Arifureta Shokugyou De Sekai Saikyou: Irregularity

Chapter 11 - 11: Just a bad dream...

We overcame the golem army (more or less) and Shimizu-kun raised his level by almost a threefold (24>67)...

That is close to the average level of Kouki's party in just a few hours...

Not a Hajime-grow-rate but this can be considered a success...

I drink a vial of <Ochimizu>...

Then I see Shimizu-kun throwing away an empty vial from the corner of my eye.

Yuuki [Phff-! wait! I told you those are reusable so don't throw them away!]

Yukitoshi [Ups, my bad...]

He doesn't sound sorry at all...

He just looked at his status plate... I guess he is checking his new skills and other things...

He looks satisfied with the results...

Yukitoshi [Hmmm~ they're just dolls but to have something to take it out on really helped to relax~]

He stretched with a relaxed expression on his face.

Yukitoshi [So? How did it go for you?]

An unexpected interest in my situation...

Yuuki [Well... If you ask about level then nothing to report there...]

Yukitoshi [Well that sucks, your stats are trash so a level up would help]

That's true...

Yuuki [Well, saying I expected a level up would be a lie]

The rate at which Shimizu-kun massacred the golem soldiers was unexpected but on my side was just as expected...

So as expected there was no level up...

He said grinning with a sarcastic tone...

Yukitoshi [Well~ you can be a little glad~ You aren't totally useless~]

He kicked a golem head impaled with the same type of sword the golem soldiers were using... A golem I killed...

Yukitoshi [At least you are useful to me...]

He said with a grin in his face...

Yuuki [Is that so... Then I'm glad...]

I really am...

I looked at my status plate that's still the same since almost two years ago-

Yuuki [...?]

<Body Strengthening (III)>

...It actually got one level up...

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Yukitoshi [So the boss... Miledi Reisen is past this door, right?]

In front of us is the door leading to the last trial of the <Reisen great labyrinth>... To say, the boss room.

Yuuki [Yes, I guess there's no need to mention it but, it may be quite hard to beat her]

Yukitoshi [Expected that much without you telling me, it's a boss protecting a cheat reward after all]

Yuuki [We should get as ready as we can before getting inside... How do you feel, do you need a break?]

Yukitoshi [No need]

Yukitoshi [Nothing wrong there, the cape is still sticky but I'll live]

Yuuki [Are you hungry?]

Yukitoshi [*Sigh* You my fuċkɨnġ mom or something?]

Yuuki [How many vials of <Ochimizu> left?]

Yukitoshi [...Three left...]

Yuuki [Same here, take two just in case]

Yukitoshi [You only used two?]

Yuuki [I told you my mana consumption was better]

Yukitoshi [...Tch...]

Is it because of the mana consumption?

There's no need to get angry though, it's not like it's a contest.

Yuuki [Shimizu-kun, how does your magic feel after leveling up]

Yukitoshi [Like a swordman without a sword]

Yuuki [? Oh right, the mana dispersion...]

I see... Using magic in this labyrinth is hard after all, even if I expected that, it is still bad.

Yukitoshi [Well, it's actually way better than it sounds...]

Yuuki [?]

Yukitoshi [...I may just make it with this...]

Yuuki [...Do you like it?...]

Yukitoshi ["Like it?"... Yeah... That's a good way to put it...]

Shimizu-kun grinned a little.

Yuuki [...I see...]

A weird feeling, this is the first time someone uses an artifact created by me... And on top of that is "THAT" child...

Yukitoshi [When I was cutting down the golems I noticed a few things... It's more like a feeling tho...]

Those words were more like talking to himself than to me.

Yuuki [?]

Yukitoshi [Well~ Guess I'll just try it with that Miledi guy~]

It is as if he is looking forward to it a little.

Yuuki [All right, now is time for the strategy]

Yukitoshi [After the short while I've known you I'm sure skipping that won't change much so let's just get going]

Yuuki [Eh-? Ah-!]

Shimizu ignored my intent of a complain and blasted open the door in front of us with a swing of the pitch black sword.

Well, this is fine too.

