Kidnapping the Hero Party

166. Start (8)

166. Start (8)

“It’s a little quieter now.”

“Nyaang.”

“… What was that sound just now?”

I think he said he could save the old man.

That’s probably my mood.

“There is no such thing as magic to save people.”

“Nyaang-“

Kwaak-

Saten hugged the kitten in her arms.

Since Mr.

He couldn’t stand the emptiness unless he was holding a cat.

“Come to think of it, I’m sorry. It’s time to eat. Luna must have prepared again.”

“Nya-“

“… Is Kkamnyangi hungry?”

Kkamnyang nodded her head as if she understood Saten’s words.

Saten had no choice but to get up from the bed with the kitten in her arms.

She skipped all her magic studies and lay in bed every day, but she couldn’t starve the kitten, so she moved.

And Saten, standing in front of the door, couldn’t open the door.

“… “

“Nya-“

“… Wait for me, kamnyang. We need to be prepared. It is still difficult to face.”

Haa- Haa-

Saten exhaled heavily as her breathing became difficult.

She couldn’t breathe as she imagined what it must have been like outside without an uncle in the world.

She was nothing but colorless gray outside from her gaze.

“Nya- Nyaa-“

“… Thank you for your concern. I will rest for a while.”

Saten held the kitten in her arms and held her breath for a while.

A present left by the uncle.

A cat is a living creature.

With the uncle gone, Saten unconsciously relied on the Kkamnyangi.

When she fell she couldn’t feel it again because she felt like back then.

“… I’ve calmed down a bit now.”

Gulp-

Saten swallowed her saliva and turned her knob with her determination.

The door opened and I could see the tranquil scene of the house.

She couldn’t see anymore, so she lowered her gaze to check the items Hare had left behind.

“Is it books and food… “

Saten quickly shoved her items into her room and tried to close the door again.

However, at that moment.

“Wait.”

A slender hand appeared through the closing door.

“… It’s too late, corner wizard. Is it hard for me to wait?”

After two hours, Hare, whose patience reached the limit, broke into Saten’s room and sat down on the bed.

Hare said as she dropped her leg to express her anxiety.

“… Quick, let’s talk. Saten.”

“What are we talking about… ?”

“The story of defeating the demon king.”

“… “

Saten has become very timid.

She mumbled her mouth for a moment then opened her mouth.

“… Unless you’re talking about going outside, I’ll do it. It’s scary to be outside without you.”

Hikikomori.

Saten, who was always confident in her, had become a loner in the corner of her room that she did not like to go out.

Hare, who suffered cognitive dissonance at that appearance, couldn’t help but feel more nervous.

***

Standing tightly with the cat in her arms, Saten answered in a questioning tone.

“… If you kill all the demon lords, you say you can revive your uncle?”

“According to Luna, the goddess can grant our wishes. You can bring the old man back to life with a wish.”

“Is that so?”

Hare couldn’t understand Saten’s insensitive reaction.

Why did she react like that to her words that she could save the uncle?

Actually, am I the only one who wants to bring the old man back to life?

Are those conscienceless children good for you to be dead?

From Hare’s point of view, they couldn’t understand why they didn’t reach out for hope.

“… What’s your reaction Don’t you want to bring Uncle back to life?”

“No, I want to bring you back to life too. I want to bring people back to life even if it means sacrificing them. But, with the knowledge I know, I don’t understand.”

“I don’t understand something… ?”

“The act of bringing people back to life. In magic, they say that can never happen.”

Saten took a book from her bookshelf.

There was a book about non-attribute magic that was a keepsake of the uncle.

Saten opened her book and began to read one of her passages out loud.

“There is no such thing as nothing. The dead go back to being nothing. You can’t recreate something in the world that doesn’t exist. This is a truth that never changes.”

“… So, are you saying that the goddess that she can bring you back to life is a lie? That, then-“

You mean you can’t bring him back?

Facing Hare, who was about to run wild with her hands shaking, Saten spoke hastily.

It was because he was afraid that his room full of uncle’s things would be destroyed.

“I don’t know. It is literally the power of the goddess. You may come back to life.”

“… Then, do you agree with killing all the demon lords?”

“Agree… It is my position.”

Saten couldn’t answer with certainty.

Will she be able to leave this room and go to subdue the Demon King?

She wasn’t quite sure.

