hearing the voice of the forirl was ready to jued her tighter

After seeing that the little girl was safe, he looked relieved

How dare he make that face now?

Afterup…

Don’t make us worried, baka!

“Wo obstinate Well, the guys froht Order weren’t much of an obstacle so it’s true that I couldn’t be stuffed checking whether someone was still alive after I cut them up”

With the usual foolish reirl

shi+on-san quickly drew her katana and knocked the knife down once more

Taking advantage of that interval, the man retreated

“Anyhow, leaving you alive troubles me, but that onee-chan is bad news for me So I’ll leave this place to you”

If he decided to attack the man in black, that man would probably be able to finish him off quickly

However, shi+on-san would just cut hi that moment

Knoho of him

But even if he were to escape, where can he escape to in this situation

I thought so, but in reality, the entire city is currently in chaos

Although, if he’s doing reconnaissance for the republic, it’s probably being backed by Orstia

We’re bound to ain sooner or later……

“――We’ll settle this on the battlefield”

Leaving an inappropriate wink as if trying to show off, the man promptly disappeared

I didn’t consider chasing after him

I didn’t feel like doing it

More importantly, the man in black was about to collapse

I approached hiirl

“Onii-chaan!”

He looked like he was about to collapse just by being hugged

Trying to look strong has its limit

“……To think that you would even try to chase after Libra, it’s no joke You’re weak, far too weak!”

Furious at the fact that he would go down and al that left her mouth

“Huuh…”

The man in black looked away in embarrassment

Rather, he looked like he was dying

He was literally dying

The girl seemed to have also realised it as she looked up at me

“Disciple! That, do that! The one that o away!”

I briefly looked at the man in black’s injury

If it’s the current me, I can somehow…

But…

“This is……without a doubt”

I won’t be able to use healing s are safe

“Disciple!”

“Aa, yes, I know It’s all~right There’s nothing iician like me”

I brushed the head of the weeping girl gently I then turned around and looked at shi+on-san

“Onee-chan”

“What’s up”

“I’ll be collapsing soon, so please take care of me, literally”

“Fufu, got it”

Seeing the world’s an the treatment

Iup his clothes

The cut wound was so gruesome that you’d want to look away

Knowing that it would probably be soirl to shi+on-san

It would have beco problerotesque it was

I drew my hand closer to the wounded area

Now, prepare yourself

“Stop I didn’t ask for your help”

The ic would be able to cure him instantly

But――

“If you want to say that…… Be stronger so that you don’t worry anyone else! Be stronger so that you don’t end up wasting anyone’s time! Honestly you’re a bother!!”

Without wasting anyic

――As expected, the wound was deep

I used up quite a lot of stamina

I reatly increased mana

“――Sorry”

“You should say that to someone else”

shi+on-san caught the falling irl turned to look at her brother worriedly

Seeing that, he forced a smile

S is important after all

“――Sorry, Rin”

The girl firmly shook her head

Oh my

What a stupid brother

――It wasn’t long before I passed out

—

It felt like so my hand

Feeling that, I woke up fro slumber

“Uu……n……?”

I saw a dazzling light as I opened my eyes

It wasn’t the light of a ic crystal

It was sunlight

I raised my left hand and tried to strokemy hand so I couldn’t

It was a room I had no memory of

The room was mostly white and looked quite luxurious The curtains on the s also looked soh class

There was only a bit of light passing through the gap of curtain, nevertheless, to the ht was still a little too dazzling

It seeant room

I more or less understood what had happened

But, this isn’t a hospital right?

This is far too luxurious to be a hospital room

Judging fro now

Did I sleep through the whole night?

At least, it doesn’t see several years