Hit while the... something is... something...

...?

How was it again?

Yukitoshi [Alright let's go]

We entered the boss room with caution... Or not.

Yuuki [Shimizu-kun, the caution...]

Yukitoshi [Will this Caution-san kill the boss for us?]

Yuuki [nope]

Yukitoshi [Then screw him]

The room is as I remembered, with azanthium cubes and platforms floating around.

We hop to the next platform after we hit the edge after the entrance.

Yukitoshi [...What a shitty room...]

Yuuki [Is that so-nano?]

Yukitoshi [...You really talk like a retard sometimes]

I actually like this room though...

It calms me down...

Yuuki [...]

It suddenly hit me.

Yuuki [(Ah)]

Be it in my fake memories or my own memories from this place the result following a certain pattern is always the same.

Yuuki [!!!]

A premonition of danger that is more from instinct than from a skill hit me with full force.

Yuuki [<Yosuzume(夜雀/Night-Sparrow)>!!!]

I moved...

Then the sound of an explosion roared.

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What just happened?

Yukitoshi [...]

There was a loud noise just now, for a moment I couldn't understand what's going on.

Yuuki [...That was dangerous...]

The retard's voice from behind me, I can't feel the platform under my feet any more.

Yuuki [Are you all right Shimizu-kun?]

He was holding me from behind.

Yukitoshi [...Yeah...]

Before I could completely understand the situation I noticed I was in mid air... More like, the retard was carrying me as he was flying.

I looked back at him and saw one of what I suspect are a pair of blue colored wings of light growing from his back, they don't look like feathered wings or bat wings... It was more like... Crystal mosaic?

Yukitoshi [So you can fly now?]

Yuuki [Not exactly, I'm not the one flying, it's thanks to an artifact]

Yukitoshi [So you have an artifact for flying?]

If so I'll punch him later...

Yuuki [N~not exactly, it's more like a-]

??? [Wow~!! so fast!! too fast Yuu-chan!!]

An annoying voice...

??? [You totally dodged that one~!! I wasn't even aiming at you~]

Yuuki [...That's why I moved so fast...]

??? [...Hm? What's wrong~? You scared now~? My bad~, that's just how I greet my visit, was it too much for you~?]

*Twitch*

Those annoying words... My attention was on the retard but even so I knew those mocking words were aimed not at him but at me.

I turned to the origin of the voice and found a mecha-like giant metallic body, it was similar to the golems we fought before but... "Like a boss" would be the right way to put it...

Yukitoshi [...Miledi Reisen...]

The words came out from my mouth as I came to an obvious conclusion.

Miledi [Oh~ you actually know about me? Maybe from Yuu-chan?]

Yuuki [I told him a bit]

Miledi [Heeh~ I see I see~ WELL THAT'S RIGHT!!]

The golem with the annoying voice moved it's left hand close to it's face and made a peace sign.

Miledi [Everyone's favorite idol Miledi-chan⭐]

*Twitch**twitch*

Yuuki [S-Shimizu-kun, a weird sound is coming out of your head...]

Not yet... Let's calm down first...

Calm down, analyze and comprehend the situation...

AnD ThEN KILL HEr...

Miledi [-!! A-arere?... The way he's looking at me right now is really creepy...]

...Yeah... Definitely kill her.

Yuuki [That's no good Miledi-san, even if he IS looking at you creepily, maybe his face is just like that and he is not doing it on purpose...]

...Maybe kill them both...

Not that... First, what just happened?...

I looked down and searched for the third platform after the entrance, that is, the platform we were on just now.

Yukitoshi [...]

There was a wide open space in fron of the second platform in front of the entrance.

The third platform was gone...

To be clear, it was not exactly gone, it was still there but now as an incontable number of small fragments floating around.

The third platform was completely destroyed-

Yukitoshi [We almost got spawn-killed...]

Yuuki [...Sorry, I don't get that one...]

Yukitoshi [I mean we almost got killed right after entering the room]

Yuuki [Oh, I see... Then yeah, that almost totally happened...]