“I am in favor, but the decision is still… “

“Then I’ll give you time to decide. Day.”

“Ha, a day is too short.”

“Okay, until I convince Estiya. I’ll give you time until then.”

“… “

It feels like nothing has changed…

Saten felt a bit betrayed by her, but she couldn’t resist Hare’s hasty action.

She did not have the composure and energy to respond calmly.

So, after Hare left Saten, she lay down on the bed again, lost in thought.

“Can I get out of the world without you… “

I feel like my heart will break when I face a world without that light.

Is it okay for me to go outside?

Saten learns the meaning of her own existence because of her uncle.

She opened the book containing the will of her uncle that Hare had left behind.

As she looked at the book filled with dense letters over and over again, Saten began to think about what she should do.

“As expected, I want to see you… “

***

Gulp-

Luna swallowed her dry saliva, summoned her courage and knocked on her door.

Smart-

“Estiya… Are you sleeping… ?”

“… “

No answer.

By any chance, is Estiya sleeping?

Luna knocked on the door again.

Smart-

“Estiya, would you like to talk to me?”

“… “

As expected, there is no answer.

Luna began to worry about Estiya’s condition.

‘I usually don’t eat properly, but I don’t even have an answer… ‘

Couldn’t he have died like this?

The saintess is an important being in order to annihilate the demon lord.

With a bad thought running through her head, Luna decided to make her choice.

A very strong choice.

“Eh, Estiya! I’ll go in!”

Kwaang-!!

Luna broke down her door and broke into Estiya’s room.

She saw Estiya lying on the bed through the rising dust.

Luna hurriedly ran to find out her condition.

“Eh, Estiya!”

“Ugh… uh… Eww… ?”

“Sir, you drank the holy water, you!”

There was a cup on the shelf next to the bed.

I don’t know how much holy water Estiya consumed.

Looking at Estiya’s current condition, it felt like she had overdosed on holy water.

Her body was as cold as ice, and she seemed to have lost her ability to speak.

“Ugh, ugh…” “

“Looks like I’m about to die! Eh, what should I do?!”

You have to roll her head.

However, her head didn’t turn properly, so Luna asked for her holy sword.

“Holy Sword! Estiya’s condition is not good! What should I do?!”

-The saintess’ body had a peculiar constitution. The nature of her divine power is unusual. However, she simply overdosed on that divine power. Her condition will not be good. She will become quite dependent.

“Well, then what should I do!?”

-Make her depend on you instead of the saintess. The effect of divine power fades when there is a target to rely on.

“Why?!”

-Believe in God are people who have no one to depend on. If you don’t rely on God, it’s natural that the effect will drop.

At the words of her holy sword, Luna nodded her head.

I didn’t understand it properly, but I just need to make it dependent anyway.

‘How can I make them depend on me?!’

To reduce the effectiveness of the holy water.

How to make me dependent.

She couldn’t think of a particularly good way, but Luna remembered what her uncle had done in the past.

‘Mr. When Estiya was not feeling well, she was holding her.’

She hasn’t shown it since she was caught spying.

Obviously, the uncle hugged Estiya after drinking the holy water.

Isn’t that hugging action weakening the effectiveness of the holy water?

Luna immediately put her idea into action.

“Eh, Estiya! I will hug you!”

“Ugh, ugh… uh… “

Estiya was not feeling well, and her saliva was drooling.

There were many empty corners in her heart after the uncle was gone, and she tried to fill them with holy water.

As Luna hugged Estiya for a while, Estiya let out a faint smile as if her pain had gone.

“Ah… me… “

“… Are you dreaming?”

“Heh, heh… ah… eww… me… “

I don’t know what I’m dreaming of.

Estiya seemed to be lost in her dreams, calling out to her uncle over and over again.

Seeing that, Luna felt sorry for her, and at the same time, had a little resentment towards her uncle.

“Everyone is having such a hard time without you, but why did you leave us, really… “

If it hurts that much.

You can at least talk to us…

“… No, sir, there is no reason to speak. Because I’m not trustworthy.”

Indulging in such a small thought, her Luna’s conclusion eventually turned into an arrow against her own.

“If I did well… I wish I could have eased your pain… “

Her end turned into her regrets about herself, Luna.

Her hero, Luna, was only hugging her until her Estiya woke up.

The uncle’s vacancy was too huge for the warrior party.