Chapter 265: After the Darkness Cleared
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That 󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂was because the two Werewolves agreed that regardless of who won the fight between Ran and Renin, if they did not escape now, they would lose their chance forever.
Naria, 󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂who had confirmed with her own eyes that Ran disappeared into the darkness together with Renin Abalan, especially wanted to put Alec far away from them.
Alec 󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂could not say that they had to help Ran.
There 󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂was no guarantee that he would be of any help by jumping into their fight now.
No, 󠄂󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄁󠄀󠄁󠄀󠄀󠄀󠄁󠄂perhaps he might even take Renin’s side instead.
Alec understood Ran, who had firmly gone to meet Renin alone.
He had trusted no one but his own companions.
Alec did not particularly want to admit it, but Ran’s judgment had been right this time too.
Though Alec had resolved himself for everything, he could not understand himself for wavering once he actually drew close to an Imperial Family member.
As if two selves were fighting inside his chest, two emotions tensely tore at each other.
Feeling pathetic about himself, Alec bit his lip.
Belatedly thinking that Naria might see his expression, he hurriedly turned his head, but he knew that the distance was too close to hide his face with such a trivial movement.
Because Naria and Alec were walking while supporting each other by the shoulder.
In contrast to the affectionate and cozy-looking sight, neither of their expressions was very bright.
This was the compromise found between Alec, who had stubbornly insisted that he would carry Naria because she was injured, and Naria, who had insisted that this little injury would heal with one dab of spit.
Thanks to that, the two walked while holding tightly onto each other, as if they would die if they let go.
Contrary to Alec’s worry that she must have already noticed his strange face, Naria showed no reaction.
More precisely, even with his face so close to her, Naria did not notice Alec’s change.
Naria was also lost in her own thoughts and just as anxious.
Of course, her worries were a little more practical than Alec’s.
She was thinking about their chance of survival.
In this posture, if something unexpected happened, she could not escape with Alec.
Besides, against that monster-like bastard......
Naria turned her gaze to the huge arrow lodged in her shoulder.
Before the overwhelming difference in force, there was nothing she could do.
That was an enemy they could not defeat.
That was what a god was.
Now that the human who could at least be used as bait had been stolen away, the only choice left was to flee while avoiding that man’s eyes as much as possible.
Naria quietly turned her head and looked around.
Quite a few Werewolves had already fled outside.
Now, the only ones left here were the oddballs who had stayed behind with humans, including the man who had helped her and Alec.
Their movements were a little slow because of Mona’s order, but everyone instinctively knew that now was the time to flee from inside this place.
The reason no one was hurrying was probably so they would not provoke one another.
Because the moment someone first let go of the thread of tension, everyone would try to rush outside like beasts, scrambling ahead of one another.
Such a fierce struggle should not happen while each of them had a human to protect beside them.
This was also the situation that must never happen most for her and Alec.
Because with her shoulder injured, she would not be able to survive among them.
Focusing on the sensation of her nerves drawn taut, Naria carefully took a step.
She did not want to, but if the situation truly became difficult, there was also a way to use a dirty trick.
Though the only thing that immediately came to mind was grabbing another human and using them as a shield.
The situation happened to be favorable, did it not?
Alec would not notice what happened in the darkness, and buried truth had no effect as long as it was not dug up.
It would be all right as long as Alec did not find out.
Survival had to be the top priority of everything.
But for some reason, the voice ringing inside Naria’s head interrupted her.
It was not as if the self inside her heart was speaking, nor was it a holy voice like some revelation.
It was simply the voice of a certain brat.
A cheeky voice asking what she would do if Alec died because of her choice.
She knew the correct answer was that she would make sure such a thing did not happen, but strangely, that childish voice did not leave her head.
“Are you worried I’ll die?”
“What?”
Naria, who had been blankly increasing her speed as she walked, asked in surprise before she could stop herself.
For an instant, her heart pounded, wondering if Alec had looked inside her head.
“You went outside because of me, didn’t you? Because you were afraid I would die.”
“Ah, I wondered what you meant......”
Relieved, Naria muttered without realizing it.
At Naria’s answer, as if it was nothing important, Alec’s face immediately crumpled.
“Couldn’t you have told me first?”
“......When you say it like that, it sounds like I did something wrong.”
Though she had no remorse, Naria had tact, so her momentum shrank.
At Naria’s voice, which had instantly grown smaller, Alec gripped her shoulder tightly.
When Naria lowered her tail, Alec’s mood also sank to the floor.
That was because, in one corner of his head, he knew he had no right to reproach Naria.
Of course Naria would not have been able to say anything to him.
What sort of consultation could she have with a human who withered away and died just because he could not follow god?
Even now, he could not bring himself to ask exactly who had attacked Naria’s shoulder.
The moment Alec clenched his teeth, feeling disgust at himself, Naria stopped walking.
When the puzzled Alec turned his head toward Naria, Naria’s voice, mixed with a sigh as if relieved to have gotten away from the topic from a moment ago, reached him.
“Ahead of us is the cliff. We can’t climb quickly like this anymore.”
This time, Naria whispered as if she absolutely could not yield.
“Even if I can’t see ahead, I can climb a cliff at least.”
Alec tried to be stubborn, but it was not very persuasive.
“No. You would roll down.”
The Werewolf, who had quietly listened to Alec’s words, firmly corrected Alec’s stubbornness.
Forgetting that Alec could not see, Naria made a triumphant expression as if to say, see?
“There’s no choice but for me to carry Alec. That’s the safest way.”
“What are you saying when your shoulder has been pierced through?”
Alec raised his voice without realizing it.
The sensation of the huge arrow piercing through Naria’s shoulder still remained at the tips of his fingers.
He could not endure the thought of being carried on Naria’s back and climbing the cliff when she had such a serious injury.
