68 Yandere Erik




 The days were peaceful.

 But I knew those days would not last.

'Help me brother, help me!

 It was Marie who came crying to my house, dragged along by those five people.

'What happened this time?'

Listen to me! Those five guys, they said they were going to use the remaining money to increase it or something!

 From what I heard, he got into some kind of business.

 Anyway, he bought something in large quantities and tried to sell it.

 

 If it looks like this, I'm sure it would have failed.

''How did it fail?''

'No! You sold the goods you bought! 

 Apparently, taxes and other miscellaneous expenses have reduced, not increased, the original proceeds.

 Those guys are really stupid.

'I had a feeling it was going to work when I heard the plan! And yet, and yet! When we did business, we needed a place and all kinds of tools!

'Yeah. It's going to cost you a lot of money, depending on how you sell it. I mean, you're involved in it, too. You got what you deserve.

Help me.

I don't want to give you money because I'm going to melt it right away.

'Brother! Don't leave me!

 Apparently the calculation was calculated to be profitable in theory, but the result was negative.

 Is this guy cursed with something?

 Grandma Elf said.

 Gain it all or lose it all.......was it?

 Watching Marie from afar as she cried to me in the doorway was her sister with a case of saplings.

 She's a bit scared.

''Ah, it's Lelia's sister.

'I'm finally feeling better these days. I've even started to take a walk. It's in the garden of my house.

 It's a rather large mansion, so it's a good workout.......should be.

 Her appetite is getting better and her complexion is improving.

 Sis was a little scared of Marie.

''Ha, nice to meet you.''

 We've met before, but my sister doesn't seem to remember it.

 Marie grabbed my clothes and pulled me into a quikey.

You're being nice to them, aren't you?

I try to be a gentleman to everyone but you, so I'll be fine.

 Marie mused, "Then it's okay. Yeah, it's no problem! He was angry with me.

 What the hell does this guy want from me?

 

'Are you going to be holding the saplings all the time?'

...to calm down.

 Is it because she has the makings of a miko, after all?

 I'm relieved for my sister who is finally getting better.

 When Luxion came down from the ceiling, he looked at me and Marie in turn.

''Again?''

 Marie protests at the response, waving her right hand around.

'What do you mean again! Our lives depend on it!

You are the ones who are struggling to make ends meet after receiving so much money. You should be able to get through the year normally.

 I don't need to pay rent or utilities, and that's the bare minimum.

 It's not going to kill me.

"I hear you've dabbled in business this time and failed.

It's a new pattern.

'It's May! Save your sweet sister!

 Cute? Sorry, I don't understand what the two words "sister" and "pretty" have to do with each other.

 Is it philosophy or something else?

I didn't have a beautiful sister in a previous life or a new one.

Help me, brother!

 As I was shaking off the squirming Marie, my sister was cringing and troubled.

 She hugged the case containing the saplings tightly.

''Ke, you can't fight.''

 At those words, both me and Marie stopped moving.

 Marie shook her head.

''This is just like skin-to-skin contact. If you just say "big brother" to your brother and be sweet to him, he'll manage quite well.

Did you look at me like that?

 Luxion tsked.

It's a fact. I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's a good idea to have a master to help Marie.

 Isn't that being used?

 She looked at us a little enviously.

''It's.......kind of nice. I can say what I want to say. If I had said more of what I wanted to say, wouldn't this have happened to me, too?

 Has he been putting up with a lot of things?

 Marie asks me in a whisper.

'Hey, more importantly, what's your sister's name? I forgot to ask that Lelia guy.

'I don't know because I was passing it off as your sister too. Do you want to ask her?

 I was about to ask him his sister's name when Luxion suddenly turned one eye toward the doorway.

 Her red eyes glowed.

''Master, I've identified a person of interest approaching us.''

...at this time?

 Marie huffs and quickly tells her sister to hide in the back.

'Sis, go back to your room and hide!

'What? Yes, sir.

 The robots in the mansion begin to move in a hurry as Sis goes to her room.

 And Marie--''

''Ah! ...I forgot!



 Outside the mansion.

 Greg and Chris are waiting at the gate.

'What's taking Marye so long? No way, by the Baltic Faltaltstone guy!

Calm down. When that happens, Marie won't be quiet.

"Idiots! How many Maries can you threaten in exchange for money!

 The two of them are in high spirits.

 Approaching them was a red-haired man.

 He has stagnant eyes and walks mumbling and mumbling towards the mansion.

