Chapter 249 Muscle History

Chapter 249 Muscle History

Having carnivorous monsters infiltrating inside his body, it’s an attack not from outside but from inside.

Certainly, no matter how muscular Pitt is, there’s no way his innards to be also hard.

And that makes Pitt who is capable of regeneration to be unable to taking it easy. 

Slowly, he can only have the inside of his stomach to be raising up those brutal fishes.

It’s our win with this. I wanted to think like that but things never that sweet.

“Guhak! Gah okay …. Ugh, you done it… ugh.” (Pitt)

“That won’t do~, eating too much will destroy your body. You need to eat them all or onee-chan will get get angry ♪ “ 

Pitt who supposedly inside a pain that could make one shudders just by imagining it is holding his stomach, and as he is on his knees on the ground he raises his head and glares with a smile.

So he can still smile while acting tough? No, that expression seems to say that’s not everything to it.

“Managing director Pitt~! Hmmh, this is bad. As an adult firstly we must calm down to deal with this but what to do in this situation? Is making a hole in your stomach using my helix a preferable solution?” (Mail)

“Subterranean woman. You calm down .” (Noppera)

“How dare you, monster master Cleran! You’ve gone and done it!” (Daisy)

“Should I say as I would expect of ojou-chan’s husband.” (Gaje)

“……This is bad-duck……” (Black Duck)

As expected even our enemies, the great top executives, are clueless of what to do and seemingly about to pull back.

However there was one who seemed a bit different.

“Injuring the insides of his body…… could it be, the steal will be affected-duck?”

It’s Black Duck…

He’s fixing his eyes on Pitt with his body already taken half step back as if ready to jump out of this place should anything happen.

Seal? What is it about? And then, at that time, we finally realized.

That Pitt’s wild cat costume is already long gone.

“So, that’s your real face…. How you truly look huh.” (Velt)

He only wears black trousers made of cloth while naked above the waist.

The muscles that turned to be visible are outside of my expectations.

His body is swole like a bodybuilder, with not a single shred of unnecessary fat.

However, to say those muscles were from muscle training and developed naturally as he fought is a bit too unnatural. 

“Rather than saying he’s drunk too much protein, it’s like he’s been taking them roids huh.” (Velt)

It could be said as a rarity in this world.

For in a fight, those muscles are a bit too much swelling out.

“….Humans are limited to the muscles they use for moving about and fighting. For those who fight handle the sword, they’d have the muscles to handle the sword. For those who fight with barehands, a fine balance at important parts across their whole body will they get. But for me….  Regardless of my will, the damaged parts will grow stronger with each regeneration. Therefore, as a result of even the originally useless muscles got swelling up, I ended up having this kind of abnormal body” (Pitt)

When looking at someone else’s macho body, people might say it’s amazing, it’s disgusting, and others, the reactions are varied.

But this time, be it humans, demihumans, or demons, we all thought the same.

….that is a monster.

“Ugh, guh, ogh… Disgusting isn’t it?” (Pitt)

As if able to see through our feelings, Pitt’s real face smiled sadly.

Thin short green hair along with thin goatee. Somehow he seems like a certain supreme king and gonna say [all of ye].

Well, even this kind of guy is about to die right now.

“So, what are you bastard gonna do? Wanna still fight?” (Velt)

“It’ll be a problem if I die, and it’ll also be a problem if Love and Peace were to be destroyed….” (Pitt)

It’s a slightly unexpected words…

“To be honest, I thought you’d snap and start to go berserk but to think you’re this cool?” (Velt)

Isamu said it. That is actually Pitt is way more brutal. And that his strength is being sealed.

Honestly, I thought the next development will be Pitt releasing his seal and then go on a rampage like Chii-chan.

However, the reality is different.

Even after being done in this much, he doesn’t lose himself, the coolheaded Pitt. In retrospect that is terrifying instead.

“I no longer some hoodlum…. Kuh, it’ll be troublesome if I die while working too.” (Pitt)

He is of slightly different type than the guys I’ve fought up till now.

