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He alhed but,
(Nnn!? It hurts!? For soonna dieeeeee!?)
'Why is there still flesh pain even after death huh!' When he directed such unreasonable outburst of anger to the king Yah his consciousness was surfacing
Further to be shined with faint light
(Eh? Don't tellthat it was impossible, Kouki opened his eyes──
The field of vision of Kouki who opened his eyes in reality was coed e where their nose alih, it hurt-, scary-!? Scary hurt!?」
「Oo!? Kouki-dono! You woke up!」
A stern ed man The look of his eyes was that of a veteran warrior The cri up was Spenser
In addition, when his body jerked from surprise, intense pain instantly assaulted his whole body
This was the worst waking up
Spenser said 「I will call her majesty here immediately! Please wait for asecond!」 and dashed out of the roo left, so Kouki cal with teary eyes from pain
He had recollection of the roouest roouided into when he first arrived at Arquette Or rather, it was exactly that guest roo, he could hear the hustle and bustle of people outside the
「I'm, alive? I'm, still alive……」
Bit by bit, that fact seeped into him Unconsciously his tear duct loosened and tears spilled out eht that his life was lost as the compensation of his wish and the atoneht, that he wouldn't be able to meet anyone else anymore
It was scary It was painful
However, he was alive
What he did, what he accoht now
All of that pressed on his heart Kouki simply cried
zudadadadada- The terrific sound of footsteps resounded in the ears of such Kouki
Recalling that just now Spenser said 「I will call herhis way He wiped his tears in hurry Somehow, he didn't want to show her his pathetic side evenup his eyes, BAA──────NN!! the door was blown off and Moana arrived
Why was it he wondered Kouki felt an i of déjà vu He wondered if these two sisters sie toward door
「Kouki」
「Moana, saht it wasn't so the awakened Kouki let out tears seeping out fro those words of Kouki, she then ran toward hily on the bed
She sat doith her back facing Kouki, and with her long hair acting as veil he also couldn't see her face from the side
「Excuseit has been since then?」
「……」
Kouki felt a bit anxious seeing the silent Moana He wondered if soood
But, before he could speak out his anxiety, Moana slowly tilted her body toward Kouki Without pause she eently so that it wouldn't affect Kouki's wounds
「Mo, Mo Mo Mo, Moana-sarance like kukuri fruit tickled Kouki's nose A sensation that was clearly soft even through the sheet covering his body caused hiainst his wish
「……The people of Arquette are all safe I told you right? You protected everyone」
「Ah……yes」
There was Moana's face right beside his own face as though she was burying her face on his body Her voice was slightly shaking fro with her breath
「It has only been a day since then Really, just what kind of body you have to be able to wake up even though you almost died」
「Ahaha……that's because of the hero's specs」
Influenced by Moana as talking in a casual way, Kouki also responded to her with a casual way of talking
Moana lifted her face, and then she stared at Kouki with her nose tip kept close to him
「But, you will die when it's ti, several tiht that this is it many times」
If it wasn't Kouki then surely it would be beyond any help The life force that was vitalized by blessing art, , and skill that elevated healing power as long as there was ic power And then, the art users who continuously used healing art until they collapsed
All those barely saved Kouki's life
「Just, why are youthat kind of eyes?」
There were a lot, really a lot of things she wanted to say She wanted to say that she didn't ask hiree he would throay his life She wanted to ask why he didn't coether with Koone She wanted to ask hiht about his own life There were a lot that she wanted to say as worried as she was
However, seeing Kouki's clear gaze, Moana beca
Kouki made a small smile and spoke
「I found,He held distrust toward hi, looking for as right, which was right, "the right choice"
He said that he found the ansithin the verge of death
It was soht to be happy about but……Moana's expression turned complicated
「Then with that, you won't hesitate any?」
Kouki shook his head quietly
「I will still waver from now on too, I think that it surely will be painful Because the answer that I found, is so like that」
He was unable to couy"
Ene the world into two such colors, that was so his shile still not knowing anything
Surely he would struggling and floundering drea for the ideal If there wasn't such path, he would surely be anguished when reality was thrust toward hiuish Bring it on
At those ti that it would surely lead to the best result
Surely, nine out of ten he would regret the result, but he absolutely wouldn't give up the future that resulted after he made his choice no matter what
If the ideal was impossible, the second best then Even if that was also beyond hiht in order to haul in a future that was better even if for just a bit
Yes, the world couldn't be divided into two colors
Right, or wrong
From whose point of vieas decided?
