That was untouched and suddenly happened.

─ ─ Final day of the brave sorting exam. The moment Sylvia's victory is decided.

A pillar of light pierced heaven to bless it.

"What, is that...?

Luxeria throws a rugged gaze and increases her alert immediately. Some, like him, increase their vigilance, but most look up at the sky in awe.

I wasn't either of them, but if I dare say so, is it the former?

The light went up ahead, in the direction of Lykeberg. I don't know until I'm in a solid position. At least not from within this imperial territory.

By then the line of light was such a light that it was thin and hard to see, yet clearly recognizable.

What does that light mean? I don't know if it's some kind of magic, or some kind of omen. But no one will be driven by anxiety when he sees it, far beyond the limit of use of a thousand eyes, which also rose from the direction of his birthplace.

I must have, too, stared down at that pillar of light.

"……… go home"

Let's finish what we do and go see everyone. I'm worried about him as he is, and he doesn't have any other hands.

As a result of a brave sorting exam conducted the other day, Sylvia decided on the period brave. Well, it would be a reasonable place. I was wondering if Alc would win, but in the semi-finals a year ago, in a mutual battle with Cannon, the amount of strength cut up, the form of armament that went up on Sylvia.

Incidentally, Huck and Cecil, who just scratched the field around, both abstained from the game when satisfied. I wish I didn't have to get out of the beginning.

Meanwhile, Ghoul, who lost the qualifying round, hasn't given up yet. I'm in special training for my next brave sorting exam. I want to go with that special training until the end, but I decided to go back to the kingdom, so I'm not going to be able to go along with it.

For once, I confirmed my intention to follow, but Ghoul said he wanted to stay in the empire because he was unsure if he could come back by next year's sorting exam.

But one unaccompanied child, I can't leave him alone, so I'm just hitting someone I know right now to take care of him. Now I'm waiting for that response.

Well, this has cleaned up a lot of Gotagota in the Empire.

Beginning with the demon riots, the killer, the new brave man, and all the things I can do, you can see they're cleared up first.

Only with regard to the repatriation of the brave.

The plan for the repatriation of the brave is well under way. The wizards involved in the repatriation were the scholars who made the colloquium together, which made the persuasion relatively smooth. Thanks to the decision of a new brave man, the emperor's cooperation was also obtained.

All we have to do is convince Spring Tree to stay gradually.

On that occasion, on behalf of the busy emperor, the story of the repatriation from Mr. Maresia to the brave was brought up.

"We've decided on a new brave man, and two days from now, we're ready to bring you all back to your original world"

The faces of the brave men who were suddenly summoned that way and told that they could return to Earth were flashing, but Ms. Maresia lowered her head deeply as she put her breath down and let it swallow.

"I sincerely apologize for involving you all at the mercy of our empire"

Deeply and deeply bowing your head, Mr. Maresia. It was the teacher who inspired her anger.

"Sorry, I didn't... That's a great story!

The teacher rolled his face and yelled at Mr. Maresia so as to explode the feeling he was enjoying with the futz.

"You call us in, you go home. That might satisfy you. But Kaido-kun...! What will happen to Kaido-kun, who has died in this world! She's got a future in the original world, and she's got a family who wants it! I'm sorry about those people, but are you going to do it all?

The teacher yells at Mr. Maresia in tears.

... It's an irrational story.

They were just caught up in a conspiracy between Nord and the Empire. If everyone was safe now, I might have been able to go home in a traveling mood.

But reality isn't so sweet.

The life of the sea basin scattered in this world will never return, nor will the items of apology and doings prepared by the Empire replace them.

The teacher's anger was legitimate, and that was what determined this side of the chest. But it is wrong to let one Mr Maresia take that.

If she's bowing her head as representative of the Empire, she's responsible for apologizing for not making it to me.

"I'm sorry."

I put my head on the floor next to Mr. Maresia. In tears, the words of the teacher who was blaming Mr. Maresia stop.

