Chapter 174 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 153

The world is being dyed in the madder red color of the sky.

After such old decayed ruins.

『Hey, Kaito, do you remember? The day we* met for the first time』(TLN: Royal We)

『…… Oh, of course. I remember』

『At that time, I* told you, 『do not touch me, do not approach me, do not try to get familiar with me』. Even though we knew, geez, both Kaito and myself are such big idiots. In the end, it ended up like this after all』

『…… There’s nothing that could have been done, I mean, I came to love you so much that I couldn’t help myself. In the first place,■■■■■ is the one at fault for being my type and hitting my strike zone way too hard』

『Idiot, idiot, idiot. Where do find a hero who seduces the Demon King? Where do you find a Demon king who falls in love with the hero? If you say such a thing at the end, it makes it even more painful』

A red-haired girl in front of me expresses a forced smile.

『Throw everything away, even if it’s for the little remaining time. I don’t mind spending it like that』

『……』

Oh, my heart aches.

Why? It’s obvious right.

It’s because I know what she’s going to say next and I came here deciding I’m going to decline it.

『If it’s something I can do, whatever it is, I’ll do it. Even, if you want half of the world, I’ll give it to you. So, please come to my side, please』

That face that seems like it’s about to burst into tears at any moment.

I could feel her feelings that she was hardening so desperately shaken.

『Don’t you say it, I don’t want to. I’m selfish, so I want it all. I don’t want the world I spent with you to break. After about 2 or 3 years, I hate the fact I won’t be able to be with you anymore! I’ll be sure, I’ll be sure to remove that root from you, even if the possibility is low, I will be sure to grab it! 』

『Kaito……』

『I will never admit, I won’t admit you’re going to die, and I won’t allow you to give up either! Like I would watch you become a victim of the world!!』

It’s no good, it won’t work, you won’t reach it. It’s already too late.

You have no choice but to kill her with those hands that can’t save anything or leave anything.

You will definitely regret not making that choice.

『I will take you back to my world! Humans, Beastkins, Demons, you and me will cooperate together to put a stop to the conflict by building a Great Barrier, and we’ll laugh at the end and return to my world! 』

Such a day, won’t come.

『I will introduce you to my family and boast about you to my friends, that 『this beautiful girl is my wife』. That’s right, I’m sure it’ll be fun, because there’s nothing like hero or demon king over there in the other world, we can flirt all we want in front of the public』

Such a dream, won’t come true.

『I refuse to spend time with you while being frightened of the day that is to come. I have been called the great hero who have come to save this world. In that case, I’ll aim to save everything altogether like a real hero, and create a happy ending where everyone is happy. I won’t settle for anything less, I won’t be satisfied with half of the world! 』

『……Good grief, this big fool. You really are bullheaded』

Ah, but why?

Even in my dreams, I can’t interrupt the scene.

Though, I still can’t remember what’s going to happen after this.

I at least know that there is no bright future ahead.

『In that case, Kaito, I believe in you!! You are definitely going to save me!!』

The girl retracts her hands while wiping her face.

『Leave it to me! I love you so much afterall, stupid girl!!』

『You better come to my rescue quick!! If you don’t, I will sulk!! And I love you, you big dumbass!!』

With that said, the people turned their backs on each other and start walking.

The sky that I looked up was still red.

Even though it is supposed to be an important memory, I wake up from the dream without knowing what kind of memory it is.

The only thing left was the color of the sky that burned vividly into my eyes.

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A hospital that should be called a giant castle of white wall.

In that room, I had received my last examination before the second discharge procedure.

「You, Are you made of superalloy or something? Or are you a cyborg or something?」

「N, no, I’ve been wondering about that myself lately」

「My God, to receive an explosion at close range, and be discharged three days later. You were saying it hurts on that very day, but you were so nonchalant about it」

「Ahaha, that was umm, seems that I was lucky……」

「It’s certainly a kind of bad luck, because if you really are lucky, you won’t be involved in anything like this in the first place. It’s just a coincidence that you’re able to be in such healthy state」

Ahh, Maeno-sensei sighs.

The inquiry ended for now, and he flings his jacket over his shoulders.

At that time, we were caught in the explosion.

The reason for the explosion seems to be the fact that rats sneaked into the aging gas pipe and gnawed at it, and combined with the sparks caused by static electricity, which caused a large explosion.

The fire started to ignite the surrounding objects, and it was likely to develop into a big fire, but fortunately the damage was done only in one corner because the sprinklers that discovered it early by the sound luckily were safe and operated normally and the fire was stopped.

At first, there seemed to be a rumor about it being a “police station terrorist bombing!?”, but the cause was officially announced within the day, and the commotion settled, and the police are busy trying to deal with the situation.

In any case, there are various kinds of confiscated items and evidence of many cases stored over there.