Episode(91) Absurd!
SOVEREIGN OF DEATH~(91)
Alright, I admit.
Maybe the heat rushed to my head a bit too quickly, maybe I just wanted to prove something that was ambiguous for the 15 years I've been alive.
I mean, is it that hard to listen when someone says something?
I am a man!
I say so, then just believe it!
The girl's eyes widened at the sight before her.
Was this guy crazy?
Didn't he know the difference between male and female? Wasn't he afraid of being called a pervert in broad day!?
She wondered how he could show such a sight to a lady.
And, more importantly-
[So…..big]
What was the monstrosity she was seeing!?
Even with her cheeks reddened and her embarrassment peaking, the size made her just too curious to look away.
[Right, Right?]
Nagisa felt smug.
[Now you clearly see it, a girl definitely won't have something like this!]
Dare you to spread false information again!
No matter how much my face says girl, anyone has to admit it when then see this.
Hm?
Nagisa had definitely won the battle but for some reason he felt strange as if he'd lost the war.
Before he could even come to the realization himself, the girl looked away awkwardly.
[E-Even if you say that, it's a bit embarrassing if you stay like that. I am still a girl after all]
All of sudden, the universe appeared.
I felt as if the world had revealed itself to my ignorant mind and the realization of what I had done struck like thunder.
Ha-
[AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!]
No way no way no way!
What he had done just now was a lot like those creepy flashers!
All he was missing was the long coat and he would be set.
[Forget! Forget that ever happened right now!!!!!!]
Nagisa wasn't stupid enough to ask why he had done it.
I know, the whole world knows I was just fed up.
Not to mention being in the dungeon so long, his social ability was negative zero!
Abysmal stats in the social department!
Now that he was faced with a situation he could normally chuckle away like a mastermind, he reacted like a fool.
But the milk was already spilled!
[T-Thats not something that can be forgotten that easily!]
Something that large and grotesque on a beauty's body was too hard an image to erase!
She felt like she would have nightmares for the next few years because of this.
Rather, this guy owed her compensation for inducing trauma! He should pay up!
F*ck my life!
Nagisa tore at his hair.
My san points are dropping, I need healing!
[It might sound weird at this point but I promise I'm not a pervert okay? Okay!?]
At this point it was better to just get reincarnated.
[O-Okay I get it so just calm down]
Although the air was awkward because of whatever that was, the girl felt like it was something that could be overlooked as long as he didn't have malicious intentions.
[B-But! I really am not a pervert so don't get the wrong idea about me okay!?]
Nagisa was frantic, the girls expression said she was willing to let him off, not that she believed him.
There has to be a way to make her believe!
My reputation can be bad, but I should never be a pervert!
Just then-
[Pfft...]
[Eh?]
The girl tried to cover her mouth, but seeing Nagisa have a meltdown felt like such a human reaction.
One she hadn't seen in so long after dealing with corrupt church officials and nobles not to mention those heroes who always had serious expressions on their faces.
[Hahah....hahahaha]
The laughter slipped out unabated.
Wha-
[You! Laughing at me, you're a very rude person aren't you?]
Fine, I messed up so have a ball.
[I'm sorry, it's been such a long time since I've had a conversation that doesn't involve money or status, it was kind of refreshing]
She recalled her village days.
Days before the disaster. Her sister used to return from her job as a hunter and they family would just spend the day chatting and working in the fields.
[It's just–really been...a long time]
All of a sudden, tears fell from her eyes.
[Ah]
It couldn't be helped, being reminded of those days just made the waterworks flow.
?????
Nagisa was baffled.
[Haha, sorry for tearing up so suddenly]
Sigh.
Her words, she must have some backstory. In times like these, what a person needs is some body heat!
Nagisa walked behind her and gently held her in his arms.
[It's fine]
Even he would tear up sometimes, even at the most insignificant things.
[Those things that we keep dear, no one is wrong for showing emotion when recalling them]
The feeling was strange. They were strangers, yet the heat emanating from his body felt so familiar and close as if they had been together since childhood.
The thought of rejecting the embrace didn't even cross her mind.
[So, it's okay to cry when you feel like crying]
And if she needed a shoulder to lean on, well he had nowhere else he had to go right?
Feeling the gentle caress on her head, the soft embrace filled with warmth. The girl could not help bawling her eyes out on the spot.
…
[You alright now?]
She was crying so hard, I thought she just missed the outside world but was it a scar even deeper than that?
Was I too arrogant thinking that a handsome guy comforting a crying girl was enough to soothe her?
But, the girl dashed his worries.
[Y-Yes, I'm fine now...thank you]
At least, she felt much better than before with some knots in her heart untied.
[Well, that's a relief. But, if I am in trouble I'll be counting on your help]
He grinned care freely.
Still, the girl felt she was taking advantage of the other person by just receiving his help. She looked at him a bit troubled.
Is she worried about repaying the favor?
[Don't worry about that. Look. Why don't you just help me out going forward?]
??
[Going...forward?]
Ah, that was right.
The situation caused her to momentarily forget where they were. The dungeon of death.
Even more, she had a question.
[How…am I still alive?]
Right, you would be worried about that. Should I tell her?
But there was no point lying.
[It's thanks to my ability]
An ability?
[What sort of powerful ability could revive someone who died?]
He explained.
[Let's not call it revival]
Classes came with abilities, when he explained the girl also seemed to understand.
His own class had a unique ability of its own.
[However after fulfilling some conditions I managed to integrate that ability as my own rather than an occupation skill and it also evolved into a more powerful ability]
Long story short, I used that skill to capture the remaining wisp of her soul and infuse life energy into it before constructing a soul container and reconstructing her body.
[It's kinda like revival but not]
Revival was the ability to completely catch a soul, as long as it hadn't entered reincarnation and revive that person fully.
I can't do that. If not for the fact that the dungeon had prevented her soul from ascending this girl would not be the same person she was before dying.
[That's...absurb]
How could she believe such a broken skill existed in the world?
It was exactly like the ability she had been slaving away to awaken. Not to mention, this guy didn't even seem to have any side effects at all.
[I wouldn't say absurd, I gained my traits literally spilling my own flesh and blood you know?]
The memories of dying were still very vivid. Enough that even saying they happened yesterday wouldn't be a stretch.
But, it had been months.
But, the girl caught unto a special detail.
[Traits? Are you saying you have more than one unique trait?]
That's the issue?
Nagisa couldn't see a problem and wore a confused expression.
[Isn't that obvious?]
Obvious?
It was the most absurd thing she had ever heard in her entire life!
[Listen, it's not nice to trick people you know!?]
If it wasn't a trick, then what was it?