Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu:Volume 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 1 - The Moment When The World Completely Transformed
“I love you ♥.”
A sudden confession.
“......”
However, Ryner Lute was doing his best to ignore that.
“Heey heey Ryneer ♥! I loove you ♥!”
He was told again.
“......”
As expected, Ryner said nothing.
A young man who wished he could sleep for ten thousand years, having black hair and equally sleepy-looking black eyes, Ryner Lute.
Just next to the tall and lean figure with a slightly stooped posture clearly lacking in motivation, came the voice again.
“Hey Ryyyneeer ♥”
What a feminine sweet voice.
“......”
As expected, Ryner stubbornly ignored that voice.
To be more precise, he hardly had any time to respond to that lovely voice.
The reason was because, from behind them,
“Hey! Stop right there!”
“Fugitives! Don’t think that you guys can escape us so easily!”
“They are criminals anyway! Lets kill them already!”
The shouting came from dozens of pursing mage soldiers right behind the duo.
One after another, bright magical symbols were drawn into the air, and without warning, a hole appeared on the ground where Ryner’s foot had stepped just a split second ago.
“Uwah!?”
BAM! Another hole appeared!
“Waaaaaah!?”
BAM! Another!
“Gyaaaaaaaaa!?”
Ryner yelled out while just barely dodging the successive magical attacks.
“That was bad! That was REALLY bad! If I were a tad slower, my right foot would have been gone...”
BAM!
“Owa owa owa! Hey you guys, don’t you think that using such dangerous magical attacks in the middle of the night is troubling the neighbourho......”
BAM!
“Gyaaaaaaaaa damnnn! You guys have better F***ING remember this!!!”
He was yelling and running at the same time.
Running with every ounce of strength he had.
That was how tense the situation was.
And in that kind of situation.
Following just right behind him was a girl who spoke again,
“Heeey heeey listen to this Ryneeer ♥. I would really love to eat dango ice-cream now ♥.”
“......”
But, as usual, Ryner just kept on running without paying any attention to that.
“Seriously ♥, just the two of us running on the streets, it somehow feels like a date, don’t you think ♥.”
“......”
“Now now Ryyyneeer! You should already be looking at me ♥.”
“......”
“Hey hey hey, why don’t I tell you about how I really feel? ♥”
“............”
“Well, this is actually my secret, you see. I’m already at the point where I can’t live without Ryner ♥. Oh, I’ve gone and said it......!”
At that instant,
“YOU ARE SO ANNOYINGLY NOISYYY ARGHHHHHH!!”
He reached his limit and turned his head around.
Behind that sweet voice, somewhat contradictory, was an emotionless and expressionless face of a beautiful woman, following close behind him.
The moonlight shone on her long flowing blond hair, and her almond-shaped clear blue eyes, somewhat lacking in emotion, were gazing intently at him.
She bore perfect features which were beyond ordinary, was blessed with smooth fair skin like that of porcelain, possessing a delicate slender figure, and hanging from her waist where her slender hand rests, which no one would have being able to imagine, was a long sword.
An unbelievably beautiful woman. A beautiful woman of unmatched beauty to anyone who sets eyes on her. A beautiful woman who resembles nothing less than a goddess.
When a man receives a love confession from such a woman, it would surely be a heart-stopping moment for him.
Well, for just a bit.
“Ah ♥ You are finally looking at me ♥.”
For just a bit, he was kind of bothered by the words that were repeated by that sweet voice, accompanied by a completely expressionless face.
Even with that, the charm she exuded could be felt. She is a beautiful woman.
Ryner looked intently at this expressionless beautiful woman --- his partner of long time, Ferris Eris.
If only so slightly, she looked as if she was embarrassed by his gaze. Her eyes got a little misty. And with a slightly shaking voice,
“Now, now.... Don’t look at me like that...... ♥.”
That excessive amount of sweetness from her voice, even for Ryner, his heart skipped a beat. That being said,
“That unusually meaningless cute act you are putting on is REEEALLY pissing me OFFFFFF!!”
