Love Letter From The Future

2. The Lord is with you (29)

“… … Then, shall we get some punishment before we go back?”

It was what I said, but it was pretty bloody. In fact, I tried to let out a laugh while putting it in my mouth.

As a junior and only the second son of a country viscount, am I scolding Delphine?

It was nonsense. I wanted it to be accepted as a kind of joke, but Delphine’s reaction was far beyond my expectations.

First of all, despair flashed in her eyes that resembled Hong-ok.

And soon, a clear fear was engraved, and soon a feeling resembling resignation came to mind.

Delphine-senpai cried, and immediately knelt down.

I was even more perplexed by the immediate response. There were water drops in Delphine-senpai’s eyes.

She hesitated for a moment, then hit her head on the ground.

The thump sounded very painful. Even so, Delphine-senpai maintained that posture and let out a sobbing voice.

“I-I’m sorry for being arrogant… Boo, please have mercy… Whoa, give… Whoa, please… … .”

It was a change of heart that I felt was somewhat sudden.

Of course, Delphine was afraid of me when she raised a hatchet. But now he wasn’t even holding a hatchet, and even though he used the expression ‘bee’, wasn’t it a warm atmosphere?

It was around the time they were celebrating their safe return after the monster hunt was over. I couldn’t guess why Delphine, who still had a rebellious side, was doing this.

Even though she felt intimidated when we met her eyes, she was still proud of herself.

As I fell into trouble, Delphine trembled even more pitifully. Her shaking voice tickled my ears.

“I, please… Black, at most an arm or a leg, forgiveness… Ugh, black… Boo, please… … .”

What in the world are you imagining that you can call an arm or a leg ‘degree’?

It seemed that there was a serious gap between the ‘me’ that Delphine thought of and the ‘me’ in reality.

It was embarrassing. I let out a sigh and tried to get Delphine-senpai up.

If it hadn’t been for a sudden thought that had crossed my mind at that time.

Come to think of it, Delphine-senpai didn’t believe me even after entering the forest. My purpose was only to hunt monsters.

Even so, Delphine didn’t charge me with assaulting her until the end.

Delphine’s distrust of me was just as strong. Even more so, in the current situation, even if it was a misunderstanding, there was no way I could have heard it.

There was another difficulty. If Delphine became incapacitated every time I picked up the hatchet, there was no choice but to disrupt the plan. Because she was one of our group’s core strength.

My thought circuits started to heat up. The electric charge of the thought spinning fiercely bounced and forced the idea.

Soon I had to come to a conclusion.

Yes, let’s punish for real.

For now, that was all I had to do. I deliberately imitated a solemn voice.

“… … Delphine Yurdina, you must be aware of your mistakes, right?”

“Boo, please… Hehe, forgive me… … .”

As soon as Delphine heard my words, she bowed her head even more. Tears were dripping from her eyes.

It was the attitude that he knew his sins better than anyone else.

It was to the point of wondering what the hell the crime was, but it was next to impossible to ask in the current situation.

Instead, I cleared my throat and cleared my throat.

I opened my mouth in a serious tone.

“Then, what about punishment?”

“Oh, I know… Ugh, yes… … .”

Delphine accepted my words obediently. To be honest, I didn’t know why, but in Delphine-senpai’s world, it seemed natural for her to be punished.

That was the problem.

Delphine’s world was too firm. I don’t know what happened to ‘me’ from the future, but what happened then became a nightmare and distorted Delphine’s cognition.

So, I kept denying and doubting the facts that collided with that world.

Even if she says she has no intention of attacking Delphine-senpai, she doesn’t believe it because it conflicts with her perception of “me” that exists in her world.

It was the same even now. Even if Delphine didn’t need to ask for forgiveness, she wouldn’t believe it.

No matter what I did, there would be no exceptions.

Then there was only one way.

My hand gripped the hatchet again. The sparkling anticipation caused ripples in the air.

As soon as he sensed that presence, Delphine’s breathing quickened.

Whoops, whoops. The sound of his exhaled breath was getting louder and louder. Delphine lifted her head slightly and tried to peek at me, but as soon as she saw the ax blade reflecting the moonlight, she put her head back on the ground.

It was an expression that made you want to scream. The eyes of Delphine-senpai, who had only glimpsed that much, were filled with fear.

The trembling in her body intensified. His trembling legs flinched and trembled as if he wanted to run away. Even so, Delphine seemed to be enduring that desire.

As if that’s the only way you can get a little less punishment.

What kind of person would Delphine see as ‘me’? For a moment, my eyes were shaking, but it was already spilled water.

I decided to see the end while I started.

“… … I will finish it once and for all.”

There was not even a precursor.

With that declaration, a momentum was born.

An ax that immediately strikes down with puncture properties.

There was not even hesitation. Delphine finally screamed at the last moment.

“I, please… aagh! Yo, forgive me, three… yo. this… … ?”

However, when the pain did not return no matter how long it passed, Delphine was confused and blurted out her words.