Those guys maddened by justice. Those maddened by brutality. Those who protect their comrades. Those who fight to destroy their opponents. To conquer. Or simply a battle maniac. There are all kinds.

But they can’t be applied to this guy.

He pushed down his original self, seeming as if fighting for some different than justice or self belief.

I also can’t think of him to have loyalty to Mackey or Mannie.

I can’t see him to have that spirit of dedication to Love and Peace.

If I were to pick what suits him…

“Somehow, it seems to be an salaryman... fighting for the sake of family.” (Velt)

I never worked in company in my previous life. But I can somehow understood from my dad who was working.

“….Salaryman…. that enterprise warriors huh…” (Pitt)

At that moment, I got a strange sense of getting stuck. Those words that Pitt said. I was simply muttering my cynicism but is the word [salaryman] something that exists in this world?

“After being employed by Love and Peace, I met Kevin once and was told the same word once…. Unappealing salaryman… he said they’re those who settled for small thing.” (Pitt)

Well, saying it small…

“However, you’ve done something that couldn’t be taken back…. That’s why!” (Pitt)

At that moment, a large number of veins and nerves appeared on Pitt’s face, they’re looking so abnormal as if about to rupture at any time.

“Ugh, Velt… Jeeha… “ (Pitt)

And, as if having resigned himself, Pitt called me while holding onto the pain. And then…

“Do you want to make a trade? ……I admit my defeat…. Therefore, I’d like you to spare my life…” (Pitt)

Those words made me doubt myself if I heard it right.

“Hah?” (Velt)

“This shitty muscle, what the hell are you saying?” (Farga)

“Eh, what?” (Cleran)

“What’s the meaning of this-degozaru?” (Musashi)

Just now, what did Pitt said? No, I won’t say there’s no case of begging for one’s life when in danger. 

But, for him to say it? For a monster who could fight head on against Isamu and Chii-chan? 

Asking to be spared, by me?

Usually, for someone of the strongest class like him, they’d be filled with the type to choose death instead.

“Hey… what the hell are you saying as you please like that! Bastard, you did things as you please, and in the end you even kidnapped Cosmos, what kind of shit are you spouting now!” (Velt)

I’ve never killed anyone. That’s why I don’t get fixated over killing.

But, this isn’t how it’s supposed to go right?

“After perpetrating so much things, and then you went and begged to be saved when things turned bad, that’s too much!” (Velt)

“I….. the reason I joined Love and Peace was… because the salary was good… for someone notorious like me… I wasn’t able to enter the Great Human Alliance Army… and for the sake of living I….” (Pitt)

When I came to I already stomped heavily on the suffering Pitt’s head.

“T, the hell, li… like I care about that kind of thing! Why the hell are you doing something like this? Stop joking with me!” (Velt)

I forcefully stomp my feet to his head until the ground caved in.

Perhaps, normally people would be disgusted by this kind of thing. 

But right now, no one finds fault to the thing I’m doing.

It’s just that much they’re being shocked by what Pitt said.

“Velt Jeeha… the fishes are…. Reaching my heart… Gogah! If my seal were to be undone… everything will be too late by the time it’s [cool down]… if you save me… take out the fishes gnawing at my heart… they keep on gnawing on me, I’m unable to regenerate… uughh, gah, the, the seal formula is being damaged…” (Pitt)

I’ll say this clearly. I, am feeling slightly jealous to this Pitt guy. 

Without using magic. Without using petty tricks. This guy can go facing Isamu and Chii-chan with nothing but barehands. 

Why the hell that kind of guy is doing something so pathetic like this? He’s making some excuse so lame like a small fry.

I wasn’t able to forgive that…

However….

“The longest I able to hold out without going berserk… only for around five minutes… but, if I were to get unconscious and went berserk… everyone here including me…. All will die, you know?” (Pitt)

“Hah?” (Velt)

“Five minuuuutes!” (Pitt)

In the next instant, we witnessed something unbelievable.

“Hiik!” 

“Eeek!”

