Dakara, Anata o Koko de Koroshimasu

"... now we have a cure. Fortunately, the only thing burned is the surface, so it'll heal in a week."

Bandages around Jillian's neck, Mr. Iris tells him so.

It was Mr Olivia who was most relieved to hear the words.

"Great......!

The tension breaks off and falls on the couch.

- - An hour after my encounter with Akira Akasaki. We went back to the 'Saul' hotel again and reported on each other's situation.

After I came into contact with Sakura, I encountered Akira Akasaki. Without stabbing him, Rico is planted with a 'bomb'.

Mr. Olivia and Jillian encounter Hazel. He also replied that they naturally did not know Cecilia's whereabouts. But it strikes me shortly after I am certain that I am one of them, and Jillian is burned.

Mr. Cullen then went with Iris to procure the weapon, and where Mr. Cullen took his seat off, he encountered Mizuno. But even there, Sakura showed up and took Mizuno away.

"Whatever it takes, don't act too fast"

And, Mr. Karen sits on the couch and squeals.

She essentially took a small box out of her pocket and began to light it with a single cigarette in her mouth.

"... hey"

Noticeable disgust. Mr. Iris sees how Mr. Karen is doing.

Mr. Iris was a military doctor, so he may have no choice but to dislike anything harmful to his health.

But I was also a little surprised that Mr. Cullen smoked and asked unexpectedly.

"Did you smoke that, Mr. Cullen?

"No, sort of..."

Mr. Karen looks like a bad ass.

Out of sight, shivering shoulders.

It was as if I was desperate for something.

"I stopped him three years ago."

and stuffed to Mr. Cullen as Mr. Iris said to me.

"You know, what I don't like about tobacco. Why are you starting to smoke again?"

"There's a lot of stress over here, too. I want something to relax a little bit."

"I'm telling you to stop because it's bad for you!

"As it were, sort of. Calm down, both of you."

I'll break it in between, and I'll knock it out.

Mr. Iris had an unexplained face, but for one thing he seemed calm.

"But Mr. Cullen is certainly right. I feel like it's too soon to raid anything in just 3 days from the coup. It's like living and rushing a plan..."

"Oh. In fact, the immortals such as Mizuno, who attacked me, looked quite in a hurry.... I ran wild all of a sudden as if I'd touched it."

"... 'Critical Points'"

Meena had also made a disjunctive statement shortly before she died.

Even lose sight of oneself and ruin it by the swelling madness.

That's the end of the immortal.

Think about it so much, and remember the feeling as if your destiny is defined.

"But either way, if we don't move, Rico's gonna die, right?

"... Yes. So we head to 'Logen'. I'm sorry I got involved..."

"Don't worry about it. Either way, they're the ones who shouldn't be kept alive. And I owe you one, too."

"... that's the same for me"

Mr. Olivia follows Karen's words.

Even though it wasn't long since we met, it was surprising that she would agree with me and I had accidentally looked up and stared at her.

"Originally, because of a woman named Sakura, I caused a coup, and I hurt Jillian."

"Were you that close to Jillian...?

"Ha!? No, well, he's one of us..."

Olivia blushes and turns away when asked about Jillian.

Jillian laughed weakly at the time she was shaken by the topic.

"Eh heh...... glad you're worried. I'll follow you, too."

"Guys, sorry..."

Speaking of the former, this battle was half caused by me.

And yet, I can't really get my head up because they all hang out with me.

"Iris. How fast is it from here to 'Logen'?

"About three hours by train, I guess."

"Then we leave tomorrow. Rico has no time left."

There is one thing to do. Kill Sakura and return alive to us all.

If that's what you're doing, let's kill everyone who gets in the way. Let's kill everyone who becomes a threat to Rico.

Pottery, and noises come from nowhere.

In the first place, what were you afraid of? If you kill one person, you will kill as many people as you want.

Pottery, Pottery.

I'm never a 'killer'. I just kill whoever it is for Rico.

Pottery, Pottery, Pottery.

"... that?

The discomfort that has arisen.

And finally, I realize the identity of the sound.

The sound was echoing from within me.

It was the sound of something important falling out in me, as I had forgotten 'Sorrow'.

I feel like I'm forgetting something, emotions I shouldn't forget.

I never remembered that sentiment.

- And I have lost my guilt and aversion to murder.

"Hey, Mr. Cullen"

"Rico. Hey, what's up?

As each one returns to his or her own room.

In the lobby where we are alone, Rico asks Karen uncomfortably, but looking straight into her eyes.

"I want you to tell me. The Real Reason Sella Fights"

…………

"I can't forgive the immortal, isn't that all?

The secret Sella's hiding from Rico.

And her past not to talk about.

Rico thought he might know something about her if Karen picked up Sella.

I also feel cowardly, but I also felt Serra wouldn't tell me if I didn't use a slightly more forceful hand.

"... Serra tells me never to teach you"

"Really, can't you?

"Well, it's the most delicate topic for Serra. I don't feel like talking about all this either."

Karen gives a troubled voice as she scratches her head.

Again, it was half the time Rico had given up wondering if it wouldn't work out so easily.

