「How will you take responsibility for this!?」
「I am extremely sorry! Please forgive me……!」
「Don’t screw around, you inferior woman!」
(……Maybe, this is a game event?)
The man in the military uniform and the woman in the dress were the parents of a character appearing in the game, and the servant begging for forgiveness while crying was the mother of the main character of the game.
(I’ll be troubled if I’m thrown into such a depressing event all of a sudden though!?)
(Where is Harold, the vital character? If I’m not mistaken, in this scene, his anxious mother is………eh, no way)
(Perhaps, I have become Harold……?)
That was a preposterous thought that hit him. It wasn’t as though there was any proof. But the instant that possibility went across his head, severe chills ran down his spine.
(No no, what am I saying. This is a dream, if I think about it normally.)
As though to shake off an unpleasant premonition, he persuades himself. That is the most acceptable answer according to common sense.
No matter how desperately his reasoning claims that this is a dream, the warmth transmitted from being hugged, the angry voice striking his ears, carrying a sense of reality, screams at Kazuki’s five senses. No matter how much he denies it, in no way could it be thought of as a dream.
(Well then, since I know that this isn’t a dream, as expected, is this the game world? There’s no way………but this feeling of reality, can only be thought of as……..but still, the world of the game…….if thought of like that, then isn’t Clara-san going to die!?)
Being torn between the conflicting thoughts of his reasoning and instinct, Kazuki could only act like an idiot. He wanted to stop thinking, since his thoughts were repeatedly going around in circles.
As though it was cut off from his will, his body moved in contrast with his thoughts. Shaking off his mother’s arm, his legs advance, step-by-step.
「There is no merit in lending ears to you begging for your life. That corrupt blood, I will personally purge it. 」
「Father, wait. Entrust the execution of this woman to me」
The man had taken the sword which was hung on the wall, ready to cut down the servant. From behind him, Harold spoke words of restraint.
「To you? What do you plan to do?」
「Recently, I learned a new magic. Let her become a guinea pig for testing that. Instead of dirtying the room with the blood of an inferior species like this, isn’t that a better use?」
But if viewed from another angle, this meant that the flow of this event was irreversible.
「Hohou, that might also be amusing. Until then, throw this woman in the dungeon!」
As soon as Military Uniform raises his voice, immediately a soldier arrives and drags Clara away by grabbing her hand. Kazuki could only see off her retreating figure off.
「Filthy mixed-blood. Even though she was hired after I took pity on her, when asked to do something, she can’t do even a single thing properly.」
「After all, she is an inferior species. Harold wants to test his magic, so she might be useful.」
「Humph, that is also true.」
However, since his outlook had contracted due to the chaos, the married couple’s speech and conduct didn’t reach his ears. Even if it had reached him, he wouldn’t have properly perceived the contents.
「……Where is this? Is this Harold’s room?」
In a corner of the room, there was a full-length mirror whose height was greater than a grown male’s. Kazuki swallowed his saliva, with a sharp sound resounding from his throat.
「It’s a lie, right…….」
Ruthlessly depicted, was the figure of Harold with the appearance of a young boy.
