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DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh! DOPANh!

In a flash, Haji demonic beast and the silhouette The man with swept-back hair, as if he had anticipated the attack,barrel roll as he confirile de and one of the bird-like de was blown off, the swept-back man’s shoulder was also blown off Even so, rather than falling, its speed didn’t slowed and it aimed to escape at full speed It could only said the way it escape frouessed that the man probably the person from Demon race from Shimizu’s talk The man already detoured to the town in low altitude as if he wasthe town as a shield, then vanished From the method he used to escape from Hajime’s bullets, it seemed the information about Hajime and his party were already known by the Demon race which made Hajime raised a bitter expression Because he escaped towards Uldeia lake, it’d be too difficult to pursuit hih the forest Above all, that’s not his current priority

"Hajiuessed the enemy escaped, she called Hajime with a voice which contained impatience unlike the usual

Hajime put Donner back into the holster, and ran up to Shia without even looking at the collapsed Shimizu Shia was faced-up as she was rested on Yue’s laps and her expression warped in pain Aiko beside her also showed similar expression as she was embraced by Yue

"Ha-Hajirazed by the poisonous needle…"

There was a hole with three centi was suppressed by body strengthening, it could be understood that she was in considerable pain from the amount of sweat flowed in her face However, she floated a forced s voice

When he saw Aiko, her coan to convulse Maybe because she heard Shia and Haji to let Shia treated first She couldn’t let out any word because the poison had already spreaded If Shimizu’s words were correct, she only had severalfrom Aiko’s appearance She didn’t want to make more trouble as it was already too late

Hajily nodded at Shia, then he let out a vial fro people finally ran up towards Hajime and the others with uneasy expressions as they let out cries frohts were particularly shaken, they were half in panic They were asking Hajime about her safety, stepped back when they saw her appearance, and tried to cast recovery ic which was ineffective… towards such people, Haji pressure htly surprised by what he had said His anger because Shia’s injury wasit, he had recognized her as an important cory towards the Demon race that caotten the possibility of hi to Aiko and the others when Hajime’s party went to the frontline, the possibility it becoh However, because he actually didn’t do anything, he was convinced that he didn’t want to do it directly, without any basis to it

As a ht to assassinate Aiko when Shie, but he lost the chance because he was stupefied by Hajime’s party which was out of the nor for a chance, the talk between Shi Aiko to Shiuessed that Aiko would be recaptured in the last ic which specialized in penetration to pierce Shih the Demon race was quick to see that opportunity, there was oneell the trajectory wouldthose risk factors at the saic was activated That was "Foresight" Shia as behind Haji with Shimizu, Aiko, and Hajime, so she dashed out to "break" the future she saw

Thanks to that, the future where the attack went through Aiko’s head and she immediately died was avoided Shia had put her body in the line to change that future Even though he was doubtful on why she put her life for Aiko asn’t not intimate with her, Hajime would not treat an important companion who had worked her best coldly Therefore, he unhesitatingly used the scarce "Holy Water" for Aiko Because there was no ti to use

Hajime held Aiko as supported by Yue, put the vial in her mouth and poured the holy water little by little Aiko looked at Hajilare, but ignored by Hajime Currently, he prioritized Shia’s will than Aiko’s or his own intention That’s why he just poured the holy water as discussion wasn’t necessary However, Aikos’ whole body began to convulse and couldn’t be moved as she desired, so she couldn’t s the water Rather, it was possible to enter the lungs and ed it was impossible for Aiko to s the holy water by herself, he put the rely poured it directly into Aiko’s mouth

"Kh!?"

Aiko opened her eyes wide Next, screa However, Hajiue that invaded Aiko’s mouth, then he forcefully poured the holy water Hajiuilt, there was only seriousness about doing what had to be done

Before long, Aiko’s throat moved as to s and the holy water flowed inside her body Following that, the pain which attacking her body and the cold feeling as her life was going to be washed aere bloay as if a fire was lighted in her core and started to spread around Aiko re in the cold winter, and her body shook It was just as expected of the holy water It was athe flesh and blood of de after, the mouth to mouth ended just in the blink of time, and Haji appeared between the two Hajime observed Aiko His purpose was to ascertain that she had escaped fro at Hajime blankly as her eyes were unfocused

"Sensei"

"…"

"Sensei?"

"…"

"Oi! Sensei!"

"Fue!?"

Hajime called Aiko to ask her condition, but Aiko keep blankly looked at hihtly slapped her cheek and raised his voluained her senses

"How’s your body? Are there any sense of incompatibility?"

"Heh? A, um, that’s, I aood… wait, th-that’s wrong! By no ood, what I ood"

Hajime looked as if he’d lose his temper, and answered simply towards Aiko who said there was no abnormality in her physical condition, then he simply removed the hand which supported Aiko and h she was stupefied by Hajime’s attitude, Aiko didn’t stay in that spot and she had run towards Shia before she aware of it

Hajime took out another holy water and poured half of it directly into Shia’s wound, and the other half was brought close to Shia’s mouth to let her drink it The injured parts make a small shuu- sound and recovered rapidly, but somehow Shia didn’t want to drink the holy water and shook her head

"Ha-Hajiuh… to do it mouth to mouth…"

"Y-you are always like this…"

As she was drenched in sweat because of the pain, Shia leaked out her desire Even if I aet up until you do that!, she said those kind of demand, and even Hajime was amazed by this As expected, there’s no need to purposely do nored the silent complaint from Yue as nice to Shia recently and thrust the vial into Shia’s ulp… puhah… Uu~, Hajime-san is unfair… I am jealous of sensei-san…"

"Haji! That’s a lifesaving action! It is different from what Shia-san want! I aaze and words fro from Yue to read the mood, but Aiko whose face redden purposely made excuses, and Hajih which contained both relief and auessed thing had settled began to ain because, everyone probably recalled the pitiful existence which had been forgotten It was particularly iet him and just didn’t understand what had happened all of a sudden

Hajiht as nearest to Shimizu

"… You, is Shimizu still alive?"

