Chapter 8 (2/2)

I recall that time. Sahoko keep chanting the aria of healing magic almost all day long on Reiji’s wound. Even Sahoko’s life will be in grave danger if she continues to overdraft in this manner.

To be honest, it’s thanks to her effort that she managed to save Reiji’s life in spite of that fatal wound.

Why Sahoko is willing to go that far to save Reiji？

I heard that Sahoko is Reiji’s childhood friend. Due to the circumstance of his house, Reiji was raised in a different house than the main house of the Midou family, and since Sahoko was the only child around his age in that house, the two became playmates. That’s why I think that there are so many things that may have happened between them.

And that Sahoko has already nursed Reiji for three days straight, so she must have some rest. Naturally, Sahoko agreed to that proposal, but…

Kyouka tried as hard as Sahoko to nurse Reiji, but she fell after being unable to do anything.

But, I’m also not that much of a help compared to Sahoko.

No, no one can rival Sahoko when it comes to Reiji.

After Sahoko returned to rest, three of us, Kaya, Shirone and I took turns to nurse Reiji.

Kaya and Shirone are currently training in the training ground of the temple.

Reiji is currently unable to move, so those two will stand as vanguard in case something happens.

For this reason, Shirone has requested Kaya to accompany her with her training.

By the way, Rino is in her own allocated room in the temple while Nao is strolling outside.

After Reiji’s defeat, the atmosphere between us became heavy.

It seems that it was because Reiji had been mortally wounded and was on the verge of death, but what made us shocked the most was his defeat.

Until now, save for Reiji, we’re the ones who often fall into desperate situations and Reiji is the only exception.

We felt that it’ll be easy for him no matter who the opponent is.

It was such a simple matter.

Dark knight Diehart.

I’m pondering about the man who defeated Reiji.

The fight from that time was too fast to be seen by my eyes.

Before I know, Reiji had already fallen on the ground with blood gushing out from his chest.

The only one who could see that fight was only Shirone and Nao.

According to Shirone, Diehart’s movements seemingly resembled Japanese swordsmanship. Moreover, he’s quite the master at that too.

Shirone, as the girl of a kendo dojo*, is quite knowledgeable about swordsmanship.[TL* : equivalent to sect in xianxia or school]

Shirone told us that Diehart’s ability is higher than hers.

And it’s something that one cannot achieve without swordsmanship training.

「Rei-kun！！ ！ 」

Sahoko’s voice is suddenly resounding from the room.

When Kyouka and I enter the room in panic, we saw an awakened Reiji there. Sahoko was currently embracing that Reiji.