Ch.128Acknowledging NPC. (1)

It feels like my mind and body are being forcibly separated. No, this drug they’ve given me definitely has the effect of severing the connection between body and spirit.

‘No. Please. Someone…’

Unable to even scream. Unable to lift my fallen face, I can only stare at the floor with my eyes open.

Because of the drug Elder Er Jim… no, that elf gave me, I can do nothing but stare at my body and the ground.

Really… am I really going to… again?

‘Why, why me again? Why do I always… every time… even after leaving the village…’

The first time it was a man from the village. He was a pure person, with a good reputation, and had his own family and children.

Yes, he was someone who always smiled kindly at me too.

But back then, I was just a child with absolutely no knowledge about sexual matters.

[It’s okay. It only hurts the first time. You’ll feel good soon.]

If my sister hadn’t arrived with his wife, I would have been raped by that man that day. I only understood this after the man disappeared, leaving his family behind, before the second incident happened.

It was several years after that day.

The second time, the person who warned me that I was about to be raped was, absurdly enough, the man I called father.

[…Miho, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. But I’ve really reached my limit…!!!]

That time too, it was my sister who saved me.

I never imagined that my father would feed me food with paralyzing effects and come at me like that.

That’s why.

[It’s okay. It’s okay, Miho. It’s not your fault. So don’t worry about it. Understand? It’s all, all your sister’s fault.]

The memory of that day when my sister cut off my father’s neck to save me, and my mother collapsed screaming at the sight, is still vivid like a nightmare.

After that, my mother disappeared somewhere, and my sister raised me almost in confinement.

I didn’t think my sister’s actions were… wrong.

And fortunately, I was a nocturnal beastkin, and my sister would take me outside during the dawn hours when there were no people around.

[Miho. Don’t you hate the village?]

I did hate it. Even going out at dawn, I wasn’t the only nocturnal beastkin, and I always noticed how the males’ eyes all turned from human to beast whenever they met mine.

[Then, shall we train together?]

It was harsh. My sister always swung her sword with a smile, and I fought her bare-handed.

Of course, my sister taught me combat while perfectly controlling her movements so that not even a scratch appeared on my skin, but as I grew stronger, her sword touched my body more frequently.

[Hehe. Look at our Miho’s skin. So smooth, and your breasts have already grown so big. Come here, sister will apply medicine for you.]

My sister’s touch felt good.

And she always told me that it was okay because we were both women, both females. She told me to never forgive any males who tried to touch my body.

My sister always applied medicine everywhere from my cleavage to the tip of my tail.

Even places that weren’t injured. Yes, my sister’s touch felt good ‘everywhere.’

[…Miho. You’ve become incredibly strong now, you know? So, how about leaving the village? I found out that Elder Green Stone, you know him? He’s hiding in a human village called Aigram…]

…My sister’s eyes, too, were gradually changing.

It was the limit. Even my sister, whom I loved and was the only one I could trust, was beginning to revert to a beast in front of a ‘white tiger beastkin.’ I didn’t want to acknowledge this fact.

[Okay. I’ll go. Sister, see you later. I’ll become so strong that no one will ever be able to touch my body.]

[Yes, and here. This is the revelation Elder wrote when you were born. He originally said to give it to you when you turn twenty, but I’ll give it to you a little early.]

The paper with the revelation that was originally entrusted to my parents. It contained various details about the white tiger beastkin born once every thousand years, and what the Elder had written down after receiving a revelation on the day I was born.

…I didn’t think much of it. I couldn’t think about it. I didn’t want to think about it.

Because it seemed to say that because of me, the world would fall into chaos.

[Listen, Miho. Sister always loves you, to death, truly enough to give my life for you. So, wherever you go, you’re never alone. Sister, even this sister will someday…!!]

My sister, with tears in her eyes, hugged me, and while she truly didn’t want to send me away, she pushed me away as if she had no choice but to send me with all her might.

‘…I would have rather been pounced on by my sister.’

I gradually sense someone approaching outside the cave.

Even now, with my mind and body separated, my sense of smell and hearing, strengthened by the night, forcibly push information into my floating consciousness.

‘…Ah. Sister, I’m sorry. I don’t think I can make it.’

My mind froze with viscous fear at his words about making me bear a human’s half-breed, and I couldn’t even resist the drug the elf fed me.

And I feel presences gradually approaching from outside the cave.

Is this my fate… as a female born as a white tiger…

[I said no! Just go away!! Get off me!! Ah, you crazy lesbian pervert!! I’m telling you this is bad for emotional education!! Aaagh!!! Tigers shouldn’t whimper!! Gor!!! Get her off me!!!]

…That man was different.

