Divine Protection: The Pride System

Episode 48: Black Patterns On The Arm

Rain dripped from the sky.

However, when Kizuna goes out to look for Rogant, she is shocked by his rain which turns to blood.

The internal organs, the corpses of demonic beasts, and a foul smell instantly attacked him.

He frowned, rolled his eyes, closed his nose, and held everything back.

As Kizuna did that, she saw the silhouette of someone standing in the middle of this chaos. But, without hesitation Kizuna approached the silhouette.

However, as he got closer to the silhouette, his legs suddenly came to a halt.

Kizuna narrowed her eyes.

“What is everything already... done, Mister?”

There was a hint of doubt and fear in Kizuna's voice. He tremblingly suppressed his fear while tightly grasping both of his hands in front of his huge chest.

She hesitated, was the young man in front of her a Night Rogant, someone she loved?

He was afraid, would he lose his precious self?

Because after all, the current young man with white hair who was standing in front of him had a different appearance.

Well, he had a vile mud on his right arm that was shaped like a strange sword.

Kizuna had not seen Rogant's fight clearly at all because he was in a distant place, and because of the rain she could not clearly see the surrounding area.

But, because her ears were sensitive, so when she realized that everything was quiet, she knew that the fight was over.

But when he saw this sight. He became doubtful and agitated.

Blood rain, scattered offal, fifty corpses from demonic beasts that strangely they had the same death, were, and Rogant stood on top of it all with no blood or wounds at all.

So, inevitably, Kizuna had to worry, was this young man who stood on death really all Night Rogant?

“... Mister?”

Kizuna pursed her seductive red lips and shakily called out to Rogant once more.

As he realized, his heartbeat was racing, but this was not the same feeling as when he was with Rogant.

There was a clear pain in it. It was getting sicker and sicker as he fearfully waited for the young man to raise his voice.

There was hope and there was despair inside him.

After that, as if he were the happiest person in the world, Rogant said.

“Well, Kizuna, I managed to kill them all. As promised, I'm still alive, how? I'm great, right?”

“...” Kizuna was stunned, she blinked a few times to wake herself up.

—{Thank God, he's still as usual.} He thought as he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, a sweet and seductive smile was implied on her beautiful face.

“Master, are you okay?” He asked as he walked up to Rogant cheerfully.

Even he was already indifferent about the corpses and innards of the demonic beasts he had stepped on while walking.

Her beautiful, majestic silhouette walked gracefully through the rain of blood to approach her loved ones.

Rogant who saw that turned his head towards Kizuna with a gentle smile.

She was still as usual, Kizuna thought.

“Oh come on, you can wait for me on the train. Now your body is dirty with blood.” Rogant said as he let out his tired breath.

“Fufu, please don't worry about me. You are the one who should pay more attention to yourself.” Kizuna said casually.

Then when he saw Rogant's condition from bottom to top, he asked in a worried voice.

“What Sir is fine?”

“Hmm... Well, I'm fine. Even I'm getting better than before.” Rogant replied with a small laugh.

Hearing that, Kizuna sighed.

Seeing the person she loved still as usual made Kizuna feel very relieved as her heart softly shrunk.

He is not sure what will happen to him if he finds out Rogant is dead.

He did not want to lose himself. He did not want to part with her.

Because Kizuna Miko has sworn allegiance only to this young man.

Even though he had to sacrifice his life he would protect this young man.

He doesn't want the people he loves to disappear into his life.

“By the way, Kizuna.” Call Rogant who makes Kizuna flinch.

“Y-Well, what's up, sir? Is there anything I can help you with?” Kizuna said with cheeks that blushed shyly, her ears and tail stiffened.

He was too embarrassed by what he had just thought.

“Umm... It's nothing, I just want to know how you and Meily are doing. Are you two okay too?”

“Fufu, please don't worry. We are both fine, right now Meily-chan is inside the dragon carriage playing with her doll.” Answer Kizuna clearly.

“So.” Rogant nodded in satisfaction.

Kizuna watched Rogant's expression curiously.

—{What is he worried about me? Is it just because of that that I can be this fun?}

Once again, he held her heart, and as he did, he realized that her heartbeat was pounding.

They were excited, as were the nine dancing behind him. He smiled happily.

