"Ugh!!

"Kuuuuuuu!!

Huge spaces with ice columns echoed the roar of Shea and the roar produced by Drücken. Distracted by it, black rabbits and Usasippo, as well as Shea with her hair, clash into the central ice column in a grand blow.

Some of the ice columns were crushed by the impact, and the ice pieces were scattered in abundance. Black Shea as she squatted in a sparkling piece of ice that reflected light - her face raised as Shea's virtual statue suppressed her left shoulder. There was a bitter laugh there that even said "I came".

'Haha, it doesn't work at all. Sure, it's supposed to be the darkness that you (I) have...'

"That would be so. No matter how much my family was chased, no matter how many lives I lost, no matter how much I say, no matter how hard I get on guilt, no matter how much I try to get forgiveness, it's no different that I'm the cause, and it's what I have to carry for the rest of my life. I'm ready for such misery, such a long time ago."

"... the darkness of your heart is what still sinks people into the bottom of the swamp, right?

The dark part that nests in my heart is not so easy for me to free myself. Thus, Shea, the phantom, had no choice but to laugh anymore at Shea, who never wavered, no matter how negative the battle began or how many words she whispered.

"I know you're me, but I knew it wasn't everything. I can see the intent of the Great Labyrinth involved. If not, then you'll know from the beginning that I can't possibly sway to that extent."

Shea looked mightily at her vagina as she tonned her shoulders in Drücken, shaking her legs gabbly and managed to rise. One wave does not stand in his eyes, as he said. I'm not going to give Shea any kind of itch like a lined psychic attack right now.

Indeed, the fact that I was chased through the Tree Sea because of it, and the loss of a few of my family members because of it, is a nightmare that Shea will never forget, and an indelible heartbreak. But I'm no longer stuck with it.

The reason is simple. Because the Haurians are already strong and on their own chosen path. And because my beloved lover and friend are beside me.

Powerful, gentle everywhere, the family sent themselves out, including Cam, their father. Hajime, entrusted with Shea by Haulia, wholeheartedly accepted Shea. Sometimes, like my sister, sometimes as my best friend, Yue always leaned on me.

Shea herself will not allow such a blessed self to "fall" on her own. Scattered, I've been helped. I've always been protected. But it's impossible to bend your knees to one of your feelings. Shea now didn't feel like losing to any enemy.

'Sure, whatever you say, I'm on the verge of weakening. I see that you (I) have already completed this test of "getting over yourself."

"That's the thing. My loved ones are waiting...... let me push through!

'Heh heh, that's good. One last blow, enough!!

White and black Shea thrust through his buddy Hammer as he stepped in to grind the ground. A bursting sound of wood spirits and a bursting impact sound of air. A blow that swung loudly at each other and rolled out with one turn breaks through the white membrane beyond the wall of sound speed.

Two battle hammers crashed into each other from the front, creating a thunderous roar and the impact of crushing the surrounding area. A crater can be built around Shea and the phantom as if it had been bombed as well.

And it was... Black Shea who was bounced and blown away.

Black Drücken out of his hand dances through the universe as he twirls. Drawing a parabola, the blown black shea disappears loosely without waiting to land. He melted from his feet into the universe in turn, and finally, when his face disappeared, his mouth was slightly broken.

At the heart of the blast, Shea, who is remorseful in the position of swinging out Drücken, exhales slowly with "Phew." Nearby, the sound of Karan, Cologne and the drug casket falling to the ground sounded.

"Would everyone who has passed away earlier be proud of me now..."

Zero bitter laughter at her own words, which leaked naturally as she looked up to heaven, Shea regained Drücken on her shoulders. A new passage emerges at the tip of such Shea's gaze.

"Hajime and the others won't have a problem with this trial... Shizukuishi and the others are worried"

Shea remembered Shizukuta, who looked quite a bit like her in the maze, and with a worrying look on her face, stepped into the new aisle with a slight rush.

In fact, I never thought Shizukuishi was overcoming the trials and bottoming up her maiden power, etc.

I saw a stop as Shea was moving forward down the aisle on a small run rocking the rabbit pico. For a moment, I was Shea wondering if I'd gone the wrong way, but its excellent sensing ability captures the signs I'm used to feeling on the other side of the end-of-life wall and unwittingly brings joy to mind.

