Claudia pushed me down in a dark alley of the city. I was afraid that she had become Yandere, butâŠsomething was strange.
ââŠClaudia? Oi, whatâs wrong!?â
I was shaking Claudia when I could feel a warm, viscous liquid touch my skin. I slipped out from beneath her and looked at her body.
â There was an arrow sticking out of Claudiaâs back.
âA-An arrow!?â
Itâs clear what happened. Someone fired an arrow at me and Claudia protected me from it.
In other words â
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âPlease, run awayâŠ.â
Claudia tells me this while gasping for breath. I quickly turned to look for the person that fired the arrow.
And â I found them.
There were three women standing in the direction we had come from in the alley. They all looked like adventurers and one was holding a bow.
âAre you the ones that did this!? Why would you do something like this!?â
âHaha, why would I do something like this? That should be my line!â
The woman that stood at the centre of the three spoke.
ââŠwhatâs that supposed to mean?â
âYouâre such a bad boy. You refused my invitation earlier, yet, here you are flirting with another girl.â
I donât know what sheâs talking about â wait, I recognize her.
âYouâre the woman that I spoke with at the Guild.â
The woman that Sylphy told me to avoid because she is a âsevere Yandere.â
Her name wasâŠYuno. Her nameâs similar to the other name for the Yandere Goddess Hera, so I was able to remember it pretty easily. (TN: The Roman name for Hera is Juno.)
âFufun~, you remembered me. Iâll give you some points for that.â
ââŠsure, thank you.â
âHowever, I canât forgive you for flirting with that woman. After I kill that woman, Iâll have to punish you, so prepare yourself.â
âI donât think I can let that happen.â
While still watching them, I think about whatâs the best option for me.
Clearly, it would be useless to try to talk this out. Someone willing to murder a person in the streets isnât going to be open to calmly talk things out.
But I need to get Claudiaâs injury treatedâŠI canât even attack the women because of my Feminist skill.
Itâs a little shameful, but Iâll have to run to save Claudia.
ââŠClaudia, can you run?â
I quietly asked Claudia this while still watching the Yandere girls. However, Claudia is on the ground and her breathing is ragged.
âClaudia, stay with me.â
ââŠIâmâŠsorry. Donât worry about me. Please, run away.â
âDonât be stupid. If you canât stand then Iâll carry you and weâll run away together.
ââŠeh? Wha- hyaaâŠ.â
I lifted Claudia in a princess carry and started running as fast as I could.
âWait a minute! Do you think you can just run away!?â
Iâm surprised at how light Claudia is, if she was any heavier I doubt Iâd be able to run with her â gah! A sharp pain struck me in the back.
Sheâs still shooting arrows at us.
If I stop here, Claudia and I are doneâŠI somehow managed to push myself onward.
However â
âGaâŠhaaâŠwhatâs wrong? It feels like my consciousness is fadingâŠ.â
My body became more and more sluggish and I could no longer run. My body felt strange but I tried to keep running.
But, I collapsed to the ground in the middle of the road. If I stay here Iâm definitely going to get caught by that Yandere girl. I dragged myself and Claudia to a nearby alley.
ButâŠI was at my limit.
ââŠhaaâŠhaa. WhâŠyâŠ.â
An arrow would obviously hurt but it shouldnât be like this.
Besides, when I was stabbed by Hinano in my previous life it didnât feel like this.
Somethingâs wrongâŠI frantically opened my status window and saw that there was now an item called âPoison Rank D.â
â Poison? Claudia must be suffering from the same poison.
âOf course, Cure PoisonâŠhow could I forget?â
I focused as much as I could and set Claudia as the target. The magic circle formed around me and I used my magic to erase the poison affecting Claudia â
But the painful expression on her face didnât change.
âŠthatâs right. Claudiaâs Curse of Weakness prevents any recovery magic from affecting her.
This is bad. Iâll need to give her an antidote to cure this poison. Of course, I donât have anything like that.
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Would the Guild have a way to cure poisoning?
I donât know, but I have no choice. Iâll have to go there to find outâŠbecause Iâve been running around with a poison arrow stuck in me, the poison has started to affect me more than Claudia. If it keeps going like this Iâll collapse first.
I cast Cure Poison again and target myself.
HoweverâŠ.
I only felt slightly better after casting it. It seems that because my spell doesnât outrank the poison, itâs not as effective as it should be.
I may be able to cure the poison completely if I use it many times, butâŠIâm not sure Iâd be able to use it that many times without passing out. Even more importantly than that, Claudia may die before I can cure myself.
ââŠMasâŠter, are you okay?â
Even in this situation, sheâs more concerned about me than she is herself. I wonât let such a kind girl like Claudia die here â I decided to prepare myself.
I targeted myself and began to cast Fire Bolt.
Iâm still afraidâŠbut itâs okay. This would be the third time and I know what to expect. Besides, Iâm doing this for Claudia.
Iâll die in one quick shot â and I cast Fire Bolt.
I experienced my third death after coming to this world.
I instantly select the option to revive immediately in this monochrome world.
And Medea-nee appeared out of thin air â
âMedea-nee, I need to revive immediately!â
âYes, Iâve been watching you, Yuzuki-kun. I understand the situation, so Iâll revive you as soon as I can. Please, do your best.â
I wonder if she really is watching me all the time. Medea-nee knew how urgent the situation was and she immediately began casting her magic. My consciousness soon returned to my healed body.
