Translated: Sei, MTL-sensei-tachi
Edited: Sei, Grammarly no Danna
Source: Syosetu
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SS: Pain and Fear
This time it will be a bit of SS.
The first half is from Rapdo's perspective.
The second half is from another character's perspective.
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I thought he was a trivial opponent.
I thought he was the sort who'd cower in fear and submit if I just toyed with him a little.
I was convinced he'd be intimidated once he learned of our power, our terror, our cunning.
But the man I actually encountered was far too different from the humans we knew.
"Haa, haa, haa!"
I run, pathetically.
My legs tremble with fear, and even my wings are fluttering. I tremble to the core as I recall the human clad in white robes who had so easily overpowered my demonic self and instilled fear in me.
"Sh*t, sh*t sh*t sh*t!!"
It was humiliating.
Who could possibly think such an absurd being exists?
There's no way humans should be able to detect and respond to even magic that hides the existence and deceives the five senses!
"How dare, how dare you underestimate me...! That human...!! I will never, ever forgive him!!"
First, I must hide.
Reali's sorcery is useless to me.
If I can find a human and enter their eye, I'll survive for the time being.
Then I'll devise my plan for revenge against that d*mned healing mage...!
"Haa, haa..."
For now, I just need to run away.
In order to seize the next opportunity.
Running aimlessly through the forest, I suddenly emerge into an open space.
In a place where the sound of a waterfall can be heard nearby, I find a single person standing there.
"My luck seems to have finally turned...!!"
A young girl clad in a black cloak, her black hair streaked with red.
At first glance, she could be mistaken for a boy, yet her aura and presence are unmistakably feminine.
If I can get into her eyes, I'll get away with it...!!
After all, there's no way a mere human could defeat a devil!
"Haaa!!"
Spreading my wings, I glide toward the silent figure standing there.
Is fear paralyzing her legs?
Or perhaps she simply hasn't noticed me —— no, wait, she's——,
""Foolish""
Along with a voice that seemed to overlap somewhere, a shock ran through my body, blowing me backward and slamming me into a tree.
Looking down at the pain in my abdomen, I saw a dagger piercing my stomach, sewing my entire body to the tree.
"Uh, gah... what is this!!"
Because I sense pain differently from humans, I didn't scream or cry, but my mind was still in turmoil.
That girl, barely twenty years old, pinned me down with her sword?!
Like that monster of healing magic, how ridiculous is that...!
But no matter how I struggled, the dagger piercing my own body would not budge.
With the fear of my very existence being sewn into my flesh enveloping me, I glared at the girl who had transformed into an unknowable entity.
""You are insects that parasitize humans.""
The young girl approaches me with slow, unsteady steps, her face turned downward, making it difficult to see.
But her voice echoed strangely, as if it were double.
"You little brat...!"
"I won't tolerate that way of being."
I don't recognize the face revealed when she lifted her head.
Though her features are well-proportioned for her age, she's a girl I've never seen nor had anything to do with——but I knew that presence, and the fear she gave off.
"N-No way, you're supposed to be dead already!"
""...""
I shout, my voice trembling.
Why are you here?
No, it doesn't matter if it's really that person or not!
"Why are you there?! Why is a little girl like you acting like him?! Don't mess with me! Why would someone like you, a monster, dare to?!"
""It's because of you guys.""
The young girl answered concisely, glaring at me through the gaps in her black hair streaked with red before slowly raising both hands before her chest.
"System Strengthening —— “Seal”"
"S-Stop it!! Don't mess with me! Stooop!!"
The girl's hands and arms were lacerated.
It's only natural, since she's forcing herself to use System Strengthening.
The pain this young girl is experiencing right now must be extraordinary.
""Here's where it ends for you.""
Without caring that blood was splattering into the air and falling to the ground, she created a sphere of light in her hand.
There is no mistake, that light.
The very root of all evil that first plunged us into terror and cast us into eternal slumber.
"Hisa——"
The words died in my throat as my body was sucked into the sphere.
Enveloped in a vortex of light, unable to utter a sound, I trembled at the sensation of my very soul being seized.
——Wh-What are you planning to do? A-Ah, no, I definitely don't want that!!
My body is crushed.
An existence as a devil that transcends even death is shattered.
——Uaaaaaaaaaaah!?
The deaths that hundreds of my comrades experienced.
The despair and fear that I myself should never have experienced were engraved into my mind, and my consciousness exploded in agony.