With the momentum of the small run, Shea tries to shake Drücken to destroy the ice wall. We've got a passage, so naturally, it's easy to imagine that the exit would open on its own without a stop... I can't believe it, smash the obstacle! whose influence it is that is in the spirit of.

"Ria, that's so cool!

Drücken, who swung out to slap against the ice wall, lost sight of his goal and swept away due to the ice wall, which Shea disappeared on his own by approaching. Shea stepped on the centrifugal force and jumped straight into the new space.

"Oh, haha, that's right. It opens, doesn't it?... You haven't seen Yue, have you?"

Shea dyed her cheeks shyly, while she glanced at Yue for not seeing her faults. Yes, the Lord of the signs Shea was feeling was Yue. Tension rose with the joy of being reunited with Yue as soon as possible.

And, behold, there was certainly Yue at the end of that gaze. As in Shea's time, there is a giant, cylindrical ice column in the center of a large space, quietly nestled beside it. I'm not sure about that look because I'm in a state of turning my back on Shea.

With no sign of anything other than Yue around, and seeing two other passages besides the passage Shea came out of, I could already speculate that the other self seemed to have been knocked down.

Shea tries to speak to Yue, smiling that she is a boulder Yue. but there, Shea noticed unexpectedly. That Yue's appearance is oddly lame.

Of course, Yue has "automatic regeneration", so no physical trauma can be seen. However, it is necessary to use regenerative magic because it is not covered by the garment… the garment is torn, worn, burned, and frozen everywhere.

That is, that Yue was attacked over and over again from his statue...

Shea opened her eyes slightly. No matter how much Yue's original way of fighting was to overwhelm him with more powerful force while he was attacking him, by the nature of this trial, he thought he could be as intact and complete as Shea.

Moreover, even after defeating him, he doesn't move on, on the contrary, he doesn't even repair his clothes, and he's standing there to think of something. Perhaps he has not noticed Shea's presence either because he does not look slightly up to heaven and make it slightly moving.

To Yue, who wrapped around an atmosphere somewhere difficult to get close to, Shea never raised her voice when she took one deep breath, even if she stepped on two feet slightly.

"Mr. Yue!!

"Huh... Shea?

To the bright voice that echoed in the room, Yue looked back over her shoulder for a moment with a look that surprised her as she shook her body vividly. Then he found Shea smiling there and loosened his eyes.

"Shea... was the room connected?

"Yes. Looks like it. I came through a new aisle after completing the trials. You've cleared Yue, too."

"...... hmm. Problem...... no"

Without mentioning the tragedy of Yue's garments, Shea confirms only the results. Yue exercised regenerative magic with a slight embarrassment on the side of her unwounded Shea, so that she finally realized her condition. Clothing that is instantly restored.

Shea was lost on the inside. Ask me if I should ask what happened.

Yue is obviously upset by the words from the phantom. The more you are attacked excessively, the more you forget about that repair, the less you notice Shea's proximity.

What the hell did they say? It's unthinkable from the usual Yue. That's all, I guess the words uttered in the void were intense for Yue. That's why I go on a tour of what words I should say to the shaking Yue, and also whether I should keep it close until I can sort it out in Yue.

(What the hell... wasn't particularly affected by the maze. I don't think Yue will waver about Mr. Hajime or our relationship, no matter what they say. To observe, the darkness of Yue's heart was betrayed three hundred years ago... Uh-huh, that makes me feel even better now...)

Because she's a loved one, Shea roars inside yeah yeah.

"... Shea, I'm fine. Let's move on."

"Mr. Yue...... right. Join Hajime and the others quickly!

"...... hmm. I want to see Hajime soon."

"Hehe, right!

Seeing Shea's insides, Yue urged her to a new passage with a bitter laugh.

Obviously, it's not "okay." Yet Shea is depressed by herself for not being able to speak well for Yue and letting the rabbit shrivel with petan. But as long as you rendezvous with Hajime, you'll figure it out! and reconsidered, tuned to Yue with a special brighter voice and a smile.

That's how the two of us proceed side by side through the new aisle.

"Gentlemen, are you able to attack safely? I think it's less difficult than a tree labyrinth... but it's a special way to blame it."

"... yeah, sure. (LAUGHING) Maybe not around brave people."

