Vol 3 Chapter 6 (2/2)

Fro

“Are you… pulling ?”

Looking behind ed Noelle slowly crawling out of the hole

That looked like so entirely removed from the realm of reality… An impossible view

That thing that barely kept human form must have every bone in its body broken From her arms and abdomen protruded white bones dyed with blood

Her neck bone had clearly just been broken

Having lost its support, Noelle’s head… Was slanted in an unnatural angle and wobbled with each of her steps

As?

I feel that I’ve seen so like this just recently

That is… In one scene of last night’s movie

“It hurrrts… Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!”

Seeing Noelle, showing the revolting appearance of a zo pained screah my backbone

“The pain… Don’t wanna I reo… Hey, help me, oneechan[7]”

“…”

I think it’s of a nauseating hypocrisy for h she’s the enemy, I cannot abandon her like this

… It’s fine She’s suffered so e

She probably… Has no

“… Oi You alright?”

Truthfully, anyone can see that her state is everything but “alright”, but, not finding anything else to say, I asked her that

“Kyaha!♡ It’s oniichan— Oniichan fo—und♪”

“Erm… I’m not the best one to say this, but… How can you be alive in that state?”

“Ahaha It’s easy… Us Firsts are not human… The experiment was a failure…”

“… What’s that experiment? Tell me so that I understand”

“We don’t have a family… We are isolated existences made inside test tubes… That’s why…”

Stopping there, Noelle spat a lot of blood from her mouth

When, worried by her condition, I tried rushi+ng to her, I could feel an uncanny killing intent

“That’s why I… Will kill you and become a perfect human…”

“You… What are you blabbering…?”

“Level… Over limit”

Right after Noelle

Her whole body was covered by a rocky arrew

Raising in volume like mochi[8] over a stove, the clump of rocks became human-like

Once it finished… There was a huge feolem

Its length… I’d say, around 40 meters[9]?

It’s obviously by far the hugest monster I’ve met till now

“Ahaha♡ Hey Oniichan… Where are you?”

Is it the effect of turning into a monster?

It seemed like Noelle’s voice, turned into a monster, had become quite low

To add to that, her voice’s volu her body’s size, was as powerful as that of a speaker installed don

“Ahaha♡ Hey Oniichan… Are you there?”

After h the whole area, Noelle stoly under her feet

That instant The sound of cracking asphalt was made

“… Ku!”

Frankly, I thought I’d die

Holding Iris in er than any earthquake I’ve ever experienced

“… It’s no joke”

By no means can I picture how to defeat the current Noelle

Is it good or bad luck?

As you see, Noelle, by transfor her whole body into apower, but… It looks like, in coht has weakened

… In any case, right now I have to flee

No sooner than I had decided that, I turned back

While soh Noelle’s field of vision and entered an abandoned building

“Ahaha♪ Come out♪ Hey… Come ooooooooooooooooooooooooooout!”

She repeatedly and indiscriminately destroyed and shouted

It seems that Noelle hasn’t found me yet

“… Moron Stop it”

It’s not like I can win

I kept repeating that to ain in my head

Have you seen that chick’s strength? What the heck… Isn’t she a bona fide freak?

For nohile you pray that, like this, Noelle goes somewhere else, hold your breath and stick to the plan

However

This… May be no more than my personally convenient assumption

I feel that if I flee from here… Perhaps, no one will save her for the rest of her life

“Ahaha♡ Oniichan… Where are you—?”

I felt like Noelle’s voice kept growing fainter and fainter

Itaway from here

In any case, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a desperate situation…

“… I’ll do it”

Certainly the foe’s strength is hty

My chances of winning like this may be dim

However, Noelle isn’t perfect

On the contrary… It seee of the cracks in her unstable mentality

It’s fine… It’s not like I don’t have a chance

If I fight bysure of the situation, I’ll definitely h!

What’s more… This is a method I didn’t want to use if possible

Come the worst… If I act as a diversion to attract the opponent's attention, it won’t be difficult to save Iris’s life

“Iris… Sorry I’ll return soon”

Lying down Iris on one of the abandoned building’s sofas, I dashed to the building’s stairs

× × ×

Thinking about it, this is my first battle since I’h my veins

I… aular people

So, being aware of it, things that until now I thought were impossible became doable

For exa power

The s of nearly 10with calm and composure

Faster… Even one second faster… I o to her

If I leave Noelle by herself… The town may end up as rubble If that happens, Iris’s life would be in danger Inside the buildings, there e

That’s why, I… I ain

“Kyahaha♪ Hey… Onii-chan… Where are you?”

“Noelle! I’ this!”

“Hey… Where… Where are you?”

“That’s why… Since I’m here…”

“Shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!”

Noelle suddenly swung down her huge arm

“Guoh!?”

Ju by a hairs breadth, I soed to evade her attack

I ended up unconsciously showing a wry sue power

The building I had been standing on till just now had been cleanly sliced in half by Noelle’s iron hammer[11] like a cheesecake by a knife

Be it monster or human, it doesn’t matter

If they received the attack from just now, it would be surefire instant death

“Don’t dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodge!”

