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SIDE Barnes

"Damn, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Barnes slammed his fist against the wall with a scream.

My hand skin tears and my blood erupts.

I didn't feel any pain.

All I felt was anger and remorse.

"Damn it, Irina......!

Barnes glared at his lips and groaned.

He is the Supreme Sacred Knight who serves the Church of Larva.

It was an earlier wolf and will probably be dismissed.

I was ready to get on with it, too.

I didn't expect Irina to cut me off cold, too.

Maybe the Supreme Priest forced me to, and she had a pale hope that she was forgiving her body against her own will...

The hope was crushed, even brittle.

Looking back at the Great Temple, which was expelled earlier.

If you look at Irina and the High Priest who were in the bedroom, it's obvious that they were having an affair.

How many times have I been held?

Just thinking about it makes me want to shake my head.

The most beautiful and sober Virgin in the world who can only hold herself in this hand...

"With such a man...!

It reminds me of the victorious face of the High Priest, whose remorse solicits.

─ No, more than that.

"I can't believe Irina was that woman."

Black thoughts gushed in the back of his chest, swirling.

"Were you lying when you said you loved me...? When it's no longer worth using, do you throw it away lightly...? Damn, that slut......!

I'm going to throw up with betrayed despair and jealousy for the High Priest.

I can never forgive you.

"I'll let you know in a week, Irina...!

On that day, a ceremony will take place in the Grand Temple and a parade will take place on the main street of the Wang capital.

Earlier, it was announced that the current High Priest would leave office.

A new High Priest is Irina, the Virgin, a member of the Brave Party who completed the Demon King Crusade in the battle ahead.

It's a ceremony and a parade to celebrate its inauguration.

The filthy Virgin must be punished.

(Wait, Irina...! I'll make you get paid)

Barnes was burning a dark passion.

Shea said she wanted me to tell her what I saw at the brave party.

"If talking makes you feel a little lighter about Chrome..."

There was a warm light in my blue eyes staring straight at me.

When was the last time you felt the warmth of a person?

Euno and Irina betrayed me, banished me from the party, and... something in me broke.

In my mind, I felt like a clear wall was born.

A wall that disengages and rejects others.

Perhaps Shea gets over it, albeit slightly, because there was a common term for 'revenge'.

Perhaps because I held her feelings that were neither intimate nor united.

"It's not a nice story to hear."

"Even Master Chrome, if you will"

Shea smiles.

Gently, smile.

"Go ahead, talk to me"

─ ─ I told Shea where the brave party was.

Being sacrificed by a spell that strengthens the brave.

That he was deprived of all his magic and banished from the party.

That she was betrayed by a woman who thought she was her lover and a man who believed she was her best friend.

And that my vengeful heart grew the [darkness] that lived in me and expressed it as a skill called [fixed damage]...

"The brave men did such terrible things to Master Chrome...!?"

I'm new to the specifics, and Shea just seems surprised too.

The power of the heroes of heaven, the brave Euno, was created after sacrificing and sacrificing me, for God's sake.

"Oh no..."

Shea's face was pale.

Regardless of Liot, who has actually seen atrocities, because 'Yuno the Brave' would still be an absolute hero to her - and to people all over the world.

Knowing the shadow of that hero, you must be shocked.

"but there is no evidence"

I stare at Shea.

Swim like you're upset, straighten those eyes.

"If you insist, how's my weakness? I had dark hair, and now I have gray hair, and my hands and feet are weak and thin, but I can't say that's proof."

Me sniffing small.

"Well, believe it or not, it's your freedom."

"Dear Chromium..."

"If you want to leave me, leave anytime. I don't blame you. Originally, this is my own revenge. You're not supposed to hang out."

Silence flows.

I don't care if Shea leaves.

Originally, this journey of revenge was meant to go alone.

It is her presence that is unplanned.

So...

"I have been saved by you. I risk my life to return the favor."

Shea knelt at my feet.

A knight who swears allegiance to his lord. Whilst.

Mouth me on the back of my hand and tell me.

"I believe in you, Master Chrome"

Do you believe me?

Trust - an emotion I left behind two years ago.

All my trusted lovers and companions betrayed me.

Since then, I've been unable to believe in people.

Of course, not every human being in this world deserves no trust.

There are so many bad people in the world that they rot, but there are also good people.

Even someone worthy of trust, I guess.

If you look, it must exist.

But that's just reason.

Believing in people made it painful.

Believing in people awakens the pain of that day.

Reminds me of that day's despair.

So now my heart was shaking amazingly myself.

For the first time in two years, someone else has given me the word 'believe'.

Shea's lips are touching the back of my hand.

From there, a small spark scattered like a chip.

"Huh...!?"

Me and Shea take a breath of surprise at the same time.

"It's the first time you've forgiven someone else's heart since you got [Darkness]"

[Darkness] sounds from inside me.

Mind...... forgive?

Me, to Shea?

'Hehe, aren't you beginning to admit it, at least as a companion?

"This guy's just here on his own."

I told [Darkness] off.

"Dear Chrome, is this voice...?

I get a voice like Shea's confused.

Apparently, she also hears the [dark] voice that normally should only be heard by me.

"It's the voice of the 'power' that lives inside me. I simply call it [Darkness]"

"[Darkness]..."

'Chromium, [Fixed Damage] is a powerful and incomparable skill, but you yourself are attenuated by the curse. If Shea has the heart of a sword, she'll make up for it. Except...'

[Darkness] tells.

'What you're trying to deal with is the strongest party members in the world. She seems young and talented with swords, but it is visible that she is powerless as it is now'

"... well said."

Shea pulled her lips together.

Nevertheless, I do not dispute it.

It's a fact, I guess she thinks too.

"So you should share the power for that."

"Give me strength... give me share?

There are a few grantable things out of the power of '[Darkness]. Give it to her.'