episode_0057
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“Did you leave it behind?”
Sarah, who returned to the dormitory under the cover of darkness, nodded with a nervous expression.
Considering her kind personality, she must have been quite disturbed by the fact that she would pass on something that was no different from a time bomb to someone else.
Actually, I wanted to do it, but unfortunately, I was popular at the academy, so even if I looked like this, I couldn’t get into the women’s dormitory.
Unlike the men’s dormitory, male students were strictly prohibited from entering the women’s dormitory.
This was true not only for male students but also for outsiders.
The reason was prostitution, as there were quite a few commoner students suffering from hardships who attracted customers to their dormitories and sold their bodies.
It is said that an infectious disease broke out because of this. Since then, male students and outsiders have been strictly prohibited from entering the female dormitory.
“… But who is the owner of that room?”
“What kind of guy is this?”
“You designated a room. Isn’t that a guy you knew?”
“We know each other. It wasn’t a very good relationship.”
There is no resentment, but there is also no friendliness.
Although it pricked my conscience to entrust such a person with a hideous object like a magic sword, I decided that she was the most suitable person to entrust the magic sword to.
Unless you know that the magic sword is something that is greatly related to the main story, you cannot deal with it by handing it over to the devil.
However, that doesn’t mean you can’t keep holding an object whose power you don’t know.
Inevitably, it had to be left to someone or stored in a safe place.
However, considering the characteristics of the magic sword, neither method was very realistic.
“The only allies I have are Sarah, Wu, and my familiars. Of course, I can’t entrust the magic sword to someone else, so of course I’ll make an exception.”
Terezina and Fiona are, of course, exceptions.
“It’s clear that my sister will do something unscrupulous like Sarah said. It’s hard for Fiona to handle that magic sword.”
That magic sword had enough power to blow away a high-ranking spirit with a single blow, even with a skeleton body.
If he entered the body of a level 50 or higher superhuman, it was not difficult to imagine what he would blow away with one blow next.
It’s hard, at least for now.
“Not much of a threat right now, and no matter what happens, he’s probably a good person. He’s perfect.”
“… I see But what if he throws away his sword?”
“… Huh?”
“If I came home and saw a sword like that lying on the door, I would feel bad and not even touch it or throw it away right away.”
Because it doesn’t look good.
When I heard that, I thought it was okay for a moment.
“… Oh, I didn’t think about that.”
“… Felt.”
“Just kidding.”
It’s not that we didn’t consider that possibility.
However, although there was no basis for this, it seemed unlikely that Kasumi would throw away the magic sword or ignore it.
“That magic sword is an item greatly related to the fate that forms the foundation of this world. Kasumi is also a character who has a large role in the story that will begin in the future.”
If my encounter with the demon sword was guided by the story, this action may also have been determined by the story.
In that case, the MacGuffin wouldn’t end without the magic sword that fell into Kasumi’s hands.
“… fate. You said it was the main story, right?”
Sarah carefully said the name.
Because it was such an absurd story, unlike Wu, I didn’t tell her everything.
All I talked about was my relapse and some of the laws that govern this world.
One of them is the main story.
It is like an extremely thin thread, invisible to the eye and difficult to grasp with the hand, but it definitely exists.
However, there is no compulsion in this story itself, so you can explore it as much as you want.
“… If you can change it as much as you want, is it fate?”
“It’s fate. There are just more branching points.”
“Branch point?”
For example, let’s say there is a story where Kasumi obtains a magic sword and kills Lina or Elise.
To prevent such a thing from happening, even if I went to the girls’ dormitory right now and killed her, the world wouldn’t be destroyed or I wouldn’t be punished.
It’s just that Kasumi dies and the turning point in fate moves to a future where the two people are not dead.
In fact, I refused to follow the main story several times and behaved as I wanted, but I was not penalized in any way.
As a result, the three heroines who played a big part in the original work became one of the common extras without doing anything special.
The same goes for NTR men who are related to them.
Because I was excluded from existence, they also went from significant villains to just one of those beings.
“A world with so many paths that they appear as surfaces rather than lines. That’s fate.”
“… Isn’t that the way it is?”
“Huh?”
