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Evening

The red sky was spreading, peoples shadoere growing thin as it stretched, the shadow of a person stood still in front of a huge stone e at the northwest of the royal palace

[I’ was Aiko

Thein front of her, a so-called monument for the faithful who died in battle (A tohich symbolized praise to the souls who died while loyal to their country) It was for the people killed in action and victims who carried out their duties out of loyalty towards the Kingdom, their names were carved here without exception Even now, there are lots of flower offerings and mementos left by people in front of the h it’s unconfirmed how many people’s names were carved onto the stone but, Meld’s naently placed weapons within the ed western sword and spear It was the artifacts of Aiko’s students who passed away----Daisuke Hiyama and Reiichi Kondo

Aiko voiced out her confession while alone, just what should I be conflicted with That I wasn’t able to bring back Hiyama and them back to Japan, or, because one ofincluding what I’ve done……

While AIko was looking doith a dejected at so sound was likely to purposely infor Usually he wouldn’t make such noises

Aiko was startled and raised her face towards the sound

[Nagu that noise earlier was Haji orange sun and stared right at Aiko He had flowers in his hand It’s obvious to understand that he was there to offer flowers as tributes Aiko showed a slightly unexpected expression towards his actions

Hajiuessed that she was probably wondering what he was planning on doing, with a wry smile he placed the flowers onto the floral tribute stand

[Even I feel likefor the dead people a bit, Sensei?]

[Eh? Ah, no, I mean, I don’t particularly……]

Hajirettable voice which caused Aiko to be shaken and tried to deceive hi her hands back and forth in a hurry Then Hajied his shoulders like it was a joke and stood silently by Aiko

As Aiko frequently glanced at Hajie stone monument and didn’t particularly care about Aiko, he didn’t see either Somehow, silence suddenly fell into the area and Aiko decided to reluctantly start a conversation

[Eh~tto, those flower are…is it…for Hiya It’s for Meld]

Hajiuess

[For Meld-san…]

[Ahh, though eren’t acquainted that much, I don’t particularly hate people of his nature Contrary to his position, he worry quite a lot, failed a lot, and was always trying to i flowers its rettable" towards the people]

[Naguht huh…]

Towards Hajientle Even though Hajime mercilessly killed his enes to mourn for a person’s death so Aiko became happy at that Her cheeks naturally loosened up that he purposely took the ti

Actually, Yue and theave off a carnivorous glare in their eyes of wanting to take him into the bath room with them, since there was still tilanced at the flowers being displayed in a vase, he thought, how about killing ti flowers? and he pulled soret for Meld was real, he couldn’t actually tell the truth

Hajis and frowned at Aiko who loosened her cheeks

[You’re not going to blame me…]

[Eh?]

Towards Haji about Hiyama The circumstances were different from Shimizu’s case It appears that he was eaten by a demon in the end but, I was the one who pretty much killed hiain? Kondo as well, although he was already dead, the one who pretty ht that Sensei would have hit er]

[………]

Aiko’s sain Haji her for an answer How radually voice out her words

[……To be honest, I can’t easily give out a clear answer I don’t believe that it can be forgiven that Hiyama-kun killed Shirasaki-san but, if possible, I would have liked that he live out his life to atone for those sins It was shocking that Kondo-kun turned out like that But, I can understand why Naguth An important person was killed in front of your eyes…with that, although it’s against what I’d ideally want, you couldn’t do anything but vent out your anger on theumo-kun]

Aiko crossed her ar cold and she was trying to keep war about what you did at the head teh Aiko’s mind’s balance was broken, Hajime and Teio had soic, once again, it appears that her uilt and ethics If you looked carefully under her eyes, you’d notice that she had dark circles that she tried to cover up with makeup, it was clear that she wasn’t able to sleep for the past several days It’s possible that she was having nightain Haji and stood still Was she unable to endure the at drive

[……Is it……not painful for you Nagu people? I don’t particularly think it’s painful……I think that that part of me probably broke when I fell into the abyss That’s why I can’t sympathise with you]

[……]

Towards Haji ile strike, Aiko’s state of htened up

[…No one…blames me]

[Eh?]

Aiko leaked out her voice as if she couldn’t endure it

[No one blames me The eyes of the children in our class doesn’t look at do at me with praise]

That was a fact All classruesos about Aiko’s assistance in hoht for herself and took on the brunt of the load for their sakes, the Kingdoovern probleh I’ve talked about it all to David-san and them, even they wanted a bit of ti s]

Blood dripped from her lip that she bit Aiko probably wanted to be bla as they’re not a maniac or rotten person, noruilt and ethics So for such people, taking the bla the punishment, are in a sense a kind of salvation

Aiko herself probably unconsciously seeked for that However, that wasn’t given to her

Although Haji the church, he believed that even without Aiko, Teio would have still soht that bearing the burden alone was a bit much, so as if he was troubled he scratched his cheek as he opened his mouth

[Even if you say that, Sensei The direct cause was due to Teio’s breath, Sensei only helped out a little? I don’t think you should take on the burden as if everything was your fault…]

[Those kind of things don’tkilled but I still helped Teio-san That’s no different than directly ave out her rebuttal strongly Aiko herself probably felt ashaetically Looking at Aiko with a side glance, after a ret it?]

