Riot Grasper

Hey... what's this about? I just can't swallow the situation.

Ren's staring at the captain somewhere up in the sky, too, and, yeah, let's just say that while we're at it, the sword of the stripper will be left in the sheath.

When I see a friend trying to kill someone with a blade, I think it's normal to stop it.

"Oh, that...? Sai. When..."

"There are eagles, too. Explain what this is all about."

Ray hasn't been able to grasp the situation either, so I packed it up and sent it to my brother.

"Don't rush him like that. Even Len's must be pretty confused right now."

"You're the only... leader of the Nightsong, aren't you? Mostly, why are you in a place like this? Or would you familiarize me with it and not call me names?

Whoa.

Strong, strong. Ray.

You deserve respect for not knowing what's going on, but being strong enough to attack you.

"Right...... don't know yet. That's what shocks me..."

That being said, the captain revealed the face he had been hiding.

Human beings seem to capture the other person's face as a whole, and when important parts such as eyes, nose, ears and mouth are slightly out of position, the atmosphere looks quite different.

For this reason, concealing your mouth is effective, and it is not uncommon to try to delude yourself with it if you don't really want your face to be known.

Speaking of which, at the store at night -... no, let's not.

Yeah, 'cause I've never been there.

Gohon...... in the case of the captain, all I could see was the eye area, so I wouldn't be the first to notice even if the person I knew was beside me.

That's how I found out once again that the human ability to recognize is insignificant.

Because it was the person I knew who stood there with his face exposed - or it was Rik Shao, Ray or Ren's brother.

"Ha, yes!? Brother Rick!? Hey, why..."

I can't help but be surprised at Ray.

But Ren's reaction looks a little different.

"Hey, did Ren know about this?

"Ouilla is... surprised in another way. I was wondering if maybe... but if the real brother Rik wasn't here anymore, I thought maybe the captain was a phony too..."

Real or fake?

Huh... I'm starting to get confused.

Rik Shao = Commander.

So who is this blonde?

A phony? Doesn't look like him at all.

Didn't Ren come to the hill with your brother?

"Because there were no bodies in that place... I thought you might be alive"

"... I knew you handled knives well. It was stabbed pretty deep, but the steeple was off, so I managed to save my life"

Wait a minute, two blonde men and Mr. Rik.

I have trouble being suddenly given such an atmosphere immersed in memories of the past.

Probably...... no, almost certainly, I would be the best outsider on this member.

The outside feeling of mosquito nets is that there is no more.

Naturally, I have no right to hear more about the circumstances.

But I don't care if they call me a wild horse.

Please, can someone just tell me a little more about the situation?

'Cause I'm curious.

"Hey! I have no idea what that means to me. Explain it to me so I know exactly what it is."

Whoa, that's great. Mr. Ray.

"... right. Ray has a right to know."

To Ray's words, the blonde man - apparently Rahal - slowly began to talk about the situation.

I was just wondering if I could ask an outsider, but nobody asked me to take my seat off, so I decided to listen in silence with a strange face.

"- So. It was me who made your parents see you like that."

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... oftensilence.

I don't know...... heavy.

It was such a heavy story that I was poured lead into my stomach that I thought my gut would be biased against my lower body.

But... there are a few things that bother me right now.

...... hmm?

That's when Ray, who was next door, slowly set up the knife.

"You killed my mother...?

"Hey! Calm down!"

Apparently, now it's Ray's turn.

From being half weak, I desperately seized her as she tried to thrust the knife out of momentum like she had been played with a spring.

If the other guy was really a bad guy who couldn't help it, he might not have stopped it.

But there was a name in Mr. Rahal's story that I couldn't ignore.

- Hera.

We met in Imperial City, a woman with dead fishy eyes.

... If he's the same person I imagine he is, he should be a major crime skill holder.

As much as manipulating others with some ability, maybe I can.

Nevertheless, even if I kill Mr. Rahal here - and so on - I can say calmly, I'm sure it's because I'm an outsider.

From Ray, who admired his mother, there's no way he could stay calm if he had the person in front of him who says he sent him to the execution bench.

"Let go... if you let go!

"Oh, hey, if you get so violent..."

It's pretty hard to hold down a rampaging human, even if his arm was winning.

Instead of grasping your hands and feet trying to move, hold onto the center of your body.

Oh, it's soft...

"Hey... where are you touching me when I'm confused!? You pervert!

"Habu."

As much as I wanted, he hit me in the face with a goo.

Yeah, in this case...... it's normal to get slapped on the cheek with a flat hand, right?

My nose... it's not broken, it seems.

"While..."

But, well, I managed to take the weapon away from Ray's hand.

Turn it down, but not intentionally about physical contact with specific areas.

"Brother Rick... you're alive"

Ren seems to have managed to regain his calm and is happy that his real brother was alive.

