Shannon Wants to Die! Volume 1 [Complete] by Ao Satsuki

Author:Ao Satsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: Death by Dungeon Trap

Shannon was sitting in a dimly lit tavern when an older man next to her said, “Oh, is this fate?”

“Hm?” Shannon looked around, but there were no other customers in the place. It seemed like the man was either speaking to her or just monologuing.

Earlier that day, Shannon had been on her way to the next town when she decided to stop over in this village and rest for just one night. She was renting a cheap room and had come to the desolate tavern in search of dinner.

The village was pretty lifeless. Everyone on the street kept their heads down, taking no notice of the robe-clad mage who walked among them. In Shannon’s experience, when she came to a new place, people usually showed at least a little bit of interest in her and someone often approached and spoke to her, but none of that had happened here. Well, some villages were like this. She wasn’t about to complain, anyway; it could get tiring to be fussed over.

Having surmised that she would be left to her own devices during her stay, she was surprised to hear the older man speak. He had a different air about him than the villagers, though. She figured he wasn’t a local.

The man swirled the glass in his hand and narrowed his eyes behind his glasses. “I feel like I’ve met you somewhere before.” He stroked his beard, inspecting her thoroughly from top to bottom as if getting a taste of her.

“Fate, huh? Well, aren’t you a smooth talker?” Shannon said. “I may be pretty, but that line you’re using is ancient.” In her thousands of years in this world, that one had never been abandoned.

Her skin was plump, her hair was smooth, and she didn’t have a single wrinkle on her face. Time, in some ways, had stopped for her; her immortality meant that she lived on a different timeline than everyone else. She should have been heading toward the future that all humans inevitably faced, but in reality, she was the only one not moving at all.

Women all over the world yearned for eternal beauty like hers. It was true that the goal of her journey was to find a quick end to her long life, but her agelessness also benefited her in some ways. Because she was physically young, guys often reached out and treated her to meals.

This man, however, became upset. “I-It’s not like that! Don’t assume I’m some perverted old man! I’m a gentleman—a gentleman!”

“Oh, so you weren’t about to cop a feel?”

“’C-Course not! What are you thinking?!”

“Well, that’s the only reason I can imagine an older man in a tavern wanting to—”

“Your perspective is terribly narrow,” the man protested. “No, no, no—I’m not a smooth talker. I really do think I met you before, a long time ago... But no, you couldn’t have been there. That girl was about the same age as me, and she...she died there.” He laughed heartily and took a gulp of ale.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.