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Arifureta After IIThe Finally Arriving Absurdity

「……Nn」

Letting out a s Kouki opened his eyes

He stared absentuest roolad」

Kouki as uneasy that perhaps that time he spent with Moana, the uproar with Rothko and others, all of those ht, he leaked out that whisper and sighed in relief

He looked around, but there was no one in the rooically bloay by Moana was also back just like before

Kouki tried ascertaining his body's condition

(-, I'ht arm and left side are in the worst condition My bones aren't completely fixed too yet But the small wounds are healed As for my physical exhaustion……perhaps, it's about forty percent recovered? Myso, it's still barely at twenty percent)

Kouki let out a large sigh in exasperation and his body sunk into the bed

Looking at outside the , the sun was slightly sinking It would be evening in just a few more hours He reht was the sa for a full day

He stared at the sky from thefor a while

It was really quiet

Kouki's heart was also at ease like the silence of the rooht days I think? Even though it's only a week, I had spent a really deep tiumo too, did he feel like this when he was at the abyss? No, froe in the ice and snow cavern, it orse for hiht from the start It's already lucky that I still have all uy was soainst, but since he dropped out froht about Hajime

That was also the case when he decided to stay behind at Arquette

No matter what, he couldn't help but be conscious of that eration even if he called hi

He wondered how he should think about hi──or feeling indifferent about Kouki if speaking frankly, perhaps he should also be like that and stopped worrying about it

He had also found the answer about his feeling toward Hajime where he didn't have any conclusion about it before No, he was finally able to recognize his feeling where he had been averting his eyes all this tiive a damn at all about me but……I absolutely will meet him one more time and talk to him)

A sloominess in it, it could even be called a fearless smile It was a truly manly smile that Kouki had never ry No, honestly speaking he was feeling abnorry

There was a water pitcher nearby filled with fruit juice that was giving off good smell, so it was likely he could replenish his body fluid and nutrition from it, but as expected his stomach seemed to demand solid food

The uuo-

Kouki somehow lifted his body that rapped in pain and terrible fatigue and sat up on the bed He pulled off the blanket and Kouki's body that becaauze

Kouki instantly felt dizziness right after he stood up, but he shook his head slightly and endured it with effort He ined before he wore the clothes that were put nearby

His old clothes ed they had become It wasn't anywhere nearby, but in their place was soldier clothing hite as the base The size fit hily The smooth texture felt pleasant on his skin

Kouki put his clothes in order for the ti before he slowly headed toward the door

He opened the door and came out into the corridor

「Ah」

「Ah」

His eyeson a chair placed at the corridor was──Lilin

A irl And then, the soft sensation that his cheek felt And then, an instant of beastly nature that Moana showed after that

Kouki's body shivered all over

That look, that look was so he had seen before Those eyes were……yes those eyes Those were the sa when they were targeting their husband

'That's absurd', Kouki shook his head while thinking so

「Kouki-saood unless you rest peacefully Now, please return to the room and lie down」

Lilin see hiently supported his body

「Ah, no, I' really hungry, so I' if I can ask for some kind of food」

Kouki wished that she would ht Lilin was supporting Kouki with her hand naturally circling around Kouki's waist to rest on his stoirl with slender body type, but her body had enough feminine softness in it

However, Lilin's sense of distance didn't change

「Understood Then I will go to bring the food That's why, please take a rest Kouki-sama The healers said that you absolutely ed hio back into the room Her tone was just like usual, but it soument from him Kouki obediently followed her

「Err, Lilin-san is──」

「It's fine to just call me Lilin It's also fine to not speak politely like that with me」

「Eh? But──」

「Call me Lilin」

「Wh, why are you suddenly──」

「Lilin」

「I, I understand Lili──」

「Understand?」

「I, I got it already, Lilin」

Lilin nodded in satisfaction! Kouki wilted down!

Wanting to change the atmosphere somehow, Kouki spoke the continuation of his interrupted question

「Then Lilin, ere you in front of my room?」

「……It's Moana-sama's order She told me to take care of Kouki-san」

「? Then isn't it fine if you stay norht the same But Moana-sama told me 『It will be problematic if a mistake happen, so you must not enter the room when Kouki is unconscious Breach of order will be punished strictly, keep that in mind』 So it can't be helped」

「I, I see Then it really can't be helped!」

Speaking about a ht happen when Kouki was unconscious……

Kouki got the feeling that he ht deeper, and he expressed his agreee the topic For so at Kouki with a sidelong glance

「And then, about that Moana, and also Rothko-san and others, what are they doing right now?」

「……Both of the Arquette,around everywhere」

「I see……about the <Dark Being>, do they appear again since then?」

「No, everything's fine Now, I'll go ask for food, so Kouki-san please go to sleep right away Right now theis for you to rest After all you really al that before walking quickly to exit the rooht now the citizens could also go outside and they should be running around to repair Arquette In this feudal lord ilance corps rushing around busily

And yet,

(……It's too quiet?)

