Chapter 145 (1/2)
Chapter 145: Confession
After taking multiple random turns, we arrived at the next fairy square When we parted ith the Sou paths different from the direction pointed by the couess this should be difficult enough
“Welp, sorry Soumkun Reina’s body turned bad after all”
Because of the curse’s effect, as soon as we’d arrived at the square, Reina’s corpse had ceased tothat happened in Masaru’s case
But unlikeheavy dauchi, Reina’s was in prime condition
But it nevertheless cruht just have been Reina’s resistance of sorts Seriously, what a bitch
“Haaah…”
I heave a deep sigh
Reaching this safe zone after that mess from before really took a lot out ofto draw a blank
I was in an extreue Physically as well as mentally
“Kotarou-kun, how are you holding up?”
“Tired… I think I’ll sleep”
I dropped everything I was carrying and plonked down on the soft fairy square grass I didn’t have the energy to make a spiderweave hammock like usual
And this happened just as I went to lie down
“Wha!”
She was huggingse chest of hers in a face to face hug
“Eh, umm, what is it?”
“I’ by your side”
My face was buried in her tig ol’ bitties so I couldn’t exactly see her expression But I could ih
Mei-chan, she was crying
“No, it’s all good… You did end up saving me after all”
Her sih This was
“I’lad you’re alive… but still, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, Kotarou-kun”
“Heey, you don’t need to apologize”
What matters is that we’re alive
I’er anymore All thanks to Mei-chan She’s someone who could tip the power-balance between me and Souma Yuuto’s cohorts
She’s the berserker who had becoratitude for just that, and yet And yet, just what cause did she have to apologize?
“It was tough, wasn’t it?”
Sure, it was tough
“You went through a lot of pain and hardshi+p, didn’t you?”
I did I suffered and suffered Almost to the point of death, multiple times
But what about it? We were all in the saeon with monsters around every corner The hardshi+p came as a set
“Please, Kotarou-kun… Don’t cry”
“Eh”
I’
I think
“I’ll always stay with you I’ll carry your share of pain and hardshi+p So please Kotarou-kun, you don’t have to hurt anymore”
“I’m, not… ”
Crying, not particularly hurt either
“I’ll protect you Absolutely, no matter what”
I just had to struggle, over and over, only in order to survive
“Anything and everything you’ve done, I’ll forgive them, I’ll accept you”
Right, I, to survive I…
“Even if God hiive you, I will It’s not your fault Kotarou-kun, you haven’t done anything wrong So, c’mon, please don’t cry Please don’t hurt Please, believe in me”
Aaa, stop, stop it already If you say it like that, all that stuff I buried deep down, tried to forget, all that shi+t I desperately tried to ignore –– It’s all co back
“It was so painful… so scary… Mei-chan was gone and I, I was alone”
“Mm”
“Ree somehow We even beat a basilisk… But that, was really pushi+ng it”
“Mm”
“But then, I just HAD to end up uchi… And I… Ahh, shi+tshi+t, I had to do it”
“Mm”
“I … But it took everything to get there I had to work hard to get theht alone”
“Mm”
“I got separated, again Then met more people… It went to shi+t Why couldn’t she think, why couldn’t she understand, seriously, why couldn’t she at least try… She started hating me for no reason”
“Mm”
“I… Killed people”
“Mm”
“I killed Higuchi Because he killed Masaru”
“Mm”
“I killed Reina Because she killed Yamajun”
“Mm”
“Was it, was I wrong to do that?”
“Not at all, you did the right thing Because, thanks to that, you’re here alive now”
“Uuh… ”
“You gave your best to survive, every time When no one would believe in you, all alone… When you needed their strength, but just being with theave you pain, stress, anxiety, misery, and put intense pressure on you”
“U-uuu… ”
“Welcome back, Kotarou-kun You don’t need to hold it in with ht?”
“[Crying intensifies]”
Aaah, Mei-chan’s absolutely right, I’ like a bitch