The Time-Stop Breeding Uncle Wants to Retire – Chapter 68

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Bayard walked past Yana and moved forward.

I immediately stuck close to her side, because I could see it.

The way her two legs were still trembling.

Fear learned from long ago is terrifying to shake off.

Yet Bayard, who chose to move forward despite this, was remarkable.

So I had a duty to support her from the side.

To ensure those fragile steps wouldn’t crumble.

Without saying a word, both Bayard and I entered the guest room.

There, Yuyoung was looking out the window.

Though I’d heard they hadn’t seen each other for a long time, Bayard immediately recognized Yuyoung.

Yuyoung, too, seemed to sense her gaze.

She slowly turned her head and their eyes met.

“This is an unexpected meeting.”

“…”

“Clearing up misunderstandings isn’t such a great feat.”

Sincere advice burst from my mouth.

Misunderstandings pile up and transform into emotions.

It can cause hatred, it can cause anger, but it’s not eternal.

“A sincere conversation is enough to resolve it. Otherwise, it will just keep piling up.”

“That’s…”

“It could become impossible to resolve through conversation. You know that, don’t you?”

Neither Yuyoung nor Bayard could say anything to my words, because they both knew the fact that the Royal Knights had been annihilated on an expedition, but was it because of the awkwardness?

They couldn’t say anything for a long time, they were busy throwing out awkward glances.

Just as I was about to say something out of frustration at this sight, Bayard opened her mouth.

“H-How have you been?”

“Bayard, you…”

Though Yuyoung maintained an indifferent expression, her voice was mixed with gladness and complexity.

Everything couldn’t be resolved right away.

I knew that.

But as time passes, if they understand each other’s circumstances, they could resolve things one by one from that point.

So, I did what I needed to do.

I went outside.

At the same time, I flicked my index and middle fingers.

Everything around lost its original color.

Instead, gray filled that space, and I could see it.

That being in the corner.

Oh shit, that scared me.

What the hell is that?

I felt a presence outside, so I thought something was happening out there and stopped time, but I was really surprised to find someone in this room.

Looking closely, there was a curled up figure.

It looked like some kind of snake.

A beastman from the Snake Clan?

But if the Snake Clan was here, did that mean they hadn’t become traitors?

This was also surprising.

I had thought the Snake Clan was definitely one of the 6 tribes that betrayed the tribes and turned traitor.

Anyway, I immediately dragged out the figure curled up in the corner.

“This is heavier than I expected.”

It was firmly wedged in the corner, so pulling it out wasn’t easy.

For about 10 minutes, as if hanging from a horizontal bar, I barely managed to drag it down while it was almost hanging by a thread.

The problem didn’t end there.

I had to drag this thing outside.

I let out a sigh.

Today was a day when I particularly missed cigarettes, but what could I do?

I didn’t want to ruin the reunion of two old friends, so I had no choice but to drag the thing that had been stuck in the corner outside.

After struggling to drag it out for a while, what was this?

Outside, beastman warriors including Yana were surrounding the entrance as if besieging it.

This is really driving me crazy, to go this far in this situation?

Are they really insane?

I carefully examined each of them one by one.

They were holding weapons, had sent a spy inside, and every single one of them was glaring fiercely at me.

Setting everything else aside, I couldn’t overlook the fact that they were drawing their weapons.

It didn’t look like a joke at all, so I had no choice but to make a decision.

“I have no choice.”

I drew the sword at my waist, and I began cutting off the arms of the warriors in front one by one.

I used everything I could to finish the job.

What if there were monsters in Lionheart Fortress?

Or was there something else?

Unable to shake off that thought, I continued searching for over 30 minutes with time stopped.

But in the end, I couldn’t find anything.

That meant, what they were aiming for was us, and I had absolutely no confidence in subduing them.

However, I couldn’t just kill them right away, so as a compromise, I chose to cut off their arms.

One by one, I carefully cut off their arms.

It was by no means an easy task.

Setting aside the psychological aversion, I wondered if what I was doing was right.

But now, I had to have conviction.

With such a complacent attitude of “it couldn’t be,”

I wouldn’t be able to do anything.

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Admiring the beautifully shining stars was not a sin.

