Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?
Chapter Summary
That’s why, even while glaring at Sophia-san, I fully utilised my powers of reason and attempted to suppress the anger burning within me. In that case, what’s important right now, is what Waldo-san thinks about having become a vampire I guess. Furthermore, not being in the mood to ask any further questions, and having not confirmed anything about what I had originally wanted to ask, I ended up leaving in dejection.
Oni 15 – Non-humanAuthor’s comment:Summary up to the previous chapter –Vampire – Ate what was offered to her ?
Oni – What are you doing?
Are you an idiot who wants to die?
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Spider – Nothing to do with me ?
We glare at each other.
The anger simmering in my chest boils up, and I somehow manage to contain it in desperation.
If my anger explodes here, then it’s obvious that I will lose control of myself to Wrath again.
That’s why, even while glaring at Sophia-san, I fully utilised my powers of reason and attempted to suppress the anger burning within me.
To me, what Sophia-san has done is not something that I can forgive.
Charm magic, brainwashing and forced slavery.
Those are the ones I detest the most.
Then after calmly doing all that, Sophia-san used the excuse “because I’m a vampire” and became defiant – I will never be able to forgive that.
Coincident with that, in the back of my mind I realise that the point of the conversation has shifted.
To begin with, this all started from when Sophia-san turned the demon called Waldo-san into a vampire.
Furthermore, before that he was related to the charm magic that Sophia-san had spread everywhere, but let’s not go there.
In that case, what’s important right now, is what Waldo-san thinks about having become a vampire I guess.
「Waldo-san.
」 「Y, yes?
」When I call out to him, Waldo-san responds in a shrill voice.
From his point of view both Sophia-san and I are pretty much monsters.
With the likes of us two glaring at each other in this closed space, it certainly would have become a very uneasy place to be in.
It’s not surprising that he couldn’t conceal the tension in his voice.
「Waldo-san, what do you think about having become a vampire?
」To my inquiry, Waldo-san ponders for a moment.
「I think of it as an honour.
」In that moment, he was probably thinking what the best answer could be.
So that he could convey in a short phrase that he himself wanted to become a vampire, and had decided that even after hearing about the charm magic.
In that case, there’s nothing more for me to say regarding Waldo-san.
However, the other matter is different.
「Waldo-san is saying that.
That he himself wished for it, so because of that I have no intention to say anything more.
However, Felmina-san deserves an apology.
Her life has been ruined because of Sophia-san.
No matter how you look at it, that’s your fault.
Regardless of stuff about vampires etc.
」Without averting my eyes from Sophia-san, I declare that.
In this brief period I’ve fully grasped just how big Sophia-san’s obsession about being a vampire is.
However, that and this are different matters.
Whether you’re a vampire or whatever, there’s no way that absolves the guilt of having ruined someone’s life.
On top of that, because she’s completely forgotten about it, it cannot be settled.
Sophia-san doesn’t move while glaring at me.
However, her eyes are swimming a bit.
I guess even she senses that she’s at a disadvantage.
Her attitude is like that of a scolded child desperately looking for a way to escape.
Suddenly, something feels out of place.
Sophia-san and I are both reincarnators.
Combining this and our previous existence it adds up to quite a lot of age.
Yet despite that, going by how she behaves her mind seems quite childish.
I wonder what that is about?
「Sophia.
」My pondering is interrupted by Shiro-san’s voice.
It’s a quiet voice, but has a strength of presence that cannot be ignored.
On hearing that voice, Sophia-san gains a small gleam in her eyes.
Is she expecting assistance perhaps?
「Apologise to Felmina-chan.
」However, the words that Shiro-san speaks, are not what Sophia-san was expecting.
For an instant Sophia-san has a vacant expression of surprise on her face, and after that her face turns red in a flash.
She throws a glare at Felmina-san and,「Don’t get cocky because you were called with -chan!
」Saying that she runs off.
For your sharp parting remark, that’s what you went with?
It seems it’s not just me who is dumbfounded, as there’s a strange and unspeakable atmosphere pervading the room.
With that atmosphere, the first one to move was Waldo-san.
Imploring the faces of the other three people, his glancing eyes turn towards the door that Sophia-san left through.
Seeing Waldo-san like that, Felmina-san makes an imploring expression at Shiro-san.
In response to that, Shiro-san silently nods her assent.
Having received that, Felmina-san accompanies Waldo-san and leaves.
Remaining are just me and Shiro-san.
I look at Shiro-san’s face.
It’s as expressionless as ever.
However, she seems somewhat displeased.
「Do you have some spare time?
」I call out to Shiro-san to forestall her as she appears about to get up.
I originally came here because I had some business with Shiro-san.
I just got dragged into Sophia-san’s mess.
As for when I questioned her and the others, properly speaking I had no right to pry into that as an outsider.
「Why is Sophia-san like that?
」Yet despite that, that’s the question that I raise.
Even though I have important matters that I must discuss.
Because we’ve had a death battle in the past, perhaps I’ve developed some strange sentiment?
To my query, Shiro-san doesn’t reply for a while.
I got used to it during the question and answer session in the other dimension, but a conversation with Shiro-san requires patience.
Since she’s not standing up, I think she intends to reply.
I think that if she didn’t intend to reply then she probably would have left without saying anything.
「Because she’s not human.
」The reply she gave after a lengthy pause, was a bit too plain for me to be able to understand.
Because she’s not human, well, saying that, I’m not human either.
However, even though we’re both non-human, I still don’t understand Sophia-san.
「A human cannot understand a spider’s feelings.
A spider cannot understand a frog’s feelings.
」It seems my doubt showed on my face.
At Shiro-san’s words, I understand somewhat.
Even if we’re both non-humans, I am an oni while Sophia-san is a vampire.
Though human-shaped non-humans may be grouped together, there is still a clear difference.
Because of that, misunderstandings will occur, is what Shiro-san is probably saying.
Certainly, I don’t know anything about vampires.
Neither the reason why Sophia-san obsesses about being a vampire, or how they live.
Though she is clearly at fault, she was still so opposed to apologising, so perhaps there is something that a vampire is unable to conceed.
Though even if I think that, I still cannot forgive her after all.
Though saying that, blaming her one-sidedly might be barking up the wrong tree.
Maybe I need to know a little about vampires.
When I gather my thoughts and raise my head, Shiro-san is eating something.
If I’m not mistaken, then that appears to be the leg of a huge frog.
Shiro-san is expressionlessly stuffing that into her mouth and eating it.
Ah, it certainly seems that my understanding of non-humans is lacking.
I have realised that just from seeing this scene.
Furthermore, not being in the mood to ask any further questions, and having not confirmed anything about what I had originally wanted to ask, I ended up leaving in dejection.