Chapter 168 Grave

 

 Damn catching a cold when things are this hot, what the heck is wrong with my body lmao. Guess sleeping 4-5 hours a day doesn't help.

 

Chapter 168 Grave

 

It has been two years since. Two years had passed and the world has forgotten about me.

However, for these two are ones that have gone, this country hasn’t forgotten about them.

“Father, Mother.” (Velt)

It’s a grave located on the outskirts of the capital.

I periodically came here when I was still living in this country, I’d place flowers and put my hands on the graves before but, it has been two years ago since.

But in these two years, these graves are in no means got neglected, there are fresh flowers and also traces of them being cleaned.

I don’t know who did it, there are so many people that comes to mind.

It is because my dad and mom are being loved by many in this country.

That still hasn’t change even now, and knowing that it is the truth that I’m the son of my father and mother, it makes my heart really feel at ease.

“Velt-kun.” (Kaizer)

“Yeah.” (Velt)

“........I heard from that shop manager, so both of your parents were killed by a demihuman-zou.” (Kaizer)

“........yeah.....” (Velt)

“Seven years ago, it was at that time when we fought against the Great Human Alliance, did the one who do it perhaps from the remnants of the demihuman army?(Kaizer)

“Seems so. We weren’t able to catch that bastard though.” (Velt)

Kaa-kun who is standing next to me asked.

And then I only answered him with the barest minimum.

”I see.........” (Kaizer)

“Yea.” (Velt)

To be honest, Kaa-kun seems to be about to ask another thing, but as to make him not ask any more question, I just cut short into my own words.

--------He is getting in my way. Gotta kill them quick so I can bring the wheat back. The wheat can be sold at a high price in the country. Now that Kaizer-sama has died I’m out job, but this can make me rich.

I can remember about that day so vividly even now.

And, I also remember what that demihuman said.

“It’s just, there’s maybe one thing to be revised.” (Velt)

“Hm?” (Kaizer)

“My father and mother wasn’t got killed by a demihuman. In order to protect me, they ended up losing their lives. That right there, it makes the meaning completely different, you better remember it.” (Velt)

Kaa-kun didn’t ask any more than that.

“I see. They are truly brave parents-dazou.” (Kaizer)

“Yeah, they really are.” (Velt)

Perhaps, we’ve already come to understand each other.

However, even if I tell it frankly here it won’t have any meaning.

I just smiled at Kaa-kun in return.

Kaa-kun too nodded silently, then he closed his eyes for several seconds in prayer.

“Hey, Asakura-kun, is it here?” (Kagami)

And then, exactly right next to their graves, is the grave of our old friend.

I’m sure Sensei and Ura regularly trim the grass here.

And right there, a grave that people of the capital don’t know who it belongs to.

Letters that no one in this world able to read were engraved in the gravestone.

“Hmmmm....... Sharkryuu Vesparda. Along with the soul of Samejima Ryouichi they lay rest here.....  wat is this mean?” (Jackpot)

“He, hey...... big brother, you can read these letters?” (Yuzuriha)

“Ah, wat? How can tis be? Nah well, I thought it was a kind of letters at first, but somethin’ suddenly flowed into ma head......” (Jackpot)

I’m surprised that Jackpot is able to read the Japanese engraved on the gravestone. However, there’s nothing I can really do to dig deeper into it.

Only, it’s right now that we all able to meet with him after such a long time, each of us then put our flowers onto the grave.

“Samejima...... today, it isn’t your death anniversary nor is it any special day. But, for us it’s something of a special day in itself. Many things happened to each of us, we all experienced a life full of storms and turbulent, but right now we gathered here, we’re here and still alive.” (Velt)

We all naturally closed our eyes, and clasped our hands together.

For the old friend we will never be able to meet any longer.

“Samejima-kun........” (Arusha)

“Same-cchi......” (Kagami)

“.......Amen......” (Kishin)

We who had died once now being bestowed a second life like this.

But still, in the end when we died it’s all over.

We’re living in the same age but still when we died we got separated, as we’re having complicated thoughts towards our friend, we offered our prayers to him.

“As I expect, this makes me have mixed feelings.....” (Arusha)

“Ayase?” (Velt)

“The ones who let Vesparda’s queen, and also made him died were the Empire, Gyanza, and also my big brother.” (Arusha)

Ayase has come to know that truth two years ago, but still she wasn’t ableto  apologize for it.

I also think that it isn’t wrong.

However, leaving it as it is, I can understand she’d have a mixed feelings about it.

