BXBX NOVEL Chapter 18
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「G-GET AWAY！」
When I stretched my hand as I mutter「Wa―……」, she retreated while screaming.
That's normal.
In the labyrinth, there's no human who won't raise their vigilance to the corpse eating demon《ghoul》 who's raising a groaning voice, most likely none in this world either.
But, if you think it really carefully, you'll find it's strange that there's |Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》 level monster in this labyrinth ≪Water and Moon Labyrinth≫ .
Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》 is a monster with a higher rank than Bone Man《Skeleton》, it usually won't spawn in the hunting ground for iron rank adventurer
In case it's appear, it might be because something is wrong when they're climbing from lower floors, or special specimen which is hard to control with the rule of the labyrinth.
And then, whichever the case is, the strength of this Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》 is many times stronger than normal.
If a novice is suddenly running across such existance, it's to the point that they must be prepared to die.
It was natural that she's being vigilant.
Well then, maybe you will understand that if you're suddenly approaching female adventurers while raising a groaning voice, though I say that, it wasn't my intention.
Rather, I was about to greet her normally but, as I thought, I can't do that yet with this body, it's different when it's of a normal battle but, it was truly hard to speak.
Regarding the way to move my body and the way to battle, I never miss my training since long time ago, to know what movement to do in any situation isn't difficult, since I could understand the object whether it's okay if I deal with it, and since the correction is also easy in early ranks.
But, when I think about it again, I have no skill in conversation, Things turned this way since it's extremely difficult.
As a result, the voice became a groan such as "Wa―", this already can't be helped right.
In addition, bearing upon this kind of body, the first meeting with a human, moreover a girl at that, the shock was quite splendid when she's screaming "get away" is also another mean.
It really doesn't mean that I'm disgusting or something, but there's no even need for me to pay attention to that since the reason was just because I'm a Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》.
Maybe.
But, even if that's the case, for me, I wanted some sort of communication.
That's why I stopped according to the girl words, first I should make whatever my voice is to be heard.
「Wa-Wa—…………. G-Good myornyi~ng. I-Iyam L-Lyend. Lyendoー！ 」
「HIIIIIIIII！」
The girl's raising her voice as if being frightened by me who suddenly started to speak incomprehensible words.
But, I won't flinch with that.
Since I felt that it's not a good thing to give up here.
For example, in case that I'm giving up, if I judged that it's hopeless by this point, and then this girl is returning back to town.
Thereupon, if I must speak how it'll become, a report will come to the Adventurer Guild《Guild》called "a special monster has appeared in the labyrinth", and then the powerful adventurers might be coming for me.
It'll be a bad situation for me.
I, who experienced evolution after battle with various monsters, despite more or less becoming stronger, i'm still a lot weaker than humans and the likes, and might die.
It's the end if those guys come in this situation.
That's why I need to communicate with this girl one way or another.
I'm a human, though it doesn't mean that I'm not gonna kill the girl, it's more or less served as my last resort.
I don't feel that I can do something like that.
Well, it'll be a different case if she's something like a criminal or a thief but, I get the feeling called "seeing a young adventurer trying her best to keep her life".
I couldn't get used to the cruelity of snatching away the future of this kind of people for my own sake.
That's why I frantically speak to her.
「F-Fleaze~！ …….. F-Fleaze b-bear me…….. I-I-I k-kan't getz ut」
I keep talking in this way for a short while.
Thereupon, the girl also came to listen to my voice, maybe because she thought it's strange to the fact that I'm not rushing at her at all despite facing at each other.
「……？ What do you……Want to……Talk about？」
「T-That'z zo………… Iyam, Lend！ A-An adventUr……………ER……………」
As I thought, maybe because the other party has a misunderstanding, despite speaking bit by bit, even I get used to it.
The girl also came to the point as if grasping the meaning of my words to my voice that became clearer than the first time.
「………. Adventurer………. Adventurer, AH ARE YOU AN ADVENTURER！ Could it bethat you're…………….. That………………. Adventurer？ 」
「YEaH！ Iyam-adventu-rer！ My NaMe ISH……….. Lend！ 」
「……Lend-san？」
「Lendo………… Len-d…………. Lento！」
「AH, LENT-SAN……」
After coming this far, even she was seemingly getting used to it.
Maybe this is bolder than what I thought.
Her weapon's still in her grip but, she's talking normally with me, a Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》.
「Well then, I wonder why is………… That Lent-san…………. Having this kind of appearance？
「Y-You're MisTaKen…….. I……………… DiEd………..」
After I explain my own situation which cause myself to change while feeling crestfallen, while she listens with anapologetic face,
「Ah, T-that's so right………… even if you're living as Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》…….. Eh, even so, certainly one part of the monster of undead lineage is human who's transforming after their dead but…….. Something like consciousness of their own life is completely not left behind, I heard that they're becoming a completely different existence…………」
The words spoke by her is correct.