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The devil trapped within the sphere in my palm burst.
I squeezed it flat, and black ash spilled from my palm, scattering around with despairing cries before vanishing on the wind.
Staring intently at the scene, I snapped back to reality and immediately sat down where I was.
"... Uuwh... Uah..."
The wounds carved into both arms scream in agony.
Shaking both hands, she curls up as tears spill endlessly from her eyes.
"It hurts... it hurts... U-Uwh... ah"
There's no time to suffer in pain.
Somehow managing to stand, I pulled the dagger that had pierced the devil from the tree and wrapped a bandage around my arm.
Even that alone sent excruciating pain shooting through me, but I bound it tightly and firmly nonetheless, to stop the bleeding.
"I need to leave here quickly."
I could feel someone approaching.
They were moving incredibly fast.
I wrapped the bandage tightly to stop the bleeding, then hid behind some rocks near the waterfall a short distance away.
From there, I could see the spot where I'd defeated Rapdo.
"Falga-sama...could this be..."
Appearing before me were Usato, the healing mage I’d met four days prior, and Inukami, the hero of the Lingle Kingdom.
"Usato... wh-y..."
I only knew about him from my own perspective.
Truthfully, I never intended to meet him, and I shouldn't have gotten involved.
Even so, I went to see him.
"I don't know if there's anything I can do, but... why don't we talk?"
The healing mage who defeated the Demon King cast healing magic on me, a stranger he'd just met.
Looking back, my behavior had been suspicious, so it wouldn't have been surprising if he had been wary of me.
In fact, he probably was wary.
Even so, he tried to listen to me with genuine concern.
"If I leave now..."
They might be able to help.
He might be able to do something about this burdened role I’ve been forced to carry.
Just as that thought first crossed my mind, the figure of the hero Inukami came into view.
""And once again, from another world, innocent people...""
My mouth moves involuntarily, and my frustration grows.
I push that rising feeling aside, separate from my own emotions, and look at the blood seeping through the bandage wrapped around my arm.
It's no good.
I didn't make it in time.
I was supposed to fight the Demon King.
I was supposed to fight, but I didn't make it in time.
I chickened out, afraid to fight, and did nothing.
I just stood by and watched as people who shouldn't have been forced into battle got dragged into it. (Note: she said “ore” here)
"This is something I have to do..."
Because it's what I have to do.
Because it's what I must do.
Telling myself this, I looked at my hands and saw Usato and the hero Inukami going back the way they came.
"..."
Feeling sad to see him gone, I pass by the place where I killed Rapdo on my way back to Mialark.
Maybe I should take a detour to avoid being found out...Hm?
"...Areh?"
Something green was placed near the roots of the tree where Rapdo was killed.
Finding it and picking it up, it emitted a beautiful light and healed the wounds on my hand.
"...ah"
When I touched it, the membrane covering the magic power burst, and a green light of healing magic covered my arms and my entire body.
Could it be... Usato left this behind?
"...It's warm..."
The pain subsided from both my arms.
The healing magic light he left behind has healed the wounds on my arms.
Even after the healing magic light fades, I hold onto that light, and tears well up, aside from the pain.
"ah, ah... Aah..."
I can't bear it.
After experiencing such kindness, I don't want to be alone again.
"No more... I don't want to... Help me, Usato..."
Childish words of denial spill from my mouth.
All these months, the truth I never voiced finally overflows.
"The truth is, I don't want to fight... I don't want to hurt anyone... I want to go home..."
The red hair that I had been praised for being beautiful was now painted black.
With the mission ringing in my head, I left home and came this far.
I couldn't resist.
His voice continues to whisper in my ear, painting over my consciousness, my heart.
"Why did you give me this power..."
The magic that "I" (watashi) possessed was gone, and instead, the magic of another "me" (ore) was forced upon me.
Why am I forced to use system strengthening, something I shouldn't be able to use, and why do I have to suffer through the pain...?
"Yuusha-sama...!"
Why couldn't I ask Usato for help back then?
If I had told him, maybe he would have been able to help me...
I've already taken down two devils.
Just a little more.
If I kill them all, maybe my role will be over.
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Author's Notes:
The one who killed the demon was Shia Garmio, who appeared in chapter 294.
She was originally a kind-hearted, normal girl.
I've wanted to write this story ever since the chapter began, so I'm happy.
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