"Kahiro... Kahiro..."

Hazel coughs up as she makes a distorted voice out of her throat.

I couldn't stand to see it from the chest down. Everywhere the skin is chopped a thousand times and there are areas where muscles, guts, and even bones are visible. Every site had a human tooth mould.

"Ha no, blame me, Meena. That's it."

Pan, clap your hands together. Sakara replies in an upbeat mood.

Cecilia, who was splitting meat on that signal, and Meena, who was eating meat, stopped moving.

Both are Hazel's meat though.

"Oh, my... oh, my... oh, my... oh, my. I'll do it... corn, corn, corn..."

Even though it wore me out so far, there was surprisingly Hazel's awareness.

He stares at the girls in front of him, letting them plunder his voice, but keeps throwing up a curse.

Sakura is in a good mood to see how it goes.

"Eh heh, wow. I can't believe I could stay sane even if I got this far. No, that's insane already."

The experience of being shredded of one's own flesh and eating it alive can't stand a constant. Most of them either let go of consciousness immediately or their minds just die.

But she supported her personality as Hazel Radford with hatred alone. The more meat is cut, the more she is stuck, the more her hatred grows and makes her self stay strong. It's as if I think strongly of my loved ones, but the opposite is true, with a vector of emotion engraved strongly in her memory.

- - At the earliest, her spirit had reached the dimension of madness.

"In the meantime, sushi... Shishi Aya, Sara, Mi, Na... It's hard for everyone... I'll corn you, corn you, corn you..."

"Ugh ♡ Wow, that hatred. Nice, I'm rolling. It was worth the test."

Sakura gently embraces Hazel's body with love and caresses her hair.

I gently put my lips close to my ears and whispered sweetly with a hot exhale.

"Oh Kaku ♡"

- That, what happened to me?

Sure, meet one girl...

The child is as immortal as I am...

Then they pierce my whole body with my blood......!?

"Ah!?

I jump up as I raise my voice.

I looked around with a confused head, but I was in a white private room, not a flat road where there was nothing.

Find Rico in the room.

For a while she had blinked and groaned many times, but eventually when she filled her tears,

"Selah!

And suddenly I hugged him.

"Wow. Hey, what's going on, Rico?

"Oh, Sera, Sera! All this time, I was so worried sick!

Rico cries.

I began to understand the situation step by step, forgiving Rico, who kept crying like a child.

This is the hospital room in the military headquarters. Perhaps it was carried while I was unconscious. Apparently he'd been losing his mind for a long time, and it was already night when he turned to the window.

"That's why I told you. To this extent, Celestia is safe. It regenerates even if it's cut or finely dusted, so it doesn't matter how much it bleeds."

Now there was another woman's voice.

When I looked up, Mr. Iris was sitting at the desk across the street. Unusual, I wear glasses. This is what I look like when I examine you.

Rico cries out against Mr. Iris' words.

"But because Serra didn't wake up all the time... Immortality doesn't mean I didn't know how far to play it...!

"Riko, calm down. I'm sorry I didn't talk to you properly."

Rico and I... we have many secrets that are between lovers but we keep from each other. Technically, I'm not keeping it a secret, I'm just making it an implicit understanding that we don't pry into each other.

Especially that Rico made the past, and that I am immortal. So I only know the extent to which her past has been very painful, and Rico only conveys a great deal of clutter about regenerating it immortally.

That's why Rico wouldn't wake up. He must have been anxious to see me.

"I'm sorry I bothered you. As you can see, it's okay now, right?

"Yeah......"

After hugging Rico and stroking his head over and over again, he calms down gradually, and finally stops whimpering.

Mr. Iris sighs loudly as he watches it.

"This is the hospital room. If you're flirting, come outside."

"Become...!? That's not what I meant! I mean, I'm anemic and I can't move!

I'm glad my consciousness is back, but I'm losing my mind because my blood hasn't completely regenerated yet.