"Kaido's dead is my fault for the delay in realizing who the killer is. If you blame him for his death... blame me."

The possibility of reincarnation deriving from the existence of me. Unaware of that, my lack of thought in throwing my prey into the field before the madman led to the worst possible result: the death of Kaido.

I'm not going to make excuses for that. I must have noticed who he was. Now, I realize.

That was the result of my rush to speed things up. It's my fault.

So I was going to take any word for it.

But no one's going to blame me. No one curses. That's probably because you hesitated to say a terrible curse to me that would benefit their lives.

I knew that, but I couldn't help but apologize.

That probably also had the reason that they knew the real reason they had been summoned by the brave.

I kept bowing my head until my teacher told me, '... that's enough'.

-The next day.

The brave repatriation is imminent tomorrow, and the brave men who have received various summonses from the Empire will be putting their thoughts on Japan for the first time in a long time.

Haruki and I were visiting Ruyuki's room together.

"Oh, what's wrong, both of you?

Dressed in elegant sleeping rolls.

I tipped my neck slightly at us both visiting.

"No, I need to talk to you about tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Well, I couldn't sleep either, so I don't mind..."

With a slightly suspicious glance at me and Haruki's face, Rutsuki invited us both inside.

... Shouldn't you be a little more alert to men?

I thought positively that I was trusted even though I thought about it, and I went inside.

"So, what's the story?

When we sat in the chair facing the moon, we quickly got down to business.

"Uh, I don't know, um, evil!

Haruki scratched his polypoly head, looking for words, and it was the words of apology that eventually came out. But all of a sudden, even if he apologized, Moon looked surprised, not knowing what it was about.

"What?

With a voice that is already slightly angry, Ruzuki stares at the spring tree. Soon Haruki had looked at me with a face that looked like she was asking for help... but I took the place of the speaker, sighing that I hadn't thought of anything.

Suddenly, Haruki will stay here.

"Haruki? Why are we talking about that? What's the point of us remaining here..."

"─ None. But what if one of us doesn't stay to activate the repatriation magic?

Covering the words of the moon, I began to explain them lightly.

At times like this, if you try to delude them weirdly, make them question you. In this case, the reason why Haruki stays is that she has to stay one person for repatriation, so she can explain it rationally, so she doesn't have to bother to cloud her words and make her question.

"You mean the strongest spring tree among us will remain?

"Well, if you don't hide it, it will. But don't worry. I will definitely send Haruki back to you. As a matter of fact, I once met a crazy guy who was reincarnated from another world or something. Until the other day, I thought I was lying, but sometimes I had a chance to see him the other day, and then I heard he was from the same world as the brave man, and I got this."

I handed the paper I had prepared to the moon.

"Nice to meet you. Japanese high school students. I am Shashi Kimura, who was a college girl in Japan. Actually, he's a new life-giving reincarnator in this world, crushed by a truck over there. We call ourselves Archet here, but we may not have the chance to meet you guys because we make our adventurers our business. However, I am writing to you because I have heard that a friend in this world has the opportunity to meet with you. All of a sudden, you've been brought to another world, and you may be confused, but don't give up hope. It's a much tougher world than Japan, but it also has lots of fun. So live hard. One day I'll be sure to come home. I wish you both well in the shadow. by Shashi Kimura '

and on that form. Of course it's what I faked. The contents of that warm-headed old college girl. There's no way to worry about someone who's been transworldly like this.

I've decided to scream "Kittar" or something.

But Yuzuki, who did not know such Arsh's character, read it and stunned it on his face.

"... and it's refreshing to me, but Haruki says that the tattoo belongs to your world, right?

"Uh, yeah."

"Then if we find Arsh, we can return the spring tree."

I omitted the detailed explanation, but the moon, which was surprising and not normal driving, snorted softly at the words.

But no matter how uncomfortable you are, I notice where you notice.

"Then why don't we all go home? If we find that woman, will we be able to go home?