“It really is might be like that. But, as we’re talking about this, even Kagami, Milco, and Kaa-kun are all originally living in that kind of world. Even Forna, she got stained with blood because she went into war, then she ended up getting herself loaded with grudges and resentment. “ (Velt)

“Asakura-kun......” (Arusha)

“Because, even with a slight mistake you might be getting killed by Samejima after all. I mean, right now let’s drop the princess of Empire thing, and just pray for him as his classmate from previous world, isn’t that better like that?” (Velt)

Samejima had died. The Demon King Sharkryuu had died.

To those who had died, whether they were able to ascend to heaven while having grudge or not isn’t something that I can ascertain.

Well, Samejima had fought in the war, but I don’t think he’d have any lingering grudge to Ayase, still it isn’t something I can do anything about.

“Everyone. When I was journeying with Musashi, the girl from before and Ura, there were hunters that I befriended with in that hot spring village. But, by their origin, they have connections to those who killed Musashi’s parents, and then the ones who destroyed their hometown was the Vesparda Demon Kingdom, I came to know about this later on.” (Velt)

Now that I remember, that day I also ate ramen with everyone.

“But, while we were feeling dowm, we just can’t make ourselves accept that truth. We have gone and befriended them. There’s no way that we can just forcefully make our relationship got worse.”(Velt)

It’s exactly because of that, that I can’t offer apology or any atonement, I answered Ayase as I had that kind of expression on my face.

“Right.... I still think it isn’t something I should apologize for even now. It’s just, yes....  despite all that I still wanted to see him..... it’s really unfortunate that I wasn’t able to meet him.......” (Arusha)

The words Ayase said, it isn’t limited to only Samejima.

“Hihahahaha, but, the moment you managed to meet them they already have their own lives. If it’s not because of Asakura-kun that made us like this, we surely gonna just pass by each other right?” (Kagami)

“Indeed, ever since that time two years ago, I never would have imagined that I would be together with Kagami like this, if it wasn’t for Asakura-kun, the Great Human Alliance Army probably would have been annihilated by the hands of Murata-kun after all.” (Arusha)

Honestly, we don’t know just how many of our classmates actually have died or still alive in this world.

They probably have already died, or maybe in similar condition as Jackpot that they don’t regain their memories, we don’t even know if they already reborn in the first place.

Truthfully speaking, there’s a big probability that we never gonna meet each other all our lives instead.

We’re just having too big of a luck that we can reunite with so many of us like this.

“And despite all that, by miracle we were able to reunite, surpass the barrier between races, and now we’re about to start conquering the world, what a masterpiece.” (Arusha)

It’s really like that. But, while trying to protect the human race, we also have to make each of our own races continues, someone need to do this.

But, why must it us that do it? Hell I don’t know, that kind of thing.

It’s just, we’ve all gathered here with that kind of thoughts in our heads, can’t really help it.

“Well then, shall we go? It’s about time we start the world conquest.” (Velt)

We don’t form a circle and do a yell, we’re just a group with each of our own ways, well, so long as all of them are capable.

Our stomachs are filled, and we’ve done our prayers and promise to our old friend, we then turned our backs away from the graveyard.

“You’re going?”

When I looked back, Sensei stands there as if he has been waiting.

As each of us nodded, it conveys our intent.

“Yeah, I’ll be back.” (Velt)

“Sure you do. No matter even if you became the great demon king, you should go back home. I’ll always wait for you here.” (Melma)

“Sensei, I’m glad we can finally meet today. We’ll all definitely going to visit you again.” (Arusha)

“It was friggin’ delicious, I’m gonna come again to eat ramen♪.” (Kagam)

“See you again!” (Milco)

One day, surely. We promised that and were about to leave.

But, at that moment....

“Manageeeeeer!”

She once again destroyed the atmosphere, the cute, cute wild cat that we once kept before, dived below sensei and did a dogeza.

Wha, what the.....

“Ye, yeah, Musashi, what’s wrong?” (Melma)

“U, uuuuuuuuh, what have I done, what have I doneeeee!” (Mushashi)

 She’s sniffling snots that can even make people ignore her cute face. Well, this in a way cute too.

People like Ayase and Kaa-kun whose face Musashi might know got agitated and fixed their hats.

“Whe, when I went to get the plates, I fell over and broke the plates-degozaruuuuuu!” (Musashi)

“..........y, you........ you did it again......” (Melma)

“Please, I beg you! Please forgive meeee! Please just don’t fire me!” (Musashi)

Geez, she just won’t let us have a cool departure. Well, Musashi seems just fine with this though.

