In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 21: Deceived

<<Demigod Vision>>.

The skill that only a select few possessed.

There wasn't much known about it, but ancient text and scriptures had said that this skill had the power to see through the gods themselves. Second only to the legendary skill, <<Divine Perception>>.

In other words, the beings that had this skill, would instinctively know if a person was good or evil, strong or weak, kind or twisted, whatever you can think of.

It is said that the skill had other uses, which needed certain conditions to unlock, but no one alive knows what exactly were those hidden conditions needed.

Before, when I was still a fledgling along with my big brother, and my two other friends, this skill was one of the reasons why our 'Famiglia' was called the strongest.

But, that's already an old story.

Putting the past aside, Elle's skill was almost all-powerful. Since just this morning, when I had met Kyouya-kun properly, I could also tell that he was a kind-hearted young man. His hair was as dark as the night, and his skin was as pale as snow, but his features were alien to what the other people I had met, looked like.

But, at times when he is speaking towards Elle, he resembled the visage of my elder brother. 'It must be nice to get doted on like that' was what I thought.

As I drowned in pleasant memories, I had thought that maybe it was not impossible for Kyouya-kun to have an age close to mine. A slight expectation that elated me was born in my thoughts, as I unconsciously broke into a smile without knowing.

*Smack*

"Ah, that hurts!"

Suddenly, I felt the back of my head hurt as if I was hit by a rock. No, to be honest, I can almost hear the cracking sounds of my skull breaking. Somehow this pain was familiar...

There was only one person who would smack me in the back of the head like that.

When I turned around to see the man I was expecting to show up, I flared up in rage. I was right. Standing behind me was the towering height of a man with darkish-brown skin that looked as if it was burnt by the heat rays of the 'Luxia'.

"What are you doing, Lode!"

That's right. It was Lode, a former party member, that was sitting down besides me.

"I could ask you the same question, you look like you're having too much fun. What were you thinking of? Something that made the always calm you grin like an idiot, is a sign that there must be something big going on. Go on, share your happiness with this old man."

"In the first place, what kind of old man hits a woman like that! Take this you gigantic muscle-bound gorilla! ........<<Barrage of Blows>>."

I invoke one of my unarmed skills and rain punch after punch, kick after kick, and jab after jab towards the dark-skinned man that seemed as if he wasn't taking any damage at all.

"Hou, is this measly skill the extent of the one who was once known as 'Heavy Hitter Marielle'? Your past self would cry if she saw you like this you know?"

Ah.

I immediately stop using the skill, reorganize my appearance, and sit down.

Before, I had promised myself to only use my higher than average strength, to protect Elle in times of emergency, but it seemed that whenever this irritable old man who was only half-human came, I'd instinctively forget to keep my calm.

It has always been like this, so I try to get used to it nowadays, but I know that my dark past isn't something so easily forgotten. That's why this gorilla can't help but tease me every time we meet. Ah, I wish he would just be buried in a hole somewhere.