Kazumas Gold Coins
"I paid in gold for your life\ this floor \ this chance
Kazuma's great lie from the very beginning is that he has been seen holding a gold coin before he does anything.
A gold coin to know where to go
A Gold Coin to move from one floor to another.
A gold coin to resurrect the dead.
A gold coin to alter a person's fate
A gold coin for more power
Each coin has become extremely valuable as the coins seem to have a mind of their own and have been seen helping their owners either escape or survive things that they shouldn't be able to.
Kazuma isn't aware of it but his team has begun to fight over who gets what coin, as each coin does something better than the others.
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No one says anything, not because they are afraid but because there's nothing for them to say. She can't help but turn to look at her teammate and partner.
She wants to ask about the test and what happened between her returning to the outside and his fight with the examiner, but before she can say anything she hears her name being called by him, by the monster that she has been trying to escape.
She turns and sees Baam walking towards her, his eyes are just as innocent as they always have been and his smile is just as bright as it's always been.
She wants to run away, to find a place so far away that he would have no hope of finding her, unfortunately, she's here in the same room as him with no way of escaping from him.
She feels Kazuma stand, and in a mixture of instinct and desperation, she does the same and follows him outside.
Again she hears Baam calling to her, and again she ignores him, the moment that she passes through the entrance she notices that she is holding a sheet of paper, one that lists the things that she needs to be able to take the next test.
"Thank god that worked!" Kazuma loudly says before he sits on the floor and leans on the wall behind him.
She doesn't understand why but seeing Kazuma has his legs open, while he uses his left hand to cover his eyes makes her feel better, for a moment she had forgotten that he was Human, but the man in front of her is just that a man.
She frowns when she sees the blue-haired woman sit next to him and take his arm before leaning on him.'
If she hadn't been there when the two met she would have mistaken them for lovers.
She sits next to Kazuma and copies the blue-haired woman's actions.
"Rache!" she hears Baam say and when she looks up she sees the shocked expression that he has when he sees her holding onto Kazuma.
She wants to run away, but she is trapped now, and even if she ran away where would she go? She needs to take the test and that means that she is going to have to see him again.
'Go away.' the blue-haired woman says to Baam who ignores the woman's words and walks towards her.
Rachel can only stare as Baams hands reach for her, she closes her eyes and imagines those same hands holding her, shaking her, while he yells at her to explain why she abandoned him.
She waits for the hands to tighten their grip on her, but they never do and when she opens her eyes she sees Kazuma holding Baams right hand while the blue-haired woman is holding his left.
"Go away." Kazuma orders Baam, but his voice isn't the same carefree voice that she has gotten used to hearing, nor is it filled with rage like when he threatened to destroy the first floor.
Kazumas voice frightened her, it was cold, and it lacked the emotions that she had gotten used to hearing whenever the man spoke.
"Rachel come home if you want to go up, I'll go with you.' Baam says to her.
"Rachel please look at me!" he begs her when he sees that she lowers her gaze and turns her head away from him.
"I paid in gold for her and now she is mine." Kazuma says to Baam.
The moment that Kazuma said those words was the moment that a heavy silence filled the hall, and even the crowd that had gathered to see them arguing stopped making any noise as the implications of Kazumas words set in.
'She isn't something you buy!" Baam yells at Kazuma and while Rachel isn't able to see Kazumas face, judging by how still Baams feet have become, she can almost swear that Kauma is smiling at him.
"You see I'm starting a Harrem full of beautiful women."
"You know don't you, how she shines when everything is dark. No well I do, because she's mine." Kazumas words sounded heavy and filled with malice.
"Rachel." she hears Baam say to her.
"Forget about me Baam, I'm not yours." she finally answers him, but doesn't understand why her voice is shaking and why she feels her tears falling.
She was the one who abandoned him, she was the one who wanted to escape and she was the one who accepted Kazumas help. So why does her heart feel so heavy?
"No!" Bam yells as he frees himself from the woman's grip and tries to push Kazuma onto the wall.
The difference in experience shows itself and Kazuma is the one holding Baam in place.
'I paid in gold for her, so forget about her' he says to Baam before pushing him away.
She sees Kazuma reach out to her and she takes his hand, again she follows his lead and leaves Baam behind, with any hope he finally gives up on her.
Out of weakness he turns back and sees him crying, he knows that he can't separate her from Kazuma so he doesn't try. She looks at Kazumas hand and smiles.
This hand isn't too big, it doesn't feel like it could break her under its weight nor does it feel like it could erase her just because it exists.
Kazuma's hand feels Human.