Vol 2 Chapter 11 (2/2)
“Seriously…? This thing’s getting itself comfortable on me… what the hell…”
{Imp imp imp… keehehehe… imp imp imp… keehehehe… imp!}
“Quitfun of me, Zodiak!”
{Die! Die now, die now! Be taken by Lord Skulheill! Taken taken taken!}
“Don’t say scary things like that…”
{Wimp… imp… eeehehehehe… imp imp imp imp imp!}
“Still imp at the end there, huh…”
He wasn’t alone He had Zodiak with hi to hi
“This thing stinks… gross…”
It was no use trying to deny it so he wor inside the pigwor, but if he left, he risked getting caught by one of the elders on patrol If it was a one-on-one fight against an elder, Ranta was pretty sure he could do it He could win He was powerful enough
But he was fatigued, too He didn’t want to waste his strength If he went all out, he could easily take down one,a break now Even a fearless, dauntless Dread Knight needed a break once in a while
The plan would be to rest, recover his strength, and then get
“Gotta get outta here on my own…”
Mogzo Yume shi+horu Mary… Haruhiro Everyone’s faces suddenly appeared in hisOr rather, he couldn’t bring himself to believe that they’d come back for him
Ranta gave a short, huuys hate ”
But why? Why does everyone hate me? No one could recall their pasts, so he didn’t understand the reason at all Maybe it was because he just couldn’t kiss ass and pretend to like it Itnice to people or to be considerate of the that he didn’t think was true… he wouldn’t do it even if someone threatened to pull his teeth out
And even if he did think so was true, there were still loads of tihts unsaid He supposed his behavior would piss some people off He was never unaware of that; now and then, the thought crossed his mind There’s no way it wouldn’t have
But even though he knew, he couldn’t stop hi hi so him, was out of the question He didn’t want people to like him because of a fake persona
And he was fine with not being liked If people wanted to hate hi to hate Those who understood hiht And there had to be a few people out there who understood his… his what? His value? So like that
People ould accept hiive credit where credit was due, they had to be out there too So it was fine Those who didn’t understand hi But even so, weren’t they all companions? Ranta was part of the team too
In his oay, he had been contributing to the team this entire time, and he intended to continue He believed that, sooner or later, the others would understand that They would coed his ie
Ranta realized that they hadn’t gotten to that point yet Not enough tio on ahead, leave this to
“But that’s…”
Yes Anyone would have done it, if the chance came It was the natural course of action, for a man There was no choice but to do it A man who didn’t do it couldn’t be considered a ht have done it If Ranta were a girl, he kneould probably still do it
He just wished that… the chance had come a little later After his companions realized just hoesome he was It would have been so badass, if the chance to do THAT came only after they had fully and unquestionably realized how indispensable he was to the tea his eyes out Mogzo would have bawled And the girls, every one of them would have fallen in love with him
There’s no e can leave our precious Lord Ranta behind! they would say Everyone, we have to save his would have been for sure
But it was too soon The time had come too soon
“Which means that I’m way ahead of the times…?”
Or ah But no, he couldn’t count on everyone co to save him He had to find a way out of here on his own
{Die! Keehehehehe! Die imp! Die die die! Keehehehehe… imp imp imp!}
The deht to the heart His Dread Knight guild master had once said, “A deht that calls it”
You’ve got to be fucking joking, hat Ranta wanted to screa His master wasn’t here now, but Ranta was sure that if he ever doubted his master’s words, he would still be killed on the spot That was how scary the man was
“Which I guessat hiraced his face
I can do this, I’ll be fine, Ranta told himself You’ll see, Haruhiro I’llsurprised, you can fall to your knees before me…