In the lobby of the nursery hall, the girls are in a panic.

Orcs have found out that students' survival is gathered at the Yukan Museum.

I'm badly tempted by that.

What do I say to them?

What kind of operation do I have to take now?

No, is it best to stay on the spot in the first place?

Shouldn't we get out of here right now?

As an escape, all of us?

More than half of the girls brought in from the girls' dorm are still at ease.

The rest, too, won't be able to run.

Then abandon them, with the rest?

Whether or not everyone is convinced of that, what about the rest of their lives?

Retrieve somewhere else from the oak and, again, base it.

Do you want to survive while traveling so the orcs don't find you?

Can we do something about that?

Can we survive tomorrow, the day after tomorrow?

First of all, what if you abandoned almost everyone?

What about me, Alice, and, uh, Mia, just running away?

But if that convinces Alice and the others...

I stand in front of the front door where there was just a fierce battle, and I wander my thoughts desperately.

By chance, Alice, Mia looks up at me worried.

and Shiki slapped her hand and caught everyone's attention.

"First, let's do what we can"

Follow her instructions and the girls move out.

Sleep the still loose and lifeless survivors in a bed on the third floor.

To the children who have walked this far from the girls' dorm, guide them to the bathroom.

In the meantime, I was watching Shiki instruct the children of the middle section.

I know.

She's much more used to these things than she is to herself.

I don't know if she's a combat commander, but she's capable as a leader.

Shiki and I are so determined. [M]

The biggest element of anxiety in this population right now was that.

Perhaps the only thing I'm realizing right now is that Alice knows what's going on.

Sooner or later, everyone realizes.

To my narrow volume.

To Shiki's excellence.

At that time, everyone......

No, I'm a fighter.

Alice and Occasion follow me.

The other children will not oppose me in suppressing the use of force.

So, what's up?

Can we beat the orcs with that?

I bite my lips so tight that it bleeds.

I don't like it.

To the weakness of one's heart, to bigotry, and cowardice.

I made up my mind.

I raise my face and see Alice and the others.

"I'm gonna break up the party temporarily."

Laughing reassuringly at them, he once goes outside and releases the crow to reconnaissance.

Then.

Walk over to Shiki, who commands in the lobby, and grab that arm.

"Hey, hey, what's up?"

Shiki blues his expression and looks at me with a frightened look.

Oh, shit.

She was afraid of being touched by men.

I apologize in a hurry, but I'll get right to the point.

"Party with me."

"So what..."

"I, one more, take down the oak and I'll level up. I want to talk to you in the white room."

Shiki looked at me confused.

"Alone?

"Oh."

What determination did Shiki read from my expression?

"Okay. I'll stick with you."

I nodded reluctantly.

I just returned from the crow to receive a report.

"In the southeastern direction, there is an oak wandering all the way through the woods. Finish him off."

"You can't be away long. Let's go now."

Me and Shiki walked into the woods.

In about five minutes, discover the lost oak.

Oak had a spear in his hand.

I ordered the Grey Wolf to attack.

The Wolf of the Devil jumps at the Orc.

Oak pokes at me with a spear and strikes back.

"Let's get this over with."

I can hear Shiki.

I looked around and I couldn't see that anywhere.

With his reconnaissance skills, he went into covert operations.

Sometimes.

No way, she gave my life...

I shook Kabuli.

There's no way.

Come on, Kazuku Hoya.

There's no such thing as the benefit of killing me to her right now.

Shiki thus threw a knife from the shade of a blind spot against an orc who fought the wolf to death.

The knife pierces deep into the back of the oak.

The oak swings behind his back with surprise and anger.

Become defenseless against wolves.

All this time here, the wolf jumps on the oak.

Push it down.

The gray wolf quickly devoured the oak's throat.

I level up.

Me and Shiki both warp in a white room.

So you two confront each other.

"We need to talk."

I went.

In the white room, I'll head over to Shiki.

"There are two topics. Regarding future operations…"

And so I peek straight into Shiki's eyes.

"It's about me and you."

"Okay."

Shiki arms under his chest and lets him try to nod.

I'm sure Shiki understands why I brought her into this room.

For once, you may even understand my narrowness, my stupidity.

"So you brought me here in full thought, perhaps? Like I did to you, Alice."

"You're having fun teasing me."

"Yeah, sure."

Shiki sarcastically hoisted her mouth.

"I'm sorry. I'm a bad type if I'm not strong. If you get uncomfortable, you can hit me as much as you like."

"You must be a mazo."

Shiki shrugs her shoulders gently.

"Something I believe you can't do something Alice doesn't like."

"You're such a nasty bitch!

Totally played.

Shiki looked serious after he had spoken to me.

"I'm gonna go ahead and tell you what you're hesitating to do. I have been saved by thee. I got you out of hell. At that time, I wanted to die from the bottom of my heart, but now the opposite. I swear I will try to survive at all costs. To do that, I absolutely need it from you. So I've guided the girls of the middle world to think about worshipping you."

What's scary about it?

Guiding thoughts?

Hey, this one, what are you talking about?

"Are you frightened?

Shiki laughed, hehe.

"I didn't do anything difficult. Those kids needed a hero to support their hearts. Alice will shine her eyes and tell you what you're doing, so she just rode that ass horse for a little while. If you will, I will always praise you in front of everyone."

"Ask not to overdo it"

I would have looked like I'd chewed up a bitter bug.

