Chapter 14, Part 8
Do you Remember?
After crossing through the area of the city where the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• were hiding, the group continued to advance as much as they could while hiding in the bushes and shadows of the buildings, to avoid any possible confrontation with the Monsters, in addition to the other races that roamed the area, as they made their way towards Noah’s underground facility.
In the middle of their journey, just before crossing an open area where they would probably end up in the middle of a confrontation, the group decided to pause, taking refuge in one of the nearby abandoned houses to take a break before continuing.
For the moment, the group hid inside a dusty room, full of clearly old furniture, where everyone, clearly exhausted, tried to rest to recover from the exhaustion they had accumulated.
「Seriously, I was quite concerned considering what might happen…… but in the end everything turned out quite well」
Tina murmured, lying on her back on a couch, as she sighed with a look of relief.
「Why does Tina get the couch while I’m in the floor? Hey, aren’t you treating me too bad in comparison? Alice, Krull, don’t you think you’re treating me unfairly?」
As soon as they entered the house, Menou dusted off the dusty couch and placed Tina on it, then Krull and Alice, who were carrying Kagami, lay down next to the couch and, as if he was just a pile of heavy luggage, they put Kagami aside. It didn’t bother Kagami so much that Menou bothered to dust the couch before settling Tina down, but rather that his complaints were due to the difference in their treatment of her.
However, Krull and Alice just looked at him with exhausted looks, not saying anything at all.
「Come on, I managed to pull it off. I admit I felt a bit tense when he spoke to us all of a sudden, but somehow, we ended up getting a new ally, so I feel calmer now…… Yes, everything worked out well, *pwe~*, now we have him on our side. He also gave us his name…… And an answer…… Uwa!?」
「Kagami-san, there’s no way you can call that an answer, you know, right?」
At that moment, Alice pinched Kagami’s cheeks, who said that with a big smile on his face, as if he had achieved what he planned. Confused by that sudden attack, Kagami looked at Alice and Krull, who were staring at him wrapped up in an intimidating atmosphere.
[You really think so? Leaving Ulga aside, the other Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• seemed eager to slaughtered us at any moment, didn’t they? I really thought that we were over this time」
After muttering that, Krull let out a deep sigh, making it clear that she was really upset with the situation.
「Don’t worry, I had it all covered, I was more than ready to make them transparent immediately the moment my Lord failed with the negotiations to hide us and safely escape ‘de gozaru yo」
Said Oboromaru, yelling [Don’t worry!] loudly, after emerging from Kagami’s hood, where they seemed to have been hiding all this time. Then Palna, who wanted to hear more details about that, approached Oboromaru.
「Can you apply the transparency effect on all of us?」
「Of course not ‘de gozaru yo. I’m sorry, I think I spoke very hastily without correctly explaining this’ de gozaru. In the best of cases, I could only have been able to hide my Lord and someone else, meanwhile you would have done everything possible to buy us someti…… Ugh !? 」
As soon as she heard Oboromaru’s words, Palna grabbed him by the torso and muttered, 「Ho~o…… I see~……」, while smiling intimidatingly.
「So, what would have happened to us?」
「Obviously, you would have suffered a complete and regrettable defeat and died at the site ‘de gozaru yo. My priority is to protect my Lord, so…… Guh-ho!?」
At that moment, Palna strengthened her grip, pressing hard on Oboromaru’s torso, who spoke those words as if that was the most obvious answer. Then, still furious at that, she turned to Kagami, who immediately yelled, 「No! Waiting! I’ve never asked him for anything like that!」as he desperately apologized. 「The owner must be held responsible for the actions of their pet, don’t you think?」, Palna completely ignored Kagami’s pleas, whose cheeks were still being pinched by Alice, and simply continued to intimidate him.
「Even if that’s the case…… couldn’t you try to think a little more before acting? I’m glad everything went well, but you can’t ignore the fact that there’s still a lot of work to do in order to repair the relationship between both sides, even Mary still feels uncomfortable with all this, do you understand that correct? You can’t just go and ask them to forget the way they have lived all this time in exchange for promising them a better future like that」
「But it worked. If I did what I did it was because I believed it would work, you see. And it worked out, right?」
Perhaps feeling frustrated by Kagami’s attitude, who looked at her with his thumb up, acting like there was nothing to worry about, Palna joined Alice and started pinching Kagami’s other cheek. As soon as she saw that, Krull, who seemed to have realized something, also joined them, pinching Kagami’s forehead, with the attitude of someone who did not want to lose against her rival.
Then, seeming to enjoy what was happening, Pitta also approached Kagami, and started pinching Kagami’s nose, at the same time as Rex, who also wanted to join in on the fun, said, 「If this is how things will be, then let me join in too」, as he sat on Kagami’s stomach.
Finally, after seeing that harmonious scene, Mary, who just a few hours ago still treated them with hostility, but now seemed to have become another member of that group, remembered the words of Kagami, who recognized her and decided to trust her like an ally, then before she knew it, her face had already completely reddened as she thought about how stubborn Kagami could be, then, to calm her emotions, she started to grumble, 「Hmph!」, while stepping on Kagami.
「You guys, stop taking advantage of the fact that I can’t move」
While watching that, Yuki began to laugh at what was happening, Menou began to smile wistfully and Takako, who was also overwhelmed by a sense of nostalgia, muttered, 「Seriously」, with a warm expression as she sighed.
「Now, I don’t want to ruin this atmosphere, but…… Don’t you think it would be a good idea to start talking about what we’ll do from now on now that we’re still out of Noah?」
Takako said while clapping her hands, to get everyone’s attention. Then, as if it were a signal, everyone’s gaze changed as they turned to Takako to start arguing about what they should do from now on.
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