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Shizuku’s unexpected reply aze from the ht About Kaori, fro she isn’t yours, you know?"

"… That’s… then, are you saying she is Naguuessed that, he desperately tried to object that as if cursing it Hearing that, Shizuku answered with a strong forehead flick "It hurt-!?," Kouki instinctively covered his forehead, and leering at him, Shizuku scolded him with a cold voice

"Idiot Kaori is her own Whatever she chooses, wherever she goes, it is up to Kaori to decide that Of course, even who she wants to be with… is up to her own decision"

"… Since when? Shizuku, you"what do you uotten about it… Rather I also don’t knohat kind of situation theyto say?"

"That is for you to ask Kaori yourself After all, it is bad for me to say it without her perumo in class was truly… that is… because she loves… hiht"

"…"

Shizuku easily told him the truth he didn’t want to hear, which aze However, Shizuku only thought of it as a passing wind Angered by her attitude, just like a child throwing a tantruan to spit out as in his umo When ere still in Japan, he was an otaku, un special in terh, and being out of place… He took a noncommittal attitude whenever Kaori talked to him… he was an otaku… if it was me, I wouldn’t treat Kaori coldly I’d always think of her as important, and I would do uirls in such a manner, isn’t he the lowest to treat them like that? Not only that, he is awoe for Kaori to like such a bastard after all He surelyup as he spoke, Kouki began to badain awarded him a forehead flick (No Beat ver) fro!?, was conveyed by Kouki’s glare which was ignored by Shizuku earing an a out, you know? I’ve kept saying until now that you should stop interpreting things at your own convenience

"Interpreting things to my convenience… there’s no way--"

"Haven’t you noticed it yet? Kouki, you don’t know anything about Nagu about the tiirls looked happy, no, they really were happy, you see? But you ignored that fact and said so to make Hajime out to be a bad person who is unsuitable for Kaori If that isn’t called as interpreting things at your own convenience, then what is?"

"B-But… it is the true he killed a person"

"… At that time, even I was about to kill her However, I couldn’thappens, then I will surely swing , for the sake of the people ih I don’t knohether I can do it, since I will only knohen the ti I did was only atte to despise me if I become a murderer?"

Shizuku’s confession made Kouki speechless His childhood friend, Shizuku, held a stronger sense of responsibility and justice than others, so he suddenly felt like she was a distant existence after hearing she was truly going to kill However, Kouki shook his head when he noticed the shadow of anxiety and the fear of injuring a person in Shizuku’s bitter s Kouki’s reaction, Shizuku continued her words which could be called a soliloquy

"Certainly, his transfor about his character ere still in Japan, it’s not an exaggeration to say he’s a different person… Well, even so, it looks like Kaori still thought of hiued… but one thing you ht that woman to save us and killed her in our stead"

"… Are you saying it is right to kill"

"I… I don’t think it is right A murder is a murder after all… I can neither justify it nor do I want to"

"Then…"

"Even so, we aren’t qualified to criticize Nagumo-kun It was no one’s fault, but our oeakness…"

In short, he should solve it himself if he has a probleh, so he couldn’t reach the result he hoped for It was a mistake to co with

Noticing the unexpressed words, Kouki recalled that he could only crawl at the time Hajime displayed his peerlessness Unable to object, he fell into sullen silence His dissatisfied expression was obviously saying, "But, it is the truth that he killed a person!"

Towards Kouki’s obstinacy, with an ad tone, Shizuku tacitly warned hi hat she felt after cohtforward sense of justice"

"… Shizuku"

"However I think it’s about ti whether you are actually in the right"

"Doubting et things done But, a distortion will surely appear if you don’t doubt it and just keepon it That’s hen that happens, I want you to react to it by wondering if you are really in the right, or whether you still need to do it "even" if you know it is wrong… it isn’t bad if you continue to think like that, okay? … truthfully, it is difficult to keep on living rightfully Having coh they were denorant that Shizuku was thinking thus every time she killed a demonic beast, Kouki became pop-eyed

"Kouki You are not always the correct one and even if you are in the right You should know that your rightfulness can becos at your convenience this ti fro from your jealousy"

"N-no, for me to feel jealous…"

"It is uncool to make an excuse to deceive aze down, looking at the moon on the water surface However, the dark o had weakened, and he see Anyway, he had avoided rushing into a spiral of negativity, and Shizuku leaked out a relieved sigh, knowing that

Thus, thinking it was necessary to leave hi and tried to quietly leave the place Then, Kouki’s mutter came from behind Shizuku, who had already turned on her heels

"Shizuku… you won’t go anywhere, right?"

"… What’s with this all of a sudden?"

"… Please don’t go, Shizuku"

"…"

Kouki’s words were as if he was petitioning her It was a line that would doo kya kya, but unfortunately, Shizuku only displayed an "a of loss because Kaori had gone… Shizuku looked over her shoulder, towards the blurring moon It was theat previously

"At the very least I am not like the " onthus, Shizuku left the place Left behind, Kouki watched the alley where Shizuku disappeared for a while, then once again, he looked at the moon reflected on the water surface Next, he noticed thebehind her words

"… I see… the moon reflected on the water’s surface"

Flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water’s surface Those ords speaking about a thing that could be seen but not be reached, visible but with no substance, just like a reflection He unconsciously looked at the reflectedhe could reach Especially after seeing Kaori’s expression at the tis to Hajime

Shizuki said she was not "the moon reflected on the water’s surface" So, it’s possible for him to reach her However, her next words were severe Kouki inadvertently ht about what he had just said to his childhood friend

Kouki stopped looking at the reflected moon, he looked up at the sky He had unconditionally believed that he could reach "it" if he just stretched out his hand, but he realized "it" fully quite far Letting out a deep sigh, Kouki began to think about the words coe or not to change… it was up to Kouki