Ayase and others too made a faint smile.

Well, after not meeting for two years, has her face grown a bit mature now? I’d like to think like that but, frankly it doesn’t change much.

“Aah, just stop. If I’m firing you just because you broke those plates, then next time you might gone and do seppuku, can’t have it like that.” (Melma)

“U, uuuh, uuuuuuuh” (Musashi)

“Look, right now I’m facing some important customers. Go back quick, how about prepare dinner with my wife and Hanabi..... no, don’t help them. Absolutely don’t help them.” (Melma)

Sensei also have it hard huh. Well, as if to not let us look that he’s feeling lonely, he’s showing that he has someone interesting around, Sensei being Sensei so I’m sure there’s nothing mean about it.

It’s also been quite long for me too, being shown just how careless of a tomboy she could be, it makes me feel slightly satisfied.

That’s why, I also got a bit careless.

“Hm? Those people, they were in the shop just some moments ago......” (Musashi)

It’s been two years. I’ve always only thinking about Forna, that I’ve forgotten about it.

“!! Eh, ah...........you, you are! Moreover, you too!” (Musashi)

The moment Musashi appeared, the guys who corrected their sunglasses and hats disguise were Ayase, Kaa-kun, Milco, and Kagami.

Me, Jackpot, and Yuzuriha were late in our reaction.

“Princess Yuzuriha...... Prince Jackpot? ........wh, why? And, also......” (Musashi)

Musashi saw me. Yeah, it’s my blunder.

I thought that other than Sensei, the people of this country has all forgotten about me.

But, there’s one exception to that.

Musashi too, she has already forgotten [the time spent] with Velt Jeeha, but she remembers [my ] face.

“You’re...... two, two years ago........ yes, that’s right-degozaru....... because you were trying to destroy the peace between the three races, demons, demihumans, humans.... you got arrested by the hands of Tyler-dono and Princess Forna....! Why, for what reason are you here!” (Musashi)

Aah, despite I’m having a warm feeling just moments ago, it turned into sadness in one go.

When the first time I met Musashi. That day she also looked at me with that kind of eyes.

She won’t forgive the wrong way, those eyes are straightforwardly hating evil.

“I see, so it was like that....... that day, you were with me, Milco, Forna, Tyler, and Dora together..... we were at that place yeah.” (Velt)

That day, we arrived at the truth.

Well, she has a bad head so she didn’t seem to understand it’s meaning but, it’s just, with just Forna and Tyler capturing me, she recognized me as an enemy then.

“Stop this, Musashi!” (Melma)

“Please stand back, manager! You, just who are you-degozaru! Why have you come to this country! Why, even Princess Yuzuriha, and Prince Jackpot are with you!” (Musashi)

As to protect Sensei, Musashi brought out her wooden sword and took a stance.

Geez, this wild cat should have been exceedingly well disciplined, but once she forgot the memories about her master, she might be more nasty than even Yuzuriha.

“Wait, Asakura-kun...... let me.....” (Arusha)

“Nope, just stop, Ayase. In this situation where we have world class criminals like me, Milco, and Kagami..... if you also revealed yourself here things gonna turn troublesome.” (Velt)

And in worst case scenario Sensei gonna get investigated, we’ll be placing burdens on him.

We have to avoid that at all costs.

Now then, what should I do......

“You there what are you doing! This is the graveyard where the dead are sleeping. It is inexcusable to fight in this place!”

Ah.....

“Eh.....”

“Wait!”

“Hihahaha, this is friggin’.” (Kagami)

At that moment, the one who cut into our conflict is, someone who is being surrounded by around twenty soldiers from the castle, with a bundle of flowers in his hand, he is as man past middle age.

Having a dignified bearings and wearing a mantle, on his head rest a proof of the one who has the highest authority in the country.

“K, King of Elfarshia!”

“Hm? .......you...... are Melma right?..... and, you’re the one Princess Ura has brought, your name is Musashi right?”

It’s the King of Elfarshia.

Why is he here? No, why must it have to be at this timing! I unintentionally got late in reacting.

“In this place, our best friend lay rest. We don’t know who you might be but........ hm...!” (King of Elfarshia)

That expression I can understand that it’s of surprise and confusion, and also one that as if taking sadness full into his hands.

At that moment, I became convinced.