"Right. It's like a natural enemy to him…"

Blossom in chatter you don't love on the road. It is indescribable that Yue is not generally wrong, although he trivially gives a spicy rating to the glow. For the light that you love to interpret at your convenience, you will certainly enjoy this test of being poked at a lot.

Most of all, although it has come up on the subject, the inner parts of both of us are mutually oriented, and there is nothing to worry about the brave. It was merely a flow of conversation, and there was a sense of encouragement for Yue, who, if any, would sink into himself. Anyway, it's Shea's concern that it's more distracting to be in conversation than to be silent on your own.

Yue also responds to the conversation joking about whether she is aware of such Shea's intentions. But for a few moments, consciousness still seems to go somewhere far. My eyes subtly lose focus, wandering as if I were watching it on the far side.

In the back of Yue's brain like that, the words of the phantom that had fought until earlier were repeated.

- Who's the real backcutter?

- Not yet, don't you remember?

- What about your parents?

- Have you forgotten who you are?

- I'm just trying not to think about it?

- Are you on the run?

- Really, you think you can stay by his side the whole time?

"Huh..."

The self of the false statue. She kept releasing words to Yue suggesting that tragedy three hundred years ago.

Three hundred years ago. The land of the Vampires, where Yue took the throne. It was a small country, but powerful enough to be seen as a small kingdom of gods.

That's because of the peculiarity of a species called the Vampire Nation. Through the mediation of blood, it strengthens the body, amplifies magic and even prolongs life. There was no other race with such power. Sometimes the act of sucking blood held fear.

It was Yue who was born as a direct royalty of such a country. Beauty so prominent and full of magic that you can expect the future from your infancy. A gifted talent that absorbs only what you give if you give it by magic or knowledge. Hate, there was no talent only about martial arts, but Yue's presence drew a line to the point where it could be broken off as unnecessary for such a thing.

And extreme is the power of the unruly class expressed when I was twelve. The ability to directly manipulate magic power, the ability to imagine and configure magic formations, and the unique magic "automatic regeneration" - the tremendous ability of the characters of the Divine Generation as described in the book.

At that time it was overflowing in so many countries that it was incomparable with the present, and the war was on the way to intensification, but Yue, driven out to the battlefield as his country's immediate power, unfortunately demonstrated that power, literally becoming a god and ravaging his enemies.

As a result, his fame and fear of Yue will swell and he will take the throne at the age of weak, seventeen.

At the age of twelve, he was anointed with the killing intentions and hatred of the battlefield, and only five years later became the backbone of supporting the country. A normal girl would have been crushed by the excess pressure and mentally ill. But to crumble, Yue was too strong and too bright.

There was also the help of his uncle, who was a trusted minister and prime minister, and Yue had since risked everything he had for his country and had defended his country during the war. I believed I could protect it as it was.

Until that day, my most trusted uncle came to kill himself with his men.

Since about two years after Yue took the throne, he had noticed that he was strangely able to distance himself from his uncle. No, if I'm being exact, my uncle was starting to avoid Yue. It was the same for his men.

Yue at the time was, in a way, much bewildered by his abrupt sense of distance from his uncle, who had been dealing with him longer than his parents. I tried many times to set up an opportunity for discussion, worried that I would have made some kind of mistake that offended me.

However, the opportunity to talk about my belly breaking with my uncle finally did not materialize, and it has been several more years since I realized that there was a groove in the relationship between the two of them.

Moreover, only when the people's awe of Yue had turned into such a simple fear of monsters. Because all sorts of bad rumors about Yue went on and on. Ironically, his work on the battlefield to protect his country applauded the rumors.

All those who trusted most have already departed from the side of Yue. Instead, people gathered around him as my uncle gained more power. That's so unnatural already.

Yue's parents - the former king and his wife and their proximity - all complained about the exclusion of their uncle. As suspected of conspiracy. But Yue never doubted his uncle, no matter what he was told. There must be some reason, he said. I believed until the end.

And that last day came. It's Fate Day.

He is receiving emissaries from other countries on the throne, and his uncle came in with his fully armed men. And they slaughtered the proximity of the former King and his wife without question, pointing their murder blade at Yue as well.

While stunned, Yue suffered several lethal attacks on him. "The automatic regeneration instantly repairs the wound exhaustion, but it was still at the extreme of confusion, no, it could not have been possible to fight back against Yue, who had denied reality, and when he realized it, it was sealed so that he could not move, and he was in the middle of being locked away to that Naruto.

