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Aftermath (I)... [Chapter 29]
🕑 Added 2022-04-26 15:39:33 +0000 UTCDaichi had no idea what Bella had done, but from the looks of it, the girl who seemed to have used some sort of Skill on him was rolling on the ground howling in pain. Anger bubbled inside his mind, he wasn’t happy over the fact that the girl had tried to manipulate him using a Skill. In other words, she had tried to take his free will.
Yes, he knew that he was a pot calling the kettle black since he also manipulated the people in the group just before coming here, but he didn’t try to brainwash them. At the same time, he also couldn’t blame the girl, she was obviously desperate to live so it wasn’t a surprise that she would use everything at her disposal to survive.
Daichi could understand where she was coming from, but that didn’t mean that he had to be happy about it. So, Daichi decided to stop Bella only after he was finished dealing with the girl’s underlings. One of them was knocked out by his mom and the other one was stabbed in the back by Roberta.
He also needed to deal with this as quickly as possible because the one-hour deadline was coming to an end, and he had no idea if he would still be able to move after the pain relief Spell expired. According to the Mana Archive, the Health parameter also represented the healing factor of a person. Daichi currently had 54 points in the Health parameter, but how would that translate to the real world…?
Anyway, he could feel the swelling of his leg decreasing, so it might be healing already… “Son, are you alright?” Kemono asked with a hint of wariness in her voice.
“Yes, yes, I am fine right now” Daichi said with a small nod of his head.
“Daichi-Senpai, what happened?” Kohta asked nervously while tightly clenching his weapon. Daichi could respect the fact that Kohta decided to know what happened before pointing his gun toward anyone, which already made him better than Yuriko and Aoba. It might be because he was a timid guy, but still had a gun in his hand and at least he had the guts to decide for himself.
Yuriko gulped loudly. “That is something I would also like to know” Yuriko muttered in a low tone. She tried to hide it well, but she was also nervous. Who wouldn't be nervous when the blade of a Katana was pressed against your jugular?
“I will answer your questions after I am done…” Daichi trailed off and he glanced toward Roberta. “Can you close his wound? I don’t want him dying if possible… We do need some grunts for odd jobs” Daichi spoke in an indifferent tone. He would prefer if the boy didn’t die, but he wasn’t a doctor, so he couldn’t say if the boy would live or not.
Yuriko was unsatisfied with the answer, but there was not much she could do in her current state and for now, she decided to wait as Daichi seemed to be a good leader and there must be a genuine reason why they reacted in such a violent manner. Meanwhile, Kohta Hirano reacted completely differently… He decided to trust Daichi and wait. Even if there wasn’t a valid reason, he still decided to trust him and stand behind him.
“Um… Yes, the knife had missed all the organs and from what I can see, I didn’t cut an important artery or anything by accident…” Roberta answered with a stoic look on her face, “Though I don’t know what would happen if I pull out my knife…” Roberta grinned viciously and yanked out the knife. The boy screamed in pain, and blood started to gush out of his wound.
“What are you doing?! He will die!” Yuriko wailed in horror after she saw the blood gushing out of the wound, but she didn’t dare make a move. The boy was somewhere around her daughter’s age, how could she stay quiet when a boy just as old as her daughter was bleeding to death right in front of her.
“If you are so worried then why don’t you keep him company? If you stop the bleeding then he might live?” Roberta questioned indifferently, she looked like she was talking about the weather. The vicious look on her face from a moment ago was completely gone.
Yuriko glanced toward Saeko, who was holding the Katana at her neck. Saeko simply removed the Katana from her neck without any emotion on her face and Yuriko immediately rushed towards the boy, bleeding on the ground. She quickly took off the boy’s blazer and then used it to keep pressure on the wound. Daichi finally turned toward Bella who was still torturing the girl, the screams were simply horrifying and Daichi decided that it was enough for now.
“Bella, you can stop” Daichi spoke nonchalantly as he slowly approached the girl writhing on the ground. Bella, who had a euphoric look on her face, finally stopped as soon as she heard Daichi’s order. It was pretty clear that she enjoyed causing pain, but right now, Daichi wasn’t going to complain. Daichi arrived near the girl. Tear streaks ran down the girl’s reddened eyes and she had also soiled herself.
“Milord, are you alright?” Bella asked in a worried tone and Daichi simply waved her off.
“I am fine. Thank you for worrying” Daichi answered back with a smile and Bella beamed at the praise. Daichi was sure that if she had a tail then she would have been wagging it right now.
“Ohhh!! Bella is not worthy of such praise when she couldn’t stop…” Bella's whole demeanor changed as she glared at the girl lying on the ground. “That Bitch from trying to ensnare you, milord. Just give ickle Bella a chance and she will rectify her mistake by gifting you boots made from her skin” Bella gushed out with a fanatical look on her face. Her voice was filled with awe, reverence, and fanatical devotion.
Daichi was left completely speechless… for a couple of seconds, Daichi simply opened and closed his mouth, gaping like a fish, unable to form any sort of reply. Daichi finally closed his mouth with a click… First of all, Daichi wasn’t a fan of leather shoes and even if he was going to wear something made out of leather, it wasn't going to be made out of human leather.
“Bella I would have to refuse your offer, and I don’t blame you in the first place” Daichi said softly and after that, he finally turned towards, the girl and kneeled down beside her. The girl seemed to be still twitching in pain… Daichi had no idea what Bella had used and how much pain it might have caused, but Daichi was extremely glad that he had Bella as his Summon.
“P–-Pl–-Please… n… no mor… more” she breathed out with a lot of difficulty. Yes, whatever Spell Bella had used had caused a lot of pain to the girl.
“What is your name?” Daichi asked softly in a polite tone. The girl’s eyes trembled for a moment before she opened her mouth to answer.
“Sa–-Sati I–-Ichi–-ka” The girl stuttered out. It was difficult to understand her words, but not impossible and Daichi could clearly guess what she was trying to say.
“Sato Ichika, what is the name of the Skill you used on me?” Daichi asked and this time the girl’s whole body trembled. Her eyes shook as once again she opened her mouth to answer, but before she could continue, her eyes rolled back and she passed out. Daichi simply released a sigh.
“How dare she pass out when you decided to grace her with your presence!! Let me teach you how to respect your betters!” Bella screeched in indignation and raised her hand, but once again, Daichi simply waved her off.
“That won’t be necessary… at least, not for now. Bella, can you use Magic to clean her?” Daichi asked as he slowly stood up and turned around to look at Bella. Bella glanced toward Ichika and glared at her for a moment before she finally nodded her head.
“Good. Clean her and put her inside our car…” After that, Daichi turned toward the others. “We are returning. Get everyone…” Daichi ordered and started to head towards the Hummer. Kemono grinned and followed her son.
“You know, Bella looks up to you like you are her God, right?” Kemono asked with a sly grin on her face and Daichi simply released a sigh.
“Yes, I know” Daichi shook his head and climbed into the vehicle. Bella levitated the girl into the back of the car after she cleaned her. After that, Kemono, Bella, and Saeko also climbed into their car while Daichi asked Roberta to travel in the other car with Yuriko and the others.
Since Yuriko was busy putting pressure on the stab wound, she couldn’t drive and even though Kohta had learned how to drive, he didn’t want to risk anything by allowing a novice to drive at night. Only after a couple of minutes of their departure, the Spell finally wore off and Daichi couldn’t help but grit his teeth in pain… He felt that someone had bashed his leg with a sledgehammer.
Even though it was quite painful, the pain wasn’t unbearable and it was slowly subsiding… So, Daichi decided to be a man and bear the pain for the time being, not that he could do anything else…
