MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny
Chapter 42 Disciple

"Ryu! save us!"

"Why are you so slow!?"

"You should have looked for us right then and there!"

"Rij!"

"It's impossible... What happened to you?"

I saw all my comrades filled with blood and swords throughout their bodies.

"Rul."

"Why among all."

I realized it was just a dream, but it was too much.

Despite not having a very special relationship but to me he is the most precious figure in this world, only he can understand what I feel and make me able to live life in this world with pleasure and make my day filled with happiness.

Akari hugged me and brought her mouth closer to my ears.

"Ryu you know? I hate you so much, I hope you die a horrible death like me."

"Stop..please stop!!!!"

"It's your fault! because you didn't find us sooner! you're the one who killed us Ryu!"

"That's because I believe in all of you! I believe you all can survive! because it's me! me!!"

I can't finish what I said.

"You must die!"

"Dead!"

"Die!!"

"Ryu you must die!!!"

"That's enough! please!"

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"Stop!"

I'mawakened.

"Haah haahh Gulp HUUUEEEKK!" vomits.

"Uhuk uhuk." coughs.

I sat in the corner of the tent with my knees folded over my face.

"Someone tell me, what am I supposed to do? have I been wrong all this time? please."

No one answered, of course, because I'm the only one here.

I took out a dragon egg from my dimensional ring.

"Do you think what I've been doing all this time is wrong?"

There was no response.

"What should I do then?"

There was no response.

"Am I being too naive to think that they can all survive like me?"

There was no response.

"Please say something."

There was no response.

"Haha I look like a crazy person now."

The dream was still very clear in my memory as it forced me to remember it.

"Thank you for listening to me."

Not wanting to dream the same thing I decided to go out.

It turned out that the sky was still very dark probably not too long since I slept.

I took out the wooden sword I always used during practice and started swinging it.

Although in this world there is such a thing as magic but there is no harm in training the physique because it will also lower the possibility of fatigue if using magic.

All I did was swing a sword while trying to remove the dream from my head but no matter how much I tried the memory of the dream always appeared.

"Meet!"

I stopped my sword swing and glanced towards the source of the sound.

There was a little boy running towards me.

"Cheryl what are you doing here?"

"Ehehe I want to ask you something."

"What do you want to ask to come up to me in the middle of the night like this?"

"Ehh? the night? it's morning."

I didn't realize the sun was up.

I just realized that I was already wet with sweat which means that I had been swinging my sword for quite some time without realizing it.

"Haha sorry, so what brings you here? and where's your mother?"

"Etto. I want to learn swordsmanship."

"Science sword? why?"

"I couldn't do anything then, so I wanted to become stronger to protect mom!"

"That's a good thing but sword practice is dangerous know? you could have hurt or hurt someone else while doing it."

"I'm ready for it, I'm going to kill everyone who dares to hurt my mother like you do!"

Would it be okay if a child said such a scary thing?

"Me?"

"Yes! when you hit that perverted bandit, you look really cool."

I ruined this kid.

"Aren't you fainting then?"

"I don't understand either but I see it."

"Did your mother know about you wanting sword training?"

"Hehe no, I'm currently preparing food so I ran away."

Why do you look so proud of that?

"I'm going to practice in a minute how about you come?"

"REally!?"

I took out another wooden sword from my ring and handed it over, it was indeed huge and even the sword was as tall as its own body.

"Ughhhhh!"

Cheryl tried very hard to hold the wooden sword.

"Is it too heavy for you? wait a minute I'll look for a smaller sword."

"-no need, I can lift it look?"

I touched the tip of the sword with my sword and pushed it slightly, unable to bear the weight Cheryl fell.

"Give me back that sword I'll replace it with a sword that suits you."

"No! it's already mine!"

Cheryl immediately got up and hugged the wooden sword and dragged it away.

"You can't swing that sword remember?"

"Alright well you may use that but today we will only learn how to hold a sword not how to swing it."

"All right, I'll try."

"Well try to lift your sword with a position of standing upright and hold it so as not to fall."

"Uggghs! like this?"

"Good to defend, try to hold your sword tightly and do not move your finger if it is not necessary."

"It's pretty hard."

