Chapter 35

*This article is about manga chapter. For anime episode, see Promise (Episode).*

## Chronology

**Promise** (約束, *Yakusoku*) is the 35th chapter of *Plunderer* manga.

## Plot

Jail Murdoch created his metal throne and said "that guy" is coming, Taketora can't believe what he said while Licht Bach just arrived at Abandoned Capital Hoffnung, which makes Taketora angered.

Before Taketora could attack Licht, he tell him to hold on for a moment as this is part of their promise, Taketora then says he will be waiting until Licht finished his stuffs. Soon, Licht tells Pele Poporo that he need to heal Lyne Mei's injury on the medical room hiding inside the capital. While the villagers of Hoemmh doesn't understand what's Licht talking about, Pele tries to claim he doesn't know how to use the medical room, only have Licht tells him stop acting as if he doesn't know what he said as he knew that Pele can do surgery himself. Being serious, Pele bring Lyne to the medical room while claiming she's a dumbass. As Pele leaving, Licht went to talk with Hina Farrow, as he want to say something to her after he made a promise with Lyne earlier, that he's actually in-love with Hina since the beginning.

Licht reveals the reason why he denied her feeling earlier, was mainly due to his guilty about him killed his adoptive brother, who's also Hina's father as well. Because of this, Licht tried to make several attempt to make her hate him so she won't came close with him, although it doesn't work as she still ended up being closer with him. Soon, Hina claims Licht is a idiot and kiss him. After the kiss, Hina reveals that while her mother does want her to find the Legendary Red Baron, the Baron she wanted her to find is the person who she chosen and fell in-love with. After the explanation, Hina wants Licht to promise her that he will never try to hide his emotions inside his mask and don't try to leave her alone again. After he promised her about what she said, Hina says that they can make baby now since they've officially become couple, Licht says that they can't as it's still too early for that. Soon, Hina wants Licht to promise her one more thing, that he had to solve everything first before they could make a baby and never try to fight alone. Licht then says she got one thing wrong, is that while he no longer working together with the Class A students after he started killing, he never fight his enemies alone and Taketora always help him in the battlefield.

After Licht and Hina's conversation had ended, the fight between him and Taketora finally started. During the fight, Taketora wonder why can't Licht understand the concept that they must kill their enemy in order to achieve their victory, Licht says that the mindset of killing and stealing by force will only create more wars than actually bring peace to the world, so he will reforms the "Non-Killing Army" and ends the war in a good way. After a while, Licht asks Taketora if he still remember the Abandonment War, Taketora said he will never forgot that war and that one time when he was works together with Licht, where Licht can't kill the children due to Schmelman's gene of loving children, Taketora comes to kill the children instead. Taketora only asking Licht that why must he destroy Althea so they would went through the same hell once again, while Licht also wonder why Taketora still keeping that same mindset that killing is only the solution for over 300 years long, despite he was also remorse at the creation of Althea as well. Then, Licht tries to advise him to join his group and help him, as he need Taketora's power to achieve his goal. Soon, Licht knocked Taketora down with his fist.

As Taketora was knocked down, he remembered Licht's tears from the past, mainly the part he asks Taketora that if he killed the child who's holding the knife or not, Taketora said yes and said that he's an enemy so they can't keep him alive. Licht apologizes to Taketora about his attack afterward. Then, Taketora made a promise with Licht that they will kill all their enemies so that the Abandonment War could be ended. After his defeat, Taketora returns the Ballot back to Hina, saying that he would never surrender to Licht and help him. Before he leave, Taketora reveals some information about the "Wall of Paradise", a huge wall build with the usage of Ballots that nobody but those who used original Ballots can enter. He says that he saw the "Class A" students walking inside the wall two months ago, which everyone being surprise at it. As Taketora leaving, he wonders that if he really saw them inside the wall or if it's merely just his illusion.

Being shocked, everyone can't believe what Taketora said while Licht thinking if they're really still alive or not.

## Characters

By order of appearance:

* Jail Murdoch
* Douan Taketora
* Licht Bach
* Lyne Mei
* Gespenst Zerlegen
* Nana Bassler
* Hina Farrow
* Sakai Tokikaze (flashback)
* Tsukina Farrow (flashback)
* Sonohara Mizuka
* Ichinose Saki (flashback)
* Akui Genji (flashback)
* Suda Kyouhei (flashback)
* Sumitani Asumi (flashback)
* Narimiya Kyouka (flashback)

### New Characters

* Eins (flashback)
* Zwei (flashback)
* Drei (flashback)
* Fünf (flashback)
* Vier (flashback)