371 368. When fate is finished writing.txt (2/2)

As expected, Romis did not miss that master's opening.

Manipulating the flaming snake, he let its jaws (agito) bite into his master's torso. With that momentum, he slammed his body into the ground and held it down.

Unlike me, Master, who has no tolerance for pain, let out a scream.

''Kuch, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah--!

That's all. Now let's just be on our guard and wait for you two to get tired. Yeah, you can pass out if you're in pain, okay?　It's easier that way.

He doesn't seem willing to let the flames loose until we can't stand the heat and pain anymore.

Romis is perfect.

Now we are stunned, trapped and defeated.

'Aaaaahhh ......, aaaaahhh ......--'

At that time, Master had dropped his example mask after being bitten by a flame snake. He was admitting defeat just like me, revealing a face that was about to burst into tears.

What that master said first and foremost was--

'Ahhhh ......, sorry ....... Tiara ....... I've been following me and stuff, so ......, to Tiara .......

It was an apology.

He had expected his master to be angry at Romis to the end, and to continue to spew his resentment at him. However, it was against Master himself that he was angry. It was as if his anger at Romis up to this point was as false as the mask he had just dropped--

At that moment, I wobbled.

I felt my mind and body shake with a different reaction than I expected from my master.

'I'm really sorry ....... I'm sure Yotaki would not have let this happen. It's me, not Yotaki, and that's why this happened ......!　Oh, all of them, all of them, it's my fault: ......!

The master felt unusually responsible for himself.

If he was not good at it, he seemed to think that even this Fania event was all his fault.

'You shouldn't have met me that day ....... If I hadn't taken you out of that tower, even you wouldn't have had to go through this .......

Shh, shh, ......?

That's not true.

I went on this journey with my master because I expected to be able to do this.

If anyone is responsible for this ending, it's not my master, but me.

And yet, it's better not to have met him...

I don't want you to say it.

I still believe that our meeting was fate.

Master is the ”hero” of my ”ideal”.

And yet...

”That boy died just as soon as he showed me around. He was as good a kid as Tiara. ...... Because of meeting me .......

With a tear-stained face, Master regrets everything about himself.

''It's because I didn't know what I was doing and tried to imitate Yotaki ....... I was wrong, after all, I was wrong. Ever since I came to this other world, from the beginning to the end, I was wrong .......

Finally, my favorite 'hero' himself was about to deny that he was a 'hero'

--a wobbly mind, a high fever.

I was confident that I could enjoy any kind of book, no matter what kind of book, no matter the trend (genre), no matter the trend (style), no matter the ending (end).

However, the absence of the 'hero' from my world was not the only thing I could accept.

I felt more heat in my chest than being burned by the flames, and I let it spill out of my mouth.

'No. ......'

My chest is hot.

It's so hot I can't stand it, so I stop closing the Fania version of the book.

Right now, there is a sense of satisfaction in my chest after reading the book. However, something much hotter than that is lingering in my chest like a heavy weight, and it is painful.

In a book, it would have been ”impatient and desolate, and Tiara Hoozeyers was heartbreaking,” but in reality, it was just one word duplicated: hot and hot (・・・・・・) hot and hot (・・・・・・) hot (...).

As I was confused by these first emotions, Romis cornered his master.

'--God of Light, don't be so sad. You can still start over. Unlike the princess there, you won't let me die no matter what. Yes, I won't die. Heck, I'll have that head empty in no time. That's the kind of thing the city of Fania is very good at.

Well, do you want to start over?　I'm not the only one who won't die. ......?

'You will be reborn from now on as a new you who feels happy to serve me. You will be a Fania hero, not a Hoosiers. What do you think?　Aren't you looking forward to it?

'Oh, ahhhhh. ....... It's just me again. Am I the only one left again, the one everyone else has made unhappy?　This weakest and most miserable me is crappy and alone ......!　Forget everything, (...) ......!

'Yes, you'll lose a lot of memories. ”Yes, you will lose many memories, but don't worry, you have nothing to worry about. I will be responsible for studying your light power and transforming it into divine, true 'magic' for you!　This Lomis Neysha, I promise!

I can read that development with my skills.

If I lose now, my master will be managed in the same way as The One Who Steals Fire's Reason.

In the process, his personality would be played to Romis' advantage.

Aikawa Uzumi is defeated and trapped. From now on, he will be subjected to the despair of despair and will have his own memories closed off. He will also forget the Tiara Fusoya's that he traveled with...”.

My heat finally exceeds the fire that scorches my body, as the future that the skill teaches me.

My master is defeated and trapped. From now on, he will experience the despair of despair and shut down his own memories. And to forget about me, who traveled with him - I just can't forgive him (・・・・). I'll never forgive him (・・・・・・・)!

”Not 'cold letters' but hot emotions (・・・・) pouring out of me and I exclaim.

'No!'　Master!

Ignoring all the pain of the burns, he writhed and did his best to tell his master as he writhed.

''What Master has done is not wrong!　I was happy to have help!　It's been so much fun meeting my mentor, playing and laughing and suffering with him, and traveling!　It was fun to die for!　That's a lot of failures, but I'm a big, big fan of that kind of master!

