Chapter 85.2 \nâI heard that you couldnât get the Relic⊠But I heard that it was as plannedâŠ?â\n
Who did you hear that from? Evaâs expression is serious. It was words I said to make me seems badass. I am sure there was no one who believed on my words, at that time.
As planned, you say⊠Not getting the mask I wanted so much was planned you say? There is no way that is true. Since the listing of Akasha, everything became unexpected. I was just going with the flow1 from the beginning to the end.
I look away and sigh deeply. Shellfish can be eaten, so I want to be a stone or something.
âWell, that is true but⊠I think I could have done it a little bit better. Life really doesnât go as you wish.â
ââŠâŠ Should I brew you some tea? There are herbal teas that work well against mental fatigue.â
ââŠâŠâ
Without waiting for my answer Eva started to prepare tea for me. This is the cause of why I want to die. There are too many good people around me.
I regain a little bit of will to live and move my limbs to cross my leg on the sofa.
â⊠Well, donât worry about it. I am just waiting for it to settle down a little bit.â
â⊠Yes.â
âI think I will recover soon.â\n
I am weak but I canât abuse of their kindness.
Everyone around me is independent. It is natural for Sytry and Anthem, Liz and Tino are also living their own live, even Luke who isnât thinking about anything has a greater magnitude as a human being, I admire him. I am the only one who will die if I am left alone.
Now that I am looking back on it, it may be because I was putting a weight on their feet, that âStrange Grief (The Lamenting Ghost)â has grown stronger as a Party. I am making them stand out. The proof is in âArk Brave (Holy Spiritâs Son)â Party where their leader is too strong, except Ark the rest are still missing something.
I canât say that it is my achievement though.
A stylish cup of tea is place in front of me. A light lime tea. There is a faint sweet scent coming from it.
âBut you have to go outside a little⊠Everyone is worried about you. And it also isnât good for your health⊠Even though I donât know what you are thinking aboutâŠâ
Eva expression tell me that she is thinking of my wellbeing. You say, you donât know what I am thinking but I am not thinking of anything, you know.
It is okay, I get injury easily and I am prone to go with the flow of the situation but that is why I donât take so much time to think about my trouble. My heart hurt because I made you worried about me, but it isnât a lie when I say I am going to recover soon.
I am the one who knows the best about myself.
I take the teacup and slowly put it on my lips. The slight sourness and sweet scent seem to be effective in recovering mental health, as Eva says. Even if my mind didnât work so hard.
Now that I have calm down a little bit, contrary to its effect, my mind is starting to work hard, there are many questions that is coming to my mind.\nAaaah, why didnât I started to save earlier. Two hundred million. If I had saved more than two hundred million, then I would have been able to get the Golem that Sytry wanted and at the same time get the mask.
I am sure that I will never be able to get the ăReverse Faceă again. Ăclair-jou will not negotiate with me as she hates me. Even if I make a dogeza there is no way she will sell it to a loser who is a withdrawn because of the shock of losing. In the first place, Ăclair-jou intend to give that to ArkâŠ
And then a revelation came down to me. With a shock like a thunder striking me, I open my eyes, corrects my posture and look at Eva.
Aaah, why didnât I think of something so simple until now? Apparently, the time I spend rolling around was really useless.
Time is up. I try to be cool and snap my finger.
âWha, what happened, so suddenly!?â
â⊠Where is Ark right now?â
Right. Thatâs right. If I canât buy it from the Ojou-sama, I can just negotiate it with Ark. Ark Rodin is a powerful magic swordsman. He already has the ăHoly Swordă. As I had previously told to the Ojou-sama in the negotiation, he doesnât need a semi-illegal mask.
In other words, ⊠I can buy it.
In the world, there are people saying that Ark and I are rivals but in reality, Ark and I are not rival at all. We are member of the same Clan. I think we are in a good relationship. If I sincerely negotiate with him, that ikemen2 wonât say no. I can even exchange it for something from my collection.
Fufufu. Ăclair-jou, I got you. Even if I am a small fish, I am a Clan Master, you didnât get done in by me. You got done in by my personal connection. I am glad that I am the Clan Master.\n\nHowever, if he was gone for a few days, that probably means that the Ojou-sama still hasnât hand over the Relic she won to Ark yet.
Momentum for things like this is important. The Reverse Face might look like this but if she looks at it for a long time, she might grow attach to it. I was like that.
âCan you call him, call Ark?â
ââŠâŠ I donât think that it is impossible, but the Rodin is a difficult House to reach soâŠâ
Unusually, Eva shows sign of disapproval. The Rodin House is a House that has once refused a title given by the Emperor. There are many particular High-Level Hunters, but Rodin isnât an exception to that.
But I canât back down now. This may be my first and last chance.
I lower my knees which was on the sofa, make a serious look and tell Eva.
âI am in a hurry. You can even use the name of âInfinite Varietyâ. By any means, I want you to call Ark right now.â
This is the critical moment.
Thanks for reading! Cry is serious. It canât be use for something stupid, to use the name Infinite Variety, the name of a level 8 Hunter, Master of a large-scale clan. The reputation of his name is on the line⊠But here we have, Cry using it to get a mask when he could just wait a few days, but nooooo, he is too scare that Ăclair will like the mask and keep it for herself XD Maybe something big happened in the Rodin House but who care, the mask is more important XD Tchao Ă plus.
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1. In the raw, itâs written he was âwashed away like a kelp which has grown in the seabedâ. Much funnier because of the previous part reference but less understandable than âgoing with the flowâ.