49. killed(?)

By the time, Yuki contained his rampant forces, she was already drenched in a cold sweat as the outwear stuck close to her frail body...

The moment she knew it was done and she only had to wait for him to wake up, her body fell back from the sheer fatigue, but what awaited her was not the concrete but the soft body of another being.. her eyes were a bit heavy, but she still spoke out a, "Thank..you..."

It was the person who looked like Aki...

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The two of them finally woke up for good in the afternoon of the same day... this time it was the worried face of the man that welcomed her. She will never say it out loud, but even though she had done everything and knew that he was going to wake up, when it actually happened and she saw him well enough to worry about her, she felt relieved...

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Yuki looked down at the giant carcass of that millipede from above and saw its blood already drying up, they couldn't stay here for long... the lower level zergs were indeed scared of the higher order's blood, but after a certain amount of time, they actually followed the scent and ate the meat of the other, it wasn't done by all of them, but there was quite a huge population who did it... well, it was the same for human beings, wasn't it.

They are afraid of those at the top, but once they fall, as if, in a frenzy, the human did their best to make the best out of their fall...

Yuki looked at the team of three who were sitting silently as they ate their food... they were pretty relaxed, well, they can't always be on alert, it would be detrimental for their health...

At this time, what was Yuki's main concern was actually not the incoming zergs, but 'bath'...

Yes, a simple and warm bath!

She was not a neat freak, but even she had it bad with her sweat having dried up... it already became salt!!

No! She can't stay like this...

But even before that, she needed to get a better idea of whatever was going on in this world-first... and also the name of that man, she still didn't know it!!

Yuki walked towards them sat on the man's side before saying, "Let's introduce ourselves. I'm Yuki... and because of certain reasons, I think I've temporary amnesia..", she told them a white lie, well, they may resemble the pair back home, but she wasn't going to talk about reincarnation and stuff, just once was enough and him not laughing was already the best result, she didn't want to go through that, she felt the man beside her give her a look but he chose not to speak...

He probably guessed her reasons...

The young man who resembled Aki a lot, except for his hair that was a pure black, spoke with a gentle tone, "My name is Kitayama Shuu* and this is my mate Hanazawa Megumu*..."

When Yuki heard their names, she was again taken aback... was this some sort of joke, after being played with in the first world, Yuki couldn't help but feel quite indignant.

Still, she kept it to herself...

The man who has been silent from the moment he woke up with her help, finally spoke, "Ichinose Ryuuichi*..."

Yuki finally got to know his name and was a bit happy, on the other hand, the other two were shocked still...

"No wonder you killed that thing--", it was Shuu who spoke out his thoughts out loud as Megumu had his eyes filled with caution towards the man...

"Eh...?", Yuki reacted to his words.

Finally, it was the turn for Megumu to speak, well, he was very wary of Ryuuichi... for the matter, this time the innate nature of an Alpha hating other alphas around them definitely played a huge role, considering he was with his own mate... but another reason was hoe infamous this man was even in this apocalypse.

They had heard a huge number of rumours surrounding this man and all of them were not good; the worst being the one that, he had killed his own sister, and as the matter stood, there were some actual eye witnesses on this occasion with very similar testimony, this caught wind ad was believed to be true, after that, this man had turned into a monster himself, even nastier than the ones outside...

This man cannot be trusted...

Well, believing in rumours was idiocy but after years passed by without any clarification, it was taken as the truth!

Ryuuichi saw the two look at him and knew the reason, well, it wasn't the first time he was watching this look.. plus, he had indeed 'killed' his sister... so, them looking at him warily was still acceptable compared to others who showed pure hostility.

When he fought to save another life, he was thought of as a hero, a saviour... but the moment he turned his back he became a nefarious killer.

Well, he never killed the zergs for others so, he didn't care about what they saw him as, but today was a bit different...

Though he didn't believe that Yuki would be the same as them and would believe in rumours without asking for his own side of the story, he couldn't help but feel slightly nervous...

She was the very first person he didn't want to be judged or hated by...

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The character used for 'Aki' can be read as 'Shuu'

Makarios has a similar meaning to 'Megumu' which can mean Grace or, blessed.

Ryuuichi directly translates to the First Dragon!