episode_0011

Why did I punch him in the face?

There are various reasons, but it’s not simply because I felt bad.

If I had to say, it’s to take control of the situation.

And above all else.

“An orphanage.”

Eclipse’s mouth opens, and a cold voice flows out.

“There’s no trash quite like this trash.”

Eclipse is perfectly acting like she’s angry, as anyone can see.

And the others are looking at us with bewildered expressions.

“…E, Eclipse?”

The origin of this incident mutters in a flustered voice, and.

“Eclipse…”

Firebringer looks at Eclipse worriedly because she heard my words.

And Eclipse, who heard those words,

Was staring intently at me.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the talent to communicate with others through my eyes, and I hadn’t been close to Eclipse for a long enough time to properly convey each other’s feelings with our eyes, so I’m just going to do as we promised.

“…”

And, fortunately, whether she understood me to some extent, Eclipse turns her gaze to the man.

“Is it you?”

A word containing numerous meanings.

For the instigator of this incident, it would be a death sentence, and to me, the words I heard were this.

[If I take him down, is that okay?]

“Yeah. I decided to lend some strength to this guy’s great intentions. In return, he decided to help me with my revenge.”

[That’s him. You can take him down.]

“…”

Eclipse looks at me for a moment.

The emotion contained in her gaze is… …gratitude?

What is she thankful for?

No, now is not the time to be thinking about that.

Eclipse waves her hand, and at the same time, the man quickly does a backflip.

What was his name again? Hyeonsang, I think.

“Damn it…!”

“Where do you think you’re going?”

The man makes a bewildered expression, and at the same time, Eclipse snaps her fingers.

With a clear sound, darkness falls before our eyes.

No, to be exact, I should say it felt that way.

“Ah, I can’t see!”

“Kyaaak!”

“Mom!”

I hear other people shouting in bewildered expressions.

She covered our eyes with darkness.

I never taught her this, but her application skills are surprisingly fast.

I was thinking that for a moment.

The darkness covering my eyes falls.

“…”

Eclipse was staring intently at me.

“You’re not surprised.”

“Because I thought you would do well.”

“…”

Eclipse looks around and clears her throat.

“So, what’s going on?”

Eclipse comes to me and whispers.

“There was an attack.”

“…An orphanage attack?”

“Yeah.”

“You knew about that?”

“…”

Should I say I knew about it, or should I say I didn’t?

I can’t say I knew about it because I wasn’t the one who led this attack, and I can’t say I didn’t know because I had predicted to some extent that this danger would come.

Okay. Let’s just say I knew-

“…No. Never mind I asked.”

Eclipse mutters with a complicated expression and shakes her head.

“If you had told me, I could have done better.”

What is she saying.

I stare intently at Eclipse, and Eclipse smiles bitterly.

“Don’t look at me like that. I came here now, so I’ll do my best.”

What kind of expression did I have? I just had an expression that said, What nonsense are you talking about?

But now was not the time or the space to nitpick about that.

“So, what’s the situation?”

“The entire orphanage has been occupied by something.”

“You don’t know what it is?”

“Some kind of… spider web? Something like sticky and dirty slime… should I say?”

“A power user.”

Eclipse mutters in a firm voice and then nods.

“Okay. So, what’s next?”

“I think that guy is the culprit.”

“…”

Eclipse’s gaze is directed at the man who is thrashing around to remove the darkness covering his eyes.

“…Something’s strange.”

She frowns.

“What is?”

“He’s too lacking to be the culprit, and above all, he’s just standing still right now.”

“…”

“If he had the ability to block the entire orphanage and tie up all the children at once, as you said, he shouldn’t be caught this easily.”

That’s not wrong.

That’s why the guy named Hyeonsang who is acting like an idiot over there seemed too lacking.

Then why did the survival rate become 0% when I grabbed that guy’s hand?

I hurriedly concentrate and the inorganic voice sounds in my head again.

“…”

And, another sound I hear in my head.

It was different from what I had heard so far.

When I concentrate again,

I didn’t mishear.

There’s a Hero.

He’s saying it’s a being that threatens me.

I don’t know why the voice that has been talking to me is suddenly telling me new information, but it can’t be bad to have it.

I look at Eclipse, who is looking at me with a puzzled expression.

“…Be careful.”

“What?”

“There’s something here.”

Eclipse makes a bewildered expression at my mumbling, and

-Kyaaak!

