Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! (The Eminence in Shadow)

(38) Just A Little Help

Author: Aizawa Daisuke

　In the ransacked lab, Nu looked down at the corpses. She has dark brown hair, eyes of the same color, unfashionable glasses, and wears an academic school uniform.

　Even though she wore an unobtrusive appearance, she still had a sex appeal that couldn't be hidden.

"You're Glenn Lionbeard from the Red Knight."

　The corpse stared into the void with a pained expression. Looks like he's really hurt. It was a well-known name in the Knights, but it would be a shame if the magic was sealed.

　Nu's interests soon turned elsewhere.

　Another knight had fallen in this laboratory, he was still breathing.

"Marco Granger. You joined the Red Knight."

　The face was someone that Nu remembered. A man with beautiful blue hair and a handsome face, who is also highly skilled as a magic swordsman, and is rumored to be a knight commander in the future. If you think about it, he's always had a strong sense of justice.

　Marco was once Nu's fiancé.

　A colleague who exchanged letters many times and danced together at the ball. But in the end, it was he who her parents decided for her. He don't know what she was thinking, but Nu didn't fall for him until the end.

　However, Nu didn't dislike it.

　She didn't love him, but she thought he was a good person.

　Nu had no complaints about getting married in the future, and she thought that if she married a man that everyone admired, she would have a bright future ahead of her.

　Determined path.

　Determined opponent.

　Determined future.

　In the past, Nu had little intentions of his own. She lives by following the values ​​of those around her and listening to words of those around her. She didn't think it was bad. But now that she thought about it, it was a very narrow way of life.

　As I looked at his face, the memory of the ball suddenly came back.

　Nu smiled wryly, remembering how she used to carry around Marco, who had a good-looking face, like an accessory. Memories that she want to forget right now are decided and they will become memories that you will never forget.

"Nu, what are you doing?"

　Suddenly, a voice called out from behind and Nu turned around.

　She didn't notice anything, but she wasn't too surprised. She knew that voice.

"Shadow-sama..."

　Before he knew it, an ordinary black-haired boy was in the lab. The boy passed Nu and opened a shelf in the lab.

"This person used to be my fiancé."

"Hey. What are you going to do about him then?"

"Personally, I have no reason to save him or to kill him."

"Then I think that's fine to leave him be."

　Saying that, the boy opens the shelf and looks for something.

　Nu left Marco and stood by the boy.

"Shadow-sama, it's late, but I have something to report."

"Yes"