Vol 17 Epilogue (1/2)
Epilogue
Part 1
Haruaki could not help but think to himself, this atmosphere really felt like the after said, it would also be a bit too disrespectful
”Pay attention, everyone~ Hurry and clean up, clean up If you don't divide up the work, the cleaning up won't finish~”
This carefree voice was also part of the reason Pakuaki was currently issuing orders to his subordinates from the Lab Chief's Nation His attitude was so upbeat that it felt like he would be blowing ”poot-poot-poot” nonstop if he had one of those whistles for issuing com a special tool resehts collapsed all over the place Although ”Doroup had apparently made it in time to cancel it before the spear took effect to wake up the unconscious knights In light of the Do effect perfectly as the owner, the ti was definitely a close shave They had made it in time quite miraculously
The ht?) was transporting the tied-up knights so whipped (quite happily, for so darkly Did they bring in a established a lab in a kaleidoscope before, it would not come as a surprise if they had similar tools
Presuhts» were collapsed on the ground, having stoppedNaturally, these sets of armor were alsothem to be used as research subjects It felt like they were reaping benefits as a third party in the conflict, or coht now, Haruaki had no energy to complain
(Oh dear)
While Haruaki was sitting limply, he had the spear's remains in front of him The rements, as well as the reround before getting shredded Naturally, they did not neglect the second spear on the Doether as well
Of course, this was only achieved by using Konoha and Kotetsu's powers After destroying «Dieu le veut», what one could call the root cause responsible for everything, Haruaki could not help but feel overwhel at it intently for quite a long time By the time he came back to his senses, he noticed that Kotetsu and Konoha had already returned to hu conversation also took place:
”It's finally over” ”Yes, but do not get the wrong idea This was a special exception, I have yet to acknowledge you as theof that sort while standing there with your legs apart, put on so first—! I-Ioes for you! Both of you, get dressed now!” For soic
Recalling that, Haruaki ss
Finally dressed, Konoha and Kotetsu were talking to Aiko as going ”hweh~” while hunching her neck They were probablyself-introductions
With a blank expression, Kirika was sitting on the ground just like Haruaki For sos
Then—as though noticing that things had come to a conclusion, or siinally scattered throughout the school were now gradually showing up at the sports ground
With his ar around There was also the rare sight of his gasGanon on her back ”Tsk~ It's already over~? So boring~” Originally stepping on a «Wittelsbach Knight», Kokoro quietly moaned ”Oh no!” as soon as she saw the superintendent and his subordinates Perhaps she had disobeyed some kind of order
Then froon walked over with Riko and Granaury in co waraze—naturally, it was directed at Kuroe Kuroe sied with a helpless smile on her face Haruaki had no idea what she was actually thinking inside
Finally appearing was a noisy group of people who had been on the roof until earlier—Sovereignty, Kana and Taizou aving vigorously shi+raho and Chihaya looked like they wanted to get home as quickly as possible Isuzu was all smiles The usual bunch
Fear squinted, focusing her gaze on everyone gathered in the sports ground
With a very cal to brand certain things deeply onto her retinas—Such was the incredible level of her intensity
Part 2
The square-shaped sky was visible, fra Also, that was all they could see
”Defeated huh”
”Yeah”
”The Commander is definitely the Commander”
”Yeah”
So weak so weak so weak so weak so weak The truth was engraved on the bottom of her heart
Honestly speaking, Satsuko thought to herself: ”As expected” She even felt relieved
All she did was acquire a weapon So with just that
To her, strength was happiness Not beco happiness
If all it took was a weapon to obtain happiness Then whatwould that make for her entire life prior to this?
Hence, perhaps this was best
Lying on the ground, Satsuko stroked her belly absent-mindedly Her belly, all covered ounds There were neounds fro before the decisive battle—from childhood
Both stood as evidence of her weakness Her cri too weak Matter-of-fact wounds
Happiness was so distant, too far away out of arm's reach
Hence, of course She, as unhappy, she, who had never tasted happiness—Of course she eak
”Satsuko is truly too weak”
””
Supposed to be collapsed by her side, Fourteen did not answer
Did she fall asleep? —Satsuko wondered
Speaking of which, so sleepy—She thought
As soon as she closed her eyes, she would never see anything again
Whether her oeakness
Or the happiness of strength
Part 3
”Hi, are you doing okay?”
”Do I look like I' okay?”
Liht hand to hold his left ar so h it were about to shatter, but he re the fact that he survived, perhaps he had co to live after fighting the creature closest to being the strongest
Zenon was also li like him On her back was Ganon who occasionally whimpered in pain, still unconscious, for who froe The superintendent really wanted to get her to a hospital as soon as possible
”So, what's up?”
