บท 23: chapter 22
"You guys can stay as long as you want though, since I'm not entirely sure myself if any suspicious activities might happen."
I told the gang in an exhausted tone, 3 hours had passed since we had began talking and all of it was just composed of them questioning me on why did I build this little tribe of ours.
Naturally I didn't tell them any important things. Just the surface of everything but in return,I was able to successfully gain more knowledge about the surrounding governments.
Specifically the kingdom of Blumund, which would prove to be one of my greatest allies using the guild leader Fuze... I think, I can't remember his name properly.
"Oh, Shizu-San, can you stay here for a while?" I asked Shizu, who had started to stand up in order to join the three of her companions.
"Hmm? What for?"
"Nothing important, I just want to talk about something." I assured her and looked at the 3 who simply smiled back at the both of us before leaving the tent.
Once we were alone, she once again sat down in front of me, copying a really traditional way that Japanese people sat which reminded me that she was an otherworlder like me.
"Tiefling..." she whispered, waiting for me to speak.
With a sigh, I sat down in front of her and tapped my fingers against the makeshift desk that I had Kaijin build for me in short notice.
"Shizu Izawa." I mumbled her name back to her which caused her to flinch a little before adjusting her mask, allowing a little of her menacing aura to come off.
"...What's your name?" She asked.
"I thought I had already told you."
"Not that, your other name... from the other world."
I found myself smiling, amused that she had guessed just from the little things that she saw around me.
"How'd you know?" I asked, curious on how she discovered the truth and to avoid others from discovering in the future.
"You're ordering monsters to build things that earth has...I think every otherworlder can guess." She answered before removing her mask.
Her black hair elegantly cascaded down her shoulders, her eyes dull from the exhaustion that she felt yet still glistening beautifully underneath the soft glow of the sun outside.
So that's why Veldora... nevermind that.
"I see... it is what you've guessed, I'm an otherworlder." I mumbled and began to tell the story on how I died when I was off to visiting Japan, which made her laugh a little.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh." She apologized immediately after but I didn't mind in the first place so I waved it off.
"There's... more actually." I mumbled and told her the entire truth.
On how the entire world was a light novel, how everything that would happen was already written down and how I already knew all of them.
At first she was shocked and refused to believe, but it didn't take long until she realized I was speaking the truth about everything.
"Ifrit, right? He's inside of you right now." I whispered at her and made sure that nobody was listening to our conversation.
"Yes..." she answered in a sad, hopeless tone that broke my heart a little but I had to stay strong.
If I can't save her then I won't force it.
There were too many things that could go wrong if I don't get Raphael, too much was at a risk just for me to save Shizu. If I couldn't get degenerate, then I'd have no choice but to kill her myself.
"Rimuru... I can feel it, I don't have that much time left." She began, staring down at the mask in front of her with a sad, lonely smile.
"It's getting harder and harder to stop ifrit, I'm afraid I might cause some calamity that would harm this world."
I remained silent and merely resorted to just listening her talk about her regrets and her wish, thinking it might as well be her final words.
In a way, it might be.
"I have to tell you—I have nothing but spite for this world. But I couldn't bring myself to hate it, still. It's the same as how I feel toward that man…"
Leon Cromwell, man, that dude is a creep as ever.
Heaving a sigh, I placed a hand on top of Shizu's which prompted her to stop and stare at me with a curious gaze.
"I understand how you feel, don't worry."
She hated the world, but the world was innocent. It didn't bring her the pain she felt, so she couldn't hate it. Not when it brought her happiness as well as sadness.
In a sense, it was the same as me when I was back home in earth. There was nothing for me to do back there, nothing but struggle, so I held no love for the world. But, it wasn't fair for me to hate the world when it only tried to be fair to everyone.
"You... were taken when you were a child right? From Japan?"
"Yes... I'd heard from others that the city is much more beautiful and vibrant now."
"It is... I didn't really live in it but it was definitely beautiful."
Using thought communication, I told her and showed her everything I knew about Japan. How people all over the world loved the country, and how beautiful the city was at night thanks to some photos I've seen of it.
This caused her to smile, which brought nothing but pain in my heart as I began to waiver.
Can I really kill her?
I asked myself, staring at her smiling face which me question myself even further. She smiled back at me, content etched on her features.
"Rimuru...can I wish something from you?"
"...Of course."
"Please... do what you need to do."
Her words were like a guillotine dropping on my head, a sharp pain washing over my body as my mind went to overdrive mode.
What do I need to do?
I hadn't found a way to save her yet, but I knew I was running out of time. If ifrit is unleashed then her life force would plummet, but the only way I know was to eat her and eat the curse but that would mean...
Staring at her eyes, I could see warmth and trust which made my stomach plummet even more.
With a heavy heart... I knew what I needed to do
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