He focused his hearing There wasn't a single sound

「……Lilin」

「Yes?」

Lilin as about to go out to the corridor turned around and replied at Kouki casually

「What's with the soundproofing?」

「──tsu」

Lilin stopped still with her gaze going stiff Kouki didn't overlook that

「Bull's eye huh Is it the work of wind art?」

「……Yes, right It's ?」

「It's so Kouki-san can rest peacefully」

Certainly, that itation However, if that was the case then she should be able ansithout getting shaken when she was asked the reason of the soundproofing

Kouki's instinct was sounding the alarood happened

「If that's so then dispel the art for ht? No, I also want to look at how everyone is doing, as I thought I'll go myself to ask for the meal」

「Ple, please wait, Kouki-san I told you already that you still need a peaceful rest for now!」

Lilin rushed back toward hihtly panicked and pushed down Kouki as trying to get up froaze toward Lilin as putting her hands on his shoulders to ──」

「Lilin, tellfrorasped Lilin's shoulders instead and pressed her with his question Receiving the strong gaze that didn't let her to beg off the question, Lilin's eyebroered doith a troubled look

「If I tell you……will you promise to restquietly?」

「……In other words, there is so on that will make me unable to rest quietly and rush out instead?」

「Uu, please stop reading behind the line!」

Kouki's hands that were tightly grasping Lilin's shoulders becaer His will to not let her ran away could be seen clearly The aze swam around everywhere

「If Lilin doesn't tell me, then I'll run out by eez- I'll tell you already-, so please promise to not act as you please!」

「Got it, tell me」

Lilin's shoulders dropped in dejection, then a beat later, she began talking with a serious and griht after we sent reinforce> invaded the capital The <Dark King> see the army」

「-, so he recovered……」

Lilin nodded

「Not just that, two territories near Arquette were also assaulted at the saer to tell the nearest surveillance base to dispatch their soldiers were sent out, but it can be said that the situation of the defense is as dangerous as this place before」

It see request for reinforcement from the capital, the feudal lords of the two territories also sent er

「In order to prepare for the ti to further strengthen of the defense wall and the underground vault By Moana-sama's command, two thousand of the soldiers are to stay here」

「Wait "Of the soldiers"? You ? And Moana?」

Even while half guessing it already, Kouki still asked while feeling uneasiness to the degree that was uncanny even for himself A bad premonition encroached inside his heart, like an ink that dripped on a white paper and seeped in

「Moana-sa soldiers accompanied by Spenser-sama They already set out to return back Because there is no way the king can be absent when facing an ar>, she said」

「- I, see……」

There was the greatest protection that was the oasis at the capital On top of that, there were also more than ten thousand soldiers led by chief Donar and head art user Linden There was no way they would be defeated that easily

Even so, his bad pre up

For solimpses of Moana's face in his ht away They left froht? If we departed quickly, we should be able to go to the capital without getting left behind toobehind at Arquette He was also concerned with the other territories, but soldiers were already dispatched there, so right noas the <Dark King> that wasthat, Kouki said that he would go at where Moana was even for a second faster, but Lilin shook her head toward him

「You must not You were told that you absolutely still have to rest for one week! Just why do you think Moana-sama leftart of hich had skill like soundproofing for several days, a powerful person with strength that could suppress Kouki while he ounded, and also a person that Kouki knew Lilin satisfied all those conditions

「I cannot sleep for one more week in this kind of time!」

「It's only for four more days!」

「……Eh?」

Kouki showed a dumbfounded expression toward Lilin who seemed to say that unintentionally

「Four more days? Wait a second The tiht?」

「……No, you are mistaken Three whole days had passed since then Kouki-san was sleeping the whole ti for rest You were even staggering only just now」

Kouki was du at Lilin's frank opinion He whispered 「Three days……」

In other words, Moana and others were already in thefroo, to help the you can do in that kind of state It was because I thought that Kouki-san will force yourself that I even applied soundproofing so that your sleep wouldn't be disturbed you know? Even if you are going to go help them, first please heal your body!」

It was a sound advice What Lilin was saying was co becaht that, words and reasoning──couldn't stop hiht? Because, you are a fighter The front line is exactly the place you are looking for Isn't that right? Bringwords in this time……nnh」

It was a serious scene, but for so brointail was fluttering unrulily

「I, I won't be swayed by those sords, so please give up」

Just where did she find any sweet factor froht wasn't the tinored it

「I see……then there is no other way As I thought I' I won't let──」

Using "Ground Shrinker" from the bed! Kouki instantly went around Lilin behind her His body was screahtest

His hand chopped lightly ton- on Lilin's shoulder and Kouki said to Lilin as du 「Eh?」

「Certainly I'm not fully recovered, but not so e I cannot be held back by Lilin just so you know」

「Tha, that's really a」

Lilin broke out in a cold sweat When she slowly looked behind, she found a strong gaze pressuring her there

Actually froht of him like 「What an irresolute person Sht now she couldn't catch any sight of his s pain or his insecure gaze

「I'o withto is a place that you are looking for」

「Ye, yes- It's Moana-sama's command after all! There is no way I can let Kouki-san leave froht!」

Lilin writhed evenKouki ignored her abnor out of the roo sound entered his hearing As he thought, it was a furor all over the place

Before long he could see the figures of the civil officers They all showed astonishure, but they then i aside to open a path for him

If it was Kouki from before, then on the surface he would act aard andthat he was the hero But, right now his feeling was really calm

The person that he passed would bow silently with athat, his heart didn't ripple Rather, only the feeling of sole his chest

Before long he reached the rooency countermeasure room The door was left open When he peeked inside, there were Rothko, Ivana, and others there as expected

「Rothko-san」

「Hht for you to stay up already?」

Rothko showed joy when he noticed Kouki, however, seeing Lilin as close behind Kouki, he sent Kouki an inquisitive gaze

It seemed that Rothko and others were also aware of the "Kouki's absolutely peaceful rest operation"