Chapter 100: Discard, Reduce, and Put Back (Swordâs Point of View)
{Sword}
I went outside after Indra cast a coolinâ spell on me. She told me it was for the sake of me not dyinâ even when hit by magma while I clean up my stuff.
But, whatâs up with that? That girl is clearly more powerful than I am. Wouldnât she actually be able to clear this dungeon by herself?
While sulkinâ as I was plagued by those doubts, I headed over to the magma, and dumped the whole lot inside my bag into the hot, gooey mass.
âŠâŠWhy did I keep all this stuff ânywayâŠ..? A cheap sword matchinâ with those of my friends back when I started out as adventurer, or a bracelet I got from my lover in a party I thought Iâd be able to finally settle down with. Even though I was sure Iâd thrown that stuff âway long agoâŠ
All these things were swallowed by the magma and disappeared for eternity.
Vacantly watchinâ it happen, I felt, ââŠAinât hot at all.â
Even though I was standinâ almost inside the lava, I didnât feel any heat whatsoever. âŠThat girl is really too much of a worrywart, isnât she?
Sheâs takinâ life lightly and deliberately does all kinds of dangerous stuff, and yet she makes sure for no one to die. In spite of sayinâ weird stuff âbout me beinâ invincible and so on, she cast magic, worryinâ that the lava might hurt me in some way.
It was the same when I ran out of mana and was recoverinâ gradually by sleepinâ. She suddenly started to worry and made some weird drink.
I wonder whether sheâs aware how much of a devoted, jealous meddler she is.
Anyway, sheâs much stronger than me, and yet I donât know whether she realizes that sheâs not beinâ proper evaluated for her skills, and simply gets treated as my hanger just because sheâs partyinâ with me. Then again, she wouldnât say ânythinâ even if she noticed itâŠno, sheâd be happy, prattlinâ âbout having some material for torturinâ.
That girlâs definitely a huge sadist. Or maybe itâs better to say that sheâs ill, seriously.
I sighed.
âŠâŠEven though sheâs such a gentle person in reality. It was that environment of hers where she wouldnât have pulled through if she didnât break and give up on everythinâ.
I guess the same applies to me as well, though. Thatâs why sheâs with me.
âMr. Sword, letâs go back anytime soon~ Otherwise mother is going to worry~â
âSure. Sorry, I was just spacinâ out a bit.â
Being told so by Ryoku, I turned around. The bag had become completely empty. I dumped all the junk I collected up until now.
From now on Iâm goinâ to cram this bag with new stuff. Itâs prolly goinâ to be toys made by her and loot I obtained after gettinâ that feelinâ of thrill she always talks âbout.
âAlright. Itâs just been emptied out, but I sâpose Iâll immediately fill it up with those Gun toys we used earlier.â
âLetâs have a competition over who can hold more, oki?â
âOh, sure sounds fun!â
âŠThis guyâs a golem, isnât he?
Somehow heâs talkinâ very casually, though? âŠOh well, whatever. Since heâs been created by her, itâs ânythinâ goes ânyway, isnât it? Iâm pretty sure heâs a livinâ bein by now either way.