 Greg noticed the strangeness and

Hey, hey, you there. Stop.

 The man giving off a bizarre vibe glared at Greg.

'Don't touch me!'

 The man's right hand glowed and a tree root grew out of the ground and popped Greg off.

''Guh!''

 Blown away, Greg rolls on the ground and gets up quickly, and glares at the man - at Eryk.

 Wiping the corner of his mouth, Greg sees blood on the back of his hand.

'Dude ... don't think you'll get away with it for free!

 Greg pounced on him, and Chris joined in.

'The power of the Holy Tree again. Greg, don't give them a careless reply!

 The hidden weapon he had - Chris, with a knife in his hand, cut away the roots of the tree and Greg struck at Eryk.

 Eryk's yellow eyes watched Greg's fist as it approached.



 It was Greg and Chris who came crashing through the front door with a flourish and were thrown at me.

'You two!'

 Marie runs up to the two battered men and begins to treat them.

 Receiving the shotguns and pistols the robots brought, I load and position the shotshells with a pump action.

 Behind the door that was pushed through, the tree roots were undulating around the man.

 --I knew you'd be here, Eryk.

'You guys again. I hear the Six Great Lords like to pick fights with people.'

 I call out to him, or rather, provoke him and see how he reacts.

 Eryk looks up and raises his right hand and points a tree root at me.

 I don't hesitate to pull the trigger of my shotgun as the sharp tree roots at the tip attack me.

 The robots floating around me have their shields up to protect me, and Luxion is firing lasers at the tree roots, burning them off.

 Marie was protecting the two injured men.

'Take the two of you and get the hell out of here!

Uh-huh!

 Eryk turned his gaze to the fleeing Marie and turned his left hand to her.

 Ivy entered through the doorway and attacked us, trying to restrain us.

'Don't come here!'

 Marie would wave her arms and blow them away with her magic.

"Idiot! Don't use the fire because it's a fire hazard!

"Because!

 They were about to burn it down with fire magic, but I made them stop because the mansion would burn down.

 One after another, drones and robots gather from the mansion, eliminating tree roots and ivy.

 The ivy that broke through them tried to catch my leg, but it stopped moving just before and dropped back.

'What?'

''The Master, the guardian of the Sacred Tree Seedling, is a different lineage from them. The Sacred Tree cannot easily touch the Master either. ''I said it, right?''

 I just wanted to say that it's different when you see it in person. It's true.

 I smiled at Eryk while refilling my shotgun rounds.

'Hey, your trump card has been disabled. If you're going to back off quietly--'

 Eryk smiled too.

'Right. Then it's time for the next move.'

 Eryk's red hair shimmers and a flame arises in his right hand. The flames don't burn Eryk, but converge into a shape like a sword.

 The red hair, which was different from Greg's, shook - and he was holding a sword of fire.

'Hey, what's that?'

 Eryk had a thin smile on his face.

''-- Treasure Sword of Fire, burn away my enemies!

 In a cool, decisive pose, he swings his flaming sword and the blade extends to cut us down.

'Shield deployment.'

 When Luxion stepped in front of me and generated a shield, the flaming sword couldn't reach us.

 But - the surroundings are different.

 I hold my tongue.

'What a waste of a new building!

 Eryk was looking at us with his flaming sword.

"Ho, we can prevent this. But I'm not going to stop you like this. I will not give up until I have burned you all to death and I will not give up until I have her back!

 That's your sister?

I'm persistent!

Call it what you will. I will burn you to the ground if you stand in the way of our love.

 Luxion explained.

''You are using the power of the Holy Tree to improve your abilities. It's very troublesome. The mansion will burn down before he gets tired.''

"...you guys really need to get a grip!

 As I throw the shotgun at him, the roots of the tree move and pop as if to protect Erik.

'That's about it!'

 I don't want you to be a yandere or anything real.

Seiki is a pain in the ass.

 Luxion agrees with my words.

More importantly, the mansion is in shambles. Our priority is the protection of Marie and the others and the target.''

 It's still nice to have Luxion around to make things easier.

 The problem is Eryk.

 Since the holy tree protects it poorly, there's a good chance that Eryk will die if we do this seriously.

 I held the gun in my hand and looked at the back of my right hand.

''Well let's trust Naegi's blessing and jump in.

 As I run out, Luxion follows me.

''There are plenty of ways to stop it, but the master chooses troublesome methods.

 I'm in a lot of trouble myself, but this guy is one of the ones to be attacked.