As Kizuna thought about it, suddenly her ears twitched, she heard a strange voice.

As she searches for the source of the sound, Kizuna finds it in Rogant's right arm that looks as disgusting as the flesh of the inside of a human that opens out, it also throbbing like the heart of a living creature.

Black and dark, like the mud of evil.

“Hm? You mean this hand?” Rogant casually raised his right hand and showed it to Kizuna.

He nodded slowly, “Well, can it go back to how it was, Mister?”

“I don't know.” Rogant immediately answered him which made Kizuna take her breath, she looked really worried, then, “Hm? Whahuh? Huh huh? You said this could come back? Really?”

“...” Kizuna's eyebrows shot up as she looked at Rogant who was talking to himself.

After that, Rogant continued to speak for himself as if someone was replying to him.

But, Kizuna could not hear him at all. He only noticed Rogant who started talking to himself with a dog-like expression left behind.

He often sees Rogant talking to himself. He also told Meily that Rogant had someone else living in his head.

At first Kizuna thought that it was crazy and did not believe her, so when she asked the person directly.

Rogant just replied, “This is a special power >Seven Deadly Sins<”

Well, even though Kizuna is still confused. He could only shut up, so he decided not to think too much about it.

However, when Rogant speaks for himself as he does today.

Kizuna felt herself in neglect, it made her a little lonely.

After a few seconds, Rogant finally finished.

“Are you done, Mister?” Kizuna asked with a lonely smile.

Rogant also notices that, but does he realize that Kizuna is lonely or not.

That's not important.

“Ah, well, forgive me, forgive me.” Rogant said casually and with a gentle smile, but it made Kizuna a little happy.

“Umm... So, can your right arm be healed?” Ask Kizuna hoping.

Rogant nodded slowly, “Well, it looks like this can go back to how it was.”

“Thank God,” Kizuna breathed a sigh of relief that made Rogant chuckle.

“Alright, this will probably be a little festive. Watch...”

Saying that, Rogant raised his hand before Kizuna and suddenly—

“Wraarrrrrgggghhhh—!!!”

—A deafening loud scream is heard from Rogant's right arm.

“A-What is this?” Kizuna covered her ears while closing one of her eyes as well.

However, Rogant just smiled casually and continued to notice his arm that started wriggling like a worm.

After that, the mud of his ugliness was thinning and shrinking. They were absorbed into Rogant's right hand.

The longer they get smaller and eventually they disappear.

The vile mud was gone, but—

“Well, it doesn't seem to be completely gone.”

—There is a black-black former on Rogant's right arm.

Even so, at least his vile mud did not look as disgusting as before, there was only a black-like mark on his right arm alone.

He held his hand and scratched the black pattern trying to see what it could lose, but only the painful feeling he got.

Rogant stopped him, he felt that if he scratched it even harder, it would probably only make his flesh fall apart.

He could only sigh.

“Haahh... Well, I can cover it with gloves later. For now just leave it like this.”

Kizuna also noticed him, she hesitantly asked, “What... Does it not hurt or hot, Mister?”

Rogant turned his gaze towards the worried Kizuna, and replied.

“No, I feel like I can move it like a normal hand. It seems like there are absolutely no side effects.”

“So, thank goodness.” Kizuna sighed.

“Ha-ha, well, I didn't say I was okay. Now it's better we get to the dragon train, I don't want you to get a fever because of the rain.” Rogant said as he walked past Kizuna towards the horse-drawn carriage that was currently a little far away.

Kizuna also followed him from behind, she smiled sweetly and seductively, “Fufu, please don't worry about that, sir. I'm here to have resistance to viruses.”

“Aha-ha, well, just in case.”

“It's not you who should worry about yourself.”

“I? If I'm all right. I have a body that won't get sick.”

Well, anyways he could rewrite his destiny.

“Today is also night. We better have dinner first.”

“Well, that's a great idea. I'm sure Meily-chan is starving right now.”

“But, before that I think you should clean yourself up first, Kizuna.”

“Oh, you are right.”

“Alright, I'll make a tent for it. You wait on the train with Meily.”

“I'll help you.”

“Yeah, let's do it together.”

After that, the two of them returned again as usual with no problems at all.

Well, maybe it was only Rogant who accidentally peeked at Kizuna changing clothes.

But, it's a different story than this...