Apocalypse Dark Elf Style -Magical Tribes Reincarnated in the Modern World - 27 - Chapter 4.7 And The Forest Began To Breath (7)
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Some parts of my body blew up again.
Like a film that has been cut and pasted, in which my reality has been divided into small pieces.
Pain / It’s as if my skin is being turned inside out and an endless electric current is flowing through me.
Visibility / Half of my vision was blackened, and it took me a few seconds to remember that one of my eyes had just been gouged out.
A piece of wood from myself / flying around as the result of my unsteady progress, like a broken spring puppet.
Still, I am relieved to hear the continuous beating of this fake heartbeat.
Impact / I am crushed, cut, pierced, dodged, crushed again, and new pieces of wood dance rapidly.
Laughing / The sound coming from the big hole, which may or may not be the mouth of the monster.
Losing something / I’ve lost at least my left elbow somewhere and don’t feel like looking for it.
But even so, I was grateful for my moving body’s audacity.
I wonder how many seconds, minutes, even tens of minutes have passed since we started the battle.
My sense of time was lost a long time ago. There was no time sequence to begin with.
I screamed while moving forward.
I made reckless attacks for who knows how many times already, and received a counter attack from the monster every single time.
And then my entire vision of proceeding forward felt similar to that of a ‘Daruma Otoshi’.
TN: This is what Daruma Otoshi looks like
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I found myself looking up at the sky.
I moved my eyes downward and finally realized that my upper body and lower body were separated.
I couldn’t do anything else, so I was able to look at the situation calmly. The adrenaline rush ended. And then I realized what was going on with my body.
My left arm was torn from the middle. On the other side, my right shoulder was also gouged, and my arm was barely attached to the end of the joint. If I let it dangle a little longer, it would easily become a lost cause. There are half-moon and wedge-shaped slits on the left and right sides of my abdomen, and a large hole in the center of the abdomen, revealing the ground below. If I were a normal human being, I could take out all the fresh organs I wanted. My separated lower body is also lying around, so if the contents of my body hadn’t been turned wood by the effect of the treeman, I would have seen some pretty bizarre sights.
“Buhaha, buhahaha! That look! That ridiculous look! That’s right, it’s all over for you!”
The refreshing sky that could be seen through the trees was blocked by the hideous figure of the monster. This felt like crap.
“Dark Elves, as I’ve heard, run in packs. Even in my own world, they always have a partner. What foolishness! Buhahaha!”
The monster’s body trembled, with words and laughter emanating from a holes in what might or might not be its head.
I couldn’t say anything back.
“Then dark elf’s partner, it’s time to eat. You’ll probably taste like foolishness but even so, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. I will be able to expand my stomach. Don’t worry. Immediately after you, you’ll be with your partner as I’ll also swallow her so you can be together.”
I can only let out a sigh. That was the only thing I can do right now.
My wish is that I could be with her anywhere. Heaven or hell, it doesn’t matter.
Just not within this guy’s stomach, I thought.
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Sheena Glaive Zoainmeri was in her favorite place.
Atop a tall tree. A place with good ventilation and a far-reaching view. She stretched out her legs in a comfortable position and rested her weight on the branch like a cat. Just like she did when she first met him.
But her mood was the exact opposite of that time.
“Haa…”
She sighs unconsciously.
She was reincarnated into a different world where she didn’t know her way around, but the breeze on the trees felt good in its own way, and at that time, she was imagining this and that, wondering what kind of adventures she would have, and in a way, she was excited.
So when she saw Rensuke, she thought it would be exciting.
But now, she thinks a lot about her former world. Though she doesn’t want to think about it.
Essentially, she was on a journey.
It was basically a solo trip.
There were times when she was accompanied by someone, but it didn’t last long. This was especially true if she just kept her hood up and hid her true identity. The moment her true identity was revealed or she was suspected, she went on the run. It was a good thing that she hadn’t been reported to the Knights, and was only often pursued for the bounty by her fellow travelers. And then the memory of her biggest failure comes to mind.
─That’s right. She did not have any companions.
That is what a Dark Elf is, she thinks. In a sense, they are the same kind of troublemakers as slime. They are abhorred, ridiculed, and ostracized for no reason.
There were times when she wondered what the hell was going on. There were times when she was truly angry at the unreasonableness of it all.
But she got used to it. Used to being rejected.
一To be a solitary being.
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Sheena casually traced the surface of the branch supporting her weight with the palm of her hand. There was the warmth of the trees─ but no residue of the body warmth that she had felt on the bed in his room when she had slept with him.
How long had it been since she had slept like that with someone else in peace?
The past few days had been unusual in that she had not been alone.
It was refreshing to be with someone who was not in a collaborative, contractual, or employment relationship.
Really… she never thought there would be a person who would look at her with fondness just by being with her, without any hidden motives. And yes, it’s not just out of goodwill. Longing, respect, and other complex emotions that he himself may not even be aware of.
And that’s not a bad feeling, that’s for sure.
It’s the first time she has been looked at like that.
Although Sheena tried to keep her composure, she always felt uneasy and strange.
It was probably because he didn’t know the truth about dark elves. What he saw was an illusion of the name Dark Elves, not the actual creatures that lived in the other world, drinking and slurping mud.
His gaze was an illusion to me.
However,
All she knows for sure is that he’s been there all along waiting.
“… Fu~u (sigh)”
This is why she’s confused. Her mind right now is wandering.
Even though she knew in her head that it was inevitable, she felt restless, pissed off, and disappointed.
The pleasant breeze that was shaking her hair stopped at the whim of the atmosphere.
─Suddenly, she had doubted herself.
Why? Why am I being so irritated? If I know it’s something I have to do, shouldn’t I change it? Shouldn’t I just accept that it never happened and move on?
She looked up at the sky above in a daze. The beautiful sky was filled with the shadows of birds and shadows that weren’t birds.
In the blue of the sky, she found a simple solution.
“Yeah… Well, it’s not surprising. After all, I already told Rensuke that.”
She likes to have fun. She likes things that she desires.
That’s who she is.
She’s a dark elf, and even if people throw stones at her and tell her to go hide in a cave, she prefers to be up in a tree. She wants to be able to express her preference and be stoned for doing so with pride.
This is the kind of dark elf she is. Sheena Glaive Zoainmeri, the evil being who survived on the other side of the world by ruining and torturing her surroundings as she pleased.
If she simply admitted it, it was easy for her to come to a conclusion about her current irritation.
How did she feel about the way the man named Asakura Rensuke looked at her?
And to what extent was it─
“Ah, damn it!”
Sheena stood up at once, gaining momentum. Her voice and movements caused the birds that were resting in the same tree to flutter away in a panic.
After all, she was tired of contemplating.
“I’m going to do what I want to do …And that’s all there is to it.”
Without saying a word to anyone, she thought to herself.
From the top branches of the tallest tree, Sheena looked down.
What was there was not the inorganic view of the city from the hilltop park that she had come to love.
It was a forest filled with nature.
And one can barely see through gaps between the trees…