Rorona of Defeat
Rorona who sprinted reached an open area.
Her heightened concentration captured that one spot.
A woman being strangled and a white minotaur strangling her with its right hand.
(The height of a minotaur is roughly 1.8x of me. Although the hardness of its arm is unknownーー)
Rorona drew out her sword.
The minotaur's arm was blown away.
(It does not look like my sword cannot cut it!!!)
Furthermore, Rorona released her killing Twin Cross while turning around.
The minotaur that was split into four by the X cross was split into eight by the 十 cross.
The time that passed, only 0.2 seconds.
Additionally, Rorona reaches out her hand.
"Wind!"
The dismembered minotaur was blown away.
"Hmph......"
Rorona sheathed her sword.
She asked towards the collapsed woman.
"Is your body alright?"
The woman said.
"Run, away......"
"Do not worry. I already split the enemy into eight."
"It's not...... like that......"
Geho!, the woman spat out blood.
She has deep wounds.
Her shoulder was gouged, and there is a hole in her stomach.
Even if a hundred doctors take a look at her, a hundred of them would say it is a fatal wound.
"Don't speak."
Rorona put her hand in her pocket.
She took out a thumb-sized vial that has green colored liquid inside.
"This is an elixir that even an executive of the Golden Prairie can only carry one.
You will absolutely be saved as long as you're not a corpse."
"That......no......"
"Don't worry about it."
Rorona lets the woman drink the liquid.
Gokun, the woman's throat sounded.
Her wounds closed like a rewinding video.
"It would take a lot of time to recover your blood and stamina, but it looks like your life is saved."
"Damn it......!"
The woman gritted her teeth in frustration.
"I do not want you to ask to speak gratitude, but I'm unwilling to make you feel frustrated though......"
"That thing......at the beginning, it was a Troll......"
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"And when I cut him off, he fucking......became an Ogre............"
"What, are you......?"
"In the end......, when I beheaded it......it became a Minotaur............"
Rorona understood after hearing up until there.
"In short, that monster, it evolves every time it gets defeated......?"
"That's why, I wanted you to reserve it for yourself, it you had......a medicine............"
"If so, then do not worry."
Rorona gently lets the woman fall asleep.
"That elixir, it would heal anyone as long as they are not dead. However, it would make that person sleep for a whole week if it was used on deep wounds. It is a medicine that is completely useless during battle."
"I......see............"
The medicine circulated throughout her body, and the woman lost consciousness.
"Well then......"
Rorona looked towards the direction the Minotaur was blown away.
〈Ｓｈｉｋｓｈа............аｎｔ〉
The enemy said 『Learning......finished』 with a tone that Rorona did not understand.
Its torso that was split into eight regenerated and its split head returns to normal.
It grew arms and finally having a total of 6.
What was shaped out, was a pure white Cyclops.
Its size is roughly 2.2 meters.
"Hmph......"
Rorona glanced to her back.
She kicked the ground and charged so that the woman would not get caught in the battle.
She did the drawing slash just like earlier.
Her blade sinks into the bulky white body.
However, she did not feel resistance.
"Afterimage?!!"
Rorona was surprised.
And a white fist was thrown to her stomach.
"Guha!!"
Rorona was blown away grandly.
The trees on her path were mowed until she hits a big cliff.
A 3-meter radius crater was created.
Pursuing attack came.
Four fists sank to Rorona.
Three of her ribs were broken.
"Don't.........look down on me............!!"
Rorona released her killing Twin Cross.
The X cross and 十 cross traced the Cyclops' body.
Gyarin! Gyarin!
A sound like a metal was traced was created and made some sparks.
Howeverーー.
It was unwounded.
It was completely unwounded even after receiving Rorona's slash that can easily tear through steel.
It was because it remembered it.
It was because it remembered the strength of the sword Rorona released.
Not letting her guard down and attacking the enemy with her full strength cornered Rorona instead.
Counterattack came.
For the Cyclops, it was a light jab-like attack.
However, Rorona has low Vitality.
On top of that, there are six arms.
Rorona greatly bent backward.
Her nose bone and the front of her teeth were broken, red blood danced in the air.
"Kaha! Haa......!"
Her past memories revive like a revolving lamp1.
Her childhood when she was bullied.
Mud balls were thrown at her, and she was forced to drink mud water with grasshopper inside.
In the house where the windows were broken without reason, she slept trembling because of the night wind.
Without knowing the reason she was born.
Without knowing why she is living.
Without knowing that, death approaches.
Fear that surpassed everything enveloped her whole body.
Rorona turned her back to the enemy.
The enemy's fist landed on her back.
"KHUAA......!"
Rorona's body collapsed face down.
The Cyclops lied over her.
Her shoulder was bitten.
Her flesh was violently gouged out.
I am being eaten.
I'll become food.
Rorona who realized that intensely reached out to the empty space where no one was in and said.
"Save, me......"
She cried after whimpering.
"Someone......someonee............"
What was there was not a swordsman with a genius talent.
It is the weak girl Rorona who was bullied and forced to drink mud water by children.
The Cyclops that had tasted a part of Rorona raised its hand to put an end to her.
It was at that time.
"Wind Needle!"
A voice that released magic was made and the Cyclops' eyes were destroyed.
And in the next instant, the Cyclops was chopped into pieces.
It was a god-like instantaneous technique that being proud of the killing technique of releasing four slashes in an instant would be embarrassing.
Both those slashes and being saved, was a miraculous event for Rorona.
And the person who made that miracleーー.
Kosakai Kehma.
The man that Rorona hated very much during this journey.
"Heal."
After casting Healing Magic on her, Kehma raised her body through an embrace.
"Are you okay?"
"Ghu......"
Rorona who was healed got stuck on her voice.
Various kinds of emotions came.
Happiness that came with the healing.
Relief from not dying.
Gratitude to Kehma who saved her although she cursed at him that much.
Embarrassment for saying big words to someone she has this much difference when it comes to skill.
However, what came out of her mouth were dishonest words.
"Why......, did you save me......!!"
After saying that, Rorona felt pathetic.
She thought that it was she was too rude towards the person who saved her.
But, however, Rorona was afraid.
It is because she knew about the fear of loneliness that she was afraid of kind people.
The me right now will, be easily be destroyed, if I was betrayed by a kind person.
That reality was branded on her unconsciousness.
If so, it's better to be hated as a rude person.
The man in front of her said as if it was nothing.
"Didn't I tell you? I'll save you if you call for help."
Rorona vaguely remembered.
It's true.
You said it.
It is true that the man in front of me said that.
However, they were said lightly during a meal time chat.
I did not think that it would be applied even in such situation, like at the border of life and death, or while challenging a strong enemy.
Or rather, I could not think of it.
I could not imagine that somebody who lost all worth after being defeated by an enemy would reach out a helping hand.
Honest feelings of gratitude were born inside her.
However, the days of being not loved, had fixated the idea of fear from being betrayed on the word "believe".
She got off Kehma's arms and drew out her spare sword.
"Run......"
"Eh?!"
"I split that monster into eight earlier.
At the beginning, that enemy had a similar difference between me and you when it comes to strength.
However, it revived, and began to surpass me."
"I heard about it was an orc first, but transformed after getting defeated."
"If you understand, then treat it as such enemy!!!"
Rorona readied with her sword.
If I fight after Kehma had run away, I would probably die.
However, strangely, I'm not scared.
The fact of being saved unconditionally made me create a meaning and worth for my own life.
The fact of being saved, created the feeling of throwing away my life if it was for Kehma.
- 走馬灯(Sōmatō) - the flashing scene that shows one's life