Miledi Reisen pulled back her right arm that then was followed by a long chain as thick as an ȧduŀt man dancing in the air like a whip, at the end of the chain a giant metallic ball with peaks all over.

A big fuċkɨnġ morningstar...

Let's call it <BFM>...

Wait, before that-

Yukitoshi [Is that alright?]

Yuuki [What is?]

Yukitoshi [Those wings, won't you run out like this?]

Yuuki [Ah! Right]

We landed right in front of Miledi Reisen, I personally think that ANY other place in this room would have been better but a retard was the pilot.

The blue wings vanished and a pendant fell right into the retard's hand.

Yuuki [You can return now...]

He said with a soft voice and the white & pink pendant disappeared in a blue flash of light.

Alright, back to business.

Yukitoshi [Sooo~... I guess this is the part when we beat the shit out of you, should we get right into it or will there be some text before the fight?]

Miledi [You really ain't cute at all y'know?]

Yukitoshi [If I were to choose... I guess some small talk will get me in the mood, I mean, I already want to kill you but... Hearing you being all ċȯċky before getting all messed up... That would be just great~]

Miledi [Forget about not being cute, ain't you just a creep!?]

Yukitoshi [Aren't you being a little rude? Insulting a person you just meet is no good...]

Miledi [Now you're saying something that makes you sound like the good guy... What's this feeling? It's like he's taking me for an idiot... Yuu-chan, where did you find this punk?]

Yuuki [W-well... A lot of things happened...]

The retard scratched his cheek with an awkward smile on his face.

Yuuki [You could say he comes from the same place as the person that cleared this labyrinth before we arrived, you know, Hajime-kun...]

Miledi [Hajime-...? Ah-... That explains a lot...]

Yukitoshi [Oi]

This bitch really wants to get killed.

Miledi [Buuut~...-I guess you're right...]

Her voice one tone lower than before.

Yuuki [Eh-!? W-wait-!?]

Yukitoshi [...?]

Suddenly, crawling from the edges of the platform like in a zombie movie a bunch of golems grabbed the retard and carried him away before he could resist.

Twenty or so flying golems gathered around him and became something like a....

...?

like a cell(?) ball(?) made out of golems...

something like that...

It looks like he can't move at all...

Yukitoshi [So they can fly too...]

Yuuki [M-Miledi-san!? What-!?]

Miledi [Sorry Yuu-chan, the ȧduŀts are talking right now...]

Yukitoshi [?]

I wonder what is all this?

Yukitoshi [Does this mean it'll be a 1v1?]

Miledi [You caught up fast... That will save time]

The retard's expression twisted in confusion as he tried to free himself from the cell(?) ball(?) made out of golems.

Yuuki [Miledi-san-!!!]

He tried to say something but one of the golems covered his mouth.

She just ignored him and looked right at me.

Miledi [I'll say this straight...]

Yukitoshi [Please do]

Miledi [I don't like people like you...]

Yukitoshi [Izatso?]

Miledi [I saw and listened everything that happened since the very moment you entered this labyrinth to the point just before you entered this room]

Yukitoshi [Don't you say]

Miledi [I've lived a long life... Quite empty... but long nonetheless...]

Yukitoshi [No shit]

Miledi [...So I can recognize someone evil when I see them... Someone that can do inhumane things without any guilt]

Yukitoshi [Sounds awful]

Miledi [...Sorry Yuu-chan, but the great labyrinths that we created, what we left behind, Is not for someone like him to put his hands on it... I definitely won't let that happen...]

Yukitoshi [Discrimination is such an awful hobby]

I can just drop my shoulders at the clear dislike against my innocent self.

Yukitoshi [If you want to kill that Ehit guy, shouldn't you put away that biased opinion of yours? If you reject everyone that you don't like, that treasure you are protecting will rot here with your mechanic ȧss]

Miledi [You are right]

A straight and firm answer.

Miledi [But I already found the one that will fulfill our wish...]

Followed by a straight and firm argument.

Yukitoshi [I guess you're talking about that chuni-bastard]

Miledi [Again, you are right]

There was not even a shadow of doubt in her voice.