Her head lifted slowly. Right next to it, there was an ax on the verge of being put down.

Delphine’s bloody pupils shook vigorously.

“Huh, huh… … .”

With a quickening breath, I turned the ax blade and pointed it at Delphine-senpai’s cheek.

And that moment when Delphine closed her eyes tightly.

sigh, and

The blade of the ax lightly brushed Delphine’s cheek. To leave only dangerous scars.

The crimson eyes opened stupidly again. And I filled my field of vision with the ax blade that had passed by as it touched my cheek.

Delphine’s eyes were completely incomprehensible.

A small amount of blood was seeping from the wound on his cheek. It was a shallow wound, barely enough to bleed. A strong person like Delphine would have healed within a few minutes.

Of course, there were no scars left.

For a while there was stillness in the forest.

Like it or not, I put the hatchet back on my belt. Delphine-senpai, who had been silent and forgot to even breathe, slowly turned her eyes to me.

I smiled and bent my upper body. And he held out his hand.

“That’s the pay. Are you sick?”

“That, ah… eww… … .”

Delphine pursed her lips as if she wanted to say something, but the sound never turned into words. He just grabbed my hand with a bewildered look, and he hesitated and got up.

I granted her request.

In Delphine-senpai’s world, if it was natural for her to be punished, then it was enough to adjust accordingly. Instead, the punishment was meaningless to receive, at a very low intensity.

Then, gradually, to Delphine-senpai, ‘bees’ would become something she didn’t have to fear, and her fear of me would ease a bit.

I didn’t know if it would work right away. However, after repeating it a few times, I wondered if it would be possible to prevent an unfortunate incident that would put me incapacitated just by looking at my hatchet.

It was a method of overwriting new perceptions on top of Delphine-senpai’s world without colliding with it.

It was a pretty cool solution for an ignorant swordsmanship department to come up with, I praised myself. And I said to Delphine senior.

“Oh, come to think of it, do you have a healing potion? Please give me that.”

“Oh, huh? uh, uh… … .”

Still making a dazed sound, Delphine took out a healing potion from her chest. I poured the potion on my back without hesitation.

Then, he poured the remaining potion on his arm and looked at the flesh that was boiling and regenerating.

Also, I didn’t know what I would hear if I went to the saintess. It was better to treat with a healing potion. Because it wasn’t my money anyway.

Still, it was cheap compared to the price of Delphine’s life. With that thought in mind, I started walking again.

“Then please come slowly, senior Delphine… Oh, and don’t openly argue with Elsie-senpai from now on.”

My hand shook, and there was no answer from Delphine-senpai.

It was good. Because I did one thing today.

I thought I should visit Leto first.

**

Delphine didn’t say anything for a long time after Ian left.

He just stood there blankly, staring blankly at Ian’s back.

Why? Delphine had such a question.

He could have chopped off his limbs. That was the bottom line, and anything more was possible if Ian put his mind to it.

Delphine was the loser and Ian was the winner. She was like his.

Perhaps it was because she begged in front of him so many times, even her shame was blurred. Just the blurry smile that Ian showed at the last moment.

A small solid line drawn on the cheek.

Delphine patted her cheek with her hand, then muttered in a hazy voice.

“… … Be merciful.”

It was an involuntary word. Even after saying that, Delphine didn’t feel anything wrong for a long time.

It was long after that that she came to her senses.

Delphine, who soon realized what she had said, jumped up on the spot.

“No, no, no… it’s crazy! What mercy is that killer… … .”

But her words didn’t go any further. She tried to pick up Ian’s curse at random, but she instinctively shut her mouth.

Fearful eyes scanned the surroundings. I wondered if Ian was still there to watch over her.

This might also be Ian’s test. Delphine’s heart went cold, and hesitantly tried to deal with it.

“… … No, not a killer. Yes, he is also merciful.”

Delphine, who started walking after Ian, pondered over the last words Ian left.

Don’t fight ‘openly’ with Elsie in the future.

If so, how do you fight?

Suddenly, I remembered the scene I saw the day I first arrived at the orphanage. The image of Elsie laughing at her with a smug expression while running Ian’s errands.

As a high-ranking aristocrat, it was disgraceful.

However, that pride was just after it was smashed again, and she had never avoided a game in her life.

Wasn’t Elsie’s pride in the last fight because, after all, she was favored by the absolute strong man named Ian? Delphine’s thinking soon went through such a point and reached a conclusion.

Well then, it wouldn’t hurt to respond.

If Ian was on Delphine’s side, Elsie wouldn’t be able to treat Delphine carelessly anymore.

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Justifying herself like that, Delphine tried to turn her eyes away from certain emotions.

It felt good. The moment I lightly scratched my cheek.

It felt like all the anxiety and guilt were washed away, which was great.

Delphine decided to dismiss this as a competitive spirit.

Delphine’s crimson eyes deepened as she walked in the dark with the sound of “Hmm”.