79. Bad Relationship
The dawn in the back alley is darker than the night.
This is a place where regulations, let alone laws, are meaningless, and the sky is blocked by shabby boards that have been arbitrarily raised and added.
This street ignores even the morning light.
It is as cold as that.
On that cold street.
Only the sound of plodding footsteps echoed and dispersed repeatedly.
“Do you usually handle things like this yourself?”
I was the one who spoke first.
The cleric who was walking ahead of me turned his head slightly and looked back.
“No.”
“Then I guess it’s the end.”
It didn’t matter where the traitor was, what he was doing, what his position was, or whether he had someone else do it or not.
The reason I keep leading the conversation is,
It was to prevent random thoughts from entering her head.
Even though she walks quietly, her head is constantly spinning.
It doesn’t matter if you have doubts,
Because that point should be right before death.
“That’s not true either. The people who are in a position to know the truth are trash that I personally selected.”
She smiles and corrects herself.
From the cleric’s point of view, he would not want to give me, who appears to be close to the cult leader, the perception that his appointment was wrong.
In other words, it is the same as saying that you trust my fake identity that much, so it would be better to keep showing it off and adding to your confidence.
“I just hope that today’s death will not put a damper on your plans.”
“Don’t worry. It has nothing to do with the plan and I’m just clearing up a personal relationship.”
It’s as if it’s a pastime.
Even if it is disguised as a personal ill-fated relationship, it is clear that there is no reason whatsoever to kill a person.
I just kill because I want to kill.
“…Then I’m glad.”
The eerie feeling you get while walking quietly,
It wasn’t just the chill of the back alley.
She walks lightly.
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A human being whose personality has been worn away by the stigma and who has fallen into a monster covered in a sore shell.
However, she did not show it.
“Please tell the leader that he can look forward to it.”
“I guess the plan is going well, right?”
“Yes. In about a month from now, I think we will be able to roughly weed out all the useful talent from the back alleys.”
Even though I heard directly from her the enormous risk of her return if I failed to stop her.
“Imagine. The rules and cities that were so strong until yesterday as if they were the truth of the world, all bursting and collapsing overnight.”
“…”
“Boys who have never experienced hardship, adults who live hard lives, and children who do not. They will all equally fall to the bottom and struggle. How will the children who are left behind in the place that has become hell grow up?”
There was no change in my image.
The plan is for the city next door to collapse and become another back alley, causing a chain of hatred.
There was no need to be overcome by anxiety about such a dark future.
“Oh my, did I talk too much?”
“No. It was interesting. Thanks to that-“
Her plan will not come true.
So what I felt was not a personal emotion.
Just one line of appreciation is enough.
“We arrived before we knew it.”
A place that is embarrassing to even call home.
Her legs stopped in front of a shabby residence where only the ceiling existed.
It’s just a ridicule, like a mockery, that I’m desperately looking for a place to live.
Because it is a fitting end for her as she and I walk into the secret room with our own feet.
So, I followed the cleric in.
“As expected, it hasn’t arrived yet.”
The traitor has not arrived yet.
In other words, this is a secret room.
Although it is a cramped place that would be uncomfortable for even one person to lie down.
It is not an inconvenient place to kill a person.
And, that is.
The same logic applies to her as well.
Whoosh!
Her neck caught in an instant.
He grabbed her neck with his left hand and pressed it mercilessly.
It was I who finally revealed her teeth,
Her expression.
“…Ha. I thought it was a bit strange.”
It was peaceful.
Her eyes are still full of composure.
Tub-
Her hand gently covering my left arm.
And soon, that ability was revealed.
Non-supportive position-
The stigma shines like crazy,
Her abilities are copied to her.
Chris’s kendo, which I once heard of,
The runaway sword obtained by killing Arachne.
Even physical strength stats.
Things that you feel are okay,
Copy everything from her and save it on your left arm.
“Did I look that… Stupid?”
I won’t be able to breathe,
She is the one who consistently mocks me.
