Berserk of Gluttony Vol. 1 by Isshiki Ichika

Author:Isshiki Ichika [Ichika, Isshiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2020-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

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“Mama…”

The boy’s hope hung by a thread as he called his mother in a voice little more than a whisper. Lady Roxy and I tried to encourage him, but he was less and less responsive.

The sun was setting, and if we didn’t find his mother by nightfall, we’d have to call off our search. I shot Lady Roxy a glance while the boy wasn’t looking, and she nodded silently, reading my eyes. Our best course of action now would be to take the boy back to Hart Manor for the evening. Lady Roxy’s look of resolve relieved me. I could see she’d considered this option from the start.

The boy pulled at my hand weakly. “I’m tired, mister,” he said. “I can’t walk anymore.”

He’d reached the limits of his energy. I scooped him up to carry on my back.

“I’m sorry,” he mumbled.

“Don’t you worry about it,” I said. “There’s a fountain up ahead. Let’s head over there and take a break.”

“Okay.”

The fountain was in the middle of the town square at the end of the main street. It constantly sprayed water pumped from streams deep belowground. Sometimes I drank from it when I was thirsty, since the water was so pure and clean.

The three of us sat on the fountain’s edge and listened to the bubbling while Lady Roxy and I tried to determine how we should explain our concerns to the boy. He seemed to read from the awkward silence that something was going on.

“It’s getting dark out, so why don’t we look for your mother again tomorrow?” I asked. “I know I said that I was sure we’d find her, but we didn’t. I’m sorry.”

“No, I’m glad you guys were here. If I was all alone…I wouldn’t know what to do.”

The rest was up to Lady Roxy. Hart Manor was her home, and if we were taking the boy there for the evening, it wasn’t my place to tell him.

“You can stay with me tonight,” she said to the boy. “We’ll make sure you feel right at home.”

The boy thought about it for a time. He was nervous, and it was understandable. He’d only met us earlier that afternoon. We were still strangers to him. But we couldn’t leave him alone on the streets, not if those kidnappers were lurking around.

Eventually, the boy gave a tired answer. “Okay.”

Even so, he remained seated at the fountain. While he was unable to move, we waited with him without saying a word. Though our intentions were good, we weren’t going to force him to come with us until he was ready.

The boy turned his face toward the sky, like it might be his last time to see it, and he cried out for his mother. It was a helpless plea at the end of a long, long search, a message that could never hope to reach its destination.

And yet…

“Son?! Son!”

A woman’s voice cried out from behind us, repeating over and over.

“Mama!”

The boy’s eyes opened wide and he took off, running straight into the arms of the woman who was no doubt his mother.

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