Naturally. If Haruki can make it home by finding Ash, you just have to do so from the beginning.

But it's easy to break with the idea of not considering time and surroundings.

"That's because it's dangerous to have you guys in the empire. I'm telling you, I'm not treating you badly because the Arctic people are scholarly and they're just not interested in public opinion. Everywhere else is terrible."

Of course it's a lie. But what they don't know is true.

But Ruzuki seems to have caught on somewhere else.

"Doesn't that mean it's dangerous for Haruki, too?

"Yes... that's why Spring Tree stays. Besides, there's still a chance that if you're alone, you can still hide it through. Added, Haruki was going to look for me and Arsh. So I'm responsible for protecting Haruki."

I said to the moon with a strong tone of clarity. A useless spring tree beside me awaits Ruyue's words with a tense face.

As the moon leaned slightly, squeezing her hand...

"You're too weak for me..."

Yes, I told him to regret it. Potatoes and droplets fall from your face onto the back of your hand.

"Knitting, don't cry. It's not a lifetime goodbye."

"Buh...! I'm not crying!

Muki Ruzuki denied Haruki's words. But...

"It could be a lifetime goodbye...?

As soon as I leaned down, Haruki and I didn't know how to comfort each other.

After leaving Ruzuki's room some time later, we visited the teacher's room, which is the second door. The teacher who opened the door to the room looked at my face, but it was the same for me, and now Haruki, instead of me, persuaded the teacher.

What was different from Ruzuki was that the teacher was not convinced that the spring tree would remain. That has the strength of Spring Tree's next point in the bend, plus if he brings up his responsibilities as a teacher, our persuasion will be tough.

I was honest with you the moment you brought up the teacher's position. Whatever you think, I couldn't find a word to override it.

But Haruki was different.

"Doctor, I want to marry an animal girl!

"Huh?"

"Is the teacher willing to crush my future!

"Oh, no, I..."

"Please! Give me a chance to fulfill my dream!

What kind of persuasion?

I was so heartbroken, but unexpectedly effective. My goddaughter told me if she was willing to crush the future, and the teacher began to look visibly orous.

As he folds there, Haruki hot valves his hot patos. I said to my first teacher, whose face turned bright red from the way in, 'Well, that's enough! Because I get it!' And made him raise the white flag.

I've always been silent.

Well, that's how we successfully ended our persuasion of the two of us, and the problem against the Brave Return is all-clear. All we have to do is pick up tomorrow's production.

But before I do, I'll try to convince you one last time.

I stopped and asked Haruki on my way back to my room with me.

"Haruki, can I break up with you like a moon? You're childhood friendly, aren't you? Just like me."

"... you say that."

Haruki sighed with a drop of her shoulder on the daimyo. Haruki scratched his head, turning to me.

"He's always tenacious, yeah, and he's like a strong woman, but the contents aren't."

"Well, I kind of knew from that hip pull..."

"You shouldn't say anything. You don't want to live up to his feelings or reveal yourself."

So bittersweet. That wasn't to blame, but I felt like they were telling me not to talk.

"Besides, the guy you've been leaning on since you died is starting to look positive. And then in a peaceful world, you can do it without me."

"... right"

Haruki's will doesn't seem to change. It was my last chance to convince Spring Tree, too, but if this guy doesn't change his mind, I'll just force him back tomorrow.

But before that...

I had to ask Haruki something.

"Hey, Haruki."

"Hmm?"

"How did my parents die?

Something I've always wanted to know since I noticed the anomaly in me that day. It's just that I can really count with both hands what I remember about my previous parents, but still the love of innocence that they, who were my parents, directed at me in a few memories. Besides, I thought it was my duty to know the truth about their deaths, even if I couldn't have what I was giving back.

The color of anger floats in Haruki's eyes when he hears my question. Blood lines run in the eyes and narrow.

"... you, are you serious about that? You forgot what your parents died of?

