Betrayed by My Best Friend and Dumped by My Fiancée, I’ve Decided to Enjoy Life as I Please ~ For Some Reason, a Bunch of Crazy Fanatics Keep Pledging Their Loyalty to Me~
A pool of blood forms at my feet and a strong smell hits my nose.
I stare at the corpse of my former comrade, who will never move again, as blood drips from my sword blade.
(I killed my first …… person. ……)
Of course, I’m not from here, but I do have a memory of killing people.
I’ve been commissioned to take down bandits more times than I can count, and I’ve even participated in small battles to settle skirmishes between nations.
The world was not so sweet that I could continue to fight without killing.
But it was the first time I had killed a man since I had regained my memory
Moreover, even though I had a personality like that, killing a being that I had spent a lot of time with did not exist even if I went back to all my memories.
(Shudder……? The sword feels very heavy too ……)
“Are you all right? Rex-sama.”
“….. Iris??”
Iris spoke to me with a worried look on her face, perhaps because she was worried about my state of not moving at all.
Just by doing that, I felt that the strength in my sword had returned to my hand.
“Do you have any regrets,……?”
“No, I didn’t regret it at all. But killing a familiar face leaves a bad taste in my mouth. That’s all.”
I slowly shake my head at Iris’s words.
No matter how many times I look back on it, I have no regrets.
He should have been deleted here from the beginning.
I bow my head to Iris.
“I’m sorry.”
“……? P-Please look up! I’m not sure why Rex sama would bow to someone like me. ……”
“My former associate has been verbally abusive to all three of you. Since he is no longer with us, let me apologize on his behalf.”
Maybe if I had fought from the beginning, I would not have had to listen to the hurtful comments towards Iris and the others.
You may think I’m overreacting with my outburst, but the three of them have already experienced more malice and grief at their age than most people experience in a lifetime.
They must have been tormented by a hell with no end in sight, a reality from which they cannot escape.
I had to be responsible for protecting them because I reached out to save them from such a place.
“Rex sama, please look up.”
I looked up as I was told and saw Iris looking at me with a gentle smile on her face.
No, it wasn’t just Iris.
Anastasia and Roger were also standing next to Iris with the same expression.
I am not so fragile that I can be dented by this level of ill will.
I’ve already given up such feelings.
“I’m not fragile enough to be defeated by this level of malice. It would be too bad if I was hurt by this much, and I’m not fit to support Rex-sama’s ambitions. I’ve long since given up on that feeling.”
“I feel the same way as Iris-san. It has only been a while since we met, but I am confident that I will not give up on my desire to support Rex-sama.I…I am more concerned about Rex-sama and Roger than being looked down upon. More than anything, I cannot tolerate abusive language towards him.”
“Iris, Anastasia, and Roger……”
I can’t help but call out three names.
They each shared their feelings with me.
My heart warms and my mind lights up with passion.
(I don’t want to declare war on the World Alliance, but I want …… Iris and my family to live happily.
What can I do to help them?)
After thinking about it for a while, a new goal emerges in my mind.
It immediately sinks into my heart that this is what I should do.
[Make the Black and White Dragon bigger and do protection activities for the discriminated races]
That is the new goal that was born in me.
From this moment on, my goal of starting a clan and creating a legend has become a means to an end.
I guess you could say that the new Black and White Dragon was born with a fresh start.
“Iris. If you don’t like it, you can push me away.”
“Yes? ………? 〜〜!!”
I put my sword into its sheath and gently hugged Iris.
The gentle, sweet scent and the soft feel of her body is comforting.
Iris’s body stiffened for a moment, but she didn’t show any signs of reluctance, and soon the strength left her body and she surrendered to me
“Thank you. I look forward to your continued support.”
“! Yes! I’ll follow you for the rest of my life!”
Then I gently let go of Iris’s body and hugged Anastasia next.
I feel like something extremely soft is hitting my chest, but I’m not in that situation right now, so I force the feeling out of my consciousness.
“Anastasia too. If you’re okay with me, I’d like you to lend me your strength.”
“Of course! As long as it’s okay with me, as much as you want!”
Finally, to Roger.
Roger is not yet tall enough to grow up, so I hugged him in a waist position.
“Roger. I need you. I need you to protect my friends …… and my family.”
“Yes! I want to protect Anna onee chan and …… Iris one chan!”
We all come from different backgrounds, different years, different genders, and in my case, even different worlds, but through many things, we have been able to come together like this.
I want to build a relationship like a family, even though we are all friends.
In order for all of us to achieve happiness together.
(Now it’s just a matter of what to do with ourselves in the future. …… Gerard will definitely report to Richard, and it’s only a matter of time before our existence is exposed to the world. ……)
It was a complete miscalculation that members of the Sword of Heaven had come to this city.
But what has passed cannot be undone.
(It can’t be helped. Shall I train the three of them while hiding for a while? ……)
The passing of time would not erase my guilt for the attack on the lord’s mansion, but it would probably loosen the pursuers’ grip a little.
If our identities are made public, the reputation of the Sword of Heaven will be attached to the fact that we were so close to them
Although such a reputation is not a bad thing, the prideful members of the team would not like to be thought of in that way.
If that is the case, it is natural that they would try to handle our identity in secret without disclosing it to the public.
If our identities are kept secret, we probably won’t get caught.
It’s time for me to relax and accumulate strength while changing the goal of Iris and the others from declaring war to protecting.
But Rex didn’t know that yet.
He didn’t know that the plan had already been foiled at this point…
[AN : There is no BL development between Rex and Roger]
-Maiban