I'll become a villain in my next life part 2

Chapter 313: Resolve X Hesitation

[Eldion Empire]

Travelling to the dead of the night, two horses could be seen running through the valley as they headed towards the cottage by the hill

Soon after they then arrived at their destined location as soon as possible, after that two silhouttes donned in brown robbed jumped down from their horses as the other one showed his face

Luke then looked over the cottage as he faced Lily by his side

"Lily! If your going to talk to him, then go! I'll be staying here to tend the horses" said Luke the former SSS-RANK adventurer and once a companion of Lily

Apparently Lily hired Luke to infiltrate the castle and take her to Hibiki, of course she offered a hefty amount of money as a compensation, but due to their relationship as acquaintances and former party member, Luke somehow rejected the offer and took the job free of charge

Of course in the end Luke has his own reason why he accepted this

With Luke tending the horses, Lily then slowly walked over by Hibiki's door and tried knocking into it when suddenly she heard a voice over the door which caught her by surprise

"You don't have to knock... I know your there with Luke... I don't know why your here but there's nothing for you here" said by the weakened voice of Hibiki

Hearing that Lily clenched her fist as she asked

"How..."

But before she could finish her words, Hibiki then cut her in and said

"I'm a hero... I have my own prestige... I know you were here with Luke by the moment you stepped near my cottage..."

At that Lily then steeled herself as she said

"You know... It's cold outside right? Can we talk properly? Please" begged Lily

But at that begging Hibiki just kept silent about it as he didn't opened the door

Seeing that Lily then leaned by the door as he begged him

"Hibiki... Please! I beg you"

After of what felt like a minute or two, Hibiki finally have in and opened the door for her

At that instant she saw Hibiki who was ragged all over as he felt hopeless with his dead like eyes, in fact all this time Hibiki have been blaming himself like there's no tomorrow about all the death that have occured

He was traumatized by the fact that every death that was laid upon the humans was his doing

He was trapped inside by Raguel unable to do anything at all but watch as he saw people after people dying, but the most critical of all which killed him inside was witnessing the death of Alda and Mia as he killed them by his command and with his hand, he even remembered how Alda carried over the head of Mia as he embraced her till he lost his life

Seeing such a scene really impacted him a lot to the point that he broke down and traumatized him

Due to that experience which lasted for about a year, the moment that he regained his body, the old Hibiki that everyone knew was gone and was replaced by hopelessness and deep seethed despair of once the former hero

Looking over at him Lily felt pity at some point and couldn't even muster any words right infront of him

He really looked tired as Hibiki felt like he haven't slept for nights, in fact he couldn't sleep at all, every night he would be haunted by all the voices of the people he killed, what seemed to be his last turned into a endless nightmare for him, due to that he became as haggard as he looked when he led Lily by the table