I Started To Gain Sentience In An Eroge

Chapter 121: [Rachel] A secret between us

Chapter 121: [Rachel] A secret between us

"That..." She pointed at the finger, or more precisely, pointed at the black string around the finger. "...Must have come from Mother's silk dress."

"Wawa, are you okay looking at this?" The one who asked the question was me.

"Yeah, I am," she replied after a pause. "It's not that I can't handle gore. I don't understand the emotions inside my heart right now."

That much was understandable. For someone who had had cuts, bruises, and violent acts performed on by her flesh and blood, it was nothing new that Wawa was used to pain and the act of inflicting pain. After indulging in those dark fantasy novels, she could at least imagine the horrible aspects blood and gore could bring. And although the reality was different from books and imagination, we, the characters of this wretched game world, had grown accustomed to it. We were designed to feel like so.

In addition, this bookworm was like me. The current Wawa had memories of the past by C's side. And if her past with him consisted of various things that the Kurokawa in my past did, then there was no reason for me to think she could not stand the sight of her mother's finger.

"Do you want me to leave you alone for a second or two?"

With wavering yet unmovable eyes, Kurokawa shook her head and replied: "No need." She then took a deep breath and closed her green eyes, contemplating something. "With your expertise, is there anything I should know about this finger?"

Hearing her question, a soft smile formed on my face. "For your information, this looks like it has just been cut. It should be within a few hours. Furthermore, there was likely no struggle or a fight happening to the victim."

"So either the perpetrator was extremely fast, or she wanted it to happen."

"Exactly." I nodded. "Usually, we would see body tissues such as blood or skin stuck on the fingertips. Since no one likes being tortured to death, a fight would be the case. Even when the patient is drugged with a piece of cloth filled with chloroform, trust me, it does not work like how people think. And I don't think they can get chloroform here."

"Got it. Thank you." Kurokawa returned her gaze toward the finger on the ground. With one hand placed under the chin, the bookworm was seemingly in deep thought.

"There are two scenarios that I'm thinking about," Wawa spoke up after a brief silence. "What we have here is either a declaration of war or a gesture of peace."

Honestly, seeing her being so calculative despite not knowing her birth-giver was dead or alive, only seeing a bloodstained severed finger, baffled me a little. What kind of mental power would one need so that they could still be like her in such a dire situation?

"I could understand the first part. But peace? This...thing doesn't say anything like peace. Then again, you must have a good reason for that." Glancing over at the bookworm, I could see her gleaming green eyes shining with brilliance.

"If you already understand half of it, I'll save both of us the time to talk about the second part." Kurokawa sat down, still concentrating on the finger on the ground. "I know you're smart, Rachel. But what you're thinking about is limited by the knowledge of this iteration. This is why my mom's finger could be a gesture of peace was off-putting to you. Let's put it this way. If everything and everyone is linked in just this current iteration, then the appearance of this finger is less peaceful."

"...What are you doing?" Kurokawa rolled her disappointed eyes. "In front of the house, too?"

"Nothing at all." I lied and turned my back to her.

However, she did not ask me any further questions. Wawa probably thought it was pointless to pursue my actions. Instead, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off her hands. "I'll go get bleach and some scrubs. Better clean the stains as much as possible before C notices. It's not very big, but I don't want to take a risk at something like that."

"Yep, agreed, Wawa. The sooner, the better. Darling can be coming down any second despite everyone's effort in keeping him in your room."

Wawa smiled softly. "Yeah. He can be quite spontaneous sometimes. Wait here a bit."

After a few seconds, Kurokawa returns with a water bucket and cleaning supplies.

"Here we are. Everything you need to clean up the blood. By the way, is it okay if I leave you to it? There's still dinner that I need to finish."

"Sure, no pro-ble-mo! Unless C suddenly comes and I can't do anything in front of him, I can be your guardian. Easy peasy!"

"Thanks. I really appreciate the gesture!"

"Actually, one thing, Wawa. Are you really okay with cooking alone? With your hand and all?"

Hearing that, Kuro lifted her wounded hand, still wrapped in bandages. " It's going to be alright. I've had worse. Anyway, please wait out here a while. Who knows if the other person

Seeing Kurokawa turning her back on me, I called out to her one last time. "Wait! Don't do anything weird to the food, though! I don't want him to sleep while eating!"

"..."

Ga-chak

With a face that clearly said: What the hell are you blabbing about, Kurokawa went back inside, leaving me on the street.

(Miss me?)