Chapter 42: Quiet story Alice and Takumi
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I can still remember vividly what it was like when I started living with Alice.
Every day was a risk to my life.
It would still have been somewhat better to have a wild dragon.
Its power would engulf and destroy anyone near it.
Alice.
What?
One day, while camping, he was attacked by a huge beast.
It was called Bobo Boa, a boa that was considerably larger than the normal boa, but Alice's blow shattered it into pieces of wood.
In addition, the tent at the camp was blown away.
Furthermore, I was also blown up and mortally wounded.
I'm not sure if I'd be in danger if it weren't for Sasha's recovery magic.
''Will Alice eat all of this boboa that you just defeated?
No, I ate dinner, I'm full.
Alice quickly learned people's language.
Her intelligence is high and she quickly learns what I teach her.
'Then you shouldn't have knocked him down like this. All you had to do was get rid of him.
Really?
'Oh, yes. To take a life is to live with that life.
Then she stroked her head and Alice laughed like a flower in a flash.
'Then we'll clean up together. I'll make a nice pot of tea for you tomorrow.
Wow.
One by one, slowly, I will teach her.
I hope that one day Alice will be able to live in this world as a normal person.
"My Father in heaven, God of creation. God of Creation, My Father in Heaven, God of Creation, My Mother on Earth, the Great Spirit, who gives us the blessings of many lives today. I thank you for the blessings of many lives that you bestow upon us this day.
In the morning, I say a pre-dinner prayer in front of the Bobo Boa pot.
'What's that?'
'Every day I say thank you, I'm happy to eat my food, I'm thankful for it. It's not necessary to say it out loud. You don't have to say it out loud, just think it in your heart.
"Hmm.
Did he understand or not?
Alice is mimicking me, putting her hands together and giggling.
When she was done, she looked at me with a twinkle in her eye for some reason.
I hadn't thought at the time that this prayer would be the start of a grand misunderstanding.
Now that I think about it, Alice's misunderstanding accelerated from this moment onwards.
While I was taking on various quests along with Nurhachi and everyone else, I was constantly slowing down the party.
I thought Alice would soon realize that I was just a shitty little fish and would be dismayed.
But every time I showed off my little fishyness, Alice would look at me with even more respect.
'It's amazing that you managed to catch such a small rabbi without breaking him, Takumi.
My attacks were so poor that I couldn't kill even the smallest of small animals with a single blow.
You have more power than I do, and you can go easy on them without letting them out at all. It's really amazing!
I don't have that kind of power.
It's a horrible misunderstanding, but I've decided to leave it at that.
Alice is trying to learn to imitate me and learn to go easy on me.
Hopefully, she can control her immense power and live a normal life with everyone else.
That's what I thought.
But that naive thought would lead to tragedy.
Alice is so aware of the tame nature of the situation that she begins to force herself to suppress her power.
The powerful force that has no place to go is building up inside Alice.
The incident occurred after half a year of living with Alice.
Alice, who had learned to take it easy, no longer crushed the monster with a single blow.
She was able to defeat the monsters as well as stun them, and she was able to handle requests to capture them.
But the one she encountered in the Valley of Chaos was different from the one she had encountered before.
I don't know how he was born.
However, the guy who fused and mixed up various monsters was a mutant called a chimera, and even when he was hit by Alice's blow, he didn't faint and fought back.
For the first time, Alice was caught off guard.
Alice wasn't the only one.
Nuruhachi, Rick, Sasha, Batts, and I, and the whole party, were overconfident and caught off guard by Alice's blow.
Alice reflexively dodged the chimera's counterattack.
But beyond that, the dumbass me stood there dumbfounded.
My body crumpled with a crunching sound.
I don't know what happened.
In my fading consciousness, I only knew that something bad had happened.
'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Alice let out a scream that sounded like a yell.
The consciousness that had been about to be interrupted was brought back.
An unbelievable amount of power was erupting from Alice.
A power surge occurred.
With Alice's scream, the chimera was torn to pieces in an instant.
Blood and pieces of flesh poured down on Alice like rain.
Even though the decision was made, Alice's outburst didn't stop.
'Stop it, Alice! Sasha, you get to help Takumi heal. Rick, you'll be defending everyone. Batts, you'll support Nuruhachii.
I've never seen a Nuruhachi so flustered before.
That's how out of the ordinary Alice is right now.
'Takumi, don't move! Recovery is a good thing: ......
I shook off Sasha's restraint and walked over to Alice.
'Get away from it. That thing is out of control! ......!
In an attempt to stop me, Nuruhachi got blown away by Alice, who got in between us.
It was as if Batts' sense of danger was not in time.
Alice was so controlled by her immense power that she couldn't control her destructive urges.
For the first time, I ignored Nuruhachi's orders.