The face and voice of the man who loved his sister dearly, just like my sister loved me, suddenly comes to mind.

That man, who could have done whatever he wanted with my body when my mind was broken, was different from other males.

[Damn giant cat-dog!! Is my stomach your home?! Damn, so this is why cat owners are called servants, servants?]

Every night when I climbed on top of him, he would genuinely act annoyed, not touching me but just grabbing my shoulders to push me away, and when I climbed back on, he would finally give up with a sigh and just pat my head.

[…Should I feed her less? She’s gotten heavier again… Whew. I really have nowhere to look.]

Though his face turned red when he saw my chest or thighs, as if refusing to give in to lust, he would just turn his head away and wrap me in a blanket so he couldn’t see my body, and go to sleep like that.

That man only held me as much as I leaned on him, when I was truly a ‘beast.’

‘…Hic, please. Save me… Jack…’

Though it’s not clear because of the drug, I start to sense a thick mixture of blood and male scent, and tears overflow without me realizing it.

I thought my body and spirit were separated, but tears still flow.

My head is forcibly lifted. Because of my fallen bangs, I can’t see anything, but something long and hard forcibly enters my mouth, pushing in something sticky and bitter.

‘…No… Please. Don’t do this…’

-Gulp. Gulp.

“…Ja…ck.”

“Yes, baby. Why are you calling me?”

“…Huh?”

-Swoosh.

The bangs covering my view are lifted. And what I see is a handsome human man with gray hair, his eyes much more droopy than usual.

“What is it? …Are you crying?”

“…Jack?”

-Kiing!!

“…Hey. I’m asking this carefully, so, um, don’t misunderstand and please don’t report this, okay?”

He easily tears off the chain around my neck with both hands and whispers softly in my ear.

“…Um, maybe. Is it. Already too late?”

I instinctively throw my arms around his neck and hold him tightly.

*

“Huff! Huff! Huff!!!”

“Sigh. Er Jim. It’s over. Give up.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! Green Stone!! Can you feel nothing after seeing that?!!”

Jack had knocked Er Jim away, but he quickly regained his sword and stood up again, though he was incomparably weaker than before.

He told me to handle it, but then he went and half-killed him himself.

No, was it deliberate? Did he only half-kill him because, as I said, he shouldn’t kill him himself?

What an absurd man, really.

-Clang! Clang!!!

“Kuk!!”

“Er Jim. Your sword, no. Your skill has been completely countered by him. And now I can feel it. Your swordsmanship is already far below mine.”

“Nooo!!! Even after such terrible things happened to our kin, you still speak of humans!!!”

…Hmm. It certainly is terrible.

The elves who got back up earlier, and even those who didn’t get up. Jack burst all their groins and went into the cave.

The sight of all of them holding their groins with both hands and foaming at the mouth makes even me want to help them.

“It’s karma. I told you why…”

“…Karma, karma? KARMA?!!”

-Swish!!

-Clang!!!

“Kuk?”

A drawing technique so fast it’s hard to believe it comes from a dying, castrated old man. For a moment, I forgot the skill counter he taught me and focused only on defense.

“…It’s hard to believe you’re the one who taught me swordsmanship. An attack that entrusts everything to anger.”

“What would you know!! You young one have no reason to know!! That truly, truly, humans are the ones who should bear karma and suffer!!!”

“That’s why I’ve been saying repeatedly!! Let’s talk!! About your hatred for humans!! And for the future!!!”

Wind clashes with wind.

Like drawing new constellations under the dark night sky, silver lines cross and cross again, until the silver lines form what could almost be called a plane. And then.

-Swish, slash!!!

“Kuhek?!!”

“Huff, huff. That was shallow.”

A red line is drawn among the silver lines, and Er Jim steps back. At a glance, it seems Green Stone has won, but he is not without injuries either.

He spoke of it easily, but that skill is really annoying to counter.

“Haa. Haa. Talk? Talk… Kekek. You don’t know. That there is hatred, anger, and helplessness that can never be resolved through dialogue.”

“…If we don’t talk, we’ll forever remain in place.”

“Even if we talk, there are things you can never understand unless you experience them directly.”

“Why? Until 3,000 years ago, your hatred toward humans wasn’t this strong, was it? Even hurting people of our country, this isn’t like you.”

-Shing.

“……”

Er Jim quietly put his sword back in its scabbard and silently looked at Green Stone.

As if saying this is the answer.

“…If I win, you must tell me everything.”

And I also sheathed my sword and took the same drawing stance. At that moment, a cold night wind began to blow.

-Swish!!

Two lines cut each other’s necks.

-Thud.

“…Kuhek.”

“My victory, Master.”

The elf elder’s crooked staff was completely broken.