Amagi Brilliant Park: Volume 4 by Shouji Gatou

Author:Shouji Gatou [Gatou, Shouji]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2019-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Despite saying this, Isuzu seemed dazed. He looked her over. There were no obvious external injuries, but a magical weapon that she pulled out of her body had been destroyed... It must have done damage to her through some mechanic Seiya didn’t quite understand.

《Heh, too bad. Her gun really was powerful... Powerful enough to kill her. A pity you got in the way. I could have tasted even more powerful despair...》

“Damn you...” Seiya stood up again and looked the specter up and down.

He was mad. How long had it been since something had made him this angry? Certainly, he barked at his jabbering subordinates all the time, but the anger he felt now was of a rarer breed.

He must have sensed Seiya’s newfound rage, because the specter smiled in delight. 《Well, what are you going to do now? Hit me? Use another cheap weapon? By all means, go ahead. Try whatever you like!》

“Guh...” The specter was right. There was basically nothing that Seiya could do. Seiya was bright, athletic and handsome, but all within mortal levels. He couldn’t use superpowers like Moffle and he didn’t have a magical weapon like Isuzu.

Fighting back the urge to fly at the creature and strike it, Seiya spoke. “...All right. Let’s talk.”

Wait for your chance, he told himself. Wait for it. Just talk to him, and you’ll find a toehold somewhere...

“Okay, let’s start here: Our goal isn’t actually to destroy you,” he told the specter. “We just want you to stop possessing Bando Biino and go somewhere else. Can I assume that’s not something you’ll agree to?”

《It is not. A host with a soul as strong and healthy as hers doesn’t come around every day.》

“So you’re possessing Bando Biino because you like her?”

《Of course. This girl—Bando Biino—is a superlative mortal. Her heart is unfazed by suffering and adversity. She never resents those around her and her smile never wavers. One seldom meets a girl like her.》

“I don’t understand.”

《Oh?》

“Wouldn’t it be easier for you to possess someone with weaker will, someone more pessimistic? ...I agree that Bando Biino has a strong character. It must take a lot of work to break someone like her.”

The specter laughed and stroked Biino’s jaw lovingly. 《Heh heh... Kanie Seiya, was it? You seem quite intelligent.》

“Spare me the flattery. Answer the question.”

《There’s nothing more delicious than the despair of a mortal like her. Think about it. The despair of someone who’d lose heart over day-to-day melancholy, mundane quarrels with friends... It’s entirely commonplace. Don’t you agree?》

“Hmm...” Seiya thought.

《You do understand, don’t you?》 The specter smiled brightly. It was a smile of triumph, like he’d read Seiya’s mind. 《Indeed, it has no value. It’s like eating weeds. It sickens me! The sorrows of the weak, their petty internal conflicts... You expect them to satiate a palate like mine? Never! The more sublime the soul that breaks, the greater the pleasure it grants me!》

In other words, the specter was saying that when a strong person like Biino—someone who usually stayed optimistic through hardships large and small—finally broke, the despair would be like ecstasy to him.

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