Vol 3 Chapter 44 (2/2)

“And, so, honey… I thought I would cut you up first, and destroy that girl’s heart Ilocked up like this”

I continued to measure the distance between us as I slowly moved

While she was laughing, if I showed an opening, she would surely jump at it

She seem to understand that I couldn’t attack Miranda-san’s body

“The first one who tried to kill you… was the outer h I mean, isn’t it true? Before I ca blow of her oill Though she was being manipulated by that brat Still… that outerit off”

She turned her eyes to Novem

As I strengthened

“Oh, don’t worry, I won’t cheat on you dear… but Lyle-kun, has Novem and Aria, and on top of that, he has his hands on that Clara over there He’s quite an awful man, isn’t he?”

“I’m sorry, I’ve never even been kissed before I’m a shy boy”

“Well how unfortunate… before trying to kill you, the outerat you”

As she said that, I denied it

“I have Novem, so won’t you put that on hold? I’m serious about her”

“… Right As I thought, that’s how it is Even e’re the same, the outer me couldn’t understand that”

I was curious about her statement, but I immediately jumped at her

My preparations were complete

“Oh my, for you to be so motivated all of a sudden…!!”

Her face warped With a pained expression, she glared at me

As I leapt at her, she thrust out her dagger

I grabbed the fist clenched around it, and averted it

In the space between htly cut into the skin

“What did you do… what did you do!!?”

As ripped her left, she landed a kick on me

It wasn’t the kick of a girl

I stomached the pain, and went on in a leisurely expression

“It’s a Skill that influences the mind… the Support Class has the like that?”

“You prick!!”

The Jewel let off a blue light, and forcefully sealed her off before calling out to Miranda-san

“How are you feeling?”

As I let go of her hands, she fell to her knees, and let the dagger drop to the ground

Aout, but no one opened they eyes

“… This is the worst”

She was hanging her head, so I couldn’t see her face

And like that, I started to use 【Mind】

I called out to the depths of her heart, and forcefully dragged her out I was even able to push down the girl fluently prattling on about Miranda-san’s feelings

(It’s good that I was able to do that as soon as she caerous)

“… So you knew About Shannon”

On my question, she opened her mouth

“You heard, didn’t you? I knoare of how she was influencing me, and I played the fool I mean… I’m Shannon’s older sister”

I remember the words Aria said

When she was at at nothing but a loss, the one orried for her was Aria

“Everyone has a part of them they don’t want to show off”

As I said that, Miranda-san started s

“I hear that a lot But the h about I showed you the abnormal me”

I let out a sigh, and activated Mind

The Sixth raised his voice

『S-stop it, Lyle!』

But the Third restrained him

『It’s fine, it’s fine Have at it Even if Shannon-chan had so it pile up and explode, it’s better to have her accept it』

The Third ht tone of voice

(Don’t say it as if it’s someone else’s problem)

“You e the truth That was a single side of you And now, I’ to use my Skill to treat that part”

The self she divided off, once more…

I’ll have her properly recognize the dark feelings she discarded

“…… I’htly, you know”

“Don’t worry There are worse ones out there (My sister, for one)”

She slowly lifted her head to look at me

Her messed up hair was stuck to her face

Froain

“It’s not my problem what happens She could have surely pushed me down forever”

“You’d coh And when that happens, it’ll become a major incident In that case, just let her accept you It’s time for you to protect the other Miranda-san”

“Protect?”

The suppressed emotions were always treated as a malicious entity

But if I had to say, that’s also human

Regret and grief, the self that no one would ever look at… while it’s e, that’s also a part of me

No, it was the larger portion

But I was able to use those s as fuel to persevere

… Not that I was rewarded for it or anything

“If you’ve been nothing but rejected for so long, it can’t be helped that you’ve grown so twisted”

I touched her shoulder with ht hand, and the Jewel started to shi+ne

“… I guess you’re right”

“And I’ll accept you too”

No matter what Miranda-san she may be, I’ll accept her as Miranda-san

That’s what I meant when I said that

However…

“Eh? Was that…”

She let off a blue light, before collapsing

She was probably quite expended mentally

I was also quite tired fro my Skills

“Even e’ll be busy tomorrow… yeah, I’ll sleep”

With this, I think we’ve proceeded a little in our Shannon countermeasures

The Sixth whispered

『So I… didn’t get it』

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… The tie lookout shi+ft

Nove

Around her, a drugged Damien, Clara and Aria…

Miranda and Lyle were also asleep

“… I heard she had soe on medicine, but the amount of chemicals were administered quite precisely With this, everyone should wake by tomorrow”

