"Hey boy,
If you're reading this then that ans you haven't kicked the bucket just yet. I wanted to stay in the country a little longer but things got a little wacky and I had to take my leave. I'm really glad you made it. I'm also sorry about Alisa. I intended to take the poor soul back to her own holand and wanted to travel with you so more. But I've grown too old. Maybe it was for the best but who knows. The gods don't exist anymore, so I don't know. But what I can tell you is that before leaving, she said a few things. This might seem weird in a letter to have soone else's thoughts but why should I care? She said, "Please tell him, that I really wanted to travel with him. It wasn't because I wanted to see the world or anything like that. It was because I wanted friends; friends that would rely on and I could rely on them. I wanted to share our good and bad tis. But all I brought were bad tis. Forgive . And goodbye."
I don't think she was a bad girl, rather she was just misunderstood. But now she's never going to be understood. Anyway, this is where we part as well. All your equipnt is with the beautiful princess. She was really nice to . And no matter what anyone says, I'd still trust her. The man from Moire is with and he'd take a ship from Jelosce instead. He still can't trust the elves and guess what- neither can I- ha ha ha, apart from the little missy that is. As for your hand, you might want to ask the dwarves for help. They might be able to make sothing for you. They live opposite of where you ca from if you're wondering.
These past three months were fun. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten out of that damn snake and perhaps I'd never have had my revenge. Thanks for everything brat. You really were a handful.
Take care. Hope to et you soon in the afterlife. But not too soon.
Yours truly,
Denkaborkarere."
"Did he really have to write all that and even include written 'ha ha's? That damn geezer!" Even his writing was sarcastic yet sohow it made feel a little warm.
"Hey! Bro, are you crying?"
"Shut it!"
Tears stread down. My emotions were aroused and I didn't know what to feel.
"But bro, I'm really jealous of you. You've had so much fun and all I've had are overpowered skills: all I've got are no real sense of accomplishnt."
I wiped my tears. "What? What are you talking about?"
"Well you see, my role was that I get stronger and challenge the emperor. But turns out, each of us summoned are special and we have a shot of obtaining broken skills but these skills are based on luck. My skill was instant mastery. So, no matter what I touched I was a master of it be it a weapon or musical instrunt. Because of that, I couldn't get to enjoy the hunts and even undead would run away from because of this guy."
Sobody give back my pity. I want to smack this guy!
In a single mont I lost all the respect I still had for the guy. Suddenly I felt like an idiot.
Shou-should I have just gone to Galbatia, when they offered?
My mind gave the answer before I could even ask.
No! She killed Dune! I'd never-
My decision wasn't wrong. I reassured myself.
This was the right choice. I shouldn't regret it even for a second!
"But you've had challenges and that's the way to live life!" He continued, excitedly.
I wanted to pop the guys bubble but it was best that he remained ignorant. Telling him my story and earning his empathy wasn't sothing I was interested in anyway.
I kept silent and he continued. "I ca to this country to challenge the head prince. Then I heard that soone defeated a monarch but also almost killed the emperor then died. I was like, 'wait, what?" He chuckled. "It was kind of odd. No matter how proficient I was with weapons, I couldn't really hope to even match a monarch- at least not yet, yet soone just pulled off two impossible jobs and then died. Like did he really have to die? I was really shocked you know. So I sneaked into the palace. But when I saw the lady I lost my cool and-"
I sighed. I didn't know whether I should have pitied him or not. "And you ended up here?"
"Yup. And since I t you it wasn't all that pointless. Two weeks have passed." He gave a toothy grin.
I did not like this guy.
I didn't have ti to humor his disappointnt. "Tell , how many were summoned?"
"Eight, but including you, 9 I guess? I actually never heard of you till now. Are you sure you're a summoned?"
I reminisced. The demon in that forest did say sothing about being candidate number nine. "That's a lot of people but I've only t you in my entire journey. And yes, that joker did say I was summoned."
"That's because three of them died the sa day. Two died so days later and the rest are scattered throughout the world," he said.