"... oh"

Haruki nodded at me, grabbed my collar up, and shook my fist up. I thought he'd beat me up.

"Huh...!

... but that fist never waved down, slowly. The face of the spring tree at that time was the same as the face of the spring tree I first saw in my memory.

"... I don't think you should ask."

"But let me ask you something. I have a duty to hear it."

Haruki, who told me to squeeze it out, didn't try to see my face. The hand is still shaking with a pull.

"... it's an accident, an accident. Your parents went camping with you and the three of you and bumped into a truck when you left... you were the only one in the back seat who saved me"

I'm the only one.

Is that what you mean...

Was I squatting and crying in my bets then because I lost my parents in front of me? Or was sadness the only thing left to mourn?

Now, I don't know what's true. All I had left was a fragment of my memory that I wept over the death of my parents.

Until now, I didn't know why I had died or how I felt at that time, but I only knew that my parents had died.

Even now that I know the truth, that just added to the fragment.

For me with no grieving memories, my chest was tickled and sore with emotion.

Really... what an unfaithful person, I am.

I don't feel well. I'm going back.

"... oh"

That's all Haruki and I had at the end, and we broke up.

Then I apologized to my former parents in front of Serna's grave.

Because other than that, there was nowhere else I could have gotten the word.

Magic school auditorium.

The floor there depicted a ceremony for the repatriation of the brave. I can't read a geometric formula spread out in a round circle. It's refreshing to see what's written, but the scholars who wrote this are welcoming today after multiple checks. That's where I have to trust you.

Numerous people pushed to drop off the brave. I think almost everyone involved in the empire is gathered together.

On top of the ceremony, the brave men line up with the slack, and in the center are loaded with treasures handed over by the Empire to apologize.

Most people have a sunny face because of the joy of being able to go home, but the teacher has a face that does not float with Yuzuki, who knows that Haruki will remain.

"Final preparations have been made. Ladies and gentlemen, please complete your final farewell."

The commander of the repatriation is taken by Mr. Maresia, but today there is also an emperor on the boulder, who was speaking with the teacher earlier. I was probably putting in an apology.

I also talked to Rutsuki and a few of my former classmates who were involved and spared my goodbyes.

"Hinata, you've been really annoying me from the beginning to the end."

"I don't care anymore. Besides, it wasn't all annoying. I learned a lot, too."

In a cloudy way, he misrepresents me, and Ruzuki speaks to me in a leaning position.

"... Again, you look somewhere like Ridge himself. This is the last time I'll confess... but I've always felt Hinata's shadow on you. I don't think it feels very good if you try that, Hinata... but let me tell you something. Give my regards to Haruki. I'll leave Haruki to you, who resembles Ridge."

"Oh, I promise. I'll send him back there safely."

"... thanks, really"

We shake hands hard. It will be the last time, and while I feel lonely, I move on to my separation from the past.

Moments and impending breakups.

I saw Haruki's face.

Haruki nodded when she noticed my gaze, raised her attention and loud voice to let everyone know that she would stay.

Immediately the opposition rose, but that explained the same as when it was the moon, convincing it first.

From then on, Haruki was surrounded by classmates, exchanging words of parting for each and every one of them. I don't know if it was conscious, but Haruki always handled it with a smile.

You're popular.

Everyone and he showed himself to Haruki, and sometimes some of them wept. But that did not change the will in Haruki, sometimes laughing, encouraging, enthusiastic, and parting.

"Now we will go into the repatriation of the brave. Be careful that the brave men never get out of the ritual."

And the time has come for the return of the brave.

Those who had broken up with Haruki stood only at a critical place as they gathered in the center.

Such a pounding of Ruyue's shoulder, Haruki was slowly walking to near his predetermined position, talking about something with Ruyue.

"Give this to my dads when you get back."

"... oh, okay. I will definitely give it to you."

"And this is for you. I'm sure the lonely knitwear makes me cry when I'm gone. In that case, this. Read Haruki-sama's special original letter. I'm sure she'll be fine."

