297 Do Your Best to Get Along Well with Him (1/2)

”Sensei…” Seiji was moved to his core.

He wanted to say something but felt that words were insufficient to describe how moved he was. Instead, he chose to walk over to Mayuzumi and hug her.

”Haruta-kun…” Mayuzumi was obviously surprised by his sudden action.

And then, she slowly closed her eyes and hugged the boy back. After a few moments, she began crying

”Wah… wahh… wahhh…”

She had been stuck here for over five months. Even she herself was unable to put her torturous experience into words.

At this moment, Seiji had finally appeared to save her, and it was Mayuzumi's first opportunity to vent her emotions since she'd arrived in the soul world.

”Wahh… wahhh…”

Fear, pain, loneliness, discomfort… various emotions finally broke through her numbed emotions and poured out together with her tears.

'You've been so strong, Sensei… Mayuzumi,' Seiji thought solemnly.

He hugged her tightly and allowed her tears to dampen his shirt.

A long time later.

Mayuzumi finally stopped crying and let go of him. She smiled at Seiji despite her reddened eyes.

Seiji also smiled back at her.

What were they supposed to do next?

The first thing that came to mind was to wait.

Wait and believe that Natsuya Yoruhana would be able to take care of the problem on her side and contact Seiji again, no matter what the problem was.

Seiji trusted the president.

But how long would they have to wait?

One hour in reality was equal to almost half a year here.

With that ratio, even if it took only ten minutes to deal with whatever problem that cropped up, they would have to wait for nearly one month in the soul world.

Optimistically thinking about it, it might take less than ten minutes.

But pessimistically… it would take half a year or even a full year!

Seiji felt that it was best not to run down this avenue of thought anymore.

The most important task they had was finding a way of convincing Reo Tachibana to accept the truth.

They had to tell her that her mother had already passed away, and that Mayuzumi Amami was someone else. They had to help her to truly accept that her mother was no longer in this world, so that she would release Mayuzumi.

This was something that Mayuzumi had tried already. However, she'd failed.

If he tried again… would he be able to succeed?

'This question is meaningless, as I have yet to try my absolute best!'

He felt that it was pointless to wait without doing anything.

Although it was possible that the president would contact him before he could convince Reo and they would succeed in breaking free, making an effort to do something was always better than standing around and doing nothing.

And if… he couldn't convince her, and they waited for too long, what else could they do?

Kill Reo Tachibana?

No! No matter if it was even possible or not, she was only an elementary school girl.

She was just a girl that had lost both of her parents in a traffic accident.

Everything was due to that accident, Hinako Haza's death, and the mysterious power that she had accidentally summoned ten years ago.

Reo Tachibana was innocent. In fact, she was a victim as well.

To kill such a young and innocent girl… Seiji was unable to do such a thing. So, if it came to it, he would choose to load.

Unless things came to a dead end, he decided to try his very best to do what he should do.

”Sensei, let's discuss Reo Tachibana…” Seiji said after he had finished contemplating.

Reo Tachibana returned home.

She was rather surprised to see a rather handsome older boy relaxing on her sofa at home.

'Who is he?' she thought to herself.

”Hello, little sister Tachibana.” Seiji smiled at her. ”Do you still remember me?”

”Hello, big brother.” Reo blinked questioningly. ”Who are you?”

She didn't remember him, just as Peach-sensei had told him.