I shake my whole body and try to shake the arms of the fire giants off.

Seeing their resistance, Romis frowns and commands the fire giants.

''Tch. I knew you were still hiding your power--''

Instantly, the left and right arms that had been grabbed snapped like twigs.

A sound as if a thunderclap had rumbled through my brain, and heat and intense pain that surpasses the burns runs through my entire body. However, I continue to scream without any fear.

''So, it's okay!　I will never, ever be gone from my beloved mentor's presence!　And this one doesn't hurt at all!　It's fun!

I don't know what I'm trying to tell you.

To be honest, I think I'm wasting the extra energy I had left over.

'I'm sure the boy who showed me around yesterday is still alive!　You weren't there, you're still alive somewhere!　I definitely don't think that Master's kindness was wrong!　Not yet!　There's still a chance we'll reach a happy ending of 'We're all in this together' someday in the future!　So--!

But I knew this was the raw emotion I was looking for.

I guess the reason I couldn't realize what was inside of me all along was because of my own innate difference (・・・・・・・・) - 'reading (skill)'.

But now, for the first time in my life, I am shaking off my own skills and understanding the true meaning of the phrase ”there is a big difference between reading a book and actually tasting it”.

-- as long as I can protect the life of my beloved master, I don't care what the rest of the ending (end) is?

No!　The only reason I could say that was because I had yet to have a single taste of reality!

I met the 'ideal' 'protagonist' and just floated around like a fool because I didn't really like him yet!

If you really liked it, you would have wanted to see the person you loved smile!

If you really loved her, you'd want to make the people you love happy!

You'll want to make your master's wish of 'We're all in this together' come true, no matter what!

I don't want the person I love to forget who I am for a second!　I just wanted to laugh at each other all the time!　He wants to be with you until he dies, that's what I think!　You want a happy ending at all costs!　Doesn't that mean you really like it!

Then it's not ”Tiara Foods Ya'll love Uzumi Aikawa”!

[I love Master so, so, so much] That's how I really feel!

So don't cry. ......!　Master!

I let all of those thoughts come together and spit them out of my mouth.

I couldn't stop them.

I jumped out of the world of books into the real world - I almost lost someone I cared about, and only then did I finally realize - my 'love interest', a raw emotion in the true sense of the word.

It certainly reaches my master, who was being held down to the ground by the flaming snake.

'Tiara: ......'

With moist eyes, Master reflected my figure collapsing in the distance.

I could see my reflection in his eyes, and I could see my reflection in mine.

I can see me, raging with the impulse of my first love and blurting out those feelings.

The situation sucked, but I felt a bit of a sense of accomplishment.

I felt a real connection to my mentor and my heart.

When I truly believed that it was worth it to tell him, even if I had to throw away all my spare energy in this worst situation--that's when I truly believed it.

It can't be (・・・・・), no (...)--

Suddenly, Master's expression changed.

We were indeed mirroring each other now.

I made the confession of my life and Master fully accepted it.

However, in the reply to my confession, he said--

Why ....... Tiara did the same thing as 'she (...)'?

There was another girl in the mix that wasn't me.

My heart palpitations almost stop.

My heart, which had been so hot, suddenly cooled down, and I was terribly confused.

However, even more than me, my master was confused.

The sight I just saw, the words I heard, the name I just uttered - everything I saw, the words I heard, and the name I uttered - startled me, and then he turned pale and removed his gaze from me with a face that looked like he was about to cry.

'Ka, 'she' ......?　Who's that?　Who or what is it?　No, I know, I know: ......

Master would ask himself questions, and then his breathing would become thin and shallow, almost suffocating.

It was as if he was talking to himself, a self he didn't know, and it was maddening to watch from the side. Finally, the Master turns his face down and screams at his own chest, not at Romis or me, who is here, but at his own chest.

'I know. Because I wished it. I wished for this to happen. ......!　Ah, ah, ......!　Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh--!

I realize that this is not the time to be sad about a failed confession.

I knew, just by looking at him, that my master was in the middle of a greater failure than I was right now. After all, his distorted and contorted face was worthy of being described as ”heart crumbling”.

If this was the case, Master would break down to the point of irretrievability.

'Master ......!'

As he fell, he tried to stretch his broken right arm.

But the bones were shattered, and the flaming giant grabbed my arm and wouldn't move it even a twitch.

I bit my teeth, and with a stern look in my eyes, I tried to glare at the grasping fire giant and--

At the tip of his broken right arm, he found a wavering line.

There was one on his own fingertip, something that should not have been there before.

'Huh?　No, 'thread'--

A thin, white 'thread' was caught on his fingertips.

It was made up of 'demonic poison' and was a 'thread' that could not normally be seen.

For some reason. Now, I could see it at this time.

And maybe it's because of my skills, but it also gives me a strange feeling.

As if this development, this book, this ending - this story of my master's growth and mine - was written by someone from the beginning, and all the characters 'hero', 'heroine' and 'antagonist' were just manipulated by the 'author'. --

In the midst of this sensation, my master's heart, which had been at the limit for so long, collapses.

The conditions of 'The One Who Steals the Reason' deepen before my eyes.