Kanna no Kanna - Chapter 31

New arc begins with this chapter

Kanna no Kanna 31

Well, that really surprised me.

What you ask? That Chloe. Normally, is there a guy who stabs himself without a moments hesitation when told to? someone with normal nerves would hesitate at the last second. Even if they have every intention to take their life. The moment theyre about to die their resolve will shake.

Yet she didnt have any of that.

Herreasonactually twisted herinstinct.

It felt like time had stopped and n.o.body could move.

And then

.Eh?

The first to open her mouth was the one who had just stabbed her heart,Chloe.The dagger in her hands was buried in her chest safe for the handle. Even if she didnt aim for the heart she would have died with something that big piercing her chest.

However, not a single drop of blood flowed out of her body.

Chloe Hesitatingly pulled the dagger out whilst confused at the contradiction.

Well, there is nothingto pull out in the first place.

The three girls opened their eyes wide and stared at the dagger. Obviously because the sharp blade I showed them at first wasnt there. As if it never existed.

To tell the truth, that dagger I made was a bluff, a fake so to say. At the time I cut my finger it was undoubtedly real. But right after that I had told the spirits tomake the density of the blade part as low as possible. Fragments of ice could be seen scattered around Chloes feet. The remains of the blade. The blade which was as fragile as backed confectionery obviously shattered when it touched her chest.

Chloe looks at my face and the dagger as if to say shes been deceived by a fox, seeing that I return a weird smile.

Well, I now fully understand your resolution. It was bad of me to test you like that. My bad.

I lower my head and apologize to Chloe.

Finally understanding that the whole thing was atest, Chloe swings her arms in a fl.u.s.ter.

P, please stop it, Thanks to you this one could prove my innocence degozaru. There is nothing for you to bow for degozaru yo.

Unlike when she made up her resolve, Chloes expression was a peaceful one.

Phew! Stop it with the surprises Kanna. Its not good for my heart.

deceiving from your allies is the iron rule of bluffing after all. However with this her innocence was confirmed. At least she shouldnt have any ill intentions towards us.

No matter who you are you never know what kind of person you truly were until your death. So someone who did what she did wouldnt betray us.

In that short amount of time, not only did you generate the ice you even changed its density. As always the magic formula you use is absurd. I couldnt even grasp a part of it. At this rate I really am going to lose confidence.

Faima mutters with a far away look on her face.Thisis impossible to explain with the rules of magic to begin with. As I dont have the confidence to properly explain it, Ill gloss it over.

Now then, its fine we managed to proof her innocence and all but.

Id like to ask about the main problem now that we know Chloe is not an enemy.

Ill cut to the chase, who ordered you to a.s.sa.s.sinate Faima? Or should I be saying who used that magic on you?

I truly apologize. Though I really want to give you an answer degozaruga, I cant remember a thing concerning that degozaru yo. By the time I realized I was already being manipulated by thevoice, is all I can say degozaru.

Chloe drops her shoulders apologetically and Faima follows her up.

Anything that could lead to the mastermind was probably erased using mind magic. We already heard details from her.

Can one even erase memories with magic?

If its a high ranking magician then its possible. Only that its as dark as the crystal case so the number of magicians that can use it is limited. Nevertheless there should be a bunch of them. Thats why its impossible to identify the culprit from just that.

Whats more, the last memory she has seems to be from half a year ago in a castle town of Yurufiria but she cant seem to remember the details about the place.

I really apologize for being of no help.

Its not your fault. Its the the rotten piece of s.h.i.t that manipulated you thats at fault here. Besides, though someone got injured luckily no one died on our side.

This one is really grateful for your magnanimous heart degozaru.

All in all we couldnt get any information related to the culprit, further investigation is useless at this stage. Just that according to Faimas deduction the opponent isnt some stupid worthless n.o.ble but someone big enough to attract a skilled magician or maybe the skilled magician himself. Either way, hes quite cautious.

To begin with, why did he think of manipulating you? Rather than going through the trouble of controlling someone, askingprofessionalswould have been much more certain, no?

A natural question comes out.

The answer to that most likely lies with this one.

Chloe puts her index and middle finger to her forehead.

Magic formation..release.

Magic power flows around Chloe. I remember the strange feeling I had when I carried her last time.

Just when I though the magic power around her started shining it calmed down right away. There was no flashy sound or effect, enough to believe that the magic was my imagination.

however, there was a clear change in Chloesbody. Chloesearsshake as if to a.s.sert their existence. Reals long ears often pikupikumove sometimes but this is of a totally different victor, actually the positions of their ears are different too.

Kemofussama has descended.

(TN: kemofusa was explained by scarletmadness at chapter 22)

Different from the round ears of humans. The same article as the one beasts have, two of those are growing on Chloes head. Her black hair behind her ears was swaying.

Uuu..As I thought, the human pants are kinda stiff.

Looking at her b.u.t.tocks whilst muttering, there was a black tail flailing around.

That hair color and and ears shape. Chloe-san, could you be a beastman of theblack wolfrace?

Thats right degozaru. This one is a black wolf beastman that came fromHinoizur.

A black wolf from Hinoizur. I see, no wonder he wanted you as a p.a.w.n.

Faima nods her head as if she understood something. Meanwhile I and Real tilt ours.

Sorry, getting convinced on my own. Her race is greatly superior to other beastmen when it comes to physical ability and magic talent.

