SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

“Are you sure about that? You're not going to kill me? ”

“Yes."

I nodded.

“You could have wiped out the popularity and ambushed us. It would have one hand, and I would have one body. I've got the perfect timing… but you deliberately gave us a footnote of your existence, right? ”

“Hmm."

“Intimidation in the end. This is just a warning. He just sent that warning to me, or to the Black Dragonlord. ”

"......."

“There's already a steel trust between you and me. ”

The tension surrounding the area is still intense.

I smiled and approached the sword.

“Hey! Kim Gong-ja! Stay with me, you idiot! ”

Of course, the Black Dragon Juice was frightened.

“Don't you understand? You're gonna have to stick with me. You're not gonna use momentum or nothin '! Oh, Duke Kim! I swear to God, that maniac! ”

Behind your back, Turo yells, "Are you crazy?"

The funny thing is that the sound of anger is getting closer to my back. In other words, I was furious that he shouldn't go, and I was chasing after him hard.

Towards a swordsman who has never missed first place for more than a decade.

“…… ugh. ”

It was when the sword was watching me.

“Haha.”

A smile came out of the old man's wrinkled lips.

“Hahaha! Haha! Hmm, hmm... Hahaha!”

The smile bursts out, and I, too, stand up. We turned our heads and glanced at each other, asking if we understood what was going on. But the Black Dragon Juice shrugs.

“Hahahahaha!”

The old man's laughter only grew. As if I had seen something I would never see in my lifetime, the sword grabbed the ship and laughed as it did not fit the body. Whenever he laughs, his beard is fluttering with white, well-groomed hair.

“…… Alzheimer's? ”

The Black Dragon Juice looks disgusted and approaches me.

I coughed.

“Should I call the pharmacist and ask him to make some dementia pills? ”

“Ah. The pharmacist is also your line... How can you forget a prospective person like that? Maybe we should start a penalty system for egg laying. ”

“What is that strange institution... ”

As you can see from the conversation between Black Dragon Juju and me, the laughter of the sword continued for a really long time.

Finally, the swordsman stops laughing.

“What was so funny? ”

“How could I not laugh? Young man, the Black Dragon Master and the Black Witch, who had no hesitation in killing anyone who would kill anyone in cold blood, worries about your well-being. ”

Oh, I see.

My calling changed from king to young.

A young man is better than a king. I feel much more at ease.

It's like being treated like a grandchild by a grandfather. Something feels good in the sound of the Sword's youth.

“I...... was worried that you might change your ways. ”

The sword was speaking.

“You belong to the top floor of this tower now. It's natural to be friends with the 5th Guild Master. ”

"......."

“Young man, I was worried that you were hanging out with the guild masters and not getting [bad influence] from those boys without knowing it. ”

“What?"

The Black Dragon Juice is fierce.

“Bad influence? How can you say that to us? ”

“Are you offended? ”

“Would you like that? You're such a hotshot! ”

The Black Dragon Juice reveals its teeth. He wanted to chew the neck of the sword.

“Pretend you're alone, pretending you're innocent, after all you've done is Purge! If you resign as Vigilante, you'll spend the rest of your life hooked on a silent female and killing a suspected homicidal hunter! You insanely inspiring bastard! ”

"......."

“A man should be ashamed. What are we doing, Purge of Evil, and you're killing a Dark Hero? Why don't you get yourself a bat mask? No, even a hero with a bat mask doesn't kill people. ”

It seems desperate to see how much old emotion the Black Dragon Juice has accumulated with the sword.

It was a blaming storm that would blow my mind if someone heard it, but the sword didn't blink. I listened quietly, without hesitation, and I just tossed a word.

“The Black Dragon Master is a human being. ”

Anastasia stops.

“…… what? ”

“Most of the villagers in the tower know Black Dragon liquor as a cold monarch. A woman who poisons the static without anyone knowing. Spray the Goblins around the street.Iron Blood ruler hears everything that happens in the tower. If it gets in the way, whoever it is will sever it calmly. ”

"......."

Black Dragon Juice clenches his fist. Those lips trembled, and I felt like the old man was doing this to make fun of himself or something else. I didn't know yet, so I couldn't deal with it.

“But look at this woman here. ”

The swordsman releases his hand from the hilt.

Then you point to the Black Dragon Juice with your bare hands.

“He is merely a mortal man. ”

"......."

“I rejoice in reducing meaningless sacrifice. There is no choice but to shed tears at the sacrifice. Angry at corruption and disability, praising hard work and struggle, and respecting the hero who accomplished what he did. ”

So far, the sword smiled greatly.

My eyes didn't smile for a moment.

The moon-like eyes touched me with the Black Dragon Juice.

“even though he is a powerful man who has assassinated and purged countless people. ”

"......."

“Young man, Black Dragons are human beings. So I had to worry about the young man. ”

The old man spoke softly against me.

However, the tone of the horse was firm, and the white eyebrows settled firmly.

“Usually, people say that they become human just by taking off one coat. The old man's mind is the exact opposite. ”

"......."

“Anyone who wears one mask only looks human. ”

I was silent.

On the other side of the rock where we're standing, you still hear the sound of the festival. Durgh, Dug! Dur! The drums were beaten to death by the Designated Clan, preparing the drum for where it was made. I drank the free booze provided by the fairies, and all the factions got drunk.

