Having finished my conversation with Liatrice and Krypto and your sister, I killed time in town before picking up Lily to the North Gate of the Imperial City.
A pseudo battle between Animas outside the Imperial City, she's in on it.
Unlike me, Lily and Ellea's Anima still have stretches to the level.
It seems soul-bold that we should bottom-up our abilities at all in preparation for the battle against the kingdom.
Ellea was in yesterday as well, but she has business in Imperial City today, and only today, she's not in.
Waiting for the lily to come back against the wall, she snarls closer.
When I looked at him, he increased his speed slightly, but his strength was running out, and he didn't accelerate inside.
Eventually, he arrived in front of me at the same speed and held me with his hands wide open.
"Keep going -... misaki no, hug! Hug me up and refuel me!
"Yes, yes, annoying, lily"
When I hug him and pound his head, Lily weighs on me out of strength.
I feel like lilies have also become brighter than before because I've been away from revenge lately or without a heart.
Hold each other as if you were a normal lover...... so I wonder if a normal lover wouldn't hug each other in such a crowded place.
The soldiers passing by are all looking at this one with no expression.
That makes it natural to stand out if you were doing a hug in such a crowded place.
But he doesn't seem to care about lilies at all, and he looks like an assortment he wants to sweeten - so can I be somewhat embarrassed?
"Ha!?
And suddenly, Lily leaves me. [M]
Seeing as I wondered what was going on, I began to smell my hands in a quick motion.
"Cape, could I have... smelled sweaty?
"I smelled sweat, but it didn't smell."
"I've done it..."
The lily collapses.
I'm somewhat tense today, I just moved my body. Is it on fire?
Mostly, what is the smell of sweat now?
Even though we're doing more embarrassing things to each other.
"Don't let the smell of sweat get you down right now."
How did you figure that out?
"I look like a star. There, I don't know, a woman's heart! I really want to hug more, but first I need to get back to the castle and take a shower."
"Well, come with me."
"Ugh!
Lay your hands on the hand the lilies have reached out to.
"Shit, sweat my hands too..."
"Now, now, now."
That's what I said, I shook her hand.
Sure, it's a little sweaty, but I guess it's too fetish to say that it's also B - again.
"Ugh, my sweat will be on the cape...... yes, if we shower together!
"Fine, you know what? It's never just gonna end in the shower."
"Heh heh, nothing. That's okay. - I'd rather take it and stand."
We walk to the castle with our hands together, shoulders to shoulders, exchanging uninterrupted words.
The nearly broken building facing the boulevard has been removed and the people who originally ran the store have opened it, surprisingly lively.
Most shopkeepers are getting acquainted with each other these days because they used to walk around town.
Because of that, he said, "I'll put it aside, so buy it!" How inviting, it's a little hard to say no.
"This street is getting busier, too."
"Yeah, yeah. To Cape, Ellea, Francus. To Mr. Life, Mr. Xynia. I've worked hard with other people."
Lily said proudly.
Still from a third party point of view, the imperial capital may be in a dilapidated state.
Still, if we make it a lily that knows the worst times, the Empire is the fruit of our own efforts today.
No one can stop blaming you for straining your chest.
"I rebuilt it because of it, I have to try not to be broken"
Such a sense of purpose will burn because of my attachment to this town.
"Well, let's definitely win"
"So, you have to kill Mizuki, too."
Staring at each other, so I change my mind.
Further, I saw an aunt inviting me in front of a certain building.
Apparently they're calling for a lily, not me.
"Sure, aunt in the dining room, was that it? Looks like they're calling me."
"I'd like to take a shower first, can't you help it? Do you mind if I just give you a minute?
"I'll wait for you."
"Thanks, you're coming!
Lily rushed to the aunt she was inviting.
The same goes for the cake Lily made for me at the party the other day, but apparently she's been obsessed with cooking lately.
Probably got some advice on that.
"... it seems... right... and..."
"O... l... right? I'm fine... to...!
At this distance, I don't know what the two of you are talking about.
I can't hear you at all. I can't hear you.
It's also a bad idea to eavesdrop, so I take a breather in the sky when I get out of hand.
If you look at my face, you may bow your head. [M]
I try to give it back with a smile as much as I can, but I'm not just sorry to change my expression when my kid waves at me, I even wave back a first hand.
That's embarrassing me again, and I think I might be waving it well.
When I was in Wang Capital, I never thought I would be in this position.
It hasn't been a long time, but it's too dramatic a change.
I hate to think it's because of them, but I guess this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't resented my classmates hard enough to kill them.
"Sorry, the story got more exciting than I thought"
If you noticed, Lily was holding hands in front of me.
"Hmm... because we could have talked more but we could still wait"
"It's not like we don't have anything to talk about, but I'd like to take a shower as soon as possible."
Walk hand in hand again.
