Kanna no Kanna Chapter 29

TL : sairennohebi

“………….you really do the unreasonable”

Real uttered while she carried the boy who is her partner.

though she was blown away along with the dragon, fortunately she was safe.                      despite it taking her all to regain the balance she lost midair, she still managed to witness everything.

although it took some damage the dragon, which was the closest to the blast survived thanks to Kanna's ice wall.

there were injuries that will heal with some time off, but inversely said, they wouldn't heal without rest .

Real already sent it home after thanking it.

remembering the soothing dragon which kept sending a worried gaze in Kanna's direction until it disappeared, a small smile leaked out of Real's mouth.

even though that child is shy and dislikes having anyone but Real ride it even when ordered to.

above being of a shy species, that child is especially timid.                                                          in contrast to it's cute appearance it's a child with strong traits.                                              nevertheless the instant it met the boy from another world it got attached to him.

even though I've been with it since it's birth, it was a level of familiarity that made me feel like getting jealous

“though if you say that I'm no different eh”

it wasn't just the dragon

Real too trusts the boy to a degree that surprises even herself                                              not even she knows when things turned like that. the moment she realized it it had become so, is all she can say.

strange as it was, it didn't feel bad.

it would have been understandable, had she the sense of a normal woman.

Real's meeting with Kanna was in prison, after she had fallen for the enemy's tactics and was confined.

if she was one of those ‘princesses', she would have been full of worry  thinking about the future awaiting her. enter ‘he' gallantly to the rescues. and she falls for him no questions asked.

however, in Real's case, she had long ago gotten rid of such woman like sensibility though she still retains the minimum shame a woman should. there was no interest towards romance in her due to having spend a long time among men

this part of Real is the same for Kiska too, the only difference being that the latter has every intention of having a relations.h.i.+p

back to topic, what Real felt while imprisoned certainly wasn't anything as sweet as sadness or worry, she only felt killing intent. pure hatred and rage towards that black bellied princess that trapped her.

if she was in front of her right here and now, Real was sure to swing down her sword unhesitatingly, chopping her in two

Real was in such an enraged state when Kanna saved her,that's why even if she feels grat.i.tude for him, Real's heart at that time didn't have room for something like love

it was to the point that she might have even rejected the helping hand that was extended to her. yet her heart started to calm down as she heard his words.

at first he was surprised at the long ears of the elfs.                                                                      as it is, it seems like the only people in his world are of the human race.

after that he told me he was summoned as a hero candidate, from there it was his anger towards the black bellied princess, how they were going to dispose of him and his request for help.

isn't your guard a little too down against someone your meeting for the first time?

when I asked him so the answer that came back was

“well, the enemy of my enemy is my ally right? besides you look like a good person.”

it sounded like some softy's nonsense. but weirdly enough I simply accepted his words.    this man  can be trusted, I gently thought so.

looking back on it, I now understand that it took him quite the courage to say those words

although  from a glance he seems to be acting on impulse, he's actually quite sharp.            he excels at sensing the subtleties of people and reading the air. though he has a strong personality, depending on the situation he holds himself back for profit, or shrewdly uses the conclusion to make a gain.

as proof, up until now even as he acts on impulses, at the end he always collects profit.

even when he falls it won't be for free is precisely describing this kind of guy

but that's probably not his essence.

that behavior of his is most likely  worldly wisdom backed by experience

this situation is the basis of that. Kanna being here is the biggest proof.

he is in a way pure. he doesn't lie to himself. while he runs his mouth about profit he won't abandon those who need help. that's why he extended his hand to Real, headed out to save the girl at the village and took on the job of escorting Faima.

that innocent behavior might be his charm. and the root of this trust.

“con-man might as well be indicating this guy eh”

the words the great spirit said the other day surfaced in my mind.                                          it could be that the purest soul that spirit was talking about was concerning this

“…………..anyway, he made a show out of it eh”

turning behind me, there was the huge hammer of ice, half of it's body stuck in the pulverized ground right in the middle of the valley's road.it will without a doubt become a problem for the traffic. the circ.u.mstances having been what they were. it wasn't really overdoing it, nevertheless there were some places to think about. well, if you bring it up to the one who created such a scene. a future where he holds his head is well expected.

“this hair color is surprising as well ”

the hair color of the fainted Kanna wasn't the normal ‘black' it used to be.                            what was there was snow white hair without any impurities.                                                    seeing how his eyebrows and eyelashes turned white too this change most likely took place all over his body.

I have heard of such phenomenon occurring in war, when the spirits of the soldiers are greatly burdened . as if they pa.s.sed a few decades in a matter of days.                                  in general it seems to be triggered by negative feelings such as fear and despair.in Kanna's case the rebound from the extreme use of spirit magic was the cause.

ーーーーthe guess of Real was close but no cigar.

the reason Kanna's hair changed color was no doubt the great burden on his spirit,            it affected his body after all .

however, the emotions that dominated his body were by no means fear or despair.

normally,  one can't remove if not faced with an extreme situation where their life is at stake, the mind's limiter, he released  it through willpower

that situation was without a mistake abnormal

had he made just one mistake everyone there would have perished

the crisis of life certainly was there

but, in the middle of all of that Kanna still refused to leg go of his sanity.

as reckless as it seemed he never stopped facing his objective

at the very end sustaining his rationality, he surpa.s.sed the limits of his spirit out of his own will, and the result was the change of  his body.

if the gorgeous great spirit was at that place surely she would have given him her highest praises. that's the number one basis she chose Kanna for after all.

with the power of reason he managed to pull out the limits of his instincs.

this incident might have been the first step towards the birth of the boy who will later on become a hero. now he's just getting carried by the silver haired beauty.