97 – (Side story) Brother and Sister
As usual, it was a fun day with my brothers and sisters. The High Priestess has received a revelation from Master Kaian.
It was a revelation that a competition between young warriors to determine gender would be held in the most colorful and largest city in the human realm, and that those who had a relationship between humans and priests participate in it.
I knew at once that I was the one who heard the contents of the revelation and participated. When I realized that, I felt uncomfortable and wanted to reject it.
There was a time when I lived by helping humans along with Master, but now, to me, humans are just nasty, dirty beasts who killed my brothers and sisters and insulted Master Kaian.
It was uncomfortable and I didn’t like it when I went to the realm of such humans, but because it was Kian-sama’s revelation, I was dissatisfied and headed to the place of revelation.
I came to the place of revelation, avoiding humans and human villages as much as possible, and saw a city full of humans that was incomparably more splendid than in the past.
I was disgusted by the sight. It is disgusting to see them living so splendidly, forgetting Master who helped them live like this, insulting Master Kian, whom Master served as a heretic, and trying to burn down the sacred place Master loved.
I was sick of that disgust, but I endured it and moved on to fulfill Kaian-sama’s revelation. I went around the city and gathered various information by hearing, and confirmed that the convention mentioned in the revelation would be held tomorrow.
After confirming that, I got out of the city and headed to the place where the competition was to be held the next day. When I went there, I felt a great energy of blessing that I could clearly feel from afar. Thinking that the energy was the purpose of the revelation, I quickly finished the reception and headed to the waiting room. Heading to the waiting room, I was able to meet a person with the energy of that blessing.
A gentle-looking man with brown hair. When I saw that human, I thought of Master. With that impression and the aura of blessing as great as that of the elder, I didn’t feel disgust at this human being. Rather, I felt the joy of meeting my brothers and sisters.
With that in mind, I approached that person. As I approached, the human who had closed his eyes opened them and glared at me. It had the same blue eyes as Master’s, but inside were not warmth but vigilance and a bit of hostility.
Seeing those eyes calmed my excitement a little. I had a little conversation with that person in a state of emptying my mind, but when Kaian-sama’s name came out, the hostility in that person’s eyes grew and I cut off the conversation.
I couldn’t figure it out.
I couldn’t understand how he denied and showed hostility, saying he had never been blessed, even though he had received a great blessing from Master Kaian.
I came to a conclusion with such an incomprehensible thought. After all, these people are human beings just like them.
When I came to that conclusion, that person came to me and asked me a lot of questions. I didn’t want to answer such human impudence, but I kept thinking of Master’s image and answered everyone.
While answering that, it was the human’s turn. I followed the man and looked around. And I was disappointed
That person’s skills aren’t objectively bad. No, considering his age, it’s a great level. However, for a person who has received a huge blessing, it is a terrible level.
While hiding such feelings, he praised the person’s skills. And in my turn, I showed my skills moderately and observed the human expression.
It was clear that he was trying hard to hide his emotions, and seeing him like that brought joy. Feeling that kind of emotion, I roughly defeated the humans and approached them.
“Are my skills okay?”
“…yes, a little bit.”
Even though he showed superior skills to that human, pleasure flooded in the human figure who slightly frowned his eyebrows and dismissed it as a little.
I don’t know why I’m getting so much joy. Is it because I am playing with someone who is more blessed than I am? Or is it because I’m harassing people I don’t like?
I thought so, but probably not the latter. Because when I knocked down people on stage, I didn’t feel anything.
With that thought in mind, I rode in the carriage of that human. The man looked dissatisfied, but I ignored it and followed him to his house.
While living in that human’s house, I felt nostalgic for the first time in a long time.
dinner time. When I was feeling awkward with the fork and knife I hadn’t used in a long time, that person cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and put it on my plate.
My teacher used to do this often…
Also, in this human being, I think of Master’s image and feel nostalgic.
Is it because it has a similar impression to Master? Or is it because I still can’t forget Master?
I finished my meal without finding an answer to that question.
next day. After lightly defeating a few humans, it was time to fight them. With the skills I’ve seen so far, that person can’t beat me, and I can finish it in an instant.
However, because I was curious about that human, I chose not to finish it right away and slowly gnaw it.
The wounds I carved on that human’s body were full and blood was spilling to the point of soaking the floor, but he didn’t give up and struggled.
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Looking at it reminds me of Master again. Master, who never gave up and moved forward.
When I thought of Master like that, I suddenly saw that Master and that human figure overlapped. That created some hesitation. At that moment, the human threw a sword at me.
The hesitation at the sight turned to disappointment. Disappointed, I dodged the sword and drove it into the man’s shoulder and stomach. Then the man smiled. And I felt something caught on the tip of my sword.
Feeling that feeling, I tried to cut the flesh out and pull it out, but humans were a little faster than that. A human hand grabbed my neck and choked my throat. I tried to pull it out with a sword to resist, but it didn’t come out.
I wanted to use mana in that situation, but I couldn’t because it would be obvious that the human would die. When I couldn’t choose anything like that, the human strangled me and pinned me to the floor. The moment I felt it, I was able to absorb most of the impact thanks to protecting my head with mana.
It could have happened because it wasn’t that shocking, but it didn’t. It was because that person seemed so desperate. Of course, it was because I remembered Master a little bit.
With that thought in mind, I looked at the man with narrowed eyes. The happy smile with arms raised resembles Master’s.
I thought that I was being ridiculous. Master passed away several hundred years ago, but I still haven’t escaped from Master’s shadow.
It is bittersweet. Still, I felt that I wanted to know more about that man. So I followed the man.
That person is a bit strange. It’s not as good as Master’s, but it’s warm, and it has an adult-like feel that doesn’t match its age. At the same time, he showed a dark side and put incomprehensible emotions in his eyes. And there were many times when I muttered to myself.
“The kids would love to see it.”
He, who had no younger siblings and no children, often said that. I asked about it, but he didn’t answer with a sad smile.
That smile was too similar to the one Master had on the day they parted ways, so I couldn’t ask more.
Just like that, questions piled up one by one.
The day I was so suspicious. He was invited by his fiancé. After following his fiancé, there was Master’s portrait.
When asked about it, he replied that his fiancé was the first head of the family. When I heard that, a strange feeling came to my mind.
The fact that I found the few traces of Master from so far away, the fact that no traces of Master remained in Master’s descendants, and the fact that the person next to me resembled Master more than any of my descendants made me feel strange.
While on his way to the restaurant in such a mysterious mind, he showed a reaction as if Master’s descendants were uncomfortable and pushed away by drawing a line. On the other hand, I felt that Master’s descendents wanted to be close to humans.
The sight of the two of them made me wonder. All the people I saw had relationships with their partners, and it was strange and amazing to see one side reluctantly and the other side trying to approach them.
So, while I was observing them, when I took off my robe for a meal, Master’s descendents reacted as if they were reluctant to me.
And it showed a similar reaction to the scum who forgot Master’s grace. I didn’t like it. Seeing Master’s descendants not traces of Master, but garbage that forgot Master’s grace… I couldn’t like it.
So I messed around a bit. He spoke and acted as if he had a special relationship with him. Then, the human looked a little flustered, but soon adjusted to my prank.
Then, Master’s descendants showed an uncomfortable reaction. It was refreshing, so I continued to joke around. Then, Master’s descendant showed an uncomfortable look and left.
I was satisfied with the look and played a joke on him too. Then he was disgusted. It’s a bit funny and enjoyable.
I went out to eat enjoying the pleasure without even knowing that the pleasure changed me.