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Chapter 4
The Person Waiting for the Two Girls
Part 6/7
Guy’s previous triumphant expression was now distorted into a frightened expression.
“Damn you, aren’t you my fellow S-rank adventurer?! Shit, oi, corpses, protect me!”
Guy ordered the defeated corpses around his surroundings as well as the corpses that just emerged towards Egil.
“You…”
Guy made a wall out of lots of human bodies.
Egil moved forward while pushing them back by using the handle of the swords, so that the corpses won’t be damaged.
Despite his heart being clouded by wrath, he still had a rational part inside.
He could see his surroundings better than usual.
Even if Siloe was attacking, even if the corpses formed a wall, Egil mowed everything down.
What urged him to do so was his strong determination to absolutely kill this ugly man who turned people into his puppets and enjoyed the spectacle from afar.
“W-wait! Let’s negotiate! Once more, let’s negotiate again!”
Guy backed away until his back was pushing the throne, but Egil didn’t answer.
“A more favorable term than earlier! How? How?”
Guy fell down from the throne and couldn’t stand up due to fear. Even so, Egil didn’t answer.
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“Like I said, wait! Even if you kill me–”
“–Don’t talk anymore.”
His gaze was cold. Egil cut off all of Guy’s hopes as he lifted the man by his chest, the man who was now sweating greatly from all over his body.
“I will kill you. Nothing can change that.”
–Then, Egil pulled his elbow, and the swords that were on standby pierced Guy’s neck.
“W-wait! Wa–a, guh… A, aah…”
At the same time as the sensation of flesh being pierced could be felt and the sound of the sword colliding against the bone, a lot of blood showered Egil’s body. Although the blood was warm, it felt cold as it splattered into his face. Even so, Egil didn’t feel any of that.
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–The only thing that was in his heart was Selina’s sad expression when she said she wanted to see her two younger sisters during the time when everyone was holding a party.
He didn’t want to see such an expression anymore. He only wanted Selina to laugh. That was all he could think of.
Then, he dropped the breathless Guy right at that spot. Then, Kaya’s voice could be heard from behind.
“Egil-san…”
“With this, it’s over…”
He tried to smile so that she wouldn’t be worried, but he wondered if he was able to smile properly. Towards Egil whose smile was stiff, Kaya proceeded to hug him.
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“…I can’t tell what the reason behind it is. However, I can tell that your expression is bitter, Egil-san.”
“I-is that so… But it’s alright. With this, she will be delighted.”
Egil was about to hug Kaya back but he hesitated upon remembering his blood-stained hand. Kaya didn’t mind at all and continued to hug him.
After the puppeteer left this world, the throne room became peaceful. Khloe and Siloe hugged each other as they cried in delight. Only their voices reverberated in that room.
Egil thought that with this, everything was finally over.
The corpses that were in the throne room fell down powerlessly, having the puppeteer’s technique untied.
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Amidst that, Fie held one of the corpses who had stopped moving after the puppeteer was gone, as she sat down feebly. The two pets of hers rubbed their faces on that corpse.
“…Fie.”
“…Egil.”
Fie was crying. Looking at that, he understood that the corpse was Fie’s previous master, her close friend, and also her family, the girl named Ulysses.
“Fie-chan, I’m sorry… I hid the fact that Ulysses had become one of the corpses…”
Kaya, who was standing next to Egil, shed tears as she apologized.
“…For some reason, I thought so, too. You were worried about me, so you hid it, right?”
“Fie-chan…”
“It’s alright. It’s fine. It’s the same as when I told Ulysses a lie at that time. …Hey, Ulysses.”
Since the corpse didn’t rot, Fie and Kaya could easily tell that she was Ulysses. If it were a body of skeletons, they wouldn’t have been able to tell.
Egil couldn’t tell whether it was a blessing or a curse.
“I wanted to apologize to you about that day, Ulysses.”
Fie began to tell her feelings on that day while she was crying.
“I, because Ulysses’ heart is so pure, so… If I were to tell the truth, you’d be sad, so… That’s why, I couldn’t say it… I lied because I didn’t want you to be sad… Sorry, I’m sorry, Ulysses…”
Then, Fie smiled even while she was crying.
“Thank you for saving me. Thank you for picking me. Thank you for… saying that I was your family. Thank you, Ulysses.”
Over and over again, Fie expressed her gratitude towards Ulysses.
