Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? Chapter 124

◈Episode 124 If I could leave (6)

【It’s so pitiful. If it weren’t for the outsiders, the rebellion would have succeeded.】

[You crazy person! How can you say that out loud…!】

【There are only kids here. It’s okay, it’s okay.】

【Don’t you know that the quiet forest is the most dangerous?】

【Even if it’s okay.】

A strangely sleepless night. Akata chewed his lips as he listened to the guards talking.

I was angry and sad. It is a night when everyone is asleep, so my ears, which should be quiet, are filled with the screams of the family members who were executed a few hours ago.

【Now that I think about it, I’m staying at the house of Tapo Shaka, a foreigner, right? Even though he is a rebel, I never thought he would give up the house of the next most powerful person in power right away. You seem to care a lot about strangers.】

【…A warrior is a warrior, but that white ball of fur is a priest. All the priests in the village fell to the rebellion, and it was worth it. Even Katina is not far away.】

【Are you really trying to take a stranger to Katina?】

【No way….】

Taposhaka was his father’s name. The abominable foreigner not only killed the girl’s entire family, but also robbed them of their home.

【I will kill you. I will kill you.】

The girl pursed her lips and vowed revenge.

The outsiders who intervened in their affairs and caused the death of their family, as well as Atart, who beat Sammar as if she were going to kill him and took the position of chieftain. Everything.

【…Still, I think it’s fortunate that the chief brought in an outsider. Are you really planning on taking me to Katina or whatever.】

【What?】

【No, that. You know that. That Taranba guy… his son was taken away today. If it wasn’t an outsider…】

【Ah…】

【I’m in a hurry, so how will the guy who took the kid hostage behave if he succeeds in the rebellion and becomes the chieftain?】【

That was unexpected. That Tapo Shaka could not possibly have a child…]

[Some of the people who supported Tapo Shaka also turned around. Because the kids who were dragged almost died.]

Meanwhile, the guards started saying strange things. It was nonsense that her father took the children hostage.

【Bullshit…!】

Her proud father couldn’t have done that. There was no way he would have done such a petty thing.

okay! The fact that they started a rebellion in the first place is all a lie! Why would her father, who cared for Bigabol the most, rebel? In the end, it was probably a false accusation made by that abominable Atart to gain power!

The girl consoled herself by dismissing everything the guards said as a slander. It was the struggle of a child who did not have the confidence to face the truth of his parents.

【In that respect, I think I like the foreign warrior a bit. It’s a bit strange that I can’t communicate well and have few hands, but for someone who is kind to kids, I haven’t seen any bad guys.】

【Is that so?】

【Didn’t you see Tuva’s youngest daughter playing with a ball? They say it was given to me by a foreign warrior to stop me from crying. Besides that, the kids who were arrested this time also received it little by little and played with it.】

【But if it was brought by a foreigner, isn’t it a foreign item? It’s a bit uncomfortable…】

【I felt the same way at first, but when I saw the kids playing, it wasn’t a big deal. It just seemed like a pretty decoration. Rather, there are some strange things. Is that kind of thing popular in other places?]

For the same reason, I didn’t hear any compliments from outsiders. It was all sugarcoated by those who fell for Atart.

Plump.

But was it really possible for me to just grind away without being able to sleep for that long? A presence was felt beyond the walls of the prison. The sound was so quiet that the girl wouldn’t have noticed it if she hadn’t been leaning against the wall.

【Shhh. Wait a minute.】

The unknown person started scratching the floor while keeping her quiet.

And as the moon passed over her head, the floor right next to the girl shook.

【You take care of the rest.】

Someone dug a hole. Although she would have to dig a little to get out.

【Who are you?】

It might be a trap. Akata doubted that and asked softly. However, there was no reply as the other person seemed to have already left the room.

So, will it stay like this? No, I didn’t like that.

Akata carefully dug out the dirt while observing the guard’s notice. While digging in the dirt with my bare hands, my fingernails broke and my skin burst, but it wasn’t serious.

It didn’t take long because the other person solved most of the problems.

The girl quickly escaped from prison. Children in the same room? Didn’t wake me up. If there was even a disturbance during the awakening process, the guards could have caught it.

Above all, if this is a trap, it is enough for her to face it alone. The children sharing the same room with her were very young, five years old.

【What should I do now?】

But now that I’m here, I don’t know what to do. She stood there blankly, but then quickly turned her head.

It was a shame to escape alive anyway. Because the Great Forest of Night will not let her go easily.

If I’m going to die anyway, I want to die after at least getting revenge.

『If the person who took the child hostage because he was in a hurry succeeds in the rebellion and becomes the chieftain, how will he behave?』

…She had to avenge her family.

Akata hurriedly moved away.

