My childhood friend, who I promised to marry in the future, came back as a swordsman

 

Chapter  77: Don't be happy

{TL: By Creed}

・Aisha's Perspective

I am just an ordinary daughter of the beastfolk.

I spent peaceful times with my beloved father and mother.

I like my father's rough hands.

They are big and strong, and when he strokes my head, I feel very calm.

I like my mother's slender hands.

They are white and beautiful, and the dishes she makes with those hands are very delicious.

I've often had seconds and ended up with a full stomach.

In the morning, I eat breakfast with my father and mother.

They always accept my whims with a smile.

After eating, father goes to work, and mother does household chores.

I help my mother.

Lately, she praised me for being good at folding laundry.

Heh.

After lunch, it's time with mother.

Lately, my favorite thing is to have her give me a knee pillow.

It's warm and comfortable, and I get it every day.

In the evening, I greet father with mother.

When I say "Welcome back from work," father smiles happily.

We eat dinner together like in the morning, talk about various things...

And then, we sleep together at night.

Such ordinary days.

But to me, they are the most precious times.

I was happy.

But...

One day, happiness crumbled.

Our village was attacked.

We don't know who the attackers were.

There were humans...

But not only that, there were also monsters.

Humans and monsters joined forces and attacked our village.

The village was engulfed in flames.

Screams could be heard from everywhere...

I thought, "The end of the world has come."

Father and mother took me and fled.

Running is easy for us beastfolk.

We ran desperately together with father and mother.

Running...

Running...

Running...

But something scary was approaching from behind.

We tried to escape, but we couldn't, we couldn't break away...

The distance gradually closed, and it seemed like we would be caught up.

Father and mother... stopped.

"Run ahead."

Saying so, father and mother turned back along the path we had fled.

I don't want to run away alone.

I can't do something like that.

Even though I can't...

Even though I shouldn't do such a thing...

I ran away.

I was so scared, so scared, so scared...

Driven by a feeling akin to chills, I ran frantically without thinking.

Leaving father.

Leaving mother.

I... ran away alone.

So, I think I was punished.

I managed to escape from the scary things that attacked the village...

But that's all.

Luck... I don't know if I can call it that, but it's over.

With nowhere to go, I wandered aimlessly through the forest...

And then, I was captured by thieves.

This is punishment.

Punishment for abandoning father and mother, for my sinful actions.

I'm alone.

Always alone.

I can't be happy, and I shouldn't be...

Forever.

TL Note: Feel sorry for Aisha.

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