I couldn't leave Alice in such a state.
Alice, who had been able to control her powers, had gone so out of control because I was hurt.
I limped closer to Alice.
Strangely, there was no fear.
Ah, well.
I always felt like something was missing.
No matter how hard I tried, I would never gain strength.
I always had that empty feeling, as if I was constantly filling a bowl with water with a hole in it.
What was the purpose of being born for?
Am I going to die without accomplishing anything?
Thinking about these questions, I came here as the weakest, longing to be an adventurer, protected by Nuruhachi and others.
But now I see clearly.
Just as the strongest beings are in this world, so are the weakest.
I was born for this, to stop Alice.
Alice's all-powerful fist is in front of me.
I didn't even try to avoid it.
No, there was no way I could avoid it.
Was it an accident? Was it a miracle?
It was fate, after all.
My injured body could no longer support its own weight, and I collapsed to the spot.
Alice's fist passed over my head as if to scrape through.
I keep going, plop, and place my hand on Alice's head.
'...... Takumi?'
Instantly, Alice, who had been running out of control, came to herself.
'Takumi, what's wrong? I'm bleeding!
Perhaps her memory was fading, but Alice didn't seem to understand the situation.
'It's okay, Alice,'
I pat Alice's head.
'Don't worry about it anymore. It's all over.
A dismembered chimera. A Nuruhachi blown to pieces and stuck to the ground. And she stares at me, covered in wounds.
Takumi is amazing. Even with my full strength, I'm no match for you.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Alice still crumpled her face and smiled as best she could.
'Takumi is the strongest in the universe, isn't he?
I laughed heartily as I stroked Alice's head too, and said.
'Yeah, you know exactly what I'm talking about,'
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I can still remember vividly what it was like when I started living with Alice.
Every day was a risk to my life.
It would still have been somewhat better to have a wild dragon.
Its power would engulf and destroy anyone near it.
Alice.
What?
One day, while camping, he was attacked by a huge beast.
It was called Bobo Boa, a boa that was considerably larger than the normal boa, but Alice's blow shattered it into pieces of wood.
In addition, the tent at the camp was blown away.
Furthermore, I was also blown up and mortally wounded.
I'm not sure if I'd be in danger if it weren't for Sasha's recovery magic.
''Will Alice eat all of this boboa that you just defeated?
No, I ate dinner, I'm full.
Alice quickly learned people's language.
Her intelligence is high and she quickly learns what I teach her.
'Then you shouldn't have knocked him down like this. All you had to do was get rid of him.
Really?
'Oh, yes. To take a life is to live with that life.
Then she stroked her head and Alice laughed like a flower in a flash.
'Then we'll clean up together. I'll make a nice pot of tea for you tomorrow.
Wow.
One by one, slowly, I will teach her.
I hope that one day Alice will be able to live in this world as a normal person.
"My Father in heaven, God of creation. God of Creation, My Father in Heaven, God of Creation, My Mother on Earth, the Great Spirit, who gives us the blessings of many lives today. I thank you for the blessings of many lives that you bestow upon us this day.
In the morning, I say a pre-dinner prayer in front of the Bobo Boa pot.
'What's that?'
'Every day I say thank you, I'm happy to eat my food, I'm thankful for it. It's not necessary to say it out loud. You don't have to say it out loud, just think it in your heart.
"Hmm.
Did he understand or not?
Alice is mimicking me, putting her hands together and giggling.
When she was done, she looked at me with a twinkle in her eye for some reason.
I hadn't thought at the time that this prayer would be the start of a grand misunderstanding.
Now that I think about it, Alice's misunderstanding accelerated from this moment onwards.
While I was taking on various quests along with Nurhachi and everyone else, I was constantly slowing down the party.
I thought Alice would soon realize that I was just a shitty little fish and would be dismayed.
But every time I showed off my little fishyness, Alice would look at me with even more respect.
'It's amazing that you managed to catch such a small rabbi without breaking him, Takumi.
My attacks were so poor that I couldn't kill even the smallest of small animals with a single blow.
You have more power than I do, and you can go easy on them without letting them out at all. It's really amazing!
I don't have that kind of power.
It's a horrible misunderstanding, but I've decided to leave it at that.
Alice is trying to learn to imitate me and learn to go easy on me.
Hopefully, she can control her immense power and live a normal life with everyone else.
That's what I thought.
But that naive thought would lead to tragedy.
Alice is so aware of the tame nature of the situation that she begins to force herself to suppress her power.
The powerful force that has no place to go is building up inside Alice.
The incident occurred after half a year of living with Alice.
Alice, who had learned to take it easy, no longer crushed the monster with a single blow.
She was able to defeat the monsters as well as stun them, and she was able to handle requests to capture them.
