Chapter 27: Tears

From behind the old man, the other members of the ‘Spirit Hunters’ also came up to the second floor, one after another.

No way…

“Did you guys kill Kukuto and Marle?”

The old man grinned as he looked at us.

“When we asked them to make weapons for us, they made some crappy stuff. So we returned them. Unfortunately we returned them at a bad angle and they got stuck in their chests”

“”””Hyahahahahaha””””

“Give us your weapons. I heard you defeated Arachne. It’s a waste for trash like you to have them, so we’ll take care of them.”

Mia glared at the old men and slowly stood up while trembling with anger.

“I-I won’t forgive you for killing Kukuto-san and Marle-san for that kind of thing…”

Ignoring Mia completely, the old man continued to speak.

“No matter how much we tortured these dwarves, they wouldn’t spill a word about your equipment. So we have no choice but to take them from you. If you want to hold a grudge, hold it against these dwarves.”

Ptun……

Something snapped inside me. Oh …… Oh, God, I can’t take it anymore.

Are these people justified even in the unreasonable killing of Kukuto-san and Marle-san?

In that case, I‘ll destroy this class society. I’ll show who the real trash is.

I extended the lightsaber’s blade.

From behind the old man, two tank-like individuals who were holding shields charged at me.

They must have judged that swords are ineffective in this corridor.

However, I swung my lightsaber horizontally without caring.

The red blade tore through the wall, cleaving the charging pair and their shields into two.

Taking advantage of that gap, the old man and another man swung their sword and ax at me.

I activated the ‘Heart Wall’ barrier and deflected their respective weapons, causing the old man and his companion to lose their balance.

Then, driven by anger, I swung my lightsaber again and again.

“Damn it!”

I shouted.

It’s no good… a lightsaber doesn’t leave the needed feeling in your hand.

I thought killing you guys would fill the big hole in my heart!

I looked at the remaining two.

An elf and a guy named Hiroshi, an otherworldly appraiser.

“Bah, you’re crazy… hey, wait a minute. I’m an other worlder, just like you. My skill is ‘Appraisal’. It’s absolutely useful, so please don’t kill me.”

“Shut up! Being mistaken as the same as you would be revolting!”

I close the distance with Hiroshi and stab the lightsaber into his heart.

Hiroshi tried to pull out the light blade with his bare hands, but the fingers that grabbed the light blade just fell to the floor.

I draw my lightsaber and face the elf.

The lone remaining elf maintained a confident posture.

“Hmph, useless. You’re quite interesting. Rejoice, I’ll become your ally.”

“We don’t need trash like you. Instead, why did you think Kukuto and the others were making weapons?”

“You’re so poorly educated… Well, fine, I’ll tell you. I saw you come back from a quest with this dwarf before.”

“Didn’t you think we bought the weapons?”

“Mithril weapons that aren’t magical artifacts are never sold in weapon shops in this town, except for the dwarf’s store. That’s how we knew your equipment was prepared by the dwarf.”

I see, so Kukuto and the others were targeted because of their conversation with me.

Kukuto, Marle-san……Please allow me to apologize later.

For now, I will kill this guy.

Killing intent runs through my body.

“W-Wait! If you kill me, the adventurer guild of this town won’t stay silent. It was the guild master who requested to take your weapons.”

Was the long wait at the adventurer’s guild to buy time for this?

I see… the adventurer’s guild is also a group.

“I will negotiate with the guild master. You won’t be killed and ….”

Swoosh.

I beheaded him.

There’s no way I would forgive him.

There’s no need to negotiate with Keith. He’s going to die soon anyway.

“Mia, let’s run. They probably want to frame us for all the murders. If we get caught, we’ll be executed. We’re heading to the dwarf’s country now.”

Keith didn’t care if these guys succeeded or failed. Because in the end they can steal our equipment.

Keith didn’t care if these guys succeeded or failed. In the end, they just wanted to take our equipment.

“We’ll bury Kukuto and Marle in the dwarf’s country. It would be pitiful to leave them here.”

We wrapped the corpses of Kukuto-san and Maruru-san in the bed sheets and put them in the stuffed animal’s pocket.

As time stops inside the pockets, they won’t decay.

When we stepped out of the workshop, it was already surrounded by adventurers.

Among the adventurers standing in line, Guild Master Keith was a little distance away.

When our eyes met, Keith raised his voice loud enough for us and all the adventurers here to hear.

“Takumi and Mia. We received a report that you killed the dwarves from the ‘Spirit Hunters.’ And there’s blood on your clothes. What does this mean?”

Perfect. It saves me the trouble of searching.

Whatever I say now would be in vain.

I instruct Mia not to leave my side no matter what.

I don’t want her to become a murderer. I’ll handle the killing myself.

I grabbed the lightsaber grip with my right hand. The blade wasn’t activated.

Then, I raised both hands high above my head to show surrender.

Seeing me, Mia also raised her hands high.

We slowly walked towards Keith.

The adventurers around us just stand there, watching, not making a move.

It must have looked like we were surrendering and walking to hand over our weapons.

We stopped about 4 meters away from Keith, right in front of him.

I hold out the lightsaber’s grip towards Keith.

Keith smirked with a triumphant expression.

Swoosh.

The red blade of the lightsaber passes through the gaps between the adventurers, extending towards Keith’s heart.

Buzz… Bub… Crunch.

The space in front of Keith breaks apart, as if there was an invisible windowpane there.

“What? The barrier magic is being broken…”

Then the lightsaber blade I extended using SP30, pierced Keith’s heart.

Then, I lifted the lightsaber up, and Keith’s heart and head were sliced vertically.

What the hell is this?

I don’t feel happy at all…

A single tear rolls down from my eye.

Are these tears of frustration, sadness, or something else?

I didn’t know the reason for my tears.

Then I shout in a rough voice.

“We’re getting out of this town. Anyone who gets in our way will be treated as an enemy!”

The group of four adventurers in front of Keith come rushing at us.

“You idiots, you think you can win against these numbers?”

I quickly took out the four of them with the lightsaber and barrier.

“Hey, that’s not fair! It was over in a blink of an eye.”

“Using a lightsaber is cheating. It’s way too cool.”

“Ah, it’s red! Has he turned to the dark side…”

Whispers and murmurs were growing around.

There were many otherworlders there. Seeing my fight, they seem to have lost their will to fight.

They never had any loyalty to the guild or the town to begin with.

――After this, no one came after us.

What are you going to do now?

It’s already decided.

We’re gonna make that future we all talked about, laughing together, come true.

For now, that’s good enough. It’s more than enough.

As long as we have a reason to keep moving forward, it’ll be fine.

“Mia, come with me. We’re gonna give Kukuto and Marle a proper burial with our own hands!”

—End of Volume 1—

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