Living in this World with Cut & Paste Chapter 28-30
Sylphidâs POV.
Weird, as expected, heâs weird.
I heard from the temple that he has two Skills.
Only ăAppraisală»Completeă and ăCut & Pasteă.
Even so, he used a self-enhancement Skill?
Furthermore, directly receiving fire magic to such an extent, the damage he received made him had no choice but to all on his knees in the presence of the enemy.
However, after receiving backup from Aisha, he easily cut down four orcs.
In the first place if itâs solo hunting orcs, itâs impossible if one doesnât have the strength of a B-rank adventurer.
Even so, as if it was nothing, he slayed four orcs in the blink of an eye.
And then, when I was beside him seeing the injury he hasâŠâŠ As if healing his injuries with a âRecovery-type Skillâ, his injuries were almost healed.
âŠâŠExactly, what kind of secret does he have!?
ăWhy is the âKingâ here first!!! Damn it!!!!ă
When the Calamity-class monster âOrcă»Kingâ was in front of my eyes, Iâm ashamed to say but my body froze, and couldnât move.
Aisha who was beside me seemed to also couldnât move.
At the chance where we couldnât move, the Orcă»King attacked with that large golden battleaxe.
If Myne didnât help right away, thereâs no doubt that Aisha and I would have died.
ăAisha-san, knight-sanâŠâŠ I will fight with all my strength now. âŠâŠThatâs why, the both of you please run as far as possible. If the both of you are here I canât bring out my full powerâŠâŠă
ăThatâs absurd you know!? We canât even win against one general with just us, if weâre gonna fight itâll be the three of us! If itâs the three of us there might be a chanceâŠâŠă
ăâŠâŠThatâs impossible you know, defeating that isâŠâŠ If I canât use my Skills with all my strength then itâs definitely impossibleă
it seems that he plans to take on the three generals and the king by himself.
He said heâll use his Skills with all his strength right?
In other words, even sending the orcs just now to oblivion wasnât his full power.
âŠâŠI see, with us here itâs surely a hindrance.
Itâs because thereâs nothing harder, fighting something stronger while protecting.
Thus, unfortunately, itâs obvious that Aisha and I are nothing but burdens when fighting against those guys.
Aisha claimed that we will be stronger fighting with the three of us, but I think itâs best that we pull out here like he said.
Though I have confidence in my skill, honestly itâs difficult to say whether I can even defeat one general.
As I thought as such, while the King suddenly shouted, it began to act violently.
Thatâs because the battleaxe it was holding suddenly disappeared.
Is this also Myneâs doing?
If thatâs true, itâs not something I can understand with my knowledgeâŠâŠ What in the world did he do?
ăRun the both of you!!!!!ă
Told that by Myne, I didnât complain and started running towards the forest.
Though Aisha seems to be dissatisfied, she followed me.
Now then, this should be enough?
Iâll entrust my life to you, thatâs whyâŠâŠ show me to your heartâs content! The full strength you said!!
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Thus, his life or death battle started.
He used magic, and not just one attribute, but fire wind water and earth.
And I think all of those are Colossal-class power magic.
Probably from the wave of Colossal-class magic, I think he wants to settle the generals first.
If the generals interrupt when heâs fighting with the king, he understands that it will be an overwhelmingly unfavorable situation.
AndâŠâŠ probably, so that the generals donât come to us.
In the middle of this desperate fight by only himself, we are surprised because he could worry about us.
ăâŠâŠHeâs amazing huhă
Though it was a soliloquy I accidentally muttered, Aisha seems to think the same and replied ăIsnât heă.
She then brought both her hands together, shut her eyes and started praying.
Probably, no, without a doubt sheâs wishing for Myneâs victory.
Thatâs right, the only thing we can do now is to pray to God huh.
I donât know why God bestowed the Skills to Myne-kun.
However, for him to put himself in such a desperate battle is without a doubt due to the Skills he was bestowed with.
If thatâs so God! Let Myne somehow win, help him out so that he will return to where we are safely.
Like Aisha I joined my hands together, and strongly strongly offered my prayers.
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Myne is putting up a better fight than I had expected.
Whatever happened, it now seems absurd to question his ability, since he showed a good match using a lot of Skills.