In the denominator of seconds, his killing intent towards her rose quickly --- in short, coming to a murdering level.
“Really, what is the matter with you!? What are you trying to do!? Would you please take a look around us! Look, attacking magic from the right! Attacking magic from the left! And behind us there’s a ridiculous number of mage soldiers! We are almost getting killed right here! Now now, I have a question for you! In such a situation, what the heck are you trying to do to me?”
Towards such a question, what should normally have been an expressionless face of Ferris was again showing a slight embarrassment accompanied by a slight blush.
“......it’s because we are in such a situation, that’s why I want to confirm Ryner’s love for me ♥.”
“Huuuuuuuuuh!? That’s why I’m asking you what the.......”
BAM!
“Gyaaaaaa! See! See! This is really not the time for......”
“But we made a promise to love each other forever......”
“We did NOOOOOOOOOT! Ugh, what kind of direction is this conversation heading towards......”
BAM!
“Uhyaaaaaa! Hey, by the way...... why do you seem untouched in such a situation? What did you do to avoid all that magic?”
Ryner asked, to which Ferris completely ignored as she continued. With slightly dreamy eyes that seemed to sparkle,
“We have been lovers for over ten years......”
“Yeah, what a lie. Didn’t we meet just a while back less than two years ago! Where did that ‘lovers’ thing come from, for goodness sake? Seriously, what’s this? What the......”
That was ignored as well.
“...... Ryner has always been saying this...... I’ll protect my beloved Ferris! So leave this to me. You go on ahead first......”
“So this is where it is leading to ehhhhhhhhh!?”
Ryner yelled with final comprehension on how the conversation was unfolding, but it was already too late.
All of a sudden, she caught hold of some of his hair together with a part of his clothing from his back, and forcibly turned him around.
Looking at Ferris, who was still putting an act of mild embarrassment, with a slightly flushed face, Ryner who looked as if he was about to cry protested,
“...... Eh, that’s impossible right? To kick the assess of dozens of mage soldiers, such a bothersome thing, even if it is me......”
Continuing to look embarrassed, she gave him a shy look,
“But, really, I’m really happy...... about what Ryner said the other night, those words......” “...... what words?”
“Don’t you remember...... Even if I’m roasted by magic, even if I’m sliced up into minced meat, I’ll definitely protect Ferris, those were the words...”
“I DID NOT SAY THOSE THINGSSS!! There’s absolutely no way I would have said such horrifying words!!” All of a sudden, Ferris returned to her usual expressionless face.
“Now now, that’s why in the case of Ryner Lute, he shall become ‘Minced Meat Lute”. It’s meat grounding time.”
“What’s with the meat grounding time! That’s sounds really scary! That’s a joke right? So, that’s a jok......”
However, that was no joke.
Before Ryner could finish his sentence, Ferris made a sweep at his leg, and forcefully grabbed his arm by the joint. And then, with all her strength, she started pulling him towards the direction of the pursuing mage soldiers behind them.
“Wait wait! Please...... wait......”
“Eey!”
“You’ve gotta be kidding me! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
With a spinning momentum, Ryner was flung into mid-air. The ground and the sky flashed across his eyes.
For a while, Ryner just stared ahead blankly. Then, he turned his head towards the landing ground he was bounded for.
He saw what was awaiting him there. It was right in the middle of those loud bunch of mage soldiers that were chasing after them.
“......”
Nonetheless.
“......”
Nonetheless, he thought.
“...... Ah...... It has come to this again......”
He was already used to it.
He then looked in the direction of Ferris, watching the back of her figure, as she was running away, full of vigor.
“So, what’s going to happen next?”
Without looking back, she answered,
“We’ll meet at the usual place in two hours time.”
Ryner retorted, “Well well, aren’t there like three of those so-called usual places? If you are still fooling around with me, I’ll definitely kill you, seriously you know?” As he said that, he landed head-first.
