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[Shizuku-chan!]

Along with the voice, before she noticed 10 shining barriers were created and protected her And within those, there were also lights which cut in between Nia and Eri that bursted out! Should it have been called, barrier burst or soical power contained within the barriers go out of control and bursts out light as well as letting loose the remains of the barrier

[~!?]

Eri immediately covered her face with both of her arht light which caused her to lose her balance as the re down Shizuku was also siot back up to try and restrain Shizuku, before that, a rope of light grew out froround and bounded her

Shizuku was completely dumbfounded at the current situation and turned towards the voice which called out her nahts ere surrounding theht the appearance of her best friend which shouldn’t have been here It was not an illusion Kaori was definitely looking at Shizuku with a grief expression Surely with the sight of Shizuku and everyone elses tragic state, being able to just barely make it in time has allowed her eyes to loosen up in relief

[Ka, Kaori……]

[Shizuku-chan! Wait for a bit! I’ll help you right away!]

Kaori’s voice sounded out desperately towards Shizuku and them ere surrounded by soldiers as she appeared from the entrance of the plaza Then, she quickly started chanting full-heal recovery ht system, "Sacred Text" Froed that she should quickly heal all etting in hts as her face distorted in anger The knights all attacked Kaori together in order to stop her chant

However, Kaori was not hurt, the swords that the knights ielding were stopped by a barrier of light

[Everyone! What exactly happened! Return to your senses! Eri! What exactly does thisthe first-class recovery ht behind Kaori A sphere-like barrier wrapped around Kaori and herself in order to defend themselves

Ririana was extrehts and soldiers were trying to kill Kouki and the up the barrier she called out to question Eri However Eri wasn’t listening at all

Ririana’s techniques were definitely of the higher class Being able to cover an entire caravan in a barrier and holding out against the attacks of over 40 bandits That’s why, even if the knights delivered severe attacks with their li out until Kaori’s chant was finished

And, because Eri understood that, her expression showed iuess?]

Was it because of i her classmates into puppets and decided to kill them all off before they were healed

Then, at that tihts who brandished his sword against the barrier was beheaded and collapsed onto the ground

The one who appeared behind the fallen knight was……Daisuke Hiyaht!]

[Hiyama-san? With such an aound, you-!?]

Ririana’s face turned pale as she saw Hiyah her chant wasn’t interrupted, Kaori’s eyes also opened up widely That was to be expected as Hiyama’s chest was drenched in blood No matter how you looked at it, he had desperately and recklessly tried to escape froered, Ririana quickly removed part of the barrier and allowed Hiyama who had his hand placed on the barrier, inside With a thump, Hiyama fell down However in that moment, Shizuku’s impatient shout resounded out

[Don’t! Get away fro out blood Shizuku had noticed Why was only Hiyama able to break out of the restraints when even Kouki couldn’t and as the person that Eri talked about anted Kaori……It was clear that Ririana’s barrier would stay in place until Kaori’s chant was finished Despite all that, the only person ould pretend to help out…

[Kya~aa!?]

[Agu~u!?]

Shizuku’s warning was not on time

Ririana’s barrier disappeared, as seen there was the appearance of Ririana as eround and a sword ran through Kaori’s chest

[Kaoriiii–!]

Shizuku’s scream echoed out

With an crazed look in his eyes, Hiyama had embraced Kaori’s back closely with his face buried onto her neck What was in his hands behind Kaori was obviously a shich pierced through her heart

Hiyama was never injured in the first place He had been pretending while preparing in the case that Kouki’s explosive powers as the hero allows hih he was surprised at Kaori’s and Ririana’s appearance, he judged that at the rate things were going, Kouki and theet healed and decided to act

[Hihi~, finally, I’ve finally obtained it …As expected, I’ht? Na~a, Shirasa…no, Kaori? Na~a? Gihi~, oi, Nakaed her shoulders towards Hiyama’s words And in order to place "Bind Soul" onto Kaori she approached

Right afterwards, a screauys–!!]

Kouki was Desperately trying to break out of the restraints even as his body creaked as his anger was at his boiling point He had thought that Kaori had been killed and see shackles began to gradually grow larger It was extraordinary strength However, it was still not enough to be released froht’s restraints

Then, as Hiyama relaxed as he saw that, a low muttered voice could be heard in his ear If you looked, it was Kaori asa fatal wound Hiyaht his ear closer to her mouth And what he heard was……

[------–at…the…end of…the…year, I…smile…"Sacred…Text"]

Even with a ic was casted through will power Hiyama’s eyes were opened wide in astonishment

Kaori herself should have realized that a fatal wound was inflicted onto her Despite it all, till the last breath what sheout the naht

Kaori had thought about it He, the person who she fell for, no ht without giving up If so then, she ished to stand next to hiracefulness And with barely any consciousness left, with just her strong desires to finish chanting the e for her life

Ripples of light began to spread out frohout the plaza and resulted as a powerful heal for those that were injured The swords were being pushed out by the healing light For some reason the puppet’s ht of healing also affected Kaori, though the wound was being healed, the injury that Kaori received was through a vital place unlike the others Moreover, as the wound was closing up Hiyaed into her wound and she wasn’t healed at all With that, Kaori was certain to die

[Ahhhhhhh!!]

Kouki’s screaushed out

With his body healed he could perform at his best, with that the shackles that were already cracked were all destroyed as if they were fragile things At the saht radiated intensely froer With the intense torrent of light, Kouki had raised his stats by a nitude of 5 It was the final derivation of "Liive you guys!]

