A Misunderstood Mentor

I still remember vividly when I started living with Alice.

Every day. That was already a risk to my life.

It would still have been better to keep a wild dragon.

The power involves and destroys those who are nearby.

"Alice"

"What?"

One day, during the camp, a giant beast attacked me.

It was a bore considerably larger than the normal bore, known as the Bobo bore, but was smashed to pieces of wood dust by Alice's blow.

Then the tent in the camp also blew up.

Plus I blew up and got seriously injured dying.

Without Sasha's restorative magic, it would have been in danger.

"Does Alice eat all of this Bobo Boa that she just knocked down?

"Yeah, I'm hungry because I had dinner"

Alice soon learned people's words.

Intelligence is high, and what I taught you is quickly acquired.

"Then you can't take it down like this. I'm just glad I got rid of you."

"Really?

"Oh, yeah. Taking a life means living with it."

When she said that and stroked her head, Alice laughed as if the flowers had blossomed.

"Then let's clean up together. I'll make it a delicious pot tomorrow."

"Wow."

Slowly one by one, I'll teach you.

Someday, so that Alice can live in this world as a normal person.

"My Father, God of Creation, who art in heaven. My mother, the Great Spirit, who is in the earth. I thank you for your many lives today."

In the morning, I offer a pre-meal prayer in front of a Bobo Boa pan.

"And?

"Every day, I'm happy to have dinner, and I say thank you. You don't have to speak up. You can just think in your heart."

"Phew."

Did you understand or didn't you?

Alice is imitating me and putting her hands together.

When that was over, he stared at me with a sparkling eye for some reason.

I never thought that this word of prayer would be the beginning of a grand misunderstanding at this time.

Now that I think about it, Alice's mistakes have accelerated.

I've always been a part of the party's legs as I tried all sorts of quests with Nurbees and everyone else.

Alice immediately noticed me as just a fucking clutterfish and thought I'd be done with it.

But every time I show off my miscellaneous fish, Alice turns a further look of respect to me.

"It's amazing, Takumi, not to break a little rabbi like that."

My best offense was so poor that even small animals could not be stopped with a single blow.

"I can't believe you have a greater power than me, but you can't let it go outside at all. Really amazing."

I don't have that power.

It's a terrible misunderstanding, but I decided to keep it that way.

Alice is trying to imitate me and learn how to do things differently.

If we succeed, we may be able to control that immense power and live normally with everyone.

That's what I thought.

But that sweet thought will cause tragedy.

Alice is aware of the maneuvers. Not really, she begins to force herself to suppress her powers.

The mighty power of its lost destination accumulates more and more in Alice.

And the incident happened about six months after I lived with Alice.

Alice, who remembered the maneuvers, stopped crushing the monster with one blow.

He has defeated monsters well enough to stun them and has been able to do requests for capture as well.

But the one we met in the valley of chaos was different from the one we've seen before.

I don't know how that was born.

However, the one with all sorts of monsters fused and mixed together, a variant called Chimera, didn't pass out after eating Alice's blow, and has fought back.

For the first time, Alice was caught off guard.

Alice is not the only one.

Null bees, Rick, Sasha and Bats, and me, all of the parties were alarmed by Alice's blow overconfident.

Alice reflexively deflected Chimera's counterattack.

But before that, I stood in the middle of nowhere.

What, my body shrugged with the sound of

I don't know what happened.

In my fading consciousness, I only found out that it sucked.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Alice screamed like a roar.

Consciousness, which seemed to interrupt, is recalled.

Impossible power was erupting from Alice.

A runoff of power took place.

With Alice screaming, the chimera is ripped apart in an instant.

Blood and flesh pieces pour down on Alice like rain.

Alice's rampage did not stop when the settlement was reached.

"Stop it, Alice! Sasha healed Takumi. Rick defends everyone. Bats support null bees."

I had never seen a null bee panic so far.

So much so that Alice is off track now.

"Takumi, don't move! Recovering..."

I wave Sasha's restraint away and walk to Alice.

"Stay away. I don't know what to do anymore!... ugh!!

Trying to stop me, a null bee in between gets blown away by Alice.

Bats' perception of danger was as if he hadn't made it.

Alice was dominated by its immense power and could no longer contain the impulse of destruction.

For the first time, I ignored Nurbee's orders.

I couldn't leave Alice in that state alone.

Alice, who was able to contain her power, ran wild by the time I was hurt.

I'm dragging my feet closer to Alice.

There was no wonder and no fear.

Oh, well.

I always felt like something was missing.

No matter how hard you try, you won't gain strength.

I always had that vain feeling, as if I kept putting water in hollow vessels.

What are you born for?

Are you going to die without doing anything like this?

With that in mind, he came as the weakest, admiring the adventurer, protected by Nurbee and everyone else.

But I can see clearly now.

Just as the strongest beings are in this world, so are the weakest.

I was born to stop Alice.

Alice's full fist looms right in front of me.

I didn't even try to avoid it.

No, it couldn't have been avoided.

Was that a coincidence? Was it a miracle?

After all, I guess that was fate.

A wounded body can no longer support its own weight and collapses on the spot.

Alice's fist passed to rub through my head.

I'll keep my hands on Alice's head, Pong.

"... Takumi?

Alice, who was running wild on the way back to me.

"Takumi, what's wrong!? He's bleeding.

The memory was flying, Alice didn't seem to know the situation.

"It's okay, Alice"

Touch Alice's head.

"Don't worry about it anymore. It's all over."

Chimera in pieces. A null bee that is blown up and stuck on the ground. And stare at me scratched.

"Takumi is amazing. I'm as good as I can be."

With tears full of eyes, Alice still sneezes her face and laughs her best.

"Takumi is the strongest in the universe."

I laughed from the bottom of my heart and said, stroking Alice's head, too.

"Oh, you got it, you're right"