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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 367: I Said I Would Explain, but I Never Said I Would Make You Understand
Chapter 367: I Said I Would Explain, but I Never Said I Would Make You Understand
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“Jinku, why are you here!? Hey, don’t steal someone else’s prey!”“No, I—”
“Eh, eh?! Jinku-kun!? Oh, but, what’s wrong with Hyde-kun!? Uwawa, what should I do…”
“Gaaaah?! Burning!? My body… Gaaaaah?!?!”
“Alright, that’s enough! I know it’s chaotic, but let’s calm down for a moment!”
“Ed-san!?”
In the midst of the chaos, I also revealed myself from the shadows of the trees. With the added confusion, the expressions of Doma and Kain distorted to an extent that made them seem less than human. Oh well, this is the limit.
“There, there, Doma and Kain, just come over here without thinking too much!”
“But, what about Hyde-kun…”
“It’s fine, it’s fine! Just come over here for now! Jinku, relax and release your grip, okay?”
“Yes!”
“And, uh, what do we do, Kain?”
“I don’t really know, but should we go?”
With Jinku being here, Doma and Kain hesitated, but eventually, they made their way towards us. Once they entered our proximity, I carefully cut only the bag part of the torn bag that Jinku was stabbing.
From within emerged a human child of around three years old, blood streaming from every facial orifice—eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. The child wailed in pain, with every scream carrying the weight of the world’s resentment, drenched in the agony of being burned by golden light.
“What!?”
“I-it can’t be!?”
“A child!? Did I—”
“It’s okay, Jinku.”
While Doma and the others were stunned, Jinku’s hand, the one with the sword, trembled violently. The golden light within the sword, reflecting the uncertainty, wavered rapidly. Seeing Jinku in this state, I reached out and put my hand on his trembling one, encouraging him.
“Ed-san, I—”
“I’ll say it again; it’s okay. It may look like a person, but it’s not.”
“But—”
“Don’t hesitate, Jinku! Just for now. Believe in me more than what you see. More than yourself. If there’s any guilt or responsibility there, it’s all mine. So, don’t loosen your grip. Why did you come here!?”
“――Right, I… I understand, Ed-san.”
With my reassurance, Jinku’s hand stopped shaking, and the fading golden light returned. Patting Jinku lightly on the back, I turned my attention to the newcomer—a boy I had met for the first time but who continued to scream absurdly.
Manipulating someone into taking the life of a child and capitalizing on the ensuing guilt. Sweetly murmuring ‘you’re not to blame’ when they’re in distress. That’s quite a tactic.”
“Gyaaaaah?!?!?”
“Undoubtedly, you intended to console him with ‘you’re not at fault’ in his moments of despair, aiming to foster dependency. Quite a cunning move.”
“Gaaaaaaah?!?!?”
“Ah… Can you start talking normally soon?”
“Gooooooh?!?!?”
“…Well, forget it. Hey, Jinku, give it all you’ve got one last time!”
“Y-yes! Haaaaaaa!”
Following my instructions, Jinku gathered his strength. The light of the sword intensified, and the body of the child, pierced through, crumbled into black liquid, seeping into the ground.
“It melted!? What the hell is this? What’s going on!?”
“Jinku-kun, what in the world… Wait, Jinku-kun!?”
Seemingly exhausted, Jinku swayed. Though Doma and Kain reached out to support him, it was an Elf lady with a kind look, who emerged from the shadows of the grass, that gently caught the falling Jinku.
“Good job, Jinku. You did well… Ed! Leave this to me! Everyone, come closer.”
“Tia-san?! Damn, I have no idea what’s going on anymore!”
“Ugh, my stomach is starting to hurt…”
“In the name of Lunaritia, manifest, [Wind Veil] !”
After completing the incantation, Tia’s magic created a wind barrier around herself and Jinku. This would provide some protection against projectiles, and more importantly, it would prevent them from overhearing the conversation we didn’t want them to. I gave Tia a thumbs up with a smile in response to her cheeky wink, then redirected my attention back to Demon King Hyde, who was panting heavily.
“So, can you speak now?”
“Guh… Haa… Haa… Why!?”
“What’s wrong? What do you want to know?”
“Everything! Why are you here!? Why did Jinku awaken as a hero!? Why do attacks on my duplicates reach me too!? Why!? Why!? What the hell have you done!?”
“Quite a lot of questions… Well, I’ll answer them in order. First, why am I here? Naturally, it’s because I knew about your existence.”
“What!? N-No way! That’s impossible! You, who had just arrived in this world and had no connection to the rulers of this world, could not possibly know about me! How did you manage to know about my existence!?”
“Well, that’s thanks to Jinku.”
“….Huh? Even after awakening as a hero, how could Jinku, a mere novice adventurer from the countryside, be connected to me!?”
“Well, that’s because you poked your nose where you shouldn’t have.”
“??????”
“Don’t get it? Well, I guess you wouldn’t.”
In the first loop, Jinku, deeply wounded by the schemes of Demon King Hyde, searched for the origin of the Earth Dragon that no one believed existed. He gathered information on all three countries ruled by the three Demon Kings, disregarding laws, pity, and even self-preservation. Among the various pieces of information he collected, one stated, “The Queen of the Demon Country is being threatened by someone.”
At that time, Jinku dismissed it as irrelevant to the Earth Dragon, and I didn’t pay it much attention either. However, when the [Akashic Compass] projected the image of the Demon King threatening the queen, everything changed. The drunken gibberish turned into reliable information. Therefore, we changed our original plan and decided to head to Demon Country.
Of course, the opponent was the queen. Meeting her wouldn’t be easy, but with the [Mirage Shift], I could infiltrate any heavily guarded place and eavesdrop on confidential conversations. After successfully meeting the queen and having various conversations, the fortunate convergence of events led to this moment. However, everything was because Demon King Hyde insisted on tarnishing the hero Jinku.
“If you were someone who only aimed to kill the hero after succeeding, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to get information from you. If you were someone who failed and thought of revenge against the hero in a shortsighted manner, I wouldn’t have been able to protect Doma and the others. But both versions of you wanted to thoroughly torment the hero and corrupt his soul. That desire was the opening that allowed me to arrive at this moment. Oh, by the way, the reason Jinku awakened as a hero is because I hastily trained him. And Jinku’s attacks reaching you? Well, that’s because Jinku is that kind of hero. Even when separated, they are inseparable. With the power of the ‘Hero of Bonds’ Jinku, it’s a piece of cake to reconnect the sub-body to the main body right in front of you, isn’t it?”
“Ugh, you claim to answer, yet you cram all the essential information between the lines, nodding in satisfaction with a smug face, delivering the worst shitty explanation where only you understand… Wait, hold on. Are you suggesting there are other reasons?”
“Oh yeah. Actually, the other reasons are probably more significant. Don’t you think so?”
“So it is.”
Smirking at my response, the last companion emerged from the shadows of the grass.
“You…!?”
“Long time no see, Hyde-san.”
The fox-faced woman, dressed in layers of colorful and luxurious fabrics, looked at Hyde’s foolishly open mouth and laughed merrily.
