Just Because I Have Narrow Eyes Doesn’t Make Me a Villain! - Chapter 134

TN: Thank Nepper for the chapter.

Also, I missed some chapters, so I’ll be posting those first before the next ones. Check 123: Loneliness, 125: Overslept, 133: Outcome. If you don’t see the chapters with those names, I’ll get to them shortly.

“Finally, caught you!”

“Haha… That’s a relief…”

I dodged it somehow.

I managed to avoid a fatal injury by dodging the monster’s attack aimed at his heart.

But he only escaped instant death.

It would be difficult to move in this state.

I glanced at my side.

The wound, not covered by clothes, was vividly revealing its appearance.

Blood flowed from the jagged wounds made by sharp teeth.

Seeing the bright red color, I had a silly thought that this was what the inside of my body looked like.

“My friend must be hungry too… You seemed close with that woman…!”

“…”

“You don’t have to answer! I’ll… kill you…! If I kill you, that woman will be sad too!”

Her voice is completely different from when we first met.

Has even her vocal cords transformed into a monster’s?

It seems she still retains her reason, but… It felt like it was only a matter of time before she became a monster.

It would have been easier to deal with when that time came.

But such assumptions were already meaningless.

Because I had no way to endure any longer.

“Die!”

I said I would definitely return to Arte.

Was it a bit too much?

I sighed deeply and closed my eyes, looking at the swinging arm.

Because there was no longer any way to dodge.

…However, startled by the sensation that followed, I slightly rolled to the side.

Because that was the only way to avoid the trajectory of the arm that twisted in an instant.

“?!”

Thud.

As if it were a child’s prank, the girl was pushed back instantly.

It probably didn’t hurt at all.

But the girl, no,

The monster wearing the girl’s mask was being pushed back helplessly.

Perhaps because it was startled by the sudden event.

Leaving the girl who was pushed far away in an instant, Amelia appeared before my eyes with a white ball tied to her waist.

“Amelia taxi has arrived!”

“Wasn’t it a bus?”

“You get what I mean!”

There were three people.

It was a slightly disappointing entrance, but I was so glad to see their faces.

“You came.”

“Yeah, you endured well-…oh my god.”

“A-Are you okay…?!”

“I’m fine.”

I said I was fine to reassure them, but…

As expected, it didn’t work.

Well.

Even I could see the wound was quite serious.

To the point where I was starting to feel a bit dizzy, and if I lost any more blood, I might really lose consciousness.

Having no choice, I admitted that I was struggling a bit right now.

“…Sorry, actually, I’m having a hard time. I boasted that I could endure it… It’s a bit embarrassing.”

“Is this the time to say that?! Uh, what should we do? First aid… No, but the wound is too big… I-I’ll go bring someone who can heal right now!”

Amelia, who was flustered and did not know what to do, seemed to remember the existence of healers and disappeared from sight instantly.

She’s probably going to bring someone.

They should be here soon.

As I sighed in relief…

Arte approached me with a bright expression, and then her face stiffened.

She must have seen my wound.

The complexion of Arte, who rushed over and saw my wound, started to worsen rapidly.

…Hmm, she’s going to have strange thoughts again.

Will she think it’s because of her again?

I should comfort her and say I’m fine…

“I’m fine, so don’t worry…”

“It’ll hurt a lot, so make sure to endure it. I’m sorry there’s no anesthetic.”

“What? Wai-Wait, why are your hands…! Ugh?!”

As I was expressing doubt about what Arte was saying, I realized.

If I stay here, I’ll suffer something excruciatingly painful.

So it would be better to get out of here.

But in a state where it’s difficult to move due to the deep wound, I couldn’t move properly as Arte held me down, and soon, the thread she pulled out penetrated my wound.

“Ugh…!”

“… I’m sorry. But at this rate, you might die before receiving treatment. Please forgive me.”

“Ugh…!”

As if she was truly sorry, Arte brought her arm to my mouth.

Perhaps to prevent myself from biting on my tongue.

It would have been better to bite on cloth, but is she using her arm because she needs her clothes for combat?

But I pushed her arm away and hurriedly tore a part of his pants to bite on.

No matter how painful it was, I couldn’t hurt Arte.

