Chapter 93 - My Feelings

"Guah!"

"Kyaa!"

One of the jerk's thorny roots eventually managed to hit and take down the old knight along with me.

I fell but then I got up as fast as I could. I unsheathed Rot Saber to cut through the other thorny roots that were moving toward where am I.

The jerk ignored me. So he just send a few thorny roots. He focused on beating the old knight.

When I wanted to help that old knight but these thorny roots obstructed me. The same thing happened to the old knight when he try to help me.

"Runaway, miss!" The old knight shouted.

The thing he said was a good idea. However, I couldn't pick that plan. If I escaped, the jerk will kill Kimi and Ruciel.

So I replied, "No, I'm not going to escape."

"Wise decision, fight me, my daughter! Save your sister and this girl!" The jerk tried to provoke me.

"Shut up!" I snapped.

Then, the fight continued. There aren't many thorny roots attacking me. And on the other hand, the old knight was overwhelmed with the thorny roots that attacked him.

"[Angel Blessing]"

He used a good defensive Buff but still, he couldn't change things, he was still suppressed by the threat of those thorny roots.

I wanted to help the old knight but I realized I couldn't do much.

"I'm sorry, sir," I said. 

Then, I ran up to the jerk.

"Wait, miss!"

I ignored the old knight's scream and continued running. I kept cutting through the thorny roots that were blocking my path.

The jerk wasn't serious when he attacked me. Because of that and maybe, I can use this to kill him.

And then, I arrived in front of the jerk or rather in the bottom of the roots that became his feet.

"Big sis!"

One familiar voice made me lookup. In the wooden cage, taken out by the jerk, I saw the little girl and Ruciel had woken up.

The little girl looked at me with an expression of fear. As for Ruciel, the girl looked at the jerk with a hateful look.

"Hang on, Kimi! I will save you soon!" I shouted and started climbing on the jerk's roots.

"That's right, keep trying," said the jerk. At the same time, he made an expression indicating that he was holding back laughter.

"Ghrr...!" He set me off!

"Bastard! Where are my friends!?" Ruciel shouted.

The jerk's attention was diverted to Ruciel. He moved his body to look at her who was furious, grasping the bars of the wooden cage.

"Shh... shh... Relax, they're fine, they're in an eastern settlement now. If you want to save them, I'll give you one more chance."

"Chance! Don't joke with me! The last time you and I made a deal you deceived me!"

"That's not deception. At that time you surely didn't finish your job. You brought my two daughters, to my clone instead of me."

"You are a liar!"

"Haa... Well. I'll give you two choices, fight me and you along with your friends die, or! Fight Eclaite and catch her." The jerk glanced at me after he said that sentence. "If you manage to do so, my previous vow will apply.

"I won't believe you!"

"I don't care if you believe me or not. I gave you a choice and you'll pick it in less than ten seconds. Your time starts from now."

Ruciel seemed to want to say something but words didn't come out of her mouth. A moment later she made a thoughtful expression.

Ugh! I wanted to save the girl but I can't. I got into trouble climbing these moving roots. Although I can jump from one root to another, I feel like I'm not making any progress!

"Fine! I'll do it!"

The decision made by Ruciel made me freeze.

"Good! Now, go get her tiger."

A door was made in the wooden cage and quickly, Ruciel came out to approach me.

"Ruciel, don't do this!"

"..."

The Fallen Elf girl didn't say anything and she started attacking me using her dagger. I had no other choice but to confront her.

"Damn it! I'm going to kill you jerk!"

"You can try my daughter."

The jerk smiled as he looked at our fight. He enjoyed it as if he was watching a sports game.

And Ruciel, this girl is fast and strong. She overwhelmed me in seconds.

I wanted to give a counterattack and then knock this girl out but I realized, the weapon I'm using right now is Rot Saber. This weapon could give her serious injuries and I didn't want that.

I condemn my misfortune. Why did the Silver Spear have to fall when the old knight carried me around?

As for the old knight himself, he was still under the pressure of the thorny roots and the jerk's Dark Spells.

"Pa... Papa Wielth?"

A voice brought my fox's ears to twitch and stand up straight. I glanced at the little girl. And for a while, I saw her staring at the jerk.

"What's wrong Kimi?"

"Hii..."

"Don't be afraid, even if I change, I am still your father. Eclaite knows to treat this disaster so don't worry."

