Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 21's

Chapter 21: The Mysterious Woman (2/2)

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(POV Souji)

I slowly began to open my eyes, where the scene I first saw was a vast blue sky.

"Ugh... Where am I?" I could only murmur about it, rubbing my eyes.

Not long after I muttered that, suddenly someone replied to him.

"Good morning, Darling."

After hearing this, it didn't take me long to realize where I was lying down, and to further confirm it, I also immediately turned to the direction where the voice came from.

There, I could see a very beautiful woman smiling at me.

This woman looks to have a lifespan that is around twenty years, where she appears to have long hair that is white like snow, with a pair of purple eyes that look very beautiful.

Not only that, he was also seen wearing a luxurious kimono in black and purple yukata style, with a handle of his own that has a white frill.

Just like that, after I saw the figure of this woman, I finally recalled everything, which of course made me end up with a thought... 'Huhh... Turns out, this isn't yahh's dream?'

I still remember clearly, that she was this strange woman who suddenly kissed me, and because she didn't want to tell me what her name was, so I ended up deciding to call her by the name of Niji only.

He seemed to have already returned to his former form, before RGB light appeared around his body. But the problem here, wasn't she previously wearing a dress? But, why is she now even seen wearing a kimono?

Ahhe... I really don't understand at all...

Just like that, because I couldn't find the answers to those questions, so I decided to stop thinking about it.

Huh...

I let out a heavy sigh, before I began to stare towards Niji.

By the time she saw me staring at her, this woman began to smile gently at me.

For some reason, he now looks like a child. So, subconsciously, or perhaps reflexively, I stroked her head instead, smiling gently at her.

"Yawow!! Da-dar-darling stroked my head!! I'm really very happy!! I wouldn't mind if I had to die now~" She muttered that immediately, holding her blushing cheek.

When I saw that, I involuntarily started laughing, where it seemed to have succeeded in making Niji tilt his head in confusion.

"What's up, Darling?"

After hearing the question, I immediately stopped laughing and immediately replied.

"Good morning too, Niji." I said that, smiling gently at him.

I could see him quickly turning his face away from me, before he started covering his face with both hands, which of course made me chuckle a little, and ended up laughing again.

At the time of seeing me laugh, Niji could be seen puffing his cheeks and started looking at me with his sharpened purple eyes.

The two of us stared at each other for almost five minutes, until I finally decided to talk again.

"So, where are we now, Niji?" I decided to ask this question, because I think it is the most important thing now, while of course starting to check the things around me.

After hearing this question, Niji could be seen stopping to look at me and immediately stood up, before he started walking towards the previous table and sat down in his previous chair.

Of course, looking at the whole thing, I got up and immediately sat down on the empty seat that was in front of him.

After the two of us sat down, Niji then started pouring tea into the glass that was in front of me. Where, for some reason, when she did that, this woman looked so charming.

By the time he had finished pouring it, Niji then sat back down and finally, he began to open his mouth to speak.

"Aren't you angry, if I call you 'Darling'?" He asked that while looking at me with worried eyes.

When he saw that, he somehow became more and more similar to my older sister. Maybe, because of that, I don't really care anymore, about him calling me "Darling".

Is this really a reality? Or maybe it was just a dream? I really don't care anymore. Because, there is only one thing that is certain right now.

After all, even though this would seem strange to people who knew me well, I always felt a very nostalgic connection with her, as if we had met before.

Unlike the way I felt with the Princess from the Kingdom of Groxia, where it felt much deeper, which inexplicably made it difficult for me to reject something she said.

After letting out a weary sigh, I then said; "As for you, I don't care anymore."

I could see it very clearly, that this woman immediately became very surprised, right after I said the previous thing. Perhaps, it was because of him who never seemed to have expected, that I would accept it this easily.

And, before he could say anything, I immediately cut him off and continued my words.

"But, before that, you have to tell me first, about who you really are, and why I can be in this place with you both." I said, while looking at Niji with sharpened eyes.

After I said that, for some reason, I could see Niji who immediately became very surprised and immediately dropped the glass he was holding.

