464 Episode 12: The Ideal Me

Chloe arrived at the main gate of the city, where she was in great chaos.

Those who set up their defenses and those who fled desperately.

They got messy, and there was no sign that the chaos would subside.

In the meantime, Chloe grabs her hand when she finds a little subhuman girl crying.

Are you okay!?

"Uwaaahn! Ohhhhhh...!"

"Don't cry, Mom's fine!"

Chloe pulls the girl away from the crowded area anyway.

In that way, I grasp the situation with the anger that flies around.

"Is there no Senhime!?"

"We're just on our way to the border!It will take time to come back! "

"Shit! Evacuation isn't over yet!?"

"The road collapsed in an earthquake and it still takes!"

"If you stay long, the tsunami will come!"

As she listened to the impatient voices of adults, the girl ran away from Chloe.

Turning to her eyes, the girl was hugging a woman she thought was her mother.

The woman looks at Chloe and lowers her head many times.

Chloe looks at it and exhales relief.

And then...

"If we're not done evacuating, we need to help!"

Chloe quickly changed her mind and headed to the main gate.

The confusion at the main gate where people were arriving was even worse than near the main gate.

"Don't push! Slow down!"

"The monsters are approaching! Come on, let's go!"

"Hey, don't interrupt!"

Uuuuuuu!

A man comes before us, and the main gate is filled with people.

There was a traffic jam because everyone was trying to move on.

Chloe pulled the adults' ears at the front gate.

"Ouch! What are you doing?"

"This kid!?"

"Do you understand the situation!? If you're arguing that people might die!?If you have time to move your mouth, move your legs!! "

Chloe preaches to the two adults, with or without mention.

The silence spreads to the scene and the scene.

Because it was an unusual sight of a child scolding an adult, and the atmosphere that the child emitted was clearly different from the surroundings.

"No monsters have arrived yet. Slowly and quietly, you'll be in time. Don't panic."

Tell the people who arrived at the main gate that Chloe was in a state of confusion.

The people of Mizuho are accustomed to this kind of thing as long as the chaos subsides.

Line up and walk through the main gate.

Those in cities also accept such evacuees.

"Thank you for your help. I don't see the face, but is it the adventurer?"

A large subhuman talks to Chloe.

Chloe shook her head to the side, thinking she was armed and probably a soldier.

"Yeah, I'm not. But Master is an adventurer."

"I see. Whatever it is, the evacuation is in time. Thank you."

The subhuman man lowered his head deeply and expressed his gratitude.

I heard Chloe was about to evacuate in time, but I still couldn't get over it.

Go up to the walls with the subhuman man and look around.

Even if the evacuation is complete, can the monsters be prevented?

"Closing the gate will activate the Immortal Princess Boundary. No problem."

"Really....."

Chloe found a boy running from afar, trying to say he was relieved.

"People! Over there!"

"Are you still there!?"

Soldiers become noisy.

But everyone was quiet in an instant.

Because the ground began to shake.

"This is...."

"An earthquake...?"

"No...."

The shake, thought to be the second earthquake, was the shake of the monsters' massive movement.

Those who were on the walls witnessed the soot and smoke that could quickly get into the distance.

"Damn it...! The monsters are coming!Get in there now! Close the gate! "

"Wait! Where is she!?"

"I can't wait...!"

It must have been a bitter decision from a subhuman man.

I gave instructions with a careless face.

When she saw it, Chloe ran down the walls and jumped out through the main gate.

"Wait! What are you going to do!?"

"You can close it! I can't abandon you!"

"What are you going to do alone!?"

I'll figure it out.

Chloe ran desperately toward the boy.

A crowd of monsters approaching from behind.

Scared of it, the boy runs.

But my body was at its limit.

The boy falls when his legs get tangled.Beyond my vision, I saw the main gate close.

Despair struck the boy, and the boy stopped running.

But...

"Don't give up."

……

The voice reached the boy.

When the boy raised his face, Chloe was there.

"... why...?"

"I'll buy you some time. Run."

"I can't... you can't just... stop me..."

I can do it.

That's how Chloe holds her sword in both hands.

Take a deep breath and close your eyes.

Silver would have solved everything without sacrificing it.

SS class adventurers because they can do it.

But now Silver can't move.

To help Chloe's mother.

The price is the boy behind you now.

The sacrifice caused by Silver's inability to move.

"I'll protect you... instead of Master"

Chloe crosses her swords.

Stay focused.

Chloe asked the boy.

"Are you...?"

I'm a Silver Apprentice.

The moment I declared it so.

Something changed in Chloe.

That word, that title.

I made Chloe stronger.

It was Chloe who imagined her ideal self.

A worthy disciple of Silver.

That's why Chloe started chanting so strongly.

"I became a thief. I took the black from the bottom of the underworld."