”You're still asking me what's up? Don't play dumb”
Pendragon scratched the inside of his ear with his little finger while re in displeasure The superintendent did not feel afraid Because he knehy Pendragon was unhappy Also because he knew clearly that all they could do was die helplessly if Pendragon had any ill intent
He turned his gaze to glance at the woure Of course, she was clothed now
They looked at each other silently for a while
”Tsk!” Pendragon clicked his tongue and scratched his head
”Listen here I'est, even on I've already foundand have boundless love, I'll find a solution as long as I keep working hard and not give up Rather, I should say I'll definitely succeed Yeah, I won't give up, after all”
The superintendent knew vaguely what he was talking about He also understood vaguely what had happened today Because he knew Pendragon's personality intion was pursuing
”Isn't it far too sha?”
”I know right!? So sha about boundless love! That's so lame, are you an idiot? Idiot idiot—!”
Pendragon raised his hand to stop Riko as almost about to bite his ear
”You're too noisy Anyway, that's my top priority now On a different note, I defeated Squishy-ko just now Although she was strong, as expected of myself, it was a one-sided victory without any close calls However, my one-sided victory did est, if I' the time before that, wouldn't other people lose the e me?”
Totally incomprehensible The superintendent cocked his head
”And so?”
”Oh~ And so I suppose you can think of it as letting everyone see that I'm not flawless, or perhaps to declare that I's even this late in the game”
Pendragon suddenly widened his eyestoo much of a hassle
”Ultimately, what I want to say is this: We never settled our score Gabriel, this is a duel between men! Let's do it!”
”Huh? Hold on, you've totally lost me here!”
”Shut up! Riko, don't you interfere A situation like this requires one to fight barehanded with manly fortitude!”
”So stupid, I don't wanna interfere in the first place”
Just as Riko's pouting lips went ”boo~” and replied, anyone could tell that Pendragon was not serious Hence, no one stopped him Neither did anyone help the superintendent
Pendragon strode over next to hi fly—
”Brace yourself”
”Ooph!”
He punched the superintendent in the face Of course, he already held back, using only th Let alone tiles, it would probably break a rice cracker at most But the superintendent was in a state akin to a brokenhier
Seeing that, Pendragon frowned as though he had sohts Swinging both fists to taunt like a boxer, Pendragon then brought his own face up close
”Coladly take it Because I aestfrom you, who looks like you're about to keel over any uest”
Yeah, daht
Seeing Pendragon's stupid look while bringing his face near again and again, despite not understanding what he wanted, the superintendent knew that this farce was not going to end unless he indulged hion's cheek after a sigh Fearing his own shoulder ht dislocate if he punched with too ht jab However—
”Nugaaaaaaaaaaah!?”
Pendragon groaned in an exaggeratedback and forth on the ground Finally, he stood up while panting and shuddering ostentatiously Scowling with narrowed eyes, Riko re onto his arm It looked extremely fake
”Huff, huff G-Good game I lost”
”U on exactly?”
The superintendent spoke and inored hih he were out of options
”Can't be helped, I've been defeated as the Commander nobody can complain Here, take it!”
”Yes How regrettable/joyous that it makes my uterus hurt Truly cannot be helped, then I shall be taken away”
”What!?”
Granaury quietly walked over to the superintendent's side and turned to face the saured everything out
As though saying ood grief” and patted his clothing When the superintendent glared resentfully at him—
”Frankly speaking, that was just a act That e I believe chances of victory would be very low even if we attacked hi that lecher, enemy of women, awful man and sexual harasser would be quite a hile act frolobal perspective Should you issue the command, even if chances of victory are extreht to my very last breath”
The superintendent slumped his shoulders
”Of course I knoas just an act I don't want to attack him either”
”Apologies Because you kept staring at him”
”I just feel exasperated Are matters of face that important?”
”Haha~ Quite ianization, after all”
Pendragon laughed
The superintendent sighed again and glanced sideways at her She was standing shoulder to shoulder with him
”Say, you should understand, right?”
”Yes Please allow ht? I love/hate you deeply, while at the same time—”
She turned towards him
”I love/hate Liz deeply too”
””
Of course, she knew his objective She knew the wish, desire and drea the rest of his life
Even so, she—
”I am the contradictory spear Similar to Liz, yet different from Liz Precisely because I aht?”
She slightly opened her eyes that were al his objection with a look
Zenon could be heard sighing
”Superintendent, it is your defeat I would advise you to abandon futile resistance”
”Are you okay with it?”
”Workload would becohter than before with the addition of an assistant secretary I a forward to it”
”Uh, umm, this answer is definitely very much in your style, but how should I put this? I s”
”—I never expected any reward Furthermore”
Zenon turned her head slightly and gazed at him
”Froazed at a certain person while that soazed at you the whole tiether from the same spot”
On her face was a truly rare sight of—
A s
”Hence Even if one more person was added now, it matters not to me”
These words really backed hi hi
Watching withaway, about to go so that had absolutely no relation to current develop he alanted to ask
”By the way, Max, why didn't you target the Knights Dorant you the 'longevity' you seek, right? It's not like you didn't know of its existence”
”Oh? The condition in exchange for longevity is being unable to leave your own territory, right? That kind of inconvenient longevity, no thank you A dragona wheelchair, that's way too la”
Freedoer than anyone, freer than anyone
In that case—the perfect irl anted freedom more than anyone else, after all The superintendent could not help but think that
”So I guess it's tireet my beloved woman”
”Hold on, I've got another question All because you wanted to save face, other people will think I defeated you to acquire Granaury, won't they? In that case Won't there be evenafter me from now on?”
