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”That's right... even if you give me my life...”

Tetra is the cause of the death of Heine and Pilte's men and the worst-separated woman. Neither I nor Nil should be in on this, and I have no intention of doing so.

However, for Heine and Pilate, even if it is a bad edge, it is an edge. You may want to ask what you are doing and what happened afterwards.

If Heine and Pilte don't want to hear about it, just don't talk about it.

"Are you... regretting it?"

"... even though I regret it... I just want to apologize to you two..."

I didn't expect you two to feel better as if you were apologizing. So, this is… only my self-satisfaction. ”

Even if she knew she was satisfied, she probably thought she had to make amends to Heine and Pilate.

From what I just told you, this Nanura is good for Tetra's hometown… right?

"... yes. Our family was originally an aristocrat here."

"Weren't you kicked out of here?"

"Yes... because I betrayed those two... my father, my mother... and my younger brother... all died."

………………

“I know. It's all my fault...

I don't know how or where I came from after that... I've been back to this city for some time, and since then... "

It is said that they lived the same life as now.

Tetra, who betrayed Heine and Pilate, murdered her family and lost everything, must have returned to her homeland unwittingly. I wonder if the memories of a long time ago when I enjoyed being deprived of my nobility position made me do so.

"Before I knew it, I came back to this city, but it wasn't me who got rid of it, it was my father. So, it seems that I have been able to enter the city normally.”

From the word "exiled"..., did her father do something only to be exiled, or did he touch someone's backsliding... Anyway, even if only her father was exiled, her mother, her child Tetra, and her brother could not be in the city, so they left the city. However, my father was the only one who was targeted for exile, and Tetra herself was not targeted, which means that she was not caught by the city's regulations.

"Even if I left here, I didn't have anything... so I could only live by selling myself here..."

Wherever Tetra leaves the city, there's not much that Tetra can do. Given the amount of time and effort it takes to get around, it's more likely that if you leave the city, you will fall.

"Thinking of dying... I've thought about it many times. No, I think about it every day. I've done just that... but I'm not allowed to die.

I am the object of resentment for both of you. To live and be resented by both of you. Suffering is an atonement for both of you, so it is too cunning an idea to try to die and be at ease. ”

Just as she wants to apologize, her choice of death to escape her pain is close to self-satisfaction.

In fact, even if Tetra kills herself, even if Heine and Pilate hear about it, it's pure! I don't think so. If that's the way you resent it, you're probably killing Tetra when you lose two of your men.

I wonder if you think that Tetra's betrayal and the death of two of her subordinates were all done by the black dogs, and that killing Tetra will not bring her subordinates back.

I can't forgive you, but I don't think you want to kill me. Well, this is what I'm thinking on my own, so I don't know the truth unless you both ask, but I think it's not far away.

Tetra seems to think that she was kept alive to continue to suffer... but it seems she knows that they didn't let her die because they wanted her to.

Heine and Pilte are not saints, and I think there are many feelings that I want Tetra to suffer after she dies her precious subordinates. That's human, and I think it's natural to have that kind of emotion.

So, I don't think Tetra's thoughts are out of place... but I honestly don't know how they feel when they meet Tetra right now.

Do you want me to suffer more, or do you think it's okay... Losing someone you care about is really hard, and it's not going to be an easy feeling to take care of, so I'm sure you'll think of something.

"We don't know what Heine and Pilte think, so we can't say anything, but I know that Tetra really regrets about the past.

Is that why you tried to help me and Nil? "

"... yes, really... but I felt bad about what it's like to betray and trick people." If I hadn't betrayed you at the time, I would have had a much different outcome.

I don't cheat on anyone. That's how I decided to live. It must never happen again that someone gets hurt because of me. ”

I can't recover what she did to Heine, but at least, it seems that Heine didn't have a disappointing way of living.

"I see... I see." I'm sorry to hear that. "

"No..."

From here onwards, it changes a lot depending on what Heine and Pilate do. Nil and I can't say anything.

"I'll pay you for that, so take it." We're fine. I'm just going to get out of here. "

No, no!

I'll give you the money, but Tetra won't take it, so I shake my head. I know you're saying you can't accept money from Heine and Pilte's acquaintance, but it's a reward for your work. Tetra has a right to it, and I have a duty to pay for it.

“It's a fair reward, so don't be shy.”

