Chapter 507 – Gaiden 10) ‘Friend’ You Can’t Hate Even if You Want to Hate It
10) A ‘friend’ you cannot hate even if you want to hate it
“Hey, honey!”
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
Peter Elaine, who was washing dishes in the camper, hurriedly came out at the urgent cry of her beloved wife, Hella Elaine.
“Honey, why is that… Uh?”
Peter came out and found his wife blankly looking up at the sky. Following her, he looked up at her sky and became his flagship.
“Uh, what the hell is that…!”
The sky was dyed black. No, something black and huge covered the sky. The soft moonlight that lit up the dark world was lost by a gigantic monstrous creature.
The hopeless and terrifying sight was like a flare signaling that the world had come to an end.
“Honey…”
His wife, who was strong enough to easily kill quite a few monsters, trembled in fear. Peter put his hand on her wife’s shoulder and hugged her.
“It’s okay. I’m here. There’s no need to be afraid.”
He comforted and reassured her frightened wife.
‘What does that mean?’
But he was equally afraid. Peter, who has been through all sorts of things over the course of his 300 years of life, is not afraid of anything.
This is because parts of his body, or most of them, belonged to monsters. I was able to deal with quite a few villains and monsters without blinking an eye.
But that thing, that monster that covered the sky, made Peter tremble in fear just by looking at it.
“Honey…”
“…”
‘Even if I die…’
Peter made up his mind. Even if he dies, he will definitely protect his wife, whom he has recovered after 300 years.
However, the situation ended without his determination.
Something flashed in the sky above Dark City, and then a black hole opened in the sky. And into that black hole, the monster disappeared.
You all had a nightmare, the soft moonlight that fell upon the world seemed to say so.
“What is this…?”
Living outside the Dark City, there was nothing Peter could find out about this case. One thing I can be sure of is that there is no end to this world.
However, Peter and Hella’s hardships had just begun.
Oh oh oh oh-!
Kyaaaaah
Keeeee
“What is this?!”
“Honey!”
The advent of Cthulhu had a great influence on the monsters living in this world. All kinds of monsters were caught in madness and began to run amok.
Large monsters that could be said to be the rulers of a realm started attacking each other. They slaughtered and ate their own people. They strayed from their territory and invaded the territory of other monsters.
And the mad march of monsters continued to the nest of the Elaine couple.
“These freaks!”
“Don’t do it!”
Peter and Hela had to deal with monsters constantly flocking to protect their house. Small and medium monsters were easily handled by two people, and it was not difficult because the monsters fought each other.
The problem was a large monster.
Booooo-!
The Elaine couple’s first hardship was a large monster resembling an elephant. There were a total of 8 huge tusks, 4 each on the left and right, over 20m long, and it had a whopping 3 noses. It had 16 legs and its gray hide was harder and tougher than steel.
Against the huge and bizarre-looking monster, the Greek couple continued to fight without rest for a week and finally won.
On the fifth day, Hella broke the monster’s skin and skull, and Peter crushed her brain. However, the monster ran rampant for two more days even with its brain destroyed, and eventually collapsed due to exhaustion.
While fighting this monster, the front part of the camper that the Dark Knight presented to the couple was stepped on and crushed.
“Honey… Are you okay?”
“Ha ha! Ha ha! Uh… I’m fine. What about you? Are you hurt?”
Peter and Hela checked each other’s condition as soon as the monster fell. Is it because we have been fighting together for a long time? The eyes looking at each other were more affectionate than ever.
“…”
“…”
The two looked at each other without speaking. Their eyes looking at each other were hot enough to touch.
Although they appeared to be in their late 20s, the inner core was a grandfather and grandmother who were over 300 years old.
Her libido was almost gone, and when she was reunited with the help of the Dark Knight, she only had sex once. Since then, I haven’t had sex even once.
But now it was different. It wouldn’t be strange if he died at any time. It was a miracle that both of them were unharmed and defeated the large monster.
