799 Brother Seiji has the right to be selfish (1/2)

Silence.

Nobody spoke for a long while after Seiji asked his question.

Such a question… how were they supposed to answer it?

Reo and Nozomi were the only ones present who didn't really know what was going on. Everyone else felt greatly pressured, with Natsuya feeling the most pressure.

Natsuya knew better than anyone else present just how powerful Seiji was. This was why she felt an immense amount of pressure from his question.

It was no exaggeration to say that Natsuya currently felt like she was at a fateful turning point in history. She felt like her and everyone else's answer to Seiji would determine the very future of the world!

Although Seiji was behaving somewhat chuunibyou, she could tell that he was being quite serious. There was absolutely nothing theatrical about what he was saying. Everyone present could sense this.

He really was capable of saving several hundred thousand people! Or, he might be able to do even better than that!

He possessed the power to resolve this entire incident or even reverse all the catastrophe so far. He was as powerful as a god!

No… saying that he was as powerful as a god might not be accurate. It was like he was a god himself!

By now, Natsuya would be able to accept it even if it really did turn out that Seiji was a god, or if he was the reincarnation of the legendary strongest Yin Yang Master.

Just what type of power was he talking about? Natsuya was curious about this, but she couldn't bring herself to ask. Perhaps she unconsciously didn't dare to ask.

If she asked, maybe it would still be alright if he didn't answer, but if he really told her what his power was… Natsuya was worried that how she viewed Seiji would change if she learned what his power that he was so afraid of was.

She didn't want to change.

She wanted to continue liking him… loving him. She didn't want to treat him as an ascendant existence.

That was probably what Seiji thought as well.

He didn't want to change.

He didn't want to stop restraining himself. He didn't want to casually use his great power as he pleased, because that might make him leave the realm of humanity.

But right now, with the current catastrophe, it would be impossible to save others without using his greatest amount of power.

Nobody was counting on him to save everyone out there—although this could be said, just thinking about all the victims outside that might include everyone's friends and relatives… Natsuya was unable to say anything out loud.

Natsuya definitely had some complaints about her family. However, this absolutely didn't mean that she wanted her family to die!

Seiji didn't have the mission of saving everyone. Nobody would have such a mission. But if he had such a power, should he just watch on the sidelines and let everything happen?

That was Seiji's inner conflict.

He had the power to save this city, to save several hundred thousand or even more lives. However, he still wanted to maintain his sense of self. What should he choose in such a situation?

Become a god for the sake of other people's lives? Or abandon other people's lives and continue remaining human?

Just how was such a question supposed to be answered?

Natsuya didn't know.

If she was in Seiji's situation, she wouldn't know what she would choose.

What about everyone else?

”Just do what you think is best.”

Mai was the first person to break the silence.

The maid had a calm expression as she looked directly at Seiji. ”This is your own problem. Only you can make the decision. Asking for help from others is just acting spoiled.”

Something instantly subtly changed in the atmosphere.

Seiji laughed out loud once again.

”Saying that I'm acting spoiled seems too harsh, Senpai.”

”Then what do you think it is, Young Master Haruta?”