Surely there were other things she wanted to say. Even so, more than anything else, perhaps that was the thing that Fie had always embraced towards Ulysses.
Until Fie stopped crying as she held Ulysses, Egil and Kaya sat next to Fie and patted her back as if they were trying to calm her down.
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Egil’s party and Lake Metropolis’ people transported all the corpses that were restrained in the Country of Demise to Lake Metropolis.
The people who remained in Lake Metropolis went out to welcome their beloved ones, be it family or friends.
Then, that night. They held a ceremony to send the dead to heaven as they cremated all the corpses. The ceremonial fire rose up to the sky in Lake Metropolis. The citizens were having their fill of sake and food as if they were having a festival, as they were engaging in reminiscent talks throughout the night, and they laughed.
Siloe and Khloe quietly condoled with them in Kaya’s palace.
The two of them explained why they went to the Dark Guild while Egil and the others were en route to return to Lake Metropolis.
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After they escaped from the slave trader’s hands, they were looking for someone to rescue Selina. However, not a single person lent a hand to their plea, and as they wanted to become adventurers in order to gain power, the door to becoming adventurers was closed before them due to their ages. They wanted to commission a quest to kill the slave trader and rescue their older sister, but in the first place, assassination request wouldn’t be taken, so it was also out of question. The two were at a loss when they heard an information that the Dark Guild would accept such a request, so they knocked on the Dark Guild’s door.
[There is someone we want to rescue], [There is someone we want to kill]. As they appealed with their heartfelt words, the leader of the guild that Reveie belonged to, didn’t allow them to join, and since the two were penniless, they also didn’t accept the two’s quest.
However, the two of them didn’t give up. They wanted to save Selina no matter what. And the one that had an eye on them was none other than Guy, the puppeteer.
In exchange to him giving them power, the two would have their freedom taken away, and they’d live as puppets.
The ones used to serve that purpose were the Sun and Moon masks. The masks increased their power in exchange for them having absolute obedience to the practitioner, in other words, Guy the puppeteer.
Thus, Siloe and Khloe became Guy’s puppets, and when Egil destroyed the masks, they regained their freedom.
“Egil! Is Onee-chan doing well?”
“Yeah, she’s good.”
“I want to quickly see Onee-chan.”
The two were enthusiastically talking about Selina next to Egil.
–Their hearts don’t have any distrust towards people.
Perhaps that was the reason why they were manipulated into puppets, but Egil was glad that the two didn’t become subservient.
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“Speaking of which, do you two not know the reason why Reveie came here?”
Reveie’s objective remained a mystery even up to now. Still, the two shook their heads.
“We don’t know. Reveie hadn’t talked about it to anyone ever since we went to the Dark Guild.”
“Right? Even if they belong to the same guild, they’re not friends… That’s my impression.”
For the sake of achieving her purpose, she’d even use the guild members. If the interests didn’t match, she wouldn’t mind fighting for it. She had said that ever since the two first met her.
“Ah, but!”
But, Khloe remembered something.
“Reveie seemed to be a bit delightful when talking about Egil.”
“About me?”
“That’s right… And she also said something. What was it… Uhm…”
Then, the two recalled at the same time.
“”The objective is drawing close!””
That seemed to be something that Reveie would say.
“What does that mean?”
“Hmm, don’t know!”
“She isn’t someone who’d answer even if she’s asked in detail about it.”
After saying that, the two ran to Kaya and said, “I’m hungry.”
All the citizens had been informed about the fact that Siloe and Khloe were manipulated. None of them had murdered anyone since Guy had ordered them to target Kaya. The citizens were aware of that, and they kindly accepted Siloe and Khloe.
Then, seeing that the two of them were warmly welcomed by Kaya and the citizens of Lake Metropolis, Egil headed to Fie’s side.
“Fie, you’re not going to everyone’s place?”
Fie distanced herself from the others, having a melancholic nostalgia together with the two pets who were her family at the nearby forest.
In front of them was Ulysses’ grave.
Even though she had stopped crying, he could sense that she was different from her usual self.
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“…”
“Is it better for me to go away?”
Egil asked as he was about to turn back, but Fie grasped him.
“No, stay. Sit behind me.”
“Behind?”
Egil did as Fie said and sat behind her. Fie then clasped Egil’s hands and made them hug her.
“Fie?”
“I’ve always liked being hugged like this. I couldn’t tell Ulysses or Kaya because it’s embarrassing.”
“Is that so?”
