Episode 148 Is it all right?
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After the meal, Aina’s father, Kazunari, asked me for a private drink.
I tried to send a rescue request to Aina with a wink, but this time, as if she couldn’t even help me, she shook her head slightly.
In the end, it was only me and Kazunari left in this small room.
I’ll have to be alert.
“Why are you so stubborn? with a lot of fear. speak comfortably. Anyone who sees it will know that I’m giving it a spirit.”
“How many people can be relaxed in a situation like this now? No one else, that Mitsuru Kazunari is in front of me.”
“Thank you for giving me a good evaluation.”
It wasn’t just used as a compliment.
Still, I guess it’s okay if you accept it.
“Anyway, I know what you think and why you think of me, but you don’t have to be so nervous.”
“How easy is that?”
“It’s not that hard to change your perspective. Don’t think of Mitsuru Kazunari, but just think of him as your girlfriend’s father.”
“I will try.”
Even if you think about it that way, there is only one thing that is difficult for a person.
“That’s a cool response. do understand But tell me a little bit and you’ll see why I brought up that story. I’m just going to ask some really simple questions.”
“I wish I could.”
“I promise. I’ll just ask you three easy questions and I’ll send it to you right away.”
“Ugh, thank you so much for that.”
“As soon as you hear it, your face brightens. I think I have the brightest smile since coming here. Don’t you want to see me like that?”
Kazunari made a disappointing expression on her face.
It was a stinky smoke that was clearly recognizable.
“no.”
“Okay then.”
“So, what is the question?”
“What is your dream?”
That question came up.
That’s the obvious question, but the one I hate to hear the most.
It’s not that I don’t like this question because I don’t have a dream.
It’s just that it’s a dream that seems too vague, like a fool for other people to hear.
“I want to prevent the destruction of the world.”
There could be no more pitiful answer than this.
So, I decided to cut out the clunky things as much as possible and only talk about the most important parts.
“I want to kill some villain. That’s all.”
“It’s funny.”
“What?”
Perhaps my answer was somewhat surprising, Kazunari had a genuinely surprised expression.
No, wouldn’t it be so surprising that someone who had killed hundreds of people in his childhood said he only wanted to catch a villain?
“I don’t think I really want to.”
“It is very urgent.”
“Yeah, I can feel the urgency. But it’s rare that he doesn’t show any intention to kill someone. There are usually three cases where murder is necessary. The first for revenge, the second for money, the third for honor.”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“Come on, listen carefully. Killing someone is a huge effort, burden, and comfort. It’s not something you can easily try. If that purpose must be achieved even if it is impossible to do so, wouldn’t it be necessary to have some kind of motivation?”
“It would be.”
“Yes, revenge, money, fame. All three of these are the driving forces that move people the easiest and fastest. Because it comes from a very primal emotion. Instead, it’s very clear to others that you’re crazy about it. A man of vengeance sees boiling hatred, a man of money mad of cold emptiness, a fanatic of arrogance of the man of honor. But strangely, I don’t feel anything in you.”
Kazunari was confident in his words.
Because he was slowly savoring tea without even making eye contact with me.
“I can’t answer, so I guess I’m right?”
“… That’s right.”
“The door of suffering has been opened. Without those three, it would be difficult to achieve that goal. Although they carry a lot of risk, they are very good as a means to achieve their goals.”
“I know it will be a difficult road. Still, it’s something I have to do, so I’ll do it.”
“You have a stronger side than I thought. If it were the guys below me, they would have said ‘I’ll give up’ or ‘I’ll take it if necessary.'”
It couldn’t be.
I’d rather die fighting.
“It will never happen.”
“If you say so, let’s move on to the second question. Have you ever killed someone? Say it with your own hands.”
“of course… ”
for a moment.
Come to think of it, I’ve never killed anyone ‘with my own hands’.
When the villain was attacked, when he helped Leon kill Irina, and when he killed Jinjo, he borrowed someone else’s hand.
“I don’t see it.”
“yes.”
“I didn’t mean to reprove you or to commit murder. but.”
Although he cut off important conversations, he was still relaxed.
They even showed the opportunity to taste refreshments and drink tea with a mouthful.
It was on my side that I was rather nervous about seeing that.
“but?”
“I just hope it’s not Nihilis.”
‘What is this man? How much do you know about me?’
I know of no one with Nihilis except for those with whom I was directly related, like William and Leon.
Fear began to creep in.
“You look quite surprised.”
“It has to be. Few people know that I am acquainted with Nihilis. How the hell did you find out? Even if the boundaries around me were loose, Nihilis would surely have noticed. No one would tolerate that.”
“Because Aina’s grandfather, my father, was a member of the Purple Knights.”
Aina had told me.
His grandfather was excommunicated from his family for joining the Purple Knights.
Of course, it’s a strange situation that his son Kazunari couldn’t be unaware.
Still, what surprised me so much was that I never expected that the short-lived story would turn out this way.
“You could have guessed it because you knew a little bit about the Spirits and the Purple Knights.”
“Yeah, it’s about my father.”
“By the way, why do you want my first killing to not be Nihilis?”