【It’s a white-necked spider!】

In the process, I also obtained an effective weapon. Without fear, she snatched up the spider and dismembered its body. The white-necked spider’s venom was a fairly effective paralyzing poison.

【You bastards….】

Should I kill Atart or the outsider? After much deliberation, Akata chose the latter. The former is because security is too tight.

If you were to measure the size of the hatred, it would naturally be greater towards Atart, but she was only given one chance. The moment you try that, there is a chance that the girl’s head will be blown off, regardless of success or failure.

If that’s the case, I’d rather choose the path of achieving at least one revenge.

Akata’s little feet approached her old home under the cover of night.

Sigh.

【Any problem…】

However, someone happened to come out at that exact moment. A black coat that looks like it will melt into the night at any moment, and a hair color that makes you wonder if that’s even possible, and it has only one pair of arms.

Although I have never seen it in person, it is not difficult to be sure of its identity. He is a foreign warrior.

【Okay, the chief is the only person in our village who knows how to use a foreign language.】

【Are you going for that walk? Should I follow him?】

The foreign warrior walked away from the building as if he was going somewhere. One of the warriors guarding the building tried to follow, but the warrior refused with a wave of his hand.

【Fuck it, I’ll report it.】

In the end, one of the guards, who was not sure whether to follow the outsider or remain, left. It was a huge benefit for the girl.

Aren’t priests relatively easier to kill than warriors?

【Oh no, don’t step on it.】

But the girl’s dream quickly turned into a tree branch dropped in the forest.

This was because it seemed like the building was surrounded by magic, as the soldier started to get upset when he even took a small step inside.

【Damn it.】

All the priests were arrested for treason, but it was probably a spell cast by an outsider priest.

In this case, it would be nearly impossible to kill the priest. The moment she crosses that crack, the guards will notice something is wrong and rush in. Whether the priest is sleeping or not, he will wake up and prepare.

Then again, what she should be aiming for is….

Akata’s eyes turned towards the person leaving. The possibility was infinitely low but high at the same time. This is because, like an outsider, I am going to the forest at night.

That forest full of poisonous insects and all kinds of wild animals.

【…I can do it.】

I don’t even want a surprise attack. All you have to do is let the wild beasts find that warrior.

The girl gritted her teeth and walked behind the warrior. Sabak Sabak. In the silence, there was a very small sound of grass being crushed.

That’s it.

At that time, there was a sound of something scratching the tree. The girl’s body reflexively lowered.

That’s it.

The sound occurred regularly. Akata’s eyes narrowed and she placed her hand on the spot where the sound came from. It was a knife mark.

Why do you leave marks? She wondered again if this was a trap.

However, the foreign warrior’s gait was too unstoppable to be able to guide the girl. Even now, if I hesitated for a moment, wouldn’t it have taken me ten steps closer?

Akata hurried his steps so as not to lose sight of the warrior.

Gradually the distance from the village widened.

* * *

[Chief. I confirmed that Akata was following the customer.】

【Really?】

Atart narrowed his eyes after hearing the aide’s report about the time Akata was leaving the village.

【yes. One of the guests happened to be out for a walk at night…】

【I was lucky.】

Okay. I was really lucky. Even if you fail, you think it’s okay to succeed, but it would still be disappointing if the child didn’t move the way you wanted because of the guard.

Although there was sufficient justification for punishing the child when he escaped, it took threats from strangers to use that as an excuse to execute him.

So, I wanted to come up with a more convincing excuse….

【Even if you’re smart, a kid is still a kid.】

【…That’s right.】

【You’re asking for that straight away without a single doubt.】

At the point when you’re targeting customers, the justification is overflowing. It happened. But Attart hoped for more.

Atart’s eight eyes narrowed.

【It would be the best picture if I die like this at the hands of the customer.】

The offer to save the children was nothing more than a suggestion thrown in to keep the customer in a loop. Part of it was to protect my reputation, and there were a few other things I wanted to care about, but the biggest reason was that I wanted to know how far the customer would go for their child.

If they knew that they were willing to lend a helping hand to children who would die by association, they would be able to take advantage of them more.

『Know the topic.』

But what is it like now?

【…Damn it.】

Atart only rubbed the back of his neck at the sound of a voice that gave him chills just thinking about it.

dare. How dare you threaten him? Him and no one else. Myself, the highest authority here.

『The reason you are alive now is simply because you first suggested what I wanted.』

However, despite the maddening discomfort, I do not have the confidence to do anything about it. This is because there is not a single lie in what the customer said.

『I just didn’t want to needlessly stain the sword with blood.』

That’s right. We can be even more confident because he is said to be the best warrior in the tribe. If the man decides to oppose them, there is not a single way to fight back.

Sprout and tree torch and sun. The gap between them was as big as Jagal and Taisan, so resistance would never be possible.