Uh... let's sort it out so we don't get confused.

So the leader of the Night Ringing Squirrel is the real Rik Shao, and it was Mr. Lahar who changed his appearance who has been the lord until now.

Hmm. Indeed, if you ask me, it seems to me that when I fought the thunderbeast Nue or against the demonic Dino, the captain always cared about Ray and Len.

I don't know, I was always helping out where it was dangerous.

"But why did you keep quiet?

... Speaking of which, I feel like I've been trying to keep you two face-to-face in places other than combat as much as possible.

I barely even showed my face when I defeated the Demons to celebrate.

Though you were still young, did you think the two of you with the faculty might notice?

In fact, I hear Ren was a little concerned.

"... I wondered if I would face my brother again."

Mr. Rick says that although the stabbed wound was not fatal, it was not light and he was unconscious for a few days.

- By the time I managed to take my life, it was all too late.

After his parents were executed and his sister and brother were already taken to Imperial City.

All that was left was the mushroomed Lordship Hall.

"After all, I couldn't protect one important thing."

If... if the stronghold had been raided and destroyed while I was away... no, let's not think about the ominous.

"That's why I spent a lot of time in Bo like I was dead for a while... but I really didn't think Rahal was the one to do that. When I stabbed him, it seemed painful. It was stronger to want to know the truth first than revenge."

That's what Rick thought, he left Erindal to go around and gather information.

"It would have been more convenient to explore Alisha's whereabouts"

Incidentally, the Night Ringing Horn is considered a bandit group, but if they had helped people in need everywhere regardless of race or otherwise, they would have become a group before they knew it.

I do remember that there were also a large number of sub-people in that bandit group.

I guess this guy has something called attraction that attracts people.

Ah... maybe he was targeting a shipment from the Imperial City because he was trying to get a clue as to where Mr. Allisha was going.

You know, letting a slave mix you up and shut you down somewhere else... it seems like a normal, possible means.

"One day in Erindal, a new lord said hello, so I visited for a long time, and I was just amazed. Anyway, the one who looks like himself says hello in front of the people."

That would be... from what I just told you, Mr. Rahal changed his appearance.

"For some reason, I knew right away that it was Rahal. At the same time... I generally could have predicted what I had done with that figure from the information I had obtained by then"

"Then... why didn't you come and kill me? You hated him, didn't you? A man who murdered his parents, a man who stabbed himself, and eventually a man who was acting like a lord!

To such shouting words - Mr. Rick shook up his fist.

Gongly dull sounds.

The fist captured Mr. Rahal's face, but it doesn't look like he hit him with all his might.

Either way, it's a soft facial punch to wake you up.

"So I told you earlier, right? I'd rather know the truth than revenge. I mean, it's kind of you... if you did it, wouldn't you be humbled? If you've been playing me for years, feel like chasing a woman's ass even at a time like this."

"Whoa..."

"If you were an old man, you'd be just self-satisfied to die and make amends, or something. Although I'm glad the cool adventurer who's solidifying himself with the black monochrome gear there told me that Ren headed for Erindal -"

Shit...... black monochrome gear could be about me?

Sturdy quilted armor braided with black steel thread, black reinforcement hardware, special black penetrating gloves, black pitch-black swords from body to sheath - lends to Ren, so silver swords blanche isn't the only black... duh, I can kind of light it up.

"Probably not complimenting you."

What...?

"- If you're worried about me, I'll tell you what's happening."

"Oh, oh... sorry"

Grabbing the hand offered, Mr. Rahal stood up slowly.

"I'm telling you, this is a loan. The next time we have a drink together, we'll be extravagant."

To the words, Mr. Rahal smiled, albeit slightly.

"-Rik... you really haven't changed."

Somehow, Mr. Rick feels a lot more frank than he did when he was hiding his face.

I don't know if this is vegan originally or because I'm putting an old friend in front of me, but I, I might like this guy so much.

No... not in a weird way, but in a human fascination sense.

"Hey! Looks like the two of us are soothing, but the eagle hasn't let that happen yet."

"I don't know if Oyla is convinced yet"

Ray and Ren seem to have unlocked the instant kill mode, but they have swordswallowing eyes.

Ugh...... Well, then, you will.

"I can't help but think you guys do. I couldn't do anything when it was at stake. Maybe I don't have the right to say this. But could you just listen to me for a second?"

To the words, they nodded silently.

"You heard what I said earlier, and you could understand that a person named Hera was dangerous"

That's why it's a little too convenient that it's all him... Ray and Ren look like that.

"But suppose he really has powers beyond his intelligence... what do you think?

Ooh...?

Something cloudy...

"Seven great sins - that's what they call power."

Do you?

How... does Mr. Rick know that?