“Ughhh”
Groaning like an idiot, he crashed into the ground.
And he was immediately surrounded by the mage soldiers.
“Hahaha. Your comrade has abandoned you. What a pitiful guy!”
“Now there’s nowhere else you can run to, you criminal!”
“Just keep still and let us tie you up!”
While he was being told all that,
“......”
Ryner turned towards them and got up. As it was, he made a grunt as he stood up. He examined his surroundings, and appeared to consider and weigh the seriousness of his situation. Oddly however, there was no sign of any tension from him as he shrugged his shoulders.
“...... Well, that line about tying me up, isn’t that a little old?”
Having said that, the man standing right in front of Ryner suddenly flushed bright red.
“Sh... shuddaaaaaap! A criminal has no right to protest!”
“Oh, so that was from you? Did I spoil the atmosphere? If so, I’m really sorry about that.”
The man flushed even redder.
“A... a man with a criminal standing making a fool out of me...... I won’t tolerate this...... I’ve been told from above that it’s perfectly fine to kill you!”
In response to that,
“Really. From above?”
“That’s right! That’s why don’t you dare make light of me. Or I’ll give you a taste of excruciating pain.”
“A taste of excruciating pain...... hmm. Well, I didn’t really have the intention to make light of anything actually......”
After saying that, he suddenly thought of something the man in front of him just mentioned, and smiled faintly at that.
“......”
Well, his wry smile was actually blended into a somewhat sad look on his face.
Criminal.
That’s what that man called him.
Criminal.
“...... criminal huh.”
He murmured. He then glanced briefly at the military uniform of the mage soldier, specifically at the emblem. The emblem, carved into the uniform, was made up of a snake-like shape twirling around a spear.
That was the emblem of Roland Empire.
And Ryner possessed that same emblem.
“......”
He looked at the clothes he’s wearing. Because of an afflicted wound, he was not wearing his outer garment for his upper body, which was covered in bandages. Otherwise, the outer garment he usually wore, which was currently twirled and tucked around his waist, should bear that very same emblem.
A special cut of a robe weaved into a piece of white armor.
It was a unique type of battle garment specially conferred to only Roland’s mage knight battalion, something which Ryner received from the king of this country, Sion Astal.
No, it might be more apt to say that this was something he received from his best friend.
It was given to him before he first started his travels, a particular type of damage-resistant garment that had the ability to withstand even scorching flames.
And of course, the breast area of this particular type of garment had that particular similarity.
“......”
Ryner unfolded the breast area of that garment tucked at his waist. Indeed, there was that very same emblem of a snake-like shape twirling around a spear engraved into that area.
Until just recently, Ryner, Sion, Ferris and their friends were playing a fool, joking around, laughing together, and passing the days.
Now, I’m called a criminal.
I’m called a runaway prisoner.
He thought,
“...... somehow.”
He thought out loud as he looked around his surroundings. He looked at the mage soldiers surrouding him. He looked at the curtain of darkness from the night around him.
“...... somehow...... the whole world seemed to have changed in just a single moment......“
He then looked at the mage soldier who seemed like the leader of the group, and said,
“So, you’ve been told from above that it’s alright to kill me!”
From above.
That was what the man had said. But, who from above was he referring to? Someone important within Roland’s military?
“...... I wonder whether it‘s Sion”
Ryner murmured.
That was right.
With regards to his situation, that was how it was.
The directive from the king of this country --- the directive from his best friend, was to brand him a criminal and to have him killed.
“......”
How it had come to this, Ryner was not sure of that himself.
That night from two weeks ago.
It was a rainy night no different from others, when Sion showed up.
For some reason, he was crying.
As he was crying, he asked Ryner to die.
At that moment, the relationship between the two of them ended abruptly.
Just recently before that, we were surely laughing and spending great times together, and then all of a sudden I don’t understand what he’s thinking anymore.
The figure of Sion crying as he tried to kill Ryner.
