Chapter 98 – Let’s Make Sure This Doesn’t Happen Again.

A life being chased by someone is so terrible in itself, but the process before living such a life is equally terrible.

Being chased means running away, and running away means not being able to endure.

Therefore, Nir and Mary in front of us must have been through something so difficult that they could not endure it, and their overreaction due to the applause was probably a trauma caused by that difficult experience.

What on earth has happened to you in the past to make you react like that to a single round of applause?

It was clear to me, as an ordinary person, that something terrible had happened that I couldn’t even imagine.

Although they had met for the first time yesterday and today, for some reason, Nir and Mary did not seem like they were seeing each other for the first time.

Should I say that it catches my eye and makes me feel affectionate for no reason?

Perhaps that’s why, when I saw them shrink so much from a single applause, my anger towards the person who made those two like that naturally boiled over.

······Yes, I am F-class, but I am also an awakened person. I’m an aspiring hero who once dreamed of becoming a hero. Even though he failed everything, he even had the experience of completing a hero level training camp. So, if that bastard who is chasing those two… Who made Mr. Nir and Mr. Mary tremble with a single applause, comes all the way here, I will definitely give him a hard hit.

I have never hit someone out of hostility, but at least I learned how to use my fists in real combat during my training camp, so I was somewhat confident in fighting against ordinary people.

Of course, if the person who made Nir and Mary like that was an awakened person, the story would be very different… But even if that were the case, I wouldn’t just sit back and watch. Because I decided to live the way I want to live.

Since it was a freedom I regained with great difficulty and difficulty, I did not want to do anything I would regret in my future life.

It would definitely be something I would regret if I pretended not to notice the person who made things difficult for me just for the absurd reason of power, so I looked at the two people in front of me, the two who are now mine, and opened my mouth with a firm resolve.

“It must have been really difficult for you to react that much to just one round of applause. But it’s okay now. There is no bad person here who made things difficult for Nir and Mary. And even if that bad person comes, don’t worry, I will take the initiative. “I am the boss who hired you, and it is the duty of a person in charge to protect his subordinates.”

A firm promise without a single lie.

This was a promise to Nir and Mary, but it was also a promise to myself.

If I were to break a promise that three people heard, I would have to lose a lot of things.

For me, who doesn’t have much, it’s a promise I can never break.

“······Ah.”

“······Mmm.”

······But there’s something about the reaction, what is it? Was this too hasty…?

However, my firm determination and commitment did not elicit a great response compared to its weight.

No, the two of them didn’t even make the slightest exclamation, but just exchanged a puzzled look with each other and gently pursed their lips as if they didn’t know what to say.

“······Ugh.”

As someone who had made a heavy promise and made a firm decision, the inevitable reaction was to have my face heat up.

Every time I’ve made a sudden move up to now, they’ve all been well received, so I was complacent and thought that they would be well received this time too… It’s only natural that if I make a quick move, I’ll end up in trouble like this! Such an idiot!

When I faced the horribly cold reality and looked back on what I had said, I felt goosebumps and disgust swallowing my whole body.

I was the only one who felt the affection, and I was the only one who caught the eye, but I mistakenly assumed that Mr. Nir and Mr. Mary felt the same familiarity with me as I did.

It was truly a reckless act of narrowing the distance that could not have been committed unless the other person was a traitor, and the other party would inevitably feel uncomfortable.

Due to the rising shame, my lips stiffened and did not fall even though I had to apologize for crossing the line right now.

As a result, I missed the right time to apologize to Nir and Mary.

“Uh, umm… Well, Mr. Stay. Thank you so much for your consideration. It is true that I reacted that way because of the applause just now, but since there was nothing like the kind of thing that Mr. Stay was worried about, it is okay not to worry that much.”

In the end, I ended up receiving consideration from Mr. Nir, who still had an embarrassed look on his face.

“Oh, that’s right! Mr. Nir… Ah, no, like Nir said, nothing like that happened! And anyway, it will be almost impossible for Stay to do anything about the person who made us like this. We don’t want something like that to happen, so I think it would be better for Stay to just refrain from clapping in the future and stop burning out his revenge on the person who did this!”

Next, she even shot Mary, saying, ‘A weakling like you can’t do anything to the person who is chasing us.’

Seeing him say something like that, it seems like the person who harassed them so much that they made them cringe with a single applause, and who is still persistently pursuing them, was an awakened person.

He is also an awakened person with abilities that ordinary people cannot control.

