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Kookie did 359
Chapter 360: Choice
“Oy! You’re listening, right? Do so!” (Naoumi)
How many times have I called out to the Four Holy Weapons’ Manual and shi+eld Strap up until now?
The day is already ending…
My parents cautioned e, but my body is unable to
What do you want me to do?
“Oy!” (Naofumi)
I slam the book shut
“Raphtalia” (Naofumi)
“What is it?” (Raphtalia)
“… Perhaps we’re already too late” (Naofumi)
We’ve had absolutely no progress since getting here, and perhaps there truly is nothing we can do
As I was thinking that, I got the feeling thatpitch black
“I… think it would be best if I stopped reading this book…” (Naofumi)
The days pile onto each other, and I can’t keep reading the book that records the path leading to the deaths of my comrades
“Forget everything, and as if nothing happened…” (Naofumi)
On my words, Raphtalia seems like she’s about to burst into tears
“Please, don’t say so like that” (Raphtalia)
“I know, but…” (Naofumi)
“Until the end, you cannot give up” (Raphtalia)
“…” (Naofumi)
“Didn’t you want to return here after bringing peace to the world? I hate it An ending that leaves such a bad taste in my mouth” (Raphtalia)
“That’s true… but even if ere to return to that world, ould we do?” (Naofumi)
“What do you mean by that?” (Raphtalia)
“You knohat I’ht?” (Naofumi)
My question leaves Raphtalia silent
Right, the identity of Medea’s attacks remain unknown
What’s more, she took all the Heroes attacks as if they were on lower levels than mosquitoes
Even if we got a little bit of dah, it was but a scratch It’s best to think we had absolutely no chance of victory there
My job was to protect But, insufficient inas I was taken out
I don’t even think it has anything to do with ability or anything
“To her, that fight was just a game… wasn’t it?” (Naofumi)
She flaunted her advantage so readily There’s no way I wouldn’t despair over that loss
Even if ere able to return to that world, ould only end up dead again
“Even so… I will fight” (Raphtalia)
“Raphtalia…” (Naofumi)
Raphtalia puts her hand on my face
“Naofuet the chance, please stay in this world I aht I don’t want to choose the option that leavesdied a pointless death” (Raphtalia)
Her words made me remember my own irritation, anda coward
“That’s right… we can’t just stop fighting because we lost Even if we may just die over there… it would be for e believed in” (Naofumi)
Just as I so afraid of?
Right now, there truly is a bitch trying to end the world for fun
Medea said it was for leveling up or so
As if I’d let it get destroyed for the sake of that!
Toations
Therelike the Four Holy Weapons’ Manual
“Raphtalia, don’t underestimate me I would never be satisfied if I ran away here Because when I met the Spirit of the shi+eld and Atlas, Ipeace to the world, and then live in this world with you once I was satisfied with the conclusion” (Naofumi)
In an instant, color drained from the world, and sound disappeared in its entirety
“W-what!?”
When I look out the , I saw that the birds had stopped in s positioned to flap
The Four Holy Weapons’ Manual began letting off a faint light, as it floated in the air
Even though it never reacted once ‘til nohat’s it doing?
The pages rapidly flip back and forth
The shi+eld Strap starts eht took a form of a person
That shape was… Atlas
“It’s been a while, Naofumi-sama”
“Atlas… san” (Raphtalia)
“Yes It’s been even longer, Raphtalia-san” (Atlas)
“Atlas? Why are you coht?” (Naofumi)
“For now, yes As you can see, the time in Naofumi-sama’s world is currently stopped” (Atlas)
“Well…” (Naofumi)
I already got that part fro from the rest of the world
If it was in another world, I wouldn’t be that surprised, but it’s a bit disturbing over here
“Is this really my world?” (Naofumi)
“Yes, it is indeed Naofumi-sama’s world This worlds principle of cause and effect has been tampered with to allow Raphtalia to have a place in it, it seems” (Atlas)
“Fu like this?” (Naofumi)
“A reward… it seems” (Atlas)
Atlas closes her eyes part-way
A reward, is it?
That’s quite soive a reward to the guy who retired before reaching the goal
Well, looking at Atlas’s expression, I can see this won’t be that nice of a chat
“From the Spirit of the shi+eld?” (Naofumi)
“Yes As an eency measure, the Spirit of the shi+eld reluctantly sent you back to your original world” (Atlas)
“Well yeah, I would have died at that rate” (Naofumi)
“Yeah, it’s a blessing you had that medicine inside of your shi+eld” (Atlas)
“That medicine?” (Naofumi)
“What you put in to unlock the shi+eld of 0”
Ah, that dragon-repelling poison
It had a skill effective against God, so I wondered what other powers it had, but it can even let you evade death?
“Because of that medicine, the Four Heroes were barely able to retain their power, and Naofumi-sama was barely able to fool death” (Atlas)
That h
Also, if soht
“Let uaranteed Raphtalia-san was revived on a whim, apparently” (Atlas)
With a so Raphtalia
“It was afrom Raphtalia’s coincidence with Naofumi-sama, and her connection to his heart at the time” (Atlas)