Vol 4 Chapter 41 (1/2)
LEVEL 4: Chapters of the Chosen and Choosers
Chapter 4: The Worst
Part 1 of 2 (translated by Lono)
“Don’t you think you should give it a rest, already?”
It felt as if so to her
But who? The man next to me, I suppose But I don’t knoho he is, and I can’t discern his expression
She strained her eyes, trying to see He was terribly blurred Just who is he? Why is he sitting with me? I don’t understand
“Who… are you, again?”
“Huuuh?” he drawled “You’re asking who I—”
“—And why are you sitting here…?”
“Now you’re asking why? We caether”
“You caether… ho?”
“You With you, Mary”
“Why?”
“…Yeah, someone’s had too much to drink”
“Who did?”
“Well, you, of course”
“Is that right…?”
Mary sighed and lifted her cup She brought the contents to her lips, but there were no contents
A joint? What joint? What kind of place was it? Mary surveyed her surroundings Ah It’s a bar
A cra but stools She didn’t know this place at all
Mary pushed her elass to the side, in front of as probably the barlass when the man held her wrist
“Stop it already”
“Leave me alone,” she snapped
“As if I can Do you even kno much you drank?”
“Maybe not What does it matter…?”
“Don’t give
Why do I have to deal with so at me? This is ludicrous
“…Fine, have it your way”
Mary stood up fro The man moved to support her, but she shook him off
“Don’t touch me!”
“You were about to fall over”
“So what…?” said Mary “You have a proble over…?”
“Anyone would have a probleued
“Don’t say that…”
“Say what?”
“Your… opinion…” she said “I couldn’t give a damn…”
I don’t knohat I was trying to say, let alone what I actually did say Whatever It doesn’t really matter
Mary left the bar
When she awoke, she was sonizable A dark and unknown street
“…Eh?”
My staff is gone Did I uess
“Hey, are you alright?!”
Who is it? Theme?
“The hell do you want…?”
“Huh!” he exclaimed “Is that how you talk to someone who foots your tab?”
“My tab…? What do you mean?”
“Your booze tab You didn’t pay, did you? I had to take it all on myself, Mary”
“Why do you know my name…?”
“You told me, obviously”
“I… you paid…”
Mary hadn’t a firht up in whatever nonsense this was She tried to retrieve her money If she handed it to him, he would probably be satisfied
But her hands shook, and her legs; she couldn’t re She was just about to fall when he propped her up in his arms
“That’s not what this is about, Mary I’ you to pay me back”
“Let go of me…”
“No”
“Let go of me—”
Mary tried to free herself froe him
He ehter and drew his face closer to hers, but she pushed it away by the chin
“Listen to me, you—!”
“Quiet, you dumb bitch! After all of this, you really think I’ll let you go? Don’t forget, you wanted this!”
“What? Wanted what?!”
“You were feeling down, so you caood time! Didn’t you?! Any fool could tell that much!”
“A good time…?”
What is this ood tiood time” What really happened? What exactly could this fool tell?
A chill passed over Mary’s heart
“I… what exactly did we talk about?”
“Huh?! You told me your name and, oh, what else… well, it wasn’t much of a talk…”
“Oh, good…”
She felt relief from the bottom of her heart It would have been horrible had she confided anything in this man
No matter how drunk she was… and Mary was certainly drunk Not any run-of-the-mill drunkenness either Mary was considerably drunk, extraordinarily drunk… she was hammered, far beyond belief
This is bad With myself in this condition, in this situation, I aet out of here
“M she had
He recoiled and cried out in surprise, but he still didn’t release her
“You bitch! That’s it, nonice!”