As she said, she is not an idiot.
She was not so thoughtless that she did not measure the speed at which she lost consciousness when taken by surprise in this way, and the speed at which her own abilities warmed up.
But she doesn’t know.
She knows that abilities exist that she cannot copy.
And,
That I am the master of that ability.
Whoosh!
I cut off her neck,
That is why she held it with her left hand.
“What…?”
Copy my abilities in an instant, Although she was the one who tried to trigger the
Runaway.
Her left hand, which is the source of her abilities,
I grab it with my right hand and press it down.
It immediately flows in,
The strength that was once mine.
I returned it as is.
Kwasik!
“Whoops…!”
Her left hand sinks through the floor.
The circuitry of the left arm that was returned to the original was broken, and began to recover immediately.
Her expression was tinged with contemplation, considering that counterattacking was something she could do while still conscious.
aaak-
The root of the stigma is Arca. Furthermore, there is the final boss, Laplace.
Because it is noble and inviolable.
Just as I cannot absorb the cleric’s copy ability with my right hand,
Clerics also cannot copy my absorption ability.
No matter how she doubts me,
This is because the suspicion did not reach the point of ‘stigmatization’.
“You…What the hell…”
She is the owner of the stigma,
In this place where no one can see.
In the most trivial way,
He began to die slowly.
“Ah, uh…”
If a human cannot breathe, he dies.
Whether it is the Supreme Grand Wizard,
Regardless of whether it is an apostle chosen by Arca.
Soon, the screams were not even mixed with anger.
When the voice loses its linguistic form.
Just before spurring on to completely finish off the unconscious boss.
f*ck you!
The pain came to me too.
“Ouch…!”
A surprise attack while completely defenseless.
I was kicked in the stomach.
My vision becomes blurry and my hands become weak.
The body, which had been kicked back, rolled several times and fell into a pile of boards.
“Ugh…”
In a new level of pain, even losing consciousness was not allowed. In some ways, I’m glad.
I was able to shake her head.
‘You kicked me in that state?’
Did I underestimate the Cleric?
No, no. That can’t be happening.
It was clearly confirmed that she had lost consciousness, and there was no angle to raise her legs in that position.
Then, what on earth happened…?
Something that couldn’t have happened happened,
There must be a reason for that that I don’t know about.
That fact made my body, which was struggling to even moan out, desperately raise its head.
What I saw after blurry eyes.
With the owner of jealousy lying motionless.
And…
“…Are you trying to kill me?”
A familiar silhouette blocking the way.
The voice I most wanted to hear right now.
Through the afterglow of dawn, a drop of water shines through and falls to the floor.
It must have been flowing down her cheeks.
“Answer me.”
For sure,
It was a bad relationship for me too.
—
“Cleric, Cleric!”
I was defenseless, but
Scarlett did not come to finish me off.
Instead, he mercilessly shook the fallen cleric and called her out, checking on her condition.
“…I’m alive.”
Her self-talk, as if it came directly from her unconsciousness, proved how mentally driven she was.
What can be seen from that fact is,
They know each other.
It’s not just a one-sided relationship,
They seemed quite special to each other.
The fact that my situation has gotten that much worse is
Leave it alone for a moment.
Now is the time to think.
I thought faster than ever before.
It is probably not a coincidence that Scarlett came here. It must be the ‘bad relationship’ that the Cleric lured in.
It seems like Scarlett is the only one who considers each other friends.
The Cleric tried to kill Scarlett,
Scarlett doesn’t know that.
And then, they caught me trying to kill the cleric.
Then, what should I do here?
After one more sparring with her called her real battle, should I subdue her and then kill the cleric?
It would be nice if that happened, but
He is in very poor physical condition.
Ivan’s body is not strong.
Even though he had good stamina, it was impossible to comfortably subdue Scarlett even after giving him the lead.
Then are you going to convince Scarlett?
No, there is no way to believe it.
There is no time to explain every detail.
So, for now.
You must live.
