Chapter 87

Translator: Pun | Editor: Darling

“Well then, Lyra. Just where were you planning to go? You probably weren’t just going out for an evening stroll like you said, right?”

Makoto’s sweet voice stimulated my ears.

Her voice seemed soft and angelic.

It felt like I had to listen to whatever she said.

“I was thinking about going to where Akkudoi is.”

“And why is that?”

Hearing Makoto’s voice, I felt a sense of relief. It felt so comforting, that I could feel my strength slowly fade away.

“I have to kill him.”

“How come?”

I felt as if I was intoxicated. It was almost as if I was walking on top of the clouds and my footsteps were unstable.

“I have to save those kids in the church.”

“Did I not say that I would take care of Akkudoi, myself? Did you not trust me when I said that?”

“It’s not that I don’t trust you. But, I felt as if I had to save those children as soon as possible.”

Though her voice sounded incredibly pleasing to me, for some reason it also felt like she was criticizing me for something. Unconsciously, I started tearing up.

Seeing those tears, Makoto gently wiped them away.

“Please don’t cry. So, you must really love those children, huh?”

“It’s as if I was seeing myself in the past. If only I had someone help me back when I was a child, then I wouldn’t have become something as unsightly as an assassin. I wanted to have a normal life too.”

My tears just kept flowing without end. And even so, Makoto continued to gently wipe them away.

I never had any intention of telling her any of this. I wonder why I’m answering all of her questions so honestly like this.

“Why did you become an assassin?”

“For an orphan such as myself, I had no choice but to take some shady jobs. The town I was born in isn’t particularly kind to orphans.”

“Just because of that?”

“The orphans in that town didn’t really have any choice besides to live in the slums. Just to eat, we would have to steal food every day. If we were ever caught stealing, they would punch us and kick us as punishment.”

“I see. That must have been tough.”

“The orphans in that town can’t get any regular jobs. Which is why I became an assassin. To save the other orphans, I needed money… And no matter what the cost, I needed to find a way to make money.”

Makoto was gently rubbing my back with her warm hands. Feeling her warmth, I couldn’t help but continue to cry.

“I… Had no choice but to kill people, no matter who they were just so I could live. There was nothing else that I could have done besides that.”

“But, you can use healing magic, right? Why didn’t you just use that? If you just focused on using your healing powers, then you wouldn’t have needed to become an assassin, right?”