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Madness and Jealousy

"Shit! Shit! What’s with this! What kind of joke is this!"

It was ht Inside a park located on the outskirts of the post town, Hol-ad, one boy was cursing in a hushed voice, punching one of the trees repeatedly It was Hiyaitation, and ily and ieration to they were full of ht, you really did lose your teh After all, your precious, precious princess Kaori was snatched by another ht?"

A voice filled with scorn and slight sy out from behind such a Hiyama Fwip, Hiyama immediately turned around Next, he nized the other person was the one hethat, with his fists clenched, he replied with a voice that was just like a beast’s howl

"Shut up! Shit! This… this shouldn’t have happened! Why, why is that bastard alive!? Just why did he did that…"

"Don’t be distracted by yourself, I want to have a talk, you know? Also, it will beco in secret"

"… I, I don’t have any with you… my Kaori is already…"

In between the trees’ shadows created by the ht was a person’s silhouette, to whom Hiyama bitterly spoke as he pu with this person was only because he heard that he would be able to , he had lost his reason to cooperate, and it was too late to threaten hi his attempt to kill Hajime as the victim could have said it himself

However, the person in the darkness smiled as its mouth turned curved into a crescent at such a Hiyaain tempted him just like the devil

"If she is snatched then just snatch her back Is it wrong? Fortunately, we have good bait here"

"…Bait?"

Not knohat it meant, Hiyarinned and nodded

"That’s right, bait Even if she puts priority on her feelings and parts from those comrades of hers… her best friends that were always by her side, her childhood friends… do you think she can just leave them be? Especially if she knows they are in a predicament"

"You…"

"It is easy to call her back So, there’s no need to be pessiot a chill… but I a convenient for odsend Shall we finish everything once we return to the Imperial Capital? Then… you will surely obtain what you desire, you know?"

"…"

Though knowing it was useless, Hiyalared at his accoaze, the person before Hiyah he didn’t know all of this person’s plan, frouessed that it’d involve injuring the other classmates For their own objective, they could easily betrayed their co that, a chill ran down in his spine as he couldn’t feel any guilt from that person

(A nasty person as always… but, I also cannot back down anyet to hesitate about This is for Kaori I aht of himself and his confusion had already been disappeared Because of his acco hethat his action was justified, while it all stemmed from his desire for Kaori

The silhouette turned silent as it understood Hiya, it waited for Hiyama’s answer

"… Okay Just like before, I will lend you a hand However…"

"Aah, I understand I will obtain what I desired, and you will obtain yours Give and take, isn’t that a nice word? From now on is crucial The case in the Imperial Capital too, can I leave that to you?"

WithoutHiyama’s distorted expression, that person turned on their heels and disappeared, as ifwith the space between the trees Afterwards, as left was the fallen boy whose eyes were filled with darkness

On the other hand, at the ti happened in the outskirts of the town, another boy and girl were also standing under the ht

They weren’t in the location where the secret e, above one of the ays that passed through between the shops and back alleys of the town A lot of ere built for the large nus, and the boy on the bridge was looking down on the floater’s surface as it reflected the ht

More accurately, he wasn’t looking but "drooping his head", moreover, his expression was dark, far from its usual shine The boy’s appearance was just like that a person whose coe a about his future as he looked far into the distance, into the twilight It was our hero, Aawa Kouki

"… Do you not want to talk?"

A voice called out to Kouki who didn’t look away from the moon reflected on the water surface It was his childhood friend for ten years, the pair of the girl that went away, Yaegashi Shizuku

Unlike Kouki, Shizuku was entrusting her back to the bridge’s railing, looking up at the , her trade in the wind Without looking at his childhood friend, and Shizuku who also not looking at him, Kouki replied as he continued to look at theyou want to say?"

"…"

There was no answer, no, Kouki just could not answer her Even though he was looking at the moon reflected on the water’s surface, as in his s Within her anxiety and rejoice, as if praying, she spoke her feelings without any hint of a lie, which even convinced Kouki, whose denseness was at the level of a chronic disease

Kouki and Kaori were friends for around ten years, but he was hurt when he saw her beautiful strength, he had never seen Kaori made such expressions It was just like a bolt out of the blue for him

Every ti up in hisUnconditionally, without any basis, he believed his thought was a natural one That was that, his childhood friend, Kaori, would always be by his side, without any change It could be said he thought of Kaori as his In other words, he was jealous

That jealousy, Kouki himself didn’t know as to whether it came fro that she was "snatched" fro in his mind, intensely

However, it was Kaori herself that decided to go along with the one who "snatched" her away, Hajih he would surely object to it) Moreover, he didn’t want to believe and tried to deny the existence called Haji him to a duel where he was defeated His misery, resents, and a lot of other feelings wereKouki’s mind a mess, just like the inside of kicked trash can

Thus he kept looking at the water and unbeknownst to hi beside hi… his reply from before was also truly not like him Unable to find his next word, Kouki turned silent

Sneaking a glance at such a Kouki, Shizuku frowned her brows and with an atmosphere that expressed "It can’t be helped," shea pain"

"… A pain?"