
HANEDA TAKATSUMI POV.
"I WILL DEFINITELY REPAY YOU, TAKATSUMI!!"
"ahhhh!"
I got out of my bed. It's been 3 months since Rigel's death and I'm still dreaming about it, when death came to collect Rigel.
"Damn you Rigel, you really haunt me in my dreams."
Takatsumi.
I touched my sweaty face with both hands. Maybe this happened because it was the first time in my life that I killed a human being.
I glanced at the right corner of my vision where my level was.
Name: Haneda Takatsumi.
Title: Hero of the sword.
Level 252.
Hah, killing humans is different from killing Demi-humans.
Takatsumi.
I have raised my level significantly by killing those half-humans. Whether old or young, male or female, I was never haunted by dreams like when I killed Rigel.
Rigel's creepy face in the last moment of his life continues to haunt me to this day. That face was a face that displayed a huge amount of anger as if it was holding all the anger that this chaotic world was carrying.
I have stained my hands with blood only for a woman I love and also because I hated her from the beginning.
I thought that with Rigel's death, Tirith would turn away from him and would open her heart to others. Although the King would propose me as Tirith's future husband and would like to get married soon, Tirith rejected him strongly because he was too young and also he needed time to forget about Rigel.
Although I hate to admit it, that girl is already too fixated on that bastard Rigel, no matter what I try to do to cheer her up and make her interested in me she will only think about Rigel.
Although she no longer locked herself in her room, there was still a trace of sadness from her beautiful face.
I want to quickly marry her and make her all mine. However, you don't need to rush Takatsumi.
No one will try to take it from you, Takumi is only determined to avenge Rigel's death, even he does not care about romance.
In addition, Tirith doesn't seem to be liking anyone else anytime soon because Rigel is the first love she has.
I shook my head to remove all the weight in my head and rushed to take a shower to refresh my body as well as all the things that were bothering my head.
***
I went out and went around the palace because I didn't know what to do.
Not long ago, the world was shocked by the fact that one of the 12 demon pillars had been defeated by the spear hero, Takumi. I myself was surprised by the fact that Takumi managed to come back alive despite his tattered clothes camping.
From the explanation that Takumi gave back, he seems to have accidentally activated a series of curses that refer to the seven deadly sins or seven human sins.
Thanks to the power of the curse, he had managed to compensate for the strength of the demon pillar, the king of the Behemoth land. However, the great power obtained in the meantime definitely had a great pay as well.
From what was successfully investigated, the effect of the curse was the aura of a slacker territory. Setiao people who are nearby will be lazy and the worst possibility of that is so lazy someone, he will be lazy to breathe and die because he does not get oxygen intake.
Although it sounds very silly for someone to be lazy even for a natural thing like breathing, the effects of the Sloth curse are terrible even if not until the user is lazy to breathe.
Another effect of the curse was to affect Takumi. He became a lazy-looking young man even though I could feel that he had resisted the effects as much as he could.
This effect was the most troublesome, because after being in the palace, Takumi no longer resisted the effect and just let it be so that his slacker became more and more so. I'm not going to talk about it, because it's just a silly thing he did.
It was only a side effect and not a payment for his strength. The payoff of using the curse series, the slacker is to cut off half of the skills Takumi possesses, the durability of the curse and gnawing at his hero's Divine protection.
So basically we heroes can't always rely on the curse series because of the payoff. Cutting half the skill and the others were still better than cutting his life.
I don't know if I can activate the curse series or not. However, I will not use such a risky power.
"Hm. Maybe for now I'll meet that noble again and raise my level by killing a few half-humans."
****
I don't think the sky has darkened. I cleaned my body and clothes because it had blood stains around it.
I finished taking a shower and changed my clothes into sleeping pajamas to rush to the royal garden because I knew he was there.
It didn't take long for me to get here, and sure enough, the girl I loved was sitting in the middle of the garden sipping a cup of warm tea in her hand. I approached him and greeted him.
"As usual you've taken the best place to look up at the sky."
Takatsumi.
"Ah, good night, Takatsumi. Please sit down if you want."
Say Tirith flatly.
I followed him and sat down beside him. Since I took a very close distance to him on purpose, he slowly shifted himself away and left some distance between us.
Shit, my heart hurts!
Takatsumi.
"Please."
I took the warm tea Tirith gave me and drank it.
"It feels less sluggish than usual. Is this not a high quality tea as usual?"
My toot.
Tirith did not see me, she kept staring at the stars that were in the sky. I don't know anything about them because I don't like anything space-related like that.
"You're right. This is the tea Rigel and I used to drink when we talked about the stars in this place. Apparently you know the difference about the quality of tea, Takatsumi."
Tirith just looked at me.
I wanted to click my tongue because he mentioned Rigel's name in our conversation, but I held him back.
"Yes. In my previous world, I always drank different types of tea because my parents were tea lovers. So that's why I know the quality of each of them."
Takatsumi.
That is reality. In my old world, I used to go on vacation with my parents abroad and taste a variety of different teas.
"So yes, sorry if the quality of this tea is not high quality."
Tirith.
"Ah, it's okay, after all it doesn't feel too bad."
My speech.
"Well, you're different from Rigel. He knows nothing of the harmony of any different tea but Rigel argues that they are just dried leaves."
Tirith said with nostalgia.
"Huh? If a tea connoisseur like me hears him he might end up lecturing or something."
My speech.
"My reaction is the same as yours. But he only replied 'Without sugar, they would have no taste whatsoever but bitter mouth' he said, hehe."
Said Tirith while chuckling.
Again about Rigel, how great is that fucking bastard looking at Tirith's eyes? Even after your death you still blocked my way to get close to Tirith!
I cursed inside my head but kept it from coming out and being known by Tirith.
There was a silence between us that went on for quite a long time. Tirith was constantly staring at the sky.
"I wonder what you've been seeing, Tirith?"
Takatsumi asked.
"Rather than look, I'm looking for the star where my mother is right now."
Tirith.
"Oh, yeah."
Reply Takatsumi.
I don't want to go further on this topic because I know it's not the right topic to talk about.
"Is your name taken from the star's name as well, Takatsumi?"
Tirith asked.
"No, I didn't even know that the star had a name."
"so. Know it? Among these billions of stars, I know one of them. He's right there."
Tirith.
Tirith's slender index finger pointed west and pointed to the brightest star of the others.
"The star has a name, can you guess?"
He said with a smile.
I almost blushed with the smile she had. I immediately turned my gaze and shook my head.
"The name of the star is Rigel."
"...."
I just kept quiet without even retaliating Tirith's words. Not long after, Tirith tidied up her clothes and got up from where she was sitting to leave.
"It's too late tonight, I'm going back to my room. See you tomorrow, Takatsumi and good night."
Tirith said as she waved her hand.
I replied with a smile and waved my hand as well. It seems like it will take a very long time for him to forget about that jerk.
Well, after all, he will not rise from the realm of his death and take Tirith from me.