A little harder, I'll grab Tetra's hand and give her her a reward.

"Ah... thank you..."

“And I don't know what it is, but can you tell me where I can meet Tetra?”

"If I call you today, you can always..."

"... I see. Got it."

Maybe it's funny what I'm saying, but... just be careful. "

“Yes… thank you.”

Me and Nil will see Tetra go.

"... what should I say... it's a complicated mood."

"I see..."

From what I've talked to Tetra, she's a good person by nature.

The Black Dog deceived me, threatened me, betrayed Heine and the others, but if we hadn't been involved with the Black Dog, we would have had a relationship that would have made us happy to see each other again.

Heine and Pilte are perpetrators, but Tetra is also one of the victims.

However, as for us who listened to Heine and Pilte and felt their suffering, we couldn't say that we could forgive them even if their mouths were torn. That said, I can't even cut off Tetra... Nil is right, it's a really complicated mood.

"We can only tell Heine and Pilte about this and see what happens." No matter what happens, let's respect Heine and Pilate's opinion. ”

"I see... I see."

Me and Nil go back to the inn after shopping in an indescribably complicated mood.

"Ah, you're home. You're late, aren't you?"

As soon as I get back to the inn, Surakutan comes to talk to me.

"There are a lot of things." I'm fine because I've finished all my shopping. just..... "

When I turn my gaze to Heine and Pilte, they come to me with a questionable face.

"Heine, Pilte, I need to talk to you for a second."

"... I have something I forgot to buy, so I'll come out."

Surakitan leaves the room looking at the air.

At times like these, Surakutan is really good at reading the air.

I know about the past of Heine and Pilate, and I don't think there's any problem if you ask me, but it's not up to me.

Is there something there?

Well, Nil and I couldn't make a decision, so I thought I'd ask you both.



It's about Tetra, one of their avengers, and I get a little nervous, but... I can't help but say it, and I open my mouth.

"Actually, on the way to shopping, I met a woman named Tetra who had heard from Heine and Pilte."

AH?!!

I've heard a lot of stories... what should I do?

I don't want to hear it!

Pilate was the one who answered my questions immediately. It must be a natural reaction. You don't bother to listen to the avenging Tetra.

How about Heine?

…………………

Heine looked at me with a serious expression and looked troubled.

"Mother...?"

"I... would like to ask you a few questions."

Mother?!

Unlike Pilate, Heine says she wants to hear Tetra's story. In contrast, Pilte was stunned.

As for Piltee, what are you thinking about hearing about Tetra?! It must be like that.

As for me, I can't say anything because I know how Piltee feels and how Heine feels.

"What are you talking about?!" Avenging Issus and Sasana?! What are you going to ask now?! "

"Pilate, she's a victim, too." I won't tell you not to forgive me, but if you listen to me... "

“No! I don't want to hear it!”

Bam!

Piltee!!

"Nil-chan, it's okay."

Pilte, who told Heine to cut his words, stood up and jumped out of the room.

Heine stops Nil trying to chase him immediately.

Surakutan said he was going shopping, but he would still be outside the inn, and Pilate would follow him if he jumped out. I don't think you need to worry about it...

"I'm sorry."

"No. My story was too abrupt." I should have cut out the story with a little more consideration... I'm sorry. "

"No matter when we talked, she would have reacted the same way." It's not Cynthia's fault.

I think we've talked a little bit before, but for her, life in the demon world was a little distracting. With such an unforgiving subordinate, Issus and Sasana were special to her.

Of course, it was special to me, but I looked at my subordinates who would get along with her... so she was stronger than me. "

"I guess so..."

I thought I knew how different the position of a woman named Tetra was for Heine and Pilate... but I should have paid more attention to Pilate's feelings.

"Simya-san, don't worry about it.

She's been stubborn for a long time... like me. Even if I told her, not Cynthia, I think she jumped out in the same way.

After a while, you'll come back with a cool head.

Besides, we have Suratan now, so it's okay. ”

“You trust me, don't you?”

"Yes, Suratan is a person who can accept the pain of others as his own pain. I'm sure you'll feel the pain together, sitting close to Pilate.

He does what neither his mother nor his friends can do. So don't worry about Pilate. ”

Heine smiles with a complicated expression that looks a little lonely, happy, and worried.

"... I see.

So, about Tetra..... "

"Yes, I will."

Heine said with a serious expression. You seem to be ready to hear it.

