Chapter 423 – What The Heck Is This!?
This girl was once my classmate, but was actually a spy infiltrating the Empire as Paripi’s minion.
She was always timid and nervous like a small animal, but her true nature was…… well, she’s not someone I’d want to get too involved with.
“Geez, coming all this way in the middle of the night… Here, this should be it, right?”
When Coman appeared, I took a magic crystal out of my pocket and tossed it at her.
In exchange for the information Paripi provided, he requested its return.
“Yes. That’s fine.”
“Right.”
Honestly, I’d been thinking of getting rid of this thing or throwing it away as soon as possible, so I didn’t hesitate at all.
“…………”
“…………”
That was it.
To be honest, since entering the academy, I hadn’t been particularly close to this girl or had much to do with her, so even being face-to-face like this, I had nothing to say.
Maybe she felt the same? She didn’t seem inclined to talk either.
Or was she on guard against Espie and Slayer behind me?
But after a short pause, she finally……
“Somehow…… Earth, you seem happy.”
“…… What?”
“Uh, yeah, sorry. Suddenly saying weird stuff… but, somehow… yeah, that’s how you look.”
Coman stared at me intently and said something unexpected, then suddenly started fidgeting and stammering as she spoke.
“Yes… in the past… as expected of the son of a hero… but for the son of a hero… you suffered when people said that, you sulked, and were hostile towards those around you…… I really felt sorry for you back then…… but now, how is it…… you overflow with power, full of self-confidence… yeah, you’re really shining, aren’t you?”
Being praised out of the blue like that made me feel a little embarrassed.
Espie and Slayer beside me nodded along as if to say, “Oh, she gets it,” but…
“So, I’m disappointed…… I think I preferred that Earth back then, you know? Where no one knew who you really were, just like me…… I wanted to see your face as you became even more miserable.”
“””…… Hmm?”””
“That Earth was so cute! Right now, you just seem like a contented hero…… I don’t like that…… I think the distorted Earth is cuter…… it makes me wet…… ♥」
The conversation’s taking a turn… Coman gave a wry smile… No… It was more than just a wry smile.
At first, she looked sad, but then her eyes gradually became distorted, as if her pupils were fully dilated……
“I wonder which Earth will take my first time. Do you remember? That person said so, right? I’m basically a tool offered to Earth, you know? A tool you can use for ‘that sort of thing’, you know? I wonder how you’ll feel when using me! A practice dummy for when you get Shinobu and dear Kron? To satisfy your urges? Vent? A toy! Ah… don’t let it out… hold it in… me… hoo, hoo, hoo… ahaha!”
“””…………”””
Somehow… she’s a dangerous girl I shouldn’t get involved with…… Or rather, I’ve thought this since my previous exchange with Paripi, but this girl……
“Is… is this child touched in the head?”
I couldn’t help but nod at Mr. Chieftain’s honest reaction.
Still, no matter what she says, I’m not just going to take it lying down.
“Geez… what the heck are you thinking? Seems you’re just a pawn of Paripi, but looking at the way you act towards him, it doesn’t seem like you’re being threatened or anything…… it’s not like you’re giving off any vibes that you need help or something like that… so I don’t intend to do anything to you. But what I can say is…….”
“?”
“Whatever you think of the old me, I like the current me better. I’m proud of myself. Too bad. Your preferences? Who cares?”
Yes, I threw my words right back at Coman.
“…… Hmm…I see……”
Then, Coman, who had been breathing wildly, completely out of control, gradually regained her composure, took a deep breath, and turned her back on us.
“If I ask for help… no. If I give off that kind of vibe, Earth will do something…… so he’ll do something about Shinobu…… and about this Japone situation……”
“Hmm? No, that’s still under consideration. I’d intervene if Hunters attacked or if Hakuki got involved and people got captured… but as for Japone’s internal affairs beyond that…”
Still facing away, Coman began to vanish into the forest’s darkness. But without looking back……
“But Shinobu will ask for help, right? Even if she doesn’t say it out loud, she gives off that kind of vibe, you know?”
“What?”
“You see, I figured it out… just by doing a little digging… If you thought the mastermind behind this Japone incident was just that shitty pig of a King… you’re dead wrong.”
Coman’s words carried a certain certainty.
The mastermind isn’t that King? How can you say that?
Did Paripi get some intel?
“The mastermind…… Are you talking about Hakuki? Or… is it that Shitnei guy, remnants of the Bockmati Family?”
“Nope. None of that.”
I listed every name that came to mind, but Coman denied them all.
Then what the heck is going on? We leaned in, genuinely curious……
“Earth, I’ll tell you. It’s like this… he treats women like pawns, but in reality, he’s the one who’s become a pawn, and he doesn’t realize it… it’s that simple. Just like me…… she’s lost sight of herself… She doesn’t understand herself anymore, what she wants, what her desires are… She’s a broken girl.”
“Wh, what do you mean?”
“It would take too long to explain, so you and Shinobu can figure it out later. I need to get this magic crystal back tonight……”
Neither I, nor Espie, nor Slayer, nor Mr. Chieftain, could quite grasp what Coman was hinting at.
But I don’t feel like she’s lying. Maybe she knows what’s going on.
What the heck……?
“Well, Earth…… maybe now isn’t the time to be messing with Japone or whatever… That guy’s been all fired up, pulling an all-nighter editing~……”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
And then, at the very end, Coman dropped another cryptic, teasing remark.
When I asked with a slightly irritated attitude……
“Soon, Earth, you will become the most famous person in the world.”
“…… Huh?”
“You’ll regret it, Earth. Making a deal with that person… There’s no way that person would make a boring deal that causes no trouble, a peaceful deal like that… This is advice for the future, okay?”
With that, Coman vanished without a trace.
From start to finish, it was utterly baffling. All we could do was tilt our heads in confusion.
Who was the mastermind behind this whole Japone incident?
And what really has me wondering… me becoming the most famous person in the world?
What the heck is this!?
Author’s Note
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