All the skin on Pitt exploded.

“Wait, hey hey, the heck?” (Velt)

“Lord, it’s dangerous-degozaru! Get behind me!” (Musashi)

“Wait, what’s going on, what’s going on?”

What’s going on with him? As both enemies and allies unable to figure it out, a change occurred to Pitt’s flesh.

That is, his flesh that ruptured out of the skin is enlarging so visibly.

“It…. It’s getting bigger right?” (Althea)

“Hey, shitty woman. What the hell did you do?” (Farga)

“Huh, it’s, it’s my fault? I don’t know what’s going on even with you asking me that!” (Cleran)

Certainly, it’s unknown. What had the gross fishes that Cleran gave birth to have perpetuated?

I mean… rather than that…

“Heeeeeey, what’s happening there!” (Fiari)

“N, no, no way right?” (Arusha)

“The muscles expansion…. Is unstoppable!” (Forna)

“Heck, it’s coming over here! What do we do!” (Althea)

Yeah, what to do now? 

It’s not merely at the level of swelling out.

The buffy muscles are increasing in density, in the end he turned into a lump of muscles that even erased any traces of Pitt himself, and it kept expanding like a wall of flesh.

“Super abnormal muscles-duck.” (Black Duck)

At that moment, the one who presumably knew everything that’s going on opened his mouth.

“The seal that was applied on Managing Director Pitt… it was to suppress his muscles that continuously overgrowing-duck.” (Black Duck)

Hah? To..... suppress?

“Because of that, Managing Director Pitt’s regeneration power was stopped at the bare minimum required, his muscles too were made to be in compact size-duck. Because of Monster Master Cleran’s internal attack, the seal’s formation was disrupted-duck.” (Black Duck)

Those….. muscles that made bodybuilders turned blue was the result of being suppressed?

“Guwahaha. I see… the limitlessly swelling muscles. When wounded it’d regenerate, and turned bigger and firmer than before… how out of norm-nou.” (Isamu)

“Cough…. How fearsome-nanoda.” (Erosvitch)

“Ooh, so you’re alive, Vitch-chan.” (Isamu)

“Of course-nanoda….. but still, is he really a human-nanoda?“ (Erosvitch)

Pitt’s constitution even made the two Four Heavenly Beasts Demihumans to be surprised. Is it something that can be taken as mere mutation?

Anyway, what could be understood is…

“This is bad-duck. Once he became like that, his brain will become much smaller compared to his body, the consciousness that controls the body will also weaken…. And it will be too late to help him-duck.” (Black Duck)

At that moment, what to do will be up to each individuals.

Those who get away from that place as fast as possible. Those who unable to move. 

Or instead, like us who go against it!

“Stop joking with me! Then I’mma annihilate it. Fuwa Fuwa Maximum Laser!” (Velt)

My stamina had already slightly returned. As long as I have stamina, I’ll be able to use magic inexhaustibly. I gather up the magic power from the atmosphere, and aim at the swelling up Pitt and launched an extra thick attack.

“Hoh… stupid little brother, you bastard since when!” (Farga)

“Loooooooooord! Since, since when did you turn so splendid…. I’m, feeling truly moved-degozaru!” (Musashi)

“Nii-san, I’m so envious! I also wanna use laser! Very much!” (Dora)

This feedback… huh?

“It’s useless-duck.” (Black Duck)

The part that my laser able to gouge out, it was only just a small part of Pitt’s flesh. To annihilate Pitt himself, my laser is way too thin.

“Not only that, the part that was gouged out…” 

“That’s right-duck. The wounded muscle will return to how it was, and then turn tougher-duck.” (Black Duck)

This could be said unbeatable, or perhaps immortal?

And unlike Goofer that only returned back to live. The place where he was wounded was getting stronger as it resuscitate.

“S, so, so how do we gonna beat it!” (Velt)

Rather, can we beat him? The flesh is increasing at a visible rate, even the structures on the both sides of the avenue are crushed and fell apart.

