Walking in another world – Chapter 314 – Hikari – Part two

Master is nice.

Master’s food is tasty.

Being with master is fun.

Feeling those emotions for the first time made Hikari feel all warm inside.

But sometimes master says complicated things, and Hikari has trouble.

He gets worried when Hikari is troubled, and pats Hikari’s head.

It feels good, and makes Hikari feel happy.

Master taught Hikari lots of things too.

One of them is cooking. He says Hikari can’t do it alone, but big sister Mia and the others say that too. Why?

When Hikari sees master, who can do anything, Hikari feels proud.

But as we traveled together, Hikari found one thing master couldn’t do.

And Hikari decided to do what master couldn’t do.

Hikari would… End people.

But now master can do that too.

Then what’s Hikari good for?

Master feels close and far away.

Even if Hikari tries to walk at the same speed to catch up, the distance doesn’t shrink.

At this rate, Hikari is going to get left behind.

There’s a rustling in Hikari’s heart.

That’s why when master said to cancel the contract, it was such a shock.

Big sister Mia probably felt the same way, but she accepted it after talking to him.

Her face looked happy from the side.

It hurt a little in the chest…

In the end, Hikari refused. Desperately.

Because once this collar is gone, we won’t know anymore…

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Someone said number thirteen for the first time in a long time.

Hikari remembered.

It was like before, there was a fog in Hikari’s head stopping Hikari from seeing.

But that’s not because he said number thirteen.

It was those dark, murky, jet black eyes.

Those are Hikari’s… No, ours.

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What are my first memories?

I think about it, and remember a hard feeling in my hand. It was a big dagger.

I exercised with it from morning till night.

It didn’t matter if I said it hurt. Day after day, I swung that dagger.

Of course, that’s not all I did.

I did lots of things, and it was all painful.

Every day, it was incessant. Every day my body hurt.

But no one would give me a break.

I don’t know how much time passed, but one day, when my body was a bit bigger, they gathered all of us, and made us touch a pretty stone.

Some of my friends were gone, and different people came.

But that didn’t change our life.

No, it made it worse.

Their demands got worse with each passing day, and when we couldn’t obey, they hit us hard.

And when we couldn’t do it they didn’t feed us either, so we had to work hard.

My stomach hurt from being hungry. There were others like that next to me too.

Some kids would help, but the next day, their faces would be red and swollen, and they couldn’t move their mouths.

I slowly began to lose interest in the other kids too.

I just struggled to survive another day.

What I saw was the thing in front of me, and I couldn’t live if I didn’t eliminate it.

If I didn’t follow orders, it was painful.

And so, I just followed orders quietly, and swung my dagger.

And then, I received a certain order.

End… Someone.

But I failed, and was locked in a dark room.

In that room, I heard a voice constantly.

That voice kept attacking me, even if I blocked my ears.

It went on for days… And then I received another order.

The mark was the same person as before.

And this time… I did it.

Last time my hand stopped when I saw a scared face, but this time, it didn’t.

I can’t forget the feeling in my hand.

Then I got a mask, and that’s basically where it started.

I did a lot since then.

Observed people.

…Did that other thing to a lot of people.

And then, one day, I met master.

It was my duty to observe him.

I was told to bring him back if I confirmed that he could fight.

But that ended in failure, and that was when Hikari was born.

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Hikari’s hand is flesh colored.

But when Hikari’s eyes are closed, they’re stained red.

Being alone is scary.

But master is here, and the girls too, so that makes me feel a little safe.

I’m still Hikari. I get to be Hikari.

But how would they see me if they knew the real me?

Those eyes looking this way in the ruins…

Those were different than usual.

I hold on to master tightly.

I feel like those worries are being set free.

It’s all right. If master is here, I can be Hikari.

So please master, don’t go anywhere…

Don’t leave me…

I’ll get a hold of myself tomorrow…

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