Until just now, we were able to have a conversation without precipitation, but once it resets, we lose sight of what topic to cut out.
When I kept my mouth shut for a moment, Lily either guessed it or shook the subject from herself.
When you get on with it, you can naturally flow.
Makes me smile.
- This anxiety that strikes me and resembles vomiting.
Once the conversation calms down and you can put a little effort into the hand you hold, Lily says, "Hmm?" I looked at this one with my neck clenched.
It doesn't make any sense.
- Heavy hearts, filled with lead, sinking.
I just wanted to distract you.
Try calling names without meaning or touching them without meaning.
It's also in the privilege of lovers to be able to play with each other like that.
- The bottom of the mud swamp is terribly dark and painful. I'm going to choke.
When Lily realized the intention, she touched her shoulders to poke her.
My face was unwittingly dull.
It's this casual exchange that lurks happiness.
I feel that way.
- But there is no cause of death. If you missed your eyeballs, dreams are dreams. Illusions are illusions. It's far now.
The castle approaches.
You weren't kidding when you said you were going to take a shower with me.
Of course, I'm not kidding about the story you said you shouldn't just take a shower.
Your body temperature rises to your expectations, your chest hits high.
Lily seems to be in the same condition as me, blushing her cheeks.
"Sheila, where the hell have you been? Ahhhh!
Such an anger smashed the sweet atmosphere.
To the sudden events, we see her coming out of the castle at the same time.
It's Xenia.
A full-blooded Xynia is holding a metal sabel in her hand and screaming.
A little of her eyes catch me and Lily.
"Hey Masaki, didn't you see Sheila!?
Sheila - she must have been a senior Xenia graduate.
He was losing his heart because he was offended by his buddies using drugs, and he couldn't even talk.
Sure, I think I was talking about you still treating me in the castle clinic.
Maybe he escaped or something? No, if so, why is Xynia bloody?
"I didn't see that blood... what's wrong?
"I've killed Sheila, the doctor who took care of her!
Xynia said aloud, even though it was natural.
I mean, the blood that's attached to her body, it must be returning blood.
With a sabel in your hand, you jumped your neck without saying yes or no?
"Why would you do that?
"... contaminated."
”Pollution".
As soon as I heard the word, my body stopped moving as if it had been electrocuted.
I can't even breathe well.
Pollution? How could - why, in this imperial capital, such a thing.
"We just talked a little bit, and I knew it right away, because it was obviously unusual."
"But how could there be an Orihalcon in Imperial City? No way during this previous battle!?
The three Animas I took down must have been preyed upon by me and gone.
I wonder if there was even leftovers left somewhere.
"You're not. You were talking about Sheila using the drugs she brought from the kingdom when she was fucked by our guys, weren't you?
I do remember hearing about that.
No way...
"That was Orihalcon's powder!
"Sheila hid the powder that was used on her."
"I guess. You must have planted it in a doctor's drink or something. And the contaminated doctor let Sheila go to the Imperial City"
So you're so desperate to find Sheila.
What an extra thing to do, even though the reconstruction was going well because of it.
"Since when did you let Sheila go?
"Probably around yesterday, I don't know for sure, but yeah"
I didn't know anything about Sheila at the time of yesterday.
I've never even seen my face.
I didn't, but...
……
There's a sight in my brain why I just saw it.
"Why do you keep quiet, you don't think I know?
"... No, I am"
It's my fault, I'm just overthinking it.
When you decide that, and I refuse to talk - Lily interrupts our story.
"Um, Mr. Xynia!
Lily is not a person who does things that break her hips.
I guess he has some important information, Xynia asked back.
"If you know something too, I want you to tell me, to spread the pollution any further."
"Pollution is taking orihalcon into your body, right?"
"Oh... shouldn't you guys know better?
"Yes, it is."
Lily laughs.
Laugh, laugh unnaturally, laugh broken.
I said.
"Orihalcon is a great substance. And yet, why are you in such a hurry?
――
"You, no way..."
Flashing Xynia.
At that moment, my head was turning white and I couldn't think of anything.
Even when thoughts are finally possible, there is only one word that comes to mind.
... he wants to die.
It was before I finished my revenge, and for the first time, I really thought about it.
I'll take care of the lilies, Mr. Xynia.
I said with a blur and a voice as small as I could hear it critically.
I didn't mean to, that's all I could do.
Because if we could do more, we would have overflowed to tears together.
But it's only a matter of time before Shizukuishi tells her cheek which way she did it.
My vision was distorted when I realized it.
"Misaki, did you realize that?
"I just noticed. Earlier, when Lily was talking to my aunt in the cafeteria, she went crazy."
But it was only "maybe”.
If it's just a possibility, if it's not definitive, I can decide that it wasn't about pretending not to look at it.
I chose the method only until I was able to stick to reality, because I could be as happy as ever with Red Wing Lily.