Boom

[Sammar! Sammar… is he dead? [He’s a useless guy.]

So, I hope that the kid who escaped will put that man’s mood at rock bottom.

I don’t want the kid to kill that guy. It wasn’t released with that intention in the first place.

【Then there’s nothing I can do about it.】

I just hoped it would cause discomfort. On the subject of caring for a child, let the child’s blood be on your hands and be even slightly offended by it.

Surprisingly, that’s the only revenge you can take on someone who can’t resist.

【You can get it instead.】

However, there is no need to take the remaining scraps with you.

If the person you are angry with is too strong to let go of your anger, why not choose someone weaker than you to take out your anger on?

【Clench your teeth.】

So he grabbed the hair of the aide who had been sweating profusely from earlier. The aide closed his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth as if what he had been waiting for had come.

Knock knock knock!

【…You started again.】

【Be quiet. Unless you want to be beaten too.】

【… Atart is a great leader, but at this time… I understand that Sammar made that choice.】

The sound from the beating lasted for quite a long time. However, since the only people there were accomplices who had become a daily bystander, the night passed without any disturbance.

* * *

【We’ve gone too far…】

Meanwhile, Akata was in a bit of trouble. Even though I have lived in this forest, I am not yet skilled enough to easily find my way through the forest at night.

If we retrace the traces left by the foreign warrior, we might still be able to find our way…

The girl looked back. The dense forest blocks most of the moonlight and starlight, making it extremely dark.

Akata’s neck moved.

【Damn, how far are you going…】

As the forest gets deeper, it becomes harder to see the other person.

Moreover, since the sound of footsteps was already missed, it would have been impossible to follow them if they had not left traces.

The girl bit her teeth out of nervousness.

Shoot ahhh.

Then, for a moment, I heard the sound of a waterfall. Then the map in my head went to work. It was a place the girl knew.

【Is it over there?】

How did an outsider know about the waterfall? With that thought in mind, Akata gave strength to her steps.

The trees cleared a little and I finally saw the warrior I had missed. He was sitting on a rock near the waterfall.

There are a lot of wild animals near the water. Akata clenched his fists out of anxiety, but quietly approached the stranger.

Shoot!

The sound of the waterfall gradually got closer.

Ugh.

It was the lingering scent of a waterfall mixed with a faint sound of crying.

【…?】

And when there was only a few meters away from the warrior. Akata saw an unexpected sight.

“I want to go home.”

The stranger was crying.

“Please, please, please send me home….”

In the pouring moonlight, the sad water marks were so vivid that they became even clearer.

“It’s hard to look away anymore…”

She was the one who really wanted to cry.

“Don’t leave me alone in this other world…”

Silver raindrops continued to flow down her white face. The hand, which had even taken off its glove, continued to wipe it away and did not stop rubbing it with the back of its hand.

“It’s so hard for me, Mom. “I really am now…”

However, he sobbed as if the world was ending. Just as she wailed after losing her parents, the stranger also cried hoarsely as if he had lost everything.

“I don’t want to survive by killing others…”

The words were so desperate that I couldn’t understand them.

“No matter how you look at it, it’s really reality. How can I treat people…”

I didn’t want it, but seeing the bottom of my enemy gave me a very strange feeling.

What right do you have to cry over the clearly conveyed sadness? It’s a mix of resentment and inevitable pity.

But still.

That foreigner was her enemy. He was the one who killed her parents.

『Taranba guy… his son was taken away today. If it weren’t for an outsider…』

He is the person who killed her parents.

『Some of the people who supported Tapo Shaka also turned around. Because the kids who were taken almost died.』

Her parents…

no. It’s all nonsense.

The girl steeled herself to become weak and grabbed the stone knives she had prepared on the way. Two of the five knives are dipped in white tarantula poison, so if you do well, you should be able to kill that foreigner.

Sigh.

However, it seems that the problem was that they were too focused on the other person. By the time I noticed the presence, it was already too late.

Wow!

【Ahh!】

The leopard attacked the girl. He narrowly avoided being bitten on the back of his neck, but was bitten on his middle hand and forearm. It feels like my arm is going to be torn off.

【Let go!】

The girl unconsciously swung all her arms and the stone knife she was holding. It didn’t work. The eyes of the leopard that bit her forearm were bright, and the teeth that pierced her skin and the claws that crushed her body were extremely painful.

I wondered if this was what death was like.

Suddenly!

At that moment, the wind picked up and the leopard that was shaking her body stopped moving. It went beyond stopping and even went to the side.

The blood splattered all over my face and warmed my body.

“I’m injured…!”

It hurts, it hurts so much. The girl cried in pain for the first time. Then an unknown language began to comfort her. Yes, that was comforting.

“Just be patient. “I’ll take you to the village.”

Clumsy, sweet, and kind.