Objectively, it just looks like my uncle had a coup against the king's throne because of his ambitions. In fact, in three hundred years of seclusion, I began to think that Yue had also been betrayed by his uncle to give in to reality.

But...

(... how come uncle... that man didn't kill me?

Yes, it is. The unnaturalness that Yue noticed even now when he was caught in his own vagina.

That fateful day. Yue did not resist his uncle's betrayal (...). Yue had always believed that he could not be killed because of "automatic regeneration", but his uncle had to seal himself. Despair and three hundred years of darkness, and overwhelming solitude, had taken away thoughts about other possibilities.

However, "automatic regeneration" is not absolute. It depends on magic. If the magic is depleted, regeneration will not happen. It is possible to kill if you continue to attack until your magic is exhausted. In fact, at that time, Yue did not resist much of a shock, and in the last one the magic was rather diminished due to too much regeneration.

My uncle could have killed Yue.

(... he was a strong man. He drew a line with the others, both as an internal affairs man and as a combatant. I can't believe a man like that would miss killing me on that spot...... impossible)

Three hundred years old memories come back with a twist behind Yue's brain. Facts that pushed me deep into my memory in the darkness (...) bring back the colors one by one.

(... that man had to seal me, not kill me.... Why is that?

Yue immerses herself in thought and travels the vortex of memory. A nostalgic voice echoes behind that brain. A voice painted gently, but everywhere with sadness and remorse, and guilt.

(-, sorry -. Other than this, people -. Someday, I'm sure, people will show up leaning on -. If he is, he will protect him from... -, to me, like this -. But forget -. - Love -)

Blonde just like herself. Red eyes. Distinguished face of hard carved wrinkles. I can't hear everything Yue is obscured by the effects of the seal and the great consumption of spiritual loads and magic. But one thing I remember is the 3D cube that seals Yue - the feeling of a warm hand stroking Yue's cheek lovingly from it.

Yue gently reached out to his cheek. Somehow, I feel the warmth of that time. That's a different warmth than a hajime. If you say so, like a father to his daughter...

(... I thought that man was like my father? But then, the real father and mother...)

An unexpected fragment of memory that should be a traitor, a hateful opponent. Explore the true parents in the depths of a gloomy memory.

But no matter how many memory bookshelves you fish, you don't get a decent memory. That was more like nothing impressive than because I'd forgotten it, but after three hundred years... that was the feeling.

On the contrary, the fragmented floating parents feel that the atmosphere is similar to that of the people of the country they saw in some [Merzine Seabed Ruins] trial.

I felt an ice cube slip off Yue's spine. Zowari and chills strike all over your body.

(... No way, your fathers...)

Unnatural memories come back to the potato ceremony if you suspect it.

As far as Yue's memory was concerned, the war at the time also did not leak into the example and much of the religion was involved. However, it seems to me that my involvement was unnaturally weak as far as my country is concerned.

Even after Yue took office, his uncle was always present at the time of contact with religious officials, and everything was handled by his uncle unless the contact itself was also a circumstance that had to be stopped in the first place.

My uncle was more knowledgeable and wise than anyone if it was internal affairs, and he was a powerful demon who served many demons if it was combat. But now that I think about it, as a single vampire, I think I was way off track.

Yue's parents raised Yue dearly to be a butterfly, a flower, and gave him anything he wanted, and tolerated anything he wanted to do, but looking back, it feels more like it was from a loving emotion than because of his love for his parents' children.

Instead, it was my uncle who was giving me love as a parent.

Yue suddenly remembers.

(... that guy looked so spicy when he started distancing himself from me)

About a year after his reign, his uncle always frowned upon his anguish and seemed to grow old rapidly. The change would surely only have been known by those who were very close. Yue was very worried at the same time that he felt the anxiety and sadness of being distanced.

My uncle betrayed himself for his ambition and locked him in a long, dark prison. Yue who believed so, but was swayed by the words of the phantom, and the fragments of the memory that had come back began to show Yue a little bit of other possibilities.

I'm sure that what my uncle objectively saw and the endless prison of darkness anchored Yue's memory to one. If I didn't resent someone, if I didn't give up hope and spend my time apathetically immersed in despair, my mind couldn't stand it. So, best of all, I believed the muscle writing as it seemed to be true.