“Ugh, husband~ it’s so disgusting.” (Yuzuriha)

“I bet so~, though Yuzu-cchi a carnivore, as expected that thing is a no go.” (Althea)

Like I said, don’t talk so lightly like that. Seriously what do we do?

“Wait a sec? Didn’t he say he gonna go berserk once gotten unconscious?” (Velt)

Oi oi oi oi, if this kind of huge mass of flesh were to go berserk…

“There’s no other way than to deal with it huh, stupid little brother.” (Farga)

“Ah~, so sorry~, it seems onee-chan messed up?” (Cleran)

“Well, no one could have guess after all.” (Velt)

Exactly like I said, there’s no other way but do it.

But, how do we gonna kill him? Should I store up an even larger amount of magic power and shoot at him with laser?

“Wait, it’s getting hotter!” (Forna)

“That flesh, does it’s temperature gradually raising up!” (Arusha)

“The heck, that totes bad! What do we do!” (Althea)

Guess we don’t have time to think about it.

“Wait, flesh tentacles are coming!” (Fiari)

“I knew I should have gone back to Subterranean world…” (Neeto)

“Yuck! I’m already so disgusted that I can’t eat!” (Dora)

Both my old and new comrades are still shaken, at that moment I, in irritation, punched at the wall of flesh right in front my face…

“ “ “ “ Velt Jeeha…. Remember, five minutes…” “ “””

The moment I touched the meat, Pitt’s consciousness came flowing in. 

This bastard. I’ll hold on for five minutes so you need to save me during that time, he still could talk that while half unconscious like that? Like I said, stop joking with me!

“Yeah, I’m gonna freaking kill you in five minutes!  Excuse makers gonna be sent to meet Enma after all!”

Tl note: Enma as in king of hell who judges the dead

It got nothing to do with me. Packed with that meaning, I hit onto the heated up meat with the batons I hold tightly.

And then….

“Huh?” (Velt)

It felt as if my consciousness was being pulled.

“What?” (Velt)

The scenery gradually changed, feeling as if my own consciousness is drifting into space. I felt something like this when fighting Roa, a world of only consciousness?

No, this time it felt even deeper than before.

“This is?” (Velt)

I don’t understand it’s principle. My disposition of gathering magic power from the atmosphere seems as if having touched the depths of this guy’s consciousness. Or was it because he set open his heart and called over me, whichever it is, I don’t know.

But, inside the world of consciousness that was blowing to me, I take a look around it.

“Where the heck is this place” (Velt)

Is this an illusion? Genjutsu? No, putting that aside, the depiction is a bit too realistic.

Humans in filthy old rags are walking about, dirty looking hoodlums are eating meat and drinking alcohol, on the corner of the streets, women are inviting men in with lascivious smiles on their faces.

This dark side of the town like place was making me remember about Shirom.

[P, please, it was our fault aight! Please, please forgive us!]

In the midst of this rough town, twenty or so bad looking guys are crawling down on the ground regardless of passersby coming and going.

That is…

[This is a service that forbids intercourse…. And I am the one to punish those who broke that rule. This is a good example for others.]

Equipped with his strong muscles, he’s being seen by the hoodlums with eyes of fear. It’s Pitt. And he’s looking slightly younger than right now?

[By showing others the unerasable overwhelming amount of brutality, people’s heart will be able to change for the first time. How about I make you guys into the sacrifices for that sake] (Pitt)

With his face bathed under their blood spurts, Pitt smiled atrociously, his face was like the incarnation of brutality itself. To the point of making us questioning just how much gentlemanly the man who we fight right now is.

And then it was at that time..

[How awesome, as expected of our guardian, Bastista!]

[…Owner….] (Pitt)

[But, aren’t you taking it too far? Well, the sisters were saved right before it’s too far, so how about giving them a pardon here? Though they understood the rule, ero is unstoppable. It’s something that I well understood.] (Owner)

At that moment the man called Owner came to stop Pitt. Now this is another suspicious turn of event.