Just as I started to feel like he would lose consciousness from the sensation of the thread going back and forth through the flesh, especially the area that was severely injured not long ago…

I felt the warmth of the girl embracing him.

“Are you okay?”

“…Yeah, thanks. But how did you do this?”

“Ah, don’t touch it. It’s dangerous.”

Soon after the pain completely subsided, I admired Arte’s handiwork.

The thin, white thread was in place as if it had always been there.

“Threads are used for medical purposes too. It’s similar to that. Consider it first aid.”

“…Is that so? Amazing. It’s perfect.”

“I stopped the bleeding and made it so blood won’t come out even if you move a bit more, but… There’s a risk of infection, so it’s best to get treated.”

Arte said worriedly that I needed to receive healing quickly.

Is it because it’s better than dying from excessive bleeding, but it’s not a very good choice due to the threat of infection?

Siwoo nodded at Arte’s words and looked ahead.

The monster, who had returned at some point, glared at Arte.

“You…!”

“So it was you who dared to injure Siwoo.”

But Arte’s gaze was just as cold.

Arte had an angry expression that I had never seen before.

It was so threatening that it made my body tremble, even though I knew that hostility wasn’t directed at me.

Looking at her like that, I must not be in my right mind to think that if I date her in this situation, I should treat her well so she doesn’t get angry.

“Dorothy, please.”

“Ah, y-yes!”

Dorothy, startled by the sudden call, muttered something and soon nodded.

“It’s done!”

Arte didn’t answer.

Wearing clothes with low exposure that I had never seen before, Arte slightly loosened the threads and instantly approached the monster.

“Your attack won’t work, don’t you kno-ugh?!”

“Not now.”

Did it think Arte couldn’t hurt her?

The neck of the one sneering without paying attention to Arte’s approach was instantly cut off.

“I’d like to take my time tormenting you, but there’s no ti-…”

“Arte, dodge!”

“?!”

“Kyaaaaa!”

I shouted to draw Arte’s attention.

Fortunately, she handled the unexpected situation well.

As soon as she heard my voice, she loosened the threads around her and spread them out like a wall to protect herself, and the arm swinging towards her was instantly sliced apart.

“… You’re alive? How?”

Arte was horrified.

The neck was definitely cut off in an instant.

Arte didn’t let her guard down momentarily and cleanly sliced off that neck.

But it didn’t work on that monster.

As if it couldn’t be killed just by having its neck cut off, it roared with an unknown monster’s face that sprouted in place of a human face.

“The heart, aim for the heart!”

“Roar!”

I revealed that thing’s weakness to everyone.

There’s no basis. But I could tell.

“If you tear out the Crucible from that thing, it will die! I’m sure of it!”

Even if the neck is cut off, it won’t stop.

The only way to stop it is to tear out the heart.

But did it realize with its lowered intelligence that we were aiming for the heart?

With its instantly regenerated arms, legs, and numerous abilities, the monster started to take small steps back while firing everything.

“…Damn it, I can’t get close!”

Arte used multiple threads to slice the heart, but they were blocked.

Either the arms that regenerate quickly are shattered without causing any damage, or the threads are blocked by other abilities.

I had a feeling we might lose it at this rate.

“We have to catch it here! We don’t know what other abilities it might bring!”

Those numerous abilities are all thanks to the Crucible.

If we let it go like this, we didn’t know what abilities it would bring.

Now that it’s not yet accustomed to using abilities.

Now is the best opportunity to take down that thing.

As Siwoo pondered how to catch that monster, something penetrated his mind.

“…Dorothy. Use your ability on me.”

“What? What are you trying to do?!”

“I’ll walk right in.”

“In there?!”

Dorothy looked at me as if she had heard an absurd story.

As if to confirm if what she heard was really true.

As if to ask if it was true that I said I would walk into that place where countless abilities were raging.

But I nodded.

My intuition was telling me there was no other way.

This is the way to end everything.

This is the way to create a happy ending.

…This is the way to eliminate the most bothersome existence.

Intuition whispered to me.

“…This is the way to resolve everything. Trust me.”

“Ugh, ugh…”

I know this looks like suicide at first glance.

That’s why I waited for Dorothy to think it over…

It didn’t take long to get an answer.