[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 29: Fear

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"I didn't think you were an angel, Charlotte"

Noelle looked at the girl standing in the corner of the room with her blood red eyes.

"……… Since when did you notice me? "

"Hmm? You hid pretty well until I realized you were a few minutes ago"

Noelle answered him casually while she walked towards the sofa that was in the middle of the room.

"To sit down now"

Charlotte complied and walked towards the sofa, but she stopped before actually sitting down.

"… What? "

"…… You better get that disgusting hanging thing out of my sight or I'll cut it off"

Charlotte spoke without hiding her disgust while Noelle smiled wryly and sat waiting for her while shrouded in black fog.

"Well, you can sit down now"

"Then, excuse me"

An awkward atmosphere of silence enveloped the air while Noelle stared into the empty air with her red eyes.

"… So? What the hell did you bother to come here for? "

"……… There's something I want to make sure of"

Charlotte answered Noelle's question after being silent for a while.

"certainly? Whahuh? "

"…… You ... Are you a reincarnation? "

Hearing the word 'reincarnation' from Charlotte, Noelle unintentionally widened her eyes and raised one corner of her lips into a reckless smile.

"That's it. .. I'm guessing that you're also reincarnated"

" ?! what?!… You too?! "

"Unn, Olivia also ... Somehow the reincarnations can recognize each other …"

"……… That reckless smile and tone of voice reminded me of someone annoying"

"Yup, it's me"

Charlotte spoke to him while narrowing her eyes vigilantly as if on guard from something.

"You .. Izaya? "

"Unn, and you? "

"You don't know me? Very bad"

"I don't remember someone as rude as you~"

Noelle actually already had an estimate of the identity of the person in front of her, but she wasn't too sure and tried to confirm it.

"… I'm Nitta"

Hearing the name of the person in front of her, Noelle once again widened her eyes in surprise. It was exactly as he thought, but he did not expect it.

"… Nitta? Really? But you're so different than I remember"

"Appearance? That's natural"

"No, but the atmosphere around you ... You seem to be more ... Sharp? "

"… What the fuck is with that doubt? Yes, a lot happened and I became like this .. By the way you also became a little different"

"Hmm? Whatchu mean? "

"… How should I say it ... You ... Become more alive? In your previous life you put out an unapproachable atmosphere, and you rarely smiled. But you were friendly to everyone"

"… is that? Thanks for the compliment"

Noelle spoke with a smile while her eyes continued to stare at the empty air in front of her.

Looking at Noelle who was like thinking of something, Charlotte vaguely felt a nostalgic feeling with her. Although her appearance had already changed greatly, the calm atmosphere she was emitting was still the same and overlapped with the Izaya she was familiar with.

"… Hey, Nitta ... Or would you rather call Charlotte? "

"… Charl doesn't matter"

"Then, Charl .. Can I ask you? "

"… What? "

"Tell me, tell me what you've been through all this time"

"… Why are you so curious? "

"…… I said it, right? The air around you is very different from the one I remember.. Also, your eyes seem to be fixed on just one thing.. It looks like you really want to kill someone"

After a short pause, Noelle spoke to him and made Charlotte's eyes widen in surprise.

He really didn't think that Noelle would manage to guess it to that extent…

"…… How do you know? "

With a slightly quivering voice, Charlotte asked him while drowning her face between her legs which she lifted onto the sofa.

"… Me and Olivia are going through the same thing as you"

"Eh? "

Charlotte really did not expect that answer at all, she asked Noelle with her gaze.

Of course, Noelle and Olivia had felt the same way as him, it was when everyone in the village who had taken care of them.

"La-lalu—"

As Noelle told him that, Charlotte could not help but ask him, but before she finished her sentence, Noelle interrupted first and made herself even more surprised.

"But neither I nor Olivia really felt anything even after seeing their deaths, we didn't form enough emotional bonds with them... You also noticed it while we were on earth right? Both me and Olivia .. I mean Ayano always keeps her distance from everyone"

While Noelle spoke calmly as she stared at the empty air, Charlotte looked at her with beautiful blue-colored eyes.

