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Perhaps for the <Dark King> even those voices were side attraction that he delighted fro voice echoed
Inside her heart Moana spat out 'I don't give a daret……there was no way she didn't have it No, rather she had a lot of it Death was scary, she didn't knoof how harsh the path that her people would surely continuously walk for long after this made her felt like her heart would burst
Above all else, she had a thought that even she felt was improper as a queen She understood that in actuality she should think of her soldiers and people until the end, even so, if Moana was asked as her greatest regret currently, and if she answered it following her heart without any falsehood, then the ansould be──how she was unable to protect the promise
Yes, the promise with him When she heard his story, and when she talked about herself, she made that promise
However, that proht Would he get angry? Or else would he feel proud for the choice sheFor some reason he was in her ed words The frail hith yet looked like he would crumble down anytime now
She felt it, that the er inside her
He was kind but cowardly, strong but weak
Aa, since when she was getting this taken to hi hen she saw hi consciousness
It was a feeling as though the inside of her chest was constricted
He would surely continue to fight from here on too And she wished to becoo of his tension
(Sorry, Kouki)
The last <Divine Protection> was invoked She felt it, the sensation of the last i out from inside her body
Moana shtly His laughing voice changed into a displeased groan
「Your majesty-」
「Moana-sama-」
Even the sorrowful voice of the soldiers, she responded 'sorry' to them inside her heart
Spenser and others discarded their defense and tried to rush toward Moana The <Dark Beings> stood on their way, blocking their path as though telling the out her life and put the last attack──
──ton-
A light, a very light footstep echoed excessively clearly
The place, right, it was right in thethe path of Spenser and co, taking for>
It was a single huh he too was also a s> stiffened
「──<Light Blade>」
rin- sound rang Instantly, a circle of light that penetrated the <Dark Beings> was drawn
The huh the <Dark Beings> around hi natural to do, and without pause he confronted the <Dark King>
The <Dark Beings> ere supposed to be the elites still stiffened
And then, the katana was sheathed back
At the sas> were severed from each other and all the body parts fallen down simultaneously The number easily surpassed a hundred
With just one attack, the its were cut down
Starting fro and opened their eyes wide in astonishs> were also getting noisy
「I'll have you release her」
A cal> comprehended it a bit late that the voice was directed toward him He spat out 『The servant of Foltina that was in the report huh』 with a displeased voice and the next moment, he created several hundred lined up spears
The spears surrounded Kouki froap
「-, Kou, ki!!」
Moana's pained voice resounded
Half-do>'s ability Place that was covered with miasma was all his territory He could create weapon and beast anywhere and as many as he liked
『A nuisance Disappear』
He shortly said only that, and then those words of the <Dark King> were said without any doubt that it would co, the barrier of spears flew out to crush the person inside
『Ah?』
A confused voice It ca>
Because his technique was endured──wasn't the reason
It was because his right arht
「I have certainly received her back」
『You, bastard-』
Soin the air, and the figure of Kouki that was right in front of hi The queen……was already within the arm of the opponent The lines of spears……several were cut down Only the spears that were in the way and could hit Kouki were cut to forcefully create a path──
The <Dark King> could only follow until that far
『Goah!?』
Right after that, a severe ihly bleay the <Dark King> who had been continuously acted cals> behind the <Dark King> were bloay like bowling pins The <Dark King> as flying horizontally above the ground landed a few hundredfar and wide to the children──<Revolving Heaven>!」
Kouki chantedfrom Spenser, the soldiers were healed fro Moana Linden too, although his ar stopped co so his complexion became better
「Kou, ki」
「Yes It's me, Moana」
Moana slowly reached out her arm and touched Kouki's cheek to ascertain the presence of the person who she recalled only just now
「Why……」
It was a "why" that was filled with various
How did he come to this battlefield? Who Kouki should protect wasn't her, shouldn't it be the people at the rear instead? It was a question that was asked exactly because she understood Kouki's way of living
Or, why did he co> was abnordo> had becoer She didn't wish for Kouki as supposed to still be unhealthy to fight such <Dark King>
Was his body okay? What happened with Koone? What happened with Arquette, with the rear territories? Every kind of worry surfaced within her……
「It's fine」
「Ah──」
Her anxiety quietly vanished The dam inside her heart that she desperately built so she wouldn't cry burst Even without any proof, she was convinced that it was all right already Tears overflowed
「Leave the rest to me」
「Yes……please-」
She paid no mind to her appearance, her shame, or her pride She only said words that entrusted everything to hi that she had never done by any means since she was enthroned as queen
As expected, the <Dark Beings> at the surrounding who returned to their senses began to move to steal back the queen But, at that instant, the raining down pencil missiles blew them away