A young man with buzz cut. Maybe in his twenties? He wore a fur coat right above his skin, an ornamented cross accessory hung on his neck, and on both of his hands were two sisters of the church….? Huh, when one talk about a sister, the image of a prim and proper ceremonial dress will come to the mind, but somehow these sisters wore modified uniform like sleeveless and mini skirt, as if they’re some sexy cosplayers…

[Since that’s the case, uncles, doing mischief is no go from now on ‘kay? As long as you follow that rule, you could taste the brilliant techniques of the sisters that could take you to the heavens. [Traveling Delivery Sisters] awaits your patronage ♪]  (Owner)

Because the suspicious man appeared, the hoodlums able to preserve their lives and then scrambled away from that place. As he looked at them from behind, Pitt let out an exasperated sigh.

[Why didn’t let me kill them? For those kinds of guys, massacring them and having their skulls be crushed with my hands should be about right.] (Pitt)

[Now now now, for once, they’re properly paying customers you know. They have their bad sides, but we need to look at first time offenders with magnanimity. Be it about that or about this, all because the techniques of the sisters are too awesome ~~~] (Owner)

With giggles, the man caressed the cheeks of the two flowers aka sisters on both of his. The ero sisters seemed to be also laughing cheerfully but Pitt remained discontent.

[Hmph. This parasite who sells woman’s body to fill his own belly.] (Pitt)

[Now now now. If you said that then what about you who is being hired by that parasite and receiving salary from him! In the first place, I don’t fill my own belly with it. After all we can’t eat by only depending on donations.] (Owner)

[That’s just your excuse.] (Pitt)

[You see~, Bastista. I’m an orphan and has been living in the church ever since I was a kid, so I didn’t know how the sisters were able to keep me fed. That is until one of the sisters I loved died because of contagious disease. But had they didn’t do that we’d all will be starving to death. That’s why me who is more ero than anyone else made a suggestion about a slightly safer thing even though still needing to sell body, and that lead us to our current job.] (Owner)

As he said that, the man called as Owner suddenly turned serious and said.

[Bastista. I’m not endorsing the ero only for the sake of everyone to be able to eat. I’m also thinking that, I want to change the world with ero.] (Owner)

…..what the heck is this guy is saying… and so maybe Pitt also thought the same.

[I will teach you about it, Bastista. Ero is a form of communication that connects between people. There be no exist any human who isn’t ero. Extending it out, the thing we knew as ero, is an inseparable part of the culture no matter from what races and creatures. Ero has no borders. If everyone could unleash their eroness then there will be no more war. It is possible to change the world with ero.] (Owner)

[Bastard, is your head alright?] (Pitt)

I know right! I also thought about the same.

[But it’s true~, Ero can foster friendship, a half assed justice is powerless in front of ero. Alright, let me tell you an example.] (Owner)

As he showed a bit of disgruntled face because of Pitt’s words, Owner continued.

[This is my story, a story from when I was attending a school. So when I wanted to get some pocket money I took a photo of my classmates in swimsuit… no, let’s call it portrait in this case. I sold those inside the school clandestinely. And then, it happened at that moment. A single delinquent appeared in front of me. Full of violence, welcoming all fights, the strongest and baddest delinquent at school. When I was frightened that he’d gonna tell me to hand over my sales, that delinquent sat in front of me with a bang, and said he gonna pick a picture of a girl among my goods. [I’m gonna buy this with your asking price], he said. Well~, I was getting cold feet there. To think, that very delinquent, his face turned red when he chose the picture of a girl that didn’t popular at all…. At that time, I thought of something. Aah…. Everyone is lewd after all. In front of lewdness everyone is simple. Henceforth, I began getting along with that delinquent by the means of my goods… and that made me able to feel in reality, the friendship bridged by ero…]

What the heck with this stupid conversation. I mean, what kind of past is he showing me? Rather, that delinquent, there’s a limit to being an idiot you know?