"... yeah, I'll definitely read it"

"Oh, oh, I was just kidding..."

I follow the back of the spring tree, silently watching Haruki, who talks at his usual pace, and the anxious, leaning moon move slowly.

One amazing wizard after another gathers around the ceremony. A group of 10 people surrounded themselves gleefully and put their canes forward.

It's a sign that you can go anytime.

I saw it, killed the signs, and slowly walked out towards Haruki and the others.

"The knit, don't look like that. 'Cause I'll definitely be back one day."

"Oh......"

Even with the encouragement of Haruki, Rutsuki is somewhere vain and not energetic. That's what she said when she asked me about Haruki, and I was just showing her around.

"Safe... come back safely... I'm gone until Haruki..."

"... oh, because I'm leaving. But now I say goodbye."

"Oh...... Waiting on Earth"

Two people bid each other farewell, bordering on the outer circumference of a circular procedure. Haruki smiles, but Rutsuki is going to cry even now.

"Well, then I'll take the Beastman's wife home."

"You're an idiot...... really"

Spring Tree laughing at the sum. With that, Ruzuki clears his face just a little.

When I approached the two of them without making a sound from behind, I put a shackle on Haruki's leg.

"What?

When Spring Tree realized in an instant that he had been shackled, my hand had already finished shackling the right hand of Spring Tree.

"Hinata, what are you..."

Spring Tree, who looked at my face with a glimpse, I put my other hand in a shackled hole at the mercy of my strength.

"I'm sorry I lied"

Tong...

Contrary to the light noise, Haruki took his foot off the floor and blew it away. The moon that watched it in front of me was like, 'Huh? What?' and bewildered, alternating between me and Haruki.

On the other hand, the blown spring tree pulled my face for a moment into the pain that fell off my back, but when I woke up gagged, I stared at my face and screamed.

"What do you mean, Hinata! Without me...!

"It's not necessary. You go back to your world."

"Wait, Hinata-kun. If Haruki can come home with us, yesterday's story is..."

It's all a lie.

When I say it out cold, I seriously intimidate Ruzuki and shift him one step later. And then I turned back to Spring Tree and made a goodbye smile.

"I was happy. See you guys again."

"Wait...... ugh! Stop it!"

Haruki desperately tries to break the shackles. But I didn't fit in with it, and when I threw the key of the shackles to the moon as if the situation had not swallowed, I looked closely at Haruki and the moon, each face, and then opened my mouth.

"Now you can say it right."

"Wait...! Wait, you're telling me. Whoa!

But Haruki doesn't try to listen to my words, he just screams. Spread your spit all over the floor, hoping I'd hesitate for a moment.

I uttered the name.

"Ridge, no!

There will be no one but me and Haruki who instantly understood the meaning of the name. But just because I understood, I'm not going to stop.

Because this is the answer I gave.

"What...?

Ruyue, who was right in front of me, opened his mouth small and solidified. The face was pointed straight at me, as if waiting for my answer.

But I don't do anything to answer that.

"Goodbye, Haruki, Ruzuki. I'll live in this world."

I said goodbye words.

"Stop. Whoa! Ridge!

"Oh, wait! What do you mean?"

I heard the two of them screaming. But when I closed my eyes and began to think of the sights of that world, I instantly constructed an image without reacting to it and put my hand on the trigger of a surgical ceremony that transcended the world.

Bye, both of you.

"─ Brave Return Ceremony Activated!

The wizards pour magic into each other in my words, and I unleash magic again. A dazzling light propagates to the letters drawn on the floor and rises in an instant as if fire were to blow out.

When I opened my eyes, there was nothing there anymore but light. A wall of light that stood up as if pushing through the ceiling. It's not a roar, but a very loud operatic sound swallows up my words and the screams of the brave men and wipes them away. Literally, from this world.

Well, I felt a distortion of space. No, this isn't that easy.

