Volume 5 - CH 10

Act 5-10: Revolting Yet Gentle Remarks

Just as expected, the red haired girl was really a sheep cat tribe. Moreover, she was the daughter of the patriarch, and the shrine maiden who carried out a special ritual.

And I, a human, was thrown into jail. The reason why they didn’t straight out execute me was simply because I saved that girl. No, that might not be the real reason. Even if I saved that girl, it wasn’t a reason for them to stop from killing me. That’s just how much they hate humans, for a valid reason on top of that.

The reason why I was still alive was simple, because they had no reason to kill me. Nevertheless, the situation could change anytime and they might execute me right in the next moment.

There was the sound of the stone door opening followed by the sound of footsteps descended toward the underground prison. And the footsteps were heading toward my direction.

「Gil, your long awaited mea~l.」

Just like usual, a red-haired girl stood in front of the jail as she brought me my meal with cheerful smile on her face.

By the way, Gil was how I decided to call myself. Reason being “Gil” was carved in the back of the pendant I carried in my pocket. When I told the girl about that, she decided to call me Gil.

「Thanks a lot, Shar.」

In this one week, this red-haired girl, Shar, was the one who always delivered my meal and then, she told me about a lot. Since I literally had nothing to do, hearing her story was one of my only sources of entertainment.

「You seems to speak more fluently compared to when we first met, Gil.」

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「You’re right…」

The reason might be because I could speak about what I really felt. Though I had a hard time to say “thank you”before, now I could say it far more easily after saying it literally everyday. At this point, saying it was as easy as breathing for me.

「Yeah, it felt like something was holding my tongue at first.」

「Is it really that hard?」

「Yeah, and scary.」

But, scary huh. That’s right. I just a normal human who lost his memories, and wandered into the village of monster in the middle of nowhere. It wasn’t as simple as lost my way. I knew that there must be a special circumtances which brought me in this place.

「Yeah. That feels just right. I might be a cold-blooded scroundel.」

Otherwise, I might not strayed in this village in the middle of nowhere without my memories. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if the “Current” me was the “Real” me either.

「Gil is, a scroundel? Pfft! Kyahahaha!」

Though Shar was dumbfounded for a while, she laughed as soon as she snapped out.

「What’s so funny about that?」

「I mean, if Gil is really a bad person, you won’t even consider to safe me back then.」

「No, it just by pure chance.」

Even I had no idea why I saved Shar back then. It just that the moment I saw that monster about to attack Shar, my field of view suddenly turned red, and my body started moving on its own.

But, I could tell one thing. The reason why I saved Shar back then wasn’t because sense of justice. It felt more like my own selfish reason. Maybe, I――

「Nevetheless, it doesn’t change the fact that Gil is my benefactor.」

Shar smiled as she told me so with unwavering voice.

It was as if she tried to cheer me up,

「Can you tell me what is that?」

The pendant hanging on Shar’s neck had always come in my mind. I had the same kind of pendant, albeit more worn out than her.

「I received this from a certain person.」

Shar proudly showed her pendant to me.

「A certain person?」

「Yes, it’s from a female human who saved me when I lost in the forest in my childhood.」

I see. So that’s the reason why Shar wasn’t wary of me, a human. It was simply because she was saved by a human in the past. That explain her attitude toward me I guess.

But, even when I lost my memories, I could tell her that not all humans were as selfless as her benefactor in the past. Many of them was nothing more than lump of their greed. And since I could came out with such idea, I became more convinced of my status as piece of trash before I lost my memories.

Also from the fact that I consider how to use her to escape from this place. But――

（The problem is where I’ve to go from here?）

I let out a wry smile. Even if for example I arrived in human habitation, I might ended up executed since I might be a wanted man. No, even the fact that I strayed in this kind of place, so far from human settlement, might be the result of me wanting to avoid people attention. In this current situation, I might’ve bigger chance to survive rather than trying to act restlessly. At least, I would be safe as long as she care about me.

In fact, I really am indebted to Sharl since she saved me when I reached my limit. Even without that, I might use my position as her benefactor to save my life. Yup, maybe the me before I lost my memories were a genuine piece of trash who only think about his own safety.

When I let out self-depreciated smile,

「Let me to hear more about your childhood.」

I asked as gentle as possible. Suppressed my disgust over my own self, and lent my ears to Shar who seemingly enjoyed telling me about the lore of this region.