If such an Awakening were my opponent, there was no way I could fight him as I was only an F-ranker and all I had was a small café set up in a deserted countryside, a status window that could only be used on things that did not contain mana, and dexterity that surpassed cognitive ability.

In the end, I said something presumptuous, even though I couldn’t take responsibility.

Since the two people recognized my capabilities and quickly gave up on their expectations, it didn’t lead to the worst outcome of betraying expectations, but it was still a huge mistake.

It was because of that presumptuous act that I wasted four years of my life.

I had presumptuously over-confident myself, and even though I had paid such a huge price, I repeated the same mistake again, so to be honest, I had nothing to say even if I was beaten.

Yeah, I guess so? Am I going to hit my head against the wall and pass out at this point? Then, at least for now, you won’t feel embarrassed or embarrassed.

“······Ha. Sorry. I said something presumptuous that I couldn’t keep. I will be careful to avoid something like this in the future. Really.”

However, it was obvious that if I did such a drastic thing in front of Nir and Mary, who were already in trouble, the situation would become even worse than now, so I suppressed the urge to faint and first apologized to them. 〈 Br〉

Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen again. Just live with your mind straight, stay.

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At this point, when Stay became the most shameful and embarrassed person in the world, Mir Ryuin and May Ruina were feeling the awkwardness of not knowing what to do.

Of course, this difficulty did not arise because of his sudden departure as Stay thought, but for other reasons.

The reason is this.

‘Stay is the one who helped you get to the point where you were defeated by a single applause, so how can you get revenge on yourself? That doesn’t make sense. It’s impossible.’

‘It’s really fortunate that you didn’t recognize our identity, but… Wouldn’t you be too insensitive, Mr. Stay? No, no. You have to be kind, right here? You would worry this much about someone you met for the first time yesterday. ······But now that I think about it, it’s a little annoying. He was so sincere to Mary, whom I met for the first time today, but left without saying a word to me, whom I had met for quite some time. Ugh······.’

It was because the bad person who made the two people who Stay mentioned overreact to a single applause was Stay himself.

Protecting the other person from yourself is a situation that only appears in erotic fandoms, but in general it just makes no sense.

Moreover, the two people here wanted a situation where Stay could not overcome himself and attacked them, so she told Stay not to do anything that would stop him.

However, because their positions were different and their thoughts and views were different, Stay ended up feeling shame and self-destruction, and the two fell into a difficult situation, not knowing what to do about the situation.

“Whoa… Ah, I’m really sorry. Really.”

‘Hmm, but I really don’t want to see Stay cowering like this. I can’t reveal that it was you, Stay, who made us like this, since it’s not enough to get our identity discovered, but shall we at least try to save our spirit? ······Ugh. After all, there’s nothing to revive your energy other than hugging, right?’

‘Mr. Stay… Even when she was working as an emergency room attendant, she never violated the prosecution to this extent. I like Stay because he’s cool as usual, but he’s also really cute when he becomes vulnerable. Ah, I want to hug her so tightly… I want to put Stay’s face in her breasts and stroke the back of her head and whisper that it’s okay…! I want to melt Mr. Stay and make him my prisoner with the saintly woman’s sweet and warm touch and voice! Yes, I do! Stay suddenly hugged us earlier, right? So that means that hugging is a mutual, tacit agreement, right? Hehe. Great. If that’s the case, then I don’t have to decline…’

However, the difficulty was short-lived, and the two people, who noticed Stay’s weak appearance, extended their insidious magic towards him in order to satisfy their own ugly desires under the pretext of soothing him.

Naturally, the result was a defeat for the two, who hugged Stay as they pleased and were taken over because they felt better.

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At the same time, the S-class crack ‘Grave of Sin’.

Kwasik! Bang! Wow! So bad-

“······Sixteen with this.”

Dain Adamas, the red-haired hero who crushed the skull of the ‘King of the Immortals’ with just his grip force, leaving behind only bone dust, eliminated the thirty-sixth crack.

Passu······.

Dain Adamas, who shook off the bones of the immortal king by clapping his hands together, was not happy at all even though he was achieving the unprecedented record of conquering as many as sixteen S-class gates in just nine days.

“······Not yet. “This is not enough.”

He bit his lower lip as if he still had a long way to go and took long strides toward the gate leading to the outside.

“Faster. It has to be more overwhelming.”

This is because for her now, her S-class gate was just a passing process, not a result to be achieved.

“Wait, stay.”

With her fists clenched, Dain Adamas called her name out of reach of her party and walked toward her next S-class gate.