“You're right. ”

Not the Black Dragon, not the Inquisitor, not the Earl, not the Serpent.

There would have been a lot of blood on his hands.

Even the old man who was right in front of me, until he met me.

"......."

And Raviel.

If for some reason I'm going to die completely. If it disappears, if it never comes back to me.

I am completing her just as she is completing me.

When either side disappears, what's left of it is a broken piece of debris.

A completely frozen heart.

There is never much reason for a man to be broken.

"But it's okay. ”

I confronted the old pupils of the sword.

“It's okay if I'm alive. ”

"......."

“Anastasia always tries to choose an easy path. You said you had no choice. But, if I stay with you, Anastasia will think twice. You'll think twice about it if I ask you. If I say no, he'll pass on his thoughts, even if he sighs. [Ah, you want to go the hard way again]. ”

"......."

“The other members are the same. ”

I looked down at the festival.

Dozens of tentacles from the Sanwa tribe made a net and put the Inquisitor in the cloth. “Hahaha! Haha! Awesome! This is a great game!” I heard the Inquisitor laughing here.

The appearance of an earl with a fairy and teatime, and of a paladin swimming with the caribou, were also rare.

“Inquisitor Heroes, if you're so bloodthirsty, [Mmmm! Let's kill him and kill him!] in the same way. because he's the most comfortable, he's the simplest, he knows only the surest way. But if I ask you to reconsider...... you'll reconsider. The child.”

"......."

“Anyone who puts on a mask is disguised as a human being. Sir, I will gladly be the mask of our members. ”

Boom.

I walked right up to the sword.

If someone pulls out the sword, one of the two lives must be cut off.

There, I looked straight up at the sword.

“You're no exception. ”

"......."

‘After meeting me, he stopped relying on his skills to kill murderers. He said he would believe his eyes. ”

"......."

“Making people human is not a mask or a bluff or a pretense. Sir, it's always someone else who keeps Humans around. ”

I raised my hand and grabbed the object in my arms.

A lilac-scented handkerchief from Raviel.

I grabbed the white handkerchief so that no one could see.

“That's who I am to Anastasia, and that's who Anastasia is to me. ”

"......."

“And that's what I want you to think. ”

There was silence.

A distant cheer and laughter creeps into our little earlobes. Especially the high laugh of the Inquisitor. Hahaha, hahaha. Hahaha.......

Otherwise, everything else was quiet.

You hear nothing in the forest surrounding us.

“... Yes. ”

The old man opened his lips.

“You've already become one of those things to me. ”

Yeah, I'm fine.

I am delighted.

I smiled softly.

“I'm glad for you. ”

“You taught me quite a bit about [I might be wrong myself]. You've shown me that [Humans like Black Dragon Wine can change as well] this time. I change every three times I meet you, so you're a good teacher beyond a good friend. ”

No, I don't.

That's an exaggeration.

In the first place, this old man is a little overbearing. Threats are excessive, warnings are excessive, emotions are excessive, compliments are excessive, after all.

It only looks neat in a suit, but it's really intense.

“But young man. You have a fatal flaw. ”

“Yes?”

I tilted my head.

“A flaw?”

“Well, you can call it a flaw, or a weakness. ”

The sword nods.

“That if you die, everyone around you will go back to the same horrible, horrible beasts they were before. ”

It was the same thing that the princess once told me.

“The Black Dragon who gave you birth. Inquisitor here.Those hundreds of unarmed men who are keeping their swords to keep an eye on you and me at all times... All of them, not as good as your husband, but they will. You'll be a beast that bites the world. ”

“So.”

Tuck.

The sword struck my chest lightly.

It was where the heart was located.

“If you want us to stay human, young man, You should value your own life above all else."

“No matter what. No matter what the cost, you must protect your own life. That is the duty of the man who dares to lead the Inquisitor of heresy to human paths, is the responsibility of the man who brought the Black Dragon Spirit as a friend, and is the responsibility of the young man who has kept me from killing anyone in the last few months. ”

“…… Yes. ”

I nod slowly.

It was a fact I already knew, but I made one more commitment.

“Never, never leave. ”

“Never?”

“…… I will do my best. ”

“Well, yeah. That's the most truthful promise you can make. ”

The sword just smiled playfully.

“I'm sorry, but I don't trust people any more than I trust the Black Dragon God. Ever since you were a child, you've been a little grumpy, sometimes despicable, and you've listened to McCallister tell you why you don't have faith in humans. ”

"......."

“Even the promises the young man has made...... I don't think he's going to keep them very well. No, I have a feeling it's going to fall apart. Well, I hate to put it on my face, but it's also my specialty to get this ominous feeling right. ”

Yeah? Yeah.

"Four Kings"

"Yes?”

Fluffy.

You hear the sound of the grass crumbling lightly.

The sword kneels before me.

“I want to be your bodyguard. ”

"......."

I'm sorry?

“I want to be your bodyguard, protect your life, and the humanity of those around you forever. ”

The old man winked his left eye.

An eye that looks fabulously good even at a slender age. It was a wink that I wanted to wake people up in the past.

“I'm a retiree who exceeds the average retirement age of a bodyguard. Will you hire this poor old man? ”

No, old man.

You're the former chairman and number one swordsman in the field.

Why would he do that?