"Probably caused... the dining room"
"Well, Sheila mixed the powder into the dish... well, it doesn't look like one or two victims are needed."
Even so.
It didn't matter if it was 100 or 200 people.
Even if you cover your face with both hands, the tears slip between your fingers and flow down the back of your hand.
Everything is full of impotence.
I fell out of my leg. [M]
"Cape, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Olihalcon is a wonderful substance, isn't it? You don't have to cry as long as you have Orihalcon, do you?
Lily's voice comforting me at the same pace as usual makes me even more miserable.
Still, the contamination must be mild.
So unless the topic of orihalcon comes up, the symptoms don't surface.
But, I guess, the more time goes by, the worse my symptoms get, and eventually I'll only talk about Orihalcon.
There you are, in something that just took the form of a lily, not a lily.
"I'll kill the lilies."
I made a clear declaration.
At the very least, I think it's something I can do to kill you while the lilies are still there.
I don't like it.
I really don't like it though.
I don't like it, and I want to be with you more, and I like you, and I love you, and I've been thinking a lot about how it would be easier if I contaminated you with you, and all sorts of thoughts go around my head, and I go around, and it's going to break, but in the end - I just have to kill you, because I conclude.
"So I'll leave Mr. Sheila to Mr. Xynia."
"If I were you, I'd kill you easily, wouldn't I?
That was probably, like, her kindness.
I feel smudged, I'm about to get more tears.
But that's not all.
It has to be me who kills them.
I have distorted her immaculate life, unless I am the one who gives her immaculate death.
Because it means to love someone, including sin and bearing, punishment and everything.
"I have to kill him."
"... right. Then I won't say anything more. Thanks for the info, thanks for the help."
That said, the bloody Xynia walks toward the dining room.
There was a scream on the street, but that doesn't matter.
For her, for me.
The tears haven't stopped yet, but I stopped hiding my face and slowly rose.
Scary.
I'm scared to see Lily's face.
But I face her to do my duty. [M]
- Lily was crying.
As bad as I am, no, with a face much worse than mine, blurry and tears.
Just now, as I strongly and strongly regret the words I have spoken.
"Wow, I... Me, what... why are you doing that...!
The toughest part is the lilies.
People who don't know about the existence of ”pollution" probably don't even remember the discomfort.
It erodes before you realize it, and you're reborn into something different from yourself.
In a way, maybe that's a happy thing.
The happiness of ignorance.
But halfway through it, we realize our own strangeness is changing.
So hurt so much, suffer.
"No... no! Still, there's so much I want to be a cape... all the time, I want to be with the cape. No, no... Huh!
I have no words.
I don't know what to say, neither do I.
I'm so impudent and pathetic.
I attract and scratch Lily's body.
"Misaki no, Misaki no!
Lily buried her face on her shoulder and clung to me with her strength on both arms so hard that it would be painful.
Warm, soft, painful, painful, painful.
All of this feeling is given from a lily.
Undoubtedly, lilies, lilies, lilies, lilies!
This is ridiculous, why am I crying for the happiest moment like this?
It wasn't supposed to be like this. - Even if he died, it wasn't supposed to be like this.
"I don't want to, I don't want to"
I know, and I think so, too.
"I don't want to die. Oh, no!
No, no, not even me.
"Misaki, help? Tap me... Tap me!
If it's something I can help - I want to help.
But I can't.
I still can't do anything about it.
"... sorry"
When I heard my words, Lily's voice stopped perfectly.
I knew it, I couldn't live up to my expectations.
Still, I don't lie.
All I can say is, even if you know it's cruel, that's all.
"Mmm. I'm the one... sorry."
Lily is a trembling voice, desperately pushing her fear to death.
I'm making it impossible.
Hey, you know what, Cape White Pack?
You, powerless, are letting you worry about what's going on without saving a woman while you keep loving her or something?
What's on your back, what's your responsibility? Whoa! That's an excuse for not doing anything.
Oh - I'm sure Planus felt the same way when he saw Ivy's death.
Even if it was.
Even if it was possible.
Pitiful is pitiful, helpless is helpless, hateful is hateful. Hate, hate, hate yourself!
"It's time to go."
"Yeah."
The place is in the Cape Room.
"Yes, you are."
"You might get your room dirty, huh?
"I don't mind."
"Oh well. Then it's settled."
The bodies that were hugging each other, they unfortunately leave each other.
Probably won't be hugging Lily for the rest of my life.
Keep your distance, but keep your hands and hands together.
Lily said with a smile that seemed to break even now.
"Cape, please kill me"
It was probably lily's utmost compassion to keep me from taking responsibility.
To make him excuse himself that it was what he asked for.
But that's all I can't forgive, so here's what I'll do.
"Lily, please let me kill you."
A smile disappears from Lily's face only for a few moments, and soon returns to normal.
And I snorted.