There was no such thing as the right solution
「I idolized randfather Because Jii-chan is ht……I, was iht now it's different?」
「Yeah I want to do the right thing, but I'ht or wrong, but in the end, I'>, Kouki was un them
But, even so Kouki was unable to slap away that boy's hand He absolutely didn't want to do that No matter how much he wished for the path where both sides could live No matter even if it beca until the time lio as I want it at the end ofEven if it won't coe huh', Kouki made a wry smile
Moana stared fixedly at Kouki's eyes, and then she sently
「I see……if that's Kouki's answer, then I'll root for you If it's needed, I'll lend you th as much as you need It's not because you have saved Arquette It's because I want to be your strength」
「Moana, sama……」
With her own nose tip, Moana poked at Kouki's nose tip chidingly so that he corrected the way he was calling her
That adding "-sama", was unnecessary
Kouki also sh he was pulled in by Moana's eyes
「Moana Right now there are a lot of problem and there is also not really time but……someday, will you hear a story about my massive failure?」
「I want to hear no matter what kind of story LetKouki's words telling her that he wanted her to know about him
A silence that wasn't aard in the least filled the rooazes still intertwined with each other, they became closer bit by bit──
Kouki's excellent hero ears finally caught the s sound that was countless
He stiffened like rock, and then Kouki looked to the side gigigi like athat aze──
At the entrance of the room that had its door bloay, she saw countless silhouette of people watching attentively while holding their breath
With Spenser and Lilin at the forefront, a lot of soldiers, and furtherilance corps captain Ivana and her subordinates, and then the civil officials……
They were pouring their gaze with all the space packed full with people
「&8212;!? Eeh-eeh-ehem-! Ko, Ko Ko, Kouki seems to be fine already! I'm relieved!」
Moana stood up in a flash with her stance like a soldier's "at ease" position to cover up the situation Seeing that, Koukiup appearance anyht red
After that, Rothko and others ca nuisance in her majesty's tryst」 They spoke their joy at Kouki's safety, and then they expressed their gratitude for saving the city
Midway, the recovered healers arrived in order to continue their treatment toward Kouki, but because the roo to say their thanks even for just a bit and caused the room to be noisy, the healers finally ran out of patience and they raged 「We cannot concentrate here-」, and they kicked out everyone including Rothko Such strange occurrence happened
Rothko was literally kicked out despite being the feudal lord The soldiers, including Rothko who received such treatht could be said to be really surreal
There was one more unusual occurrence, or rather an incident that caused all the soldiers who knew the girl to feel so shocked their eyeballs ht leaped out froure that continued to fight even while unconscious──waswarrior」
Saying such thing, she──Lilin kissed Kouki's cheek
As far as Moana, Spenser, and everyone else knew, that should be her "first" kiss
The true feeling of the girl who then returned to her work as though nothing had happened was unknown Or rather, everyone present wanted to leave it as so
The reason was, because herround and round after that
In addition, it was only for a ht nohile Kouki cannot h transparently was directed toward Kouki
Kouki as du intent!?」 while springing up on the spot Seeing such Kouki, Spenser and others reached a tacit agreeard to this case
It seeainst the "war of woree that they averted their gaze fro their prayer
Throughout all those, with Kouki's astounding recovery power and the healing of multiple excellent healers, Kouki was forced to a complete bed rest for a week at least but……
The situation was alreadyterritory of Arquette
──A news fro> was confirers rushing to Arquette
However, those news didn't enter the ear of Kouki as sleeping once more
No one tried to tell him
Because if Kouki knew about it, he absolutely would ht now
That hy, Kouki didn't notice
That Moana and others had departed toward the battlefield
AN: Thank you veryevery tihts, opinions, and reports aboutfinally arrives…I think