I know Azerea Austin well, of course.

Solid, studious, hard-working.

He was also a common sense kid in the Battle S class alongside Gawayne.

He also took the initiative to do things like take the head of the class... I wish I didn't have a girlfriend in S-class, that would give me a headache.

On the other hand, it was probably her armor that made her look like a lady.

Armor to make yourself look strong.

Armor to hide your weakness.

What she secretly suffered from being compared to her generation of geniuses named Jack and Elvis was that I, the deputy, also somewhat guessed......

Kind, hard-working honors student.

That was my impression of Azerea.

So what she did back then was really unpredictable.

I took out Jack, who was about to be publicly executed, and swung off the pursuit of the Demon King's Army and fled, at that time.

No matter how much it was for Jack - for whoever he liked, it was hard to believe an honorary student like her would do anything to turn everything in the world against the enemy...

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In the house in the back of the woods, where Azelea and Jack, who had amnesia, made it a dwelling between the bundles.

Having decided for a while to let me see the two of them live, I was asking Azelea, to the fold where Fujijack had taken his seat off.

-... okay?

"What is it?

- With the country's... family?

'Oh......'

She laughs bitterly as she speaks convincingly.

'At the time I was to join Mr. Elvis's party, I had written a suicide note... We weren't close family, either.

... but as much as I said goodbye, I might have wanted to '

Speaking of which, I haven't had much chance to know about Azerea's family.

The Austin family is a clean senior nobleman with the rank of Marquis. There must have been a good number of brothers too.

I do hear that something called aristocratic family relations isn't just warm......

- You don't have to go home, do you...?

'I want to go home. If you can.... but Jack is more important than that'

Without flattery.

Without shaking.

Azerea affirmed that.

'If it's for Jack, I don't care enough to throw away all the stuff I've built up myself.... Strange, isn't it? It seems strangely light.'

At that time it was the words of Helmina that I remembered.

Like she said... Azelea is also dedicated to Jack for everything she has.

Azerea put it into practice, not just words...

That's... oh, there's no room to get lost, I could only represent it in one word.

Love.

Azerea undoubtedly loves Jack.

I heard the last time.

Somewhere, I'm afraid.

Like touching something important with your fingers.

-... so... happy?

Azelea grinned and responded instantly.

"Of course."