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Chapter 7 : Wretched Malice

The death throes that the Behe noise as it cru with the rubble That sight, played for Kaori in slow ht’s event repeatedly played in her ht, she sat here chatting with Hajime while they drank the fake black tea That was the first ti driven by her nightmares, she paid a sudden visit to Hajime Even if he was surprised, he had talked to her truthfully After a bit, she noticed that talking to him had erased her uneasiness

She returned to her room in a jubilant mood When she arrived back at her room, she noticed how boldly she was dress and she writhe in shame Kaori felt depressed because Hajime had not even reacted, in her eyes, to her looks She felt she had no appeal When Kaori saw Shizuku caught herfunny facial expression, she wanted to pretend it never happened

On that night, the most important occurrence was the promise she made to "protect Hajime" The promise that Hajime mentioned to relieve Kaori of her anxiety Hajime disappeared into the abyss, as she stared at hiain

Somewhere in the distance, a screaed to her, she grio! If I don’t go to Naguo!"

Shizuku and Kouki had to restrain her, because Kaori looked like she would just jump after him Kaori displayed such extraordinary power that they wondered where she got such power and how could she display such an amount with her slender body Unlucky for them, she used that power to break free froe her body Nevertheless, they could absolutely couldn’t let her go If they released her, she would jump off the cliff She did not have her usual calmness, not even a shadow of it, now she had such a frantic expression No, itto say

"Kaori! You can’t! Kaori!"

Because Shizuku could understand Kaori’s feelings, she could not find the right words to say All she could do was call out her na to die? It’s too late for Nagumo! Calm Down! You’ll hurt yourself!"

Kouki tried to best to convey hoorried he was of her To the confused Kaori that was here and now, these were not the words to say to her

"What do you o, he is surely asking for assistance!"

Nagumo Hajiht He fell from the cliff into that dark abyss The composure to accept that reality, the present Kaori did not have it If anyone was to word it though, she would just deny it over and over again Ryutaro and the other students did not what to do, so they stood there flustered

At that moment, Meld approached the anything She jerked for a moment, then unconsciousness clailared at Meld When he was about to start co, Shizuku preemptively bowed her head and said

"I’m Sorry Thank you"

"Don’t…Don’t thank me I can’t let another person die We holeheartedly leave this Dungeon I’ll leave her to you"

"You don’t even need to ask"

She watched hiot him to hand Kaori to her Kouki still had a disappointed expression on his face fro interrupted

"Since we couldn’t stop her, Meld had to You understand, right? We don’t have any time Before her cries can start to affect everyone’s spirit, we had to stop her before she broke down Hey, you have to lead the way So we can all get out of this This is what Nagumo-kun would have said"

At her words, Kouki nodded

"You are right, let’s hurry"

They saw one of their classmate die in front of their eyes This event had caused a lot of daraved into the students’ spirit Everyone was looked at where the bridge used to be in a stupefied expressionThere was a girl that said "No roup needed a leader right now

Kouki raised his voice towards his class We have to withdraw!"

The students ical circles that spawned the Traum Soldier was still active Their nuhting would be reckless, also it was not necessary to fight Kouki shouted at his classhts also tried to encourage the students

Eventually, everyone escaped by the stairs

The stairs to the upper level was long It cli else but the stairs in the darkness They felt like they had ascended 30 or more levels at that point Even if their bodies were enhanced by ue soon Wounds from their earlier battle was still present It didn’t help that the stairs were long and diloo a se wall that had a ical forain their vitality Meld quickly approached the wall and started to investigate it They did not forget to use the Fair Scope Fro a trap is very unlikely The carved ical formula’s purpose was to move the wall in front of theical formula Just like a hidden door used by Ninjas, the door rotated to open the way and showed the room behind it

The revealed room was a room they had visited in the 20th floor

"We returned?"

"We ot back…"

One after another a sigh of relief escaped from the classmates There were a few students that burst into tears and others who just fell on their ass Even Kouki and his party that were leaning on the wall, wanted to sit down They were still in a Dungeon though Even if it was a low number level, they did not when a eon before they could actually relax

Meld had to suppress his longing to rest He had to harden his heart as he shouted for the students to get up

"You guys! Don’t sit! If you get exhausted here, you won’t be able to return! To avoid combat with any monsters we have to escape as quickly as possible Hey, just endure it for a little more!"

For the students anted to rest more, they just stared in silent protest at him The student reluctantly stood up while a bit dizzy Kouki hide his fatigue and took point On their way out, the knights concentrated on fighting as little amount of enemies as possible They raced towards the entrance in one stretch

Finally, they reached the 1st floor and saw the nostalgic entrance They had not even stayed in the dungeon for a single day,time since they had seen it

This time the students really looked relieved after they exited the Dungeon There were even students sprawled out in front of the gate square All of them were pleased to have survived Some of the students did not feel this way Shizuku, as still carrying the unconscious Karoi, Kouki, Ryutaro, Eri, Suzu, and the girl Hajime saved had a dark look