The Dark Warrior

She is a super beauty okay? If she treats me just a little bit friendlier, I will be a winner in life.”

“... She is really beautiful, indeed...”

Dyne said with a heavy expression and noticed Enfrea seemed a bit uneasy.

“Enfrea-san, is something wrong?”

“Ah, no. It’s nothing…”

“Eh?” Lukeluther made a sinister smile and said: “Did you fall for Nabel-chan?”

“No way!”

Enfrea answered in an unnecessary loud voice hastily. His intense reaction

made Peter felt uncomfortable to continue asking and he relaxed the tension:

“Lukeluther, that’s too much. Think before you speak.”

After Lukeluther apologized sincerely, Enfrea looked troubled, not knowing how

to react to the apology:

“No, it’s not that. Well… I feel uneasy… is Momon-san that popular?”

“... Appearance aside, with his strength, the possibility of him being popular is

high. And from the looks of his armor and sword, he is probably rich…”

“Ah…”

Enfrea looked gloomy, Peter asked with the concern of a senior taking care of

his junior:

“Is something bothering you?”

Enfrea was hesitant to speak and his mouth opened and shut like a goldfish.

Peter and the others didn’t press him, they won’t force him if he doesn’t want to

say it. Shortly after, Enfrea steeled himself and opened his heavy lips...

“Erm-- Because I don’t want the person I like in Carne Vil age to fall for Momon-

san.”

Sensing the emotions behind these words, the Sword of Darkness entourage

smiled.

“Alright then, let big brother teach the young one some tricks--”

Peter gave Lukeluther a punch, making him scream weirdly. The Sword of

Darkness group ignored his pained expression and continued to console the

stunned Enfrea.

Under the shine of the campfire, the youth finally smiled.

─── At the same time.

The forehead was pierced along with the iron helmet.

His comrade shook wildly for a moment before falling like a kite with its string

cut. The metal armor made a deafening sound in the dark night. He prayed for

someone to hear this sound and rush over, but no one should be stupid enough

to do that.

This impoverished region was fil ed with abandoned zones. That was why he

met with his client here.

The man glared at the woman before him. But he couldn’t hide the fact he was

just putting up a brave front. His morale was gone after seeing the woman kil ed

3 of his companions consecutively with ease.

The woman who kil ed his comrades flicked the short estoc that was dripping

blood. The blood splattered in the surroundings, leaving the estoc shining coldly

like before.

“Hmm hmm hmm-- You are the last one pal--”

The woman bared her teeth, showing the smile of a carnivore.

“You, why are you doing this?”

He felt this question was dumb, but the man really doesn’t understand why he

ended up in this state.

The men were not adventurers, they are known as ‘workers’ or twilight workers,

accepting jobs bordering on being criminal, or even committing crime directly.

It was possible for others to bear grudges against them, but they had never

worked in this city or seen this woman before.

“Ah, why am I doing this? Ara-- I just want you pal--”

Unable to understand the woman, the man blinked for a while and asked:

“What, what do you mean?”

“The grandson of that renowned pharmacist is not home right now-- I need

someone to keep a look out for me and tell me when he returns. I don’t want to

do something that troublesome--”

“Then just make such a request! That’s not what you are trying to do!”

These workers were wil ing to even break the law, so he doesn’t understand the

reason why the woman wants to kil him.

“Ara ara ara, you might betray me--”

“If we receive the agreed remuneration, we won’t betray you!”

“Hmm? Let’s change that a bit okay? I like kil ing people, I love it, I can’t help

myself.”

“Ah, I like interrogating too”, the woman added with a smile.

After listening to this abnormal reason, the man made a serious face:

“What the hell is wrong with you?!”

“What exactly is the reason? Because I had to keep kil ing for my job? Because I

was always compared to my excellent big brother? My parents devoted all their

love to him? Or perhaps because I was toyed with before becoming strong?

Maybe because after messing up and getting captured, I was interrogated for

days? Having to eat a scorching pear is really painful, yo.”

Before him was just a young girl. But that vanished in an instant and the woman

smiled again:

“Just kidding, all of that was a lie. Fake, fake~ I didn’t experience any of that. But even if everything was true, knowing the past won’t change anything. I turned

out like this because of accumulated experiences~ Ara~ Speaking of which, this

is thanks to Kaji-chan collecting intelligence for me, allowing me to contact you

guys immediately~ You know how long it takes just to find help these days--”

From her hand she released her estoc, letting it fall. It stabbed deep with the aid

of only gravitational acceleration. This sharpness meant the estoc wasn’t made

of mere steel.

“This is orichalcum. Or to be more exact, it’s mithril covered with orichalcum. It’s

amazingly good stuff.”