... that young immortal, was a very horrible enemy. I don't know how far the effect of her 'power' extends, but if you can manipulate blood all over your body with just one lick, I don't want to deal with it as it stands. Even the enemy can move at high speeds. Fight unharmed. It is so incompatible with me that I take advantage of immortality to take the tactics of war that push me from the front.

And when I was thinking about it, I heard a knock.

"This is Major General Dashwood. Excuse me."

That's what Mr. Cullen comes in with.

For a moment when she saw my face, she broke her expression, but soon returned to her strange face.

"Uh, Serra. I'm sorry I woke up, but I have to report the operation."

"Hey. Celestia is at peace now. No matter how immortal you are, don't let them push you."

Mr. Iris stuffs up.

Mr. Karen scratches her head with a "uh" and a bad-looking bat in her words.

"Sorry, I know that, Commander-in-Chief, on immediate orders. Blah, it's right up to the side."

Commander-in-Chief, that means Commander-in-Chief of the Ermerado National Army, Commander-in-Chief Elena Tuberose. In other words, he is the head of the army and de facto head of state.

No matter how restful you are, you cannot refuse if it is an order from the supreme power. Looks like Mr. Iris sighed and gave up, too.

"I get it. Celestia, please don't push me. If you get sick, stop answering."

"Yes, I know."

Mr. Iris is cold in his attitude, but sincerely confronts his patients. I was a realist for better or worse, so I could make calmer, more normal decisions than anyone else, and my mouth was a gentle person to worry about, even if it was bad.

I told Karen that I would talk to her in this room because she was still anemic and couldn't move, and she left the room for a few dozen minutes.

The door opens again and Mr. Cullen and the girl in the wheelchair enter the room.

White-haired girl with eyes closed all the time.

She is this Hermelado National Army commander-in-chief, Elena Tuberose.

Surprisingly, she's only 13. In the meantime, the body appears to be quite weak, forced to live in a wheelchair because his legs cannot move, and he is further losing his eyesight. That's why I keep my eyelids closed all the time.

The people have not been informed of the fact that she heads the army. Naturally. It's not a place of confusion if it turns out that this country is a girl with a disabled body who hasn't even been in her mid-teens yet.

But surely she is the commander-in-chief. We are giving precise instructions to the military to ensure that the country grows. Still, there's a powerful staff behind her, and there's a lot of conspiracy theories about moving her soul to other flesh for generations to politics.

"Good day, Valentine and Akasaki."

General Elena, who opened his mouth, speaks calmly.

"Let's start by honestly working on getting back this far. We are not going to squander valuable combat power, whether the operation succeeds or fails. … most, it doesn't seem to be in full condition"

"I'm sorry"

I bow my head to General Elena's point.

Nevertheless, it was impossible to predict, such as encountering the immortal on the way home and being attacked, and the opponent had an overwhelming power. We are not used to combat or strong enough to counteract sudden raids.

"Well, you don't have to be that weird. Keep your face up. Just take your time and let me know how it turns out."

General Elena smiles elegantly.

I told Commander-in-Chief Elena the other day's battle with Cecilia. That I met Hazel on the road. Having fought with Cecilia. That I defeated her. And that Hazel was taken away.

Commander-in-Chief Elena snorted, listening to my report all the way.

"Really...... It's a great shame the public got involved. But of course it's important to think of her and grieve, but you can't keep looking down forever. You both know that, don't you?

"Yes."

Me and Rico nod at the words of General Elena.

Commander-in-Chief Elena went on to say this when he smiled satisfied.

"... so who the hell is the immortal who took that?

"Uh..."

Words get stuck unexpectedly.

The person named Sakura hasn't even told Rico. Because I don't want you to get involved because you're my personal vengeful opponent, and I don't want you to know much about her.

But it's insane and suspicious to keep quiet about people who are a factor in the failure of the operation. It is the military statute that must not pin personal feelings on the military.

I have no choice but to put her name in my mouth.

"The name of the immortal is Sakura."

"What!?