But the one she encountered in the Valley of Chaos was different from the one she had encountered before.
I don't know how he was born.
However, the guy who fused and mixed up various monsters was a mutant called a chimera, and even when he was hit by Alice's blow, he didn't faint and fought back.
For the first time, Alice was caught off guard.
Alice wasn't the only one.
Nuruhachi, Rick, Sasha, Batts, and I, and the whole party, were overconfident and caught off guard by Alice's blow.
Alice reflexively dodged the chimera's counterattack.
But beyond that, the dumbass me stood there dumbfounded.
My body crumpled with a crunching sound.
I don't know what happened.
In my fading consciousness, I only knew that something bad had happened.
'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Alice let out a scream that sounded like a yell.
The consciousness that had been about to be interrupted was brought back.
An unbelievable amount of power was erupting from Alice.
A power surge occurred.
With Alice's scream, the chimera was torn to pieces in an instant.
Blood and pieces of flesh poured down on Alice like rain.
Even though the decision was made, Alice's outburst didn't stop.
'Stop it, Alice! Sasha, you get to help Takumi heal. Rick, you'll be defending everyone. Batts, you'll support Nuruhachii.
I've never seen a Nuruhachi so flustered before.
That's how out of the ordinary Alice is right now.
'Takumi, don't move! Recovery is a good thing: ......
I shook off Sasha's restraint and walked over to Alice.
'Get away from it. That thing is out of control! ......!
In an attempt to stop me, Nuruhachi got blown away by Alice, who got in between us.
It was as if Batts' sense of danger was not in time.
Alice was so controlled by her immense power that she couldn't control her destructive urges.
For the first time, I ignored Nuruhachi's orders.
I couldn't leave Alice in such a state.
Alice, who had been able to control her powers, had gone so out of control because I was hurt.
I limped closer to Alice.
Strangely, there was no fear.
Ah, well.
I always felt like something was missing.
No matter how hard I tried, I would never gain strength.
I always had that empty feeling, as if I was constantly filling a bowl with water with a hole in it.
What was the purpose of being born for?
Am I going to die without accomplishing anything?
Thinking about these questions, I came here as the weakest, longing to be an adventurer, protected by Nuruhachi and others.
But now I see clearly.
Just as the strongest beings are in this world, so are the weakest.
I was born for this, to stop Alice.
Alice's all-powerful fist is in front of me.
I didn't even try to avoid it.
No, there was no way I could avoid it.
Was it an accident? Was it a miracle?
It was fate, after all.
My injured body could no longer support its own weight, and I collapsed to the spot.
Alice's fist passed over my head as if to scrape through.
I keep going, plop, and place my hand on Alice's head.
'...... Takumi?'
Instantly, Alice, who had been running out of control, came to herself.
'Takumi, what's wrong? I'm bleeding!
Perhaps her memory was fading, but Alice didn't seem to understand the situation.
'It's okay, Alice,'
I pat Alice's head.
'Don't worry about it anymore. It's all over.
A dismembered chimera. A Nuruhachi blown to pieces and stuck to the ground. And she stares at me, covered in wounds.
Takumi is amazing. Even with my full strength, I'm no match for you.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Alice still crumpled her face and smiled as best she could.
'Takumi is the strongest in the universe, isn't he?
I laughed heartily as I stroked Alice's head too, and said.
'Yeah, you know exactly what I'm talking about,'
I can still remember vividly what it was like when I started living with Alice.Every day was a risk to my life.It would still have been somewhat better to have a wild dragon.Its power would engulf and destroy anyone near it.Alice.What?One day, while camping, he was attacked by a huge beast.It was called Bobo Boa, a boa that was considerably larger than the normal boa, but Alice's blow shattered it into pieces of wood.In addition, the tent at the camp was blown away.Furthermore, I was also blown up and mortally wounded.I'm not sure if I'd be in danger if it weren't for Sasha's recovery magic.''Will Alice eat all of this boboa that you just defeated?No, I ate dinner, I'm full.Alice quickly learned people's language.Her intelligence is high and she quickly learns what I teach her.'Then you shouldn't have knocked him down like this. All you had to do was get rid of him.Really?'Oh, yes. To take a life is to live with that life.Then she stroked her head and Alice laughed like a flower in a flash.'Then we'll clean up together. I'll make a nice pot of tea for you tomorrow.Wow.One by one, slowly, I will teach her.I hope that one day Alice will be able to live in this world as a normal person."My Father in heaven, God of creation. God of Creation, My Father in Heaven, God of Creation, My Mother on Earth, the Great Spirit, who gives us the blessings of many lives today. I thank you for the blessings of many lives that you bestow upon us this day.In the morning, I say a pre-dinner prayer in front of the Bobo Boa pot.'What's that?''Every day I say thank you, I'm happy to eat my food, I'm thankful for it. It's not necessary to say it out loud. You don't have to say