Chapter 168 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 147

The dark night was scary.

A night with no moon, but I was relieved as I was in my older sister’s futon.

「Hnn…I guess it’s not so special to just be related to one of them, she’s not a 『target.』」

Sister, where is my sister?

Without sister, food doesn’t taste good. I have no one to braid my hair.

Sister…sister…

But…I have to work hard for my sister. That’s all I remember.

「Well, Kaori, do your best. It’s okay, it won’t hurt, it’ll be over soon.」

A dark room. A narrow room. A room with a slight smell of mildew.

Hey, sister, where are you?

Hey, sister, where did you go?

I’m going to do my best, the best as I can. I’m going to hang in there. I’ll do anything just so I can find you sister.

That’s why…please…sister.

Come back, hold me, stroke my hair, tell me you love me.

「I’ll do my best so I can find my sister again.」

Hey…sister.

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Cold, dark, frigid, dirty.

Why, why am I…closed in a room like this?

「Noo…this kid’s no good. I guess this 『 target』is not a『target』after all…she didn’t respond as well as we expected from her magical test, no, it seems she’s outside the requirements for this… Sigh, no good, well, maybe not outside of being a『target』so much as 『failed』, I think.」

「『….a…e…sh…a』」

From my own mouth, I heard my hoarse voice emerge.

No, this wasn’t a voice, but just air that spilled out.

I mean, I had no way to speak anyway.

「Ah, it’s okay, as long as she has strength, we can experiment with little Kaori even if she won’t work. She had a poor reaction, but more than most normal people had with magical power tests. Ah, our ancestors were right. Hee hee, all of them are fools, unknowing fools, and because they don’t have the qualities necessary they’re all jealous, but they’ll pay!」

A strange, evil laugh with a voice mixed in static.

Oh yeah, my ears were ruined long ago.

「Hee hee hee, phew… well, let’s begin the test. If we improve your ability, there will be a lot of magical power we can take in the end. Aren’t you happy? You’re going to be the stepping stone for me to become a great magician!」

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Broken, broken, broken!

Everything, everything, everything was broken by them!

Why, no, why did this happen?

「Well, today we’ll try the ceremony. If we’re successful, we’ll be able to see the spirits. And, we might leave the present world, but you don’t want to see this cruel world anymore, do you?!」

No, nooo, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

「『…a…..n….a…..』」

Help! Someone help!

Mai! Satomi! Anyone!

Get me out of here! Father! Mother! I want to go home!

「Well, there’s nothing to fear. Let the ceremony…begin.」

Someone…helpppp…

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「Damn! Damn! Damn! Aaaahhhhhghhhhhh!!」

I spared no expense in making this underground chamber.

Now that I have come so far, just one more step, and then to be betrayed.

「That stupid fool! Why the hell did this happen.」

In a dimly lit room, I lost the chains suppressing my anger while others watched and I just went crazy.