[There’s also this one. In my class, there was this diligent, a prodigy, as well as the prettiest girl in the school, but when she heard rumors about me, she appeared in front of my eyes. So she was yelling and about to report me to the teachers for my transgressions. But, at that moment, I was lining up the photos of boys as my goods…. I mean portrait, well, I was also getting requests from girls, so I’ve prepared them all in general, so right there, there was also one from that delinquent from before, upon seeing the picture of him who was in the midst of changing his clothes into a raccoon dog costume for cultural festival program, that pretty student’s face turned completely red, and she went [I, I’ll let you off today. There won’t be a next time, you’d better remember that. A, al, also, I will confiscate this. Geez, good grief, this kind of cute  shot is the best, it’s such a foul play ♪ Um, I mean, as a piece of evidence I shall take custody of this dutifully!], and, with such a bashfulness that could even dampen someone’s love of a hundred years, she took her leave. It was that moment when I thought, to think that this is the time when I  able to draw up the love relationship map of the class in my mind. It is because ero that I managed to be closer to truth of the world faster than anyone else, and realize the powerlessness of a half baked justice.]

And again, it’s a conversation I can’t be caring about. But somehow, I felt like being assaulted by a sense of dejavu but what the heck is it?

[Bastista. At first, you met with us as mere bodyguard. But you see, as you live with the kids who lost their parents from war,  your heart must have a change one way or another right? Everyone is idolizing you as their muscle onii-chan.] (Owner)

[So what’s with that?]  (Pitt)

[To be idolized by those pure and innocent children, you must have thought about it right? Like, how come letting those children eat from the money earned by this dirty job….. something like that]

Seemingly not caring about what the owner is talking about from the bottom of his heart but as if the words just now hit the mark, Pitt’s shoulders moved.

[Listen, Bastista. As long as there are people then ero is necessary. It’s not something to be ashamed about. Instead it’s the most noble job in this world. That’s why, you should have pride too.] (Owner)

The owner called guy smiled completely turning defiant. It felt refreshing having come this far but even with him smiling like that, Pitt left the place while feeling a bit disgruntled.

[In the end, what was that all about….?] (Velt)

Uh, so what? What’s with that? I’ll say this frankly, it was only that image of the past that’s doesn’t have anything to be talked about .

I mean, yeah. Let’s kill this Pitt guy asap….. huh?

[Ugh, now what!] (Velt)

Once again, the world accelerated. As if it’s being fast forwarded, the sun rises and falls as the clouds drifting, a scenery just like that.

However, it also stopped after several seconds, when I realized it, a scenery completely different from that dark town from before is being projected.

Blue sky. Endlessly spanning ocean. And, this place, a coastline of a small island that I imagine from somewhere in this world. 

This place is…..?

And then……

[Aah, kamatekakamatekaora! Kamatekamatekaora!]

[Aaupa! Aaupa! Aupaekaupane!]

Uh, that’s, it’s really being said as it is. For some reason there are these weird guys here.

On the coast, more than ten macho guys are half naked in fundoshi, they displayed unheard of words and dance with full stte.

The heck?

[Hmph. You’re doing such a sultry thing as always.]

To those uncles, Pitt made a face as if looking at nostalgic thing, he quickly snorted and turned his back.

And then, what over there is….

[Uooooi, Bastista! What the hell are you thinking about the ritual of fisherman! You should get more heated up!]

Needless to say, he’s macho with unshaven face, swarthy skin along with finely chiseled face, a man half naked wearing fundoshi. Truly, he has that atmosphere of THE man of the sea on full display.

Towards that man, Pitt went yare yare as he shrugged his shoulders.

[Having went out of the island and walked around the continent made me understood. You can’t fool me anymore [Kevin]. Your common sense of the sea,  the ritual before battle you so called as [haka] and other stuff, no one does it at the continent alright?] (Pitt)

[What the hell are you saying! The haka of tanned up men is a world heritage class culture! The fact that they don’t know it means those guys from the continent and cities just don’t know anything about the world! Guys who don’t pay any mind about it are lacking in calcium! Look, your muscles are crying!] (Kevin)

[What a messed up logic. Besides, muscle this muscle that it’s so shallow] (Pitt)

[Kaaah~~~, this is why kids are! Listen alright, for a man, first is muscle, second is muscle! Third and fourth also muscle, the fifth is heart! That’s what a man is about]

Now then, the problem here is, just a few tens of minutes ago, I was having my fill of naked princesses beauties, but now I’m being shown a conversation between fellow machos, what are they going to do really?

