Rebuild World: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 7] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Once she had finally calmed down, Akira peeled her off of him and spoke up. “All right, Carol, I think we should get moving. My job lasts until we get to the Hunter Office branch, right?”

Even after being immersed in a chest that had charmed numerous men, Akira showed no sign of embarrassment or even interest, Carol noted wryly. “Sure, let’s go.” Even so, she was still in a good mood. Akira’s strength and attitude had made her take quite a shine to him. “Then I’ll be counting on you for just a bit longer,” she added, grinning amicably.

They were ready to move out. But they’d only taken a few steps forward when Akira stopped in his tracks.

“Akira, what’s wrong?” Carol asked.

But Akira didn’t reply.

Carol thought that was strange, but when she saw him collapse to his knees in front of her, she screamed in horror, “Akira?!” Wondering if perhaps he’d just been pretending to be in good condition when he’d really reached his limit, Carol ran to him and began checking him over.

Akira had both arms limp at his sides, and his head was bowed down. She could hear quiet sobs.

“M-My relic...” he seemed to be saying.

“Huh?” Dumbfounded, Carol caught sight of something ahead of Akira.

The relic that he’d been dragging with him all this time was in pieces, scattered all along the ground.

His find had been encased inside a sturdy Old World box, but it had fallen from a great height, gotten caught in the enemy’s gunfire, and—to add insult to injury—suffered the giant multilegged tank landing directly on top of it. The pack had been torn to shreds from the gunfire, the box had gone flying out of the container, and the mechanical part inside had been smashed to pieces on the ground. Akira’s reward for all his hard work that day was now irreparably destroyed.

“It took so much work to find... And it was so hard to carry...” There was no getting around the fact that the relic was now worthless. As reality sank in, Akira was caught in the throes of despair.

Carol looked taken aback. “Um, Akira, you’re okay to go on, right?”

“Do I look okay?! What part of this seems ‘okay’ to you?!” Without meaning to, Akira snapped at her.

Seeing he was well enough to bite back, she relaxed, but she asked just in case, “Er, you’re not hurt anywhere or anything, right? You’re physically okay? I mean, you were kind of reckless back there—”

“Hm? Oh, yeah, I’m fine on that point.” Sensing that she was worried about his body’s condition, Akira’s expression returned to normal for a moment, and he nodded. But then he immediately looked sorrowful once more. “My relic...”

While Carol did feel sorry for him, she found his exaggerated despair amusing and couldn’t help but let out a snort. He could take down a multilegged tank while running down a skyscraper and saw that as completely natural, showing almost no sign of pride at his accomplishment—and yet here he was, bawling like a baby over a lost relic.

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