Arifureta Chapter 12 (1/2)
Going back a little in time
In one of the rooms provided to the sudoashi+ shi+zuku watched over her best friend as still asleep, with a gloomy mood It has already been five days since that day where they experienced loss as well as a life or death struggle in the dungeon
After that incident, the party stayed overnight at inn town Holward, before returning to the Kingdo It was sieon with this kind of ath he was said to be incompetent, it was still the death of a hero’s compatriot after all, hence, it was necessary to report to the King and the Church Besides, although it is harsh, it will be troublesome if they broke down in a place like this It has been decided that the hero party needed to be cared for before any fatal impairment occurs
Recalling the incident after returning to the kingdoh shi+zuku wished for Kaori to wake up soon, at the saood for her to re When the news of Hajih each and every one of the kingdoh of relief knowing that Haji and Ishtar were the saeon within the hero party who possess powerful strength It will be troubleso of how they, who couldn’t even survive the Dungeon, would be able to defeat Demons The hero party, to be worthy of the name God’s Apostles, must be invincible
However, the King and Ishtar would have been considered sensible, whereas those who viewed Hajime unfavourably spoke ill of him Naturally, they didn’t state it publicly, but that was the feeling given off as the aristocrats gossiped sneakily in the shadows ‘Thank God the incoht despite being a God’s Apostle, of course he died’, speaking ill of hi the dead, there wereto her anger and taking action
In fact, it wasn’t strange for Kouki, who had a strong sense of justice, to be the first to fly into rage and veheed that it would be unwise to leave a bad impression and hence punished those who had verbally abused Hajime…… On the contrary, the ru a kind hero as heartbroken over the death of an incompetent spread like wild fire In the end, Kouki’s reputation rose while the assessht trouble to the heroes failed to overturn
At that tile-handedly holding back the ainst To think that it was a stray bullet fired by so his classmates that drove him to his death
It was almost as if the class has planned beforehand, but no one talked about the misfire that had happened They should have been confident of their ownlike a teic”, they just couldn’t bring up the topic That is, it would mean that they themself was the murderer
In the end, as if escaping froan to think that the cause was due to Hajime’s own clu for the culprit, everyone would not be so troubled if it was si the consequences of his own actions The classmates’ opinions were so consistent that they achieved aany form of communication
Commander Meld considered the need to question the students in order to clarify the details of that incident However, with the students trying to escape from reality, it would be difficult for them to think of it as a sience, he was convinced that the psychological care for the students will clearly prove guilt and innocence If this is left unanswered, it would become a problem to address later More importantly, Meld himself wanted to clear it up Unable to save Haji ‘help’, Commander Meld was similarly heartbroken
However, Commander Meld’s actions did not co the students Co forbidden it
”If you knew this…… will you be angry?”
shi+zukuthe hand of Kaori who hasn’t awaken even once since that day According to the doctor’s diagnosis, her body was completely fine, but her deep sleep was probably defensive ical shock Thus, as time passes, she would naturally awaken
Grasping Kaori’s hand, shi+zuku prayed to no one in particular, ”Please don’t hurt my kind-hearted best friend any more than this”
At this tihtly clutched hand twitched
”…!? Kaori! Can you hear me?! Kaori!”
shi+zuku desperately called out Kaori’s shut eyelids began to quiver shi+zuku appealed again In response to that voice, Kaori’s hand returned shi+zuku’s grip Kaori then slowly opened her eyes
”Kaori!”
”…… shi+zuku-chan?”
Leaning her body forward over the bed, tears dwelled in the corners of shi+zuku’s eyes as she looked down at Kaori Looking at her surroundings with eyes which has yet to clear, finally, her brain started up again and Kaori focused on shi+zuku as overlooking her and calling out her name
”Yeah, right It’s me Kaori, how’s your body? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
”Uh, yeah I’ish…… it’s probably due to sleep……”
”Well, sleeping for five days…… is tiring, I guess”
shi+zuku gave a strained laugh as she helped Kaori up, telling her how much she had slept Kaori’s reaction was
”Five days? So long…… why…… I, aeon…… and……”
Seeing those eyes that were gradually losing focus, shi+zuku thought that it was inopportune and tried to change topics However, Kaori was faster, and recovered her memories
”So then…… Ah………………………… Nagumo-kun?”
”Tsu~…… that is”
shi+zuku revealed a bitter expression, troubled over how she should break the news shi+zuku’s appearance, coupled with her own edy Yet, Kaori wasn’t able to easily accept the truth
”…… It’s a lie, right? shi+zuku-chan After I fainted, Naguht? Here, is a roou? He should be at the training grounds? Nn…… I’uo of your hands? shi+zuku-chan”
Escaping froo look for Hajirip on Kaori’s arm shi+zuku had a sorrowful expression, but still stared resolutely at Kaori
”…… Kaori You understand right?…… He’s not here anymore”
”Stop……”
”It’s just as Kaori remembers”
”Stop it……”
”He is, Nagumo-kun is……”
”No, stop it…… don’t say anymore!”
”Kaori! He’s dead!”
”That’s wrong! He didn’t die! There is absolutely no such thing! Why are you saying such outrageous things! Even shi+zuku-chan is not allowed to!”
Denying and shaking her head, Kaori struggled to escape from shi+zuku’s restraint shi+zuku absolutely refused to separate and tightly hugged her, trying to warm Kaori’s frozen heart
”Let go! Let umo-kun! Please…… he o~”