âŠâŠHowever, the dagger Myne was holding had snapped.
If his weapon is gone, there is no way for Myne to fight.
Although the Orcă»King also lost his weapon, orcs have physical strength which defies common sense in the first place.
Just by swinging their arms, they can defeat humans and others in a moment.
Myne has a good command of his Skills, and has been resisting the Orcă»Kingâs attacks, but now that he has lost his weapon, thereâs no doubt that the situation will gradually worsen.
ăThis is badâŠâŠă
ăYeahâŠâŠă
Aisha probably reached the same conclusion.
Staring at Myne, who was desperately fighting with a ghastly pale face.
Then, she probably made a resolution.
Preparing the she was holding bow, she was about to shoot an arrow as the Orcă»King.
ăStop that!ă
I restrained Aisha in a panic.
ăEven if you were to attack, it wonât change the result. Instead you would make Myne unable to control its Hate and only cause him troubleă
âHateâ, namely, enmity.
About controlling this enmity, especially when fighting monsters in a party, you have to care about it.
For humans, if they were to be hit, it will remember the human who hit it and return it.
Against several opponents, in the situation where there is enmity, naturally it will target the opponent it is most angry with = the one with strongest enmity.
For monsters, similar to humans, they will attack the one who accumulates the most enmity.
Using this, parties will coordinate so that the people who are in a position called Shielder will always receive the most enmity.
The other members will slowly attack it so that they donât cross over the enmity the Shielder has earned, and finally defeat it unscathed.
This is the tactics for the general party.
Aisha who tried to attack, might disturb the Hateă»Control Myne is desperately doing.
If it received an attack from an unexpected place, the Orcă»Kingâs awareness will naturally be turned towards here.
Of course, since there is an obstacle called Myne, it wonât immediately come towards here, but the Orcă»King isnât an enemy who can do things we canât imagine.
Since itâs impossible for Aisha, a former B-rank adventurer, to not know of such a thing, she must be flustered.
Listening to my restraint, I realised she was grinding her molars.
Sheâs undoubtedly angry with herself for being unable to do anything.
Even I feel that too! I, unable to cover him, who is fighting a difficult fight right now, canât help but feel angry at myself.
However, while we were having such a conflict, the fight has progressed greatly.
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ăW, what happenedâŠâŠ?ă
Suddenly, while thinking that Myneâs hand shone, a beautiful dagger which I have never seen before appeared.
Even from such a distance, I know that that dagger holds a tremendous power.
Is that, his Skill tooâŠâŠ.
Perhaps he himself is a god, reflexively I even thought of such an absurd thing.
He is an incomprehensible existence to such an extent.
Then, that moment finally arrived.
He also showed it before, probably that is ăMartial Arts: Shark Glowă.
With that overwhelming destructive power, the Calamity-class monster, Orcă»King, fell to the ground.
Phew, thanks to him we were able to somehow survive.
If itâs himâŠâŠ he may perfectly fulfil my hopes.
In other words, my aim can be achieved.  (TLC:çźçéæăšăăæăă)
Now then, I need to think of how to make him understand my aim after this.
Aisha who was showing a happy smile beside me glanced over here, sheâs also probablyâŠâŠ.
Like this, Aisha and I rushed over to Myneâs side.
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Thank you very much for always reading.
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Please take care of me.
The Orc Settlement arc has now ended, honestly I was troubled writing the POV of women but I wonder how was it?
Putting away the corpses of the Orcă»King and Orcă»Generals, we safely returned to the Town of Lucas.
On the way back, I was extremely worried that they will ask about my Skills, but in the end, they did not ask.
Perhaps they didnât notice?
No, no matter how you put it thatâs impossible huhâŠâŠ I used such showy magic, and they even saw Twirling.
On the contrary not asking anything makes it all the more weird.
Iâd be bringing trouble by touching upon that subject, but itâs really awkwardâŠâŠ.
Aisha-san and the female knight-san seems to be first bringing the womană»Amy-san, who as captured by the orcs to the guild.
I was told that we need to first report the orc settlement to the guild leader.
Ah, if the guild leader were to know that I defeated the Orcă»King, wonât he ask about my Skills againâŠâŠ.