”Possibly Good luck”
After hearing that excessively free and easy answer, the superintendent regretted from the bottom of his heart: I should have punched him harder just now
Part 4
Kirika was sitting on the ground, staring blankly at her legs No injuries Even if she had any, they would heal soon enough There ue that did not count as injuries No, just fro, she had no idea what state the muscles and tendons within her body were in It was also possible that her legs had actually suffered a serious injury, but simply did not feel any pain Perhaps currently, the injury was sie Hence, it would not be surprising for anything to be happening
Back then—
At the finalat «Gimestorante's Love», when she was really about to die Just before the Doe suit, the ed the attack
She thought back to it The ht over it, the more confused she became
Was that really coincidence?
Vaguely—frouely—she had the ih someone invisible had pushed her
(No It was coincidence Seriously, absolutely ridiculous)
An illusion caused by overthinking things There were s could trip There were alsowas inevitable too The tense atmosphere of battle had made her adrenalin level spike up Extremely intense eet e misconceptions to crop up
(But)
Even if it was just an illusion, even if it was just a misconception, even if it was just coincidence
It was also true that she had this feeling
She exhaled ”hoo”
He also existed in her heart
As for why those thoughts had occurred to her, even causing her to make an association with him—
I will adht
The one as no longer around and could not be seen anywhere The one whom she used to admire as her senior at some point in the past
(Absolutely ridiculous)
Just as she reain
”What an exhausted face What are you thinking about?”
”The fact that an annoying person is talking to me when I'm so exhausted”
”Looks like you have the energy to retort at least, even against an annoying person Then I'm relieved”
Pakuaki swept his gaze across his subordinates in their hile he walked over to her
Kirika frowned She was definitely exhausted, unable toto talk to this kind ofshe had to clear up
”Why did you save us?”
”Weren't you the one who asked me? This is the method”
She asked hi to Pakuaki about so her hazy consciousness, but she could not recall the dialogue As soon as she tried to re
Pakuaki chuckled and said:
”Because I' I can to er sister's wish come true”
Quit joking around—She thought Hence, Kirika drew her own conclusions
”Cut the crap and shut up In other words Your side cannot sit back and do nothing while this toas 'Do' Also, you intended to claihts Dos worked out”
”These are all secondary How stubborn of you, refusing to admit the elder brother's pure wishes But in the end, I suppose you'll accept the reason if I give ht? To decipher the unknown”
Indeed, she could only accept this simple answer that approached the truth Kirika went ”hmph” and said:
”Absolutely ridiculous, what kind of delightful curse caught your eye this tis you want to know Don't talk to ain—”
”Oh no no, it's not about curses this time The complete opposite”
”Opposite?”
Like a mischievous child, Pakuaki smiled innocently and said:
”More than one could iine, this world is filled with an uncountable nu unknowns Countless Infinite Even if I were to spend the whole remainder of my life, how many unknowns could be converted into knowns? Oh ree?”
Part 5
Then—Fear turned to Haruaki and said:
”Hey Haruaki, I've got so to tell you”
”What is it?”
”Take the Indulgence Disk found inside Dainsleif and put it into me”
”Eh? Right now?”
”Yeah, right now”
Fear nodded seriously
”Can't we put it in e get hoht now, you're probably still exhausted, right?”
”No, I'm worried my determination aver if I wait until later It's best to do it as soon as possible”
”Uh sure, if you say so, I don't really mind”
For Fear, putting in the final Indulgence Diskcoic that her determination would waver if she waited until later At the saoal of ”sealing away the possibility of hurting others” It was not surprising that Fear was anxious to get it done quickly
Although it was not surprising, Haruaki still felt that soht
Before there was enough tiotten up rapidly Looking around, she said:
”It's too e to do it outside, so let's borrow the tent over there”
”O-Okay”
Seeing her start walking, Haruaki got up too and followed her
Along the way, for a brief instant, Fear halted her steps and looked to the side
The scene on the sports ground was the same as just now
There was Konoha, Kirika, Kuroe, Kotetsu, Sovereignty and others, as well as the superintendent's faction—It was like the aftermath of a festival
Haruaki finally realized the reason
The side view of Fear's face gazing at that scene hy he felt soht
They were now inside the shts to rest, the tent was not particularly large or luxurious, just a space isolated from the outside world by tent fabric
Fear ruence Disk they had just picked up froence Disk in her hand for quite a long time—
”With this I won't hurt anyone ever again Go, put it in”
She handed it over to Haruaki After receiving it, he saw Fear prepare to unfasten her buttons and undress He saw the expression on her face
By the ti her wrist, stopping her