“Then are you saying you’re going to die here?”
Thinking Alec was being impossibly stubborn, anger began to enter Naria’s voice too.
“I’m not saying I’m going to die. Besides, Ran might really be able to beat Renin......”
“Are you joking with me? That frail-looking bastard can’t beat that man in a head-on fight.”
At Naria’s trembling voice, Alec closed his mouth.
Was that really so?
Yes, if he cooled his head and thought about it, Naria’s words were more reasonable.
Despite that, the reason he had thought that man might win was perhaps because he wanted to die along with him.
Perhaps he thought it would be better to die here than to make a pointless resistance.
Now he could no longer understand his own heart.
As time passed, it felt as if his head was breaking down more and more.
Alec, who held his dizzy head, opened his mouth in order to resolve what took highest priority for him first.
“......Even if it is just you, Naria, go up first and hide yourself. I will slowly climb up on my own, or find another method......”
“If I was going to run away alone, I would not have come back here in the first place.”
Naria firmly blocked Alec’s words.
For some reason, Alec felt as if he might cry.
The more she showed him affection like this, the more pathetic he felt.
Naria still did not know that he was trash with no worth for such a thing.
“I'm telling you not to do that. I confirmed that you’re alive, so I’m all right now. So......”
“Alec, actually, this isn’t that difficult a problem for me.”
This time too, Naria cut Alec off.
“I can just knock you unconscious and forcibly carry you up. I just don’t want to use that method.”
Because it was such a clear and efficient method, Alec lost his words for a moment.
Just as she said, if Naria made up her mind, it was clear he would be dragged up by her without being able to put up anything worthy of being called resistance.
Why did I not think of that?
Alec, who had been thinking blankly, soon found the answer.
Because Naria had never used force on him.
At least, as far as he remembered, that was true.
Naria was always careful when touching him.
There had been a time when she had not been able to control her strength and left small wounds, but that too was so long ago that it had grown faint in his memory.
Unable to find anything to say, Alec tightly held Naria’s hand.
The man watching those two pointed at the cliff stretching into the darkness and opened his mouth.
“If you cannot decide, there is also the method of me taking that man up. One more human will not be a burden.”
“No, that will not do!”
Naria sharply cut off his words.
Alec, unable to understand Naria’s oversensitive reaction, held her hand even tighter.
Only the two Werewolves understood each other.
Naria knew there was no guarantee he would not use Alec as a shield, and the man too realized what Naria feared.
They knew too well what they could throw away for the human they cherished if the worst happened.
After looking at Naria, he stepped back as if there was no helping it.
“I have no more time to waste. I will take this woman and climb up, and if that happens, there will be only two choices left to you. You had better think carefully.”
After leaving those final words, he began climbing the cliff without hesitation.
Naria followed his back with her eyes for a moment, then turned her gaze back to Alec.
“Alec, I don’t know much about humans. In fact, outside, some brat said every kind of bitter thing there was to me. I know very well that I seem strange. But becoming a strange bastard myself is much better than watching you die.”
Naria’s voice as she spoke sounded a little uneasy.
As if she was worried he might hate her for something like this.
Alec shook his head.
“No. I’m the strange one.”
Even though I am loved and love you, I’m the only strange one, acting as if my head is broken.
It was fortunate they were in the darkness.
If he had seen Naria’s face right now, he probably would not have been able to hold back his tears.
When Alec had nothing more to say, Naria grew anxious and shook the hand caught by his.
“So, you’re going to go up with me, right? Then I don’t need to knock you unconscious?”
At the simple conclusion she had reached to suit herself, Alec burst out laughing.
Even though the situation had not improved at all.
Perhaps the reason he had been able to endure without going mad in the monsters’ village was not the wooden carving hidden underground, but Naria.
Alec stretched out his hand and carefully felt Naria’s face.
Whatever she took that to mean, Naria embraced Alec.
“Then we’re going up now? Do you need to be careful not to bite your tongue?”
At her voice, asking while reading his mood, Alec ended up laughing again.
“I’m asking just in case, but your head really is all right, right? Or has the situation been too shocking and made you lose it?”
As she asked carefully, Naria felt Alec’s head.
Instead of saying how she could tell that by touching his head, Alec carefully hugged Naria back and closed his eyes.
For a brief moment, he thought he might have wanted time to stop like this.
But that childish thought soon evaporated at the strength of Naria’s arm gripping his waist.
Is she saying she would knock me unconscious by making me unable to breathe like this?
It was the moment Alec urgently opened his eyes to say there was no need for that.
His vision began changing rapidly.
The darkness covering his eyes vanished as if being sucked away somewhere.
The moment he confirmed the face entering his eyes fully as the darkness cleared, Alec realized how much he had missed Naria all this time.
And how precious she was to him.
Because the moment he saw the huge arrow piercing Naria’s shoulder, uncontrollable rage began to bloom inside him.
It was to the point that he even felt a violent impulse to pay back the culprit who had done this to Naria in exactly the same way, or twice as much.
Besides, right now, he felt like he could truly make it happen.
As if the curtain inside his head had been drawn back together with the darkness, Alec felt his vision and thoughts grow clear.
But just because one escaped the darkness did not mean the place one arrived at was necessarily paradise.
Rather, it could be that a filthy and ugly reality unfolded instead.
The reality waiting for the humans who opened their eyes from within the darkness was the same.
“Kyaaaah!!!”
At the sharp scream coming from behind him, Alec turned his head.
He saw people surrounding someone at the center.
Screams spat out by people who had witnessed something terrible burst from here and there.
Perhaps a scream had also burst from his own mouth, Alec thought.
Because although he could not tell who the person at the center of the people was, he could clearly tell that the person was holding someone by the hair.
Beautiful blond hair was tangled between his fingers.
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