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The D-Rank Guild Master of the No. 1 Guild-Chapter 53
1st place Guild's D-class Guild Leader Episode 53
Hearing Lirit's story, I couldn't ignore it.
Brilliant.
I knocked on her door and didn't get an answer, so I went inside.
His posture hadn't changed at all since the last time we saw him.
As I sat in a daze on my bed, I could see my pupils widen as soon as I walked into the doorway.
“……!”
The boy's red lips parted wide. His face, which had been as hard as marble, glowed.
"Hello, I'm here to see you."
As I greeted him, Lirit came in behind me and inhaled at the sight inside.
I think I was quite surprised to see Erkata smiling.
Erkata didn't say anything, but she pulled back the covers on her own and came to the foot of the bed. To be close to me.
I, too, made my way to the bed. Reaching out a hand to him, Erkata folds her hand over it as if it were a matter of course.
Then he spread out my palm and rested it on my cheek and chin.
…… I could feel Lilit frightened behind me, but I didn't bite my hand.
Even though I, too, was taken aback by Erkata's positive behavior.
I could feel a throbbing pulse beneath my chin where my palm touched.
Considering that Ercata is still ill and basically hypotensive, it's an impressive change.
Naturally, I opened the Guild Member Management window for Erkata.
[Health] 87
The vitality is jagged....... Even if I just relaxed in my room.
I don't think it's going to be life-threatening if I suddenly fall below a certain level, but I'm worried.
I went on to check on her emotional state.
[Emotional state]
…… The boy is so overwhelmed that I'm back, and he feels a sense of "loss" behind his back.
Unlike the guild members, who go back and forth between emotions, Erkata's emotional state display has never changed.
Even now, when he is smiling brilliantly at me.
"After all, I am a replacement for the person in Erkata's mind."
I have no idea if she's me from the past or if she's someone else.
What if that emotional state is something that won't change for the rest of my life.......
I turn my gaze to the table next to the bed. On top of it was a plate that Lirit must have put on it.
"Erkata, when was the last time you ate?"
The food on the plate was cold. It was almost untouched, and the amount was almost the same.
Erkata didn't answer. Her gaze turned to her, as if conscious of Lirith's presence behind me.
Soon he wrote '15 o'clock' with his finger over the palm of my hand.
“…… What are you going to do?"
Why do you answer like this when you can say enough?
For a moment, I thought maybe I had said it too harshly, and I stabbed myself. But the boy didn't seem too surprised.
Instead, he looked up at me with a very calm face, a little less smiling.
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Judging from the circumstances, it seems that Lirith, who is a third party, does not even want to hear his voice.
They don't even ask me what I'm doing.
With such an obedient expression, you're more stubborn than you think, aren't you?
But I don't want to be dragged along like this either.
"Erkata, this is Lyrit. Lilit has been taking care of you and taking care of you all day, right? Say thank you."
Only then did Erkata bow his head.
“…… Thank you."
Hearing the surprisingly beautiful beauty, Li Lit's eyes widened. Soon she was happy to see her.
"Your voice is really beautiful. Thank you for making your voice heard."
“…….”
Seeing that Li Li Lit still didn't respond, I held back a sigh.
"Erkata, answer Lirit."
“…… Yes."
I answered, but I don't know if he was answering me or Lirit. It is likely to be the former.
'What about her?'
It was clear that if I tried to force myself to be close to my colleagues like I had before, it would only stress each other out and not solve the underlying problem.
Besides, what good is a child who isolates himself because he can't even communicate with a simple person, in this game?
This is not good for this child either. To make me the only value of existence.
…… Just one. There is a coercion I can take.
I knelt down in front of him and made eye contact so he could look down at me.
"Erkata, Lilit said you kept staring at the door all day, waiting for me? Is that right?"
He said it again, deliberately making Lilit get used to it.
Erkata nodded softly at my words. He was very docile and well-behaved.
"Did I come to see you late at night?"
This time, he shook his head. The red hair moved with her, fluttering across the white flesh of the erkata.
Somehow, every move of this kid seems to subtly provoke people's lust.
It sounds a little inappropriate for a 15-year-old, but it's true.
It's a character that's made so that the viewers can feel the strange sensation I just felt.
That's when Acata blinked a couple of chocolate-like eyes.
I thought, 'Oh, this looks cute....... What did I just think?'
Anyway, I went back in my head and remembered what I was about to say again.
"I'm very busy. As a guild leader, I need to prepare for the rounds ahead. It's for the survival of all of us. Did you know that after three rounds, the last guild will not survive and will die?"