She and I survive here.
Before the owner of the stigma lying there came to his senses and stabbed Scarlett, who caught her eye, to death.
“…Scarlett.”
Let me call her her,
She also looked at me.
I couldn’t see it well because it was dark,
I desperately felt the cold anger.
“Did it have to go this far?”
“……”
“…I knew it too. That the Cleric was in charge of this place.”
“Is that so?”
There is no need to make them understand that the Cleric has become the leader of the Resistance.
Well, that makes sense.
Even though she may have been that close to the cleric, the reason why those three names didn’t even come up in conversation with me.
Deep in my heart,
This may be because they were concerned about this situation.
Now that it has become reality,
It is not unreasonable to be so indignant.
“I… Believed in you. I believed that you would be different…”
“……”
“In the end, you are just like those bastards. You were just like those people who treated people’s lives like flies and even thought about killing them if they messed up!”
Scarlett does not know the true nature of the Resistance.
So, the ‘those guys’ she referred to me as are probably also her personal evil.
I was concerned enough, but
Now, taking action came first.
I caught it with my eyes.
The cleric behind her is guarding her as if she will never let him go.
That she is regaining consciousness.
The moment that bastard opens his eyes, she is caught in the act.
I got up.
All my joints screamed,
I suppressed it somehow.
“Scarlett.”
“Don’t come closer!”
There is no time.
So, I searched her inside pocket.
Now, anyone can see that she is shaking her shoulders, shedding her feelings of betrayal in the form of tears.
After the cleric’s knife stuck in her body, it was too late for her to realize, ‘Oh, he tried to dip me!’
So, this method would be the best.
“Her ex tried to kill her.”
I admit it. It’s true that I tried to kill him.
“But… It’s not just because she was the head of a subversive group.”
“No.”
Even though her voice is so cold that it can’t even be compared to last night’s.
“In the end, you were that kind of person.”
“……”
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“If I knew that… I wouldn’t have joined as a disciple-“
“Scarlett.”
Even if you have no intention of forgiving me,
I know.
“If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do.”
She took it out from her inner pocket.
What she knows well.
“…You-“
Shinchang not starting.
Her main weapon was thrown towards her.
Chaenggang-
A scrap metal named Sinchang fell in front of its owner with a clanging sound.
In all of her world, she is the only one who can turn that scrap metal into her highest sacred object.
She started to get confused.
“Again, what kind of plan are you planning?”
“I will kill the Cleric. There is a good reason and a good cause.”
“…”
“But, if you don’t even listen to the reason. If you have to stop me, that is also an unavoidable reality.”
She threw her options at her,
I gave up my life.
And, paradoxically enough.
I was able to take the lead in the conversation.
I said.
“Do whatever you want.”
I am sure.
I know her personality.
Even though Ivan tried to kill the cleric,
She cannot kill the unresisting Ivan.
The cleric became a monster,
Because Scarlett is human.
…No, it’s a human character.
“What on earth are we going to do…!”
And then, when she staggered and came right in front of me.
I answered.
“You can’t die.”
“…What?”
I held onto her hand as she paused for a moment,
Pull with all your might.
Park!
She looked like she was being hugged by me.
At that moment, he tried to throw me and pin me to the ground,
I hugged her and turned her back.
Hook!
A blade aimed at Scarlet.
The holy sword Baldr reconstructed by the cleric.
That guy who came to her senses aimed a killing blow at both me and her.
She is not her,
It ended up getting stuck somewhere in my back.
“Ugh…”
Pain as if being consumed by fire.
My legs feel weak, and my eyes turn red.
However, her posture did not collapse.
Because the woman in my arms supported me.
She must have seen clearly.
If she had included herself in that trajectory,
She would have been dead by now.
“Clee, Rick…?”
My plan was twisted,
Somehow, I returned it as best as I could.
Now all that’s left is-
“Why…?”
I forced it out and showed it to you,
The bare face of a cleric.
It was Scarlett’s responsibility to accept it.
