Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 9 - Chapter 37

Chapter 37

“Tanya!”

After Tanya killed their commander, I led a heavy assault, causing the anthropoids to flee . I didn’t pursue them; instead, I dismounted to grab Tanya’s shoulder, as she was going to go after them .

Tanya looked at me, feeling slightly surprised, but she didn’t say anything; instead, she lowered her head with a nonchalant look .

“Your Majesty, Tanya is Socina City’s hero, please do not…”

“Don’t speak right now, Karana . ”

I had no idea how violent my expression looked, but I saw Karana take two steps back, with a terrified look on her face . That made me realise just how frightening the expression I just looked at Tanya with was .

I took in a deep breath to ease my expression . I looked at Tanya and stroked her cheek, only to end up getting my hand covered in blood . I sighed, and then raised her small head up . Tanya resembled a doll that let me do as I pleased . She looked at me with her lifeless eyes . She didn’t show the disappointment or mellowness that I was worried she’d be feeling .

Perhaps she has no other thoughts other than to kill the anthropoids .

She was more similar to a machine than a kid .

I wiped the blood off her face without saying anything . I just wiped away the blood that covered her face . Karana and Ling Yue looked at me strangely, but they didn’t say anything, either . Tanya let me wipe the blood away until the end where she revealed a confused expression after .

“Sorry, I was too aggressive with you just now . ”

I stroked her head under her hat and sighed . I said, “How should I put it? You are, indeed, Socina City’s hero, since you broke the siege on the city, but… you can’t charge forward the way you did . If you failed to kill them and got in danger, what are we going to do? Your father entrusted you to me, so I can’t let something happen to you when we’ve just gotten together . You are very brave; that said, you need to learn to protect yourself when you act on your bravery . ”

With my hand on her head, Tanya softly replied, “I just want to kill anthropoids . ”

“You need to protect yourself when you kill as well . You’re no longer yourself anymore . Since your father entrusted you to me; you’re my soldier now, my Tanya . You must protect yourself . That way, you can be of more assistance to me . ”

“I’m just a tool…”

Tanya raised her head and looked at me with an odd look . She softly explained, “My parents were killed by the anthropoids… I was adopted since I was young . I need to kill anthropoids . I need to kill them . They were the ones who destroyed my family . They destroyed us . I must kill all of them…”

I stroked Tanya’s head and responded, “You’ll get to kill enough of them if you follow me, Tanya . However, I need you to live to do that . I shall now give you your first command as your current commander . Your order is to make sure you learn to protect yourself . You are not to charge before I give the command . But I also promise to give you the chance to get revenge . I’ll give you lots and lots of opportunities . I’ll let you kill more and more anthropoids . ”

Tanya seemed to feel a bit puzzled . She looked up at me with an odd gaze and replied, “I don’t understand the point of that order . Your Majesty… I just want to kill anthropoids . I don’t care about whether I live or not… I…”

“I care!”

I gave Tanya’s head a firm rub . I crouched down and looked into her eyes with sincerity . I explained, “But I care! You’re my Tanya . If you die for a pointless kill, I’ll be very sad . You’re my Tanya . Your life belongs to me from now on, and so, I won’t let you waste your value . ”

“… Understood, Your Majesty . I will not do that again . ”

Tanya looked into my eyes . An incomparably complex gaze appeared in her eyes for the first time . I nodded then stood up . Somebody then suddenly tugged my cloak .

I turned around to see Tanya grabbing my cloak with a light grip . She softly apologised, “Sorry…”

“Uhm, it’s all right . ”

I lingered for a moment, and then scrubbed Tanya’s head with a smile . She shuddered then held onto my cloak without letting go .

I looked at Ling Yue . She had kept silent the entire time . She lowered her head to look at the corpses on the ground and spaced out . The anthropoids didn’t put up much of a resistance, but they did leave behind a field of corpses .

Ling Yue looked at the corpses in silence . I walked up behind her and patted her on her shoulder . I asked, “What’s wrong, are you a little sad?”

“Uhm . ”

It was the first time Ling Yue responded so docilely . She looked at the corpses all around with a sad look . She softly said, “There was no way I would ever have interacted with these lowly anthropoids; but, they are my companions, living on the same continent, nonetheless . Now, however, they want to kill me, while I also want to kill them… This feeling really… really makes me feel uncomfortable . ”

“I don’t know what happened on that side, and you won’t tell me what happened, but what I see is them trying to kill you and invade my land . That makes them my enemy . Since they want to bring war to my land, I’ll be sure to take the war back to them . ”

I looked at Ling Yue and solemnly said, “They’re no longer your companions . They’re now your enemy; therefore, you don’t need to show any pointless kindness . Ling Yue, I’ve always wanted to ask you something . ”

“What?”

Ling Yue turned her head . There was a hint of sadness in her eyes . She looked as though she was particularly small in the moment despite her usual proud and conceited self . She resembled a young girl, who got abandoned at a department store, with the massive department store behind her . She’d be standing in the ground shaking, but was too small for anyone to notice .

I looked at her and asked, “Are you willing to help me?”

She looked up at me with a dumbstruck look . Her long ears shook, and then in a shaky voice, asked, “What did you say?”

I looked at her and replied in a serious tone, “I said, are you willing to help me? I want to get revenge . I want to go to the North . I need a map . I need to know the races there . I need to know much more, and then more . You hold that information, so I want to ask you to help me with all sorts of things . ”

Ling Yue looked at me . Tears slowly formed in her eyes . She looked at me with her crescent-moon eyes . She suddenly extended her hands out and grabbed my collar . She thumped my chest with her head as she sobbed, “Please… help me… I want to return . I want revenge… I will provide you with my knowledge, my body, my soul… I can give you everything, but please… I beg you… Let me get revenge… Let me avenge my father… Let me avenge my tribesmen…”

I looked at her and sincerely responded, “I guess it’s a deal, then . You provide me with your knowledge, your body and soul . I’ll avenge you, and give you to the revenge you want, and I’ll avenge your family . ”

“Uhm!”

Ling Yue nodded then released my collar . Her reliable confidence and pride was restored to her red eyes, “Let’s go with that, then . I’ll give everything of mine to you, and you must give me the revenge I deserve . ”

“Uhm, promise . ”