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The Raven Dark Hero 42
🕑 Added 2021-05-20 00:02:00 +0000 UTCChapter 42 : Hiro's Collapse
TL:SummerPeanut
Kouki was taken by Azusa to the back of the school building, in front of the now unused Kabaddi club room.
“...oi, why are you bringing me to this kind of ridiculous place... I don't care what’s your plan, but tell me what you want quickly.”
Did they found out it was him yesterday? Being alone with a girl in a deserted place like this? Will I be killed in the dark? Or maybe…?! Those kind of thoughts were running wild in his head until Azusa started talking.
“Why are you being so nervous about when there is no one here? Haruka, we’re here~”
When Azusa opened the door to the Kabaddi club, the room inside was clean and tatami mats were laid out for some unknown reason. Haruka was seated there, waiting for them.
“Welcome, Kouki Suou-san.”
"Uhm...what’s with this place, I mean this room?”
“This is a place for Haruka and me to relax. Not even Hiro knows about it. What do you think? Isn't it comfortable?”
“Putting aside comfortable or not...... What do you guys usually do here?”
“Are you surprised? I and Azusa felt it’s wasteful that no one uses this room so we appealed to the principal to turn this room into a tea room.”
A single boy was dismayed by the amount of freedom the two girls have...
"...Kouki…”
"...what the heck? You just wanted me to meet him?”
(What the hell! So you didn't find out about yesterday's incident?)
To be honest, he felt relieved as his nerves relaxed.
“When I was wondering what urgent talk you mentioned, you even had Kouki come here. Just what is the matter?”
"I want to make something clear here. Whether the bad rumours about Kouki…were all bullshits that you made up.... You will answer me, right? Hiro.”
Hiro gave a small click with his tongue. His appearance wasn’t the always bright and kind gentleman but rather someone that clicked his tongue because he really felt she’s being annoying.
“I'm sorry, but I'm really busy with something else right now. You two should know that I'm a member of the NDF, right? Can you please stop bothering me with this nonsense?”
(Oh, you told them about the NDF too? Well, there's no reason to tell me alone so it doesn’t really matter.)
"Nonsense?! ...why didn't you deny it? If those rumours were lies, then Hiro, you betrayed us... no, you betrayed Kouki!!”
".....Sigh~... give me a break! I'm telling you that I'm going through a tough time right now! What’s going on in school are meaningless!!”
Kouki honestly thought that Hiro must be in a lot of trouble, without a doubt.
(Maybe... it's Bright’s(my) fault? I did threaten him quite a bit.... Hehehe, are you feeling so cornered that you can’t even bother to continue your act? I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry at all.)
"Hiro-sama. You told me that when Kouki-sama saved me from being molested it was all a play of his own making, right? Was that a lie?!”
"...tch...that's, Kouki himself is there, so ask him yourself!”
(This guy... it's like he doesn't care if his lies are exposed anymore. I suppose he is cornered to the point where he won’t care. What an idiot~, he’ll definitely regret it when he cools down later... Okay then…)
"You two, wait a minute.”
Kouki stopped the two who looked as if they would eat Hiro at that very moment.
“Kouki...what else do you want. It’s as you said, no? Hiro...he had always lied to us!”
"...don't blame Hiro too much. Hiro, you see, is an elite member of the NDF. He's probably being given a difficult mission right now. He's doing his best even in such a situation where it’s not weird if he dies the next second, right? It’s no wonder if he might seem to be hard to approach now. Right Hiro?”
Hiro was surprised at Kouki for defending him. At the same time, his face turned pale as he remembered Bright once again.
“Hiro is fighting for the sake of our nation and for our very lives, you know? Even when he's only a high schooler. He’s still so young and yet he continued to fight battles where he might suddenly die miserably.
It's a pressure that I, as a non-gifted, can't even imagine, so don't blame Hiro too much.”
He protected Hiro’s name. If you listen carefully, however, there is sarcasm in his words but Azusa and Haruka were unable to notice that.
"Kouki... are you okay with this? You've been through a lot of pain because of his lies, haven't you?”
"Lies? Yeah, I knew since a long time ago. I don't really care about it.”
"What?”
The one who reacted to his words was not Azusa and Haruka, but the dumbfounded Hiro. His expression became twisted because of how unexpected and embarrassing it was for him that his actions to ruin Kouki’s reputation while raising his was noticed all along. ...In actuality, Kouki had only found out about it recently though.
“Hiro is fighting so hard that he could die at any moment, but in the end, he's just a narrow-minded bastard after all. No matter what he says, no matter what he's planning, it won't hurt me.”
Lifting him up and then letting him down. This is mentally very painful. The more conscious Hiro is of Kouki, the more effective it becomes. In fact, Hiro had an indescribable expression on his face since a while ago.
"That’s…?! You would forgive Hiro after all he did?”