「ONEE-CHAAAAAAAAAAAN-」
「KOONE!?」
The princess descended froe uard squadthe unexpected entrance of his son, Spenser raised a shocked voice 「Spike!? What are you doing!?」 Spikein a battlefield and his answer 「Chichi-ue, even I don't understand it myself」 entered Spenser's ears
Lilin held her breath for aher father's condition, and then for souts!」 With a twitching face Linden retorted 「What in the world you are straddling there!?」
While the griffons were holding the surrounding in check, or rather while a part of the griffons were shooting > was flying at to hold back (?) and dealt additional blow (?), Kouki was entrusting Moana to Koone Even with the healing of her wound, she was still a step away fro art, Moana was unable to even stand
「Koone Take care of Moana okay? I' to end this」
「……Yes, Kouki-sa Moana, Koone hugged her tightttttly while giving her words to Kouki with her expression filled with gentleness and kindness that Kouki had never seen before until now
And then Moana was,
「Kouki」
Yes, she called Kouki's name and pulled at Kouki's collar Kouki felt a soft sensation on his lips It was a happening that happened only for a aze lovingly at such Kouki and,
「I'll wait, right here」
Kouki s up
At the sa And then, they skillfullyand sharply pointed with 『Kue!』 cry It was as though they were giving hiht you time yeah Do whatever you want now!』
Inside his heart Kouki was thinking 「These guys are really just goleht?」 while shaking his head unable to say anything anyuard the theesture with skillful rief this kid』 before they fleith only three staying behind to guard Moana and others Kouki thought that these guys were exactly just like their owner
DON- Dust cloud spurted up, at the same time a spiral of dark mias the capital increased The <Dark King> seethen his territory further
The <Dark King> scattered so much miasma hat seeht arm to be clad in miasenerated instantly
In addition, a huge sword took shape at the end of that hand It was an oer of the <Dark King> taking shape
The thickness of theinto thickness that ought to be called as thick fog If it was inside this territory, if the <Dark King> could make weapon anywhere he liked here just like before, that it seee
To prove that, the <Dark King> was going to create countless spear behind Kouki──at the place where Moana and others were at──
「I'o──<Liht pierced the sky The pillar of light drew spiral trajectory that instantly bleay the surrounding itated voice leaked out for the first ti> The pure white torrent that pierced the sky instantly exter the territory of the <Dark King> into the territory of human
『You bastard- The like of Faltina's servant is powerful to this degree-』
Even antic darkness approached to s everything
The pure white light that increased further in radiance prevented that
That scene was like the clash between two giant sandstorht even looked like the sky had been split
It was the contest between darkness and light Everyone forgot that this place was a battlefield froend
The fact that he was unable to take back the territory no > to ask with an angry voice as though to reject the reality
『You bastard-, just what the hell are you!?』
Froht that the one who hindered him was a warrior that was bestoith Faltina's divine protection If that was the case, then even if that warrior wasbut a warrior that obtained the cooperation of the incarnation of the blessing power, such being wouldn't be hispower
And yet, the situation was like this
What was this light?
It was a power he had never felt before, different froht that was tremendous, vast, and was even soh his existence was going to get crushed and overwritten just froh he was so ru> inside his mind
What was he?
The ansas recorded on his status plate since a long tiht of the question for the first ti of "that", he wondered
If it e, then everyone in this world was like that Even the people of Tortus, even his classmate comrades, everyone was like that
He didn't understand the truth
But surely, yes surely……
"That"to so to a person who left behind their important person for the sake of thedetour, unable to discard the ideal, and yet when the tirieved and writhed as they pleased……
Itto such stupid idiot
(This ti and can choose the few, is surely so like a miracle)
Inside his heart Kouki was exasperated at hiot no face to introduce ht at the <Dark King>
Toward the <Dark King> who looked slightly faltering,
「You are asking h, he actually didn't understand what kind of person "that" referred to
If by introducing himself as "that", he would be able to support someone, he would be able to save someone's heart
'Aa, that's fine
I'll introduce myself like that
After all if it's resolve, I've already awa Kouki────a hero」
AN: Thank you veryevery tihts, opinions, and reports aboutand omitted words
Next time, last chapter of Kouki arc
Actually I also wanted to write the another world arc of Haji more than expected, no, in a sense it was just as expected, so I' that I'll write it at another chance
And so, for now, Kouki arc will be only until next week
Also, terribly sorry for those who looked forward to it every week but…
After Kouki arc ended, I'hout the whole Septes like revising for publication and so on, doesn't feel like I have any leeway
But, I still have tale that I want to write, so I proain
It will make me happy if you can wait patiently
Please take care of Arifureta from here on too