I Became a Stalker in a Yandere Dating Sim

87 – 87. Surrender

Sweat drops thickly beading on the smooth skin due to intense combat.

Sweat drops forming on Jane’s azure eyes, her blue eyes wide open as if about to pounce.

Her eyes, playing with the prey, swiftly moved in all directions, reading the surroundings.

Monsters in large armor, forming a circle, swiftly surrounded her like a hurricane.

As Jane was brought by her father to witness her growth through the unfolding test, she glanced towards her father overseeing the arena from above.

Following the orders to face the monsters symbolizing the family’s protectors with just basic skills, Jane tightened her grip on the sword.

Soon, unavoidable strikes came flying towards her in a crescent shape.

In the past, it would have been impossible for her to fend them off with just basic skills.

“Ugh-!!”

Having learned many things from Roxer, mastering the art of condensing everything when engulfed by Misteltain’s origin, there was nothing she couldn’t do anymore.

As the long sword made a full circle, deflecting the incoming strikes with a hair’s breadth difference.

Not missing a beat, when Jane made another full circle…

“You didn’t just waste time fooling around at the academy, did you?”

“…You’ve grown immensely, haven’t you, Grandfather?”

As her grandfather managed to stifle his admiration and gruffly spoke, her cousin nodded in amazement.

‘The girl who used to act like a boy all the time fell for some guy’s teachings and completely changed…’

Thinking back to how Jane clung to Roxer and trained with him, her cousin smirked.

‘Is it the power of love or something like that? But if I mention that to Grandfather, I might as well be dead.’

Various speculations and hypotheses were made to illustrate how much Jane had grown.

However, her grandfather didn’t think so at all.

‘A guy who can grow this strong, wasting time training for just one man and acting indecently at the hospital… I must never allow them to meet.’

The reason for Jane’s newfound strength lay with Roxer, but her grandfather denied it, flicked his finger dismissively, and moved on to the next test.

Knights in azure and white armor, vivid with magic, clattered their heavy gauntlets as if entering a war, surrounding Jane from all directions.

“Gr- Grandfather? Isn’t the number too overwhelming!?”

Surprised, her cousin, seeing the overwhelming number demanded of Jane by her grandfather, intervened.

“Jane, I now allow you to use other means.”

Whether spoken or not, Jane’s father commanded to proceed, and Jane nodded, thinking of Roxer.

‘It’s the first time my father has been this angry… I want to go talk to Roxer quickly.’

Grey light rippled around her, then condensed to the extreme and even fused with the surrounding space.

It was an interpretation and implementation of Roxer’s peculiar swordsmanship, observed over her shoulder.

Thinking of how Loxer had spared no praise and taught her various things, Jane remembered.

The knights and warriors, with a strange sense of unease, rushed towards her, shouting like a feast or a snapping of a blade.

“You need to understand the overall movement and blend into it, moving as if seeping into the gap like water trickling down a stone tower. Flowing like water eroding a wet stone, while simultaneously attacking the weaknesses.”

Jane executed the swordsmanship Loxer had roughly taught her, anticipating the unorthodox, unpredictable, and unpredictable first strike of swordsmanship she was about to face.

Despite not being confined to the range, Loxer deliberately approached, feinting with a fake swing of the sword, attacking another.

Emerging from the opening, Uchi accelerated and decelerated at an unpredictable speed, thrusting the sword into the weakness in the manner she had shown.

So fast that flashes flickered, creating an illusion of Jane appearing as multiple people.

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“-!!!!”

“!!!! Impossible!? Can such a thing be possible!?”

Even a feint was a deadly attack, and each movement was an unpredictable real combat swordsmanship that swiftly cut down the enemies like lightning.

And it was all about striking only at the weaknesses, with precision and neatness.

“Don’t overdo it, Jane. It’s only now become somewhat usable. You still have a long way to go, so firmly adhere and train without going astray.”

Yet, Jane’s father, still wearing an uneasy expression, turned harshly and walked his own path.

“Is he still holding onto that matter…?”

Seeing Jane’s emotionless demeanor, Jun wondered if her grandfather was acting that way because her mother and brother figure had died young.