“I’m bleeding a lot… I’m going to tie your arms, so just stay still for a little while. “You can’t move.”

Abomination.

Akata felt her body being lifted. And the cold embrace touching half of her body.

It was truly humiliating. The reason the girl stood here was to kill this man, but she failed to kill him and ended up receiving help like this.

And the fact that the embrace she held bore an uncanny resemblance to her father.

“Hold on a little.”

What was even more infuriating was that the words whispered in her ear made her feel relieved. She was comforted by her enemy’s kindness and was alleviating her fear of death.

Just like when I was hugged by my father.

【I don’t like it….】

I didn’t like that. Even though I received help, I still hated it. Even if he helps her like this and acts kindly to her, in the end he is the one who killed her parents and siblings.

“…!”

Akata swung all the arms she could swing. Since foreigners only have two arms, I thought they might get hit at least once.

However, one ended up grazing the ball and the other grazing the shoulder, and were thrown away at once. Her body rolled on the floor.

ah. Even this kind of surprise attack doesn’t work on real warriors. Strong warriors can deal with surprise attacks even if they have fewer arms.

The girl felt more pain from the sense of defeat that she had not succeeded than from the pain of rolling on the floor. I felt helpless and resentful taking over my whole body.

But at the same time, I didn’t want it to end like this. She grabbed stones or pieces of wood to replace the stone knives that were thrown away.

“ah!”

Even if it means throwing it and hitting it, you will relieve your anger.

“Dangerous!”

But strangely enough, the person who was attacked by her approached her first. That wasn’t all. Even though he knew he had attacked him, he dragged him into his arms.

why?

No, the reason doesn’t matter.

The girl intuitively knew that this would be her last chance. My mind, soaked in anger, was only focused on satisfying my own anger rather than looking at the other person and the surroundings.

【Die, die!】

The first knife went into the chest or shoulder.

【Die!!】

The second and third blades struck right into my heart. The knife, which was only made from broken stone, did not cut sharply into the skin, but it did pierce the leather by force.

Pow!

Suddenly, a loud roar and a strong gust of wind hit her ears.

【…?】

My head turned reflexively.

“Big.”

OK.

“Wow.”

I believe it was trying to swallow her.

“Where everyone is injured.”

A very large anaconda.

“doesn’t exist?”

I saw him dead with a big hole in the nape of his neck.

“Cough.”

The blood vomited by the person holding her wetted the girl’s shoulder.

『I think I like the foreign warrior… too. It’s a bit strange that he doesn’t communicate well and doesn’t do much, but even though he’s kind to kids, I’ve never seen a bad guy.』

Ah, Dad.

I was told to repay the kindness twice and the kindness tenfold. What should I do in cases like this?

* * *

“Cough.”

and. This kid indeed. Aim is good.

I walked on, thinking about useless things. The child who attacked me stopped resisting after I saved him from another attack by a wild beast.

Thanks to this, it was easier to move.

“Big.”

The problem is that as the blood continues to flow, my head spins.

Even though I thought I had gotten far for no reason, I continued to move stubbornly.

The stab wound continued to bleed with a dull pain, but I had no confidence in treating it. Compression and hemostasis are already done by the bandages inside… there are no potions or anything here.

However, it’s not like I have medical knowledge and can treat stab wounds.

【Why why…】

Meanwhile, the child in my arms kept muttering. It looks like he was shocked.

I guess it’s a bit shocking that they saved me and took me back even though I was attacked.

okay. Actually, I think I’m a bit of a brat.

But what should I do? How could I abandon a child who is at most a middle school student?

“Okay.”

I don’t know what made the child attack me. But seeing as they stopped conducting surprise attacks after I saved them… I think it would be enough just like this.

I’m so angry about something that I just can’t stand it. Even though he knew this was wrong, he had no choice but to do it.

Kids this age have a hard time stopping until they try it. This is even more so when there is no guardian around to stop it in such a situation.

So…

“It’s okay.”

Even though you may have made an emotional mistake, you are a child who can realize that it was wrong and stop it.

I forgive you.

I once burned down a house while cooking and once hit someone’s head with a baseball while playing baseball, but thanks to the tolerance and consideration of the victims, I became an adult.

Because I am an adult, I will forgive you just because you can cry out of guilt.

So it’s okay. It’s really okay.

I don’t blame you.

“So don’t cry.”

【Why why….】

“Don’t cry, child….”

I walked while comforting the child in my arms. My vision became more dizzy, but I was still able to walk.

【Ah, the village…】

Then I saw a scarlet color that I couldn’t miss even with my blurry vision. I think it’s probably a torch.

That means you’ve arrived in town, right? Oh, thank goodness. It was difficult to follow the trail, so I left it to luck.

This somehow works.

【I just need to go a little further…】