Chapter 242

Chapter 242: Archie’s Story (8)

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The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍leader was trying to force his place onto Archie, and Archie had no intention of complying.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍leader seemed to have noticed Amy’s existence, but after Amy disappeared, he no longer mentioned her.

Perhaps ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍it was because Archie pretended to have no interest in Amy’s absence.

Or ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍perhaps he was hiding some other scheme behind it.

If ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Archie showed any sign of checking Amy’s current condition, the leader might begin moving again.

But that was no longer a topic he needed to resolve.

Archie grabbed the unknown man, who was still standing before him without even realizing whether he was looking at a monster, and lifted him by the collar.

The man was horrified that his body had been lifted lightly with one hand and began struggling.

-Wh-why are you doing this? I don’t have anything!

-Where is the Temple Amy was taken to?

-Th-that would be the Temple in Hyre. The one Lord Renin protects...... ack!

The moment Archie heard the answer he wanted, he put strength into the hand gripping the man’s throat.

The startled man’s struggle grew more violent, but soon his body went limp.

Archie dragged him toward the door as if moving a sack.

Mona, who had been about to take the man from him, narrowed his eyes.

-You really are strange these days. Would you have voluntarily carried baggage around normally?

-There’s no need to worry. I’m not just trying to move baggage either.

-What? What does that mean? Archie!

He followed Archie, who strode out of the house.

-Where are you going? That isn’t the way to the cave!

Archie moved his feet while ignoring Mona’s words as he trailed after him and chattered.

-Can’t you hear me? I said it’s not that direction.

Now anxiety was mixed into Mona’s voice.

He was not an idiot.

He must have long since noticed that Archie had not truly mistaken the direction, yet he seemed to refuse to accept it.

But Mona ultimately had no choice but to stop pretending he did not know and grab Archie.

Because it was far too obvious that the direction Archie was walking toward was the human village.

-What do you think the leader will say if he knows you are doing this? If you are going to do this, just take the leader’s seat instead. What are you doing right now?

-It no longer matters. I’m not going to become a leader.

Mona must have thought he had lost his mind.

Archie answered while hoping that the gaze he had used to look at Amy had at least been softer than that.

-If you want to report this to the leader too, do it. Then that bastard might give up on making me a leader. Or give up on whatever other scheme he has.

But unless the leader had lost his mind, he would not follow Archie into a human village.

For the time being, Archie intended to avoid the leader and flee with Amy.

It would not be a rational choice.

Because there was no such thing as eternal flight.

Archie knew that in the end, he could not go far from the cave where he had been born.

He would have to return someday.

But Archie was certain the brief moment he spent with Amy would be very happy.

It would be entertaining too.

Most of all, in this moment when Amy’s death, which he had only vaguely imagined, became close to reality, Archie realized he could not sit by and watch it happen.

Wisely, Mona gave up on persuading Archie and fled toward the cave as he was.

Archie did not chase after him to kill him.

Since he was leaving the village anyway, he did not want to blame Mona for the natural action of telling the leader something.

There was no need to.

Besides, Mona was also the only comrade who had once warned him to be careful of the leader.

***

Before Hyre’s tall city gate, people who had come prepared to offer their entire fortunes in order to enter were crowding together.

All of them longed for a safe and blessed land that would protect them from monsters.

But not one of them could have imagined it.

That the monster they feared so much was very openly calculating how to climb the city wall.

Archie, who had settled on top of a tree far away from the human line, glared at the towering city wall with an unknown human slung over his shoulder.

He was weighing which would be better to climb the city wall with, his original form or his human form.

With a human body, it would take twice as long to climb up together with the unconscious man.

But if he abandoned human form, he would bear the risk.

As a result of observing for half a day, several armed soldiers patrolled this area at ten-minute intervals.

Getting rid of a few humans would be nothing, but if he caused such a commotion, humans would gather before he even reached the Temple.

The worst would be if “that Imperial Family member” arrived before he could abduct Amy.

No, that was wrong.

The worst would be if Amy had already died.

Archie regained his composure by reminding himself that the chance of that was low.

The first time he met Amy was because she had been used as bait for a monster hunt.

Archie knew that such things had happened a few times after that too.

After Amy was captured, the Imperial Family member had not yet gone hunting.

So Amy would still be safe.

For now.

That grace period, whose end was unclear, led Archie to choose.

He firmly gripped the human slung over his shoulder.

So that the man would not fall from the recoil when he climbed up all at once in the body of a monster.

But Archie did not get to safely cross the city wall.

-I thought you had come up with some clever move, but you were only going to crawl up the city wall? Are you not being far too reckless?

