Volume 1
Chapter 62
I Met Akana-san
Translator : PolterGlast
I asked Akana-san
about Kakyouin-san.
"Runa-san..."
However, as soon as I
asked about Kakyouin-san, Akana-san's face clouded over.
"Um,
Kushina-san..."
"───?"
"Actually..."
□□□
I listened to
Akana-san about what happened before I arrived.
"I see... So, do
you have any idea where Kakyouin-san went?"
"I think
Kushina-san might have more of a clue than I do..."
"Well, even if
you say that..."
I wracked my brain,
thinking about where Kakyouin-san would go in this situation.
It's so unexpected
that Kakyouin-san would get seriously injured protecting someone. And it's also
surprising that she lost to someone in a battle of wits.
I have no idea where
Kakyouin-san would go in this state. At least, I'll try to convince
Kakyouin-san that I've searched for her. Kakyouin-san is also at fault for
cutting off the connection. Actually, since I can't figure this out any
further, thinking about it is just a waste.
Right now, I just want
to vent the anger burning inside me.
"Alright, I
understand the current situation. Thank you, Akana-san."
"Eh, oh, yes.
Don't mention it..."
Akana-san's words
seemed strangely hesitant... Well, maybe it's just my imagination.
"Well, I'm off
then. Be careful, Akana-san."
"W-Wait, Kushina-san!!"
Just as I was about to
leave, Akana-san suddenly stopped me with a loud voice.
"───? What's wrong?"
"Well,
umm...…"
"………?"
She was so confident
when we met before, but now she's so much weaker. It's strange.
"………Kushina-san,
what are you going to do from now on?"
"───? From now on?
Well..."
Isn't it true that
adventurers are rioting in this town right now? If I ask those adventurers, I
think I'll be able to find out where Tekiru is now, and I was thinking of
heading to where the commotion is happening.
"Umm,
Kushina-san, if you don't mind..."
Akana-san brought both
hands to her chest and squeezed them tightly.
"If you don't
mind, could you please stop the adventurers who are rioting now?"
She looked me straight
in the eye and quietly threw words filled with deep emotion at me.
Me? Stop the rioting
adventurers? Well, I was going to meet them anyway, so it's fine.
"Alright,
sure."
"R-Really!?"
"Yeah."
Akana-san's face brightened
immediately.
"So, what exactly
do you want me to do?"
"Ah, right! Well,
you see..."
When I asked how,
Akana-san looked back at the place where I had punched the Rob a moment ago, as
if she were being pulled by her hair.
"………I don't care
how. If there are any adventurers harming the residents, stop them without
question. You can even kill them if you have to."
Without looking at me,
Akana-san replied calmly.
"Got it. By the
way, how do you know why the adventurers are rioting? If there's a mastermind,
I think it would be faster to kill them."
"………"
Akana-san turned her
face back towards me, but her expression was dark.
"I don't know.
Like the adventurer earlier, I have absolutely no idea why something like this
happened. Even Tekiru, who should know the situation, disappeared without doing
anything..."
Apparently, Akana-san
doesn't have any idea of the cause. But───
"Wait a minute.
Who are you talking about when you say 'the adventurer earlier'?"
"Huh? Who...
didn't you just punch it yourself?"
"───? I punched a Rob,
though. That was definitely a Rob, no matter how you look at it."
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
There's some kind of
discrepancy between Akana and me. What's going on?
That one, with its
skin color and appearance, was definitely a Rob, right? I've been hunting Robs
so often lately that I can't be mistaken.
"W-Wait a second.
Kushina-san, are you saying that man was a Rob...?"
"Because, first
of all, have you ever seen someone with skin like that and bulging blood
vessels? Its eyes were completely gone too, and most importantly, it was trying
to bite you, Akana-san."
"………"
Akana-san put her
right hand to her chin and seemed to be thinking deeply.
"……Come to think of it,
Runa-san also said something like Division Rob when she saw Faith... Could it
be... Division───Rob? Such a thing
as... a living human being turning into a Rob...?"
She's muttering to
herself, seeming to have figured something out... Huh? Wait, are the rioting
people now adventurers who have turned into Robs?
"Is there any way
to turn them back?"
"───! ………No, I've never heard
of such a case before..."
"I see. So
there's no way to turn them back."
"………"
Then, Akana-san
lowered her head again.
"So, for now, I
guess I'll just go and stop them by force, even though I don't know the
cause?"
"───! Ah, yes!"
When I asked to
confirm, Akana-san came back to her senses and made a serious face for a
moment, then nodded in affirmation. And then, she looked at me earnestly.
"Please,
Kushina-san. Please save this town."
"………"
Normally, I should say
"Yes" or "Okay" here, and I usually would───but to "save the
town," it's too grand a request for me to answer immediately.
Rather, it's
impossible for me.
"I can't do
something as grand as that."
"Eh...?"
"If a person asks
me to save him and I say okay, then I have to help him every time───and I have to save him
from life too. And I don't know if that act is really for the good of that
person. How far I should go depends on the other person's standards. I can't
accept such an uncertain word. ─That's why I can't agree to that request."
To save something is
to take responsibility for it. No matter how unreasonable you are told, once
you say you will "save" something, you have to accept it. I don't
want that kind of trouble.
Therefore, I cannot do
the act of saving.
"………"
"But, if it's
just defeating the Robs, I can do it."
"───!"
"I'm off,
Akana-san. I can't save the town, but I can at least defeat the enemies. That's
all I can do... if it's just that much, I will do it. So───"
I raised one hand.
"I'm off
now."
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