[~……No, at that time, I was resolute with Teio-san…because I couldn’t overlook what the church was doing…to help you…if that was left alone then the students would surely have had terrible experiences…that’s why…]

While Aiko was holding back a painful voice, she replied that she "Had no regrets"

At that time, when she looked at Ishtar and them who had cornered Hajime, not just for Hajiht, her resolution to dirty her hands was real Even now that was still unshaken However, she was suffering while carrying the people who she’s killed on her back, it wasn’t so could solve

Hajih that wouldn’t be noticed by Aiko as he glanced towards the side at Aiko who looked like she was suffering Why did a teacher like Aiko reveal such heavy feelings to a student like rieved in his s that Yue and Shizuku pointed out earlier in the day and worried if that was the cause It appears that Hajiory in full-blast

Haji for words

[About Sensei, will you still be a Sensei from now on?]

[Eh?]

Towards Hajime’s abrupt question, Aiko’s expression unintentionally became blank And she remembered that she was asked the same question once before At that time, she should have answered with confidence, [Naturally!]

[…………]

Now she was unable to immediately answer That was because she questioned herself if she should declare herself as a teacher after having killed people Aiko was tightly clenching her teeth and her expression distorted He understood that Aiko was having an extre within her mind

As if he expected it, on behalf of Aiko who couldn’t answer, Hajian to talk

[If, Sensei says that she’ll continue being our Sensei from now on……will you listen to my selfishness as a student]

[Selfishness…is it?]

Aiko who had a bad complexion and seemed to collapse at any moment, showed a perplexed expression from the words that came out of Hajihts fro and faced Aiko tostared at Haji to well up and as if attracted by it Aiko also stared back

After Hajime confirmed that he was firmly reflected in Aiko’s eyes, he slowly said his words Exactly as Hajime said before, they were hopelessly selfish words

[Sensei…I want Sensei to feel guilty about it I want you to shoulder it’s weight Justly fighting, justly shouldering it, justly suffering, and justly co I’ood exaetit from now on I’ll properly watch such a human-like Sensei after all If I do so then even after I return to Japan, I’ll be able to live huumo-kun……]

Aiko’s eyes opened up widely towards Hajiht in her dreams that he’d not blame her nor cheer her, but instead tell her to continue suffering from now on But, towards that selfishness, in a sense,as it formed ominous clouds within Aiko’s heart

The results of her determination and actions were serious All the more it was painful as well She wanted to run away and almost became broken Her natural character made it extra painful because she was determined and resolute

But, when she looked at herself, she had people illing to help her The is that were lost, there’s a person who can’t feel but reht

----Ahh, how very selfish What entle selfishness

A transparent drop ran down Aiko’s cheeks Everything she’s endured up until now in order to not cry easily crulance and turned his back as he troubled conveyed the his last words

[Ma~a, times when it’s so painful that it seems like you’d break, by all means……since there’s no one here…since there’s really~ no one here so it won’t be e……I’ll lend you my back]

[~…Really…people like you are…]

I’ll pretend that I didn’t notice that Aiko was crying? is what Hajime seemed to say as he showed his back, Aiko approached while s and buried her face into his back

[Then, I’ll be borrowing it for a bit …Naguht, Sensei]

Aiko’s cheeks loosened up because of Haji tears as if they were everything she’s saved up, she once again vowed In other words, she’ll continue being a teacher And continue shouldering her sins If a selfish student would be watching her then…she felt like she’ll be able to do her best

The shadow of the two people expanded towards the east As the night fell, the sounds of sobs resounded for a while

After this, Haji with Aiko after she had finished crying but, while blushing rando besides Hajioes without saying that he was breaking out in cold sweat

And sure enough, Yue and them noticed and it’s needless to say what happened when he was taken into their room About this case, Shia and them and i, Yue’s silent expressionless stare n particular was the most painful

It should be noted, that they coincidentally hts as they returned to the royal palace but……it appears that, in the end their love for Aiko won

To begin with, the reason why they accouards was due to various senses of values but, after being forcefully pulled away frodo confir doubt for the people of the church Although they were considerably shocked when the truth of the church and god was revealed, as expected they still cah they kinda had a feeling of co around the in the "Goddess of Fertility", they decided to revive and serve to protect the Kingdoain, it felt as if they carried a strange sublis to think about as well

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[Enough already, really geez! Ok!]

[Hajime-kun…please be a bit more cautious?]

[Fufufu, as expected of master, to deliver the final blow after we just looked away for aroo dinner, Shia’s and their voices resounded out as if bla directed at was just enjoying the meal in front of hih Yue as sitting to his right wasn’t saying anything, her eyes looked at hi at a troublesouess It couldn’t be helped then] is what they thought, clearly the feelings that Aiko has for Hajime inside of her was complex due to the fact that he was her student

Moreover, after hearing Haji" Aiko’s treats of sympathy for Aiko

[……Hajime Does it seem like Aiko will be able to endure?]