632 There’s nothing to be afraid of anymore (1/2)

This place definitely counted as a type of hidden oasis. Just its beauty alone made it quite breathtaking.

Although Seiji was a little curious what might be hidden here, he was most worried about finding Hoshi right now.

After Seiji and his friends entered the ”flower garden”, they soon located the beautiful boy sleeping under the red-leafed tree!

Hoshi was sitting quietly against the tree bark. He had a peaceful expression and his eyes closed… Seiji couldn't help but think of a certain knight king's final ending when he saw this scene! Fortunately, Hoshi was only sleeping normally, not eternally.

Seiji crouched down next to Hoshi, took off his helmet mask, and called out to Hoshi, ”Hoshi, wake up.”

There was no reaction.

”Wake up! Fourth Knight!!” Seiji increased his volume and shook Hoshi slightly by his shoulder.

”En…” Hoshi muttered a light sound.

The beautiful boy then furrowed his eyebrows and opened his eyes slightly. After blinking a bit, he slowly opened them more.

Hoshi had a confused expression for a moment when he first noticed Seiji's presence. Hoshi then widened his eyes slightly. ”…Senpai?”

”It's me.” Seiji smiled at him. ”It was quite difficult for us to find you. I never expected that you were sleeping in such a beautiful place.”

Hoshi stared at Seiji in surprise for a moment before he slowly turned to glance at Mika and Hisashi who had also unmasked themselves.

”Uehara-senpai… Juumonji-san… Are you guys real?”

”This humble one doesn't think that he is an illusion.” Hisashi chuckled. ”This is reality. You're not dreaming at all, Fourth Knight.”

”It's wonderful that you're alright, Amami-san.” Mika also smiled.

Hoshi then looked back at Seiji again. The expression on Hoshi's face gradually turned to one of delight.

”Senpai… Team Leader!” Hoshi suddenly jumped towards Seiji and hugged him!

Seiji was rather startled by this. He never expected that his junior would be excited to such a degree.

”Calm down… How are you feeling right now? Are you injured anywhere?”

”Not at all… I'm fine… It's just…” Hoshi sniffled his nose. ”I was a little afraid…”

”I'm sorry for leaving you alone for so long.” Seiji patted him on the back. ”Everything's alright now. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore.”

The moment Seiji said this, he felt as if he had just uttered a classical death flag… er, everything should be fine, right?

”Wah… Team Leader…” Hoshi did his best to repress his tears so that he wouldn't cry.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Hoshi then let go of Seiji after he managed to calm down his emotions. Still, Hoshi's face remained somewhat red.

”How did you arrive in this district?” Seiji asked what he wanted to know the most.

The mysterious gold-haired girl was no longer there!

Seiji, Mika, and Hisashi were all rather mystified by Hoshi's action.

They also followed Hoshi's line of sight to the red-leafed tree. However, they only saw red leaves and some black fruits.

”Is something there?”

Seiji asked this quite seriously as he recalled how strangely Hoshi had behaved right before the Domain changed.

”No… she… isn't there anymore.” Hoshi then looked all around him but still couldn't find that girl.

”She?”

”Yes, an extremely beautiful golden-haired girl…”

Hoshi told the other three about his experiences.

”That girl is highly likely to be an existence from another world.” Seiji thought about it as he rubbed his chin. ”Although she's also a bit different from the ones I met before…”

This girl was able to easily slay a boss monster with a single flick of her finger. She was even capable of opening up portals within Kazuko's Domain, as well as teleport Hoshi to such a secret garden-type location. It was obvious that she was completely different from Lloyd and Lana.

Was she much more powerful than Lloyd and Lana? Or was she a completely different type of existence?

”She brought you here so that you could rest here safely. She helped you out… But, it's also possible that she was the one who caused the Domain to transform and us to become separated.” Seiji had quite a serious expression.

Hoshi remained silent. Although he had also considered this possibility, he didn't want to think that it could be true.

”I… don't think that she's evil,” Hoshi muttered. ”I think that something else caused the change in the Domain, not her…”