Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu:Volume 3 Chapter 3
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The Burden I Shoulder
The horse galloped.
At full speed.
"My butt huuurrrtttttsssssss!"
While yelling, Ryner rode, he rode, for four days, he rode.
Beside him, Ferris, who had also been galloping for the past four days without sleeping, went,
".................................. mumyu ~"
"Hey, don't sleep while ridingggggggggg!"
Ryner yelled at the Ferris who seemed about to slip off her horse.
On hearing that, she opened her eyes suddenly, looked up, and wiped off the little drool from her mouth,
"Hm? What? It's morning?"
"No, it's evening though. Wait, that's not the problem, don't sleep on the horse! It's dangerous."
"I wasn't sleeping."
"I think you were sleeping with half of your body about to fall off."
"I was practicing body-bend riding."
"You're lying!"
"Yeah. A big lie!"
"And you're admitting to it so quickly!"
"Of course. I'm sleepy. And since I'm at my limits, I'm going to nap a little. Let me know when we reach."
"No, I was telling you not to sleep duh."
Ignoring Ryner's holler, she closed her eyes, and with that, she seemed about to slip off the horse again.
"That's why I was saying, don't sleeepppppppppppppppppp!"
Ignoring him, she fell off the horse, and in a splendid manner, she spun a few times in the air and landed on the ground. On top of that, with a soft plod, good night, she said and entered the world of dreams.
Following that, the horse which Ferris had been riding on suddenly became energetic due to the lightened load, and whizzed off.
"Jeez, that fella's such a botherrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
While yelling, he whipped his horse. With that, he caught up to the horse which Ferris had discarded, and grabbed hold of its reins. And pulled. He stopped the horse, turned it around, and returned to the place where Ferris was sleeping.
Then.
"Hey."
"............"
"Hey, we don't really have time to tarry around. We're already one day late from the appointed day that we're supposed to link up with Kiefer."
"............"
"Hey, we only need to ride for another half a day before we reach our destination, so c'mon? Hey? Ferris. Please."
Without looking at him, she said,
"...... shut up. I'm sleepy. I'm sluggish. Bothersome. Go by yourself."
"Hey, are you me! I'm also sleepy to the point of dying, but, if we don't get our act together, Toale's life will be in danger. So let's do our best for a little bit more, ok?"
On hearing that, Ferris finally got up. She looked up at him with a pained expression,
"But Ryner. For the past four days, I haven't eaten a dango you know? As a person who is a hundred million, two thousand, eight hundred, and ninety-two percent made up of dango, do you think I can continue without any dango?"
At that question, Ryner, with a tired face,
"Wait, so how many percent does your entire body constitute?"
He asked back squarely,
"Who cares about that, just listen to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
She became really angry.
Ryner smiled wryly and said.
"...... erm, no, well, I know that it's been hard on you to not have eaten any dango for four days, but right now, it's an emergency so bear with it."
"I can't bear with it."
"No, but......"
"I can't bear ----------------------- it! By the way, there's a nice dango shop nearby."
Upon saying that, she suddenly got up energetically, which was unthinkable for a person who was tired from going without sleep for four whole days.
Looking at that, Ryner exclaimed,
"Huuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh!? Eh? Eh? What's this? Is this that? All that ranting about being sleepy and falling off the horse was an act?"
Ferris promptly replied,
"Of course!"
"Don't 'of course' me!"
"Whatever you think about that is not the main issue here!"
Ferris said vehemently.
"............ hahh."
Ryner sighed out.
Even without that, he was already drained. Having fought with that red-haired monster, getting them horses, and riding crazily without sleep.
Riding crazily without sleep on the horses which he had sneaked out of a noble's stables along the way.
He already felt like dying. Not just from the lack of sleep, but more from the pain in his butt.
Indeed, it seems like they would need some rest soon, but......
So as to speak, after working so hard till this point, isn't it ok for him to take about two hundred years' worth of afternoon naps right? Isn't it ok for him to just disappear somewhere and take a long afternoon nap right? A temptation like this started to grow in him, but, Ryner stomped it out and said.
"...... b-but you know Ferris. At the appointed place, Iris will be waiting for us with Wynitt dango......"
But Ferris said.
"Nelpha dango and Roland dango are different things all together."
Her tone became stronger than before,
"...... you're right I guess. Then, erm...... let's take a short break......"
Ryner gave in.
Let's take a short break, Ryner relaxed.
Instantly.
"Woah."
As his strength left him, he almost fell off his horse. Ferris supported him with a hand.
Then.
"See. You're also tired."
"Well...... it's obvious that I'll be tired after riding for four whole days......"
But, he had never thought that he would be so tired. He didn't realize it since he had been keeping his body tensed up all this while, but his body had become abnormally heavy. He immediately understood how it came to be so. It was a consequence of the Estabul magic which he had used to accelerate his movements during his fight with Claugh. That magic, in exchange for granting a period of increased bodily reflexes and ability, will cause the user to feel its weariness later. On top of that, this time round, in order to do something about that red-haired monster, he had seriously overused his body. It was probably the burdens from that which had come to assail him.
