My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

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I gulped.

If it was something that she had to say at such a time, it was probably about Gram.

There was a commotion in the morning and it was hectic.

Eight or nine times out of ten, it’s about the person that I killed….

My heart was pounding.

As if, I was afraid of what Ria was about to say.

「Oi, it’s coming!!」

Just as Ria was about to speak, Kurou’s voice resounded within the forest.

Due to the habit I developed after spending long periods of time in the dungeons, I immediately readied myself, but that monster promptly fell victim to Amelia’s『Gravitational Magic』.

It seems that, Amelia and Kurou thought that RIa and I should talk properly.

I raised my hand and thanked Amelia, and after giving me a sweet smile, she stood next to Kurou.

These guys, after becoming teacher and student, they often talked with each other.

Amaryllis’s eyes were sparkling, looking  everywhere at the rare medicinal herbs that grew in the forest.

Maa, Kurou was watching them, so it should be alright.

「Akira-sama, is it alright with you?」

It seems that she wanted to continue our conversation.

I, wasn’t good with having such serious conversations though.

「A, aah, sorry.
Continue.」

「Well then, once again.
Akira Oda-dono, as the former princess.
I would like to apologize for the great trouble that my race had caused you.
Not only did we cause nothing but trouble for the other races, but we trafficked and confined them, and despite being a part of the royal family, they concealed what happened.
And the reception towards the hero-sama who helped us with the crisis of the overflowing of the dungeon.
This list goes on and on.
I sincerely apologize.」

Not knowing what I should do, for now, I patted Ria’s head that she lowered towards me. 

「Raise your head.
I don’t really mind it.
In the first place, when I came to this world, outrageous things happened one after another.」

There was no reason to apologize for what I did for myself.

「Aside from that, what is Ria’s own opinion? Including Amaryllis’s matter as well.」

When I explained Amaryllis’s matter, and how we would be travelling together from now on, there was no reaction from Ria.

「I can not forgive what my uncle…former uncle, had done.
As a fellow beastman, for the the human trafficking up until now, and for what happened with Kurou-sama’s younger sister as well.
And Amaryllis-san’s matter too.
It was a matter of course that he died, that’s what I think.
However….」

Ria said this and hung her head.

「However, Akira-sama taking on Kurou-sama’s enemy, no matter what, I can not consent to that.
I understand that Akira-sama too had a reason for it.
However, as things are, Kurou-sama would have no reason to live on.
Do you not think that I know, what a person who had wished for something for several decades would do after it had been granted?」

That should’ve been something that I knew as well.

The current Kurou was considerably unstable.

It wouldn’t be strange for Kurou, who had taken care of his younger sister’s enemy through me, to die at any time.

In the first place, it had been a long time since he started aging.

In this way, when Kurou completed his task of guiding us to the demon territory, what he would do afterwards, it wasn’t hard to imagine.

「That’s true.
Neither Kurou nor I were really thinking.
However, please understand that it was a decision that was made because I too was quite worried about Kurou.」

When I said this, Ria nodded, her eyes blurred with tears.

「I know.
I understand.
…however, Kurou-sama said this to me.
‘When I was planning my sister’s revenge, when I foisted it onto the young man, I would inevitably fall into hell.’ When this is over, Kurou-sama will not find happiness nor will he live on, he intends to head towards hell.
That, ….I would not be able to bear with that.」

Her tears overflowed, dripping down, and onto the ground.

I, did not have the qualifications to wipe those tears.

…really, what was he doing, Kurou.

I sighed and looked up.

And then, I used『Shadow Magic』to quickly remove the head of the whale monster that was drifting by as if it were swimming in the sky and obtained food.

「For now, let’s eat.
Then, let’s think about how we can convey that to Kurou.
I cooperate with you as well.
Of course, Amelia and Yoru too.」

I didn’t know what Amaryllis would do, but she would probably help as well.