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The wave ic in each of their bodies was severely stricken However, Kaori as startled back by Shia’s actions straightened herself and followed Shia iical power seeical power seemed to increase in density the closer they approached the room the two people stayed in It was as if a typhoon had hit them directly as they arrived before the room

The door was already opened as Shia verified that the tere safe After going in, it see her face froed on, Kaori made up her mind and stepped inside

What spread out froold became a torrent of spirals The scene blew off fro each other and holding hands Before the two of theiant and so, Shia… this…"

"I do not know, but they see"

As she had already assessed the scene, Kaori asked Shia who’s rabbit ears were dancing in the storic Shia protected her face with her arm and a lower posture but was able to confirm Hajime and Yue’s appearances When she could see they were both safe, she gave out a breath of relief

If you trace their glance, it seemed a certainty that neither Hajime nor Yue was at risk However, both of the was not even noticed A large amount of sweat flowed fro on ic

"…If it is safe, it seems better to leave…"

"Well, if I fail as a mistress, I should be punished"

"…You should seem so happy about it, Tio…"

Shia retreated towards the door softly as to not disturb Haji at Hajime You couldn’t see the color of emotion in those eyes, but they seeerous

"Kouki," Shizuku called out

Kouki did not answer Rather, he took a step forward straight ahead, just one step forward

"Kouki!"

"Tsu…"

Shizuku irabs Kouki’s arical storaze, as if frightened, revealed shaking Kouki made a step backward One step backward

At that e?"

"A dark…cave?"

Suddenly, i projecting a picture instead of a screen, e situation, Shia and the others forgot to even leave the room

At that time, Suzu muttered to herself

"Soe cave illuht, it would be the Orcus Great Labyrinth"

Tio affir of a cave illureen walls, it would be the Orcus Great Labyrinth that was created by digging into veins of Illumination Stone

However, since the scenery was different from the structure of the upper labyrinth that Suzu knew, she could not say it for certain This looked like a natural cave that had not been crafted by a huht and width of the cave was different from the labyrinth Suzu knew

The sudden situation andthe ile of the shadow next to a rock at a large crossroads, shohite hair, long hind legs, and deep red lines crawling across its body like blood vessels, and the true colors of the iht by the demon of the rabbit type were transmitted to them

"This is anxiety? There is also ie is a memory"

"It is probably Goshujin-sama’s The memory of the place of hell this one heard hi with the iic that filled the roo due to the clearly abnormal monster he had never seen before They couldn’t understand what had led such a situation to occur, but they at least understood that the is they felt were Hajime’s

Apart from the time after he had met Yue, Hajime did not speak much of the time in hell before that It was already over, and Haji about his misfortune It was siiven the chance where Shia and the others could learn fro a glance with one another, they stared hard at the i the roos of the person they loved, it was impossible for thean to concentrate on the ie with interest too

So, at that tie, the deed at hi power

"Hajime-san!"

"Haji with a raised voice Meanwhile, the is of fear and uneasiness transround their teeth seeing Hajime made sport of by the kick rabbit And then, when Hajiuish transaze

"Hajiuth was equivalent to having none at all…"

To Haji one-sidedly toyed with, Shia’s expression became teary eyed as she couldn’t believe it Shizuku spills her words to such a Shia while biting her lip

Before long the ie becomes momentarily interrupted because Haji death fros of terror are spread to thehtened kick rabbit’s i the kick rabbit’s line of sight, and there stood a huge white bear A glance was all it took to understand the bear was not a normal demon To prove that, the kick rabbit that toyed with Hajie was easily cut in two and preyed on, while scattering blood around Hajih the ih Shia and the rest In the case of the deal, however, because of the feeling it had in its eyes that it was looking only at food rather than an enemy and the fundamental fear that was driven into Hajime caused them to shake unconsciously

What happened after that was too tragic for the girls who loved Haji cornered, the left arm was taken, and it was eaten in front of him The eyes that see hi blood, such a reality was unnecessarily given to him whether he wanted it or not

The screaic Eyes that a hu part of the body scattered and eaten, breaking down froony And without either shaet even one millimeter further away froe is already dark The transs reached a saturation point or were already unable to be defined Just…Hajiht of life faded away

"Haji… out tears Nearby, Kaori and Shizuku… Suzu covers her aze is severe Before their eyes the murderous intent to want to tear the claw bear limb from limb welled up

While they watched, the blackout ended Haji his own survival, advanced to the interior of the wall and found a strange crystal that dripped water The god crystal and holy water

Haji his brokenfor help…

There where the e became interrupted However, to substitute for that, the feelings being trans loneliness is felt as no one responded no matter how much he asked for help The darkness in which even his own existence seeree where it see phantom limb pain