This was Egil’s first time hearing about it.
“Hug me, stronger.”
“Understood. Tell me if it hurts.”
He hugged Fie’s body tightly.
No matter how much power he put into the hug, Fie said, “More”.
Egil thought that perhaps she was feeling lonely.
“Ulysses was always kind to me. It’s surely thanks to her that I’m able to live like this. Despite that, I can’t repay her kindness at all.”
“That’s not true. You told Ulysses lots of scenery. I think that it surely made her happy.”
“I wonder… if that’s true…”
“Yeah, I’d like to think that it’s true. If not, she wouldn’t have given up her own life to let you escape.”
Being told that, Fie slightly nodded.
“You had properly repaid her. And Ulysses surely doesn’t want you to be sad.”
“Eh?”
“She surely wanted you to be happy on her behalf, too. …Fie, are you happy now?”
Fie, who was embraced from behind, only turned her face to look at Egil. She was silent for a while, perhaps thinking, before she answered.
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“…I didn’t know for a long time whether it’s alright for me to be happy. I was saved by Ulysses, but only I survived… But, if Ulysses said that it was alright, then I’d like to answer that I am happy.”
“I see. Surely she wishes for your happiness too. You have to feel the happiness of two people, on her behalf as well.”
“That’s right. Since it’s the life given by Ulysses, I want to live happily from now on, enough to fill Ulysses’ share of happiness too. If that is what Ulysses wants.”
Fie locked eyes with Egil, and smiled as tears streamed out of the corner of her eyes.
“I’m glad that I met you, Egil. If I hadn’t met you, I wouldn’t have been able to go to Ulysses’ place like this. That’s why, Egil, thank you.”
It was certainly the words that came out from the bottom of her heart. And her smile was very beautiful, this was the first time Egil had seen such an expression of hers.
“Yeah, me too. That’s why from now on, let’s be together. Let me hug you like this forever.”
“Yeah, let’s.”
The flowers that were offered to the grave before their eyes were swaying due to the wind. They’d like to think that it was a sign that Ulysses was also delighted. That the Fie that she protected could show such a kind of a smile.
Then, the two of them were silent, with Egil hugging Fie’s body the whole time.
Her delicate body, the beautiful and clear aqua hair. Even if they had walked together many times, this was the first time he hugged her from behind, and Egil felt even more love towards her.
“It’s going to get colder soon. Shall we return?”
“Yeah. But before we return to the palace, I’d like to tell Ulysses one more thing…”
Saying so, Fie looked at the grave where Ulysses was slumbering in, as she smiled.
“Ulysses… Egil, who’s right by my side… is the person that I love.”
Though her voice was small, Fie continued her words as if reporting to Ulysses.
“I also love Ulysses and Kaya. But I think the ‘love’ I hold towards Egil is different from my love to the two of you. I’d like to always be with this person–that’s what I’m wishing for, even now.”
“–That’s why,” Fie said as she stood up.
“Watch over me, Ulysses. Watch over my life as I continue to walk through it together with this person. I’ll see a lot of beautiful scenery that Ulysses wanted to see, together with him. That’s why, watch over me and Egil. Thank you for everything up until now. I will become happy, so–”
Fie wiped her eyes as she took Egil’s hand, and they went deep into the forest.
Egil didn’t say anything. Or rather, he thought that he shouldn’t say anything here. However, Egil’s heart felt warm somehow as he was taken into a quiet place, distant from the hustle and bustle of the banquet.
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Then, Fie’s feet stopped. There were only the two of them there, as if they were in a world where there were only Egil and Fie alone.
“…Fie.”
“Egil, I… love you.”
Looking at him was Fie whose cheeks turned bright red, that even in the darkness of the night, her blush could still be seen. Even in this embarrassment, she didn’t turn her eyes away, as she continued her words.
“I have never felt something like this until now. But… I want to be by your side. I want to be next to Egil… I think that my happiness is by being with you, Egil. That’s why–”
Egil hugged Fie.
He didn’t need to listen until the end. She, too, didn’t feel like continuing her words. That was why he hugged her and said.
“Me too. I love you too, Fie.”
“Really? …I’m glad.”
Fie hugged Egil back and bounced back with her voice full of delight.
“That’s why, I want you to walk together with me towards the future. Next to me, forever…”
As he said that, he separated from Fie and showed a smile in return.
“Yes, with pleasure…”
The two were thinking of each other, as they longed for each other even stronger.
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