Volume 1
Chapter 44
We Went Home
Translator : PolterGlast
"What the heck is
wrong with that shitty old man?"
After that, we quietly
left the old man.
We're currently
walking through the forest to return to town. Kakyoin-san made me some clothes
using her [Creation] skill... but.
Apparently,
Kakyoin-san and that old man didn't get along very well. I've never seen
Kakyoin-san showing so much emotion towards someone other than me. I hope she
doesn't direct her anger toward me.
"………Haah………There's
no point in mulling over it. Let's change the subject... Alright,
Kushina!"
"───! What?"
I jumped when she
called out to me so suddenly.
I turned to
Kakyoin-san cautiously.
"Tell me in
detail what happened to you."
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About ten minutes
later, I was explaining to Kakyoin-san what happened in the ruins, omitting the
details of the battle. I didn't think I needed to explain the part about being
a Kin, and to be honest, it was too much trouble to explain.
"I see... So, the
definition of a god in this world is different, and there's an abnormal being
calling itself a god in that ruin..."
"Yeah, and after
talking to Chrisya-san for a bit, I left the ruins."
"Oh, right.
Kushina, how did you escape from the ruins?"
Kakyoin-san asked
another question, as though she had just remembered something.
"Huh? Well, I
just crushed the rubbles with my fist and───"
"That man...
Tekiru, was it? Didn't he say that it would be bad if the entrance collapsed,
so he told you to wait? Did you disobey him?"
"Ah...
Yeah."
"───"
Kakyoin-san's eyes
widened in surprise at my answer.
Well, I did think it
was a bit much to go against Tekiru's words, but the reason Tekiru told me to
wait was because there was a possibility that the entrance to the ruins would
collapse during the process of breaking the rubbles. And we were supposed to
explore the ruins. What's the point of destroying the entrance?
But after meeting
Chrisya-san, I realized that it wasn't a 'ruin', but her 'base'. In other
words, it wasn't a place that anyone could freely explore, like an old ruin
that had been abandoned long ago.
Knowing that, if I had
to go back into the ruins with Tekiru again... it would definitely be a pain.
So I decided to
escape, even if the entrance was blocked. ...Although, in the end, the entrance
didn't collapse.
"………Hmph, so...
Kushina did it voluntarily..."
She seemed to be
muttering something incomprehensible while smiling, perhaps she had interpreted
my action in a different way.
She was so upset just
a moment ago... Was there something convenient about my story?
Well, whatever. It
seems like too much trouble to ask. I'll just leave it be.
Then, Kakyoin-san
noticed something and asked another question.
"───! Kushina, that
ring..."
"Oh, this? Yeah,
Chrisya-san gave it to me when I was leaving."
"I see. ...Well,
it doesn't matter. If what you said is true, and that place wasn't a ruin, then
even if this ring is the only thing you got, it's a sufficient result. Okay,
Kushina, give it to me. You're so careless with money. If you drop it somewhere
during a battle, it would be bad. I'll keep it for you."
Kakyoin-san held out
her right hand, urging me to give her the ring.
"Oh, um... sorry,
Kakyoin-san. I can't do that."
But I refused.
"……………Huh?"
Kakyoin-san's eyes
widened in surprise, perhaps she hadn't expected to be refused.
"It's a promise I
made to Chrisya-san. So I can't give it away."
"……………"
Kakyoin-san looked
down and fell silent. It seemed like she was trembling slightly. Did I upset
her?
Kakyoin-san opened her
mouth while still looking down.
"K...
Kushina..."
"What?"
"There's one
thing I want to confirm..."
"Okay. What is
it?"
"You are───still my bodyguard,
right?"
Raising her face, she
asked with an awkward smile, but at the same time, she seemed to be afraid.
"Yeah..."
But because the
question was so straightforward, I was taken aback.
I decided to answer
honestly.
"I-I see...
That's good then."
After saying this,
Kakyoin-san looked forward again with an awkward smile on her face.
I wonder what she
wanted to ask?
I couldn't figure it
out. But I didn't think I would understand even if I thought about it, so I
thought it would be a hassle and decided not to ask Kakyoin-san.
We continued walking
through the forest. However, a silence had descended between us that hadn't
been there before.
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In a distant future───
Looking back now, I
think this was the turning point.
If I had asked
Kakyoin-san properly at that time, things might have been different. If I had
cleared up the coiled coils that had begun to form between us, things might not
have turned out this way.
It was all the result
of my own negligence at that time.
Will there be a good
future ahead?
I, who hated trouble,
am now facing the most troublesome situation.
I learned that if I
put off dealing with trouble, it would come back to me even bigger.
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