Although the knights were trying to restrain Kouki, Kouki easily snatches the sword of the knight which stabbed him and easily cut the puppet into two Then, held out his hand to retrieve his sacred shich was taken frohout the air and flew into Kouki’s hand

Eri was expressionless, puppet soldiers were rushing at him but Kouki easily cut thes ofa conized that his opponents were already dead so there was no hesitation in his sword

On the other hand, the front-lines group gathered around the other classan No matter how ain by puppet soldiers, there was also no tiht was based purely on physical strength Ryutaro and Nagayama literally became a roup which were treet to Kaori’s place with a tearful expression However, just like Ryutaro and them she was still in shackles, waves of puppet soldiers attacked and she wasn’t able to easily advance ahead

At that time, Kouki had finally beaten the puppet soldiers which surrounded hirily at Hiyama and Eri and quickly advanced

But, there, Eri’s true of Kouki’s weak point appeared As a result, just as Eri predicted, Kouki’s sword stopped

Kouki called out towards that tru voice

[It, it can’t be…even…Meld-san…]

Right, the reason why Kouki’s sword stopped in its place was because it was Meld Roginsu, leader of the knights

[……Kouki…why, are you pointing your sword at s…]

[Na~…Meld-san…I]

[Kouki! Don’t listen! Meld-san has already-!]

Shizuku’s voice scolded at Kouki as shaken When he regained his senses, Meld’s sas already approaching I with the terrific shockwave, Kouki legs shookprobably wrong but I think it’s sodoht has had his lih Kouki’s expression twisted in sorrow, he swung his sacred sword in intense waves towards Meld Even while dead, Meld’s swordset by Kouki’s attacks while he used "Supre head had cooled down a little, his sword attacks which ignored feelings of an to dull However, even still Meld shouldn’t be able to beat the current Kouki, finally Meld’s sas flung away

Kouki instantly closed in and side swept at Meld’s neck with his sacred sword

But, before the sacred sword dug into Meld’s neck,

[……Help me…Kouki]

[~!?]

Kouki’s sword stopped unintentionally after hearing Meld’s words Even though it ht not have actually been killed and is only being manipulated? Isn’t it still possible to help hihts

This was Kouki’s weak point In short, it was half-heartedness If you’re going to help, then help If you’re going to kill, then kill You can choose either one but resolution and determination are needed Kouki had none of that Based on the information presented to him, a convenient interpretation of the situation occured That’s why, though he usually doesn’t doubt his righteousness, he loses himself at the hts shich was on the ground In an instant with the hand which gripped the sword, he once again crossed swords with Kouki However, Kouki didn’t have the overwhelo, rather Meld was the one as pushing

[~!? Gaha~!]

After soh Meld’s attacks, Kouki’s body lost its strength and his knees gave out It was not due to the time limit of "Supremacy Dispersal" That much time hasn’t passed by yet The incident didn’t stop with just that, finally he even began to voround and Kouki’s confusion increased greatly

[Fuu~, it’s finally kicking in It was quite the strong poison…as expected of Kouki-san If I didn’t prepare Meld-san I would have lost]

Towards Eri’s relaxed voice, Kouki desperately tried to support up his body with a questionable expression

[Kufufu, with the cause of the prince kissing the princess, if the princess kisses the prince he’ll fall into a slumber (Killed) and becoht? Ma~a, even I have soencies~]

With those words Kouki had realised The kiss that Eri gave hi In that moment, she likely made both of them take in poison Eri herself ht that he’d be fed poison through ine what soain was reminded of the fact that the Eri that everyone had knoas nowhere to be seen

With the poisons effects, Kouki was coly and then turned around to walk towards Kaori once again Because soon the time limit for "Bind Soul" will be over Hiyare-like form

Kaori was dead and about to be defiled With that Kouki and Shizuku were both furious with anger, and with a regretting expression Shizuku was about to charge straight in

However, Eri had already placed her hand over Kaori Eri began chanting the spell After several tens of seconds, the Kaori puppet which will obey all of Hiyama’s words will be coer, Hiya with a smirk

Then……a voice which betrayed the battlefield that was filled with despair and betrayal sounded out

[……What the heck is going on?]

It was the boy hite hair and an eyepatch, Hajiumo’s voice

Towards Hajime’s appearance, as if time stopped, everyone’s movements ceased This was because Haji emitted

Normally the puppet soldiers which had no e released but, Eri as their spiritualist was overwhel of the weak instinctively concealing the came around which in turn caused the puppet soldiers to also do the saazing at hi circuhts were attacking his classrouped up and forround and vo her knee with a black katana in one hand was Shizuku, Eri and Hiya onto Kaori was holding onto the shich secured that Kaori’s life had ceased……

Thepresence instantly appeared at the plaza As if insects were crawling throughout their entire body, inside it felt like their hearts were being clenched directly and left theainst the presence The presence of overwhel death It was exactly like their blood had frozen For an instant their bodies lost its temperature and the heavy murderous intent made them envision their deaths

In an instant, Haji at a pace which no one could co sound The roaring sound was caused by Hiyaht into the back wall of the plaza and destroying it In an instant Haji without influencing Kaori at all

Norh to cause Hiyama’s entire body to burst apart, however because he held back a bit it only caused nuans By now he should have fainted in the wall, once he wakes up again froin

Hajime held up Kaori with one arm and cleared her face of her hair Then, with a loud voice he called out to his co on you!]

[~……Umu, leave it to me!]

[Shi, Shirasaki-san~!]

In response towards Hajime’s request, Teio quickly rushed over towards thees as she also came towards Kaori’s side Once Teio was handed Kaori by Haji