Chapter 97 – Careful Preparation (4)
14. Careful Preparation (4)
“Kaya, put that foot down for now. Let’s calm down. Shay brought it, so there must be a reason. Right?”
“Yes yes. That’s right.”
Kaya’s movements were swift, unhesitating, and relentless. Kaya grabbed Shay’s forearm and grabbed the girl by the back of her head as she ran desperately toward her window, pinned her to the floor, and trampled her girl’s chest with her green rosary.
If Shay brought her, that girl would definitely be the fourth hero candidate. She had a justification that Shay was attacked, but she overreacted anyway. I don’t know what caused this overreaction, but I tried to calm Kaya down first.
“No. It’s too far to explain.”
But Kaya rejected me. It was the first time. Her tone was too cold and stern. It was an atmosphere that did not allow objections.
“Shay. Explanation.”
“Yes yes. Sister!”
I could see Shay’s neck twitching. She too carefully took out her rosary and began her explanation. From the first encounter with the girl, he ran away at an unusual speed, and he was curious and started to pursue it. She eventually pursues her home, tricks her into capturing her, and forcibly brings her in for a conversation.
After hearing all the explanations, I looked up at Kaya and saw her shivering girl. She is not yet her colleague and has no relationship whatsoever, so her abbreviated profile has not been opened.
“Shay, as she became a crusader, she was uneducated.”
“Education, huh?”
“Didn’t Rosario react? On top of that, despite her size, she has agile speed and tough strength.”
“Ah!”
Kaya braced herself to her feet. The girl struggled over her body. It was then that she tried to stop her because she thought she would break her ribs.
“Reveal what you see, beast.”
“What? Beast?”
“Beast, what?”
The girl’s struggles stopped at Kaya’s cold words. Resignation crossed her girl’s face.
“Those who have been mixed with the blood of cursed animals who covet human blood. A beast in human clothing.”
“Huh.”
Woo-wook Koo-
“This beast is a werewolf.”
“I am, beast, no… ! No one ate! Aagh!”
“All talking beasts speak that way.”
Kaya’s words came as a shock. That little girl is a werewolf? From the outside, she’s no different from a normal person, right?
“Reveal what you see, beast. Otherwise, her heart will cave in and she will die.”
“Even if you reveal your true self, you’ll kill them as beasts! If that’s the case, just kill it! If you’re not going to listen to me, why should I listen to you!”
“Tsk.”
“For a moment! Wait a minute sister!”
“What is it, Shay?”
“Th-Rosario reacts, but I don’t see any evil in that girl!”
“So you’re saying these rosarios are wrong? Are you saying that Raella-sama and Justitia-sama’s energy is wrong?”
“It’s not… Sister.”
Shay seemed as shocked as I was.
“When I brought this girl, I swore to Justitia that I would never harm her. Justitia accepted it. I said that the captain and her sister are good people, so I brought her…”
But then she got to her girl’s side, got down on her one knee and grabbed Kaya’s foot.
“Shay! What are you doing!”
“Even if you see me, can’t you just talk to me once? I just can’t see this girl being misled.”
“Are you sure you don’t know? How many people have been harmed by these talking beasts? The brothers and sisters of the Order are no exception!”
“There is no proof that this girl committed the crime!”
“Hey, Shay. A beast is a beast. It looks like a human, so why call it a beast? Even if you’ve never harmed people because you’re young or because of some circumstances, you’re bound to harm people someday. All of the beasts that have been discovered so far! I mean, I hurt people!”
“If you haven’t hurt anyone yet, you’re not a sinner!”
“Shay! So, can Shay take responsibility for those who will be sacrificed in the future? Can you handle that weight?”
“So I want to talk! And shouldn’t we just watch from the sidelines?”
“Now, what did you say? Watching this beast? Continue?”
Kaya crossed her arms.
“This is nonsense, Shay. You know Shay is caring and nice, but she puts a beast where the captain is.”
“I already paid the extra charge.”
“It’s enough to count as throwing away a few silver coins. Besides, Shay, have you forgotten? The fact that it was that beast that bit your forearm defending that beast right now?”
“At this level, I can’t even wear an injured shaft. It is true that I was forced to bring him.”
“It’s not enough to bring this kind of danger and stay together, I can’t tolerate it.”
“Sister!”
Kaya was stubborn. Shay, too, had her own oath at stake, so she did not back down easily. The confrontation continued and her girl was still being stepped on by Kaya. Kaya and Shay’s voices grew louder.
‘A real werewolf.’
I couldn’t imagine it. Information about werewolves was extremely superficial. It was only the rough characteristics and background explanations of the classes that were released little by little before the dlc was released.
The fact that werewolves (hereinafter referred to as wolves) are the only shape shifters with both human and wolf forms, that they are taboo to people and are hostile to the church, that the number of individuals themselves is small, but that they have excellent physical abilities, and so on. It was a setting that would often appear in fantasy novels.
There was an image of a vaguely strong front row class, but seeing the girl shivering in front of my eyes, it didn’t match at all.
“Sister… Are you really going to break my oath this far? It’s okay to have a conversation just once!”
“Shay made a mistake by not recognizing this beast and taking such an oath. And don’t worry. Shay worked hard to protect her. I will bury my blood. Get your hands off I don’t want to force Shay.”
“Sister!”
“Leave your hands.”
