TNZKMA 80

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It’s over this time.
The seven-colored snake slipped in front of me as I stood there.

 

[Hm?]
[Huh?]

 

The body of the huge, thick seven-colored snake shifted diagonally. The raised sickle-shaped neck is to the right and the neck downwards shifts to the left. Then it fell to the ground with a thud.
Violet blood flows from the body of the snake that looks like a log. The green grass turned black as it got wet with the thick blood.

 

[……! Saine!]

 

Saine was on the other side of the snake. Holding a sword, he was standing there with a scary face.

 

[Don’t move from there.]

 

Is there anyone who obeys when commanded with a deep bass that seems to be echoing from the bottom of the earth? I instinctively turned around and almost started running. But when I tried to run away, Haruka grabbed me by the shoulder and stopped me.

 

[I think it’s useless to run away. For now, let’s talk.]

 

Saine cut down in 1 strike the huge monster snake that I, Haruka, and Kyui couldn’t defeat together. Judging that I couldn’t run away in this distance, I decided to prepare myself.

 

Saine goes around the snake and slowly walks over. His eyes are fixed and me and don’t move. I gulp loudly and stand stock still. My legs are pathetically shaking. Saine is scarier than any monster.
Saine stands in front of me. Stared down by his pitch-black eyes, I tightly closed my eyes shut and stiffened my shoulders. I braced myself thinking that his fists would fall, but unexpectedly they hugged me.
He hugs me so tightly that I can’t breathe. It’s so strong that my bones feel like they’re going to break. My face was also being pressed against Saine’s body so I couldn’t even lift it.

 

[Sa……Saine?]

 

The body of Saine who is hugging me tightly is trembling. He was trembling in short intervals that I thought he was crying. I don’t think that a Dauntless-sama would do something like that, though.

 

I was hugged for a long time. It hurt so much but I couldn’t tell him to let go so I got hugged in silence.
Saine let out a big sigh and finally let me go. His big hand gently strokes my back. As Saine stared at me, he gave me a tap on the head.

 

[You idiot.]

 

It didn’t hurt, but I held my head down and looked down.

 

[I told you not to get out of the town.]

 

This is no longer at the level of “going out”, though.

 

[What did you want to do when you came to the forest? Did you want to eat ras?]

 

Saine probably noticed already, but he didn’t say anything. It felt as if what I came to the forest to do would come true if he said it.
For the first time, Saine’s pitch-black eyes are tinted with fear.

 

[Saine…… I………………… Sell me.]

 

I muttered quietly while looking down.

 

[That male Reincarnators can give birth, that was a lie. I was told that a man is a man despite being a Reincarnator, and he can’t give birth.]

 

How were we deceived by such a lie? Thinking about it normally, it’s weird. A child grows in the womb, right? Was it before or after I entered junior high school, I learned that in school. We were separated from the girls, it was called sex education.
I don’t have a uterus in my body. Then where will the child grow? It will get dissolved by gastric juice if it’s in the stomach, and it’s weird to be in the intestines. If the baby is first in line, how will the other stuff come out*? If it sticks around in that kind of place, the baby will be covered in shit when it comes out. (TN: MC is wondering how the poop and other stuff that’s supposed to pass through the intestines come out if the baby’s in there. lol)
Really, so stupid.

 

[A male Reincarnator is very useless. That’s why, Saine, you should sell me and take another Ceremony…… Though even if I said that, there’s probably no one who will buy a useless male Reincarnator, so , it’s a secret that I can’t give birth, okay?]

 

I actually want to say that he throws me into the forest in this state so as not to trouble anyone. But Saine probably can’t do that. Because he’s kind.
Drops fell on my feet as I was looking down. The rain falling in the forest is a drizzle and the only drops that fall are the rainwater that collects on the leaves. This is an open area with no tall trees covering it.
Are these my tears, then? Thinking that, I noticed. Since I cried my tears dry, nothing more will come out.

 

Lifting my face up in confusion, I saw something unbelievable. Saine is, that Saine, his pitch-black eyes are shedding tears silently.