Day after day he bore the torture-like pain While lying down as if to die, eventually wishing that he could die, however, the taken holy water did not allow that, and so his feelings of hatred with nowhere left to go were directed at his classmates as he came to curse the unjustness of the world

And yet, in addition to that, he gradually began to improve Haji to live, and, the murderous intent for existences that are a hindrance

Hajian to move He started to collect holy water in a depression on the ground He will begin with eating the wolf His hunger and phantoy had recovered, while his features reflected in the pool of water were already another person

With the glitter ofin his eyes… Hajime slipped out of his cave His only weapon that could not be called a weapon (transmutation) is freely used to hunt the demons

"…This is that appearance…"

"I heard about it, but he’s strong"

Eating the de bloodstained, the appearance of Hajime with his face made dirty with blood is exactly suitable for a iven a voice is transined Beating his head on the groundit is only possible to see the repeated breaking down and regenerating sometimes as it enters his field of vision

Unable to bear watching the ghastly spectacle with the transony, Kouki and Ryuutaro both averted their gazes Suzu, looked like she could vo to endure it

Before long the transfor at his appearance in the pool of holy water, the reflection shows the Hajime of today Still more than the Hajime of today, the deep tenacity andbody and a neer

And, using the power of a transmutation that could not become a weapon because it is only a common job, he unpowder to produce a weapon after e the claw bear and by crushing it prove his ability to fight

At the end of a fierce battle where the claw bear is overcome and its flesh is eaten, Hajime becomes self-conscious In the inner has co to the desire, the ic in the room pulsed Before they were aware of it, Hajiic power… With Hajiic power shot up

However, it was not ic power indiscriminately scattered It was focused so that it was inhaled in a spiral torrent with the two people at its center

–I want to return

Once h the ic power Deeply touched by such a wish, Shia, and the others tightly clasped their hands at their chests

The brilliantly shining criic As the torrent of hts like the stars of the Milky Way galaxy began to spin around them

–I want to return to my hometown

It is quiet; however, everyone cannot help but shake understanding the strength of will being transmitted by that desire It should exactly be called the will of the ut up at the sky once, he quietly closed his eyes In hi certain of his resolution And, when he suddenly opened his eyes he unhesitatingly faced the interior of the abyss while proceeding down the passage to the depth of the labyrinth

The e was projected on was then absorbed by the whirlpool surrounding Hajienerally the same They were duh to become the Hajime of today

Shia, Kaori, Tio, and Shizuku shed tears from the emotions that even they did not understand how seriously far Hajione, but at the sa proud that he could stand back up again after crawling up

Suzu and Ryuutaro couldn’t speak as if they were si looks on their faces as they thought "I can’t h battles, but they’d always had the support of Meld and the other experienced knights in the order, and above all, had been surrounded by coine whether they could truly, all by theh all that hardship and crawl out of the abyss, they shook their heads Even the scene they were seeing noas just the beginning They didn’t think that they would be able to handle it at all

And Kouki… gazed into empty space vacantly, as if his power had left him In his heart, it crossed his mind how he’d just said: "If I’d been the one to fall into the abyss…"

Up until now, Kouki had actually thought that Hajih Shizuku had said Hajime must’ve had a horrible experience, the idea was coht that Hajiuy who did whatever he pleased and easily obtained power just by falling into the abyss

But now that he’d ended up knowing Haji it, it was so incredible it bleay those thoughts

(‘I want to return’… huh)

He whispered it in his mind A doubt welled up: do I actually desire to return home as hts when he’d declared that he would save this world as the hero everyone needs, with Haji it sees… I understand them, but… But, even so… And, now, Shizuku’s also… He’s taken everything fro eed in a e occurred with Hajime and Yue To be precise, with the crystal structure and ic The shape gradually changed, or rather, it united as if to prove it was taking in ical power

"Is that a key…?"

"Well, it looks like an antique key s It was shaped between Hajiular dodecahedral crystal body on the side of the hand It was a key with a terribly sophisticated and co part of the trip

It was created with the fusion of the god crystal and otheras an antique key that captures the beautiful artworks that incorporated a lot of ns with a red crystal

And just after the shape was perfectly formed, Hajime and Yue who did not make movements until now opened their eyes with their hands connected It see was reflected in their thin eyes, which see only visible to the two of thee way, the atmosphere felt ulp of saliva The next moment, the two lips tre mouth…

"Open the door to the place you wanted"

A ht like a fixed star blew up around the two The flow of the galaxy that once calht as if it had caused a supernova explosion, and painted everyone’s consciousness hite as well