The space was torn. And suction is created from around to inside as if to compensate for it. And the ritual is preventing us from getting involved.

In other words, the radiance of this procedure is undoing the gravitational pull created by the tearing of the space, preventing the operator from being involved in the repatriation.

Therefore, the extinguishment of the light means nothing more than that the tearing of the space has been blocked and the repatriation has been completed.

The residual incense of magic drifting in the air falls sparkling, as if its light had scattered.

I look up in the sky, and I look up...

"Bye."

Yes, quietly.

"─ You're kidding me!

With his yelling voice, his cheeks were slapped by a strong impact.

"Huh..."

My cheeks are sore. When I woke up and looked up, there was a Haruki.

Besides, there is also the appearance of the moon next to it.

"How did you... and until the moon..."

I should have taken away my body's freedom. The moon was constantly intimidated.

So you could have sent these guys back enough.

Yet... why are these guys still here? Why didn't they refuse to come out to that wall of light?

The two of them never answered such a question, and Haruki made a slight noise and came to me, grabbed my chest and lifted my body.

"You can't leave me alone!

The answer to the question was that.

The first Spring Tree tears I see. To repentance, and a face distorted by anger.

I saw it, I lost my word.

And Haruki screamed out loud in front of my face, unable to say anything.

"I forget about people, I don't love talking to them, and at the end of the day, I'm dying... Huh! Even after you come over here, you won't be blinded for 3 days...! I can't leave you alone! If I look away, you'll be gone again! Can you just let him go? You can't go home!

Haruki cries and screams. Spring Tree's crying face, which I first tried, was just desperate. I'm desperate, I'm pitiful, I'm unkind, I ignore that stuff, I keep my mind in words.

I was struck in the chest by those exact words.

Until now, even tears will come to my friends who think of me.

Pa let go of his hand and he fell to the ground, in front of me, Ruzuki breaks his knee.

"Ridge from... are you?

Clear eyes without doubt. That shoots me straight through.

"... I have little memory of spending time with you guys. Still, you think you're from the Ridge?

I wiped my eyes, and now on the moon, I said the same thing I asked Haruki. That's a question that Spring Tree answered.

But for me, that's the line between Hitachi Ridge and me. That line is the wall that separates me from these two.

Ruzuki closed his eyes to remember the past and slowly spoke.

"... Haruki told me just about a year ago"

Ruzuki sends her gaze to the spring tree that wipes her tears.

"I thought we'd start over from scratch. I voted in favour of it. So... you're the only one left."

And now turn to me, reach out.

"Start over..."

"Yeah, from the beginning. The memories I lost, the relationships I broke, all from the beginning. So it doesn't matter what your memory is. The important thing is... us to come. That's all."

"... you think it'll fix?

I'm stretched out. I don't take that hand right away, I ask. But Ruzuki ran out of answers.

"I'll fix it. The three of us. Because we're the ones who made it."

Hearing the unmistakable answer of the moon, I fell from my back to the big letter.

"Damn... my defeat"

This is the first time I have ever lost by consolidating my footing so far in my mind and working all sorts of bad wisdom.

Hearing Haruki's genuine scream, hearing Ruzuki's unmistakable suggestion, I thought.

He wants to start over again. The three of us want what I've lost.

That's what I thought. I can't send these guys home anymore.

Complete defeat.

"Well, take my hand"

Thin, white hands stretched to the side of the chest. I see it as a chill.

"You can take it on your own, okay?

That's what I say, hands up, pose for surrender.

"I will."

"Damn......"

On the right hand and the left hand, the two hands are connected, as are the hands of Ruyue and Haruki.

'Cause there's nothing to hide anymore.

"I'll be gone on my own."

The two of you pull me up, laughing and pulling my hand. Up to the same height as the two of us.

"... Okay, Knitting, Haruki"

Seeing the two laughed faces alternately, I carved that face deep into my heart and memory if I didn't forget anymore.