Rather than that, heâll hear all about them from these two huh.
This is depressingâŠâŠ I should probably escape to another town soon.
However, I canât possibly abandon the house otou-san and okaa-san left meâŠâŠ.
While feeling dejected, we arrived at the town.
It seems that I was making an excessively terrible face.
The gatekeeper-san I was acquainted with looked at me and made a concerned face.
ăNow then, after we finished the things at the guild, I think Iâll visit your house. Sorry but Iâd like for you to not go out and wait.ă
Parting, the female knight-san informed me.
Itâs here, itâs here, itâs hereăŒăŒăŒïŒShe even especially forced me so that I donât go out, you know!?
I who had my way out blocked, had not choice but to say ăâŠâŠyesăfeebly and return a nod.
Aisha-san who looked at our exchange showed a sorrowful expression, but felt a little anxious.
Was that my imaginationâŠâŠ?
Though my nerves were worn out, I somehow finally arrived at my home safely, gulped down well water repetitively, and could finally let out a breath.
Now, although I defeat a lot of orcs, I wonder what my level has becomeâŠâŠ?
Name: Myne
LV : 61
Occupation : Hume
Gender : Male
Age : 15 years
Occupation : Hunter
ăSkillă
Appraisală»Complete LV3 (69/300)
Cut & Paste (91/200)
Tenfold Experience Acquisition (-/-)
Kingâs Intimidation (0/50)
Realize (50/200)
Daggeră»Extreme LV4 (65/300)
Grapplingă»Extreme Lv4 (19/200)
Twin Bladesă»Extreme LV3 (8/200)
Two-handed Axeă»Extreme (0/50)
One-handed Sword (0/50)
Two-handed Sword (0/50)
One-handed Axe (0/50)
Body Enhancementă»Small LV3 (149/200)
Body Enhancementă»Large LV2 (79/200)
Physical Strength Enhancementă»Extreme LV2 (17/200) (TLN: Prev arm strength)
Support Magică»Gradual Restoration Small (Vitality) LV2 (58/200)
Support Magică»Gradual Restoration Large (Vitality) LV2 (58/200)
Fire Attributeă»Resistance (49/50)
Water Attributeă»Resistance (0/50)
Wind Attributeă»Resistance (0/50)
Earth Attributeă»Resistance (0/50)
Light Attributeă»Resistance (0/50)
Dark Attributeă»Resistance (0/50)
Probability (0/50)
Cooking (19/50)
Sewing (0/50)
Etiquette (0/50)
Art of Negotiation (2/50)
Alchemy (6/50)
Cleaning (11/50)
Tame (0/50)
Woodworking (0/50)
Martial Arts : Successive Shot (0/200)
Martial Arts : Consecutive Attacks (0/200)
Martial Arts : Shark Glow (100/200)
Martial Arts : Sharpnessă»Sword (0/200)
UwaaâŠâŠ. This is startling, if I do say so myself, what is this.
My levelâs 61, this is an all-time high among the times Iâve appraised levelsâŠâŠ Itâs two time higher than the highest person.
Though I think itâs due to ăTenfold Experience Acquisitionă, I seriously canât tell people, thisâŠâŠ.
F, for now, letâs forget it. Yes, letâs forget (escape from reality).
Ah, thatâs right thatâs right! Yes, I have to dismantle the orcs!!
Because otou-san was a hunter, my house has a big dismantling shed in the yard.
Iâm told that when otou-san was building the house, since it would be convenient to transport the prey and dismantle them, he built them together.
The place is suitable for handling a large quantity of orcs like this time.
Thank you otou-san!
Itâs not so bad if itâs only orcs, but if I were to expose the generals and king to the public gaze, a panic might happen.
However, the butcherâs oji-san and alchemy shopâs onii-sanâŠâŠ, I wonder if theyâll buy the general and king.
If they wouldnât buy it, IâllâŠâŠeat it, I guess? But, itâs definitely impossible for me to eat all of them alone.
Whatever, itâs no use even if I think about it, for the time being letâs dismantle the numerous orcs and high orcs.
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At about 10 of them, as I ended the dismantling I heard a voice from the entryway.
Ah, itâs finally hereâŠâŠ.
