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“It’s broken…”
“Yes…”
Luna stared blankly at the axe in my hand. The handle had snapped in the middle.
“Son?”
“Could you please not call me that…”
I suddenly understood why Luna detested being called “Mother.” It felt incredibly strange. Of course, just like I had done, Luna didn’t pay any particular attention to it.
“Rijaiera is not a place with abundant resources. Do you know how precious a single axe or pickaxe is?”
“I’m sorry…”
I was getting scolded.
Almost being killed by Luna had been a bizarre experience. Luna had tried to kill me because she believed the continued existence of the Demon King would eventually pose a great threat to Ellen and eventually cost her her life. Fast forward two years later, though, and I was being scolded by Luna for breaking an axe handle, while I stood there, bowing my head and apologizing as if I had committed a grave sin.
What was going on? What sort of situation was I in? It made my mind spin.
In many ways, I couldn’t maintain my composure.
“It seems you swung it with your ridiculous strength and it snapped immediately, right?”
“… Yes.”
It was chilling how she had been able to so accurately deduce what had happened.
“You’re always anxious and uptight, and you can’t even do the tasks you’re given properly. Is there anything you can actually do right?”
Come to think of it, all I did in Rijaiera was complain. But to say I couldn’t do anything right…
‘Hey, in the outside world, there are many things that can’t be done without me…!’
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