Characters in the guild who finish last or don't get a certain number of popular votes are killed.
Rather than being exactly a death, the characters are "permanently erased".
When people die, they leave behind graves and memories, but when we lose data, we leave nothing behind.
"I'm not going to stop there, I'm going to be No. 1 in the Guild Rankings."
It's thrilling and fun to be in first place, but most of all, I vaguely believe that the clue to uncover the secrets of this game is at the top.
"So I'll get down to business. Erkata, I'm not going to come to your room anymore. No, I don't have time to come."
To keep her from being too shocked, she clasped her hands. He tightened his grip.
"If you want to see me, you have to leave this room."
When I was sure she understood me, I let go and turned around and left the room.
But Lilit couldn't follow me right away, and he was hesitating.
"Lirt."
I tried to call her out of the room.
"Are you okay?"
Lilit asked me, worried about the boy with a puzzled face.
Well, I can't guarantee it didn't hurt at all.
There's one thing Lilit doesn't know.
That quiet, stagnant child is, in fact, a "top" intellectual.
I don't know if that's why, but the face of the acata I saw just before I closed the door...... He didn't look like a man who was in despair at the unfortunate news.
Instead, his eyes were sunken and he seemed to be lost in thought.
"Now it's up to her to decide."
As I looked up, I could see the darkened sky through the window. Before I knew it, the fake sun had gone down.
But my long day isn't over yet.
I went down the stairs instead of going back to my private room. I feel like I've been going up and down these stairs more than 57 times today.
Descending into the underground training ground, I opened the door to the Trait Sparring Arena.
Crunch.
As soon as I entered, I locked the door firmly so that no sound would leak out.
"Have you waited a long time?"
A beautiful man with golden hair and honey-colored eyes, sitting on a bench, jumped up at me.
"It's been a while. You're here."
As soon as he saw me, he blushed slightly, like a man who had asked her out on a date.
I got up and glanced up and down at the man who was at higher eye level.
"It really looks like we're dating."
"Huh?"
"No...... You're going to transform anyway, so it doesn't matter what you're wearing. Still, I wonder why I wore a shirt and a jacket when I was training."
I only asked out of curiosity, but Canhar took a long time to answer my question, and then he replied with difficulty.
"That's to make you look good-."
"Huh? Oh, because I'm grateful to help you train your unique abilities? I got it. And shirts and jackets, look great. It's cool."
Canal pursed his lips at my words.
Come to think of it, I think I just cut off the words of the canal.
"Sorry, didn't you say anything more?"
"Oh, no."
Blemish....... Anyway, I'm straight back to the point.
"Today I'm going to test my ability to turn into your wolf, just as I suggested last time. This is a place where no one can see it, so it's perfect for training."
The topic a while ago was actually to relieve the tension in the canal before going into training, but it didn't seem to be of much use.
His pupils fluttered, his hands trembling nervously, revealing how nervous he was.
'Yes, if you get over it easily, that's a weird thing.'
I pulled out a backup plan to make sure my guildmate's mental strength wasn't drained too much.
"This is an anesthetic. If you can't handle it in your wolf form, I'm going to stop the situation."
If you replace the sponsorship that entered the guild with points, you can also purchase these consumable items.
Although it is not very useful due to the limitations of using it in the actual round, it will be very useful for us in this situation.
"Can I use such a rare item on me?"
"Now is the time to write. I'd like to ask permission if I can stun you with this."
"With permission to tame me, it's okay."
The fact that a man of free will should be tamed by others is a matter of pride and displeasure.......
Do you accept this so readily?
Thank you for believing in me like this.
Just before turning into a wolf, the canal paused for a moment and asked me:
"May I pray for a moment, then? Can you lend me a hand?"
"What prayer?"
"A prayer that you will not be hurt."
"To whom are you praying?"
"There is no god in the world. You're the closest thing to God to me, so I'll pray to you."
Without a word, I hand one of my hands to the canal, and the man wraps his hands around mine.
He pressed it to his forehead and closed his eyes for a moment.
It reminded me of how she put her hand on my cheek.
…… I don't know why it came to mind now.
Presently Canhar took five steps back, and closed his eyelids with a weak smile as if to say a final goodbye.
Soon his body was shrouded in mist.
Crrr
Before I knew it, the handsome man with his gorgeous eyes was gone, and a hungry wolf with bright red eyes was baring its teeth at me from the front.
'I expected it...... It's not going to be easy to achieve meaningful results all at once.'
I squeezed the anesthetic on my hand.