Chapter 27 (1/2)
Twenty-one days of borrowed time left
I didn't see anyone else onControl roo power to the hall
I was prepared to eliminate anyone who saw me, but that didn't mean I would happily carry out an indiscriminate mass murder Still… all the same, I felt like human countries really just weren't for me
…I wondered if this distaste came fro since forever It was likely
Nothing would change with just the words of one person Every humans, down to their children, only ever saw demihumans as their livestock, as useful beasts There was no scorn nor disdain to be had here They were just animals, after all, not people
The kindness the humans showed to demihumans slaves was no different from the care a cowboy showed to his horse
To the huuilty about
I had alondered why things were this way The reason for it all lay here
”…the Magic Routing Control roos that were sustaining the world was gathered and sent everywhere Including this place
Magic powered the trains and lit up the nights A resource so vast no one even bothered to turn off the lights It was just as vital to human convenience as electricity towords in his will
The huh reproductive ability, had s
Doubtlessly, the other races with power had seen their weakness, and so they had allowed the hus in pity
Yet the humans had discovered a way to utilize the mana With their newfound power, they had driven all the other races away fros and took the frorown
This building was constructed with the prehts would never be off So I expected that once the auction hall plunged into darkness after losing its ic power supply, everyone inside would be bewildered
Just candles alone wouldn't be enough light for the people here to fight in It should be the ht on stage About fifteenout the lights, I would head right toward the stage, kill only the people blocking etaway
…this was the most harebrained scheme ever, even if I say so ,down, my lack of experience would just create a plan full of holes anyway, and ic thinking before
I was playing this thing by ear I couldn't afford any delays; it would just put ht, let's roll
I dispersed my aran to turn everything inside into junk
”Just what is that fool of a girl doing in the washroom?” Tiz un for a while, yet Shedy still wasn't back Tiz took a sip of spirits
”Shall I search for her?”
”Nah, just leave her She'll come back sooner or later”
Tiz looked to be fond of the girl, yet he still showed no concern
He thought the iht still be a kid, but cute enough to have great prospects later on Rarely was there someone as white as her, and combined with her red pupils, she looked just like a rabbit That delighted hiher was no different froly nice knife in a bazaar
Tiz's attachment to her was only the possessiveness of ato run away
People in positions of power like Tiz weren't ones to have a partner out of love in the first place
Appearance and ancestry decided the wo beside him, while bloodlines decided the woht be important people, but he wouldn't obsess over theical blade he acquired as a child, and the position he achieved by defeating his father An exotic-looking girl with an ih to earn his infatuation
”Hmm?”
Just as the first item of the afternoon auction, a piece of jewelry, found its owner and the Yellow Magic Stone was being brought on stage, the light shi+ning on the stage suddenly vanished
”What happened?”
”Just a bit of theatrics… right?”
The auction originally began in a dark hall with only candle lights in the first place, so the attendees weren't thinking too much Just a bit of chatter, at most They were yet to aware that this was an incident
The ht, I thought I heard a voice
But this wasn't the time for hallucinations I turned h the dark corridors at top speed
Blobsy bounced atinto my satchel Once she was secure, I dashed upstairs There, I saw so from the sudden blackout
The ht near the hall entrance, and naturally people gathered there The staff uards froerous
I pro further in Those two guards standing watch were leaving the doors ajar, peeking inside to check on the situation
Their eyes weren't used to the dark yet I returned to [Huround for a boost, and slipped through between the guards
[Foric Point (MP): 84/85] [Hit Points (HP): 150/150] [Total Co just caht at thatthe roolow See? My plan was so full of holes
”Stop theed at me with just his fists I stepped on his head and flew over
”What the hell are you doing!?”
Anothera crowbar I blocked it with the dagger in ht hand, while the claws on my left hand sliced at him, crowbar and all Whoa, my claws actually cuttoward uard's throat with ed at ed it and instantly responded with a kick It broke his neck
da into a messy melee!?
Luckily,their attacks wasn't all that difficult, and I ed to win
I knew it, detailed plans just weren'taway I should head to the stage before this er But then, a voice called at me from the darkness
”W-Wait!”
Eh? Was there still soer There, I sao kids being bound inside a cage
They looked about the sairl They looked like each other, both having light-blond hair and very fair features
They were only wearing what amounted to sheets with holes cut in for heads, so thin the fabric looked nearly transparent Their hands were bound in cuffs Desperate blue eyes looked at me
”…elves?”
”Yes! Please, let us out of here!” ”We hadn't done anything to hu on first…”
I didn't have tiive me the cliff notes Apparently, they used to live in a relatively large elven settle a comparatively peaceful relationshi+p with this country by selling traditional handicrafts
However, at soan to demand a few slaves each year The settlement could not comply, and diplomatic ties were cut One day, they were suddenly attacked by soldiers The men were killed, the treasures taken, the women and children captured
”They said they were 'pacifying a revolution'”
”Eh? But your village wasn't even a part of this country, right?”
”…yes”
You sure they didn't just want pets to play with?
”Do you have anywhere to run to?”
”A few of us ed to scatter and ran off If we could just escape to the forest depths…” ”…we ain one day… Ah, sorry You're a human, you don't really need to hear this…”