Chapter 212: Drowsiness of the Victor (1/2)
“I understand… Makoto-kun pushed away my serious emotions of the several millions of lives that I have been entrusted with From what I was shown, I felt like he was a lot more scary than that Goddess” (Hibiki)
After Makoto left froe, Hibiki was left alone
A self-depreciating mutter came from her mouth
“I am seriously the type that stuht with Io
Re the invitations she did to Mio and Lime, Hibiki makes a wry ss were slipping fro
The wind passes in between the fingers of her opened hand
She felt as if it was a feeling similar to this
Her self-depreciation continued
“If we lose to the deainst Tooes haywire, it will be the end too huh What an incredible situation The last one has a narrow chance of hope though A world without the Goddess huh… Thinking about the current state, it willera with the flood of the se the fact that it will be despairing” (Hibiki)
A disastrous ie appears in the ainst the de the E aside fro all that would Hibiki finally be able to begin with her objective
Just like what she said about it being an incredible situation, it is practically close to impossible
Even so, Hibiki can’t just withdraw
“Even so, I have to doin me, many have died For the sake of my objective, I have killed many There’s also people like Naval that have sacrificed thele” (Hibiki)
As an awakened one froe the conception of others into power
Because of that point as well, she is aware of the innus that have been placed on her
The lives that have been entrusted to her, and the lives she has taken ahile having those in hts
Hibiki felt that she has the obligation to do her best until the last moment of her life
That’s why she can’t just push them aside
Even if the other party is sos
“Seriously…being a hero is quite the hile position” (Hibiki)
For Hibiki, the Goddess is the person that has provided her with this environratitude towards her
But that’s all there’s to it
Hibiki’s impresion of her was like that of the first person that had found her
Sadly to say, she is a type that is hard to respect as a superior, and there’s several problems with her as well
But as a numerical value, she provides benefits, so it is someone that can’t be cut off and there’s no choice but to just accept it
It is sohs
“Hah…If I could change the religion I a, I think it would be easier to have Makoto-kun instead of the Goddess Even if he were to be treated as a God, by using the front of worshi+pping, it can be hidden in s, the only strong reactions I got from him ith the Goddess, and…his discrimination towards hyumans He doesn’t have a purpose That boy doesn’t even have the intention of founding a nation If he at least had so like that…” (Hibiki)
Hibiki could tell that the options for the future would increase a lot
If Makoto were to beco a nation, the hyunore it
Because it would be a big problenate this hatred-filled war in order to deal with it
Anyone that has seen his poould be able to tell
Because it would mean that a country that surpasses all the currently existing countries in military poill be born all of a sudden
At the very least, in the time that Makoto and his close aides are alive, they wouldn’t be able to enter a full-out ithout that country, is what Hibiki thought
“He doesn’t have the intentions to beco or a God either Because of that, his inability for authority is unconsciously showing, and thinks that the Goddess is an eneround I seriously don’t understand hiround
Hibiki sits in the cold corridor
“My legs gave out…but that’s a given, right? If I ht now at this place Not onlythe fear huh” (Hibiki)
An absolute strength
Currently for Hibiki, that’s exactly what Misus loosened, Hibiki’s body reminded her that
What she wanted to ask, her invitation, and also, the confrontation she feared
For Hibiki, the conversation just noas so on thin ice
(He is already not in a dimension where I can think of him in human standards Earthquake, tsunaainst hi as it is sonore it Seriously, he has become quite the monster) (Hibiki)
Hibiki then notices
That within herself, two things began to bother her
The first one is so that she had already expected
They were her own emotions after all
(Then why I don’t obey him? If it’s just in military power, he surpasses that of a country; a monster in the skin of a human No matter what Limia tries to do, they probably wouldn’t be able to beat him Then there should be no other choice but to curry his favor, and yet…) (Hibiki)
The lights of the land near the castle she was looking at were few, and as she saw therow sparse, Hibiki sunk into silence
(…I see It is hatred I can’t forgive the dees, killed many hyumans, and also my comrade…Naval as well Ah, maybe that’s why) (Hibiki)
Hibiki nodded a few ti the important, but difficult to do
When those emotions turn so natural that they seemer deep into yourself, it beco the death of a comrade is also a different matter
Hibiki finally understood why she didn’t choose to completely curry favor on Makoto
(Of course, I have killed many of them as well Within them, there should have been people with comrades, family, and lovers Even so, I hate the demon race I see…so this is how it feels to be a concerned party Is the hatred of war so so troublesome?) (Hibiki)
Hibiki was surprised that within her deepest self, hatred towards the demon race had piled up
It is true that the demon race is the enemy, and there’s no doubt that they are a hateful ene her this ht she had it so
(To curry the favor of Makoto-kun, I would have to affirm his ideals even if it is only on the outside In other words, it would become hard to continue the war That’s why I…) (Hibiki)
In other words, she wished for the continuation of the war
With her hand covering her mouth, Hibiki’s pair of eyes opened wide
(That’s why I can’t I want to bring down ht Until I kill Io, I…) (Hibiki)
Thinking about the reason why she wanted the war to continue, she reached an answer
In the end, it was an incredibly personal reason, and Hibiki was ah it was not funny at all, she felt a laugh co out fro stopped, but Hibiki didn’t stand up and was sitting just like that
She was thinking about the other thing that was bothering her
(I…what did I feel a sense of discoht of Makoto-kun as a e’! He said that when the world goes into chaos and turns into an End of the Century era, they could just go take refuge for a while Why is there a need to take refuge? There’s no doubt that the world will fall into great chaos if the Goddess is defeated But it is not a situation where individuals with power or organizations would take refuge If it’s the Kuzunoha Company, it is realistically possible to even be able to beco refuge) (Hibiki)