“Sister, really this far!”
“Stop.”
“Leader. It looks like this only on the outside, but inside it’s like a beast…”
“I told you to stop.”
Kaya bit her lip. It was uncomfortable to be so forceful, but she couldn’t help it. Kaya and Shay were running parallel lines, and it looked like they might see blood if they got it wrong. It would never have happened.
Kaya’s opinion is firm, and Shay has sworn an oath to Justitia.
I had enough of the opinions of the two, so I had to mediate.
I approached the girl.
“Leader!”
“Are you okay.”
While Kaya couldn’t do this or that, I crouched down by the girl’s bedside. The girl’s hair and eyes were a deep black color that made it impossible to tell the depth. Unlike Kaya and Shay, who are fantasy beauties and blonde beauties, whoever sees it… I felt a strange feeling because it seemed that there were some oriental features mixed in the face.
“What is your name?”
“…”
“Kaya. Could you please clean your feet?”
“Leader. If you do, you may harm the captain.”
“Come to think of it, your posture is too humiliating. Even if I try to talk, the heart will disappear completely. So please stand up I also do treatment. It’s not that I’m accepting it right away, isn’t it okay to talk?”
“Captain!”
Kaya’s face hardened. On the other hand, Shay smiled broadly, saying that he was also the captain. I felt sorry for Kaya, but I raised Shay’s hand.
‘In the dlc information, it was stated that the werewolf and the nun could not be organized at the same time. If that girl is a werewolf…’
And it wasn’t really about recruiting that girl. Kaya would be offended, but Shay had even sworn an oath to the goddess.
“Let go. Even if you sit on a chair, you just have to keep the doors and windows properly.”
“… All right.”
Kaya removed her foot from her girl’s chest and then quickly blocked her side of the window. Shay was guarding her door. But it didn’t mean much. The girl just stared at me, and she seemed completely unwilling to escape.
As my colleagues watched, I reached out to the girl. She stared blankly at my hand, then jerked her head away and she tried to get herself up. Kaya winced but shook her head.
The girl shuddered and barely managed to get up. She frowned at the pain in her chest and back, but made no sound of pain. She looked at Kaya and sat down on the edge of her chair.
‘It wasn’t my intention, but the good cops and the bad cops have been decided.’
Because of Kaya, the first impression of her would be the worst, but at the same time, because of Kaya, there was a high probability that Nana Shay would appear to be a relatively ‘good’ person.
‘No, more than that… It just seems close to resignation.’
I got up and sat across from her. Kaya and Shay stood on either side.
“Can I know what your name is? My name is Hendrick, who leads the HAT corps.”
“… Beautiful.”
“Yes, Ar. I’m sorry that I brought you out and used violence.”
“…”
Ar just spit out his name and then shut his mouth. Resignation was also resignation, but the hostility was considerable. She seemed to give only the necessary answers.
“Do you live alone in Salem?”
“Okay.”
“Warrior?”
“No.”
“How long have you been here?”
“I don’t know. Maybe a few weeks.”
“Are you thinking of becoming a hero?”
“Not at all.”
“If you’re not going to be a hero, why are you here in Salem?”
“I don’t want to talk.”
All of them were short answers. It felt more like an interrogation than a conversation. I glanced at Shay. She said she wanted to talk, so she said something.
“Beautiful. Are you really a werewolf?”
“That’s right.”
“Then… Can you show me?”
Arga, who had been staring blankly at the center of her table, turned her head towards Shay. She caught Shay’s eyes and she snorted her then pointed the tip of her chin at her kaya.
There is that woman, but she means how to transform.
Shay gave Kaya a longing look, and Kaya, who couldn’t understand what was going on, gritted her teeth and turned her head away. It was a de facto permit.
As Ar rose from her seat, she said.
“Now… Probably won’t last long I don’t think so. And in that state, it is possible to understand, but it will be difficult to speak.”
“All right. I will never attack you.”
“Joy.”
Ar put her hand on her chest and took a deep breath.
Sup- Ha… Sup- Whoa…
Each time he took a deep breath, Ar’s weak body, which would not be strange even if he collapsed immediately, began to change little by little.
Her height grew and her bones grew. Her limbs were lengthened and her toned muscles attached. One side of her black eyes was colored red and the other silvery. Gone were her human-like ears, and new ones appeared on top of her head, with sharp teeth and fingernail claws protruding.
Ar, who was much smaller and dwarfed than Kaya, had grown to a height slightly shorter than Shay, and his muscles looked much more toned than Shay’s. It felt like real contracted muscles. On top of that, her face, which was cold and haughty from the beginning, contained an expression of bitterness that she would bite and tear apart anything that got in her way.
The change was so dramatic and amazing that even Kaya watched her with bated breath.
In the process of her transformation, Ar, who was embarrassed to even call her clothes, was torn to reveal her naked body.
“Arr… !”
“That beast… !”
“Beautiful!”
The crimson and silver odd eye glared at me intensely. I was scared for a moment because the gaze was so ferocious, but…
‘You mean it’s like looking at a dog with straight ears?’
I approached her timid abandoned dog slowly and approached her with the idea of getting to know her little by little.
“Beautiful. Since you said you understand our words even in that state, there’s something I want to test. It’s simple.”
“…”
“Hand.”
Ar looked down at my hand and he bared his teeth.
