Arifureta Chapter 147 (1/2)
The Foundation of A Hero
“Haha,made my pathos leak out for just a little much”
“… A little?” X2
The light of regeneration ic that Tio exercised enveloped Suzu and Ryuutaro, illu during that time were tsukkomi-ed by them with scornful eyes
The nobility of Tio that was usually unseen, her elegance that was mistaken as royalty, her refinement, the recoil from all those that caused Suzu and also Ryuutaro’s hearts to be palpitating thoroughly azes that were directed at Tio colder than usual Especially Ryuutaro, it felt like his pure heart was toyed with, even though he understood that it was just an outburst of anger, his aze
Drifting inside such a strange at that had enveloped the two had vanished, their bodies were in perfect health without even a single injury It was just a few seconds since Tio exercised her regeneration ic
“Even though it was a but… but Suzu cannot honestly praise it now But, thank you Tio-san”
“Me too, I wonder just why this kind of pervert is like this but… thanks anyway”
“Thou art welcome Also Ryuutaro Even if thou insultedmy tail to anybody except master I’m truly sorry”
A vein appeared on Ryuutaro’s te to attract her but getting du out loud because there would be no end to it
Once again, unspeakable rage that shuddered welled up fro two exact opposite aspects, the dignified beauty just now and the perversion that conveniently converted any kind of attack into pleasure At the same time…
“… Just as I thought, Nagu, huh?”
“Suzu doesn’t think that Naguh”
Thinking about Haji, Ryuutaro saw the depth of Hajinanimity as a man, no, as a human and raised his praise to him Surely it was just as Suzu said, if Haji in his forehead saying that it was not the case
Like that, Suzu and Ryuutaro were fed up by Tio’s perversion that she naturally ee became visible ahead It was the next room
“Hmm, there art multiple presences on the other side It seems there are members who have already linked up there”
“Nagumooo, please be there I won’t be able to hold back if you don’t take her off our hands soon”
“Please God, make it so the owner is there”
Suzu and RyuutaroTio’s words And then Suzu also nonchalantly said so cruel It seemed that since she passed her trial, she had learned to punch straight with her words
Like that, the ice wall the three approached melted and vanished and as at the other side of the as…
“MuuIIIii, Yue you bhird braiiiinn!!”
“… Shut hup Closeht phervertt”
“Aah geez You two, stop it alreadyyy…”
There straddling above the lying down Yue, Kaori was pulling Yue’s cheeks gyuuuuuuu, and toward Kaori as doing that, Yue similarly pinched up Kaori’s cheeksthose two in a dither
“What’s this…”
“Cat fight?”
“This is their usual quarrel They really have a good relationshi+p”
Suzu and Ryuutaro were du at the figures of the two that were pulling the other’s cheeks with teary eyes while striking each other like pawing cats, surely it couldn’t be helped that their expression turned like that The two girls were ht just now and so this quarrel was the most that they could do
“Eh? Tio-san? Also both of you So all of you safely overcalad Come now Yue-san, Kaori-san, Tio-san and others have arrived hereee! Stop fighting alreadyyy! Co at each other! Ah, over there, don’t kick! Please calmly… I said stop it alreadyyy!”
shi+a snapped toward Yue and Kaori ouldn’t stop quarreling childishly Two reinforced fists were striking down on the heads of the two, a GOKIN! sound that shouldn’t have rung out reverberated Yue and Kaori crouched dohile holding their heads “My headd-, roaned like so
“Hot reversed since we cahtly received the influence of the great labyrinth? Well, it’s interesting to look at anyway”
Tio tilted her head while uess that was half correct Yue was also exhausted because she recalled various memories of the far past She even let out a weak-hearted ree her past traue that it ended with just this much
And then, the unconscious reliance that was created from the weakness of Yue’s heart… that was naturally directed at her lover Hajirowth since she was acknowledged as lover by Hajime was also not just a handful little sister anymore and turned into a reliable partner that Yue was apt to rely on In other words, in addition of shi+a’s growth, her distance with Yue was also shrinking further
“Fuu, e is over there, so let’s advance forward”
“… Thou art really reliable right now”
shi+a urged the Yue and Kaori at both sides under her ar fondly
The party advance through the passage once more The people who they hadn’t found were three people, Haji forhile praying so that they could link up at the next room
Like that now, they suddenly stood still in front of the ice wall that was at the end of the passage they had reached shi+a’s rabbit ears were twitching around while she was ht after that, her eyes widened in shock
“Eh… tho, those two too?”