“There are no restrictions whatsoever. There is no punishment for not obeying fate.”
And a turning point with all possibilities in mind.
“That’s what life is all about.”
“Oh, that’s exactly what I heard.”
“… Are you agreeing right away?”
“Because fate is not something that can be seen with the eyes, and I have never actually seen it with my own eyes.”
Maybe I just gave meaning to a common coincidence.
This could not be denied unless there was any coercive force in the story.
“Or maybe it’s just because I was expecting it.”
“Expectations?”
“An expectation that Kasumi with the magic sword might fill out the monster encyclopedia?”
Humanoid enemies are also recorded in the Monster Encyclopedia.
After that.
A few days had passed since I handed over the magic sword to Kasumi, but no significant changes were visible right away.
The only thing that changed was that she now wore a magic sword at her waist.
Other than that nothing has changed.
I continued my normal academy life without talking to the magic sword or learning how to kill or kill people.
It’s only been a few days since then, so is it too hasty to expect something to happen right away?
It was a disastrous result compared to what was expected.
As time passed, my interest gradually cooled, and before I knew it, my gaze began to move away from her.
*****
‘A strange sword… .’
The encounter with the unknown sword was as bizarre as the beginning of a bizarre novel I once read in my hometown.
Late at night, when even the mouse was fast asleep, it suddenly appeared in front of Kasumi’s door, like a troubled guest who came without notice.
Kasumi unconsciously grabbed the sword due to an indescribable attraction, but when she calmed down, the first emotion she felt was discomfort.
An old sword that wouldn’t be strange at all if it were an antique excavated from a historical site.
A note that questions the spirit of wanting to become the best swordsman with such a sword.
Both sides were far from serious.
Even if it is accepted as a request for a duel, no one will disagree.
At least in Kasumi’s hometown, if such a disrespect was committed against a powerful person, no one could argue with him even if he was cut with a sword on the spot.
I wanted to throw this unpleasant sword in the garbage disposal right away, but unfortunately it was too late at night.
It would be nice if there was a garbage disposal site nearby, but the commoner dormitory and the garbage disposal site were too far away to be able to get there in just one step.
“Tsk… .”
Looking at the sword was not a pleasant feeling, as if she had been caught in a child’s prank, but Kasumi had no choice but to enter the room with the sword.
Kasumi placed her sword on one side of the wall and closed her eyes as she went to sleep.
As her vision turned into complete darkness, the anxiety that began to sprout somewhere in her heart began to touch her precarious heart.
I’m afraid of falling asleep.
I couldn’t sleep despite the fear that the nightmare that came every day would come again today.
However, as a mere human being, her resistance was ultimately unable to withstand the oncoming flood.
Surrendering to the waves of drowsiness that swept over her entire body, her consciousness began to sink deep into unconsciousness.
On this day, Kasumi had a nightmare like always.
What unfolded before Kasumi’s eyes certainly fit the definition of a nightmare, but it was not the dream she had imagined.
The first thing I saw was blood.
I continued to see the sight of blood running through the sky and spreading everywhere.
The sight of him moving straight forward, cutting down all the enemies standing in his way without taking a breath, looked more like a would-be suicide than a warrior.
It seems like he doesn’t have any interest in things like returning alive.
Like a dead man wandering around looking for a place to rest, he charged into the enemy camp alone and continued the fight.
As time passed, the sun set and night fell, but she still remained there without dying.
There were no enemies around.
There were no colleagues.
Ironically, the only thing that survived in the end was a living corpse that could not find a place to die.
“… … .”
When Kasumi woke up, her hands were full of hardened blood.
There were clear fingernail marks on the palms.
Maybe it’s because I held my hand too tightly in my sleep last night.
What was that dream last night?
And why is the sword, which was clearly placed on the wall, next to the bed?
Kasumi was afraid of the bizarre phenomenon that could not be described in words, but grabbed the sword that had moved to the side.
The sword still had rust here and there like an antique, but perhaps because of my mood, the sword’s shine seemed to have returned compared to last night.
‘… I don’t know why.’
You must not let go of this sword.
Throwing it away is of course out of the question.
From that day on, Kasumi carried this unidentified sword as if it were a part of her body.
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