"……… Unn, I intend to kill someone"

After a short pause to consider her thoughts, Charlotte finally admitted her true intentions to Noelle. Noelle just turned her head briefly to him and shrugged while talking.

"Is that so? A vendetta? Please, I won't hold you"

"If you arrest me I will also kill you Eh—?! "

It seemed that Noelle's indifferent reaction was very different from what she had anticipated.

"Well, even if you were going to kill me, I'd never die anyway"

"… Isn't this the time when you're going to ban heroin and pull it back on the right track?! Rather than that, what do you mean you'll 'never die'? "

"I have no intention of becoming such a hero but .. Yes you have .. As I said, I can't die.. See this"

Noelle casually spoke while showing her status.

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...『Noelle』's...

...『15.y.o』...

...『161』...

...『Vampire (pure blood)』...

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"… A ... Vampire?! "

"Why are you so shocked that you yourself have wings and angelic circles on your body? "

"Bu-didn't you walk around leisurely this afternoon?! "

"That's because I'm pure blood, even more so the ruling type .. I have a lot of resistance to that one .. And I also have this one"

Eternity, you will not die even if your body has become ashes! As long as you still have magic power, you will regenerate indefinitely!

"Hmm? It's strange, the explanation is becoming more serious than ever"

"Eternity …"

Charlotte muttered with widened eyes in surprise, she was not too surprised by Noelle who was a vampire because she herself was a fallen angel.

Noelle told Charlotte about her evolution and Olivia's.

"Immortality sounds scary, doesn't it? "

"Eh? "

Noelle asked him and he could only answer with it due to his shock.

"Well, of course being immortal sounds like something fun, but it comes with a lot of sadness"

"………"

"Imagine you being different from others, all your friends die of old age while you are still living with a body condition that never changes, and we will still be alive even after our bodies are destroyed... Just imagining it freaks me out, you know? "

"………"

"human life becomes more precious because it has a short time. Eternity is indeed the greatest dream of mankind, but on the other hand, it brings a lot of sadness. The loneliness that you will get after living for a long time, the various emotions of humanity that slowly disappear from you, boredom, and others. Being immortal is scary and sounds painful."

"………"

"But, you know what? As long as there is Olivia by my side, I'm sure I can hold on. We will find a way to spend time together, whether it be exploring the world, being a witness to history, or something else, we will spend our time with fun! "

"………"

"After all, Olivia really seemed happy when we got this cheating ability .. She was so cute back then that I felt that my anxiety at the time was just stupid"

"… Well, the atmosphere becomes heavier .. Now it's your turn to tell your experience"

"… Can you not destroy the beautiful atmosphere earlier .. Ahh no, you still have not changed, Izaya …"

"Ahaha, that's how it is"

"…… As you can see, I've become a 'falling angel' thanks to forced evolution"

"… Forced evolution yes .. There must be a trigger .. And it relates to your current goal .. Well continue"

Charlotte mentioned the information about her evolution to Noelle and Noelle calmly listened.

Charlotte told me everything that happened, about her being part of the noble family of Zernroden, the intruder attack, her encounter with Harold of the [Red Eagle], the mental pollution she was experiencing, she said, and about forced evolution with the help of Anastasia's blessing.

"Red eagle .. I just saw that name somewhere …"

"Ehh?! "

"Unn, if it's not wrong .. I found that name when I spied on Lindsey with my familiar"

Right, Noelle was staring at the empty air not just a meaningless act, she had sent a group of wolves to drive around outside the city and made a bat group follow Lindsey.

"Spying .. I'm not sure how I feel about an act of privacy violation, but tell me everything! "

"There's not much I can tell you .. But recently Lindsey signed a contract with them and paid them to do the work .. Her job was to kill the Margrave's only daughter who was on her way home … Fortunately my familiar wolf was near them and provided help"

"………"

Charlotte was speechless, she just gritted her teeth furiously at the group that had ruined her life, but Noelle was not done yet.