Though it's not like there's no case where they're keeping the memories from when they were alive, that is, the memories during their life becomes something like instinct, it's different with the situation where their intention and clear memory which exist in a living person.
And yet, though there's also the case where Amongst the high ranking of the undead, it became something like a reincarnation from human due to extremely high magic, that is something from stuff like legend which you can say as something that you won't see.
In short, my Corpse Eating Demon《Ghoul》 situation in which I have my memories and my own will like a human is going past unusual, you can even say that it's impossible.
Though I can't even explain it clearly because of that, somehow or another, I didn't expect this reason.
Maybe, just maybe, it's because I met that 《Dragon》.
Though I don't understand things like What kind of reason is that, or what kind of phenomenon is that, I think I became like this because that 《Dragon》 has something to do with it.
That's the natural conclusion since there's no special conclusion for me except for that.
But, it's useless even if I explained it.
That aside, first, she understand that I firmly secured my original consciousness, the first priority was to receive her cooperation for various matter.
Generally speaking, I want to go to the city.
Her cooperation is necessary for that.
「…… Zhaz's, i-ivin Ai dz-zon't know about itz………… butz, Ai ………….. wantz to leavez ！」
「S-So that's what it is？ You're alive……. Though it's strange to call you "Alive"…….. You're definitely different from the normal monster, you saved me……… Afterall. I'm truly grateful for that」
Maybe because she recalled it during our talk, she' saying that as she set her sword aside while bowing at me.
「I-It's okay………….. Do-Don't mindz itz………… A-Ai zust zave……………. An adfenturerz………….」
「When you say that way………. Then, uhm, though I'm asking an absurd question like this, does that mean I can leave？ You won't kill me？ 」
Since she came to ask like that, I answered in hurry.
「A-Ai won'tz du zomethingz likez killing zou………. V-Vut………… But, Ai have a requezt………..」
「T-Thank goodness. I feel relieved. Nevertheless, a……… request? If I may ask the request for the debt of gratitude of the monster………… Who saved my life……… It's not something like blood, or meat」
「O-Of courze……….. Ai wantz that'z but………….. Firzt iz drezz for me」
「Dress？ A~h……….AAH, I see…………」
She guessed it easily, and keeps nodding as if she understands the meaning as she sees my whole body.
「As it is, if some other adventurer came, it'll come to them attacking you since you're a monster huh………. U~hn, it should be okay with a robe to hide your body？」
「A-Ai will be grazefulz I-If it's az fazt as pozzible……..Ah, m-money,,,,,,,,,,」
This adventurer girl is probably an Iron rank adventurer.
This amount is nothing more than insignificant amount.
In that point, my income is quite well, I secured my money or personal property of my life.
It's firmly attached on my body without changing place, it fell nearby.
So I picked it back up.
I put my leather pouch filled with silver and gold coin on the ground, retreating back When I say to the girl to pick it up, she was slowly approaching while still keeping a bit of her vigilance, and then takes the pouch.
And then looks at the content.
「T-This is………………….. you sure have quite a good income right……………？ Since you definitely are an adventurer who has a name when you were alive？ 」
She was asking while being surprised.
But, me having a big sum of money is definitely not because I'm doing a big job, it was because I'm steadily saving my money.
Almost all of my money is in there.
It's just that I'm not explaining that far to that girl.
Or maybe, since I didn't want it to become something like explaining my selfish feeling, I said another thing while glossing around that area.
「I-If zou kame with dress………. zou kan take the rezt……………. that'z why, ple
To my words, she.
「……understood. Though there's many things to think about……… You're not an evil monster…………… In the first place, I would be a corpse if you didn't save me back then. As a knight, this Lena Le Page will pay this debt of gratitude. Please wait for me…….. Lent-san」
Saying that as she was leaving this place in a way that look like retreating while keeping her sword as it is.
While saying one thing after another, it seems she isn't fully trusting of me yet.
Well, that's natural.
Rather, that's the correct action if you're an adventurer, she won't grow from now on if she doesn't have this kind of caution.
I think she might become a fine adventurer someday.
The problem is, will she keep her promise with me, she might steal the money as it is, though from my insight that I honed for this 10 years I was seeing the face of a newcomer, I knew that she won't betray me.
Or should I say she is a too honest person……….
Well, even if she betrays me, it's for that time right.
I think about when the worst result happened to me, I must become stronger even just a little.
I renewed my feeling, I must beat more monsters, thus I started to wandering around the labyrinth again.