Chapter 129 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 108

In the boarding house in Dartlas, the noon bells from the church rang outside.

One night went by, two nights went by, but master didn’t wake up.

After the whole affair, master had depended on us more. So Shuria and I took turns attending to master’s needs.

「…master.」

Master was lying on the bed, and I touched his cheek.

There were still closed wounds on his cheeks.

「…」

Compared to when he had fallen over, the color of his face had improved.

The first night he looked really bad, but after time had passed, the color of his face improved slightly.

It seemed like he would open his eyes at any moment, as his quiet breathing echoed in the room.

「You’re okay, okay, okay…」

His heartbeat seemed to soften as if he were listening to my words.

I really hated this. Really.

It was the same feeling as when my mother died.

I knew that there was no danger to his life. However, it still made me remember her.

She became thin, got weaker and weaker, and finally drew her last breath through her smiling lips.

I couldn’t do anything for her at that time. Well, now too.

I hate being powerless.

「…hm?!」

「Master?!」

Then, my master opened his eyes.

My heart seemed to float into my throat as I a feeling of relief flooded my body to the extent that I could cry…and I decided from now that I have to stand with him for all time.

No, not have to, want to.

As an avenger, I wanted to spend time with him.

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「Master?!」

「Dammit, what’s with that face?」

I opened my eyes, and Minnalis’ face was in front of me.

I had seen her make that face before.

Even though I wasn’t going to die, she looked worried.

『Are you okay, Kaito? Do you want an apple?』

『Hey, I made you rice porridge. Don’t burn yourself, okay?』

『Brother, I bought you some flan, and jelly. Is the futon keeping you warm? I’ll lie next to you if you need more heat (Mai said).』

Whenever I caught cold, my family would take turns taking care of me.

Her face was exactly the same as theirs.

I grimaced a bit and sat up.

「Master, good. Are you in pain? Do you want to drink something?」

「…don’t worry, I guess it doesn’t matter. How many days have passed?」

「Today is the third day, the noon bell at the church just rang.」

「Okay…I’m hungry. I want to eat a stew thick with meat and vegetables.」

「As you wish, I’ll make it now!!」

「I look forward to it, hup!」

I said as Minnalis shot out of the door, and didn’t hear me.

However, because Minnalis is so serious about everything, at least now I can be alone.

「Hff, ah, ugh.」

I got my body to lie back slowly in the bed again.

My whole body was as heavy as lead, and my joints felt like a rusted metal doll’s that was missing several squirts of oil.

It was a sucky feeling, as someone else’s magical power crawled around inside me.

「No way, I’m still cursed, aren’t I…」

The holy maiden’s curse, her type invokes a holy oath to end my use of the【Sword of Mortal Sin]which is the strongest sword of the spirit blade.

Meteria attacked me, and this type of attack shows it is from her.

The magical force, different from my own, hurt my body, and my resisting said force caused more damage. There was no way to heal the damage until the magic left my body naturally.

Either of the effects was enough of an effect to drive me from the first world.

It goes without saying that the effect on the former and latter me were both really bad.

Using magic is hard enough for me, but my former body in the first run was able to endure the damage.

However, all of these swords from the Mortal Sin series’ repertoire come with a heavy price. And the fact that you would use the Mortal Sin series means that you’re already facing a desperate battle.