At the familiar smell and mocking voice he felt behind him, Archie quickly turned his body and looked down.

For someone who had sharply called it a reckless plan, the leader stood there, clearly having rushed after Archie.

***

Archie glared at the leader approaching him, as if leisurely, or as if angry.

While feeling wary, Archie also felt surprised.

Because he had not expected him to follow this far, that is, while risking being discovered by humans.

As if provoking him, the leader narrowed his eyes and looked at Archie and the human slung over his shoulder.

-Stop thinking foolish thoughts and come down. We are returning to the cave.

At the leader’s mockery, Archie’s gaze as he looked at him was cold as frost.

-Why on earth are you so obsessed with me? If you want to step down from that damned leader’s seat, find another bastard. Even if it’s not me, there are plenty of bastards who would step forward to cut your throat.

-No. It has to be you. Besides, I cannot watch you make a mistake.

The leader grinned like someone out of his mind.

-I know humans better than you think. You will definitely regret your choice.

-What does my regret have to do with you?

-Of course it has to do with me. Because you have to kill me.

Archie had no intention of listening to his nonsense any further, nor did he intend to do as the leader wished.

-I can kill you without tearing out your throat.

Archie warned him with a growl.

-You dare decide how you will kill me? Perhaps you from three years ago could, but with that injury, it is impossible.

The words that instead of cutting off his head, Archie would kill him so he could never wag his tongue again did not come out.

The situation was too disadvantageous to bluff.

If things continued like this, he would be dragged away by the leader and returned to the cave.

But if he climbed the wall recklessly, the leader would obviously attack, and with a human form, he could not deal with him.

Even if he returned to being a Werewolf and could kill the leader, it would be no different from defeat.

Because after causing a commotion, he would lose the chance to enter the city.

In the end, whichever side he chose, he would not be able to cross that high wall.

As if understanding Archie’s dilemma, the leader’s smile deepened.

-I cannot understand why you are even worrying over this in the first place. It is not as if you revealed your true identity to that human.

Now that Archie looked, that smile seemed to be a sneer.

Thinking that he wanted to punch that face once, Archie left the leader to babble.

-What are you going to do after meeting that human? After risking your life to save her? Even then, that human will seek a human god again. How many times do you plan to repeat that miserable process? Your whole life? And what if your identity is exposed? Do you think she will look at you the same way as before after finding out what you are? Then she will instead offer you to the god she loves.

Even during that time, the leader’s whisper continued.

Archie let his words pass through one ear and rolled his eyes to glance at the city wall.

At last, the leader seemed to realize that Archie was not listening to him at all.

-Are you listening to what I am saying right now?

-I was listening. The leader is speaking, so of course I should listen.

He simply did not have the slightest will to carry it out.

-I can just keep saving her without letting my identity be exposed. It might even be better to run away from this mad place. Far away, so she can never return to the city ruled by that Imperial Family member or whatever again. Or crossing the border would not matter either.

-......You have gone completely mad. Have you even forgotten what you are? You cannot live away from the cave.

At Archie’s calm reply, the leader spoke with a dumbfounded face.

-Then I’ll return to this place from time to time. If I only have to hold out until you die, it doesn’t seem that difficult.

-This insane......

The leader diagnosed Archie’s condition clearly.

-Yes. And the moment you entrust the pack to a madman, you become a madman too. If you still can’t accept that I’m too mad to become leader, then there’s nothing to be done.

-If there is nothing to be done, what are you going to do?

-I have no choice but to try using “bait” too.

For an instant, the leader furrowed his brows, unable to understand Archie’s words.

Before the leader could properly understand him, Archie leaped from the tree with the man over his shoulder.

Archie landed on the ground and struck the man’s cheek hard.

-Kraagh!

The man came to his senses with a nosebleed and raised his head to look up at Archie standing before him.

But by then, Archie had already changed into a Werewolf.

-U, u, uaaaaaagh!!!

At the terrifying form, the man screamed and tried to get up, but Archie quietly pressed down on his shoulder.

At the monster’s touch, the man trembled as if about to have a fit.

Archie lowered his head and whispered something into his ear.

The man looked up at Archie with disbelieving eyes, then only after Archie kicked him once in the rear did he seem to come to his senses and rise again.

Though he floundered across the ground and repeatedly fell and stood several times, Archie merely watched him silently.

The terrified man ran toward the city gate without the slightest suspicion.

Archie blocked the leader, who hurriedly tried to chase after the man.

-What did you babble to that human just now?

At the leader’s interrogation, Archie obediently opened his mouth.

-I told him the cave’s location.

-......What?

The leader asked back, unable to understand at once the most insane thing he had ever heard in his life.

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