Vol 3 Chapter 2 (1/2)
LEVEL 3: Even the Best Laid Plans go Awry, but Such is This World
Chapter 2: Coincidence
After returning to Altana, selling the loot, splitting the profit, eating dinner, heading back to the now fa a bath, and returning to his room, Haruhiro was ready for bed Except that he didn’t feel like going to sleep right away The la from the wall had already been put out Besides the two straw-stuffed bunk beds, that la in the bare-bones room
Haruhiro wanted to say goodbye to the lodge and find a better place to stay It wasn’t as if they were financially incapable of this, but for some reason he still found himself undecided Haruhiro rolled over onto his side as he lay on the top bunk Mogzo was on the bottom bed of the opposite bunk while Ranta occupied the top The bed under Haruhiro was empty
A roo three In the beginning, there had been a full four Haruhiro started to whisper the name of their dead companion but stopped He started to climb down
“Haruhiro?” Mogzo asked from the opposite bunk “Are you okay?”
Ranta was snoring lightly, already asleep
“Uh…” He couldn’t co? No, nothing’s wrong Not really…”
As soon as the words were out of hislike, “I’ of it sooner
“Are you leaving?” Mogzo pressed
“Ah, no Just… going outside For some air,” Haruhiro replied
He was just saying the first thing that cazo didn’t pursue the subject
“Oh, okay then,” Mogzo said
“Yeah It’s been a long day, right? And you sound pretty tired so get some rest, okay?”
“Right Goodnight, Haruhiro”
Haruhiro left the rooet some air, but he eventually decided not to He didn’t really feel like heading out now If Mogzo had decided to chat with hi, he probably wouldn’t have had to leave the room in the first place A part of Haruhiro wished that he had taken the opportunity to talk with Mogzo
But he couldn’t
Why? Haruhiro thought he knew exactly why, but at the same time couldn’t cozo, even knowing Mogzo was a really decent huzo wouldn’t repeat anything they talked about to others But the ability to keep quiet wasn’t the main issue
Haruhiro wandered into a hallway on the lodge’s first floor and sluainst a wall An ancient-looking laht, so it wasn’t pitch black, but it also wasn’t enough for the hall to be considered well-lit
It wasn’t like he could talk about it even if it had been so that if he talked to Yu weird And shi+horu… now that he thought about it, he’d never had any sort of serious conversation with shi+horu before He couldn’t even iine what a private conversation with her would be like
What about Mary? She would definitely lend hi in her wasn’t necessarily a good thing Part of it was that he didn’t want to rely on her toobrat, but there was another reason too
Because Mary had joined their party afterward, Haruhiro got the feeling that Mary so for ways to contribute in order to pay it off Haruhiro didn’t want her to think that he was capitalizing on those feelings Butit
He didn’t even understand why he felt so confused So far, they had been fortunate enough to avoidsituations If luck hadn’t been with them this entire time, they would all be dead by now They had been extreht with Mary’s former co hiood and bad luck always balanced out
Maybe he was just dissatisfied He was constantly thinking about the tea his choices and considering everything, all for the sake of his co life without a worry in the world All they had to concern the better equiper, they were still the bottom of the barrel as far as reserve force soldiers went Just because they had killed Deathpatch, and Keht them a round of drinks, it didn’t
Because it wasn’t their fighting ability or skill that had defeated Deathpatch, but sheer duet
Why didn’t any of the others understand so that simple? It was only Haruhiro Only Haruhiro realized that it was pure blind luck that had saved thes like this? Overconfidence was dangerous and led to horrible things The others should understand that, but everyone was…