"You should be able to maintain balance and calmness while holding the sword because otherwise it would be a gap for the enemy."

"I'll remember it."

It's strange to hear him say that because from anywhere he's just a kid who should be playing now.

"Preserve as long as you can and if you are exhausted please rest do not force yourself."

I also began to swing my sword and without realizing it, the memory of the dream had begun to disappear.

1 minute, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, I keep swinging my sword.

I must become stronger, if I do not want the dream to come true I must become stronger in order to protect them all.

"It seems like enough."

I was so immersed in training that I forgot something.

I looked to the side and it turned out that Cheryl was still holding up the sword until now.

"Ughhhhh!!!"

"Hey what are you doing?!"

"W-woaah!"

Hearing my voice Cheryl lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Haaah haah, what are you doing! haah I can still lift it haah longer haah."

"Geez look at your body, your face is so red."

Does this kid not know how to stop? if I don't stop him, he'll probably do it all day.

"It's enough not to push yourself too much, how about we take a shower?"

"Hehe I'm so tired, learning swordsmanship is exhausting."

"Haha how? have you given up?"

"No, I'm getting excited! I need to train harder!"

"I told you not to push yourself too much, can you stand up?"

"Hehe can."

I was so surprised he could still stand after such a practice, to be honest I myself never imagined he could last for 5 minutes.

As a gift I carried Cheryl in princess style to the bathhouse that was reserved for me.

There are only 1 tent but it is divided into two baths for men and women.

I took Cheryl down and then went into the men's bath, it was indeed a small bathtub and only fit for one adult or two small children but it was quite luxurious considering this was only a temporary tent.

I took off all my sweat-filled clothes and slowly drowned my body in the bathtub.

Because this is just plain water so I heat it up a little bit first with magic to make it more enjoyable.

"Ahhh~ I'm so tired when it's still morning, hm? who's there?"

I directed my gaze towards the closed entrance, though thin I was sure that there was a figure peeking from there.

"Ehehe I got caught."

Someone came out the door.

"Hahh Cheryl what are you doing here? isn't it clear that this is a men's bathroom?"

Even though my face is like this I'm old enough not to bother about small things like this.

"Erm I'm afraid of being alone so can I take a shower with my sister?"

"Well, it looks like there's still a place for you."

Although this small bathtub is circular so there is more space.

"Hurray!"

Cheryl threw her towel off and ran towards the bathtub.

"It's very delicious"

Cheryl dipped her hand in the bathtub and immediately melted.

"Washing with warm water will help you relieve fatigue, come in."

"It feels so refreshing."

"Can? I always do this after practice."

We were just taking a regular shower and there was no special incident like in the novel.

Cheryl rubbed her hair with shampoo.

"Let me do it."

"Hehe."

I rubbed her hair very soft and dense.

"You have good hair, though it's still short?"

I was expecting a little response but this time he was very calm.

I saw his face he was asleep.

"He'll be sick like this."

I carried him out of the bath and laid him in the chair.

I wear new clothes that I have stored in the dimensional ring and wear them.

"Where's Cheryl's clothes? and did he really bring a change of clothes from the start?"

It would be terrible if I took her like this, I wouldn't be killed by Carl just for something as silly as carrying a naked girl from the bathroom.

"If it's not wrong I have some of Lucy's clothes inside my ring."

I never did anything like this to him and was only limited to bringing emergency clothes because asked by him.

I took it all out and started sorting out which ones would be suitable.

Lucy's body wasn't very full so all of her clothes were quite small.

At the end of the day, only the tank top and mini skirt belong to Lucy.

At least he's not naked.

"It seems like enough."

When I wanted to lift Cheryl the door opened and someone came in from there.

"Ryu what are you doing?"

"I can explain this, man, so calm down, okay?"

"I'll call the guards, see you."

Zep began to slowly close the door, I immediately ran over and pulled the door open again.

"Hey, it's not like that!"

"I never imagined you'd vent your passion to a child because Lucy wasn't here."

"I told you I didn't do it!"

"Alright I'm just kidding, please come out I want to take a shower."

"Don't make me panic like that."

"It's enough, Carolyn's cooking now so we better get ready before the food gets cold."

I took Cheryl to Carl's tent and put her to bed there.