ââŠgood. The poison is gone. Iâll get you to the Guild right away. Just hold on a little longer!â
I picked up Claudia and started running towards the Guild. But â just as I was about to exit the alley, I saw the Yandere woman and her friends blocking the exit.
If Iâm hit by another arrow this will be the end â behind the main Yandere girl, her friends were blocking either side of the road.
Something, somethingâŠanything! I canât think of anything. The only escape routes are blocked, Claudia canât move, and I canât attack them due to my Feminist skill.
Thereâs nothing I can think of.
âFufu, ahahaâŠAt last, I have you, my beloved.â
You calling me your beloved makes my skin crawl.
Or thatâs what Iâd like to say, but if I want to save Claudia, I have to avoid offending her.
I clenched my teeth so hard blood started coming out of my mouth. I set Claudia down against a building.
ââŠM-Mas..ter?â
âIâm sorry for getting you involved in this. At the very least, Iâll get you help Claudia.â
âNoâŠitâs useless. Donât worry about me. Run awayâŠpleaseâŠrun awayâŠâ
Claudia desperately wants me to run but I just silently shook my head.
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âItâs my loss. You can do anything to me that you want just, please help Claudia.â
Hee~âŠJust now, you said I can do anything?â
âYes. You can do anything as long as you help Claudia.â
I still donât want to be killed by this YandereâŠno â I donât want Yuno to kill me.
ButâŠClaudia was the first girl I met that wasnât Yandere. Even though weâve really only known each other for a little over a day, I felt like she was the only girl I could trust in this world.
So â
âPlease, Iâm begging you. Please, save Claudia from that poison.â
I deeply bowed my head.
âHmm, why would I help the woman that tried to steal my beloved person from me?â
ââŠif you donât save Claudia, Iâll bite off my own tongue and kill myself.â
ââtch. Fine, I get it.â
The Yandere women said this with a resentful tone. Iâm not even sure if she has a way of curing Claudia, but she seemed to be thinking about it.
âSure. I can cure her, but as soon as I cure her youâll no longer be right where I want you. First, Iâll need to tie your arms and legs. Oi ââ
The Yandere woman ordered her friends to begin tying me up. The Yandere womanâs friends were touching all over my body as they were tying me up. I endured it so that Claudia could be cured.
âIf you wonât follow my order, I wonât heal her.â
Yuno showed a disturbing smile.
ââOi, I told you that if you donât save Claudia Iâll bite my tongue off and kill myself!â
âJust stop already. There are people here that can use healing magic, so even if you bite your tongue off, they can just heal you.â
ââGuh.â
It was a mistake to try to negotiate with a Yandere.
Still, this woman was already a severe Yandere. Now that it is Yandere time, her Yandere rank has increased by two. Itâs a miracle that she was even willing to talk in the first place.
âSo, what are you going to do?â
âIf you wonât save Claudia I wonât follow your orders.â
âYou say that butâŠif you obey me, you might be able to change my mind.â
âYouâŠ.â
I donât believe Yuno is willing to save Claudia. But, just as Yuno said, if I refuse her, thereâs no chance of saving Claudia.
So, I just need to do what I can to save Claudia.
ââŠI understand. Iâll do whatever you say as long as youâll save Claudia.â
âIt depends on how hard youâre willing to work. Now, crawl to me.â
ââŠunderstood.â
ââŠMâŠaâŠsterâŠâ
Claudiaâs fading voice echoed out from behind me and my chest started to hurt. With both my hands and feet tied up I crawled over to her using my hands and knees.
âGood. Now, Iâve changed my mind!â
The Yandere woman stuck out her foot to me, but she was wearing boots with armour that covered her leg up to her knees.
ââŠyou want me to lick your boots?â
âNo, I decided on something else. Somewhere a little further up.â
Up� If I look up, I can see the inside of her tight skirt. In a word, she wants me to lick up there.
âŠthis type of Yandere is the worst.
A self-centred Yandere woman. Sheâs as bad as Hinano. Itâs disgusting to even think about doing something like that to a woman like her.
However â
âWhatâs wrong? You donât have any time to waste.â
ââŠI know.â
I sat up on my knees and place my tongue against the Yandere womanâs thigh.
âAh, mou! Just get to it already!â
She grabbed my hair and forced my head towards her groin.
And â
âAaaaahhhhhh!â
The Yandere woman screamed but I havenât even done anything yet. When I looked up a hot liquid splashed all over my face.
âŠeh? Wait, what is this? What is this liquid?
âMy arm! My arms are â!â
âŠarm? I turned to look and saw that both of the Yandere womanâs arms were gone. On top of that, the Yandere womanâs friends were also screaming out in pain as their arms were also gone.
âŠwas that blood that poured all over me? Blood? Whatâs happening!?
âGeezeâŠI donât know who you are, but what exactly were you planning on doing to my Yuzuki onii-san? Maybe I should cut off more than your arms?â
âŠI didnât even need to see who it was after hearing that line and I turned to look in the direction of the voice.
There stood a beautiful girl wearing a jet black gothic dress with several people accompanying her.