“…Big Sis.” (Aya)
I heard Sa-san whisper it.
Looks like we found the Lamia we have been searching for.
She is a beautiful serpent woman with long hair and a slightly languid expression.
“…Huh!? You’re—!?”
The long-haired Lamia, who had been watching us suspiciously, opened her eyes wide in shock.
Sa-san dispelled her transformation magic and returned to her Lamia form.
“Damn it!”
Sa-san’s older sister twisted her face and tried to flee.
Thud! The sound of kicking the ground echoed.
(She’s fast.) (Makoto)
As expected of the athleticism of a Lamia.
“Wait! Big Sis!” (Aya)
Sa-san started to chase after her.
But I already knew from my Clairvoyance that her sister would try to escape, so I made the first move.
“Great Water Spirit, Dia, catch her.” (Makoto)
“I already have, Our King.” (Dia)
Dia had already bound Sa-san’s sister with chains made of water magic before I even finished asking.
“L-Let go!”
Sa-san’s sister thrashed around violently.
“……”
Sa-san slowly approached her.
The air was tense.
At that mont, Lucy tapped my shoulder.
(What is it?) (Makoto)
(I’ll keep my distance. There are probably things she would rather not have overheard.) (Lucy)
She whispered in my ear.
“Hey, Calmira-san. Since it seems like Aya and her sister need to have a deep family talk, want to go sowhere else with ?” (Lucy)
She spoke to Calmira-san, the dark elf.
“Yes, I understand. By the way, Lucy-sama…” (Calmira)
“Drop the honorifics. You’re older than , right?” (Lucy)
“Still, I couldn’t possibly be so casual with the Dragon King’s wife…” (Calmira)
“Oh stop it. ‘Wife’, you say. Makes blush.” (Lucy)
The two of them walked off, chatting.
“By the way, Lucy-sama, your surna is Walker, right?” (Calmira)
“Yup. My great-grandpa’s na was Johnny Walker. Heard of him?” (Lucy)
“Actually… my full na is Calmira-san J…Walker.” (Calmira)
“Eh!?” (Lucy)
“My great-grandmother apparently had a relationship with Johnny Walker… But since he was a mber of the hero’s party that defeated the Demon King, we didn’t broadcast the na too loudly…” (Calmira) ꭆ𝙖𐌽ȪВÊＳ
“No way! You’ve gotta tell more!” (Lucy)
“Of course. I’ve actually been wanting to talk more with you, Lucy-sama.” (Calmira)
“Hey, just call Lucy already!” (Lucy)
Their voices grew more and more distant.
Now I was curious about their conversation too.
We were supposed to be searching for Sa-san’s sister, but sohow ended up finding one of Lucy’s relatives too.
(Johnny-san sure has a lot of descendants…) (Makoto)
Now that I think about it, Anna ntioned that the day before we fought the Demon King, Johnny had stayed out all night with a dark elf woman.
Johnny-san often told , “Makoto-dono, you’re always so calm and fearless no matter the enemy.” But honestly, he wasn’t one to talk.
anwhile, Sa-san and her sister’s conversation grew more intense.
“…You ca here to kill , didn’t you?”
Sa-san’s sister had slumped to the ground, as if giving up on everything.
“……”
Sa-san stared down at her captured sister with cold eyes.
(Should I…leave?) (Makoto)
I hesitated, then started to head in the direction Lucy had gone, keeping the water chains binding Sa-san’s sister in place…
“Takatsuki-kun, stay here.” (Aya)
“…Got it.” (Makoto)
I guess I shouldn’t leave.
I stayed quietly in place.
“……”
Sa-san’s sister looked lifeless.
Her eyes had given up on both escaping and living.
“……”
Sa-san said nothing.
(As an outsider, maybe I should stay silent, but…) (Makoto)
“Um… Sa-san?” (Makoto)
I couldn’t take the silence and ended up speaking.
“Big Sis… Why did you do it?” (Aya)
Sa-san finally spoke, her voice quiet.
“……”
This ti, her sister looked away and said nothing.
Sa-san and I silently waited for a response.
Dia had quietly disappeared. Maybe she sensed the mood.
The silence continued.
Sa-san didn’t move.
Finally, the Lamia opened her mouth.
“…I was wrong.”
What ca out were words of apology.
Sa-san’s previously composed expression suddenly changed.
“Wrong!? Our Esteed Mother and all our sisters are dead!! Because you told the Harpy Queen where our hideout was!!” (Aya)
Her shout rang out.
“…I misjudged them. We’d been in a territory dispute with the Harpies for a long ti… but I never thought they’d control human mages and massacre our entire family… I just wanted to scare them a bit… Before I knew it, they tried to kill too… I barely escaped.”
The voice of the long-haired Lamia was weak and trembling.
…Grit I could hear Sa-san grinding her teeth.
“I’ll ask again. Why did you do it?” (Aya)
Sa-san’s tone was restrained, like she was holding back her rage.
This ti, the reply ca quickly.