Thinking about not loosing foothold, I kept ju Noelle’s attacks

Like in an action scene fro destroyed

Full of guilty conscience, I continued evading attacks over and over

While I had been avoiding them for a while, a doubt rose into my mind

… Could it be that Noelle can’t control herself at will?

Up till now, Noelle, no matter what pinch she was in, she hadn’t transformed her full body into a monster

Despite, when thinking in sier this way, she was obstinate in not doing that

It seems to make much more sense to think that the reason was “since when transfor the whole body into a monster, conscious control becomes impossible”

… So, What do I do?

On top of not having any hope to solve this through dialogue, there’s no chance in the least to win this by attacking up front

Nevertheless, having reached this point, showing the back to my opponent is out of question

In that case… There’s just one thing I can do

To drain Noelle’s internal ic power till the last drop

If I keep dodging her attacks, in tiic power should become empty

In theory, it’s the saon to human shape

In this way, surely… There’s no doubt that I can tame her

“!?”

Noelle once again swung down her iron hammer

However, this time I could evade the attack with quite the composure

With all of her body transformed into a monster, there’s no doubt that Noelle, hides an abnore her attacks become, in a word, monotone

Like this… If I pay attention to e all of Noelle’s attacks until I leave her without ic power

Just when I held that hope, so out of expectations happened

The world trembled

For an instant, I couldn’t comprehend what had happened

It seeas a foothold

How careless

Noelle happens to have means to attack me besides direct contact

Na as a foothold

Being atby Noelle’s low kick, my body was tossed into the air

SLASH

Ai all of her body weight into her palm, Noelle squashed my body

“… Gaha!?”

Definitely… With this… I died

Anyhow, have I not been crushed flat by a stone giant with a body nearly 30 times mine?

Nevertheless

Unexpectedly, I was still living

… No, thinking better, is it that unexpected?

Actually, now it’s not like I couldn’t i like this

However, I feel anxious

That is… In what shape has my body been left after such an attack

… There’s no way I believe that I’m alive and in tip-top condition

Surely right now my body looks like a fun sticker

I timidly open my eyes

What will it be?

…

What the heck… What’s this…?

Let alone beco a sticker, my body looks reddish brown and swollen

I could hear directly in ly

My body feels hot It’s like… I’ water

Is it ination?

I feel… Like I have experienced this feeling before

That tiic power that engulfed me and, like that, my consciousness fleay

Hey… Wait…?

Consciousness flying away… This situation… Isn’t it just like Noelle right now!?

Let’s say that the power of a strongthat ss human consciousness… That would explain what happened to ht Noelle

In that case… I can’t let the ulf me like this

Keep conscious

Don’t let the darkish ulf you

For what reason have I come here?

That’s… To protect Iris… To protect this town

This power that sleeps insideanybody, nor for destroying anything

It’s for protecting the people I care for!

Thus, being aware of that, I could feel hter The darkish red and swollen skin was returning to its original condition… Instead, I realized that

“Uoh!?”

After that, two bat-like wings grew from my back and tore my T-shi+rt

Could this be… My true shape as a monster!?

Since I can’t see my whole body reflection on a s and , It doesn’t seeular human

Although the changes in my appearance inable

Oddly enough, this appearance… Seemed to resemble that of the late Maou that Lilith showed to round room in the hotel

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

As soon as Noelle confir down her fist again

However, this ti

It’s like a huained an overwhel power, I could easily stop the attack

“!?”

Maybe she thought I couldn’t stop her attack I saw a tinge of impatience in the turned into a monster Noelle’s countenance

“Gu!…”

It may be because of the difference in body complexion, but the other side’s attack was unexpectedly powerful

It was so th by controlling my monster power, if I lose focus for a bit, will end up squashed

Nevertheless

“The ht now… Won’t lose to anyone!”

I rejected Noelle’s fist with all ht

Losing, Noelle lost her balance, I made her mass tumble

I didn’t

Without a s

At first, I orrying if I could fly properly, but all it took was et used to it

I dare say… It’s just a guess of mine

The same that a butterfly that just came out of the cocoon kno to fly, I enetic level

Noelle, eager to connect an attack, kept swinging her arms, but those actions looked so slow that even a fly could have stopped them

Even if ell e in speed

“Doryaaaaaaa!”

Using the i frame with a dropkick in the truest sense of the word[13]

Of course, I didn’t ame to connect attacks

After that, piling up a second, a third, a fourth hit, I succeeded in bringing Noelle doith the seventh hit

It’s not that I wouldn’t be glad to return to human form at this moment if I could, but…

“GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

“…”

Unfortunately, the other side doesn’t feel like that

Fixing her stance, Noelle then took a greatly unusual and unexpected course of action

Froreatly flexed her knees and………… Took a big jump

“… Wha”

This technique certainly deserves to be called history’s most dreadful body press

If she e frame that causes shakes like earthquakes with each step… I fear that the whole toill be destroyed

“… There’s no way Do I have to make myself serious?”

After te, I used the momentum to fly up with full force

And, like that, I kicked her body up with full force

“Ah, ah, aaaah… Gaha!?”