Miledi [Not only I don't want someone like you... I also I don't need you...]

...

This feeling... Soo nostalgic...

Just like when that chuni-bastard pointed a gun at me...

Yukitoshi [I see... Killing a God is certainly the kind of shit an isekai harem protagonist like that guy would do...]

Miledi Reisen is One of the "Liberators", she and her now very dead friends fought against this world's God, Ehit...

They LOST... Like fuċkɨnġ losers...

Hm? What is it?

'You also lost to Hajime so why are you making fun of them?' you say?

Because I want to~

Miledi Reisen, the last survivor (I think, I wasn't paying attention), just waited... Waited for...? How long? I think Thousand years or so but I don't care so whatever.

When I think about all of it... About all she went through-

*Chuckle*

Miledi [?]

Yukitoshi [Fufufu~ my bad... I mean, that sounds great, after all those years, a prince finally will fulfill your wish!... I almost feel bad about it...]

Miledi [...What do you mean?]

Yukitoshi [I mean, all that about Nagumo solving your shit for free as a side quest...]

I had to cover my mouth ojou-sama style to hold back my laughter, Miledi Reisen's artificial eyes just looked at me with confusion and probably disgust.

Finally my laughter died down and using a voice as clear and easy to understand as I could-

Yukitoshi [-That will never happen...]

Yuuki [...Why is that?...]

I looked up right at her eyes, I can't see my own face but I'm sure I'm smiling right now.

Yukitoshi [BecaUsE I WiLl KILL Him~]

*CRASH*!!!

With nothing similar to a warning the wind roared like a beast as the giant morningstar obliterated the platform I was in.

"I WAS" in past tense.

Yukitoshi [Body strengthening op~]

Just level II and I can move as freely as a leaf in the wind.

If I get it to level X... Oh god I'm blushing~...

I softly land on another platform.

Yukitoshi [Now, how do I kill you?...]

I want to give my magic a shot... But this place fuċkɨnġ sucks so-

Yukitoshi [Guess it will be with this after all...]

I unsheathed the pitch black sword.

It's a little heavy...

I jumped again.

Again, another platform disappeared.

Yukitoshi [Nee~ Miledi-sensei~ can I ask you something~?]

Miledi [You can but I may crush you instead of answering~]

The cheerful and annoying voice is back but it's a little stiff.

Yukitoshi [That retard cleared this labyrinth, am I right?]

Miledi [If you mean Yuu-chan the yes... So what?]

As she answered, I had to move around dodging her attacks.

Jumping from one platform to another.

Saying it was no big deal would be a lie but I keep my cool as much as I can while I calmly talked to her.

Yukitoshi [He doesn't have a class, his stats are trash, his skills are trash...]

Miledi [Just ask before I change my mind]

Yukitoshi [How?]

Miledi [...]

Yukitoshi [How did he defeated you?]

She got silent and stopped her attacks.

Miledi [Why do you care?]

Yukitoshi [Well, we may be partners (lol) for a while so I'm curious, just that]

Miledi [...Even if I tell you, that's not something that anyone can just pull off... It's actually impossible for you specially...]

Yukitoshi [Whatever just tell me]

I wave my hand like a wheel as a "go on".

Miledi [...I lost to Yuu-chan...]

*Nod**nod*

I just asked to find an opening but her reaction was great so now I re~ally want to know.

She silently took a deep (and biologically speaking worthless) breath and then-

Miledi [...My heart lost to him...]

Yukitoshi [...]

...

...Eh?

Yukitoshi [Eh?]

This was... unexpected at least.

Yukitoshi [How long ago was this again?]

Miledi [Three years ago]

So he was like... 12~13?

...

Yukitoshi [...Shota?]

*Crash*

Yukitoshi [Okay, okay I get it, my bad]

Putting jokes aside.

'...My heart lost to him...'

Does that mean she fell for him...

Probably not...

If I had to give my opinion based on what I've seen of Miledi Reisen and the retard... Then-

Yukitoshi [-Did you let him win?...]

Miledi [...]