With those words, everyone went "Ah," with expressions as if they just remembered about him and they looked at the collapsed Shimizu Only Aiko displayed a perplexed look and said, "Eh? Eh?," as she looked around, she ht’ve recalled the situation when Shia snatched her With mixed complexion, she panicky run towards Shimizu

"Shimizu-kun! Aa, this is… so cruel"

In Shi was intense, and there was a big pool of blood… he probably only had a few minutes left

"I-I don’t want to die… h-help… if it’s like this… no… I can’t believe it…"

Shimizu spoke to Aiko who held his hand by his side, it was justwhisper Aiko looked at the surrounding for help, but all of them averted their eyes It was already hopeless Moreover, the expressions of not wanting to help vividly appeared on theed to the last straw as she looked back and shouted to the Hajiumo-kun! That medicine from before! If it is now-! Please!"

Hajime had expected Aiko’s words and h, then hethat, he questioned Aiko even though he knohat the ansould be

"Do you want to help hi to kill you, you know? I think it had crossed the limit no matter how much a "teacher" you are"

He was someone who tried to kill her, but she protected him just because he was her student, just how many people could becaht already be at an abnor behind his question, her eyes shaken for a moment, then she answered in a firht be as you had said No, it is surely as you had said However, I just want to be that (…) kind of teacher I will be the students’ ally no matter what happen, I have vowed to becoumo-kun-…"

Hajime became ill-humored as he scratched his head because the answer just as he expected, and he sighed in reluctance because that’s just how Aiko-sensei was Following that, he looked at the sky as he thought of so for a while, he took one deep breath and went towards Shimizu’s side with a resolute expression

"Shi that can save you"

"!"

"However, there’s so the words he could be saved, Shi eyes were staring at Hajime In a beat, Hajime asked a simple question

"… Are you… an enemy?"

Shimizu i that, he floated a san to plead for his life

"I-I a… I will do whatever you want… so help ive you an army… and even… brainwash the wo… so help me…"

With those words, Haji that, he could be seen looking into Shi to confir the depth of his heart immediately looked away However, Hajime was able to confirm it There’s darkness and impurity more than before inside Shier, envy, desire, and other negative feelings, they were just like the deep sea where the light did not reach

Hajime was convinced Aiko’s words didn’t even reach Shimizu’s mind Therefore Shimizu would surely becoaze aze uess what Hajied and she jumped out to stop Hajime

"DON’T!"

However, Hajime was much faster

DOPANh! DOPANh!

"Kh!?"

The sound where a breath was taken away It wasn’t knoho let that out One in the head and one in the heart The bullets which accurately shot made Shimizu’s body jumped for a ering gunshot, no one let out a word, and they could only watch Hajiun in one hand that raised white smoke, in blank surprise Silence ruled their vicinity, within those who could not move, a mutter was leaked

"… Why?"

It was Aiko In a blank surprise, she watched the rean his travel to the death, and she raised that question Hajime looked away from Shimizu and he looked at Aiko At the saain Inside her eyes, anger, sadness, distrust and others feelings were raised and disappeared, then they raised and disappeared once again

"He is an enemy after all"

Hajime’s answer towards Aiko’s question was truly si? Sorry to burst your bubble, I aood natured to believe that, above all my eyes aren’t clouded at all"

When he asked the last question, Shi him that he had "fall" Before death, his ht Shie his way of life because just like the time when Hajime al and retaining hiht in ive Shi Aiko take custody of him However, even before death, Shin

Aiko should also feel that However, Aiko was the "teacher," by no means could she abandon him She just couldn’t do that

"Therefore, rather than killing hiether with us to Japan, possibly… there’s the possibility-!"

"… Even if I tried to give you a reason, I know sensei won’t agree to it at all I have killed sensei’s important student It’s okay for sensei to decide whatever you want to do aboutis-"

"‘A lonely way of life’ I’ve thought of various things because of sensei’s words However, in this world where a person’s life is cruelly light, I thought of not showing any e that I don’t think I want to change that I have no ti from now on At the tier no ht I was mistaken… sensei only has to do what you want… however, I want you to re Even if it’s sensei or the other classer if you become my enemy…"

Aiko looked down as she bit her lip It was no one but Aiko who said, "Having heard my talk, I won’t refute whatever your decision is" Noout Hajime looked at such Aiko and he turned his feet because the things needed to be done here had finished Yue and Shia quietly nestled close to him Accompanied with Pressure, Hajime looked at Will, Aiko, and the other’s appearances, and because there’s also the matter of post treatment, they silently followed Hajihts’ had a purpose to detain Haji "Pressure" and reht, they withdrew their hands and swords

"Nagumo-kun!… Sensei is… sensei is…"

Even if her words weren’t continued, he called out Hajime’s name because of her pride as a "teacher" Hajime stopped for a while and spoke to Aiko over his shoulder

"… Sensei’s ideal is already a fantasy However, we are glad that sensei reed… if possible, please don’t give up"

Following that, this ti circle, he took out ic-driven four-wheeler and escaped from there when everyone had boarded it

Afterwards, what remained was the clamor from the town that was joyed for their survival and the the indescribably subtle mood