Chapter 149.3

Chapter 149.3

[Part 3/5]

"Ugh!!?"

"Cough!?"

Aoi is forcibly silenced by the released spiritual words. My master coughs and suffers. It was the side effect of being forcibly used a technique that does not suit her skill and spiritual power. The wood is pulled out from the wound...

"Haa, haa... You're quite cold to your daughter, aren't you? Especially... a cute, blooming one, right?"

'You speak as if you know everything. Young one. As talkative as ever.'

"Hgu!!?"

The firewood was thrust into the wound on my shoulder for the fifth time. Aoi struggled as if accusing me, her mouth remaining closed. I restrained Aoi to avoid her becoming a target. After pulling the firewood away, the head of the family spoke again.

'You really managed to tame that wild girl in just three days. Admirable, especially considering she's not only alive but also in one piece. ...Truly eerie, beyond imagination.'

After saying that much, the arm of my master, controlled by him, grabbed my hair, pulling it up. A cold voice whispered in my ear.

'Who is pulling the strings? A mere servant like you surviving through these countless trials is already a feat. And the way you talk and deceive... where did you learn that? Spit it out quickly.'

"Wha...!? Gih!!?"

Before I could finish my retort, my forehead was slammed into the ground. The flesh on my forehead tore, and blood spurted out.

"Mm~!? Mm~!!!?"

"Tomobe!"

'Shit, you better not play dumb too much. While you might deceive others, I'm different. There are plenty of interrogation methods. It's easier if you just confess.'

"Kuh...!!?"

My master resists. However, the control of her arm is instantly taken away. And...with a cracking sound, my ear is torn off.

"Aaaaaagh!?"

This is my loudest scream so far. My hair that was grabbed is released, and I collapse onto Aoi. It hurts. It hurts! Ouch...!!?

"D-damn it!!? Stop!"

'W-what part should I break next? Well, which part would be good?'

"Tomobe!?"

"Aghhh...!!?"

The back of my head is trampled on. My nose is broken. Blood is pouring out. The blood, seeping into the soil....

"Hoo. Hoo, hoo..."

'Hmm, I see. Next... it's in the way. Disappear.'

Deliberating, the head of the family who had been choosing the next part to break turns around and strikes with an open hand. For a moment, I saw something being torn apart. Was that... a feather? A hidden technique...?

'Hmph. So this is an act of compensation, huh? Quite ridiculous... No, is this also your scheme? It's quite something to deceive even a woman like that.'

Brushing off his arm, sniffing, he coldly says. I couldn't understand what he was saying, and all I could do was be confused, even forgetting the pain.

Right after, my face was kicked up and blown away.

"Ouch, ugh!?"

"Uwooooooohhhh!!!?"

I mustered the remaining trace of my spiritual power and leapt like a guardian spirit. The muscles in my legs screamed in unison. Clearly, there was a sound of discomfort coming from my leg muscles. I didn't care. Just like that, I charged at my master with a tackle at full force, vomiting blood.

'What!?'

"Haaaaaahhhh!!!!"

The clumsy charge that would normally be easily avoided in normal training, however, it seems that my master's body was unable to avoid it. Before my fierce onslaught, my master's posture crumbles.

'Guh'

"Ugh!!?"

Two different overlapping voices. And I pushed her down. I then grabbed her hand. However, I didn't know what else I should do.

I didn't know how to release the 'unique ability' possessed by Yuusei.

"Ha, haa... well, for now, if I catch him...!!?"

'Don't underestimate me, kiddo...!'

"Gahh!!?"

Before I could try to restrain his hands and feet, Yuusei moved. A knee kick in the attacking posture struck my abdomen. I choke. My arms slip through the restraints.

'How about this...!!?'

"Agh!!?"

A finger thrusts into my eye socket. With a gruesome sensation, my eyeballs were grabbed.

"This, this...!!?"

Pain, discomfort, and anger filled the air as our gazes crossed in a fleeting moment. Half of my master's face was adorned with a sadistic smile. This is bad. If things continue like this, my eyeballs will be gouged out...!!?

"Stop!!"

My master shouted in anger as she grabbed her own arm.

'Huh!? I'm surprised. You still resist...'

"Damn it, aaargh!!?"

Perhaps it was the result of her resilient spirit. In an instant, she seized control of her body and swiftly pulled her fingers out from my eye sockets. With that momentum, my master forcefully struck her own arm with a fist imbued with spiritual power.

"Aaah...!!?"

'You'll regret it!!?'

A loud, gruesome sound echoed. Yuusei clicked his tongue. My master's full-force punch, enhanced by spiritual power, dented the thin metal plate, or worse, pierced through it. It goes without saying what would happen if she did that to an unarmed, unenhanced limb. My master's screams continued endlessly. Despite screaming, her body moved against her own will.

"Kafu!!?"

Her unharmed arm tightly gripped my throat.

'No other choice. If you continue to resist, should I just end it here?'

"Ugh, ghhh!!?"

My throat tightens, tightens, and tightens. I try to brush off my master's arm, but it feels like my body is being pushed beyond its limits, and no matter what I do, it doesn't even flinch. I can't breathe. I can't take in oxygen. My consciousness gradually becomes hazy...

'You're going to be killed by your master. Wouldn't it be much better than being eaten by a youkai or killed by Takaragen? It would be a wasted end for you, wouldn't it?'