“King of Elfarshia............. do you............... remember me?” (Velt)

“...........................Ve.........................Vel............t............” (King of Elfarshia)

Despite being in front of his subordinates, despite being in front of his people, the moment the King sees me he trembles, tears are amassing in the corner of his eyes as if threatening to fall over

“I see....  from a report, I have heard that you have escaped a few days ago....I see.....” (King of Elfarshia)

He not only remembers. The King also knows.

What has befallen on me.

And the reason of why I got locked up.

“Velt............. I’m sorry.............. truly.............” (King of Elfarshia)

“Nah stop it, I’ve heard that so many times from Tyler, if the King also does that, I might get killed by those guys who don’t know the situations.” (Velt)

“............. I’m sorry............ I’m sorry! To you....... Forna........ Princess Ura too...... I’m sorry............. I am............” (King of Elfarshia)

Like I said, just stop it already. I’m already well understood you guys suffering.

But even so, if I have to compromise for you guys, then I won’t take it lying down and fight back.

Because I understand that, I wish that you won’t apologize about it. It’s gonna make also suffer.

However, as the king keep on tearing up and trembling, it happened at that moment.

“My my, what is this? What in the world, what’s all the ruckus for?”

A dazzling light robs our eyes off us.

“Wha, what’s happening!”

“Too bright!”

“Th, this feeling..... could it be!”

“Whoa. This is....... the light of charisma!”

The soldiers separated into two groups, with the center of it makes for a path.

And in the middle of that road swaggering along slowly is, a woman wearing a super gaudy shining glittering dress.

Her whole body is bundled with shining purple colored plumes and feathers, and on her head she is wearing something that seems made of peafowl feathers spreading wide.

“It’s like, she’s one of those big shots at annual singing contest, so friggin’ gaudy......” (Kagami)

“Wa, wat the, this aunty. It’s not pretty, just super gaudy.” (Jackpot)

“Thi, this woman.... if I’m not mistaken.......”

You think so too right? I also thought like that in the past.

But, it’s better not voicing it out.

It’s still just two years after all.

After all, this person is.....

“This is the hometown that I’ve return to after eight years...... but once I’m about to meet my best friends that I haven’t able to meet all this time......”

At that instant, the flash moved!

“Wha!”

“Wat the!”

“!!”

“Mmm!”

“Whoa!”

The moment the dry sound created by the shockwave exceeding speed of sound was heard, along with that shockwave sound, Musashi, Jackpot, Yuzuriha, Kaa-kun, and Milco, all five of them took a defensive posture and back down slightly.

Its’ as if they’re taking defense because they’re being attacked.

“Kukuku............. this is the smell of the animals that took the life of my best friend and the stinking smell of a maggot of a demon, don’t go and loiter around in front of their graves, shitty bitches.”

She spat out the late abusive remarks without any hesitation apparent on her face. And, while she is a woman she exudes quite the pressure.

And then, a feeling of power can be felt enveloping her, a feeling of a person that had already piled up experience of long battles.

“What are you doing, Fanred! Musashi is a child that our country has formally accepted!” (King of Elfarshia)

“Fufu...... aah...... that idiot daughter and suspicious okama are already in it together, what’s with that shitty friendship alliance? That’s why I said, we shouldn’t just give permission to anything and everything right? We should just make a restricted area, and discipline ourselves to it.” (Fanred)

The name of that woman is Fanred Elfarshia.

“Ma..........ma.” (Velt)

Her alias as the [Great Queen General] is well known in the world, she had also been chosen as one of the Ten Heroes of Light.

“I’ve fought the demihumans and demons to the point of dying all this time. Those very demihumans and demons that have killed so many of my comrades. And despite unrelated to war...... wasn’t it a demihuman who killed Aruna and Bonapa? To think that kind of people are loitering around here..... its like eating a tank of shit from the nose a hundred times.” (Fanred)

She is the queen of Elfarshia that is full of..... affection...... I mean, Forna’s mommy-chan after all......

And that makes me feel like wanting to curl myself up in hiding so naturally, in a way she’s an existence that I’m bad dealing with almost like Gyanza.

Tch, what the heck’s happening..... to think that..... [Mama] to actually came here.

“Fuh, and this feeling..... hey, you two over there. A big demihuman..... and, blue haired woman. Take the thing you wear on your head and eyes.” (Fanred)

Those eyes are severe and sharp, she ordered for Kaa-kun and Ayase to take off their hats and sunglasses.

“Who is she? This bad mouthed old hag.”

That settles it. Let’s train Yuzuriha-chan from now on.

I’m really gonna hate it if I got used to her antics in the future after all.

 

 

 

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