Volume 5 - CH 8

Act 5-8: A Chance of Encounter That Slightly Altered The Fate

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes due to the chirping of birds was the unfamiliar ceiling. I looked around after barely managing to raise my body and saw a red-haired girl sleeping in the chair beside me.

The girl’s long red hair gathered in her sides, hair flowing down all the way till it reached her waist, and beast ears on her head twitching lightly.

（Beastfolk? No, that’s a definite demon race…）

The beastfolk tribe was a race based on humans. While that girl’s face had some long whiskers, red Tuffy hairs covered the back of her slender arms. She might come from a demon race’s tribe called sheep cat.

Uhm? Wait a minute―― How did I know all about this?

The moment I thought so, incredible stabbing pain in my head.

「GUH!」

It felt as if a hammer struck my head. That was the best expression for this pain.

After I crouched down for a while,

「Are you alright?」

The girl asleep till a while ago woke up, quietly approached me from behind and patted my back.

「…」

A while later, when I looked at her beautiful face, the girl’s face flushed red at once.

「Ah, sorry!」

When I retreated, my back crashed on the wall, when I leaned forward, my face buried in her che*st instead.

「…」

I raised mute scream while feeling the soft sensation rubbing on my face, and then, I passed out again when a strong shock struck my right cheek.

「My deepest apologies.」

When I woke up again, the red-haired girl bowed her head.

「No, that’s more like a punch rather than a slap…」

When I spoke what I really felt,

「Sorry.」

The red-haired girl’s figure became smaller and smaller.

It seems I was someone who rather inconsiderate to other’s feeling.

But, I seems to know how to manage the situation too.

「Why are you apologizing? You’re my benefactor, right? Thank you for bringing me to this place.」

For some reason, I felt really refreshed when I expressed my gratitude for her.

At this moment, it felt like I opened the lid of the box that I kept in the bottom of my heart for years.

That box was filled to the brim with despair and malice and yet, it was also my most treasured box. Ironically, I only realized that fact half year after this day. The day when I lost everything, and the day when I gained everything.