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"Are you okay!?," Kaori i hiht released from her and wrapped the man He should be healed in a blink of an eye because Kaori was a "Healer"… or so she thought, but the result was unexpected The ic, he turned into light particles and disappeared
"Eh? Eh? W-Why…" After a little pondering, Hajiht had happened
"Wasn’t it because the effect and attribute of the ic power?"
"… Then, I-I just… killed that person…"
"Kaori, this is not reality Just think of it as "an illusion where we canthat disappeared by being healed a huht I am sorry that I was confused a little there But I aht, Hajime said words of concern to Kaori However, Kaori didn’t feel happy like the usual her, only drooping her shoulders apologizing Then, she s her reaction ht since earlier
"… You keep apologizing, eh"
"Eh? Did you say soaze from Kaori
It was not because of the subtle at around Kaori, but because he felt ominous presences When he looked around, the soldiers were shouting and attacking the nearby ships, and before they were aware of it, severalat Hajiaze and looked at the direction he atching, and the men immediately ca live! Eht-saans! Die for our God!"
They were in frenzy With bloodshot eyes, they declared while scattering saliva around Couess it was a war between countries from how the fleets looked like, and he finally understood the reason for it It was a religious war If he strained his ears, he could hear the other soldiers in the other fleets were shouting si different God’s name
Kaori could only stand in blank surprise inside the frenzied at Kaori from behind, Hajime thrust out and fired Donner over his shoulder Only, the fired thing was not a bullet but ic Power Coic Power Manipulation," he was able to blow off et physically In a sense, it was a flawless technique to disaret because human and even deic poas exhausted This move had always been kept inside of him because he would not use such a lukewarm method on his enemy
However, this lukewarht red bullet fired by Donner h the space and pierced the forehead of one of the frenzied, cutlass swinging soldier Without stopping, the bullet hit the soldier behind the previous one, too, and their bodies instantly dispersed
"Kaori! We are going to juue!"
"Eh? --Kyaaaaa!!"
It would be troubleso "Aerodyna Kaori Kaori screa the soldier on the crow’s nest, Hajime landed in one of four crow’s nest on theup at Hajih there were the enemies fro Haji them didn’t have any distinction between allies and ene one after another just like a bad case of contagious virus
Before even a moment passed and in front of their own ene and twisted their heads, staring at Haji towards the two like a horror movie The frenzied air even et out of this disgusting space?"
"… Maybe there’s so like… an exit?"
"We are in the middle of the sea, you know?"
"Maybe there’s an exit in one of these ships? … see, so like wherever door"
Kaori recalled and compared it to the convenient tool of the blue cat robot Looking at the surroundings, Hajime frowned and objected her idea because the ships were too numerous
"… From what I can see, there’s at least six hundred ships here… it’s impossible to search one by one Don’t you think we’ll be able to find the exit faster if the war ended?"
"Umm~, indeed, there are also the sunken ship… Then, shall we…end the war?"
"End it… I see, ti extreme, eh"
"Eh? Um co bullets ofusing the ropes on the ic gun He thought so while he continued firing the bright red bullets along with "Re the flame bullets
"Kaori, I know you aren’t proficient in offensive ic here And even if we don’t kno to escape fro attacked, so let’s knock thean her chant with resolute expression while tre The frenzied battlefield seemed to shave off at Kaori’s raceful behavior to the i at the surroundings as if protecting her
Looking down, allies and foes wereeach other Unlike what happened when Haji in this illusion was full of bloodshed
On the deck were someone’s entrails, cut li "For the God," "Pagan," and "Divine Punish intent
Within the fresh blood of the soldiers scattered just like a storm of cherry blossom, the crow’s nest where Hajime and Kaori, no, it wasHajiht red bullets flew about in all directions, shooting through the enemies Furthermore, they flew around Hajime and Kaori to protect them, positioned as both offense and defense at the same time
However, the frenzied soldiers weren’t even worried, repeatedly atteic while there were those who approached by going froht was concentrated on the ship where Hajiht the fluctuation of icians ai thehest-ranked ic of her
"-- -- people, held out your ar at, "Scripture"!"
Then, ripple of light spread into the battlefield with Kaori as its center
The ripple throbbed as it expanded for so soone kilometer in radius The enehest-ranked healing ht attribute, "Scripture"
It was a super wide-ranged healingeveryone inside its area The range itself was depended on the aic power and proficiency, but at its worst, its effective range was 500 n" beforehand, it would be able to heal specific object And norician, and took a lot of tiic array To be able to activate it in only one, two minutes alone was impossible unless one was a cheat-like character
At the saht of "Scripture" activated by Kaori wrapped the battlefield, all soldiers inside the effective area had their bodies dispersed without distinction of ally or foe When the ic power exhaustion, and was thus promptly supported by Hajime
"Ohh, a reat, Kaori No, should I say as expected of you?"