Yukitoshi [-Out of pity?...]

Miledi [...]

No answer.

She just looked straight at me.

That in itself was more than enough.

I see...

Yukitoshi [...Phu-!]

Miledi [-!!!]

Yukitoshi [-HAHAHAHAHAHA-!!!]

I couldn't hold back and just laughed with all my heart...

Oh my, sorry~.

I'm actually not sorry at all so sorry about that too~.

*CRASH*!!!!

While I was holding my stomach The giant morningstar came after me again.

It was a little hard but I could dodge just fine while laughing my ȧss to death.

Yukitoshi [OHMYGODOHMYGOD YOU REALLY DID IT!!!]

Miledi [SHUT UP!!!]

She totally lost her cool.

Yukitoshi [I guess this explains why the Liberators were lined up and screwed on all fours one after the other by Ehit!!!... If clearing this labyrinth is so easy, then the other six are probably no big deal either~]

Miledi Reisen suddenly stopped.

?

Miledi [You are right about me...]

She started talking on her own.

Miledi [This is probably the easiest of the "Seven Great Labyrinths" and that's because of me... I'm this labyrinth's greatest weakness]

She then looked straight at me.

Miledi [-But the other labyrinths don't have that weakness... The other six labyrinths can easily be compared to your own personal hell, you have no chance... "They" put all their hearts on it after all]

Her voice was firm, she had no intention of making this an argument.

Miledi [Even so, Yuu-chan cleared those six labyrinths before challenging mine... On his own...]

She declared giving no openings to deny her words.

She then sighed again.

Miledi [...That was your last chance...]

Yukitoshi [Is that so? What did I get?]

Miledi [YoU FaIL]

With her words, the room rolled to the side.

Yukitoshi [...Eh?]

No, it wasn't the room...

What rolled down was me...

Yukitoshi [Shit-!!]

The platform suddenly moved to the side, the top surface I was standing on became a side and gravity was more than ready to make it's job on me.

I kicked the platform to move to another one before falling but-

Yukitoshi [Khu-!!]

I felt an abnormal pressure against my feet when I tried to impulse myself.

It was as if the platform had pushed me, not precisely to help.

I landed on a not soo good position in another platform...

Yukitoshi [...The platforms...]

It was no coincidence or accident.

Yukitoshi [...You are controlling them...]

Miledi [...]

Oh, right...

The retard did say something about that...

This is bad...

Yukitoshi [-!!!]

I tried to get up but a sharp pain hit my ankle.

Looks like it's sprained.

Yukitoshi [...Tch...]

Miledi [If it was just me, I wouldn't mind that much... I'm more or less used to it...]

...

Miledi [But you insulted my friends...]

I may have but you have no physical Prof...

Miledi [And also insulted Yuu-chan even when he is helping you for some reason]

You actually like him don't you?

-?

Suddenly, the platform I was standing on... jumped? It was nothing big, it was Like one of those castles in theme parks with children jumping on it.

Right now, I'm in midair, separated by no more than one meter from the platform.

Miledi [I won't forgive you even if you apologize...]

I then heard something like a whistle, a sound similar to something heavy moving really fast cutting the air on it's way, Like a truck but without an engine.

I turned to my right side following the noice and what I found was-

Yukitoshi [...Eh?...]

-A giant cube of azanthium about to run me over...

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Miledi [...You still alive?...]

...

Yukitoshi [...Looks like I am...]

I blacked out for like... a few seconds? Maybe even a whole minute...

If I had to guess...

Yukitoshi [...I was send flying...]

Like a baseball...

Miledi [Yep, that's what happened]

Yukitoshi [...Then I hit one of the platforms...]

I think I broke a lot of bones.

Yukitoshi [...Then... I had a free-fall... To another platform...]

I hurts to talk...

Miledi [That's about it... So, does it hurt?]

Yukitoshi [...Like fuċkɨnġ hell...]

Miledi [I see... I don't find joy in someone else's pain... But I'm glad it hurts]

Yukitoshi [...Bitch...]

Still, it could be worst, I could have died instantly.

