I don't want to be an elf!

"Don't be in such a hurry, young man," Nia Honjo said teasingly. "Haste makes waste. My conversation with Kokisara is going very smoothly."

"She's already halfway out of the knife, and you call that a smooth process?"

Rentaro Satomi was exasperated and immediately hoisted Nia Honjo onto his back: "I don't want to tell Nibelco and Hina Shiraishi that you were killed by my boss. I'll definitely be blamed for it too!"

"Wait, wait! I'll just say one last thing!"

Nia Honjo struggled and typed something else on the search page.

Looking at the new text appearing on the search page, she shouted: "Tendo Hinata, formed a clique and ousted twelve honest officials from the government; Tendo Gencho, assassinated three political enemies for political reasons; Tendo Hirotoshi, privately built a gladiatorial arena and enjoyed the battles between the cursed children and Gastrea; Tendo Kazumitsu, embezzled 1.39 billion yen when building the megalithic monument; Tendo Kikunojo, secretly obstructed the implementation of the Gastrea Protection Law and planted spies around the government and the Holy Emperor, attempting to become the uncrowned king of Tokyo!"

After she finished reading the text displayed on the sermon book, she immediately looked at Tendo Kisara.

When she saw the mixture of ecstasy and hostility on her face, Nia Honjo knew that her offer had won over Kisara Tendo.

"It seems we can have a proper talk now."

Chapter Sixteen: The Older Aunt Who Became a Matchmaker

For cooperation to be achieved, mutual benefit is indispensable.

However, unlike Rentaro Satomi, Tendoki is not swayed by cheap sense of justice and self-sacrifice. If she wants to cooperate with someone without any prior relationship with them, she must offer benefits that she cannot refuse.

For Tendo Kisara now, what she wants most is undoubtedly revenge against the Tendo family.

Suffering from kidney disease every day and living a life even more difficult than that of ordinary people, the only thing that kept her going was her will to seek revenge.

Her purpose in establishing the Tendo Police and Security Company was to climb up the ranks from the bottom, gain fame and reputation in Tokyo, and thus gain the power to rival the Tendo family.

However, she overestimated herself and underestimated the Tiantong family.

In the years since she left her family, she has struggled to even survive, let alone climb the social ladder.

She knew, of course, that she had been making no progress and that she was getting further and further away from her revenge. Her resentment and hatred, her pain and exhaustion, deepened the darkness in her heart day by day.

The appearance of Nia Honjo gave her a glimmer of hope.

Is everything you're saying true?

Tendo Kisara's breathing became rapid, and an unnatural flush rose on his face.

"Over the years, you've been secretly investigating these five murderers who directly or indirectly killed your parents, haven't you?" Nia Honjou said calmly. "Whether what I'm saying is true or not, you know in your heart."

Although Tendo Kisara's company hasn't made much progress in recent years, she hasn't been idle in private; whenever she has time, she goes to investigate the Tendo family.

Especially the five people in Tendo's family who were directly related to the deaths of her parents.

This was no easy task, as these five individuals were all important figures in the Tiantong family and high-ranking government officials; gathering information about them was virtually impossible.

Despite all the hardship she endured, all she managed to gather were clues that, even when pieced together, remained extremely vague.

Moreover, clues are ultimately just clues, which can only be used for speculation rather than concrete evidence. Even Tendo Kisara himself could not be sure whether these clues were true.

The information that Nia Honjo had just provided coincided with the clues that Kisara Tendo had in his possession.

She was almost certain that Nia Honjo's words were 80% credible.

With this intelligence, all she needs to do next is to supplement the chain of evidence so that she can bring down these scumbags of the Tiantong family and personally kill her enemies.

The thought that his revenge might finally come true made Tendo Kisara's heart pound, and a malicious smile spread across his lips.

Seeing this, Rentaro Satomi's heart sank.

Just now, he was worried about Honjo Nia.

Now, he began to worry about Tendo Kisara.

Although he had long anticipated that today's meeting would not proceed smoothly, he had not expected things to develop to this point.

We must intervene to stop it.

He strode out of the office, closed the door, put down Nia Honjo that he was carrying on his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Do you know what you're doing? This is doing Kisara no good at all!"

"It's better to guide than to block. Don't you understand such a simple principle?"

"If I had known that you were talking to Kisara about revenge against the Tendo family today, I definitely wouldn't have brought you here!" Rentaro Satomi said with a grim expression. "For so many years, I've been trying to suppress the demon within Kisara, and now all my efforts have been in vain!"

"Ha, effort? It's all in vain anyway." Nia Honjo scoffed. "Kid, stop being so self-satisfied. Your efforts have no effect whatsoever."

"No effect? ​​Kisaragi has hardly talked about revenge lately, and he's been much more normal than before. You call that no effect?"

"Sigh, poor Kisara-chan."

Nia Honjo spread her hands and said with pity, "Not only do you have to endure both physical and mental pain, but you also have to pretend to be normal because of your only friend's kindness, so that your only friend can feel at ease."

"I just wanted to prevent her from doing the wrong thing!"

