Chapter 8 (1/2)

Translator: Kureha

Even when Kyle and his team had left, Nectar continues to act indifferent frohout the day Thanks to the food which Kyle's team have kindly shared with us, our meal became much fancier and healthier

Still, Nectar sometimes just stared out into the distance, a hint of sadness visible in his eyes At night he will sneak out of the chariot, researching so froht spirit He has done this before, yet it see more effort into this research than before

⌈Only if I had a staff……⌋

Hehis lips Then he continued on with his research until it was close to dawn,the paper non-stop I wanted to talk to hiht, no words or sound could come out ofto be asleep However, after one week, there were dark circles under his eyes and he was starting to get weaker both mentally and physically

I can't let him do this anymore I need to stop him now! Yet, I couldn't think of any way to approach the topic indirectly so I took the only option left

⌈Hey, Nectar Unlike o to sleep at night and get so in this area so if you want to do the research away froht, I'm happy to set up a barrier which I cannot see, hear or walk through it So please, do the research while the sun is up⌋

At first, Nectar looked shocked, but eventually, he showed a bitter smile at me As if to tell me that he surrenders

⌈So you did know about it I apologise for causing you such a trouble It is ht so there is no deepyou the research and froain, I a you trouble⌋

⌈Can you proht?⌋

I asked hihten up the atmosphere a little However, the small smile on his face disappeared and his head dropped

⌈… Whenever I try to go to sleep, thoughts about Kyle and his teao away As we peacefully spend our tihting on the front lines So how pathetic is it fortheht within a battle On top of that, I practically caused that whole incident⌋

⌈Do you, want to go and save thely, Nectar who had his arm wrapped around his knees shook his head

⌈No I have no rights to Kyle even gotpause, then he continued

⌈I just wonder, how easybehind, and forget about it all⌋

Nectar's statement shocked me, but he continued to talk in a cale in the nation which I used to live in were usually poor far If they had the potential to becoet a decent treatment fro a peasant I'e Potentiality Trials which takes place in the nation once a couple of years, the higher-ups will form a contract with children who have proved their potential in becohout the trial Of course, most of the children don't knohat this contractschool, they assigned e and so I joined the aroyles and beasts, I was al on the frontlines at a war Since the war broke off with the neighbouring country, the battle got worse by the day and I took the lives of a countless nue years on the battlefield After that, I started getting assigned to invasion roups eren't happy with their government's system And I was ordered to take their lives as well

Getting sick of seeing people die in front of me, I transferred to a research career Even then, I was ordered to research spells which could be used at war In the end, nothing changed I was still taking the lives of the innocent people It's just, I wasn't doing it directly anyher-ups I feared the consequences which would have coht back, I cursed uilt and pain The research which I did in hope to at least bring peace within the Ballow nation ended up causing so much disaster That's when I started to think that the world would be better off without ht noon't have to take any more lives I don't need to kill anyone anymore But then…⌋

Nectar showed a weak sle sound, just tears pouring out silently

⌈I was freed froh to er my business and to stay out of it, I finally realised To leave everything behind ht and suffered with all those years On top of that, I was freed fro safely and peacefully I was being way too insensitive I can't bla mad at me⌋

I could not find any words which could coret and frustration, froh, I know that Kyle wasn't ot emotional and lost his temper

What is the best possible way to break this to Nectar?

⌈Nectar, Kyle doesn't hate you Well, at least that's what I think⌋

He looked up at me in confusion as he wiped off his tears

⌈Kyle seeood set of instinct I' to what I told him that it's easier to make holes in leyline then to cover them up And that if you couldn't come up with a spell to cover the holes up, then it's not so those weak, useless cowards would be able to come up with so easily⌋

Nectar seemed even more confused so I continued on with ressively at the people And as long as the cycle continues, new gargoyles will fores To protect the nation, the higher-ups will hire es who have a power of thousand soldiers and have a contract with the nation will be placed in the front line However, there is a liht in such a condition So, they will reach the lirow stronger andthe battle⌋

⌈I can understand that!! In such a case, you would need as many people as you can on the team!! To increase the chance of everyone's survival!! But even in that situation, he told me not to co yelled at