Volume 5 Chapter 26 I Am
I heard my friends when I was fighting Amou at the end.
"MASTER... you can HEAR them, RIGHT?"
Frederica, the maid, was on the ground, but she gets up all beat up.
She should be hurt worse than me, but she's a beast, I guess.
"EVERYONE you SAVED is CHEERING for you. They're ALL THANKFUL."
"..."
Thankful.
Me... I didn't get it.
I thought I was just using them for myself.
A world where the weak don't get stomped.
I thought they were just pieces to make it happen.
"NO ONE thinks THAT. EVERYONE, and... you TOO. You don't THINK they're just PIECES, RIGHT?"
...That's right.
I... I already...
But... me.
"I was LIKED because I could SEE the FUTURE. Now I..."
"That's NOT TRUE, MASTER."
Frederica smiles.
"It wasn't your EYES everyone LIKED. They wanted your KINDNESS."
Frederica laughs.
She's hurting, but she comes closer and gives me her hand.
"That's how I FEEL too. You're NOT the MASTER because you have the EYE of the TIME KING. I wanted to FOLLOW you because you REACHED out to ME, the WEAK one."
"..."
"Even if your EYES aren't GOLD, even if you CAN'T see the FUTURE, you can STILL GRAB it. ACT AGE. Get UP... AGAIN!"
She gives me her hand.
Then, I hear my friends' voices in my head.
They give me power.
The gems I polished shine and cheer me on.
They tell me to stand up.
"...YEAH."
I was about to give up.
On my dream.
A world where the weak and powerless don't cry.
That includes me.
I'm weak too.
That's why I got kicked out of Irankus.
But... But I'm not the weak me anymore.
Just like I've polished many raw gems, I've also been refined by them.
"You are NOT WEAK. Yes, you ARE..."
"That's RIGHT. I... I AM,"
gripping Frederica's hand tightly.
"I am the VILLAINOUS GUILDMASTER of the ADVENTURERS GUILD, ACT AGE!"
I'm not a weakling who looks down and can't stand up.
I lead my comrades, fighting alongside them.
That's the kind of being I've become.
Together with Frederica, I rise up.
Even without the Eye of the Time King, I have my companions.
I have others to protect, to guide.
So I won't lose.
I will... fight, and then... win.
And then it happened.
The hand I'd connected with Frederica began to shine brightly.
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