Volume 3: Intermission – Villainous Thoughts (2/2)StatusName Ryutanu OrgandiaRace HumanLevel 78Job Expert Adventurer; SubleaderPossessed Skills Strong Arm; Axe Mastery B+; Bat Eyes; Kleptomaniac; Hundred-Demon SlayerDivine Protection NoneAttributes None
"So you're Ryutanu? I heard you've been a bad boy lately."
Ahh... I know this is a dream, but... it's so nostalgic.
Elder brother, Touri.
"Hah? Who the hell are you?"
That must be me when I was just a little hoodlum. What a horrible face. My eyes are rotten... Well, I did spend everyday without any hope, so I was basically just rotting away.
Right. That time I was beaten black and blue... And I realized I could never win against him.
"...Are you ok?"
Ahh, what a sorry sight. This was also when I met elder sister (Pale). She called Touri elder brother and followed him from behind like a baby chick.
At that time, I... Right. It's embarrassing, but at that time, I thought she was a princess.
Ridiculous, really. I've never even seen one.
"You're a big guy."
After being beaten black and blue by elder brother, she looked at me with an odd look as I laid sprawled over the ground.
I remember her face even now. Her golden hair fluttered in the wind as she looked at me curiously with those dazzling jewels she had for eyes and walked around me.
She was brimming with curiosity, but she also seemed a little scared of me.
Now that I think about it, that might be when my heart was stolen by the princess.
I lived a shitty life through and through, but that meeting is the one thing I take pride in. We may have lost everything, but the one saving grace was that she didn't get caught up in this shitty war.
"As promised you'll be joining us. Ryutanu... Oi, Pale! You'll be looking after him!"
"Ehh!? I will!?"
"From now on you'll be in charge of the new recruits."
"You never said that!"
"Well, I thought of it just now!"
Elder brother laughed and elder sister made a troubled face as she rested my head atop her knees. A lap pillow, in other words.
I was red to the ears.
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
A stupid question. Looking for a place that didn't hurt would be easier than the opposite.
"Nah..."
Until then, the only women I've known were prostitutes. It was my first time seeing such a beautiful princess.
I don't know how to put it, but boys have their pride.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Pale Symphoria. I started following leader 6 days ago."
"...Ryutanu."
Elder sister smiled at me just like a blooming flower. Who would've thought someone like me who has never studied poetry would think such flowery thoughts.
A few days later... I can't remember where we were then, but the skies were clear that day.
"Ryutanu, you don't have a last name?"
"For a ruffian like me, just having a name is plenty."
"Really?"
By entering the Elks Clan I found a place I could belong. I was no longer in that rotten alley, but a bright place that the sun could reach.