it out loud, just think it in your heart."Hmm.Did he understand or not?Alice is mimicking me, putting her hands together and giggling.When she was done, she looked at me with a twinkle in her eye for some reason.I hadn't thought at the time that this prayer would be the start of a grand misunderstanding.Now that I think about it, Alice's misunderstanding accelerated from this moment onwards.While I was taking on various quests along with Nurhachi and everyone else, I was constantly slowing down the party.I thought Alice would soon realize that I was just a shitty little fish and would be dismayed.But every time I showed off my little fishyness, Alice would look at me with even more respect.'It's amazing that you managed to catch such a small rabbi without breaking him, Takumi.My attacks were so poor that I couldn't kill even the smallest of small animals with a single blow.You have more power than I do, and you can go easy on them without letting them out at all. It's really amazing!I don't have that kind of power.It's a horrible misunderstanding, but I've decided to leave it at that.Alice is trying to learn to imitate me and learn to go easy on me.Hopefully, she can control her immense power and live a normal life with everyone else.That's what I thought.But that naive thought would lead to tragedy.Alice is so aware of the tame nature of the situation that she begins to force herself to suppress her power.The powerful force that has no place to go is building up inside Alice.The incident occurred after half a year of living with Alice.Alice, who had learned to take it easy, no longer crushed the monster with a single blow.She was able to defeat the monsters as well as stun them, and she was able to handle requests to capture them.But the one she encountered in the Valley of Chaos was different from the one she had encountered before.I don't know how he was born.However, the guy who fused and mixed up various monsters was a mutant called a chimera, and even when he was hit by Alice's blow, he didn't faint and fought back.For the first time, Alice was caught off guard.Alice wasn't the only one.Nuruhachi, Rick, Sasha, Batts, and I, and the whole party, were overconfident and caught off guard by Alice's blow.Alice reflexively dodged the chimera's counterattack.But beyond that, the dumbass me stood there dumbfounded.My body crumpled with a crunching sound.I don't know what happened.In my fading consciousness, I only knew that something bad had happened.'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!Alice let out a scream that sounded like a yell.The consciousness that had been about to be interrupted was brought back.An unbelievable amount of power was erupting from Alice.A power surge occurred.With Alice's scream, the chimera was torn to pieces in an instant.Blood and pieces of flesh poured down on Alice like rain.Even though the decision was made, Alice's outburst didn't stop.'Stop it, Alice! Sasha, you get to help Takumi heal. Rick, you'll be defending everyone. Batts, you'll support Nuruhachii.I've never seen a Nuruhachi so flustered before.That's how out of the ordinary Alice is right now.'Takumi, don't move! Recovery is a good thing: ......I shook off Sasha's restraint and walked over to Alice.'Get away from it. That thing is out of control! ......!In an attempt to stop me, Nuruhachi got blown away by Alice, who got in between us.It was as if Batts' sense of danger was not in time.Alice was so controlled by her immense power that she couldn't control her destructive urges.For the first time, I ignored Nuruhachi's orders.I couldn't leave Alice in such a state.Alice, who had been able to control her powers, had gone so out of control because I was hurt.I limped closer to Alice.Strangely, there was no fear.Ah, well.I always felt like something was missing.No matter how hard I tried, I would never gain strength.I always had that empty feeling, as if I was constantly filling a bowl with water with a hole in it.What was the purpose of being born for?Am I going to die without accomplishing anything?Thinking about these questions, I came here as the weakest, longing to be an adventurer, protected by Nuruhachi and others.But now I see clearly.Just as the strongest beings are in this world, so are the weakest.I was born for this, to stop Alice.Alice's all-powerful fist is in front of me.I didn't even try to avoid it.No, there was no way I could avoid it.Was it an accident? Was it a miracle?It was fate, after all.My injured body could no longer support its own weight, and I collapsed to the spot.Alice's fist passed over my head as if to scrape through.I keep going, plop, and place my hand on Alice's head.'...... Takumi?'Instantly, Alice, who had been running out of control, came to herself.'Takumi, what's wrong? I'm bleeding!Perhaps her memory was fading, but Alice didn't seem to understand the situation.'It's okay, Alice,'I pat Alice's head.'Don't worry about it anymore. It's all over.A dismembered chimera. A Nuruhachi blown to pieces and stuck to the ground. And she stares at me, covered in wounds.Takumi is amazing. Even with my full strength, I'm no match for you.With tears welling up in her eyes, Alice still crumpled her face and smiled as best she could.'Takumi is the strongest in the universe, isn't he?I laughed heartily as I stroked Alice's head too, and said.'Yeah, you know exactly what I'm talking about,'