Successful hit Under my attack, Noelle’s body came apart… Like that, she returned to human form

If she suffers big dae, that can revert her monster transformation?

It was a long… And relentless battle

After this, it’s just catching Noelle’s falling body… Bringing her back to the hotel with Iris, and this battle is finished

When I return to the hotel, I have a lot of questions to ask her

About herself… The Black Tamers… And about her monster transformation ability

I’ve roughly guessed her landing point

After this, it’s only waiting for her to fall,

…Co but a display of newly revealed shocking facts

My mom is a monster tamer

My sister is only half-related to s with different fathers

And, above all… Theis that my true identity is that of a new monster species born between a human and a demon

Surely, even now… What I know is just but part of it… There’s still a lot of things I should know from here on

If listening to her helps to that… Then we could say that this battle was very ful

Just when I extended rab Noelle’s body

A snake

Suddenly, before e snake

It’s length… To tell the truth, I couldn’t see it in its entirety

Sure that thing’s head was right before my eyes, but its body stretched far away and I couldn’t ascertain the tail

However, the snake that immediately started to coil around ue of it’s own not comparable even to the fully monster transformed Noelle

On top of the big serpent’s head, a single human could be seen

… Could it be the monster tamer that has made a contract with the snake monster?

That personage, rabbed the recently fallen Noelle

“Ahaha… I knew you’d come… Oneechan…”

She’s probably spent all of her internal ic power

Noelle muttered with a feeble voice like that of an ill person on the verge of death

As, froht, I couldn’t discern it well, but the silhouette of the person who embraced Noelle seemed to be that of a woman

“Ya-ho— It’s been quite a bit too long a while, Chiharu-kun”

The somewhat missed, laid-back tone hints of an adult

Still riding on top of the snake’s head, she gradually carasp her appearance

“How… Why are you he…”

“Hmmm All of a sudden, you drop a harsh question Well… I’ll explain it to you in a way easy to understand for you… Nori[14], is it?” Hoould I put it, it’s that kind of feeling

That foolish atmosphere as if people were food is characteristic of her

“Don’t joke with me, answer me properly… Luka-san”

“Waah Scaredy-scary Chiharu-kun… How co?”

“…”

It’s only natural that I became silent

The person that appeared before me all of a sudden as a monster tamer is my superior

“… You have a face of not understanding anything Good Then, I’ll specially tell you one thing”

Starting like that, Luka-san,

“In fact, I, Luka-san~, I’m the one who founded and stands at the top of the Black Ta for?”

“…”

“Arara Your reaction has been more bland than I expected Could it be… Chiharu-kun had realized it at some point with his sharp intuition?”

“… Nope Not in the least It’s just… I’ve grown accustos and I’ve grown tired of reacting to each and every one”

“Ahaha… By the way, Chiharu-kun

Sorry, but… It seems that I don’t have the time to rejoice upon our reunion

You see According to the reports ofsca~ry demon reinforcements very soon?

We’ve gathered enough data… After successfully retrieving our injured comrades, we can put a finish to this With the exception of the irregularity called yourself, everything see to my plan”

“… Good for you”

“Thank you So… Bye, bye, see you later”

Just after saying that

The big serpent before me slithered

By the time I noticed that that s had started to collapse against me at once

How careless

As I directed all my attention to the snake’s head, I totally missed its body

Nevertheless

The ht noon't fall to this kind of attack

“… She fled?”

Ni ure

It seems that by then, Luka-san and her troupe were already at more than 500 meters[15] from my position… No problem

If I fly with all ht, surely I could reach them soon

The instant that I opened or, I felt terribly dizzy

My heart pounding strongly, it brought attention to the risk on my body

Are you… Joking…?

With this ti, I reached my limit…?

Has it been maybe around five minutes since I totally transformed into a monster?

It seems that my limit is around that?

Quite short

However, thinking about the overwhel power up till now, it may be a reasonable retribution

With the unbearable feeling of having let my archenemy escape from under my nose without resistance, I—my consciousness slowly blacked out

References and Translation Notes

Jump up↑ Even japanese punks are at least this polite He does still need to wash his mouth with soap and bleach

Jump up↑ From “second test bodies” Like Firsts, but the next batch

Jump up↑ Pokémon reference

Jump up↑ Just under 2,000 feet

Jump up↑ Around 16 feet and a half

Jump up↑ The tallest tower in the word and the second tallest structure, after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa skyscraper A broadcasting tower cum restaurant cum observation area, 2,084 feet tall, that has becohtly taller copy of the Eiffel Tower) as broadcasting and observation tower and symbol of Tokyo (the restaurant is a new addition exclusive to the Skytree)

Jump up↑ The Black tamer’s boss (ie Luka)

Juredient for several dishes, but usually it is grilled over a stove, which makes it swell

Jump up↑ Over 140 feet

Jump up↑ Almost 33 feet

Jump up↑ Her fist I know it’s rock but…

Jump up↑ Man, you’ve clearly not watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Ju kick” in japanese It still has sense in English

Jump up↑ An edible seaweed typical of japanese cuisine Better known as onigiri wrapper

Jump up↑ Over 1,640 feet