Clara was on the same shi+ft as her, but Novem let her sleep

She draped a blanket over her

With her staff in hand, Novem headed over to Miranda

Miranda’s hair was stuck to her face with sweat

She seeued

Novehtly, but when she saw Lyle stir beside her, she loosened her hand

She put down her staff, and stared at the palm of her hand

“Why did it react like this? That aside, waking them up like this is a little…”

Perhaps Lyle orn out, as he was sleeping quite soundly

Looking at his expression, Novem smiled

She tried stroking her hand against his face

After tilting her head to the side, she decided to continue keeping watch

“You seem to be tired from that battle, so I’ll take over your lookout shi+ft”

In that previous battle

Novem hadn’t been asleep…

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Everyone had woken up a little after our decided departure time

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

“It’s fine”

Novem made a bitter smile

After seeing Clara continually apologizing to Nove up, I couldn’t even caution her

I mean, I had also fallen asleep, and missed my shi+ft

When I asked Novem why she didn’t wake me up, she responded that I looked tired

Going after her any further on the h it anyways

“Yeah~ that was a nice rest It feels as if I’ve been drugged or so!”

Dahed in a loud voice, and it seems that was the first decent sleep he had received in a while, so he was happy

I wanted to ask just what sort of lifestyle he was living, but I felt his explanation would be a pain, so I stopped myself

Aria aardly finished her meal in silence

Miranda-san was…

“I’m sorry, Novem-chan!”

… Bright, and energetic

It was as if the events of last night were a lie, but the Third spoke

『It’s actually quite refreshi+ng to open up once in a while』

Hearing that, the Fifth seemed to be in doubt

『… Only if that’s possible No, perhaps I was quite open too…』

It see

The Second…

『She’s etic than before It’s fine I mean, like this, she’ll probably help out with Shannon’s case』

The Fourth was of the same opinion

『That’s truly a nice smile She looks like she’ll help, but… when you knohat eirls are scary』

It sees, so I couldn’t really return any words to him

(In that regard, Novem is perfect)

I was in a slightto him

The Seventh was the same as always

『Well, with this, we’ll be able to concentrate solely on Damien’s request』

The Sixth sounded unmotivated

『… Right』

I knew it couldn’t end like this, so after eating, I started cleaning up

“Clara, you should leave it at that”

“It’s no good For support like ood”

She said that s towards her work

I responded with an, ‘o-okay’, before returning to cleaning up

And when I passed by Miranda-sab’s side…

“Thanks for yesterday, and… please look after me, L Y L E Kun”

For just a irl’s smile surfaced on Miranda’s face

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The Thirtieth floor’s boss room

An ogre with a large hollow pipe over its shoulder was standing before me

“It’s as if it’s a cannon Even so, there are quite a few s on them here”

Having everyone else step back, I confronted the ogre alone

“You’ll really be fine, right~?”

Even with his doubts, Damien waited on standby behind

As if it were e pipe over its head

I gripped the Jewel

“…【Full Burst】”

As I said that, the silver ripping a large sword in ht hand

It reseun to take on a shape easier for me to use

“I’ it in one hit”

I held the sword in both hands against my waist as if to slash upwards with it

As the ogre swung down its pipe onmy own

I shock wave rung out, and the ogre was flung all the way to the back wall of the boss chamber

Its side the cannon, as it was sent barreling into the wall

The pipe split into two, and fell to the ground

I released the Skill

“… Besides taking out a monster in one blow, this one’s actually quite harsh to handle”

Returning the large sword to its for about the Mana I lost

If I don’t experience a Growth at least once more, I may never be able to skillfully handle the Jewel

My coht came over

“As expected of Lyle-sama”

Novem praised me as usual

Aria was…

“You won’t use that one more frequently?”

“… I’ll use it when I ”

To her cold attitude, I reacted in like

Well, it was between coe

Clara started looking at my Jeith a serious expression

“That’s rare metal And an expensive sort at that”

Miranda-san applauded with a smile

But she wasn’t simply cheerful as usual

She seemed even friendlier than before

“With this, we’ve completed the professor’s request Now, please teach Lyle-kun your ic”

Danize ere seriously doing his request if we exceeded the thirtieth floor

But he looked at me, and spoke

“It’s a pro out there?”

“What is it”

Looking at me with a serious face, Damien spoke

“You, at this rate, you’ll becoood Well, not that it’s my business”

Having been told that, I had no words to return

I wonder why

And the Second agreed

『… I’ll bet』

We were steadily proceeding towards clearing Damien’s request, but it seems I’m to confront yet another problem