Buender Hikeman

[Buender Hikeman]

...

......

......You...

......Stop it...

...You bastard!

RaaaaAAAARGHHH!!

The old man seems

slightly irked at seeing

you. Unfortunately, his

screaming and rambling

is totally incoherent.

It IS you!

You're responsible!

You've taken everything

away from me!!

How dare you...

How dare you treat

after destroying all the

happiness in my life!

Damn you...

How can you have

the audacity to pretend

as if nothing happened?!

*C-cough Cough...*

W...wait!

I said wait!

*Cough!*

Are you so evil to

just shallowly forget

what you've done to our

lives? Did you already

forget what you did

here in Einbech?!

It was such a long

time ago, but I'll never

forget. This town was

small, but full of folk

with warm hearts...

Me, Khartophe, Anuto,

Maskharundt... All of

us were friends hired

by that big businessman

to dig up ores in the mine.

And then there

was you! All of us

put together made the

greatest mining team!

That was, until, we

discovered it.

Yes...

The mysterious ore

that dazzled with a

magnificent light.

But we should have known

that the Ungoliant would

be around that ore. We

should have realized

the danger...

We reported our findings

to our employer, and then

the ore just disappeared. He

must have sent it somewhere,

it was none of our business.

Then life was back

to normal for a while.

But one day you yelled

to us that you had found

another special, mysterious

ore in the mines.

But when we came

over to check the hole

you dug up, you know

what we found...?!

Don't you remember

what happened? What

you did to us at that time?!

Nothing.

There was nothing

inside the hole!

Then you pointed to

the wall behind us and

screamed that Ungoliant

was coming! In our panic

we started to dig our way out!

I remember that the expression on your face seemed so strange. I had thought you looked sad, but now I'm sure you were consumed by greed! We trusted you and you betrayed us! space

When we finally smashed

down that last wall, everything

starting to fall around us. We

were the only two to survive

that tunnel collapse.

Then I learned...

You planned it all along.

Bastard!

I'm sick of

your lies!

Ha...!

Do you think

I'd so easily

forget the face

of the person who

shattered my life?!

When I came to,

I was lying on my

stomach in the ruins

of that dark tunnel.

And I found...

You know what I found.

*Cough Cough*

The corpses of my friends!

Khartophe, Anuto, Maskharundt!

Great men and my best friends.

But where were you?!

Your body was nowhere

to be found. I searched

the tunnel and finally

climbed outside where

I was found unconscious.

I was so stupid.

It was because of

that ore! You killed our

friends and destroyed

my life for that thing!

And now...

You come out of

hiding and show up.

What do you want of

me? What more can

you possibly take away?!

Quit lying!

You've stirred up

my hatred by showing

up again! I've never

forgotten that day!

Ha ha...

Apologize?

The harm is

already done...

It's too late

for you now. For

the sake of my friends,

I'll have my vengeance!

Prepare to die!

Shinokas!!!!

...!

*Cough! Cough!*

Noooo! N-not now...

[

I better

get away

from him!

You ran away from Hikeman

as he collapsed on the ground.

It wouldn't be a good idea to

provoke the old man anymore,

intentionally or not.

It'd be best

to avoid aggravating

the old man for now.

Hikeman is dozing

off in his chair. Judging

from the look of discomfort

on his face, he seems to be

having a nightmare.

Excuse me...

Huh...?

.........!!

Hahahahaha!

Come back for

your beating,

eh, Shinokas?!

Look...!

I'm not Shinokas,

okay? How can you

forget what he looks

like or how old he is?

I'm way younger!

What...?

................

Uhhhh......

Huh.

And...

I'm a cute girl!

Shinokas is male

and kind of...

IMPOSSIBLE!

It seems...

I've made a

huge mistake.

Ever since the accident, people have said that I haven't been the same. Maybe they're right.

I keep making the same

mistakes, so maybe they're

right about me getting senile.

Did you come just to clear

up this misunderstanding?

Um...

Actually...

Shinokas died

a while ago in

Einbroch.

Wh-what...?

Shinokas was killed by

some men. He thinks they

may have been the ones

who hired you guys. In the

end, he was betrayed too...

I...

I see...

Shinokas may have

gotten some money,

but he spent the rest

of his life in hiding,

being hunted down.

Nothing's left.

I've got nothing

to look foward to.

I was living only to

avenge my friends...

Please...

Just go back to

wherever you came

from. Leave me alone...

Did Hikeman really want

revenge on Shinokas or did

he want to hear him out since

they used to be close friends?

If I mention that

what they found was

the Ymir Heart Piece,

Hikeman might end up

getting hunted down, so

I better not say anything.

Why are those men

so obsessed with that

Ymir Heart Piece? Is it

really worth this kind of

cruelty? Whoever they are,

their intentions can't be good.

Yeah...

That' right.

I wanted to clear up

this misunderstanding

so you could calm down,

even if it's just a little bit.

Well, you don't have

to worry so much about

my stress. I find that the

winds that pass through

this town to be very relaxing.

Each time the wind

blows by, my vision blurs,

my memories haze and all

of my hatred just drifts away.

Without the wind, I'd only

have my hatred towards him.

Maybe it's my only reason for

living and maybe I'm lonely,

but it's too late to feel

sorry for myself now.