“I was jealous of you! You were the youngest, but the strongest! You always defied , and then you started leading the clan on your own. I thought I was supposed to succeed Esteed Mother! But… At that rate, I was the one who’d be cast out. So I… even if it ant borrowing the Harpies’ power… I did sothing stupid. It’s all my fault… So go ahead… Kill .”
At first, her tone was defiant.
But her voice gradually faded, and in the end, she just hung her head.
Sa-san stepped closer and looked into her face.
They were now so close they could have touched each other if they reached out.
(Isn’t this dangerous?) (Makoto)
I thought so for a mont, but from what I could tell, the sister had no real magic or fighting spirit left.
She already lost the will to fight.
“…I have sothing I need to tell you too, Big Sis.” (Aya)
“…Huh?”
Sa-san’s sister looked puzzled.
“I… was reincarnated from another world. I used to be human.” (Aya)
“…What are you talking about?”
“I was stronger than the other sisters because the Goddesses gave powerful skills as soone from another world. I was cheating, basically.” (Aya)
“…I’d heard from Esteed Mother that you had skills. That’s not a bad thing, is it?”
“I always planned to leave soday. I didn’t want to attack humans, and I never ant to lead the clan.” (Aya)
“…I see. Then… What was I even doing all this for…?”
Sa-san’s sister muttered bitterly.
“That’s right. You didn’t have to do anything. I would’ve left eventually. You were the one who was supposed to succeed Esteed Mother. You did sothing really stupid.” (Aya)
“……”
Her sister looked down, unable to respond.
“Bye, Big Sis.” (Aya)
“Huh?”
Her sister lifted her face in surprise.
“Huh?”
That was my voice.
“Let’s go, Takatsuki-kun.” (Aya)
“Are you sure, Sa-san?” (Makoto)
Taking revenge on the sister who betrayed her family had to be one of Sa-san’s goals.
At least, that’s what she told when we reunited in Laberintos.
“It’s fine. I just wanted to have a word with her.” (Aya)
“W-Wait! Don’t go!!”
Her sister, who’d been quiet all this ti, started to struggle again.
Sa-san didn’t answer.
“You’re not going to kill !? I betrayed the family… Everyone’s dead because of !!”
“What you did had no aning in the end.” (Aya)
Sa-san replied coldly.
“Then…kill ! With your own hands!!”
Her attitude had completely changed.
I thought she was afraid of revenge, but it wasn’t just that.
“If I have to live on in disgrace in a place like this… It would be better if you kill !”
“……”
“…Sa-san?” (Makoto)
I spoke to Sa-san, who had turned her back on her sister.
By the way, the water magic binding the sister had been released.
If she wanted to run, she could —but she didn’t.
(She…wants to be punished?) (Makoto)
“…Big Sis.” (Aya)
Sa-san turned around and slowly walked up to the long-haired Lamia.
This ti, the Lamia didn’t try to run.
They stood face to face.
Her sister was slightly taller.
But in terms of battle aura, the difference was like 100 to 1.
If Sa-san got serious, her sister’s head would fly in an instant.
Maybe she realized that…her body was trembling.
“Go… Go ahead and kill …”
Her sister said, shaking.
…Sa-san silently raised her right hand.
Smack!!
A loud sound rang out as the long-haired Lamia was sent flying.
She bounced several tis across the ground, then collapsed.
“…Cough.”
But…she got back up.
She wasn’t dead.
“This ends it.” (Aya)
“……W-Why?”
Her sister staggered toward us with a dazed expression, as if she couldn’t comprehend what was happening.
“…It’s fine now. I’ve said my piece.” (Aya)
Sa-san’s expression was dark.
“It’s not fine! Because of , our family died. You… You should kill !”
“No way!! Why would I kill my only sister!? I absolutely won’t!” (Aya)
Sa-san shouted louder than her sister.
“You… Don’t you hate …?”
“I do hate you! I resent you! I want Esteed Mother and our sisters back! But… But now, you’re the only family I have left…” (Aya)
“…………”
“…………”
Sa-san and her sister stared at each other in silence from just a few steps apart.
Her sister was still swaying, probably from being blown away earlier.
She looks like she might have a mild concussion.
“Water Magic: [Heal Water].” (Makoto)
I cast healing magic on her.
She looked at , clearly surprised.
“Sa-san, are you okay with this now?” (Makoto)
“Yeah, thanks, Takatsuki-kun.” (Aya)
Sa-san started walking off briskly.
Her sister stood frozen in place, still looking surprised.
Will she just go on living alone in the Dim Forest forever?
The living conditions here don’t seem great…and the location was hard to find.
Maybe the two of them will never et again.
At that mont, sothing occurred to .
“Takatsuki-kun? What is it?” (Aya)
Sa-san called out when she noticed I wasn’t following.
“There’s sothing I want to ask real quick.” (Makoto)
After hesitating briefly, I spoke to her sister.
“Would you be interested in working in the Demonic City?” (Makoto)
■Comnt Response:
>Now, the next chapter will be a massacre~!
-My original plan was for revenge.
But after thinking about it thoroughly, it ended up in this fashion.
■Author’s Comnt:
Calmira-san is the child of the descendant of the dark elf woman that Johnny-san had a night with 1,000 years ago in the Demonic City.
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