While feeling dejected from my escapism time ending, I headed towards the entryway.
As I opened the door, as I had expected, it was the female knight-san andâŠâŠ huh? Aisha-sanâs also here.
I wonder if everythingâs alright at the guild?
ăSorry, for taking your timeă
ăâŠâŠNo, itâs not a problem. Itâs a little messy, but for now please enteră
Thereâs no way to talk about my Skills in public.
I originally did not want to let beautiful women like the female knight-san and Aisha-san into the house, but Iâll endure.
Well, in the first place I keep things tidy and thanks to the ăCleaningă Skill I have confidence that itâs cleaner recently compared to before.
Guiding the both of them to the living room, I prepared tea and brought them out to them.
ăItâs low grade tea butâŠâŠă
The two of them said thanks and started drinking the tea.
Ah, Iâm a little nervousâŠâŠ Why in the world did they come here for?
ăâŠâŠNow then, letâs start with self-introductions. I think I am relatively famous, but because from looking at you, you donât seem to know who I am, huhă
Hm? What did she say? A famous person??âŠâŠNope, I donât know her at all.
ăMy name is Sylphidă»Augusta, this countryâs first princess. I have been given a exaggerated title called Princess Knightă
Ge!? A, a princess!!!! This is bad you know!? Wasnât not knowing the princess treason? Iâll be arrested for such a thing??
Probably noticing my starting, the princess showed a smile and waved her hand lightly.
ăI generally understand what youâre thinking about, no need to worry. In the first place youâre my lifesaver you know? I wonât complain about something like my benefactor not knowing my nameă
Phew, Iâm savedâŠâŠ.
If I were to be arrested because of such a thing itâd be way too ridiculousâŠâŠ.
ăNonetheless, I am sorry for not knowingă
Even if she tells me she wonât complain, I cannot afford to accept the words of royalty and nobles as it is.
In the first place, from their view, we commoners arenât people they can directly talk to.
ăNo, please stop this, Iâd be trouble if you were to take on such a humble attitudeă
ăâŠâŠI understand. And about what you wanted to talk with meâŠâŠă
Truthfully itâs a topic I would like to avoid, but since the other party is a royalty, itâd be bad if I were to imprudently escape.
Then, Iâll be arrestedâŠâŠ.
ăYes, about thatâŠâŠ where should I startâŠâŠ, thatâs right letâs start from the royaltyă
As Oujo-sama said that, she started talking about the Skills royalty hold.
Itâs the same for the King and Queen, but even the three princes and two princesses, have Skills surpassing those of others, they are bestowed with Skills of the best combination by Kami-sama.
Normally, for a family to all have good compatibility of good Skills, is almost none.
However, this seems to be the truth.
ăBy the way I have been bestowed a combination of ăOne-handed Swordă»Extremeă and ăBody Enhancementă»Largeăă
Oh, itâs certainly an amazing combination.
Though itâs dependent on her Level, if itâs Oujo-sama then she might be able to battle against Orcă»Generals.
Sylphidă»Augusta
Race : Hume
LV : 27
Gender : Female
Age : 19 years
Occupation : Augusta Kingdomâs First Princess
ăSkillă
One-handed Swordă»Extreme
Body Enhancementă»Large
Grace
She certainly has the same Skills she had told me about.
Her Levels even 27, as expected of her, she might be able to battle against a general?
As I appraised Oujo-sama, Oujo-sama broadly grinned.
What is with that smileâŠâŠ Aisha-sanâs also like that but no matter what kind of face beauties make theyâre still beauties huh.
However, somehow Oujo-samaâs smile right nowâŠâŠ how do I say it, I feel like itâs a face that has done something.
ăNow then, letâs continue. Do you know, why all the royalty are bestowed with good Skills?ă
Hm? Isnât it a coincidence since Skills are bestowed by Kami-sama?
Probably because Kami-sama stealthily handing over good Skills because she only favors the royalty.
Since they must make the country better, I understand if Kami-sama favors them.
Itâs definitely such a thing right?
ăYou seem to have hit upon something, tell me about ită
ăSince royalty must properly make the country better, probably Kami-sama bestowed good Skills on purposeă
ăFumu, your interpretationâs interesting, thought the point itself isnât wrongâŠâŠ itâs differentă
Hm? My point matches? But my answer is wrong??