But...

(... I was misremembering?

Maybe the truth is in a different place. One question arises again for Yue, who began to think so.

That is, why did my uncle have to seal himself?

At the same time, the words of the phantom came back to life.

- Really, you think you can stay by his side the whole time?

"Huh..."

Fear ran through Yue's entire body. Unexpectedly, I hold myself back to a body that is about to tremble.

Hajime is the light for Yue. A light that lit, warmed, provided peace and happiness for itself, which appeared in tears of darkness. It is tantamount to death for Yue, such as losing it.

But if you can't really stand by me...

"Mr. Yue!!

"!? Ah, Shea?

If he noticed, Yue was grabbed by Shea by the shoulder and stared at him with a serious look from the front. How long have you been immersed in your own thoughts? If I noticed, I could see a stop behind Shea facing herself and seemed to have come to the end of the aisle.

Against Yue, Shea took her hands off his luxurious shoulders and now squeezed Yue's hands. Scratch and hold onto your chest so that your presence and warmth can be conveyed at all.

"Talk to me, Mr. Yue. What did they say?

"It's..."

Shea asked straightforwardly, abandoning her patrol over Yue's unusual appearance. I didn't think I could afford to wait for Yue.

To Yue, who clouds his words, Shea stares at him from close quarters, trying to peek in. Yue sighed that Yue could not be deluded by the resolute state of Shea.

"... I'm sorry, Shea. I haven't organized myself yet."

"I can't talk, can I?

"...... hmm. They said a lot about the old days...... although the trials weren't a problem because there was no way I could shake my thoughts about Hajime or Shea...... so I may have misremembered what I remembered. I want to sort it out, just wait a little longer."

"Really..."

Shea who doesn't seem convinced. Yue's hand is not loose at all.

Thinking of it, Yue snuck a grin that it was something that really got much stronger. And I think as I look at my hand held.

At the beginning of the encounter, I was a sorry rabbit who just relied on me to run away, but I worked desperately hard and came along hard, and at some point, this is how I became more protected. How many times has Yue himself been filled with the straightness of it? It's enough to bring down the stubborn Hajime. I might not be able to say my sister's share anymore. It is a fine servant.

Is that why? What made such a word springing from a bad feeling zero?

"... Shea"

"Yes, what is it, Mr. Yue?"

"... if anything happens to me, please hajime"

……

Words that entrust their beloved with a serious look. Greatest word of trust for Yue.

But Shea who was offered it,

Pun!!

"Huh!?

I gave it back by flat handed.

It's a serious blow that hasn't strengthened my body, but still hasn't helped or forgiven me in any way. Lied back like he was bounced, Yue glances back at Shea with his eyes open. There were burning eyes that dwelt so angry that I had not yet seen them.

"... are you kidding me?

The voices, too, seem to dwell so angry that they have never heard it before. I guess I'm shaking a little bit because I'm holding back emotions that are going to overflow. Until the surrounding atmosphere, it is like a burning magma experienced in [Gruen Volcano].

Sia's genuine anger. Yue and his body stiffened for a moment to its excess power and anger.

Open your mouth to make excuses.

"Chi, no... I, if Shea..."

"You don't think I'm kidding?

Shea stepped away from Yue, making sure with a burning voice, largely bearing Drücken on her shoulder. Looking down at Yue with a narrow eye for sword swallowing. And even more, he opened his mouth with a low, boiling voice.

"I don't know what they said, but you've been out of it for a long time. I'll beat you back with my guts on that pathetic side."

"... si, sia? Ma-"

At that moment, a totally relentless blow of Drücken waved as Yue tried to speak to Shea, who unleashed tremendous anger, to calm down.

Yue painstakingly avoided the blow of the horizontal giraffe in the backstep. The shaken out Drücken collided with the ice wall directly beside him as it was, crushing the ice wall with the roar. Although the ice wall immediately begins to regenerate, the radial hole created for a moment shows Shea's seriousness.

"... Shea. Too many jokes."

"Are you kidding me? Are you still saying such things over this period? If you don't know, I'll make it clear to you, but I mean it. Just kidding, if you don't withdraw... yeah, me, I'm serious about Mr. Yue"

"... Shea, I'm serious"

"Bullshit! Shaolaaaaaa!!"