A strange black blade coming forth from nowhere. The hand of a woman springing out from Ryner’s own chest. And the fading away of the scenery around him. A scene in which he could comprehend nothing.
During that time.
He was standing there alone, enveloped by something resembling a thick shroud of darkness.
But, he spoke nothing of that. He only smiled sadly, and as he was crying, he merely told me to die.
But in the end.
That did not happen.
By the time Ryner regained consciousness, he found himself already imprisoned. Just about anything and everything about this world had changed.
The harshness of the overwhelming transformation of this world was excessive enough to even send Ferris crying.
She told Ryner as she was crying.
Sion had become weird and creepy.
He was laughing like a mad man as he told her that he had killed Ryner.
And that she was not to step into the castle, and show herself before him ever again.
And on top of that, someone who hated wars, someone who hated to see people die, someone who was peace-loving, and that someone, the hero king Sion Astal, was invading his ally, sending his troops marching into Imperial Nelpha, and seemingly to have given the order to kill soldiers, commoners, women, and children without any discrimination.
That Sion.
“......”
That, Sion.
A king who had amassed kingdom-wide popular support.
The appearance of a hero king.
The appearance of a hero king who would unite the world. Everything in this world should belong to Roland. That seemed to be what he believed.
Anything that proved as an obstruction, would be removed, killed, and eliminated. That was the state of mind he now had.
“...... really”
Anything that could change would change.
That was what Ryner thought.
And he thought of Sion’s face. An image of his best friend appeared in his mind.
But that was a tear-streaked face.
A tear-streaked face with a self-reproaching expression.
He was definitely not someone who could laugh as he betrayed his best friend. And definitely not someone who could laugh as he invaded another man’s country.
He would always, by himself, frantically shoulder on the heavy burdens which others would find to be endless. In order to hide this from everyone, he would do his best to carry a smile on his face. But in the end, unable to become free of all these burdens, he put on a sad face.
Just like the one he had on that rainy night.
Ryner remembered the pain shown on his tear-streaked face, when he looked as if he was seeking help. The Sion in his memory was way too gentle and hurting inside. He was a sorrowful king.
That was the reason why,
“...... um so, you guys were told from above it’s alright to kill me?”
Ryner queried the same man again.
The man laughed,
“Fuhahaha, that’s right! So, you’re only feeling scared now? But then, I’m not an unreasonable person. If you don’t resist, we are fine with apprehending you in a half-dead state......”
Ryner had stopped listening long before that man finished his sentence.
He looked up.
He looked up at the sky.
He turned his head and looked around. He looked in the direction of one of the country’s taller buildings.
Roland’s castle.
The place where this country’s king resided in.
Just some time ago, Ryner, Ferris, and Sion were spending time engaging in meaningless conversations and laughing merrily in that place.
He was looking at that place.
It was a place where he could no longer return to.
Despite not even an hour had passed since escaping from prison, if the surrounding area of the castle was already crawling with these many pursuing mage soldiers, it was probably no longer possible to just fight his way back, and arrive at the castle unscathed.
Because the Roland now was no longer the same as before.
“......”
Without the knowledge of Ryner, Sion had secretly completed the vile human experiments, a previously unfinished legacy of the former Roland Empire.
Now, the military boasted ranks of soldiers possessing monstrous strength, made from the results of such experiments.
Even for Ryner, formely known as “The Strongest Magician of Roland”, going up against that level of strength might prove to be a dangerously difficult battle.
That castle right now, was probably protected by that abnormal power.
And it seemed improbable for the Ryner now to overcome that kind of odds and make it into the castle alive.
In other words, it was no longer possible for Ryner to even meet Sion right now.
“......”
Even if his best friend Sion were to be yelling to Ryner for help, that very one thing was beyond his ability right now.
Ryner looked at that very castle,
“Arghhh... damn. It certainly looks far...”
He said in a languid voice.
Moreover, no matter how the man in front of him shouted,
“How dare you ignore what I’m sayinggggggggg!”