"Is... Is that true?" Kimi asked hesitantly.

"Yes." "No!" We - the jerk and I - answered simultaneously.

"No! Don't listen to Kimi! He's a monster! He is not your father!" I warn her as fast as I could before I blocked Ruciel's attacks.

This girl, she became faster and stronger. She show an intent to end this fight and that was a bad sign.

"I am your father," said the jerk.

"You are a monster!" I screamed. A moment later, I pushed Ruciel's dagger back.

The Fallen Elf girl looked at me without saying a word. "..."

She tried to attack me again but I wouldn't let her.

"Please, go to sleep, Ruciel, [Mist of Nightmare Illusion]"

The outburst of white mist was appeared to engulf everyone. I was expecting the jerk would be swallowed up by illusions but that's just hope.

Heat Perception told me that the jerk was still awake. I could see parts of his human body moving around as if looking for me.

On the other hand, Ruciel and Kimi's heat stopped. As for the old knight, he was awake and he took advantage of the protection provided by this mist to escape.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, I shot the jerk using Water Spells. I don't use Wind Spells because I don't want this mist to disappear.

I kept attacking and it seems, all my actions didn't work out.

And then, unbeknownst to me, a thorny root managed to sneak up and finally tie my legs.

"Ah!"

"Finally!"

A strong wind blew to wipe out the mist I made.

The jerk lifted my body and brought me in front of him. He called another root to tie my arm.

"Damn it!"

"Calm down my daughter."

"Don't! Don't call me your daughter."

"Why did you become so rebellious? Where is your obedience? And why did you betray the love I gave you?"

I don't know why, after I got those questions, in an instant, the anger I had become overflowing.

"I was the one who betrayed you? Don't joke around! Never once did I betray you! You are the one who betrayed me!" 

"You killed Scott Bell and I thank you for that."

"For some time after you bought me, you were kind, you took care of me, and you gave me whatever I wanted. Therefore, I think you are different from other men. Therefore, I accept if you want my body. Therefore, I thought of accepting all that fate and to become your wife but no!" 

"That fate never came true! One day you changed! You betrayed my expectations! You're toying me like any other man! You're just thinking about yourself! You destroyed my body with all kinds of drugs! And worse, you killed Haruka, my second mother I loved!"

"I never betrayed you! You're the one who betrayed me! No longer do I think of you as a human being and I swear I will kill you!"

I was gassing out of breath when I saw that asshole silent with his eyes slightly open.

For some time, we fell silent.

Spontaneously, I uttered all of Eclaite's feelings, I said all the things she thought about this jerk, and to complete all of this, I asked, "why? Why did you betray me?"

"That's because I want strength."

"Strength! You did all that because you wanted strength!" 

Once again anger enveloped my heart.

"Yes, that's right," he made a nod. "Have you ever wondered, why your race is one tail fox instead of Fox Beastkin?"

"... No."

"Hmm... Looks like you finally figured this out. So, as you know, One Tail Fox is a Divine Beast. It's just that they haven't grown up yet. And when they matured, they became the legendary Nine Tail Fox. Surprisingly, a Divine Beast's blood could increase Basic Statistics if being consumed."

"Wait a minute, you drank my blood?"

"Yes, but your blood loses its efficacy after being consumed several times. I tried to fix this and I found two ways."

"Stop talking! I don't want to hear anything more!" I screamed.

"But you have to hear it," said the jerk, ignoring my opinion again and again. "So, the first way is to purify your blood. Whenever your blood gets purer, I'll be able to get an increase in Basic Statistics. Because of this, I made the medicine."

"And you used Haruka to finish it! You bastard!"

"... Sacrifice is necessary."

"I don't care about your excuses! You're a murderer and that will never change!"

"The second way to restore the efficacy of your blood is to make you go berserk. And to do so, I must torture you and push you to the edge of death."

"You..."

I wanted to say something in those words but I couldn't say anything. Anger paralyzes me.

"Before I use that method, I can make you berserk by giving you the blood of a monster. And then, I don't know why monster blood no longer make-"

Blarr! Blast! Blarr!

Explosion after an explosion hit the jerk before he could finish his sentence. The jerk was torn apart while I and Kimi were fine because a dozen thorny roots protected us.

Seconds passed and, "Smell of blood! No!"

I realized my Smell Blocker was gone.. And because of that, the smell of the jerk's blood, this delicious smell began to wipe out my sanity.