Somehow, give me a break of all this alright, just go die quickly l so I can save Cosmos…. That kind of feeling came to me.

However….

[So, Bastista. You come back all of a sudden, did something happen? Maybe at last, you became a wanted person and being hunted by the Empire and Great Human Alliance Army?] (Kevin)

Those sultry words from before took a complete change, the man called Kevin asked with a slightly calm tone. 

And then Pitt answered to that inquiry.

[I got promoted in my job] (Pitt)

[Hohou hou] (Kevin)

[The work is about security job in an organization called Love and Money] (Pitt)

[…….. It seems to be a famous organization on the continent lately huh. Just, I didn’t really hear any good rumors about it] (Kevin)

[Yeah. From outside it’s seems to be an industry but on the reverse side of it, the inhumane acts they do knows no bound. In exchange of it, it is possible to earn remuneration that ordinarily unthinkable.] (Pitt)

[Haaah~~~, have you settled down in a place where you can relax? Oh salaryman warrior of black corporation. In the end you dived into that kind of world…..] (Kevin)

The man called Kevin squinted his eyes slightly in sadness. However, Pitt shook his head.

[A few months ago. I was hired by a prostitution ring as a bodyguard. So over there, it has this peculiarity of having the church sisters selling their bodies every night…. The money they received, it was set aside for the sake of raising the orphans that were entrusted to the church. And for several months, I stayed at that church and mingled with those orphans.] (Pitt}

[You? Someone ill tempered and full of violence like you?]

[Yeah. And so I realized how much of an unsightly human I was.  Using this abnormal constitution as an excuse, I hit on anything that came into my sight, lashing out for myself. That’s why, even despite for the sake of making a living, I hate those that sell their own body and used the money to raise innocent children.] (Pitt)

Towards the words that Pitt said, the man named Kevin seriously nodded. 

And then, Pitt chewed on his lip and continued with a saddened expression. 

[However, one day, the owner was captured by Chainmail Empire. Along with a number of the sisters.] (Pitt)

[………….]

[There was also an influential noble among the clients. That noble was being fanned up to be in corruption and abasement, the owner was pushed with crimes that weren’t announced, making him got taken into custody. Not only that, that empire didn’t help nor concern themselves with the church or the orphans at all. They must be thinking that if they were to give around money for that kind of place, it’s better to put it into war fund instead.] (Pitt)

As he spoke those words, Pitt grasped his fist strongly.

[Because owner was captured, there’s no one wanted to buy the sisters’ body in the red light district, afraid that they’d receive strange suspicions. On the other side, the money I earned as the bodyguard was also restricted. Due to my background and behavior, I wasn’t able to enter the Great Human Alliance Army. I also didn’t have the requirements to be a hunter. For such a helpless me to earn large amount of money….. there’s no way other than this.] (Pitt)

The feelings of Pitt that I could perceive from his expression. That is, the anger towards himself.

[I was so powerless. I never thought that earning money to be so hard. For that owner who was so much unpleasant as a human…. It was just because of me not knowing anything….. Using children as an excuse, I was unhappy to the owner for making those women sell their body. But I, on the other hand, also made children as my excuse, will dye my hands in dirty the works no matter what they be may be from now on…… to think  I’d be walking this kind of life, I’ve never imagined any of this when I left the island.] (Pitt)

Powerless, not knowing about the world, and being cornered to the point of truly unable to do anything, the man uttered, his very whining.

He was so much strong, so much dangerous of a guy, but this sight of him is a bit too humane.

In many ways, he might have lived a tiresome life himself 

Still, I can understand that but that got nothing to do with me.