Ryner ignored him.
“But even if it’s far...”
He murmured.
However, as of now, even if it was possible to make his way back to the castle easily,
“...... For me to go this far, it’s decided.”
That was what he said.
He grasped the emblem of his clothing.
The emblem of Roland.
The emblem that consisted of a spear with a snake twirling around it.
The very proof of one’s allegiance to this country.
Ryner grasped it strongly, and ripped it apart. Although part of the clothing got torn off together, he did not care. As he vigorously, forcibly, pulled at it, what used to be a damage-resistant piece of clothing that could only be worn by a member of the mage knight battalion, was ripped into shreds.
Ryner stared at the emblem for a while, and threw it away.
“......”
At that point, his world had undergone a massive change, but no one noticed it.
Because he threw it away a little too quickly.
The emblem.
No one had noticed the fact that he had thrown away this country.
Since young, he had lived in Roland all his life, even though he found everything to be a bother and was a genius of a level which might never appear hereupon again, he was bonded to this place in order to save his friends, again and again.
In order to return to the side of his best friend, he had to do it.
No one had noticed the fact that it was the very first time he threw away his country.
The man said,
“That’s enough. Till the very end, you’re making a fool out of us, if you insist on resisting......”
He was interrupted by Ryner before he finished.
Looking at the man with languid eyes,
“No way. I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.”
He said.
With a shocked expression, the man asked,
“Huh? What’s not possible?”
To that, Ryner, with an idiotic expression,
“No, erm, that’s right. If it’s as usual, it would be kind of different. For me to give my best, to be energetic, to be motivated to do anything, that kind of pumped-up mode is really something I dislike...... Eh seriously!? While I’m in the midst saying that, the possibility of you guys catching me, even in a sluggish manner, does exist actually......”
“Well then, so you are not resis......”
But, Ryner shook his head.
“But, today is slightly different, actually. Lets do it!! You know, I was kind of thinking along this line, if ever so slightly. But then you know, I never thought that such a troublesome situation in which I hardly have any choice would have arisen...... That’s why, I’m going to do it! You see, I was kind of thinking along this line.”
While saying that, Ryner looked up at the castle for another time,
“The unmotivated me is finally going to get serious and do it! Aren’t I great, Sion?”
He said.
But of course, the mage soldiers failed to understand those words,
“What the heck are you saying......”
However, they were interrupted by Ryner,
“As I was saying, you guys won’t be able to catch me, don’t you get it? Do you guys know who I am?”
In response to those words, the mage soldiers looked at each other.
“Who is this guy?”
“And how is it that he’s so full of himself?”
“It can’t be that he’s some kind of highly dangerous guy right......”
The man who looked like the leader started,
“Sh... Shut up shut up! Stop acting so flustered! Don’t be misled by the criminal’s bullshit! Look at that sleepy-faced rascal, what’s there to be fearful......”
But, the leader did not finish his sentence.
To be more precise, he was not in a position to do so as he sailed through the air.
It was not just him alone. One after another, five mage soldiers that were behind him were sent flying as well.
Only then did the rest of the mage soldiers realize that something was happening.
The flying soldiers were all striked by Ryner.
With unbelievable speed, before the mage soldiers even realized what was happening, through a series of strikes and kicks, including the leader of the group, Ryner had sent six mage soldiers flying.
The color of the mage soldiers’ faces changed at this unexpected development.
“What is this guy......”
“K... Kill him. This guys is dangero......”
At that moment, with a swift chopping motion, Ryner hit the back of the neck of the second most important-looking man, the man who gave that order, and put him out of consciousness. For a group of such level, once the bosses were put out of commission, the rest would be easy.
“V... Vice-commander was taken out as wellllllll!”
See ~
With a floating smile, Ryner broke into a run.
Weaving through the confused mage soldiers who just lost their commanders, he broke free of the group and kept on running.
