SSS-Class Suicide Hunter Chapter 117

Translator: thursdays Editor: Yahiko PR: LightBrin

-L-Lord Ox that Harvests Ruins…

The Golden Silk prayed desperately.

-A new… Please give me a new blessing!

Human beings are limited when they are cornered. A person's mind and thinking rapidly become constricted. So, humans can escape, or they can cling to someone. The Golden Silk was no different.

-I-in return… That's right. In return, I will dedicate my being to you! No, I will wreck this world, just as you desire! Ruins! Wreckage! Destruction! Mutia loves these things, right?! I'm good at it! Things like that!

Tap. I took a step forward.

-Hiik.

The Golden Silk became more frantic when she heard my footsteps. She backpedaled. As she jumped back, she looked up at the bright red sky as if salvation would come for her even now.

-I-I'm good at it! Lord Mutia! If it's just smashing things, I'm really…!

But there was no response.

-This is—

Prayer quickly soured to resentment.

-This is a breach of our contract!!

I stepped closer.

-You gave me the power to forge a new destiny! But why?! Why is there some weird, crazy bitch in my body?! Give it back! Give me back my body!

“Ah. You're wrong,” the Heretic Questioner said happily.

“If you're talking about me, I'm sorry, but I'm physically male! So, your words are wrong! You need to say I'm a [crazy bastard], not a [crazy bitch], to be precise. Well, to speak more properly, you should say I am a [crazy person]! Healthy words are the root of a healthy mind, Miss Evanail!”

-Asshole!

The Lady of the Golden Silk, no, Sylvia Evanail yelled.

-This is wrong! Yeah, it's wrong! It's a breach of contract… I was going to be an empress. I was going to rise to a better position than Raviel Ivansia. That's what was supposed to happen! That's my fate. The fate that I made! So… So, you're breaking the contract… I—

One more step.

-Ugh!

Only then did Sylvia Evanail turn her eyes from the sky. I was too close for her to keep ignoring me.

-You monster!

Sylvia Evanail swung her hammer. Clank! The hammer and the Holy Sword clashed. Sylvia Evanail smashed down the hammer without hesitation; I easily stepped away and countered. As we continued to fight, Sylvia Evanail became increasingly impatient.

An impatient mind was easy to break.

-Ah—

I had been aiming for the opening created by Sylvia Evanail's large swing. I cut through her wrist.

-Aaaaaaaah!!

Of course, there were no wounds. No bloodstains, not even a speck. There was no red color that testified to her pain, but Sylvia Evanail screamed like she was being torn apart.

She lost her grip on the hammer. Thump! The hammer fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

-Ah, ouch… Ahhh…

I met Sylvia Evanail's eyes. The dust from the hammer's impact rose up to our knees.

“Choose.”

-Ch-choose…?

“You've already lost your place in this world. Even if you run away like this, you're no longer the [Lady of the Golden Silk]. You're nothing more than a Constellation's apostle.”

“I'll give you an opportunity.”

Sylvia Evanail held her wrist and glared at me.

“If you want to remain as a servant of the Constellation, do whatever you want. Run away. I'll let you go. But if you have any lingering attachments to this world, if you want to stay here and do something else, give up your Constellation's blessing.”

-Why would I…

“And die by my sword.”

I pointed my sword at her.

“You must have seen the battle just now. I can summon those who die by my hand with all their memories from life. Sylvia Evanail. If you surrender, I will summon you in this world so you can once again live as the [Lady of the Golden Silk].”

“Of course, your life won't be the same as before. Any acts against my lover, Raviel Ivansia, are forbidden. But that's all. The rest, you can do as you wish. You can choose to marry the prince and live as you please.”

The person who had aimed for that and set today as our wedding day.

Raviel, my bride, nodded deeply.

“I pronounce my marriage to this man complete.”

Chapter end