I pointed at the back of the fallen Duke.
[Eve.]
[Umu.]
[You may be wanting to hear the Duke begging for his life, but please keep it as brief as possible.]
Eve didn’t reply immediately.
I temporarily stopped counting the corpses on the ground and said,
[If you don’t like to do it, I’ll—]
[No.]
Eve opens her mouth.
[Let me do this myself.]
[Alright. Just come find me after you’re done.]
Nodding towards me once, Eve stands before the Duke.
And in her hand, she’s holding a sword.
I went back to counting the number of corpses on the ground.
[Nuuuoooohhh… Guuhhhggiiiigggiiiii… Hiiii…. Hiiiiiiiii…]
Finally, the Duke couldn’t escape from reality anymore.
I could see it from behind him.
The Duke’s fear.
[I think it might have been better for you if you can’t speak. That way, I don’t have to be worried that I would be deceived again by your words… I’m just a simple person, afterall.]
Eve’s voice stops.
Her voice was as cold as ice.
[I think that if you managed to deceive me now, it’s possible that I might have some feelings that would suddenly gush up within me and I might suddenly find myself forgiving you. However… Reaching your hand towards that child is a bad move.]
[Giiguuuuuhhh… Guuuhhhhh….]
[Even if you shed tears, I will not be fooled anymore.]
[Giigiiigiiiiiiiiii……..]
[Farewell.]
A short, low scream is all that’s left of him in the end.
I think back to the final words Eve said.
If you were to think about it normally, you would think that her words were directed at the Duke.
However, depending on how you look at it, it’s possible that these words were directed to her own naive past self.
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Footsteps began approaching and stopped behind me.
[Touka.]
[…Are you done with it?]
[Umu.]
Eve feels more cheerful than I had thought.
[Touka-dono.]
Seras came out of the forest along with Liz on her hand.
Now, she had already changed back to her original appearance.
The power of the spirits requires appropriate compensation when you use them.
It’s not something you should arbitrarily use when it’s not necessary.
Well, she doesn’t really need the power of altering her appearance right now.
Seras is looking around the area.
[It looks like it’s finally over.]
Liz tightly grasps the hem of Seras’ clothes.
She’s standing really close around Seras’ waist.
I spoke.
[Liz, if you don’t like seeing their corpses—]
[I- I’m alright…]
[Are you sure?]
[I’ve already seen a lot of them back when I was travelling with my sister… most of them were people who tried attacking us…]
So, this isn’t the first time she had seen corpses huh…
However, it looks like she’s still trembling a bit.
Well, this really isn’t something you could get used to.
[Seras, I still have some things to do here along with Eve. Will you take Liz with you and prepare for our departure?]
[Understood. Now then, after we retrieve our luggages we left behind, we would still have to catch the horse that should still be loitering around the area.]
[I’m counting on you. Ah, one more thing.]
[What is it?]
[Thanks for backing me up with your arrows earlier.]
Seras suddenly looked quite uncertain.
[That was also my own judgement that you’ve never instructed—]
[I’ve already told you before, right? I trust your own judgement.]
She closes her eyes as she digests my words.
With her eyes closed, she places her hands on her chest.
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