“Otherwise, everyone will be unhappy. You will be hesitant and you will fail, Nihilis will lose the last disciple left, and Aina and I will lose our chance to get revenge on the family through just means.”
It had to be a clear answer that went through most of the questions I had.
Obviously, I am the so-called affectionate style that is swept away by personal emotions.
If it was the first killing in such a field, there was a high possibility that he would be swayed by various thoughts and end up in the final battle with Nihilis.
The Purple Knights will also be named Nihilis last.
However, the last sentence was a little difficult to understand.
“What does the last word mean?”
“My father certainly died in a fair duel. You can’t hold anyone accountable. Because it was my father’s will that I wanted to challenge in the first place. However, as a human being, it is not natural for me to feel resentment towards the person who killed my father. I want revenge.”
“Then can’t we do it? Of course, Nihilis is strong. However, it cannot be compared to the strength of the entire Mitsuru family. I think anything can be achieved.”
“No, it can’t be that easy. It’s our specialty to use mean and cruel tricks, but we do it at different times and occasions. My father only followed the customs of the Purple Knights, and Nihilis also upheld his father’s honor. So, taking revenge on Nihilis in a frivolous way would be nothing but tarnishing his father’s name. The only way to achieve true revenge is to challenge Nihilis and win as a member of the same Knights Templar.”
“But, if I do it, it’s no longer family revenge or anything.”
“No, it is not. If you marry Aina, you too will become a member of the Mitsuru family. It will be revenge through due process.”
Kazunari continued to maintain a detached posture, while uttering a sound that seemed to be confused.
I looked closely at his eyes to see if I could see any fragments of the ‘flaming hatred of the revenge-crazed man’ or ‘the fanaticism of the honour-crazed’, but I couldn’t find any emotion, let alone such a thing.
He was serious and cold-hearted when he said this.
“… Are you serious?”
“Sure. i like you Aina is my daughter, but she is a very difficult person to handle, so there were not many people to take her with. Even if a person who met the standard appeared, everyone rejected it from Aina’s side.”
“Aina said, ‘Most of the work within the family is decided by the father.’ Have you ever been married or never even been married in the past?”
“There have been several requests like arranged marriages, but they all turned down. The children of such bastards are usually only those who live in their own good taste, so if they do, they will most likely be annoyed by intervening in our family in every way under the pretext of getting married. I have no intention of bringing in trash that is trying to spread ashes on a family that has been nurtured from generation to generation.”
No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand.
The fact that I liked the meticulous human being who tapped every single calculator like that.
“For some reason, you seem to have taller eyes than Aina, and it’s amazing that you’re so sassy.”
“No, no one is a better fit than you. Still, while I was struggling with that problem, a perfect match like you appeared just in time, and I loved it so much.”
“Why?”
“Your support base is too weak to devour us. Even if there is a foundation, there will be no such thing as you devouring the Mitsuru family. You’re not that smart, and you’re not that greedy either. I also like the moderately languid side. There are a lot of things that are exposed if we are remarkably sincere, so it is not uncomfortable for us.”
“A compliment or a curse?”
“Didn’t you imply a little bit of me a little while ago too? Think of it as punishment for him.”
It was applied so horribly that it sounds like a real dildo.
I’d rather have a double bath.
this is too much
“At the end of the day, you’re lazy, you don’t have much of a thing, and you’re just stupid enough to say that you liked it.”
“What, I never said anything like that. I don’t want you to catch a living person with a consciousness of victimization. And don’t even put such unpleasant words in your mouth. Doesn’t it sound like my daughter is lazy, doesn’t have a lot of stuff, and likes stupid people?”
I didn’t even say a few words and I’m already exhausted.
Don’t lose your energy with useless stories for nothing, just listen to the last question and run away quickly.
I am a person who is not very good at being a mage, so it seemed obvious that it would be difficult for me to have any more conversations than this.
“Whoa, I see. So, what is the last question?”
“Do you still think I’m a difficult person to deal with?”
‘Come to think of it, we were having a friendly conversation at some point.’
It must have been a very heavy atmosphere until we talked about Nihilis, right?
It also naturally led the conversation to let me relax on my own.
Aina’s father, you were much more human than I thought.
It didn’t change that he was a difficult person to deal with.
“A little.”
“Thank you for your honest answer. It’s good to go.”
“Can I ask one question before I go?”
“Of course.”
“I don’t know the intent of the questions I’ve asked so far.”
“It’s nothing. It’s a cross-validation job. Making sure that what I hear, what I hear from my daughter, and what you say match. Isn’t it called family ? ? 成. I want my daughter and my family to be happy. I can’t hire an unreliable person.”
“What if not?”
“Well. If the behavior I’ve shown you so far had been a smart guy, he would have been trying to make an incomprehensible revamp, so I think he would have sent him to a good place to help him think good thoughts.”
The two seemed to have no similarities at all except for the smirk and brazenness of their appearance, but after hearing this, I thought that one of the bloody tones was definitely similar to the women.
I’ve been listening to it a lot, so I’m getting used to it now.
Of course, it wasn’t something I wanted to keep hearing, so I quickly left the small room leaving only greetings.
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