"Shut up and follow me!

 The tree's roots try to attack me, but the saplings' blessing makes them hesitant to attack me. Eryk readied his sword of fire.

'Die!'

I don't like it!

 When the tree roots stopped moving, he pointed his pistol at Eryk and fired, and an anti-personnel bullet hit Eryk's right arm.

''Ugh! ........well, I'm not done yet ah!

 I'll admit, you have guts.

It's over.

 I would keep shooting and then shoot again when Eryk was down.

 As soon as I finish shooting, I replace the magazine and with the gun at the ready, I look at Eryk. The flaming sword is gone and the tree roots have stopped moving.

 Eryk is trembling and trying to get up.

'Let me see him. This is our problem. I've come for him.

'You burnt down a mansion, and now you've come for me? That part is already no good. It's too good to be true, I'm laughing. Oh, and the only thing you can do anymore is stay out of your sister's life.

 I point the gun at him as Eryk tries to stand up.

'I am! I ... I can't do it without him. He's the first person I've ever loved.

 I pulled the trigger because it was too much trouble.

 It hit him in the forehead and blood was flowing.

 Eryk is still in pain.

'Well. I'm glad to hear it. Your sister doesn't want to see you--

 As I said this, Erik looked over my back.

 I looked back too.

 Then I saw my sister there, protected by the robots. She was hugging the case containing the saplings, slightly stained with soot.

 Eryk's face starts to smile.

 I'm looking at my sister's face.

How did you get out?

 I yelled at him, and Erik laughed.

'I see. I knew you were trapped by this guy. It's all right now. I'll come for you.

 Well, your sister was kind enough to let Eriq know.

I won't go back to you.

 I told him clearly.

 Eryk's face twisted.

'What did this guy blow into me! You wouldn't say that. Yeah, did this guy brainwash you? Then I'm going to wake you up now. And I'm gonna burn this thing down, and I'm gonna wake you up. Just wait and see. I'll bring you back in a minute.

 She shouts.

 This is the first time I've seen her screaming out loud.

'I don't like you! I can't understand why I'm saying I don't like it!

 Eryk is stunned.

 

''I am! I wanted to be ... more normal. We'd eat dinner together, talk about the day and laugh about it but when I was with you, I was in pain. I would cook and all I would do was complain about it. If I didn't like it, even a little bit, he would get angry. When I told him about my day, he would get upset and angry.

 Erik was disconcerted.

 It must have occurred to him.

'Wow, okay. I'll be more careful next time.

No more involvement.

 Eryk's face twisted ugly as she told him this with tears streaming down her face. The crest on his right hand intensified in brilliance, and the roots of the tree began to undulate and move--.

 This time, Marie walks at a great pace and comes over to us.

 Marier, whose face was stained with soot, punched Eryk - with his fist.

''You rubbish bastard!

Hiyab!

 Eryk is blown away. I don't know where his little body has that kind of power, but he's breathing on my shoulder, and Marie is yelling at him.

'Come on, you should have realized that. You guys are done for!'

 Eryk held his cheek.

I'm not done. It's not over yet! I love that guy!

 Marie kicks him in the face without question.

 I go to my sister's side, who sat there shaking in the meantime.

 She must have been scared to see Eryk, but she was reckless.

 The sapling in Sis's embrace was glowing just slightly more than usual.

 If I looked at Marie, I saw that she was lecturing Eryk.

'Love? You make me laugh. That's not love. Look at it. Your 'ex' is shaking and crying."

 When Eryk tried to say something.

I put the squeeze on you. If you really love someone, don't you love them enough to never get involved with them again? If you keep on getting involved with that girl you're going to kill her one day.

 Eryk immediately denies it.

'I wouldn't do that!'

 Marie grabbed Eryk's hair and then showed him my mansion, which was burning. The robots are working to put out the fire.

The guy who burned down someone's house doesn't have anything to say about it. You must understand that. You're just being selfish. That's not love. And you're not to come near that boy again. The next time you come near her, I'll kill you and stop you.

  But what about a guy who has had a reverse harem talking about love?

 Eryk looks up into Marie's face and is about to say something - and stops. Then he turned his gaze to his sister.

 I had just made her stand so that I could hold her in my arms.

 I was about to say something and turned over, and Eryk started to cry.

 I let out a small sigh and looked at the burning mansion.

''Well I guess I'll sleep in Einhorn today.

 Aristocrats in the Republic are so violent.

 I really can't believe it.