Okay.

I told Heine everything that happened today.

How she's doing now, why she's here, how she feels. All of it.

"That means..."

"That's right... she struggled a lot, too."

When Heine finished listening to everything, I was really surprised to hear a boss mutter.

You can say that you struggled to kill a subordinate that you said was special to you, even indirectly. How many people are there in this world... no, in combination with the original world?

At least not to me.

"Fufufu. Sinya-san's amazing face is so fresh."

"Oh, yeah? No, that doesn't matter.

Heine..... "

Isn't it hateful...?

"Ah, ahh."

"That's right... if you say you don't hate me, you'll be lying."

I can't change the fact that Issus and Sasana died because of her, and I deserve to hate her. ”

"That's right..."

"But Tetra lost her whole family to the black dog." Given that, she's a victim, too. "

In the name of the black dog, Efe, who was in the corner of the room, reacted slightly and shook his ears.

“If the black dogs hadn't tricked her, I'm sure she'd still be living in that city. That said... my father was sober, he might have had the worst life... but at least, he wasn't alone.

Certainly, it was the Black Dog that deliberately created the situation when Issas and Sasana died because of her betrayal. So I think we should turn all our grudges to the black dog. No, if you want to say more, they're controlling the Demon King. "

If the Demon King had been sane, the Black Dog would never have followed Granny Arten out of the Demon Realm. In particular, I would not have allowed such a forceful method as hanging the same demon tribe in my hand. No, in the first place, it must not have been like Granny Arten getting kicked out of the demon world.

Thinking about it, whether Tetra was threatened, or Heine and her two men were deceived, it was all the work of those who were behind the demon king.

But it wasn't that easy to break up.

In my head, even if I knew that all the culprits were caused by someone who controlled the demon king, I still resented him.

With that, Heine received it without distractions and suppressed her grudges with reason.

"Actually, that's how I came to think of it, even though I met Sinya-san, Nil-chan, and Suratan."

"Are we...?"

"Yes. Sinya and I found out that Pilte and I were doing the same terrible things to others..." After that, thanks to Cynthia and Nil-chan, I was given a chance to talk to the victims and beg them for forgiveness. "

Tetra is different from what we did, but sometimes we were the perpetrators, and we are on the way back to the demon world somehow allowed. I guess that's what you want to say.

"This is how Piltee and I can stay thanks to Cynthia and the others."

Suratan taught me the importance of being close to others. Even though Suratan has a hard past, Suratan takes it for granted to help others. It was a shock to me and Pilate.

But thanks to it, I was able to get to know beautiful parts of people.

That's why... I don't want to do what I didn't get by meeting Cynthia and the others. "

I don't think I'm that noble... but I'm glad that what we're doing is a good experience for Heine.

But... is that all right?

"I didn't say I'd forgive you." However, I think it would be good to have the opportunity to talk. "

I see...

"Of course, Piltee's feelings are a priority, so if you don't like her, I'll go ahead."

"It depends on Piltee." Naturally, we'll get along, so do whatever you want. If you decide what to do, it would be helpful if you could tell me. ”

“All right, I'll talk to you when Pilate gets back.”

Yeah.

* Giggle *

Rumor has it that Pilate came back to the inn with Surakitan.

"Mother..."

Pilte walks into the room looking sorry.

"Suratan. Hey."

Yeah.

As soon as we get back, we take Surakutan and we leave the room together.

"It looks like Pilate has calmed down."

"I see... I don't know if I can say I was calm, but at least I don't think I need to talk emotionally."

"That's enough." I'm sorry I left you in charge of Pilate. "

"It doesn't matter that much." Besides, is Heine okay? "

"Yeah. Heine's fine. I don't know what conclusion Pilte will draw, but it's not a matter of being able to speak to us, so let's see how it goes for a while."

"Yeah, I know.

Besides, I'm getting hungry, so why don't you go eat something? "

"Good. Nil. Let's go somewhere delicious."

So... the store I saw when I was touring the city just now is good.

"Ah! That's the store!" That's good! "

"What kind of shop is it?"

That's right...

The three of us headed to the shop where Heine and Pilte were interested in finishing their meal while they were talking. It's one of the stores that Tetra taught me in the chat.

There was relatively good security around, and there was little entanglement. We had a delicious dinner, bought Heine and Piltee's share, and went back to the inn.