ăTo tell you the truth, a kid born from companions with good Skills will have an extremely high chance bestowed with a good Skill from the same systemă
âŠâŠEh? What does that mean?
AN:
Thank you very much for always reading.
Impressions and evaluations left will become my encouragement.
Did you realise that the Skill ăTameă the protagonist obtained is quietly disappearing.
As you have imagined, I thought that I should slip in some lesser monsters from now on, but I am troubled as to what kind of race should be made into a companion.
If itâs alright please lend me your wisdom.
By the way, I was extremely troubled as to whether I should make him tame the slimes when fighting them, but thinking that itâs too early to include it, I passed it up.
Furthermore, I do not plan to change it into a human.
If you have a good plan it would be helpful if you could post your impressions.
Please treat me well.
ăTo tell you the truth, a kid born from companions with good Skills will have an extremely high chance bestowed with a good Skill from the same systemă
âŠâŠEh? What does that mean?
ăIn other words, we royalty intentionally choose from people with good Skills as our spouse. This is one way to guide the country down the right path, like you had said previouslyă
It seems that in order to search for suitable candidates as marriage partners for their children who will shoulder the next era, they receive reports of Skills bestowed upon new adults from the temple.
Thus, when an adult who has a good Skill appears, their characteră»personality are investigated so that thereâs no problem, and if there is no problem, they will reveal the information to the unmarried princes and princesses.
The princes and princesses who have obtained the information will personally confirm the other party, and if they judge that thereâs no problem, they will usher in the other party as spouses and start negotiations, it seems to be like that.
âŠâŠEh?? That means.
ăYes, I came here to confirm with my own eyes whether you will become my partneră
What did she say!!!!!
I, I, I, I as Oujo-samaâs partner!!!!!??
W, wait a minute, eh? What does that mean? The Oujo-sama in front of me becoming my wife? Eh? Eh? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?
ăCalm down, you naturally also want to choose your partner right? Though I am royalty, I wouldnât force a marriage with power of the stateă
ăâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠI was really shockedă
ăYeah, your flustering was to the point of comical, itâs quite the sight you knowă
She said that as she giggled.
Oujo-sama who smiled looking at my face has a completely different atmosphere from the dignified one up until just now, there was a cuteness befitting of her age.
Being an Oujo-sama is as expected difficult huh.
When I looked at Oujo-samaâs face, I was bothered by Aisha-san beside her who suddenly became bitter.
ăAisha-san, do you feel unwell? Are you alright?ă
As I began to talk her, she forced a smile and answered ăIâm alrightă.
No matter how I see it you donât look okay thoughâŠâŠ.
Since I was really indebted to Aisha-san, I am very worried about her.
Seeing the exchange between Aisha-san and I, Oujo-sama said ăFumuă and showed a gesture of pondering over something.
ăFor now, is it okay to continue?ă
Ah, thatâs rightâŠâŠ Since she suddenly talked about marriage the talk was interrupted.
ăAh, yesă
ăYou probably noticed from the talk just now, but I know about the Skill you were bestowed withă
ăDokun!!ă
I felt my heart suddenly started moving violently.
Itâs finally here! The thing I donât want to be asked the mostâŠâŠ How should I deceive her.
I canât think of anything at allâŠâŠ boo-hoo. (TLN: ăšă»ă», an onomatopoeia used when miserable/pathetic. English dict. says boohoo.)
ăThe Skills you were bestowed with and the battle style you had showed when battling with the Orcă»King-tachi, no matter how I think I canât connect these twoă
An extremely hard to retort expression huhâŠâŠ.
Probably knowing that I was troubled, after glancing at my appearance Oujo-sama continued.
ăIâve heard from Aisha, that when requested by the guild leader to expose your Skills, you rejected that and was erased from the guild. I think itâs certainly one thing mysterious about the Skills you were bestowed withă
Aisha-san also gulped as she listened to Oujo-sama.
Thatâs true after all, to be told that the Skills were concealed to the extent of choosing to quit the guild.
Thereâs no way she wonât be curious.