"Standing on the moral high ground and persuading others to let go of hatred is a very pleasant thing, isn't it?" Nia Honjo curled her lip in disdain. "In my second-rate shonen manga, when the protagonist of justice raises the banner of righteousness and conducts a moral judgment on the villain who has committed crimes, isn't that just like you?"

"I...I don't understand, could it be that I'm wrong again?"

Rentaro Satomi couldn't accept her argument and retorted, "She's going to kill someone! She could have had a much better life, why is she so fixated on revenge? Kisara's parents wouldn't want her to do this either!"

“Oh no, boy, of course you’re not wrong. Killing is wrong, and I also find such behavior disgusting.” Honjou Nia shrugged. “But you’re just imposing what you think is right onto Kisara-chan without ever considering whether those things are right for Kisara-chan.”

"What's right for her? You mean revenge? As Kisara's friend, am I not only not allowed to stop her from taking revenge, but I also have to support her in order to be called a friend?" Rentaro Satomi retorted. "Isn't a friend someone who pulls the other person back to the right path when they go astray? If you witness the other person going astray and stand by and do nothing, can you really be called a friend?"

Honjo Nia opened her mouth, as if to say something more.

But it seemed too troublesome, so they waved their hand and gave up.

Rentaro Satomi is like a stubborn rock; although water can wear it down if you keep dripping it long enough, the girl doesn't have that kind of patience.

So she decided to try a different approach.

"Young man, you like Kisaragi-chan, right?" Nia Honjou said something surprising.

"I, uh, I'm alright." Rentaro Satomi didn't expect the topic to jump so far, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

"Stop hiding it. Kisara-chan already knows about your little secret." Honjou Nia said calmly. "I read your inner thoughts before using the Whispering Book, so I know you like Kisara-chan."

"What?! You mean Kisara...?"

Rentaro Satomi glanced back at the office and immediately lowered his voice: "You mean Kisara knows I like her?"

"Yes, and she likes you too. You two are mutually in love."

Honjou Nia completely abandoned her previous lecturing tone, instead speaking in a meaningful, matchmaking manner, much like a matchmaker.

"Young man, it's not too late yet. If you're willing to listen to me, you can live a happy life with Kisara-chan."

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Chapter Seventeen: Justice or Love?

Rentaro Satomi had no doubt about her words.

Although this guy seems unreliable, she hates hypocrisy and wouldn't lie.

Furthermore, Rentaro Satomi did not believe that what Nia Honjo said was merely speculation, because with her omniscient powers, she could very well know about Kisara Tendo's feelings for him.

He suddenly felt his mouth was dry; happiness had come so suddenly.

For a moment, he even forgot the stiffness and discomfort he felt from Nia Honjo's forced change of topic and became somewhat shy.

He liked Tendo Kisara.

It's been like this for a long time.

As adopted sons of the Tendo family, Rentaro Satomi and Kisara Tendo have been childhood friends and share a deep friendship.

As they grew older and became more aware of their gender, their friendship naturally underwent some changes.

However, neither of them said it out loud.

Or perhaps they haven't had a chance to say it yet.

On that day, through the machinations of the rest of the Tendo family, the Gastrea invaded the home of Tendo Kisara's parents and killed them both.

She herself was injured in the attack and permanently lost her kidney function. Rentaro Satomi lost his left eye, right hand, and right foot while protecting her.

It was after this disaster that Rentaro Satomi became a mechanical warrior, and Kisara Tendo transformed into a vengeful demon.

She could have gone to the hospital to get a kidney transplant, but she didn't.

To remind herself of her revenge, she endured the pain and inconvenience, even having to go to the hospital for dialysis every month, rather than make things easier for herself.

It was precisely because she had devoted her life to revenge that her heart could no longer hold anything else.

"Young man, do you know why Kisaragi-chan doesn't want to accept your feelings?"

“It’s… because of revenge, right?” Rentaro Satomi replied with mixed feelings.

“That’s right. There are only two ways to get Kisara-chan to accept your feelings. The first is to get Kisara-chan to give up her revenge.” Nia Honjou held up two fingers. “The second is to help Kisara-chan get her revenge. Which method do you think is better?”

“Of course, the first one is better,” Rentaro Satomi said without hesitation.

“But haven’t you been trying the first method all these years?” Nia Honjou said. “Not only has there been no progress, but Kisaragi’s determination for revenge has only grown stronger. If you keep going against Kisaragi, one day… you will be on opposite sides.”

"..." Rentaro Satomi remained silent, because deep down, he had also vaguely entertained such a thought.

"Perhaps you were still clinging to a sliver of hope, thinking you had the ability to change others, but I advise you not to overestimate your abilities." Nia patted him on the shoulder. "The justice you want to uphold, and the love you desire—which do you choose?"

"I...I don't know."

“If you hesitate, it only shows that your sense of justice is not firm either.” Nia patted him on the shoulder. “Stand by Kisara’s side now, let her rely on you, become her new pillar of support. Only in this way will she have a reason to live after the revenge is completed.”

"That's too despicable."

"Love is inherently despicable."

After giving him some advice, Honjo Nia gave him some time before walking back to the office door.

She knocked on the door, and heard the sound of someone running away from inside.

She waited for about three seconds before opening the door and walking back into the office.

Tendo Kisara sat in the chair, seemingly motionless.