More affection for each other than ever before. In the end, the couple could not stand the signals sent from the body and spent a night full of edification. It was a hotter night than ever.
*****
The invasion of large monsters continued the next day and the day after that.
It was not an ordinary monster, it was a fight against a large monster. The Elaine couple were increasingly exhausted and continued to struggle day after day.
Then one day.
“Honey, do you think you’re a bit tall?”
“Uh?”
While resting after an exhausting battle with a large ostrich-like monster, Hella suddenly asked Peter. When she said she was tall, Peter tilted her head. It must have been a long time since I grew taller.
“Wake up for a minute. Come on.”
“Huh? Uh…”
At the urging of his wife, Peter, who was lying in bed, had to get out of bed. Standing in front of him, Hella inspected her husband carefully and then clapped her hands.
“Yes! That’s right! You’re tall!”
“Really? Why are you so tall?”
He couldn’t believe he was tall. It’s not even puberty, but it’s tall at this age.
But that wasn’t the only change that came to Peter. Not only did he grow taller, but his slender body began to gain thick muscles.
After six months, the man who looked like a model had turned into a wrestler who did a lot of exercise every day.
Besides, that wasn’t the only change that came to him.
“Kyaaak!”
“Honey!”
When fighting a medium-sized monster that looks like a snake attached to her tail, Hela is in danger. Because of her hard struggle every day, Hella, who lost a lot of stamina and concentration, did not notice the tail snake approaching from under her feet.
“No!”
In a desperate situation where her beloved wife was about to be devoured by her snake, Peter performed an amazing miracle.
Damn-!
Bones protruded from the soles of his feet and landed on the ground. His calf and thigh muscles swelled up.
Then he threw her body at Hella. Then he was able to approach Hela much faster than usual.
His transformation did not end there.
Crack-!
A bone protruded from the back of his hand. Peter swung the bone protruding like a claw at the snake, and the snake’s head was severed. It resembles Marvel’s popular hero, Wolverine.
After saving Hela, Peter easily dealt with the medium-sized monster. He fights large monsters almost every day, and medium-sized monsters are no longer an opponent to him who has become stronger.
“This… Can’t it?”
“You look like… Oh?”
At that moment, a monster appeared in the minds of the two. A few days ago, I had fought a large lizard-like monster, and the monster used the same technique as Peter’s.
The large monster also had bones ejected outside the body or its muscles were greatly bumped.
Peter had the power to imitate the skills of the monsters he had killed.
*****
Hearing his story, I was taken aback.
“Oh really? Technology absorption possible?”
“Yes. I don’t know why I got this ability… I’ve definitely got that special power.”
Suwook-!
As we spoke, Peter showed me the back of his hand. A bone protruded through the skin on the back of the hand.
“Hiya~ That’s amazing. How much can this grow?”
“It’s still only about 30 cm.”
“Only? So you’re saying it’s possible to pull it out longer?”
“Maybe it’s possible. When the bones were first extracted, they were much shorter than this.”
“Ohhh!”
I was amazed. He’s still strong Peter, but he can become stronger here… I wonder if this man will be active as a hero when he returns to Dark City later. Well, given his personality, the odds of that happening are slim.
“But what about your wife? You haven’t seen her since before?”
“Ah, the wife went to Monster Hunter Village.”
“Huh? To Monster Hunter Village? Is it okay to see people now?”
Why would Peter leave his house and live in the land of monsters? It was because of his wife, Hella Elaine. If you look at a person, the monster’s ferocious voice will explode, so you couldn’t take him to the Dark City.
If she could keep her sanity even when she met people, she had no reason to put Peter in the land of dangerous monsters.
Then Peter smiled and shook his head.
“It’s still difficult to take them to the Dark City. If there are a lot of people, they turn into monsters. But it’s okay if you only meet one or two people briefly.”
“Really? That’s really unfortunate.”
If so, it was impossible to take Peter back to the Dark City.
“Why did you go to town anyway?”