That word co made Hibiki feel a sense of discomfort
(Just that, when it coe Refuge huh A safe place In other words, he has a place where no matter if the world has fallen into chaos, he is able to secure safety That wouldn’t be his store In the variant incident at Rotsgard, the Kuzunoha Coe won’t be spared from the chaos) (Hibiki)
Hibiki lists out the places where Makoto has connections with
Because she wanted to grasp even if a little bit more information of Makoto and his tendencies
(! There is The place that he arrived in when he came to this world The border of the world If he has a base in the deepest parts of that wasteland, it would signify that it is safe They would be able to cut themselves away and live peacefully for years For hi the chaos his out the e where she went to train temporarily in
She tries to remember as many stories of bases in the wasteland as possible
And then, she arrives at one answer
In the first place, those kind of talks are rare, and by elimination process, it was plenty possible to arrive at ‘that’ place
“…The Mirage Town I don’t want to think it is possible, but could it be, that’s the base of Makoto-kun -of the Kuzunoha Coe Town that a few nue have heard of
In the end, Hibiki returned to Li to that town
But the ht about it, the closer she felt the relation between Kuzunoha Coe town located somewhere in the wasteland If that’s his base, his first store being in Tsige begins to look like a splendid decoy The wasteland is his base and has set up a store at Tsige That’s right, if he already had a base by the tie…” (Hibiki)
Hibiki noticed one other scary thing
Her words stop unconsciously
(For a base, the wasteland is just far WAY too far! A base needs to be in a place where one can return in a short amount of time His Majesty and prince Joshua said this when they returned fro distance teleportation that the Kuzunoha Co on… That’s a lie It hasn’t been broken They don’t use the merchant transportation -distance teleportation Because they are able to take refuge after all) (Hibiki)
Hibiki doesn’t know of Asora
She does know that there’s a e town somewhere in the vast border of the world
It would be impossible for her to be able to predict a parallel space, so even if it’s not a perfect correct answer, it was a guess that was close to what Makoto’s base is
(If he is able to do business in this world while ignoring distance coical how he is able to have a store and has allowance to do peddling around the whole world Yeah Kuzunoha Company is like the Goddess, if I were to consider theether… They declared that they didn’t have interest in the war, so there’s many ways to deal with this) (Hibiki)
Hibiki thinks about how she will be interacting with the Kuzunoha Co the way to progress in the ith the dehtly different from the request of Waterfall, but if I have Makoto-kun co the world, it is still salvageable If we are able to bring the advantages of Kuzunoha Co as the de move in the time that the Goddess is still okay, there’s the chance that it will turn advantageous for us But well, the demon race is also hostile to the Goddess, so there’s not much for me to worry about in this part huh)
Hibiki stands up
She walks towards the opposite direction of the passage that Makoto walked away in
Even when she knew Kuzunoha Coree, her eyes didn’t show the light of giving up, it reflected strength
Makoto and Hibiki’s conversation, and Hibiki’s ue That one act had ended
At one of the castle’s spires pretty far away fro there
It is the roof portion of the spire that shouldn’t have people to begin with
The girl that was eavesdropping at the whole conversation of Makoto and Hibiki, first smiled with her mouth, and it spread all the way to her eyes
“Ufufufu, a breakdown That’s a given-desu Waka-sa about the current state was sione well”
Makoto’s follower, Mio
Mio had created a flohere it would lead to Makoto and Hibiki’s conversation, and induced it
But she didn’t manipulate the result, and didn’t interfere in it either
Mio was able to read to a certain degree as going to happen if they were to clash their opinions
“When I heard Tomoe-san’s assessment of Hibiki, it came to me That it would be fine; that Waka-sama and her are not compatible It is Hibiki who doesn’t knohat’s beneath, and Waka-sama who, in a sense, only looks from beneath It was an obvious result-desu” (Mio)
The assess that even now Hibiki isn’t aware of, a subconscious part
Fro of the weak
What Tomoe said of Hibiki was that: ‘She doesn’t understand the standing of the absolute weak Because that girl believes that if they do their best, they will be able to bring about results-ja No ht, she doesn’t know that there are people that can only be weak Well, she herself can do anything she tries to do, so since she is young, thinking that way can’t be helped~’
And in truth, that’s what Hibiki thinks
If you try till death, people will be able to bring about some results
Of course, there’sabout ‘some’ results, but in society, there’s also a part that can’t do anything no matter what they try
Not only the environment and the talent, there’s also cases where there’s external pressure they can’t go against
But Hibiki, who clearly has not been a concerned party of these cases and even in Earth was born in a blessed household in japan and with high talent, speaking about how much she understands of the current state, just like how Tomoe said, it is a part that can’t be helped
On the other hand, Makoto doesn’t hold the point of view of a strong one
Even in the parts of position and responsibility, he doesn’t understand in what stage he should be standing in
Without any jokes and exaggeration, a responsibility that fits the strength of Makoto would be to act while thinking about the whole world in itself
“It is because the more she learns, the more she doesn’t understand That’s why, Hibiki is cautious towards Waka-sa hi to do is to exclude Waka-sama as much as possible from the war But Waka-sa in a truly gleefulsiht felt like it had erous beauty
“That’s because Waka-sama doesn’t care if it’s hyuman of demi-human after all He would help out the demi-humans that are troubled, but that’s all What’s ie is his own circle And from the hyumans that I have seen, there was an abundance of idiots, so his preference turned into demi-humans, that’s all It is so sie-desu wa” (Mio)
Mio looks at the true character of Makoto in that way
That’s correct