General Elena and Rico, each reacted differently to my response.

Commander-in-Chief Elena moves his eyebrows tingly and Rico screams reflexively as if he had any idea.

No, Rico stuffed me to see if I really had any idea.

"Hey, Selah! What do you mean, Sakura!? Why is that guy's name coming up there!?

"What, Rico?

Rico asks desperately as he panics and grabs at me.

I've never seen Rico like this before. Sure, she has an emotional part... but I've never seen a look like this that made anger and fear go away.

What the hell does it have to do with Sakura? It was when I tried to ask Rico back.

"Hey, why don't you both stop?"

Mr. Karen's voice echoes.

"I'm reporting to the commander-in-chief now. We'll talk about it later."

"Excuse me......"

…………

I immediately apologize to Mr. Cullen for his words, but Rico left me without saying anything.

General Elena stared as she smiled at the look of it, but a woman, her caregiver, put her mouth closer to her ear and whisper softly. General Elena, who heard it, turned off his grin and opened his mouth.

"Unfortunately, it looks like your time. It is unfortunate that we were unable to capture Cecilia in this operation, but let us take this as our next opportunity. Mr. Valentine, then Mr. Akasaki."

"Yes."

"... Yes"

I am summoned by name to respond immediately, but Rico has been thinking about Sakura or the reply has been delayed.

Commander-in-Chief Elena continues the conversation without any particular blame.

"There will be no special punishment for you. Now stretch your wings slowly and rest."

"Thank you"

"But I will use you. Don't forget you're in that position."

"I understand."

From her standpoint, I am a soldier of convenience who will never die.

But this is the path I chose to take to get the chance. The way to avenge the Sakura and eventually get my chance to die.

So I accept General Elena's words without disputing them.

"Fine. Then I will return with this. Good afternoon, everyone."

Finally, Marshal Elena was pushed by the caregiver's maid when she smiled gently, leaving the room.

Mr. Iris and Mr. Cullen, and Rico remain silent.

"Hey, Rico. What was that earlier..."

It was when I put my hand on my shoulder to find out the truth about Rico.

"I'm sorry, forget about earlier. I'm gonna go get some air outside."

"Oh, but..."

"Forget it."

Clear rejection.

I will remain silent in the atmosphere that will not make me say whether it exists or not. As it passed beside me, Rico left the room.

"... hey. Did you tell Rico properly?

Mr. Karen, who was watching us like that, asks.

I told you, that would be my purpose. I had never spoken directly to Mr. Cullen, but he seemed to have been noticed for a long time.

"... no"

"I knew it. You know, if we don't talk about it, we're gonna keep making a mistake and you two are gonna crush each other."

"I know, but..."

I can't tell you.

You can't even say "fight because you want to die" to your lover.

"Even postponing it that way will eventually fail. I'm not saying right now, but talk as fast as you can."

".................. Yes"

Reply vividly.

I couldn't have decided to be ready.

"... ridiculous"

Mr. Iris groans softly.

Truly, I am an idiot. In the end, I'm not brave enough to bother Rico.

In the infirmary, the severe air continued forever.

"Huh... Huh!

Rico was in a private room in the bathroom.

He blues his face and desperately suppresses nausea while disturbing his breathing.

The past (trauma) she was supposed to have sealed up after hearing Sakura's name was back. Many times the sight of that time flashes back in my brain.

The body of a messed up girl. Flesh smashed into spilled intestines, bugs that keep flying around them.

The screams of a sad girl, the sound of sounding flesh shaking, the laughter of a crazy woman.

Severe pain, deep scars, battered shock, moles made all over the body.

"Huh!? Ooh."

It suppresses the screaming raised from the throat and exhales stomach fluids instead.

And Rico thought of Sakura and her 'sister' smile in the back of her brain.

"Why... What, that's where the name 'Mother' comes up......!?

But the smile of "Sister" disappears quickly, leaving Sakura with a mad laugh.

I spit out the diarrhea that was refluxing again.