I understood that he didn’t enter Love and Peace for his own desires.

It’s not like I can’t understand his feeling of being able to do anything for the sake of the people he thought as important.

But, even with that, it’s still got nothing to do with me.

[Bastista……. You see….] (Kevin)

As Pitt or can be said Bastista is making that complicated expression on his face, Kevin tried to say something.

And then, the words that came out of Kevin’s mouth, it was something that’s too unexpected for me.

[In a certain school, there was a fatty. His classmates were filled with ikemens or beauties, for the fatty the place wasn’t feel like somewhere he belonged to. No matter what he did nothing went smoothly, no matter what he did nothing went his way. And that kind of fatty, was changed by a single teacher.]

What kind of connection that kind of story will have? As I was thinking of that...

[You see, that teacher was like an endangered species, as if embodying hot blooded in it’s very word, only him approached the fatty with shining eyes. If you enter the team, won’t it be the strongest. Fat? Ain’t that an ability? Ain’t that strength? Ain’t that your strong point! The moment you turn all of those lipids into muscle, you will turn into a hero…… eh, well, I don’t really care about those circumstances but anyway, I have something to teach you about] 

……Kevin he, turned to Pitt and threw something.

It was, it’s a ball made of skin and cloth. But it’s not in simple ball shape.

Because, normally, when one thinks of a [ball] one will think it’s [round]. However, the [ball] that Kevin threw to Pitt was, in a shape of ellipse.

[Life is like a rugby ball. No one knows where it will roll to. I heard that kind of saying before.] (Kevin)

Rugby….. Ball…

[And, what one calls a rugby is, it isn’t something to be thrown to the front. You can’t also drop the ball to the front. It has that kind of rule to it. But you see, that’s exactly the reason, you could entrust the ball to the comrades that run alongside you, your comrades, and at times you yourself, exerting your best to cut open a path, and advance forward.]

Tl note: I’m not too clear with the rule so I definitely think there’s something wrong with the translation.

[……….Anyway, there is no rugby at the continent so….. you are always lying ] (Pitt)

[Idiot, I’m not lying! It really exists, the bestest of all ball games! It’s the culture!] (Kevin)

[Hmph, I wonder……… it’s just…….] (Pitt)

[Huh?] (Kevin)

[Be it haka or rugby, I don’t know if they actually exist or not but…….. The teacher that you spoke of, I’m sure he actually exists…….] (Pitt)

Aah …… How to put it….. aah, so that’s the case….. so it’s something like that!

[Kevin. From this moment, no matter how much dirty it is…. I will exert myself … no matter what…. For the sake of those children] (Pitt)

[Bastista……] (Kevin)

[……I’ve been in your care for all this time…… I don’t know how my life will roll from now on but ….. I will survive. Because if I die, it’d be the end for those children…..] (Pitt)

Aah, so that’s how it was. Aah, geez, how to put this, it makes me wanna say aaah.

“Onii-san, what’s wrong! Wait, you’ve been silent for a while now, what’s going on with you!” (Dora)

The oppressive flesh wall is looming closer, to think that, I’d being shown something like that, I’ve never thought that there’s something so bizarre connecting us.

My memory is fuzzy but certainly there was someone like that in the class. That macho guy with quite the width. I can’t remember his name no matter how I tried though.

But, looking from the flow of the conversation, that Kevin guy’s teacher was……

“Haaaaaaaah~~~~~, change of plan. We’ll save this guy.” (Velt)

“Hah? Eeeeeeeeeehhhhh! What’s wrong, nii-san! But that kind of quick change of mind is so like you!” (Dora)

“Really, I don’t have any sympathy to this guy. He’s just some small timer scoundrel. But, the circumstances have changed. This is, like Pitt wished, it’s just showing some mercy.” (Velt)

“Nii-san, I knew it, you’re kind after all.”

“Hell nah. It’s just…..He was a disciple of someone who looked up to the same man as me as his mentor….. just that.” (Velt)

It's sure is tough with so many troublesome students. Isn’t that right? Sensei…..

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