"... but I guess you, Serra's lover, would be the exception"

"Oh, is that true!?

"It's also weird that you're the most trusted by Serra but have a lot to hide. But only this time, right?

and stab the nail and Karen sits back on the couch.

Then he made sure there was no one around him, and Karen started talking quietly.

"... first things happened three years ago. We got intel that there was a homicide in 'Flail', a small rural village in the south, and it's the beginning of my journey to investigate it."

"Murder..."

Rico also knows that Serra has a strong killing urge. I've never actually seen that happen.

Swallow the saliva and Rico nodded as he urged ahead.

Karen also opens her mouth to Rico's thoughts and continues the conversation.

"I tried to make my way and the village had been wiped out. Everyone else was down and bleeding. It was when I walked past a certain private house on guard that there was no doubt there was a murderer who could cause that much misery. I saw a shadow in the window."

…………

"Survivor, hostage, or killer? For one thing I saw the identity of the person who was slowly inside the house on guard. That was Serra."

"Selah..."

"Oh."

Is it hard to remember from here on out, Karen darkens her face and continues the words?

"But it seemed awful. Hair, face and clothes are covered in blood. At first, I panicked that I had been injured, but when I approached it and looked closely, it was all blood back. There was an axe in the corner of the room, similarly bleeding."

"... No way"

"Yes. The identity of the serial killer who killed all the inhabitants of the village was Serra. Serra, then 14."

"No... But that's what Serra does."

"You can't. I couldn't believe that at the time, and I still don't see Serra as a killer. But when I asked 'did you kill', in a fine voice she did answer 'yes......'"

…………

"At first I was so relieved that I didn't even respond to my call. Then I looked him in the eye and said it out loud, little by little, and waited for Serra to open her mouth. As I did so, Serra finally recognized the reality and started telling me little by little."

Once Karen separates the words, add the cigarettes and light the fire.

Inhale a lot of smoke once, spit it out slowly and take a deep breath.

Once again Karen starts talking.

"The beginning of the story began with a childhood acquaintance named Alice."

"Eh."

Alice.

Rico breathes when he hears the name.

The name of the girl who encountered the coup incident and has been held hostage and tortured.

After all, is it her that caused Serra to start going crazy?

"At the beginning Alice killed Serra's parents, and she was attacked by Serra. So Serra interrupted consciousness, and when she realized it, she was surrounded by corpses."

"Is that how Alice killed people indiscriminately...?

"No, you don't. That Serra was the one who killed him."

"Huh?"

I couldn't believe Karen's words, and Rico could only speak like a shriek.

"When I realized it, my hands were back and stained with blood, and they cursed me as a 'killer' and a 'killer' one after another by the people in the village who had survived. And Serra's explanation and resistance were vain, and they hung her as she was."

――――

Rico was stunned by the spectacular story told from Karen's mouth.

But this wasn't the end of the story.

"Apparently, Serra was immortalized at this point. Sella woke up minutes after she was hanged. Neither did the villagers think that strangled humans would come back to life. They were going to bury it in the dirt as it was, and it looks like Serra broke the rope making sure she lost consciousness."

"What happened then...?

Rico asks in a dreaded trembling voice.

Why, I don't even know why I'm afraid.

No, maybe I already imagined the answer.

"I woke up. Serra was brutally drunk by the killing impulse and started killing the survivors voluntarily. I remember laughing and killing one after the other, Serra said."

…………

"After everything she said, Serra cried and begged me many times to kill her. He said he was a person who shouldn't exist. Sooner or later he kills someone if he stays like this. She also tried to kill herself many times. Hang yourself, crack yourself in the head with an axe, stab yourself in the heart with a knife, try jumping off the high..."

When I realized, Rico was in tears.

Holding down my mouth also leaks whimpering.

Is it true that Serra has dealt with herself with such a tragic past?

Murder impulses enough to twist your own will and fears that you may one day kill others just because you exist. Are you saying that Serra has lived to this day, planking herself with those two emotions?

Think about it. Rico finds out.

"Wait, please...... Then why does Selah fight the immortals..."

"Oh. Find a way to kill the immortal and exercise it on yourself. I mean, Serra's been fighting to find a way to kill herself."

To the truth told by Karen, Rico has lost his word.

The sad and cruel side of a lover I never even showed you before. Rico found out about it.

After a short tour, Rico opens his mouth.

"............... even if it was"

"I want to help you, Serra."

"Rico......"

In tears.

Rico smiles his best.

"It doesn't matter if Serra was a 'killer' who shouldn't exist. Still, I can't help but like her, and I sincerely want to help her. If Serra asks me about this, I might get mad, but I hope Serra will live forever."

"... at all, you're the guy"

Like a shudder, but gladly Karen listens to Rico.

... I'm sure Rico can't spend the rest of his life healing Serra's wounds. Still, you should be able to bury her loneliness.

Listening to Serra's past, Rico hardens his mind even more.

"Mr. Karen. Can we get everyone together again tonight?"

Rico stares straight into Karen's face and tells her.

- Now it's my turn.

"I have an important story for everyone to hear."