Chapter 59 - So Many Lies
"I have decided!" Voloha suddenly stood up. "I'm taking you to the castle with !"
What the (and I cannot stress this enough) fuck?
"Ms. Voloha, putting everything aside, just tell how you reached that conclusion."
The jump she took to arrive at that conclusion would probably be larger than the leap I'd have to take from the room temperature to her IQ.
I an, take to the castle?
"It's to protect you." She replied with unwavering eyes.
"From what?"
"From everything."
She'll drag to the castle so that she could protect from everything? What's next, locking inside a room because the outside world is too dangerous for ?
What is she, an agent of the Eckart Family?
The level of denseness in her thought process is going to cause a fucking singularity in this room.
"Such as? Give an example."
"Your family."
"Well, as long as you keep your mouth shut, my family would never find out that I'm still alive."
"Their reach is far greater than what you can imagine." She scoffed. "Sooner or later, they would find out that you're not dead."
Oh, nice.
"I'm more than capable of handling them by myself. Besides, I have my guild with ."
??Imagine if your family ca for you and instead of providing help, Azell said sothing like, 'I'm sorry about this, but yea, I'm not risking our lives for you' and stabbed you in your fucking back???
…
Will you shut up, man?
Wait, wouldn't that give an incentive to die?
I an, hunted down by my family and betrayed by my comrades; wouldn't that be a good reason to give up on my life?
??Bro please, go see a therapist. You seriously need one.??
[No.]
I believe we've already discussed this issue. Anyway.
"That's right." Noelle interjected. "Samur is a part of the New Dawn Guild. And no one touches a mber of the New Dawn Guild." Her tone in the last part was particularly cold.
[Well, seems like at least Noelle would stay on my side.]
??Which is worse.??
[Yea. As long as she's there, I cannot die.]
Huh, I probably need to do sothing about her obsession one of these days.
Ti for a 1000 IQ play to make her hate .
??Bonus points if she squeezes the life out of you with her own hands.??
[Well-]
??Just like Lecia.??
[You motherfucker.]
Perhaps I should develop so ti bending abilities to make it so that the fiasco with Lecia never happened.
??But I would still rember it.??
[Start counting your days then.]
??Holy fuck, you'd seriously kill over a asly joke???
[I'd sell your soul for a corn chip so what the fuck are you talking about?]
??Wao.??
Anyway, about Noelle.
Perhaps I could play the part of the 'Corrupted Hero'; the normal, kind guy who slowly descends into madness because, I dunno, soone ate his ice cream or sothing?
??Just tell them that you never moved on from the trauma of your family.??
[That works just as well.]
In fact, I could one day slaughter my family and beco an internationally wanted criminal. Then I'd manipulate the New Dawn Guild into hunting down.
They'll probably try to make give myself up and accept punishnt, but I obviously won't and a fight would ensue. During the fight, I would accidentally (Narrator: By which he ans deliberately) penetrate soone with my sword.
I'll do that right in front of Noelle and show no remorse for my actions, thus making her believe that I was too far gone so that she would end my pathetic life for my own good.
Ez peezy lemon squeezy.
??Who would you kill though???
[Lecia sounds like the easiest target; at least easier than a Regressor, a Dragon and an Ancient Vampire.]
My actions would probably traumatise Noelle for life but hey, that's a small price to pay for so peace of mind.
"Samur?"
Oh shit, I forgot I was actually a part of a completely nonsensical conversation.
"Yes, yes, I'm here."
"You suddenly zoned out." It was Voloha who had interrupted my reveries.
"I was thinking about sothing. Anyway, you were saying?"
"I was saying that whatever the New Dawn Guild can do, I can do it better. I'm the Princess of this nation."
That's… a fair point, actually.
Hmm, but what would she do about the political backlash? The Eckart Ducal family would never let her shelter without any repercussions.
In the worst-case scenario, the growing tensions could divide the ruling faction into two and start a civil war.
Which, while pretty amusing, won't be the most ideal situation.
"Why are you so obsessed with ?"
Let's try attacking her from a different angle.
I swear to god though, these types of situations are becoming really repetitive and boring. If this was a novel, I would have dropped it a long ti ago.
"You saved once. I'm just trying to return the favour."
"Oh please, you are exaggerating. I just kept you company for so ti. That can hardly be called 'saving' you."
"Maybe, but for back then, soone's company was what I needed the most." She smiled. "That is all that matters."
Wow, she's using my own subjectivity argunt against .
What is this, an intellectual conversation?
I was not ready for this type of maturity.
"Aww…"
What kind of romantic delusions are you having, Noelle?
For the nth ti in this life, 'This has beco more trouble than it's worth'.
Good grief.
"I see. Then let's do this." I put my hand in front of Azell. "A coin, please."
"Hmm?" He raised his eyebrows, but handed a gold coin nonetheless.
On one side of the coin a crown was engraved, while on the other side was the etching of what seed to be minerals.
Which one of these is the head though?
"Here's this coin. If it lands on Heads, I'll go with you. Otherwise, I'll stay with this Guild."
"What-"
Before Voloha could protest, I flicked the coin up in the air.
??Are you really leaving it up to chance???
[Why not?]
??Probably because it's sothing that will affect your life???
[Deciding which path my life will go down based on re probability sounds amusing, wouldn't you say?]
??Perhaps, but…??
[If you interfere, I'll take that as a breach of our agreent and do everything in my power to eliminate you. And I'm sure you know what happens when I do sothing while using my capabilities to their full extent.]
I'm a man of focus, commitnt and sheer fucking will.
??Wao, diplomacy's dead, huh???
[The choice is ultimately yours.]
??Well, a fight till death with the First Being sounds really exciting, but I want to maintain my role as the Reader, so I'll pass.?? He shrugged.
[A smart choice.]
??Just like you like it.??
Heh.
The coin went up while spinning. Following the laws of gravity- wait.
Ting ca the sound as the coin hit the ceiling and went off in a random direction.
Okay, so following the laws of gravity, law of conservation of montum as well as the law of action-reaction, the coin ca back to the ground.
Because it had hit the ceiling and went off in a random direction, the coin, instead of landing on my hand, landed behind Noelle.
As Noelle was standing behind the sofa and the coin landed behind her, we were unable to see the outco.
"What is it?" I asked.
Let's see where my gamble would take us.
"It is… Tails." She replied with a sigh of relief.
"Nooooo!" Voloha groaned.
??Hahahahahahahahaha!?? While the wanker laughed.
But why?
??I hadn't expected this but…??
[But?]
??Noelle lied.??
Oh my.
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