Inevitably, Jun descended to Jane, who was drenched in sweat, catching her breath.

“…Yes…”

Jane bowed deeply, biting her lip.

Having grown up strictly, harshly, and ruthlessly as a genderless warrior, she was accustomed to it.

And she thought that was only natural.

‘…Father… Loxer…’

Unable to defy her father’s orders, Jane continued her training until she collapsed.

When she was exhausted and gasping for breath, she individually sent messages to the disciples who had trained together.

As thoughtful and talkative as she was, she quickly sent messages, but…

‘What should I even say…’

She couldn’t figure out what to say to Loxer.

No, she wanted to say, “Please hold me back, stay with me, oppose Father’s orders,” but she couldn’t find the words, especially since he was the first person she could rely on and the one who stirred strange emotions within her.

Just as Jane’s smartphone alerted that it would permanently shut down in 10 seconds.

“…? What’s happening… Why now?”

Jane’s vision blurred, and something hotter than sweat began to trickle down lightly.

She couldn’t cry when her mother died, couldn’t remember her brother who left without a trace, and no harsh training or cruel tests could make her shed a tear, yet strangely, warm emotions flowed from her eyes.

She believed that Loxer would surely grow into a prominent figure and eventually meet her as if passing by, but for some reason, she couldn’t understand why her eyes stung and her heart felt heavy.

Feeling an unusual prickling sensation in her throat, Jane eventually left a message to Loxer without any content.

With that, the screen went dark, illuminating only her figure on the dark screen.

Jane, who had never shown such a weak side in her life, reminisced about the times when she played with Loxer.

She pondered wearing the clothes he had given her, feeling an itch in her heart and difficult emotions when she couldn’t stop herself from crying.

“It’s pathetic, the one who should deliver speeches as the next guild leader is shedding tears. Stand up!”

As if not caring at all, Jane’s father nudged her, making her stand up.

Jane rose to her feet once again, as if she were a child, killing her emotions.

But was it because she had grown too much compared to back then?

Rather than killing her emotions as she did back then, her body trembled slightly due to them growing even larger.

Upon seeing this, Jane’s father, with a stern expression, subjected her to relentless training day and night.

“…This won’t do. Jane won’t be able to endure this much longer!”

Witnessing Jane enduring sleepless nights, only consuming medicine, Jun was astonished and pondered on who he should seek help from.

No matter how hard he tried, stopping his father and secretly helping Jane escape seemed impossible.

Suddenly, a vibration emanated from Jun’s pocket.

‘…!’

Jun recalled a person named Roxera who was close to Jane.

Given that Jun had once given a business card to Roxera, it wasn’t entirely implausible.

As Jun answered the call with trembling hands, his face quickly paled.

However, being under the surveillance of the family, he spoke cautiously, and Roxera, seeming to understand, suggested having a meal together without prying too much about Jane.

Thus, Jun headed towards the agreed meeting place with Roxera.

“From what I’ve seen so far… Roxera should be able to help Jane escape from this insane household.”

Caring for his family in his own way, Jun quickened his pace, realizing that the family was truly mad.

The place he arrived at was a shabby tavern.

It was a small restaurant in front of a field dungeon known as the birthplace of nightmare where malicious creatures emerged as field monsters.

“You’ve come.”

“Roxera Senudo!?”

Upon entering, Jun saw Roxera drinking elixir in a battered state.

Although there was not a single scratch on his body, Roxera’s dark, bloodshot eyes gleamed vividly.

“What’s this…”

“Just practicing as usual.”

“Excuse me?”

“One of the melee dealers who left the party hasn’t returned, so I trained alone every night until dawn.”

“I see…”

A moment of silence passed.

Roxera glanced around, checking if there were any eavesdroppers, and as soon as Rika signaled that there were none, he spoke.

“Is Jane doing well these days?”

“……”

“……”

After exchanging glances for a few seconds, Jun laid down a document from his bosom, then left while stating, “I have never met Roxera Senudo before, and I will never acknowledge it in the future.”

Understanding the gist, Roxera grabbed the file.

“I have never seen you before, and I will never see you in the future.”

Understanding that Jun was giving Roxera an opportunity to infiltrate, Roxera smiled and checked the documents.