"No wonder." But then it clicked. What did he just say? "They all died? All five of them?"
"Yup. They were too weak and two of them couldn't even withstand the summoning."
He wasn't sad or even a bit angry. He was amused. This guy really was a weirdo. "Now to my question. You've t him, haven't you?" he said. His voice changed and he beca serious.
"Who?"
"That big serpent! I saw him from above the ship." He grinned.
"What makes you think that?"
"Call it intuition." His grin widened.
"Yeah, so?"
"That ans you already have one of these, right?"
He showed a shield. Just seeing its glow, I knew. It was a piece of mystic equipnt from the legends.
Wait, where the hell did that shield co out of?
He must have had so sort of magic bag or sothing. I sighed. How co he had to be so damn lucky?
"Yeah," I said.
"I knew it! Unlike the rest of those idiots, you actually are a decent fella!"
"Huh?"
"Don't worry but by decent I an you have a shot. I wasn't judging your character or whatever." He tried to reassure .
Unfortunately, I wasn't so reassured. "Whatever," I said.
"Well, that explains how you did it. But I did learn that you weren't the one who singlehandedly killed the monarch and the emperor."
"Are you dumb? Even with all my friends, it was more than life-taking-"
He grinned my way. He knew. I didn't say anything.
"Purr!" Biteria jumped on top of my lap and purred before lying down.
"That's a nice rabbit you got there. "
"Thanks for the complint." If it was about my lovely bunny then any and all complints were welco.
***
Food ca for us later. Biteria jumped before I could react. I managed to secure half of the food before she could devour it all.
Lianne didn't co to visit. Maybe she wasn't allowed or maybe she didn't care.
"By the way, do you ever feel like returning? I an, the monarchs gave us a chance of whether or not we wanted to leave."
"If I wanted to, I wouldn't be here now would I?"
"True: you'd be dead already." I guess he knew the answer to his own question. "Rember the two that died later? They both wanted to return. You can guess what happened next."
He really had an annoying personality. The demon on the other hand was rather quiet. He never spoke unless necessary.
"So, why didn't you leave?" I was just curious.
His grin disappeared. "If I said sothing like to save the people, you wouldn't believe , would you?"
"Nope. Not at all."
"Instant rejection!" His head dropped. He recovered imdiately. "I really like this world. I always had a thing for fantasy! And besides, those guys would have just killed if I said otherwise."
I didn't know what to say. Maybe if I had a broken skill like his, I'd have agreed. I probably wouldn't have though. "How many Monarchs did you et?"
"Most of them, and you happened to kill the one I had a crush on." He glared at for a second and then burst out laughing. "I'm just kidding. She was out of my league. Too weird."
Suppose I'll sleep now.
I lied down. It hurt. "Night."
He sighed. "It's more like evening, but yeah, night." I had no idea how he knew it was evening, but I didn't really care.
The pain faded and I fell asleep
***
When I woke up my cell's doors were being opened.
I got out. It hurt to even stand, but even so, I didn't want to be in a cell.
"Bye then bro. I'll see you later in the world."
"Later, and the na's Daarc."
"Well your person's dark too. So that's a fitting na. I'm Dick, and the quiet guy's Servesta."
"Well your na kind of fits too, huh?"
"I get that a lot." He closed one of his eyes and grinned. I wouldn't have called it a wink though. "I'm guessing they'll let out before this week ends. Of course, they wouldn't be dumb enough to cause an issue when their strongest manpower was absent or rather, dead."
I just waved.
Two guards escorted out. I was only wearing pants but my body was too covered with bandages to worry about aesthetics.
As I climbed up the spiraling stair, I reminisced about my life. When I ca to this world, I had nothing. I had no knowledge and no power. I gained everything and lost all of it at the sa ti. I lost friends; I lost comrades and I lost my own body and soul. But I didn't lose hope.
But now I have my pet rabbit and I have my resolve. I know what to do and I'll do it.
Even if the world itself betrays , I'll still keep going.
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