"Ah, uh, th-there’s no such a thing Haji…"
Honest praise from Hajime made Kaori’s cheeks blush froht Yue would be able to use ic quickly Then, she ic power froiven by Hajiic array and the ability of taking out the stockedbecause Kaori was incapable of directly htly knitted his eyebrows and wanted to say so when he saw Kaori’s expression, but he put it aside for now because he had to deal with the new inco enemies The battle had restarted
With the ineffectiveness of physical attack, it was a situation where the large aainst any kind of attack as they battled on the ship Norht be a hard situation, but there were cheat-likefleets of two countries were afterwards annihilated by the two huh, kafh, sorr-…"
"It’s alright Just endure it"
Immediately after the last soldiers were annihilated, their surroundings were once again distorted They noticed that they had returned to ship’s graveyard fro if the annihilation was indeed the correct answer, Kaori ihed in relief, ran to the nearby rock, and vo since the dinner she ate had already been digested, and thus she felt a pain fro to vomit
With tears accumulated in the corner of her eyes, Kaori used one hand to tell Hajime "Don’t come," to stop him
However, Hajime still approached her and rubbed her back Kaori didn’t want to show such a pitiful sight to his transradually recovered
Hajime took out apple juice-like drink from "Treasure Box" and presented it to her Kaori obediently drink it heartily and her energy returned The sweet and fresh taste, flushed the sour taste of gastric juice
"Sorry…"
Kaori who knitted her eyebrows and apologized for the trouble made Hajime narrowed his eyes
"Well, I think it is inevitable Even I feel disgusted by it I never thought humans would be so frenzied because of their blind belief …Anyway, let’s rest for now Even I want to recover ic power"
"… Un Say, Hajime-kun What was that illusion? Is it related to these ship wreckages"
Kaori stood up then sat on the nearby rock, and then she asked him Hajime took a little time to think before told her his conjecture
"It is just aa battle in the past … well, it see the dungeon… or it eon"
"Concept?"
"Yeah Tio said it ere in "Guryuu-en Great Volcano" She said ‘isn’t it possible that each of the dungeon had its own concept prepared by the "Liberators"?’ If that’s true, then here is…"
"…To know the ht by the Mad Gods…Haji the answer, Kaori recalled the spectacle froain turned pale, and her body tre from a cold
What made Kaori felt sick was the madness from the soldiers Their behavior and speech were exactly of those so called "Fanatic" while she also couldn’t help but feel disgusted froh loudly in a frenzy even when blood were spraying fro their own hearts out, raised it towards the sky as an offering to their Gods There was also an older brother who stabbed through his own younger brother just to attack Hajihed proudly War itself was a place filled with hastly And it age all "For our God," so…
Seeing Kaori covering her ht beside Kaori and grasped Kaori’s hand He couldn’t leave Kaori, who sickened by the htly surprised, looked at Hajime, relaxed, and squeezed Hajime’s hand back
"Hajime-kun, thank you…"
"Don’texposed to the madness I felt that when I fell into the abyss…"
"… Then, how? … Wait, there’s no need for you to answer… It was… Yue-san, right?"
"Yeah, it was because of her If I hadn’t met her inside the abyss… I wonder hoould have ended up"
Hajiia He was surely recalling the ti his expressionTo defend, to protect Hajime-kun… I wanted to do that But even if I said that, it’s not like I can do anything Since it’s me… who I couldn’t even protect a pro laughter ain Kaori’s sht have also included self-tor since we came here, and don’t make such a smile"
"Eh? Ummm…"
Hajime’s sudden words made Kaori raised "?" above her head However, her smile immediately collapsed and her expression stiffened from Hajime’s next words
"… Listen, Kaori Why did you follow us here?"
"… That’s… am I just a burden after all?"
The downcast Kaori h, and he didn’t answer her question
"I re that disgusting tea that day That’s why, honestly, I don’t think it’s weird that you have goodwill for the current me"
"Haji it I as only you can see, and that’s what stirred your heart Thus, there’s no iven youthat you favor ed Rather, she recentlyto attack ht of the rabbit-eared girl with bugged physical strength Seeing such a Hajireeressiveness and positiveness a I didn’t think of anyone as "special" other than Yue… I honestly thought she was going to give up quickly"
"…"
"No matter how harsh I treated her, how I treated Yue as special, and she was always neither angry nor did she cry, but she seee because she didn’t have aptitude in ainst Yue, she didn’t stop to h she was attacked by her own inferiority co like inferiority co to Hajime, couldn’t help to object and stood up However, she was exhausted and immediately sat back
"Didn’t you notice it? You’ve been apologizing since we came here Even the way you smiled is completely different than the usual"
"Eh?"
"Listen, Kaori Don’t keep looking down Raise your face and look intosaid, Kaori finally noticed she had been looking down for a while now Before, she … thus, when Kaori aze she realized
"Listen here, I will not say it for the second tiht of others as "ie that only Yue is "special" So if you feel pain from it, if you feel you are inferior compared to Yue… Kaori, you should part froain Hajih he did see her reaction
"The reason I allowed Kaori to accompany us at that tied it’d be the best for Kaori to be by s, "even so" you ht it’d be okay for you by my side if you favor me… but, I don’t feel the same way now"
When Hajime ended his words, he separated his hand fro words
"Please think carefully about it oncewith us, and if should you stay by my side fro on your answer, I will send you back to your best friend (Yaegashi)"
"I-I…"
Kaori wanted to say so from her own, the words wouldn’t coed Kaori to est sailing ships enshrined at the distance