“I do business with the village. I’ve been fighting monsters every day for the past few years, so I’ve made a lot of by-products. I process them into weapons and armor and deliver them to the Monster Hunter village. I get daily necessities in return.”
“Huh? That precious thing is barely exchanged for daily necessities? Aren’t you losing too much money?”
For a moment, I thought that Peter might have been caught by the monster hunter villagers. If that was really the case, he intended to visit her once and give her a big scolding.
But fortunately that wasn’t the case.
“It’s okay because the most necessary things for my husband and I to live now are daily necessities. Since we live here, we don’t need money.”
“Ah… Well, that’s right.”
The value of a commodity is relative.
Obviously, if Peter sells weapons made from monster by-products in Dark City, rich people of all kinds will come with money and buy them at random.
Those with the ability to process by-products of monsters into weapons were rare.
However, Peter, who lives in the land of monsters, did not need money. There’s no department store here, so where’s the money going? It was much better to use the money to receive the necessities of life.
“Oh right. Take this.”
“…?”
I took the items out of my inventory and handed them to Peter. Peter, who was accepting the items I gave him with a puzzled face, soon realized the identity and his face hardened.
“This…”
“Sorry. Was I too late? I should have delivered it right away, but somehow it took three years.”
“…”
Peter’s eyes trembled violently. What I gave him was none other than the tools he used in his studio, such as a sewing machine and needles.
Three years ago, Peter said he was bored with his hands and asked me to bring him items from his workshop. However, he entered the black hole with Cthulhu and tracked down the escaped White Killer, so it took him three years to fulfill the request.
“It would have been nice to go see my wife, but since she’s not coming, I can’t help it. I’ll give her my regards and come back next time. Oh, that’s right. Do you need anything else? I’ll bring it to you. This time it won’t take three years, so don’t worry.”
“Steel Armor, you really…”
“Huh? What am I?”
“… No. Thank you so much for not forgetting me.”
“What. My memory is the strongest in the universe.”
“Isn’t it the best in the universe?”
“I can beat people with my memory, so I’m the strongest in the universe.”
“Haha. Anyway, I can’t understand half of what you are saying.”
“The incomprehensible is also my charm.”
I patted him on the shoulder and stood up.
“I’ll see you later, Peter.”
“Yes. Please come before three years pass this time.”
“Uhahahaha! Oh, that’s right. I don’t use the name Steel Armor anymore. They’ve been calling me Dark Knight lately.”
“Yes? The Dark Knight?”
Laughing at Peter’s words, I flew up into the sky. And I looked around.
“The monsters are rampaging, right?”
I closed my eyes and felt the presence of the monsters. As the land was wide, the presence of countless monsters was felt. I only picked out the presence of large monsters among them.
As he kills monsters, Peter becomes stronger. Therefore, if I deal with a large monster now, it will be like blocking his growth.
But there was one thing that Peter thought more important than his growth: a comfortable life.
The large monster was an entity that disturbed his peace, so he thought of taking this opportunity to wipe it out. Then you and your wife can have a good time together.
“Why are you bothering my friend?”
It flew to the nearest large monster.
*****
“…”
Peter looked at the sewing machine with his hands stained with vague eyes.
I thought I forgot… Steel Armor, no, the Dark Knight remembered the trivial promise he made with himself.
He was truly a ‘friend’ whom one could not hate even if one wanted to hate.
“… I don’t know if this would have reduced my skills.”
Rubbing his palms, Peter touched the front of the sewing machine. He was worried about whether he would be able to make clothes as well as he used to because it was a sewing machine he hadn’t touched in 3 years.
Tadadadadadadak-!
His worries were unfounded. He began to skillfully handle the sewing machine.
The sound of the sewing machine echoed loudly. But the sound was very welcome to Peter.
Let’s make a pretty dress for his wife.
If he had been himself, he would not have been able to make women’s clothes. But now it was different. However, because the Dark Knight asked him to make a female costume, he was now able to make it proficiently.
Tadak-! Tadadadadak-!
“~~~”
Peter hummed his song to the familiar sound of the sewing machine.