A scream is heard in the distance.

“…!”

Eclipse looks at me.

“We have to go.”

“I know. Then let’s release that one first.”

I point at Firebringer, and Eclipse’s gaze follows my finger.

“…Who’s that?”

Eclipse looks at Firebringer, who is shaking her red hair and pouting, and then turns her gaze back to me.

“Your rival.”

“My rival?”

For a moment, she looked at Firebringer with an expression that said, Her? Then Eclipse sighs and waves her hand, and Firebringer opens her eyes wide.

“S, See- Ubeubeub!”

“Quiet.”

I was waiting next to her because I thought she was going to scream anyway. And sure enough, look how quickly her voice gets louder.

She nods and looks at Eclipse, then her eyes widen again and she gestures fiercely at Eclipse.

“Eubeubeubeub! Eubeubeubeubeub!”

I don’t understand what she’s saying at all.

But I guess she’s saying the same thing, like Eclipse and I aren’t fighting?

“It’s a temporary alliance.”

“Eubeubeub…?”

Firebringer looks at me with a bewildered expression after hearing my words.

An expression as if to say, We just had a brawl?

“We have a common enemy.”

“…A common enemy?”

Firebringer still has an expression that says she doesn’t understand.

“The common enemy of all villains is always the same.”

“…!”

Only then does Firebringer’s eyes widen as if she understands what I mean.

She takes my hand off and opens her eyes wide.

“T, Then… a Hero…”

“Shh.”

“W, Why?”

“We have to go find out.”

I’m also curious.

Why did a Hero come to a place like this?

“…”

Firebringer’s expression becomes solemn.

“I’ll help too. Definitely.”

“Ah, well. Do it.”

She says she wants to help that much, so that’s good for me.

And, Eclipse, who had been looking at me and Firebringer with a pathetic expression until then, opened her mouth.

“Is the conversation over?”

“Ah, well. Yeah.”

We were talking for a long time.

“…Okay.”

Eclipse sighs and nods, then takes a step, and the two of us followed her.

“…”

“…”

“…”

Eclipse doesn’t speak, and Firebringer is very nervous and only looks at me and Eclipse.

If this were normal, I would say something to lighten the mood.

I also didn’t want to talk right now.

What changed in this survival rate that made it like this.

Or is the problem the voice that keeps talking to me.

*

How long have we been walking?

“…This is the biggest place.”

Firebringer mutters and looks at us.

-Please save me!

And, a loud voice is heard from here.

“Let’s go in.”

Before I could say anything, Eclipse opens the door and goes inside, then,

“…”

Closes her mouth.

What is it, why.

With an uneasy feeling, I follow her in, and

“…”

I was momentarily at a loss for words at the sight before my eyes.

Numerous people were hanging in the air.

Some upside down, some right side up.

All of them were hanging from something dirty and sticky like what I saw earlier.

And.

“…”

A woman was sitting in a chair and watching that scene.

She was a woman wearing purple clothes.

Her slit eyes looked sinister to anyone, and even her expression, although it’s hard for me to say, was a person who fit the face of a villain.

“…A villain?”

And, she turns her body and looks at us.

“…Oh my. You really are villains?”

Her eyes widen.

“It’s Eclipse, and… the villain who confronted Eclipse at the bank this time. What wind blew and you two came together?”

I can understand Eclipse, but she even seems to know me.

“…Who are you?”

“Me?”

She gets up at Eclipse’s question.

“A Hero.”

“A Hero?”

“That’s right.”

She smiles.

“I’ve come to fulfill my duty as a Hero now.”

“…”

She’s just saying things I don’t understand.

Whether I was the only one who thought that, Eclipse frowns, and seeing that, she opens her mouth.

“There’s too much trash in the world.”

“…”

“And, someone has to clean it up.”

Her gaze is directed at the orphanage children hanging there.

“Children who think about villains instead of Heroes. If we get rid of those guys from this world in advance, it will be easier to live.”

“…”

“Isn’t it?”

She smiles and looks at us, and

“That’s-”

“Then die!”

Before Eclipse could say anything, Firebringer waves her hand with an angry voice, and fire spews out and directly hits the woman’s body.

“Kyaaaaaaak!!!”

The woman, engulfed in flames, rolls on the floor,

“…”

“…”

“Heuh… Heuh…”

I and Eclipse could only look at Firebringer.