As a beastman who wasn’t chosen, all they could do was look up from the ground at the chosen 12 tribes.

Someday, I want to shine like them too.

That was their only wish.

Amidst that, an opportunity came.

The chance to become close to the heir of the Rat Clan, foremost among the 12 tribes.

For the lower tribes, not to mention the other 12 tribes, they had to somehow impress the 12 tribes even if it meant licking their boots.

That was how they could survive the harsh storm.

However, Yana thought a little differently.

She was not doing it for the better future of the tribe, but she sincerely wanted to meet a lord she could be loyal to.

Even if it wasn’t the moon, it didn’t matter.

She was hoping to become a star shining alongside the moon.

[I want to serve you as my lord.]

And fortunately, Yana was able to meet her lord.

A lord worth dedicating her all to serve.

From then on, she had served her lord with all her heart and soul.

For example, dealing with the trash that bothered her lord.

For example, dealing with the Bear Clan that didn’t know its place.

For example, carrying out what her lord wanted.

Of course, the second one was a bit difficult.

That member of the Bear Clan who didn’t know her place kept trying to cling on.

It was regrettable to her lord, but she used her lord’s name.

It couldn’t be helped.

Surely her lord would understand too.

Rather, she would praise her for doing well.

The Bear Clan member who finally realized her place went down to where she belonged.

That was how it should have been.

“Not knowing your place, you dare to look above…?!”

How vulgar.

How dare a member of the Bear Clan who didn’t even know manners think of being by her lord’s side?

It was unacceptable.

So she had no choice but to teach her manners directly.

That obsessive-compulsive-like behavior was finally put into action.

The warriors who followed her had similar thoughts.

Whether they were following Yuyoung or following Yana, had become impossible to tell now.

Anyway, they drew their swords to protect their lord.

However, just before entering the room, Yana could finally see.

The fact that her hand holding the sword had disappeared.

As soon as she noticed this fact, pain overwhelmed her.

Blood kept flowing from the severed area without stopping, and it was the same for the other warriors.

What the?!

“They are having a reunion of old friends. I hope you won’t interfere.”

A voice reached their ears as they were flustered.

Yana turned her head at the coldly settled voice.

There was a man quietly closing the opened door.

He had black hair and a scar on his face.

On the opposite side, he was wearing a black eye patch.

No matter how you looked at him, he appeared to be nothing more than a knight who had been through thick and thin, and that was indeed the case.

After all, he was Hans, the commander of the Royal Knights.

Yana pressed down on the chopped off part with her hand.

Then she glared at Hans and opened her mouth.

“What is this?!”

“Didn’t you draw your weapons first? Against your lord, no less.”

“They are beings harmful to my lord! How could I leave them be?!”

“Why are you judging that on your own?”

“What an impolite way of speaking.”

Why didn’t he understand?

Our lord only needs us.

What’s needed should be taken, and what’s harmful should be boldly cut off.

That was the right thing to do.

Just like now.

Cracks appeared in Yana’s severed wrist.

Eventually, a huge blade sprouted.

Yana swung that blade, cutting down the beastman warriors who were in pain.

“Useless things should be boldly cut off. You were of no help to our lord. So, I cut you off with my own hands.”

“You, that hand…”

“That day, I swore loyalty. Even if it means dedicating everything!!”

Yana roared and charged at Hans.

Hans gritted his teeth and swung his sword.

Clang!!

Soon after a tremendous explosion, Hans’s body was pushed back greatly.

Hans silently looked at his own hand.

He saw his arm, twisted from being unable to withstand the force.

Perhaps because it was such a bizarre sight he had never seen before, it didn’t hurt.

Even in the midst of this, he was fiercely racking his brain.

Because he remembered seeing Yana’s arm somewhere before, and without much difficulty, he finally realized the identity of that arm.

“…A parasitic curse?”

A demon’s curse that subtly seeps into one’s true feelings and makes them control their body at will.

This all was the terrible result of Yana’s sincere desire to serve her lord mixed with the demon’s curse.

But the result didn’t change.

To say it was because of the curse…

The wrongs she committed in the past were too numerous.

Hans slowly got to his feet.

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