"Huh!?

Again, Shea's Drücken wields fierceness. A wall of air, like a white membrane, occurs with a swing speed exceeding the sound speed, and immediately afterwards, it sounds like a pan bursting. And the ice wall in the passage that hit him directly was crushed to pieces of wood dust with just one blow.

Yue desperately avoids it in a place lacking in escape: a narrow passage. Originally, however, he is not good at melee combat and has already been crossed by specialty Shea. It was obvious that it would be packed immediately.

Yue never stepped himself into the storm zone that he had to restrain Shea and calm down anyway. As soon as, the hammer swung down from the upper section with tremendous momentum. It plunders Yue's right shoulder and just crushes his shoulder bones.

While fluttering in pain and impact, such wounds are left to "automatic regeneration", and Yue stitches down Druken, activated and swung down by "evil heaven", onto the ground. At the same time, he jumped over the frontal shea while activating the "ice candle".

In an inverted world, I can see the ice rapidly rising from Shea's feet. One day, we'll be trapped in the ice with Yue's "Ice Coffin."

But there was no way I could stop Shea now, with that much magic.

"It's sweet, Mr. Yue!

Drücken was supposed to be "hard to move due to the weighting of the catastrophic heavens, and even if he did, he would be too close in time to crush in Drücken with the ice that adheres to his body... Yue, but Shea, waving one hand up largely, struck it into the ground.

As soon as possible, dong!! and surrounding ice blew up around Shea while producing a shock sound. One fist shocked him and blew the ice around his body.

Moreover, if you lift Drücken as hard as you can, you switch to shooting mode and pull the trigger without letting your hair in.

A shotgun popped up with the bursting sound. Shotguns in narrow straight passageways - avoidance naturally did not materialize, and Yue put up a barrier. Towards there, now Shea firing burst slug bullets in a row. Inside the aisle, light blue magic ripples spread multiple times and a spectacular shock blew.

"... Shea! Come on."

"That's the line over here, Mr. Yue. Did you feel like reflecting a little and withdrawing?

"... why"

"Why? Are you sure you don't know?

……

The impact of the burst slug bullet causes a crack in the barrier. Naturally, it was a yue to repair immediately, but I can't move to the rest of the continuous impact.

Yue saw Shea over the barrier. With a sad frown as to why I reveal so much anger at the sign of trust I send.

But at the end of his gaze - Shea's expression setting up the shooting mode Drücken and pulling the trigger was much sadder than Yue's and seemed to cry even now. Still overflowing with anger, but obviously hurt by Yue's words.

"Doesn't entrusting mean there's no Yue in the future ahead..."

"... Shea"

"Such a thing, such a future... did you think I would admit it? I thought I'd be happy to tolerate it!? I honestly thought I'd say 'yes'!!

That's what Shea's angry about, I mean. When it comes to trust, it sounds good, but I'm sure it's Yue's greatest trust, but it's not something the recipient would have enjoyed.

Naturally. Shea loves Yue. There's no way I can laugh and receive "yes, that's fine," such as trust assuming there's no such yue.

Shea finally stepped in with the momentum to grind the ground as she fired a series of bullets in Drücken and shot them all in unison. Yue, who opened his eyes as hazy as Shea's words, for a moment, shreds consciousness from magical control.

It's a deadly gap in front of Shea now. Relentlessly beat Drücken, who increased his weight to two tons at once.

"Gu!!

The barrier was crushed and a shockwave struck Yue with the auspicious wind. A grand blowing yue.

In that gap, Shea reloaded Drücken with bullets in an instant. Then, the moment Yue blew up to the end wall and the exit of the aisle opened behind it, he fired more burst slug bullets into it.

"Oh," Holy Extinction! "

Again, the barrier erected Yue remained protected by a spherical barrier and the impact blew him from the exit into the room.

Shea jumped from the exit of the aisle to the back room as a blast engulfed the entrance of the aisle.

Ahead...

"Huh!?

"Hey, what is it?!?

There was a stiff appearance of the scented weave and the statue in grey noint as they approached each other with two great swords.

"Come on, Mr. Yue! If you didn't want to be full bogged down, just do sorry!!

Shea protruding Bishi Drücken toward Yue.

... Apparently he's going to ignore the Kaori thing all the time.