Thats not all degozaru. Black wolf warriors are calledsamuraiandshin.o.bi, and once we decide on a master our loyalty is unshakable degozaru. Furthermore, Becoming the master of a black wolf brings great honor and fame de gozaru.

(TN: She actually said=bushi which could mean warrior or samurai.)

Chloe puffs her chest as she boasts about her race, her clothes above her chest seem about to burst. itll probably be stretched after she takes it off.

Black wolfs are among the strongest beastman races. She wasprobably captured for her battle prowess.

This one suspects as much too. The spell I just used is the clans transformation magic degozaru. Since the black wolfs features are pretty well known degozaru kar. Isometimes hide my ident.i.ty like that degozaru yo.

But well, samurai and shin.o.bi was it Its obvious they are written asand . Once again I discover anothermystery of this fantasy world. I guess Hinoizur has the culture of j.a.pan around edo period. At this rate Chinese freaks or america might come out soon enough.

By the way, samurai who decide on a master feel pride in their way of life degozaru. If they happen to sully that way of life they willingly slit their stomachs degozaru yo.

You even have seppeku?!!

Isnt it fine not to have the ultimate most extreme way of putting ones spirit to the test?

Oh!! Kanndono knew of the seppeku degozatta ka? Butthat tradition should be limited to hinoizur. Might you be blood related to a Hinoizur n.o.ble.

.No, I most certainly am not. Its just a rumor I heard.

I almost made a retort from the similarity to j.a.panese culture(in a bad way).

The only person who knows my circ.u.mstances is Real. Hence I cant help but play dumb.

Hmm.Kanndono doesnt possess the characteristics of the humans of Hinoizur. Seems like it was only this ones misunderstanding degozaru ka.

Characteristics?

The majority of the humans with Hinoizur blood in them possess black hair and eyes degozaru yo. Though people of other races will have varying hair colors degozaruga, Hinoizur was originally a human country. The black wolf race has lived there since ancient times along with Hinoizurs humans. The blood of the Hinoizur humans got mixed in degozaru. thats why its black degozaru yo.

The more I hear about it the more I think Hinoizur resembles j.a.pan.Is the default hair color black there?

Wait a moment.

What are you saying? Isnt my hair black too?

? What are you saying degozaru ka? Just where do you see a black haired person in this room degozaru ka?

No, Id like to hear that from you but. Eh? Why are you tilting your head in front of this splendid j.a.panese black hair? Its not dyed and I dont have something like eye contacts so my eyes are supposed to be black too though?

.. Kanna take a good look a this.

Real brings her great swords blade in front of me with a difficult expression on her face. Maybe because she doesnt forget to take care of it, or it could be the sword being well made in the first place,

Anyway its blade was as clear as a mirror.

.White?

I look at my face reflecting in the blade.

.Wha?

Not a speck of the black I was familiar with was there.

The heck is thissssssssssssssssssss?!!!

Instead, my purewhite hair could be seen.

Eh, wha?! Ehhhhhhh?!!

I pluck a hair out and look at it. It was undoubtedly white.

After you defeated the mysterious magician in the valley, before I realized your hair color became like that. The burden on your mind in such an extreme situationprobably showed up in your body. Actually, your eyes turned from black to red too, likely for the same reason.

Seriously?!Eh, seriously?!!!

Err.Un, seriously serious.

In my confusion, I turn to Faima for confirmation and she nods her head with her face twitching. Even from an outsiders eyes, I must be pretty bewildered right now. Its fine to say this is the most confused I got since coming to this fantasy world.

Well its true that at that moment I kind of burned out completely but, I never though Ill be doingI burned ou~t..for myself .

Looking back, this must be why Real and Faima were looking out for me when they first entered the room. My black hair lost all color in the matter of a few minutes after all.

Currently I cant detect any problem with my body. Though my eyes turned red my eyesight remains unaffected. In terms of the real world, I guess I became analbinohuh. Looks like I have to dye my hair when I get back home. As for this world, it is full of special hair colors so one or two white haired people wont make a difference.

.Well, un. I more or less calmed down.

From the talk just now, I take it your hair used to be black?

I had the same black hair and black eyes as you. More importantly, stop that overly humble way of calling. Kanna is fine.

(TN: Chloe has been calling Kanna kihosama or anatasama which are very respectful ways of calling someone.)

Then this one will be calling you Kannshi degozaru. This one doesnt mind if you call me without honorifics too degozaru yo.

That so? Then Chloe it is.

We kinda got sidetracked with my hair accident (has a bad ring to it) but Ill get back to the main topic here.

Now that I think about it, Chloes fighting ability was nothing to scoff at. She totally couldnt be mistaken for some mob out there.

knocking down all the ice shuriken I threw at her and mercilessly aiming for my vitals, her skill was the best of all Ive seen (excluding one). Had I not acquired spirit magic Id have been taken down in less than a minute. That wasnt on the level of a back-alley fight.

No, someone of this ones level still has a long way to go degozru. If it was a real black wolf that you fought, though this is a bad way of saying it degozaruga, both Faimshi and Kannshi wouldnt be alive by now gozaranakatta.

.I dont know whether to honestly be happy or not.

you dont have to look out for me degozaru yo. Being manipulated was this ones miss and precisely because this one is unskilled that Kannshi could stop me. I only have grat.i.tude for you de gozaru.

Or so she said but Chloes expression would cloud whenever she said the wordunskilled, her eyes would sway too. Well, doesnt seem like a topic she wants to touch on so Ill keep it at that.