Shiki puts her hands on her mouth and chuckles.

"You're making fun of me."

"No way. I was laughing at myself because I was so scared of you."

"You mean I was so underestimated?

Shiki looks up to the ceiling with her index finger on her chin.

"I wonder what that is. Unexpectedly, you have the qualities to be a leader so far."

"I'm not for the leader."

"Yesterday about two hours after we met, you disappointed Alice and made her worship you. Today, after all, in just a few hours, I am sincerely trusted by you and Mia"

"As for Alice, luck or patrolling...... And Mia, because Alice was there. And I'm just saying that what they needed was an older man. You didn't have to be me."

I don't know.

Shiki shrugs her shoulders.

"I think it's a big deal because I'm trying to win all the battles so far."

"I hope you're lucky about that."

In fact, there are a number of fights that could have been lost in relation to a little patrol.

I wouldn't have been able to rebuild a girl's dorm fight like that earlier if it wasn't a bad time to level up.

In that case, were they all killed by Elite Oak, or were they smoking out with Mia's wind magic and escaping with the other body?

"Regardless of the process, what matters is the results. You kept winning. And everyone knows that."

"So you want to praise me?

"It's what we all need to do to unite. So you, too, don't sound too weak in front of everyone. Leave that only before me and Alice. Alice has it right."

"I said..."

"Something that absolutely requires her cooperation to get everyone to respect you. I'm sorry I took advantage of your lover."

Think of it as unsolicited.

Nevertheless, if that's the case.

Didn't you have to worry that Shigi Edoko might want to expose my pathetic appearance in the High Authority to everyone?

"What did Alice say?"

"If that's for you, he said he'd put up with it even if he was stretching a little under his nose. Good for you. Permission to cheat. I'm out."

I was sloppy. Reminds me of Alice's visit earlier.

If you want to, hold her.

Is that Shiki's wisdom?

I decided to get confirmation.

But Shigi-san has to do it right.

"You didn't mean to go that far, did you?

"... what the hell"

"Is there a contract in the middle department to share a boyfriend or something...?

Shiki thinks in arms.

I stare at her.

"I've never even heard of that."

"Did you have a friend to talk to like that?

I was knocked down by a blow.

I look away gently and then head to my PC with a bump.

Put your hips down in the chair in front of the PC and sigh.

Shiki rushed after him and lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. It's my bad habit to say something extra."

"It's really bad right now!

I looked up and stared.

It could have been tears.

"Yeah, I apologize. Apologize as many times as you want. I'll do anything, please, you're right!

Shiki comes to worship with his hips folded and his hands together.

Yeah, no offense anymore...

It's a natural poison tongue.

"Shiki was more mean than I thought, and I was surprised."

"Yes, I am a twisted woman with mean sexual roots. She's a whore with no more than a bovine worm."

"You don't have to go that far!

Oh, no, this one.

Shigi-san closed one eye to the tea eye.

Hey, I want to hit you......

No, yeah, I'm not as resentful or heartfelt as I used to be, that kind of emotion.

I know.

I remember something familiar with her, and she said she wanted to put a scratch on it.

I've forgotten this feeling for a long time.

I laugh bitterly. For some reason, I'm a little, happy.

Yeah, I think Alice, Occasion and Mia, they're medium-sized people.

To them, I'm an older man, a senior.

Since when did you have such a long conversation with someone of equal standing, like Shiki?

I stood up and shrugged my shoulders, saying I didn't care anymore.

"I'll get back to it, but that's it, then. I can use you to my heart's content."

"Fine. That's what you can do to me until it's too late. Mind and body.... It doesn't mean anything to you, does it?

"I know."

"Oh, but I'll keep my mouth shut if you attack me in an eclectic way. I have a burden. I'll cry you to sleep."

"You said you wouldn't attack."

Shiki laughs "I know".

"Alice, you're so cute."

"Oops. I'm serious, I'm honest, and unlike anyone else, I don't flirt with you."

Now it was Shiki's turn to face.

"Yay, I'll do it..."

All right, I got one back.

I pose as a gut in my heart.

"So why don't we just leave the no-guard beatings here? Barrens."

"Not at all...... That's why I'll do the clerical part and the part of putting everyone together, if only you would. I'm sorry, I tried to imitate it."

"You've been waiting for me to sort things out for you."

Shiki laughs in silence.

Well, you do.

I understand now.

She deposited her full powers with me, not reluctantly or in anticipation of my abilities.

She made a bet.

I knew my limits, and I set myself up to rely on her.

Using dirty hands, I suppose, but at the same time I have to admit that it is indeed an effective means.

It's supposed to be mentally critical yesterday today, but she's trying to fight it forward.

I'm trying to survive by rinsing muddy water.

Believing that keeping everyone alive is the best thing to do, he's trying to use me for that.

The fighting spirit to that harsh point, the hegemony of trying to stand up no matter how beaten down, was very dizzying to me as I was trying to escape something unconsciously unpleasant.

Maybe even these little interactions are her concern to try to break with me.

Maybe that's the gesture of having fun with each other, putting in a scratch, and being in a very normal conversational relationship.

If that's the case, I've been dancing in her hands the whole time...

That, too, would be nice.

She told me the truth.

At least, I think it's enough for me to believe that, it just flickered my chest collar.

"Nice to meet you"

"Yes."

Again, I offered my hand.

Shake hands with Shiki.