ăHowever, the Skills arenât to the extent of quitting the guild no? Why, why did you hide it?ă
ăAlsoâŠâŠ the many Skills you showed in the battle with the orcs. The maximum number of Skills Kami-sama can bestow is threeă
Oujo-samaâs argument gradually drew nearer to the core.
ăHowever, I could see that you used more than ten Skills. Furthermore the last one you showedâŠâŠ the Skill to create a daggeră
ăI have never heard of such a Skill, even I a royalty who has received reports on various Skill from the temple have never heard of ită
Ah ăRealizeă huhâŠâŠ That, if I remember correctly, nobody had it and knew about it huh.
Since Orcă»Kings differ from normal monsters, I think thatâs why it has it, in the first place, if you donât have ăAppraisală»Skillă or ăAppraisală»Completeă, you wonât even know about it.
Probably, isnât it something like a characteristic Skill?
Such a Skill was just before her eyes.
It canât be helped that she would have questions about it.
While I was thinking about such things, looking at my facial expression which was naturally cramped, she probably though that itâs bad to attack too much.
Oujo-sama stopped talking there, and apologised.
ăSorry, I was too agitated. I absolutely do not have the intention to condemn youă
ăHow about it, Aisha and I already know so muchâŠâŠ We wonât tell anyone else, wonât you tell us your secret?ă
Well, that was what she said.
Itâs developed as I had expected.
What should I doâŠâŠ I think I can trust Aisha-san.
No, I trust her.
However, since sheâs backed by the guild, I canât say it no matter what.
And Oujo-samaâŠâŠ she doesnât seem to be a two-faced person, speaking of the two, I am more optimistic in trusting her.
However, her backer is even harder to handle than the guild.
After all, the countryâs backing her up.
If something goes wrong and it spreads to the nobles in the blink of an eye, they might restrain me in order to make use of me.
Thinking about that, as expected, I canât tell her either.
However, like what Oujo-sama said, thereâs also the truth that itâs exposed this far.
They naturally do not know the real usage of ăCut & Pasteă, but they might spread the fact that I possess something special.
When I thought of that, I must think of a countermeasure for it.
ăâŠâŠOujo-sama, as you have thought, I have a fairly special power. Regarding the contents of my Skills, I canât say it no matter what for my own safetyă
ăIf my power were to be known, I think influential people will definitely desire that power. Because of that, my civil rights and such will be ignoredâŠâŠă
ăIf that were to happen, Iâd probably lose the place where I belong in this countryâŠâŠ Thatâs why I canât talk about my Skillsă
As I said what I had really felt, Oujo-sama and Aisha-san probably understood, and scowled while thinking.
ăâŠâŠI see, your powerâs stronger than what we imagine right? Well, thatâs true, considering that power let you solo a Calamity-classă
As she said that, Oujo-sama closed her eyes and folded her arms.
She seems to be thinking hard about something.
Without talking to anyone, after five minutes of silence passed, Oujo-sama spoke again.
ăâŠâŠI understand well your reason for not saying your Skills. I certainly think that your thoughts are correctă
ăHowever, you had just came of age right. Your whole life will still continue. Do you plan to live worrying everyday about when you will be exposed for that long life?ă
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The words Oujo-sama threw at me pierced deep into my heart as if gouging it out.
Though I intentionally tried to not think about it, yes, itâs as Oujo-sama said.
My life from now on, I have to live as I constantly worry about when my Skills would be exposed.
Itâs still okay right now, but as time passes, my spirit will definitely gradually be worn out.
I definitely do not want to live such a harsh life.
Bestowed with the Skills by Kami-sama after so much troubles, I thought that I should live and work hard in my life from then on, but I definitely donât want to be tormented.
However, what should I doâŠâŠ I donât knowâŠâŠ.
A large drop of tear fell from my eye.
I can only think of a dark future when it comes to future prospects.
Seeing that I suddenly started to shed tears, Oujo-sama started to panic.
ăAh, sorry, donât cryâŠâŠ I give upâŠâŠ Thatâs right, no matter how strong you are youâre still a young man who just came of age huhă
ăSaying such pessimistic things about your promising future, I am truly sorry, please forgive meă
Against my will, the tears would not stop.
At first only tears came out, but I started to sob, unrelated to my will.