Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest - Vol. 01 by Shirakome Ryo

Author:Shirakome Ryo [Ryo, Shirakome]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, Official Translation
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2017-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

With a trembling hand he tried to pull out a vial of Ambrosia, but before he could the girl put her hand over his and grabbed it. Her small, slender, and frail hand trembled as it entwined with his own. He gave her a sidelong glance, and realized she was looking right at him. Though her face was expressionless, a wealth of emotions dwelled within her crimson eyes.

In a small and trembling, but powerful voice, the girl conveyed her feelings.

“Thank you.” Hajime wasn’t sure he could ever express the emotion he felt at those words. He just knew that the heart he thought he’d discarded began glowing with a faint, but resolute light.

He sat there quietly, his hand in hers. He wondered how long she must have been trapped there, suffering. As far as Hajime knew, the vampires had gone extinct hundreds of years ago. At the very least, that was what had been written in the history books he had read in the royal library.

Even when she had been talking to him earlier, her face had remained expressionless. Which meant that she had at least spent a long enough time in this solitary dark cell to forget how to speak, and even how to show emotions.

According to her tale, she had been betrayed by someone she trusted too. It was a wonder she hadn’t gone insane. Perhaps that had been due to her healing factor? But if that really were the case, that meant she had been tortured for centuries by her own abilities. Unable to even sink into the release of madness.

Guess drinking the potion can wait, Hajime smiled wryly as he thought to himself, squeezing the girl’s hand back as he did. Startled, she jumped slightly, and then strengthened her own grip.

“...What’s your name?” she whispered to Hajime. His smile grew awkward as he realized they hadn’t told each other their names yet. He replied quickly, without a hint of hesitation in his tone.

“Hajime. Hajime Nagumo. What’s yours?” She muttered “Hajime” to herself over and over, as if carving it into her memories. After she finished repeating it she opened her mouth to answer his question, before hesitating for a moment and thinking better of it.

“...Give me one.”

“Huh? You want me to name you? Don’t tell me you forgot your actual one?”

Considering how long she had been imprisoned here it wasn’t impossible, but the girl shook her head slowly.

“I don’t need a name from the past... I’m fine with whatever name you give me, Hajime.”

“...Haah, It’s not so easy to just think up a name...” The reason she wanted a new name was probably similar to the reason Hajime had reforged his heart. She wanted to throw away her old self and be reborn. Hajime had practically been forced to change by the pain and starvation, but it seemed she wanted to be reborn of her own free will. And the first step toward that transformation was getting a new moniker.

She looked expectantly up at Hajime. Hajime scratched his cheek as he thought, before finally christening the girl with her new name.

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