Chapter 143

「Even though he was a human, he was a weird person, he wanted to know about anything and everything . He too, and you as well, seemed like you’re in a hurry . 」

With a faint smile, Kurou said this and narrowed his eyes .

I didn’t really plan on living life in the fast lane though .

TN: both Akira and Kurou are using the same word here (生き急いでいる), which literally means “living quickly/fast” or living life quickly and often times, recklessly . I think that the term “YOLO” (you only live once) quite accurately describes what it means . Anyways, I tried to use two different ways to phrase it so that it can more fully encompass the meaning .

「I know . You don’t have such intentions, right? However, that’s what it seems like to me . He absorbed knowledge that was both necessary and unnecessary, and in the end, he was even referred to as a ‘sage’ . Even though we should’ve been looking at the same things, he looked much more deeply into it . Although perhaps it was because he was living in a rush, but it seems that he died a little while ago . To say nothing of my younger sister, I didn’t think that I wasn’t able to observe the death of a friend either . 」

From his way of speaking, it seems that Kurou was not there when that man was on the verge of death .

Kurou’s friend, I have a somewhat ominous feeling .

It might be prejudice, but he didn’t like to be around people so I thought that he didn’t have anyone who he could call a friend .

So he had friends .

I prepared my own black tea as I casually asked something that I had been wondering about .

To be told that he was similar to me, I was curious about what kind of person he was .

「What was that man’s name?」

Kurou thought about it a little and answered .

If you can’t remember your friend’s name, then what are you going to do .

「If I remember correctly, …was his name Saran Misray . I hadn’t seen him for a while, so I had completely forgotten . 」

The teacup fell out of my hands and rolled under the table .

It falling did not make much noise, but Amelia, who was sleeping in my arms, woke up .

However, right now, my mind became chaotic and could not pay attention to anything else .

「W, what did you just say?」

「Like I said, it’s Saran Misray . Blond hair with an annoyingly well-featured face, and even though he’s always absentminded like an old man, he’s a somewhat astute light magician . …what, you know him?」

When I asked again, thinking that I misheard when he spoke of a name I knew well, the same name spilled from his lips .

Moreover, the characteristics that was listed all applied to the Commander Saran that I knew .

「No, wait a minute? You, how do you know Saran? Where did you meet him?」

I see, so you knew each other, no wonder you’re like him, coming to an understanding, Kurou looked at me, suspicious .

Maa, it would be suspicious for someone who was summoned to this world not too long ago to be acquainted with someone he knew .

「…even if Saran Misray was a ‘sage’ that even the demon king acknowledged, he was also famous for never staying in any one place . That’s why, I thought that it was strange when Akira said that Saran Misray was like a teacher to him . Since I didn’t think that he was someone who would accept disciples . Perhaps it was a person with the same name, and when I said that, Akira seemed strange, so I decided to wait-and-see, but to think that Kurou and him knew each other… . 」

Did she listen in on our conversation, Amelia said that and looked at Kurou .

Kurou was silent and shrugged his shoulders .

「…the characteristics that Kurou listed matches the Commander Saran that I knew . There’s not that many light magicians, are there? Then they’re the same person . 」

However, was he that famous for never staying in one place?

「Why don’t we take a moment to put things in order?」

As if telling me to calm down, Kurou gave me freshly brewed black tea .

I took a small sip .

I don’t really like black tea, but perhaps it also had a calming effect, as although my mind was chaotic, I was ready to continue .

「First of all, Saran never stayed in one place, but a few decades ago, I lost track of his location . Just now, you said ‘Commander’ Saran, didn’t you?」

I nodded .

「Aah . He was the Retice Kingdom’s Commander of the Chivalric Order . 」

「That is to say, Zeal-boy’s superior, huh . Maa, I hadn’t gotten in touch with Zeal-boy in a long time, so perhaps it couldn’t be helped . However, he was a knight, huh . …it doesn’t suit him . 」

Well, Kurou propped his elbows on the table and looked at me .

「What do you know about that guy?」

「What are you talking about . 」

I took another sip of the black tea .

No matter how hard I try, I couldn’t come to like this tate .

「You may not have noticed it, but every time Saran’s name comes up, I can feel bloodlust coming from you . Was there something concerning his death?」

As usual, this man was sharp .

No, perhaps it was because I was easy to understand .

「Rather than saying that there was something, …how should I say this, he died because of me . 」

It seems that it’s been a while since I started working together with Kurou, but this was the first time I’ve talked about being summoned here .

Amelia, who had already heard this before in the Continent dungeon, was relaxing as she sat on my legs, listening to our conversation .

I talked about the king and princess of Retice Kingdom, when I met Ria in front of the Continent dungeon, and Commander Saran’s last moments .

Even if I said it was his last moments, I wasn’t there either when he died, so I don’t know if it’s a good thing to call it his final moments .

「I see . So that’s what happened in Retice, huh . …it was the royal family’s personal assassination squad “Night Raven” . 」

Perhaps he was thinking of something, as Kurou muttered this and motionlessly sat there .