Of course, I who saw that immediately tilted my head in confusion, because I did not understand, the reason behind his shock was.

When I saw that, I smiled gently at him, saying; "I just want to know where we are now. However, if you really don't want to tell him, yahh."

Then, I could see Niji who started to tightly grip his clothes, while looking down. For some reason, he seemed annoyed at something.

Silence then appeared between the two of us for a few minutes, before he finally started to open his mouth and speak.

"Darling, would you hate me if I answered him honestly?" The tone used by this woman really felt very resounding.

At the sight of this, I could only look at her with slightly sharpened eyes, where it did not take long, for this woman to realize my gaze, and it made him immediately take his eyes off me, while starting to grip his clothes tighter.

A pause of silence, again occurred for a few minutes between us, where in the end, I was the one who decided to break the silence.

"Why should I hate you?" I asked that in a surprised tone to Niji.

Upon hearing those words, Niji was seen immediately flinched, before he retorted

"Neh, are you really not angry with me? I've made a marriage contract unilaterally with you know!! The contract can't even be broken by anyone!! After hearing that, you still aren't angry with me, huh!?" The tone used by him was completely filled with anger mixed with guilt.

Not only that, when I said that, I could see the tears that began to fall little by little from both eyes, which made me a little surprised.

After all, I never thought that she had such fears, let alone remembered her previous actions, and somehow, upon seeing them, she looked like me, when I was a kid.

Of course, not long after I remembered that childhood memory of mine, I had unconsciously stroked his head.

Not long after I did that, somehow the tears that fell from both of his eyes became even more intense, before he finally began to hug me tightly.

I could only sigh after seeing that, because... "It's okay, you're no longer alone here." I said, stroking her hair.

And, it didn't take long, for her cries to get louder, where she also started to hug me tighter.

By the time I saw that, I finally decided to leave her like this, until she stopped crying.

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(POV Third Person)

Meanwhile, on the side of the Dafa group...

*BOOOM!!* *BOOOM!!* *BOOOM!!*

"Do you think this is going to be okay, Dafa?" Rafi could only ask that in a somewhat indecisive tone of voice, probably because she did not know what to react to, after she saw the action that had been done by Sora.

In fact, the words of Akane were not at all the girl Natsuki was listening to, where she even looked increasingly so, in her slaughter to raise her level.

On Dafa's side, the teenager seemed to reply with a shoulder force full of indifference, before he refocused on his new arm.

Seeing this, be it Rafi or Akane, the two of them could only finally resign, because it seemed impossible to stop the mass genocide, which was being carried out by Sora.

As just said, if Sora is currently committing mass genocide, against the monsters that are along their path, heading to Lalatian City.

The reason behind it is actually quite simple, and for people of Earth origin, in the quotes of "Normal People", they will definitely feel strange, with this reason.

After all, Sora committed mass genocide against the random monsters, just for the sake of leveling up hers, which although it did look natural, but the way this Natsuki girl did could already be quite extreme.

In fact, he even burned a part of the forest, where they found settlements from Orcs, without telling anything, except the ashes there.

Honestly, after seeing that, of course Akane immediately reprimanded her friend, who inexplicably was ignored by her, and ended up with something that had just happened, even Dafa prefers to ignore it.

So, that was why, they ended up spending their time heading to Lalatina City, inside a quite deadly atmosphere.

However, even though it was said that, but in the end, each of them still hunted some monsters, to be used as leveling materials, just because of what they heard anyway, from Orobas, from Orobas, in human society, level is everything.

'But still, why can't I raise my level at all?'

Although still confused by it, but Dafa ultimately still decided to ignore it, without realizing what kind of thing will wait for him in his destination, the result of it.

Just like that, the Dafa group continued their journey towards Lalatina City, without experiencing any problems.

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Note Author:

Yayy!! Update again!!!

In this chapter, although in POV Souji there are only a few changes, but the next POV has been a very drastic change.

In addition, there too, we are shown a little problem that is being faced by Dafa, which is caused by his Status which somehow, does not want to level up at all.

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