Body strengthening is awesome... And also-

Yukitoshi [Nice ȧssist shitty bulb...]

Susanoo [...]

I always welcome a last-second power-up...

Yukitoshi [-*Cough**cough*]

There's blood... I think...

Yukitoshi [(...I see red...)]

Internal bleeding? Or maybe my skull got cracked open?

I don't want to touch my head, if I end up sticking a finger in a crack I may pass out.

There's a weird feeling in my left ear, as if there was something stuck in there.

Yukitoshi [(...Is my eardrum busted?...)]

I try to get up but My left leg is broken.

Luckily (or not), that's my sprained ankle so not much changed there.

Yukitoshi [...]

This is bad...

I had a good chance there...

But I went too far...

Miledi [...What's wrong?... Is that all?...]

Yukitoshi [...]

What can I do now?

How to get out of this?

Yukitoshi [...*Glance*...]

Yuuki [!!!!!!!]

Oh, right... He was still here.

He's trying to say something but a golem is covering his mouth so I can't hear.

He's trying to get out of the cell(?) ball(?) made out of golems but... Yeah, not happening...

Miledi [He's gonna hate me after this...]

Yukitoshi [...Is that so?...]

You can just stop then.

Miledi [But, you know? When your little brother comes home with a new friend and that friend is obviously a bad influence, not a small one, a really big bad influence, someone rude, selfish, egocentric, someone that someday may hurt your cute little brother then...]

Yukitoshi [...Then?...]

Miledi [I don't mind being hated]

I don't need that kind of resolve.

My head feels heavy...

For some reason, my eyes move towards the retard again, maybe I'm hopping for him to get out in the last second and save me.

Yukitoshi [...Right... Last time was the same...]

Miledi [?]

Last time...

What happened last time...

Yukitoshi [...Nagumo was there...]

And then...

Yukitoshi [...Ah...]

The retard is looking right at me...

Yukitoshi [(...Those eyes...)]

It's like he was... begging...

Yukitoshi [(...I've seen them before...)]

Not at Miledi Reisen... He was looking at me...

It was... Very annoying...

Yukitoshi [...Ah, right... Those eyes...]

Are like Aiko-sensei's...

Yukitoshi [...The sword...]

Where did it go... It should still be around here...

Yukitoshi [...Ah, here...]

I look at my right side and the overly decorated pitch black curved sword was right there besides me.

The sword was... "standing" right there, the tip of the blade buried in the azanthium platform.

Right now, this eerie looking sword is the ideal of any legendary sword in any RPG.

Though, more like the sword in the demon lord's castle than a holly sword...

Miledi [Hm? You're still getting up?]

Yukitoshi [...Just for a bit...]

I take out the vials of ochimizu.

first I drink thee in one go.

Yukitoshi [...You know...]

The two I had left, I verted them on my head.

Yukitoshi [...If you go asking for dumb shit on your own... Of course nobody will care...]

I dropped the metallic vials that made a *cling* *cling* sound as they fell.

Yukitoshi [...But this time at least, I'll make you a favor... After all, I lo~ve to be alive~...]

Miledi [W-what are you talking about? Maybe brain damage?]

I grabbed the sword's handle and pulled it out.

When I did, I noticed that almost half of the blade was buried in the azanthium platform.

Yukitoshi [...As I thought...]

The first time I grabbed this sword was when the retard gave it to me, I was level 24 at that time.

The sword was a little heavy...

When I got strengthening magic, my STR stat got up to almost three times it's base value.

The sword was a little heavy...

Right now, that I'm over level 60, with <Body strengthening(II)> and the red bulb's support-

The sword is a little heavy...

It's not normal...

Yukitoshi [...Also...]

The sword is sharp...

Very sharp...

With just the accumulated force of the fall and the sword's weight, half of the blade got clean and beautifully buried in a surface made of the hardest metal in this world.

Abnormally sharp...

If so then-

Yukitoshi [Oi, retard...]

Yuuki [-!?]

Miledi [Hm?]

I looked straight at him and-

Yukitoshi [I don't care how you do it or what happens to you...]

