If [That Timeline Where Lara Rejected Nanahoshi] 3

Nanahoshi's POV:

I knew what Roxy and Sylphie had been worrying about lately.

Because I was in contact with Sieg, I would ask him about the contents of their family meetings.

Sylphie and Roxy had recently been worrying about Lara's whereabouts...

I knew why Lara had disappeared, because... I was hunting her down.

"Hunting her down" wasn't quite right, because I could never kill her. Besides, I wasn't her match.

I had tried all sorts of methods: anti-magic devices, sneak attacks, or attacking her after she used large-scale magic.

But none of it worked. That little monster was as strong as her father...

I had gone to beg Orsted. I had even knelt before him.

But he hadn't agreed to help me capture Lara.

Whenever I recalled that conversation, I was still furious.

"Why?!"

"There is no reason."

"Rudeus is your dear friend! If we capture Lara and make her reveal the World-Gazing Dragon's whereabouts, we'll definitely find a way to make Rudeus live longer! Then, when we return to the past, we can surely—"

"Mm. I will not lay a hand on my dear friend's child."

"What...?"

"You should stop and take a look at yourself, Nanahoshi. You are using offensive magic against your dear friend's child."

What did he mean, take a look at myself...?

You're the one with the problem, Orsted...

Someone like you deserves to die alone!!

Cliff was dead, Zanoba Shirone was dead, and Rudeus was dead...

In that man's eyes, the deaths of so many friends mattered less than revenge!

Damn it... Damn it...

When I returned to the royal palace of the King Dragon Kingdom, I heard an annoying voice the moment I landed.

Though it annoyed me, I didn't hate it.

"Little Seven..."

"I've told you many times not to call me