Bear-san, Feeling Responsible
I flipped to the next page to see if anything else was written.
“My work is done. All I have to do now is to dispose of the wand I used for my research. But I have no more strength left to move. If anyone reads this book, I ask you to take it as this senile old man’s last request. Please dispose of Kryna-Hark’s wand that I have. Never put magic power into the wand. It may deactivate Kryna-Hark’s magic tool, and the slime may start moving again. Well, I don’t think it’s possible unless you have as much magic power as I do. Remember, whatever you do, never pour your magical power into it. You mustn’t!”
The moment I read that sentence, I dropped the notebook on the floor.
It was so severe that he bothered to write it twice, emphasized!
“Yuna-oneesan!” (Fina)
“What!?” (Kagali)
“What?” (Mia)
“What is it?” (Carol)
Fina and others around me were surprised at my actions.
I picked up the notebook I had dropped to the ground and informed everyone what was written.
“Remember this wand?” (Yuna)
I took out the wand that the corpse had from the bear box.
“I guess so.” (Kagali)
“I put a lot of magic into it.” (Yuna)
“That’s right.” (Kagali)
“So that slime started to move because of me, didn’t it?” (Yuna)
There shouldn’t be any mistake in the timing because the slime appeared when we left the room after I poured my magic power into that wand.
In other words, what caused the slime to start moving was the fact that I poured magic power into the wand, which in turn interfered with the magic tool’s function to seal away the slime in the first place.
This time, it looks like I wrought havoc by unleashing the slime rather than stopping it.
“No, it’s because I asked you to do it. It’s not your fault, it’s my fault.” (Kagali)
“Yeah, but…” (Yuna)
Even if Kagali-san didn’t ask me, I would have done it as a test just for fun.
“It was because I went to the town of Heschlag to check it out and met with Yuna and the others.” (Mia)
“Yeah. If we hadn’t met Yuna-chan and the others, we might not have found the wand.” (Carol)
Even Mia and Carol say it’s their fault.
Pushing responsibility is not good, but neither is a self-sacrificing mindset.
“No, we would have investigated that town and that room regardless of you being there or not. It’s not your responsibility.” (Kagali)
As Kagali-san said. Even if we had not met Mia, based on both my and Kagali-san’s characters, we would have still explored the town and still ended up going to that room. Also, If we did, we would have still found the wand and channeled our magic powers into the wand as we did this time.
(E/N: basically, they would have still done this even if this was aa different timeline / another instance, they know their behaviors well)
“In the first place, you shouldn’t hold that thing dear to your heart even in death!” (Mia)
I agree with Mia’s screams.
None of this would have happened if I had just gotten rid of the wand quickly.
“But Mia-chan. That person researched alone, protected Kryna-Hark’s magic tools, and he could no longer move at the end.” (Carol)
“It may be so, but…” (Mia)
He devoted his life to research, protected the magical tools of Kryna-Hark, and miserably died alone in that room. I don’t want to speak ill of such a person.
In fact, thanks to him, we have been protected from the slime threat until today. But I broke the knight armors and poured magic power into the wand.
After all, I am the most responsible.
But as for the wand, Kyrna-Hark could have done something more about warning users about what would happen if the magic was poured into the wand.
“Also, he probably didn’t think that someone with enough magical power to spare would appear.” (Kagali) 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗻𝐨𝐯𝗲𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
“He also didn’t think you’d pour magic into the wand before reading the notebook.” (Carol)
“Anyway, it’s my responsibility. You don’t have to worry about it.” (Kagali)
Kagali-san, like the elder she is, assumes responsibility.
She looks like a little girl, though.
“But now we know why the slime is after us. It seems that the slime was trying to purify us by taking us into its body.” (Kagali)
“Just in case, even if we die here…” (Mia)
“It’s no good. I don’t know how far it can detect, but someday someone will come across a slime. If that person runs away from the slime, it will chase after them as a target of purification.” (Kagali)
If someone encounters a giant slime, they’ll run away like us. If that person flees to a village or town, the slime will chase them there.
If that happens, the slimes will attack the residents.
I can’t imagine how much damage it will cause.