However, even those words alone were not enough to convey how heavy his body currently was. Right now, his entire body was enveloped with a level of fatigue that could make him pass out.
Seeing that, Ferris said.
She looked up at him, and somehow, with a slightly angry face, she averted her eyes and said.
"Jeez...... you've overdone it this time. I understand how you feel, but even so, there's a limit to what one person can do. Don't push yourself too much."
In other words.
"............"
It seems to be that.
It seems like all of Ferris's acting, and her willful behavior of wanting to go to a dango shop, were all for the purpose of saying this.
Aah ~, Ryner thought.
He stroked his disheveled bed-hair,
"Aah ~...... erm, sorry."
"Umu."
"Well then, let's go to that dango shop and rest up in the village."
Ferris then said,
"Idiot. There's no dango shop."
"Eh?"
"That's why you're a real idiot."
Upon saying that, for some reason, her face blushed, and in order to mask that, she made an angry face.
Looking intently at that.
"............"
Looking intently at her face,
"...... aah, I see."
Ryner smiled with a troubled look.
Ferris then jumped onto the horse, the horse that Ryner was now riding. With that, she took the reins away from his hand,
"Alright. If your overly stupid brain has understood, it's time to move. We don't have much time. Once we reach there, there will be work waiting for you again. That's why, the idiot can just sleep. I'll wake you when we reach there."
Upon saying that, she started to kick into the horse.
Ryner then frantically said,
"Eh, but Ferris, you haven't slept a wink as well......"
But at that moment,
"Don't worry about that, just sleep, idiot."
Upon saying that, she made a chopping stance with her hand and started sending it into the back of Ryner's neck,
"Eh, no wait, that's bad......"
"Shut up."
"Gyafu."
Instantly.
Ryner lost consciousness.
Darkness spread.
Deep darkness spread.
In that deep darkness.
Ryner was visited by dreams which had missed him for quite some time.
Strangely, they were cheerful dreams.
Sion appeared, and with a face full of mischief,
"Alright Ryner ~. Nap time's over. It's time to get working."
He said.
For some reason, Ferris, who was munching on dango beside him, drew her sword for no good reason,
"Die, you pervertttttttttttt."
She shouted and came beating him.
That was the scenery that was repeating again and again.
With Sion, and Ferris, the three of them.
A dream in which the three of them were making merry in that small office.
There was nothing to worry about there.
There were no lives nor troubles from others to shoulder.
Only a bunch of fools laughing happily.
And he thought.
It'd be nice if such days can go on forever, he thought.
No, he had believed that it would be so.
Such days would go on, even when he was complaining about how unpleasant or bothersome things were, as long as he worked hard, the world would be alright, he had thought.
That's why he was laughing like that.
He had never thought that it would end.
Laughing like an idiot.
Even when he was made to work throughout the night. Even when he was bashed up by her sword.
Ryner had always been laughing happily.
"............"
And he felt a little blessed.
Even though up till now, he had only been laden with tiresome things.
But, after seeing that dream, he felt like doing his best for a little longer and look forward.
Since in his dream, he had been laughing like an idiot with them.
He had been laughing like an idiot from the bottom of his heart.
But, the dream came to an end.
Suddenly, it ended, he realized.
No, perhaps he had realized that right from the start of the dream.
That dream.
"............"
Sadly, that dream was nowhere close to reality.
"............"
But, he wished, for a little bit.
Each time he saw that dream, he'd wish.
Ryner would wish that, if only this bothersome reality could be the dream instead when he open his eyes, and that he could wake up to that noisy office, he would be willing to pay any price.
If he were to open his eyes right now.
If he were to awake from his dream.
And the nightmare would have ended and he could wake up to that noisy office again.
He would not make the same mistake again.
He would not leave Sion to his solitude again.
In order to laugh together.
In order to move forward together, this time round, without feeling bothersome, he would do his best, he thought.
And so, Ryner opened his eyes.
Wishing that he could wake up to that office.
"............"
He opened his eyes......
"............"
When he opened his eyes, they had already reached their destination.
On the land that was very near to the borders between Nelpha and Runa.
There, were gathered tens of thousands of people.
Ryner opened his eyes and straightened his body,
"...... hn? You've awakened?"
From behind him, Ferris, who had been doing the riding, said.
Ryner turned around,
"...... eh? Ah, yeah. I had a good sleep. Thanks, Ferris."
"Umu. I also had a good sleep."
"Hey, what would have happened if you have slept as well."
Upon making that jab, with a slightly tired face,
"Fufufu."
She laughed.
From her face, it was clear that she hadn't really slept at all. Quite unbecoming of her, there were dark circles beneath her eyes. She was clearly very tired. Ryner then began,
"This time, it's your turn to sleep. Leave the rest to......"
But, before he could finish,
"............"
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