Immediately after that, one of the soldiers who was probably the third highest ranking among them,
“Don’t let your ranks falter! The enemy, the enemy is just one man! If we all use our magic together, we’ll somehow......”
As he shouted and started inscribing a magic symbol, Ryner turned his head around.
As he did so, a glimmering vermillion five-point pentacle suddenly appeared over the center of his eyes.
Using those eyes, Ryner briefly studied the unfolding magic symbol that was drawn in mid-air.
At that instant, the power, structure, and the invocation method of the spell the man was casting, were all read in by Ryner’s eyes, and he promptly deployed the corresponding spell cancellation magic.
His hand moved rapidly in mid-air, and with a speed many times faster than that of the mage soldier, he completed his spell.
“WHAT I SEEK IS INTRUSION >>> SHIRA”
At that moment, black smoke was discharged from the magic symbol Ryner inscribed, and came into contact with the magic symbol the man was currently drawing. Consequently, as it was, the appearance of the man’s symbol changed into something that resembled a devil’s face.
In reaction to that, the face of the man changed into an expression of shock.
“What the... what is going......”
Such a thing should not have been possible.
Just a moment ago, he was, without a doubt, in the process of inscribing the magic symbol, and not only was the structure of his magic being deciphered quickly, a spell cancel was thrown at him, changing the structure of his inscription, for such a thing to happen, what kind of monster......
The man looked at Ryner’s eyes.
The center of Ryner’s eyes.
Right after seeing that vermillion five-point pentacle in the center of his eyes, all of a sudden, the man stiffened in fear.
“It... It’s [Alpha Stigmaaa]!! This guy is an [Alpha Stigma] monster!!”
Upon uttering those words, a mild confusion started to arise among the mage soldiers.
[Alpha Stigma]
Such a level of disgust, fear, and loathe were embedded in those words.
The eyes that can read in all forms of magic.
However, once the bearer of these cursed eyes goes berserk, regardless of living or non-living, friend or foe, he will start destroying and slaughtering everything around him.
The mark of attestation to a mad monster.
Just as one thought, the mage soldiers looked at Ryner’s eyes and started shaking in fear.
“Mon... Monster!”
Ryner smiled wryly at that.
“...... there’s no need to be so afraid of me...... but then again, if that would make you give up on chasing after me, do become even more fearful ~”
In response to those words, several mage soldiers started fleeing, shouting how they were going to be killed by a monster.
“......”
Ryner made a slightly sad expression for a moment and sighed.
He took a deep breath.
And then,
“...... Errrmmm, ora ora ora! If you don’t want to get killed by an [Alpha Stigma] monster, get away from here nowwwwwwwww!”
He yelled with all his strength.
This time round, the majority of the mage soldiers started fleeing.
Looking at the scene before him, Ryner thought it fortunate to have invoked his [Alpha Stigma] this early.
But the truth was Ryner had had a plan.
After being thrown into prison by Sion, and breaking out of prison with the help of Ferris, it appeared that they had been discovered for the mage soldiers were lying in wait for them, and somehow they had managed to escape to this particular street with all their might.
However, the truth was it was easy to shake off these guys.
No, to put it more accurately, it was no difficult matter for both him and Ferris to fight them off. But, the fact was they fled all the way to this street.
What was the reason behind that?
The original plan was to first lure the mage soldiers, who thought they could win against the likes of Ryner and Ferris, to this street and then lose them. After they were shaken off, the mage soldiers would probably continue searching for them for some time while they were under the impression that they could win against them. In that case, the mage soldiers were unlikely to call for reinforcements at this point in time, delaying the possibility of having more powerful troops or even the activation of the royal military. That was the original plan.
However, the plan failed.
All thanks to her.
All thanks to that stupid Ferris.
It was all thanks to that rampaging, trouble-causing, dango-fanatic woman, that I have to end up fighting these mage soldiers.
They were definitely not weaklings. If Ryner were to fight them for real, there was definitely a need for him to be somewhat more serious.
If that happened, it might lead to some casualties.
