Seventh: Volume 2 by Yomu Mishima

Author:Yomu Mishima [MISHIMA, YOMU]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24: Getting Along

Back in the narrow hut where Lyle’s party was staying, noon had already zipped by. Aria and Sophia still lay on their mats, feeling just as bad as they had when they’d woken that morning. Novem had smeared an herbal paste over their bodies which was meant to numb their pain before she and Zelphy had gone out, leaving the two girls to their own devices. The harsh smell of the paste filled the air as they both gazed at the hut’s ceiling.

The hut was filled with the sounds of the two girls’ grunts and groans. Neither of them could move a single muscle without causing their bodies to ache. According to what Novem had told them, their bodies were being reconfigured so that they were in the optimum condition to utilize their Arts. Apparently, in order to use Arts, your physical makeup had to be tailored to the ability you manifested. Neither of the girls had heard anything about such a thing before.

A long silence passed between them, and then Aria spoke.

“Hey.”

Sophia started to turn to face Aria. “What is—?” Pain hit her, and she cried out. “O-Ow...”

Their bodies were still in tatters since they’d overused their newly acquired Arts.

Aria craned her neck, trying to get a look at Sophia’s pained face, but...

“Ungh!”

Agony raced through every fiber of her being.

Sophia couldn’t help but giggle at the sound of Aria’s grunt. This led to further agony, which led to even more writhing.

Restraining any further urge to laugh, Sophia asked Aria, “Wh-What is it? Did you...urgh...have something you wanted to ask me?”

“Y-Yes, I did! Why do you speak so harshly to Lyle? Be a bit more gentle with his feelings next time, all right?”

Novem had told Sophia the details of Lyle’s past, but knowing them didn’t change her opinion. “There are some parts of his story I sympathize with,” she told Aria. “But what does that matter? When you want to make your feelings clear, it’s better to be harsh about it.”

“You’re—!” Aria’s voice came out high-pitched and vehement, the force of it sending pulses of agony through her. She mumbled a soft “Ow...” before falling silent for a moment. She laid there quietly, waiting for sweat to stop beading on her skin.

After a few labored breaths, they resumed their conversation. They hadn’t moved an inch, and yet both of them were drenched in sweat.

“If you always spoil him, it’ll hold him back,” Sophia told Aria.

“I just think you’re being way too harsh out of nowhere,” Aria immediately shot back.

Sophia whispered, “You may be right.” But she had no intention of changing her attitude. “I don’t really understand how to be kind about it,” she said, her voice a bit sorrowful. “Back when I lived at House Laurie, my grandfather was always harsh with me. He didn’t hesitate to smack me around. There was a time when I thought that was perfectly normal.”

Aria recalled her own father.

My father was still kind when I was little, so he never hit me, Aria realized.

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