Chapter 23: Mio’s sense of worth (1/2)
Chapter 23: Mio’s sense of worth
When I returned, I saw the somewhat tired face of waka-sama and the meek face of Tomoe-san.
At the inner room there was one person sleeping. It must be the girl that we brought not too long ago.
There was a woman sitting down facing the two people with a clear hostile intent.
Tomoe-san if you are to interrogate, a man would have been a better choice for waka.
Then that means that the woman with black cloth covering her body is a companion of those two bad tasting people?
They really tasted terrible. Even when I let the darkness eat them it didn’t fill it at all.
They can’t even be used in my knife and fork practice- oh, I should restrain myself from anymore notations or I feel that waka-sama will get angry at me.
Even if I enter the interrogation I feel like I will just be left out.
I still have a lot to learn about society after all, I am unable to catch the subtle emotions in people so it’s hard for me to perform deals.
If I carelessly end up eating, waka-sama and Tomoe-san will only feel displeasure about it.
Just, the expressionless waka-sama that I have never seen, I have a little interest in it. In the sense that I want to avoid that from happening.
Just what kind of exchange did they have?
“Tomoe, do it. You are able to right?” (Makoto)
“Yeah. Most likely” (Tomoe)
In that short exchange, Tomoe-san enveloped the captive inside mist. I could tell there were slight movements but there was no resistance, her body began to wobble and in the end it fell on top of the bed.
Is it some sort of sleeping magic? But the mist is still not disappearing-desu wa ne.
“Waka, with this are you able to tell the facial expression?” (Tomoe)
Tomoe-san makes a gesture as if confirming something.
“It seems there is no issues. Can you make it possible to communicate while in this condition?” (Makoto)
How expressionless. This is the first time, I have seen that face. I feel slight murderous intent on the woman that made waka have such a face.
“I will be translating the words though” (Tomoe)
“I don’t mind. Let’s begin” (Makoto)
It seems that both of them haven’t noticed that I have returned. The reason is maybe, the strong pressure that waka-sama is exuding. There is no killing intent nor rage but there is an inexplicable pressure.
“But this is no different from intelligence confession. How tasteless” (Tomoe)
To be able to mix frivolous talk in this kind of situation, Tomoe-san is really something.
“I don’t care. This may not be to your taste but this is how job is done. Let it be threats or drugs, I don’t care as long as she spills the beans” (Makoto)
“… Got it” (Tomoe)
“It’s a great help that you are here. I am glad there is no need for drugs to make her confess. And I don’t know how to torture after all” (Makoto)
He wasn’t cold yet he wasn’t warm.
It was a disinterested voice. I had heard that in the world of waka, the people were not allowed to kill each other.
That’s why I thought that waka-sama would surely be troubled when he had to treat with life and death issues but…
… Maybe.
No, no matter what it is, it’s something that shouldn’t matter to me.
Even if I hadn’t receive the ruling pact, waka has taken a part of my soul, I have already decided to offer this body to him.
This sufficiency and this happiness, they are all things that waka-sama has given to me.
Everything else is just a trifle matter.
Yeah, that’s right. I have reconfirmed my own feelings.
The two of them are continuing their interrogation.
From their conversation I can get that they have done something for her to confess and it was proceeding smoothly.
They must have asked most of what they needed. The two of them breathe deeply and the mist disperses, they looked at each other’s face.
This may be a good time.
“Thanks for your hard work, are you done now?” (Mio)
“Huh? Oh, Mio. Well yeah, what about your side?” (Makoto)
Waka-sama seemed to be surprised for a second but he soon returned to his cheerful self and responded me. His usual self.
“Of course I am done. It was terribly unappetizing though” (Mio)
I glimpse at Tomoe-san. She makes a wry smile and says some words of apology.
“You have helped me a lot. It has splendidly gone into the route that Tomoe loves so much” (Makoto)
Tomoe-san’s?
If I remember correctly it was ‘the perfect evil’, that kind of person. I didn’t ask in detail about it though.
“No no, with what happened, there won’t be any tailers from now on, well you see, it seems that it won’t be that interesting” (Tomoe)
I couldn’t understand half of what Tomoe-san is trying to say.
What I understood was that in a few days the situation will be resolved.
“Then, does that mean that we will be moving beginning tomorrow?” (Mio)
When she was talking about tailers she must have been referring to this black clothed woman. Then that means we are done for tonight.
Then next is a-attending right?!
Ah~ my chest is throbbing!!
“A-Ara?! Um waka-sama, this is?” (Mio)
While I was drowning in my fantasies, I was shown one piece of paper.
It was probably a drawing made by using charcoal? There was one young female smiling cheerfully.
It was drawn from chest to top, an easy to see smiling face. It was quite well made.
“It’s that girl’s older sister” (Makoto)
Waka-sama tells me about the meaning of this object. Ah~ I see. So this girl is.
In the first place, the reason we brought this girl here was because she asked us about her sister that had gone missing.
At that time I had felt, even if it was for just a second, the presence of someone watching, so waka-sama decided to bring the girl with us.
I had no desire to stop waka-sama, if it’s something that waka-sama has decided then I have no complaints.
“I have an idea of where this girl is. And so, I am sorry but I will have the two of you go search right away” (Makoto)
… wa?
U-Uhm. Does this mean huh. That we won’t be sleeping?
“Wa-Waka?! Are you telling me that I will be going without eating and sleeping?!” (Tomoe)
Tomoe-san’s objection is truly accurate-desu!
“That’s right. You guys are okay even if you don’t sleep every single day right?” (Makoto)