The sudden words and attitude of shi+a who had sharp senses caused the otheron Yue, Kaori, Tio, the three of them immediately concentrated and reached out their senses at the other side of the ice wall And the result, they understood what made shi+a surprised and they looked at each other
“Nothing will begin even if we just stand here We can only confirm the situation directly”
“… Nn If he is Hajime’s enemy, I will beat him up”
“Err, Yue? That’s a little… ”
“Anyway, let’s go”
While her cheek itching at Yue as narrowing her eyes dangerously, Kaori could only pray that she wished it was just a quarrel like her and Yue
But, that prayer didn’t reach
Ahead of the ice wall they passed, at the next roo violently
Yes, Hajime and Kouki were currently in mortal combat
Aawa Kouki
He as born as the only son of an ordinary household had someone who he respected and idolized frorandfather
The naawa Kanji, he was a skilled attorney famous in business world It was established custorandfather’s house when it was a long holiday, but Kanji’s wife―because Kouki’s grandrandfather that was living alone was very affectionate toward Kouki
For his age, Kanji’s back was straight and hiswith aentle person Kouki idolized dearly such a grandfather as his, that was to say he was a grandfather’s boy
What Kouki liked the most from Kanji was Kanji’s story of his experiences The experiences that Kanji obtained froh he was reading from a picture book so that the small Kouki could easily understand the, the stories were also considerably arranged to not breach the duty of confidentiality, but even so, the eloquent stories of his grandfather were full of human drama that caused Kouki’s heart to dance many times
Helping the weak, crushi+ng the strong, reaching his hand to a troubled person without hesitation, acco fair… in the end, Kanji’s stories were a thing that included that kind of teaching A hero’s tale that personified ideal and justice A co children
Because of that, for Kouki, his grandfather Kanji was exactly a hero Just like how other children of his age idolized a certain masked rider or the space alien that defeated space monsters even faster than instant ramen could cook, Kouki idolized Kanji like that It could be said that because his target to idolize was nearby that Kouki’s idolizing was even stronger than other children He wished “sorandfather”
But, naturally, the real world couldn’t be like Kanji’s story where truth and justice defeated the evil and unreasonable, and the righteousness of ideals could be realized without end In the occupation of attorney, even if they held justice and fairness, their foreuilty but to protect the interest of their client
To be called as ‘co excellent skill as an attorney, it was also because Kanji was a huood and evil at the sahly knew about the dirty part of society and also hoas insufficient to just carry ideal and justice in hand
But, before he could teach that to Kouki he passed on to the next world It was before Kouki entered elementary school The cause was an acute heart attack
Kanji’s death left behind a large influence on Kouki
The thinking that it was okay for a young child to only think of beautiful things was so really normal, Kanji couldn’t be blarew up, he was planning to also talk to Kouki about bitter experience that included reality when things wouldn’t go as you expected
The death of the hero he idolized was a shock for Kouki He thought of his beloved grandfather, the more he soaked in his e of Kanji as a hero, putting a deep root of ‘the ideal righteousness’ into the deepest part of young Kouki’s heart
That righteousness was following the teaching of his grandfather that sounded pleasant to the ears of children, at the sanize the ‘iood and evil at all To further say it, Kouki caht was the absolute right
Although it wasn’t like that was so peculiar Children everywhere alatched the hero frohteousness inside their heart
And then, those children would pile up days of living, repeatinginto the wall of reality Soive up and compromise They would naturally study the way to sail the storm of reality skillfully
They would keep their aspiration as just aspiration, ideal as just ideal, storing all those inside a treasure box that they put at the corner of their heart while looking at reality That was the natural course of events Kouki too should be like that If that happened, then there would be no problem at all
However, Kouki was too prodigious to ride the natural course of events His high specs allowed hi his ideal Without any failure or setback, he pushed through every situation with his own strength His ideal of children coh
As a result, without realizing it, Kouki cahteousness He was cautioned er of that by several people close to him, especially by his parents and shi+zuku, but Kouki only heard that advice with a smile He didn’t listen seriously or reform himself In the first place, he had charisood intention, so not including those several people that cautioned him, everyone else supported Kouki and that was also one factor that caused Kouki to not change
Of course, there was no way everything ithout anything wrong at all Several problems cropped up in places that Kouki wasn’t aware of The envy at shi+zuku was also one of those
But, Kouki who didn’t doubt his own righteousness maintained it by his convenient interpretation That was also helped along by the people who adored Kouki blindly pushi+ng his back So as expected, Kouki didn’t notice his convenient interpretations Even though he received warnings, he also didn’t try to notice
Such ‘ideal righteousness’ of Kouki had distorted even though it was overfloith good intention It began to crumble in this another world Different from the peaceful japan, in another world that ran ra intent and hatred, supernatural and absurdity, his spec and convenient interpretation didn’t work The prime example was the devil woman he faced in the lower floors of Orcus, and Hajie of heart
For the first time, Kouki saw the wall of reality before his eyes He experienced painful failure that exposed the ‘child’ inside his heart
And then…
{She was taken away Right?}
“No! She is not taken…”
The false i with those reddish black eyes while ridiculing Kouki, as breathing roughly while sweating like a river, immediately objected
“It’s just as shi+zuku said, froumo… that’s why I…”
{You don’t need to lie to yourself I am you I know you better than anyone else You pretended to accept what shi+zuku said, but deep in your heart, you are thinking that she is taken froether with you You two had been together all this ti at h she has been with h I believed that froh Kaori is the heroin of me the hero…}
“Shut up I’ like that! Don’t say whatever you want- you labyrinth monster! You won’t lead me astray!”
Kouki glared at the false iht with all his strength Several streaks of slashi+ng light rushed toward the false ie
However, the false iht blades with exactly the sa thehts didn’t stop and attacked straight towards Kouki It was the proof that he lost coth
{You say that but in contrast you are shaken really bad, huh Even the holy sword that Nagu a pearl before the swine Or else exactly because it is created by that hateful Nagumo you envied, that you don’t want to use it properly, perhaps?}