With a clear and firm voice-

Yukitoshi [Become my shield for a bit...]

Yuuki [...]

Miledi [...]

There was silence...

After a few seconds, when the meaning of my words hit.

Miledi [You...!!! To the very end!!! ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO-!!!]

She then stopped...

She gave a very deep and long sigh...

And then-

Miledi [...I'm sorry, it was my fault...]

Her voice was strange.

Miledi [...I... shouldn't have given you a chance, even if it was for Yuu-chan's sake... It was my mistake...]

Compared to her annoying cheerful voice, her voice right now sounded like despair itself.

Miledi [Die]

She swing her giant morningstar with me as the target.

I rest the blade of the sword on my shoulder.

The morningstar was already on top of Miledi Reisen's head-

And then, it was as if the whole world had changed in just a a matter of a second...

The whole room got decorated with a shade of soft sky blue.

Miledi [W-wha-]

It was as if time had stopped.

I gave half a glance at the retard.

His right eye was shining intensely with a sky blue light.

He was looking right at Miledi Reisen.

It was as if he was trying to trap her in the blue light.

And so he did.

Suddenly the trajectory of the morningstar changed, I wasn't the target anymore, it passed right by my side almost crushing me and now it was heading towards the retard.

Yukitoshi [<Detect Magic>]

...There it is, the core...

I swing my arm and lost the sensation of the handle in my hand.

I threw the pitch black sword like a boomerang...

Miledi [...Eh?...]

At that moment, Miledi Reisen lost the strength of her mechanical body.

And with that, I won.

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Yukitoshi [Did it really had to fly this far?...]

While still wounded, I looked for the pitch black sword until I found it with it's blade almost completely buried at the side of an azanthium platform.

It was tiring.

I leaned on the platform and grabbed the handle of the sword that was the only thing sticking out.

Yukitoshi [...Maybe...]

I got an idea.

Instead of pulling the sword out I swing the sword at the direction the edge was facing while the blade is still stuck inside.

It was like cutting a cake with a kitchen knife...

It made a beautiful straight line without any resistance.

Yukitoshi [You really are broken you know]

For now, let's go back and do some healthy Tbag on Miledi Reisen's body.

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They were looking at me...

Their eyes were full of disappointment.

Their eyes were full of pity

"I'm sorry" "I'm sorry" "I'm sorry"

I try to apologize but the words won't come out...

Because I don't know were to start...

What do I apologize for first?

"I'm sorry for failing"

"I'm sorry for not understanding anything"

"I'm sorry for everything"

I try to apologize but the words won't come out...

Because no matter how much I apologize...

It won't solve anything...

It won't bring back anything...

It won't change anything...

They're looking at me...

Those eyes, I thought I knew them...

But now they're so different...

It's scary...

The person's lips are moving...

They are about to say something...

Words I don't want to hear...

"Please..."

I try to beg but the words won't come out...

"Please stop..."

??? [----____''':;;;!-++++]

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??? [Kouki!!]

Someone called my name.

I opened my eyes and found-

Kouki [...Shizuku... Ryu...]

They were looking at me, clearly worried.

Kouki [...Morning...]

Shizuku [...Morning...-That's not it, it's past midday already]

Kouki [I-is that so, my bad]

Shizuku [...No, that's fine already, but...]

Ryu looked at me again.

?

Ryutarou [Man, are you alright?]

Kouki [Eh? Well... I don't feel sick or anything...]

Both Shizuku and Ryu didn't seem convinced.

Shizuku [You didn't have breakfast and you were nowhere to be seen so we came looking for you]

Kouki [I see, sorry for causing trouble]

Ryutarou [*Sigh* That's not what we meant...]

?

Shizuku [Kouki, you were talking in your sleep]

Kouki [Is that so?]

Ryutarou [Is that so-no it's not man, it looked pretty bad for us]

Shizuku [It looked like you were suffering... a lot]

They seem really worried.

Kouki [Don't worry, it was just a dream...]

Shizuku [Is... that so?]

Kouki [Yeah... Just a bad dream....]

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