Chapter 66 - 11: Just a little patience (1/2)
”Shouyou why do you have the same look on your face as me?”
Shouyou smilingly took a cup of tea in his hands and slowly blew on it before taking a sip.
”How do you feel about death? Haruto.”
Haruto with a Boken on his legs slowly poured green tea into a cup in front of him before also taking a big sip.
”You may not understand what I am about to tell you, but at first I was terrified, I shut myself up in solitude to hide from death like a coward, but I still ended up dying, and then I faced death again in a second life, in innumerable battles but this time the fear had gone from me, there was only the feeling of duty done, I simply did what I had to do, no more, no less, but I died all the same.”
”So, what I think of death, I would just say that death isn't the end in itself, it's just the beginning of a new story.”
”Hahaha”
Shouyou suddenly started laughing, attracting Haruto's gaze.
”What are you laughing at?”
”Although I didn't quite get your story, but your way of thinking is very interesting, sometimes you really do look like a little old man, Hahaha.”
”And you, Shouyou, really look like a child sometimes.”
Shouyou then stopped laughing as a gentle breeze blew towards them, the two continued to drink their cups of tea for a few minutes admiring the scenery around them.
”Shouyou, you still haven't answered my question.”
”Are you really that interested in my past?”
”Not really..”
Shouyou and Haruto were then both silent enjoying this moment of tranquility.
”Haruto.”
”Yes?”
”As your Sensei, may I make a selfish request?”
”Yes, As long as it's not too tiring.”
”If I ever become a source of trouble for you and your comrades, might you kill me.”
Haruto suddenly fell silent, he looked at Shouyou who smiled for a moment before nodding his head.