Ryuu Kusari no Ori -Kokoro no Uchi no 'Kokoro'-

Volume 4 Chapter 7.3

Seeds of Rekindling Part 3

Translator : PolterGlast

[Gosh, what is the meaning of this!]

Mefi cried out in frustration in the underground canals that stretched beneath Arcazam.

The only reason she was in the form of a girl was because it was convenient for her to deceive the humans to whom she had been playing around with. If she was in that form, the lowly and foolish humans would be fooled without any difficulty.

That has been how she has deceived many people so far.

And just the other day, she was about to leave the city after ten years of fun, but she was stranded in an unexpected place.

In front of her was a drainage canal leading out of the city. A small amount of magical power is being emitted at its exit to prevent demonic beasts, but as a supernatural being, she should be able to breach it without any difficulty.

Eventually, she willingly jumped into it, but her body was repelled as if she was being obstructed by an invisible wall.

[It's designed so that only I can't get through. This is definitely that guy's work......]

As if reacting to Mefi's irritation, her compound eyes turned red.

What flashed through her mind was the person who had been Ken's backer so far. He was one of the most powerful people in the city, but at the same time, he was an anomaly whose mind Mefi could not read at all.

He looked down at Mefi, an existence rarely seen by humans, with inorganic eyes, not even seeming surprised when he saw her, and was the first person she thought, [I don't want to be involved with this person].

[What a jerk!]

She exploded her own source elements out of frustration that things were not going the way she wanted them to. The flowing wastewater splashed out and cracks spread across the surrounding walls. The magic circle for releasing the magical power was also cracked, but there was no change in the released magical power.

It seemed that something other than the magic circle on the wall was still functioning.

Then, from the back of the passageway that Mefi had passed through, the sound of someone's footsteps echoed.

The time was already midnight. It was not the time for workers to visit the canal.

Mefi slowly turned around to see who was approaching from behind, and then let out a surprised cry.

[Hee, what a surprise. You're still alive, huh?]

"............"

There stood the toy that Mefi had played with for ten years and then discarded.

His faded blond hair. His uniform was in tatters, and he cast his eyes down, so it was impossible to see the expression on his face.

But Mefi was surprised to see that the toy was still alive, her mouth twisted into a grin as she transformed herself into a little girl.

[Huh? Are you perhaps mad at me? But it's your fault for being weak and stupid, you know? If you think of it normally, there is no way a spirit would lend its power to a mere human, ahahaha!"

Her pretty girlish appearance was distorted hideously and she let out a vulgar laugh.

The reason she went to the trouble of changing back into human form was to thoroughly humiliate Ken.

Combined with the irritation that had been building up earlier, her voice was completely tinged with her hideous true nature.

[But it's just perfect. If I borrow your body, I can slip through this damned barrier.]

Right now, she was blocked by the magical power being released into the canal, and she was unable to leave the city. But if she could get into this toy body, she might be able to use it as a cover to slip through.

[Besides, I was getting irritated. Since you're here, why don't you let me hear you scream to kill time?]

In a bit of mischievousness, Mefi suddenly turned her palm toward Ken and released the source element. She wanted to stimulate Ken's sense of pain and enjoy the sight of him writhing in pain as he was being assimilated.

The released source elements instantly enveloped Ken and increased his sense of pain 10,000-fold.

The pain was so intense that even the strongest of minds would succumb in an instant. The water spirit's eyes lift up in excitement at the thought of the former contractor, whose face would be contorted in anger, wet with tears and snot, and thrashing about on the ground in an ugly manner.

[......Huh?]

Immediately after, the source elements that had enveloped Ken were scraped away. Unable to comprehend the scene that had just flashed before her eyes, Mefi let out an involuntary gasp and let her gaze wander between her hand and Ken's.

Did I make a mistake? A momentary doubt crossed her mind, followed by an indescribable chill running down her spine. Something was wrong. As if to shake off her doubts, Mefi once again released her source elements toward Ken.

Ken, on the other hand, opened his mouth wide in the face of the onrushing stream of source elements.

Aaa~! His mouth opened like a child taking a big mouthful of candy, and then closed with a loud *clunk! sound. At the same time, the source elements that should have been approaching Ken disappeared again.

[W-What the heck is this!?]

While Mefi, having been shown the unbelievable sight twice, let out a cry of fear and agitation, Ken's mouth moved in a mawkish motion as though he was chewing. It was a bizarre behavior for a human being.

And then, *ooze*...... dark particles of light oozed out of Ken's body.

It was as if all the world's poisons had been boiled and concentrated into a dark sediment.

[A!?]

The moment Mefi saw this, the chill that had been running down her spine swelled up. Her fake face was stained with surprise and fear, and she rushed to distance herself from Ken, trying to flee at once.

"I won't let you escape......"

[Gya!?]

But Ken caught up to her in less than a second. The back fist he shot out struck Mefi hard.

The strike, clothed in a foreign source element, slammed her small body against the wall, inflicting intense damage on the supposed spirit. Along with a short scream, new cracks were carved into the damaged wall.

[A, gah......, wait, wait a- .......]

Perhaps under the influence of the source element exuding from Ken, Mefi wobbled and trembled.

She sounded weak, a sharp contrast from earlier, but Ken mercilessly dismissed her pleas.

"Shut up......."

[Gyaaa!]

A carelessly swung down knife-hand slashed both of Mefi's legs from its base.

A screech like ripping silk echoed through the drainage canal, and the lesser water spirit collapsed on the spot. From the base of both slashed legs, pale source elements spurted out like blood and scattered into the dim darkness.

Furthermore, Ken grabbed Mefi's wings as she screamed in extreme pain and threw her directly against the opposite wall.

[Aa, gi.......]

The momentum of the throw ripped off the wing that had been grabbed.

Mefi skipped over the waterway and slammed into the wall again, literally gasping for breath.

Ken's mouth contorted into a grin at the sight of the dying spirit that had tricked and deceived him, and he crushed the remnant of the wing in his hand. But that smile of delight soon disappeared.

"I'm, hungry......"

Ken rubbed his belly in a childlike manner and looked down at Mefi's legs, which were lying on the floor. Her legs, which had been cut off, still retained their original shape, though the source elements that made up her body were scattered about. Ken then picked up one of the shiny blue legs, threw it into his mouth, and began to chew.

*Munch-munch*, *chew-chew* ....... The eerie sound of chewing flesh and bone echoed through the drainage canal.

*Gulp*....... He gulped and smiled in satisfaction. He devoured another leg as well and walked closer to Mefi, who he tossed over to the other side of the canal.

Between them was a fast-flowing stream of water. Ken, however, did not pay the torrent in front of him any mind and proceeded on his way. Under normal circumstances, he would have sunk into the stream of water and been swept away to drown.

But instead of sinking, Ken's feet stayed where they were, as if the torrent had never existed.

*Splish, splash, splish, splash*...... Ken continued to move quietly through the vigorously flowing water, as if he were walking on shallow water.

Then, standing in front of the fallen Mefi, he picked up her small body.

[Stop...... Forgive me......]

A scrunched-up face. The trembling of her body and the pleas that followed. Ignoring all of them, Ken bit into Mefi's body head first.

*Crunch, crunch, gulp*....... Ken devoured Mefi's body in the blink of an eye, as though he were eating a small grilled fish. At the same time, the black miasma exuding from Ken's body thickened in color.

"Lisa, Nozomu......."

Muttering the names of his two childhood friends, Ken threw himself into the flowing water stream.

His body disappeared into the murky current. All that remained was the sound of the rushing water, echoing through the canal.

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