"Nahh, coincidentally .. You're aiming for revenge aren't you? Do you have the will to take the lives of others? "

"……… I do not know.. Until now I still think that revenge is useless .. But a part of me rejects that thought and even more incites me … I don't know if I'm going to feel guilty or not? "

"Hmm? Ahh, I think that Olivia and I have cast doubt on doing that .. Maybe it was the influence of evolution? Please leave that aside, if you still have doubts, you will never make progress"

"………"

"If you think it's wrong, then don't do it .. But if that unbearable desire to kill from within you keeps going berserk, then do it, do it for yourself … No one has the right to stand in your way.The most important thing is what you want to do, and not what you have to do"

"…… You sound like an instigator"

"It may sound misguided, but if you keep doubting, you'll never get ahead and will just run in place"

"Ehh? "

Muttering the last word in a small voice, Charlotte let out a surprised voice while Noelle just stood still and moved her hand in the air.

"… Hologram screen? "

What appeared in front of him was a holographic screen like their usual status screen, but the one in front of him now had a blank look.

"See this"

Noelle slashed her finger and pulled out a few drops of blood from the wound. The blood dripped and fell right over the hologram screen in front of him.

"This?! Video?! "

"To be exact live broadcast"

Instantly, the hologram screen turned into a scene of a man in slovenly-worn clothes walking leisurely in the red district

"That man .. If not one of the orc bodyguards you spoke to just now, right? "

"Yup, I had dripped some blood and used my ability 《Blood Manipulation》 during the fight earlier"

They even ignored Lindsey's name…

"So that's your goal when you cut your own hands"

"… You saw it. Yes. Yahh, I used blood manipulation to form my blood into a needle so thin that it could slip through their pores, the blood will enter the target's body and nest in it"

"………"

"Once my blood is inside the target's body, I can do a lot of things on the target, such as spying on them or even killing them without them noticing"

"… What are you going to do with that guy? "

"Of course .. Killed him .. The man was a sinner unworthy of pity .. Before I showed this to you, he had already committed many crimes such as public murder, sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and so on, and many things .. Yahh, of course I am also a sinner .. But let's put that aside"

"………"

Charlotte did not speak, she simply looked at Noelle with stunned eyes. That was because the cold smile that was on Noelle's face was completely different from her usual warm smile.

"You have bad intentions towards Olivia .. I will never forgive you. .. The man I don't know her name is"

Charlotte's hair was goosebumps, cold sweat running down her back after hearing Noelle's voice that didn't have the slightest bit of intonation in it.

He turned his gaze on the screen, and looked…

"《Blood Manipulation, blood edge: type 4》"

His emotionless voice echoed and instantly, the man on the screen instantly had an enormous and sharp red colored blade growing and tearing his stomach from within.

After many groans of pain, the man finally died with the blade that had grown from his stomach, instantly turning back into blood.

"Umu, mission's done"

"………"

"Alright, back to the topic .. You mentioned you were given an evolutionary choice right? As I recall you said the choices were Vampire, Half-Demon, Half-Spirit, and Fallen Angel .. There is a half word that means half there? Does the existence of demons and spirits really exist? I didn't find any records of them"

Suara kebingungan Noelle membawa kembali Charlotte ke kenyataan, dia akhirnya sadar dan bertanya-tanya apakah itu seperti yang dikatakan Noelle, tapi tiba-tiba suara yang familiar bergema di ruangan mereka…

『Let me explain that!!!』

"Whooaa?!! "

"Who?! "

"Fueeh?! "

『Yahoo~ it's me! The prettiest goddess you love, Anastasia here~ ☆ ♪ !!』

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※《Blood Manipulation, blood edge: type 4》

It was one of Noelle's original skills that used the characteristic abilities of vampires, blood manipulation. It forms its blood to be smaller than the pore hole and into the target body. That allows him to do anything against his target. But 《Blood Edge: type 4》 has the function to kill opponents from the inside by growing large and sharp blades made of target blood that is already contaminated by Noelle's blood.

This skill has many variations and types.