Now that he was about to leave the country, he wished to, as much as possible, avoid injuring his former comrades.
“Well, seems like I’ve already hit some of them......”
On top of that, Ryner was afraid that those soldiers who fled would probably call for more reinforcements.
If that happened, more powerful assassins were bound to come after them.
He originally wanted to buy a little more time for them to finish their preparations to leave the country.
“Oh well, it can’t be helped...... now, incidentally......”
One of the mage soldiers who was attempting to run away had been caught by a quick movement from Ryner.
That man who was caught seemed unbelievably frightened,
“Mon... monster... let go of m... me......”
“What the...... isn’t that a little excessive......”
“I’m going to be killed...... I’m going to be killed by a monsterrr”
The wail of despair caused Ryner to grimace.
Monster.
He had always being called that. Always.
Monster.
MONSTER.
M-O-N-S-T-E-R.
After being repeatedly branded as a monster, and incurring a harsh emotional hurt, in the end, he had given up on anything and everything, and had given up on coming into close contact with other people.
Because he bore a defiled body, he had no right to love another person.
Because he bore a cursed body, he had no right to stay by the side of another person.
With a sense of resignation, he gave up on anything and everything...... that in itself was an easy and comfortable way out.
In exchange for not hurting others, he put himself in a place where he himself would not get hurt.
In exchange for not betraying the hopes of others, he put himself in a place where he could do things half-heartedly.
Though that place was dark and lonely, it was a place of ease and comfort.
And yet, the person who pulled him out from that place, that place of darkness, was none other than Sion.
After meeting him, then meeting Ferris, and doing stupid things with them, for some reason, before he knew it, he was no longer bothered when others called him a monster.
As they were doing stupid things and laughing merrily together, before he realized it, his heart had opened up, and he no longer need to bear the feeling of being alone anymore.
Despite all that, Sion had told Ryner to go back to the way he was before.
Having told me to follow him in a pompous manner, without telling me anything, shouldering everything by himself, and saying sorry to me.
But it shouldn’t have been like this.
That was a little too irresponsible of him.
Ryner thought.
“Hey you, I need you to pass a short message to Sion.”
“I’m going to get kill......”
“Stop that already.”
Ryner’s intimidating tone stopped the flow of his words. The man seemed about to cry.
However, Ryner just smiled faintly.
“Listen to this. I’m not going to kill you. But, I need you to pass a message to Sion... to the king of this country.”
In response to this, the man glared at him,
“Y... You filth, a message from a criminal like you, His Majesty will never hear of......”
To which Ryner interrupted,
“Hear me. He is really a whimpish person, and there is no way he would ignore this. Anyway, it’s fine even if he doesn’t want to hear of it. I just wanted to let him know I’ll be leaving the country. He can do as he pleases.”
“Who would pass a message for a monster like you......”
“Aye. That’s fine as well. But, you will pass the message. Well, you can tell the stupid king in that same manner as I did. I......”
After making his request, Ryner then released the man.
The man glared at him,
“I’ll not pass on the ramblings of a criminal!”
He shouted loudly. Well, if that was the case, that was fine in itself. Whether the message was passed on or not, how he was to proceed from now on was already decided.
He shrugged his shoulders, smiled faintly, and said,
“Well, thanks a lot for the trouble.”
“Shut up! You monster......”
“Yeah yeah. Now, I think that would be enough. Most of your comrades had completely fled, you know.”
“......”
Even after having said that, the man continued to glare at Ryner for a while before taking off.
After gazing at the back of his fading form for a while, Ryner turned around on his heel.
“Arghhh... for goodness sake, after this, there will surely be more stronger pursuers coming after us...... we have to finish our preparations and get out of the country before that I guess......”
While muttering to himself, he started walking.
The first destination was the ‘usual place’ where he should link up with Ferris however.
“......”
At that thought, Ryner stopped in his tracks.
“But then again, which usual place was she referring to......?”
He wearily shook his head in puzzlement.
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