Chapter 64: The Resolve To Murder Is

Chapter 64: The Resolve To Murder Is

We had repelled the calamity that was Yokomichi Hajime, and left the Rook Spider’s pit. Too bad there wasn’t a transfer circle there. But even if there was, we couldn’t activate it since we didn’t have the Rook spider’s core.

We continued our journey through the caves, in silence. Everyone, was silent.

“...”

I wanted to give them a piece of my mind, a big one. We couldn’t kill that piece of shit Yokomichi. No one even fucking helped. Only me and Mei-chan were fighting that psycho.

Like fuck, were these girls actually delusional? Especially that bitch Souma Sakura, doing unnecessary shit as always. If you got a problem, you can just go stick it up your..... But of course, I wasn’t so stupid as to blow my top over something like this right now.

Talking about how shit they are would come later. At least, not here. Better if it’s at a Fairy Square.

“Ah, th, that...”

While our journey continued in this gloomy vibe, Natsukawa-san, who’d taken point, spoke up with a nuance of despair. Shit, looks like we ain’t outta the woods yet.

“What, the hell? ... Another spider nest!”

At the end of the cave, there was a hole that seemed to be the entrance to another Rook Spider habitation. This one looked larger than the one earlier.

“Momokawa-kun, are you sure we should head in like this?”

“We have to pass through eventually, don’t we?”

“Well... It does seem unrealistic to go back to the previous fairy square at this point”

Right now, we seriously needed a fairy square to recuperate.

Our combat potential had been slashed in half. Although not entirely paralyzed, Natsukawa-san, Kenzaki-san, and Mei-chan, our vanguard team, were still afflicted with paralysis poison from that sleazebag, Yokomichi. My meds seemed to have alleviated most of the effect, but it’d be better if they recovered fully, and that took time.

Class rep was also afflicted, but the effect was light, probably because she had a mage class. I also got hit but... I still didn’t feel anything. Maybe because I’m a Shaman? Maybe there’s a hidden correction that grants me poison immunity?

Well, even so, I was sure as hell not gonna use poisons on myself to find out.

Rem was also gone. Which meant that I’d also lost a valuable asset. As soon as we arrive at the next fairy square, I gotta gather materials to resummon her.

“Alright, let’s stop here and get ready before we head in there”

“I didn’t. If it’s to protect Kotarou-kun, I won’t hesitate to kill, even if it’s a fellow classmate”

Man, I’m pretty sure I’m an asshole for feeling relieved from her bold answer.

When Mei-chan went berserk, she seemed to lose any ability to settle things humanely. When she fought Yokomichi, she was surely attacking him with the intent to kill.

But, if she told me that it was in order to protect me, that she’d even be willing to kill others... As a human being, and as a man, It didn’t sit right with me to hear her say that. She could have just sugar-coated it like Souma Sakura.

Still, I was glad. Glad that I had someone like her to watch my back. After all, the only one I could depend on in this sorry excuse of a party was Mei-chan. In a way, I was actually really happy to have her protect me.

“I see. Thank you”

“Yeah, so, don’t worry so much, Kotarou-kun.”

Ah, She saw through me huh. Now I feel stupid for worrying.

“Sorry”

“It’s okay. Yokomichi-kun has already killed Nagae-san. Murderer? No, he’s a cannibal, right? He’s pretty much no longer a human being. He’s like a Goma, an enemy that we have to defeat”

“You’re, right”

She was right. Yokomichi was a monster. A man-eating, blood-chugging monster. I don’t know which mad god changed his calling to ‘Cannibalizer’, but it was obvious that Yokomichi was no longer a human.

If you hesitate to kill a monster because of morals and ethics, then you’re the one whose gonna kick the bucket.

Even if I say that, will I be able to convince myself to carry out the deed?

“Don’t worry.... I won’t hesitate either. So next time, let’s kill that son of a bitch together.”

“Mm, thanks, Kotarou-kun.”

Once I did it, I’d probably still be conflicted. What if the things Souma Sakura said were right after all? Did I really have the resolve the kill others? Could I carry that weight? I didn’t know.

But, if someone had to bear the brand of murderer, it shouldn’t be only Mei-chan. I would bear it with her.

That, I was sure even I could do.

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