天国の日没 Tengoku No Nichibotsu (Heaven's Sunset) - Volume 2

Chapter 19 - The leader is a leader only

At the moment, Scar is wondering if he is the one that should be called Scar. Wolf is soaked in blood, everyone can see as much, and he's acting as if he's in no pain, that's also a fact.

"...So that's how I earned all these scars inside a dream" Wolf finished telling the story of the long dream he had. He did not even bother to skip the intimate moments.

"Yes, but you're awake now" Daisy reminded him. "This is not a dream, is it?" Considering everything that happened so far, not like Daisy would be surprised if they did turn out to be inside a dream or sort.

Reyman knew what was going on, but before deciding to explain it, there was something he needed to confirm. "Wolf, did Princess Saya perhaps explain you the way to wake her up from the endless slumber?"

"Yes, that's exactly why I needed you all to be here!" Wolf took off his blood-spoiled shirt and threw it away, exposing his abdomen covered in still-fresh scars, with blood continuously dripping down his body.

"Wolf, bro, how the hell does that not ache at all!?" Yuuji furrowed his eyebrow while approaching Wolf, seemingly not disturbed by the bloody sight the slightest.

"I'll explain why?" Reyman interrupted. "But before that, Wolf, what exactly did Princess Saya tell you to do?"

"Everyone, listen to me carefully, if you're ought to help me rescue Princess Saya!" Wolf spoke like a commander preparing his troops for the upcoming war. "Princess Saya was sealed inside the deep sleep by Army of Ataraxia."

"Army of Ataraxia?" Daisy asked, raising an eyebrow. "What is that?" For some reason, Daisy just couldn't picture the abovementioned army to be dangerous and malevolent. Was it because of the name? Perhaps it was because she didn't know what Ataraxia meant? She couldn't really tell why. Either way, she simply couldn't picture that army in a bad light, but she decided to shove her trivial dilemma aside and listen to what Wolf has to say. In a way, she recognized this as the beginning of her new life.

"I don't know the details myself." Wolf crossed his arms, by this point becoming completely oblivious to his painless wounds. "Princess Saya explained that the forces are dreadfully dangerous and they've been after her for a long time now. The reason they sealed her mind inside a nightmare of their creation, was they are attempting to kill her at the moment."

Wolf was glad everyone took the situation seriously, judging by the full attention he was receiving from his fellow tower residents. Nobody was saying anything, noticing Wolf has more talking to do.

O'Donnell didn't complain. He put his hands into the pockets, showing off with his ripped musculature. Even when the Princess wasn't with him, he was trying to impress her, although he was not fully aware of that. "Therefore, what needs to be done is annihilate Army of Ataraxia to the core."

"In other words, kill every last member of Ataraxia army" Scar added, anticipating this kind of conclusion. He didn't even try to think too much about what Army of Ataraxia is. If there is a battle to be fought, Scar will fight. That's how he lived the most of his life and by now, he couldn't even imagine to live differently, in peace.

Yuuji turned to Reyman. "Oi, Reyman, you probably know what this Army of Ataraxia is."

"No, this is the first time I hear of such thing" Reyman responded, while both Yuuji and Wolf looked at him suspiciously. "I do know what the word 'ataraxia' itself is. It is a Greek term for tranquility, but as for Army of Ataraxia, I have no knowledge of that. Wolf, did Princess Saya perhaps tell you more about it?" Reyman positioned himself next to Wolf.