At this point, Kouki changed his target...
"I've been listening to you for a while now and I've been wondering... Are you not misunderstanding something? The both of you that is. You suddenly bringing up justice and blaming Hiro, but from my point of view, you guys are just as guilty as a certain bastard, right? Please don't play the victim card now.”
Azusa and Haruka were frozen stiff by Kouki’s sudden merciless words. Now that they knew the truth, his words really stabbed them at the sore spot.
(Hmm~. I certainly wanted to tell them off at least once before, but I feel a little bad after actually doing it. I guess I have a soft spot for women...)
But it's not like he was using violence, so he believed it’s okay with this level of retaliation.
(I wanted to see them being sorry too so for now I’ll just crush their relation with Hiro to pieces. I’ll count this as my little revenge towards the two of them.)
"Well then, Hiro. You're a liar, narrow-minded, and a coward, but you're still an elite member of the NDF, and you're the future ace, so please don't run away no matter how strong the enemies you encounter.
I'm not a gifted, and I can't become one anymore... I’ll have you carry my dreams for me.
So don’t you ever run away...as a Hero!”
With a big smile on his face, he tapped Hiro on the shoulder. This was so blatant that anyone could see that he was making fun of the other guy.
“Kouki...you asshole?!”
Hiro who realized he was being mocked by Kouki pointed his hate-filled gaze towards him however at that moment. He felt the same obnoxious aura as Bright’s leaking from Kouki.
“Eh? ...what? W-why...”
Hiro fell back onto his buttock with his face twisted in despair this time. Azusa and Haruka too quivered from Kouki’s sudden change.
...in the next moment as Kouki smiled, however, the obnoxious aura disappeared as if a lie.
“Hm? What's wrong? Why are you sitting down there suddenly? I'm looking forward to hearing your glory in the NDF, okay? No matter how strong the opponent is, no matter who comes to kill you... never, ever run away alright...?”
After saying that, Kouki left the room. And Hiro, who was still on his buttocks, remained shaking on the floor with his pale face...
Kouki's felt good. He felt as if all his years of bitterness had been erased.
(Hmm~... that was unexpectedly refreshing! Now Hiro's pride will be torn apart, and his harem will collapse. The fact that he was lying will probably be spread throughout the school through Azusa and the others, and his reputation in this school will be in pieces...Hehehe...)
And one more thing. After saying so much, he was hoping that the next time he encountered Bright(Kouki), he wouldn't actually run away.
(At that time...Should I reveal that Bright is me after leaving him half-dead? I can't wait to see what the hell he'll look like at that time...but...)
Kouki recalled his decision the other day. That he would not kill anyone else pointlessly...
(...Nah, He had been pulling strings behind me for such a long time, and he even tried to kill me once, you know? I’m just giving back what he deserves. So it's not pointless, right...?)
When he thought about it, he realized that he was not harbouring any strong desire for revenge from the short exchange they just had. He had only wanted to let him suffer a little.
(Maybe as Hiro said, once we're out in the world, the troubles in school are only trivial things in comparison... I've already killed a lot of people when acting as Bright. If you think about it, what Hiro has done to me is nothing more than a kid's prank…)
As he was walking, torn between the choice between his revenge and belief, his phone suddenly rang. It was Fuuka.
"Oh, Fuuka. I'm sorry about today. ...Yeah. ...that’s good. This Saturday at the shopping mall, right?
...I mean, we are meeting at school tomorrow anyway, so you could have just told me then. .....eh? You want to hear my voice? ......You're such an idiot. If it’s just my voice, you can always listen anytime.”
The phone call from Fuuka was apparently a date invitation by her so Kouki shook his head as if trying to forget about all the troublesome thoughts.
(As for what to do with Hiro... that's a story for another time. Let's forget about it for now! I feel like I'm wasting my time worrying about that guy!
Yeah! This Saturday will be my first date with Fuuka! And I'll be picking out a swimsuit for her. ......Duhuhuhu......Oops! I'm a gentleman! Evil thoughts, you are here too early!)
This Saturday. He was already picturing his date with his face unbeknownst that this would be his fated holiday.
Author’s Note:
It’s petite revenge, petite you-deserve-it episode. ( ・`д・´)
Recently, the number of words in the story has been increasing. I'm aiming for 2,000 to 3,000 words, but I'm wondering how many words you find easy to read and worth reading? Please let me know in the comments section if you have any questions. (*´-`)
TL: Keep it within 3k, please no more 5k I beg you. That 5k felt like doing 2 chapters.
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Comments
Luckily, there was only one time he reached 5k raw words. Really appreciate the other readers support too by liking my attempt at translation. When I open the homepage, there's suddenly 40+ notifs of likes. Made my day.
Just saw the TL note. Really appreciate the translations @summerpeanut
