Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"What!? Ho, is that true!?

Lorde, who was informed of it in the understatement room, had turned his voice back with his eyes open to too much surprise.

"Oh, wow... Congratulations!

"Pfft! Thank you, Sophia. Thanks to Lord for all of this... thank you so much"

"Yes, hey... good... really..."

"Ke, but I often get that visor..."

"I told him everything! Everything I've been accumulating for the past year! Then apologize!? Hey, I wanted to show you that face!

"Ha ha..."

"Women are scary".

Lord recognised it and tried to take care of Levi... so strongly.

And that's where I recall.

"Ah! Sophia, have you heard from Levy?

"Well, that's still... I've been gripping it, but it hasn't glowed once"

That being said, Sophia handed Lord a communications demon stone.

The warmth lingers. I miss it, and he lays his hands on his chin and leans down on his face.

"I'm glad to hear about Mr. Visor... but this is not a good time"

Semifinals game two.

The match between Blance and Cosmo will start soon enough.

But more than Levy still hasn't heard from me, that meant things weren't getting better.

"I knew if it weren't for Apple, Blance would win...?

"I don't know... I just can definitely say that Mr. Blance is not at all calm, even though he's barely motivated right now. When people say you can beat them in that state..."

I have anger for Cosmo.

But his root is still Apple.

Anxiety doesn't go away no matter how much more you wipe it than it lacks there.

"I'll get in touch with you from here?

"Hmm... I just did... could get in the way instead. We'll have to wait."

"Right..."

"Please Excalibur...... Levi"

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Back in time, when the first round of the martial arts tournament began...

"This way."

Levi and Excalibur were taken to Apple's room by Bius, the deacon head of Brance's house.

Through a corridor lined with numerous works of art, he eventually saw a large door, surrounded by deacons and maids, plus the figure of an old couple speaking out to Apple in front of the door.

"Apru! Listen to me for a second!

The man's voice was beginning to wither, either because he kept raising his voice all the time.

In contrast, women are armed and standing with expressions such as "Oh, man".

"That's..."

"Yes. It's the hall and his wife"

"I see... Lord Blance is like you, Mother."

"Yes, I will sit just like you from appearance to character"

"Mm-hmm. Bius... is that you?

That's when Brance's mother, Natasha, noticed them.

"Yes... Master Levy and Master Excalibur. Dear Lord, we have a match for you, so thank you both for your hard work."

"My name is Levi. Ma'am, I'll see you later."

"Excalibur. Regards."

"I'm sorry to bother you... for my stupid daughter. I'm Natasha. Nice to meet you. So, as you can see,"

"Apuloo!"

"... he's been screaming for about half an hour now, but he hasn't responded at all. Because she's stubborn... that's the only place she looked like me."

"Ma'am, time contends for a moment. For one thing, this place is for both of you..."

Through a difficult conversation to respond to, Bius advises her so.

"Oh yeah. Then let's get out of here. Bius, rip that guy off."

"Ha."

"Ap...... hey!? What the heck... Ha ha...! A, apluuuuuu!

"Okay...... well, I'm sorry, but please. We'll head to the arena first. Bius! Throw it straight into the carriage! See you later."

"... I will do everything in my power"

Drop them off, and the two stand side by side in front of the door.

And after nodding at each other, Excalibur opened his mouth first.

"Lord Apple, it's me. You know?"

"... ugh!

Signs of her breathing.

The two of them did feel that.

"F... has it been a month since then? I'm glad you remember. Well, I'm not asking you to open the door. Please just listen to my voice."

……

No reaction, but a slightly audible rubbing sound.

Take it, Excalibur went on to say.

"Your lord is a wise woman, Stomach. Perhaps you're guessing everything about what's going on right now. Still, you just said that fear beyond reason..."

No response.

But the signs were affirming it.

"I don't blame you... nobody"

"... ugh!

"It's a good idea for your lord to learn to fear. The fantasy has collapsed and the scaffolding to believe is gone. But fulfill... was everything really a fantasy?

Excalibur's Rin voice knocks her heart without precipitation.

Each time she took a breath and those two hands, still moving, pushed her body up.

"Lord Apple. Until we met, some of your lords were also... in fantasies, right? But how about now?

".................. no"

For the first time I heard her voice, Levi and Excalibur looked at each other and smiled.

"Yes... this is how I do exist. The hero Tan described in your lord's book was not a fantasy... it was in reality. F... Well, there are parts of it that are somewhat foot-colored"

"... Phew"

"Dear Apple... it's Levi"

I just heard her laugh, and now Levi opened her mouth.

"Your fear...... the more painfully I know. Because Lord, my master, was once called incompetent."

"What..."

"I actually saw it with this eye, too. An unscrupulous slander... malicious violence. I mean..."

Levy breathes deeply and touches the core.

"What you fear most now will happen in the arena... to hear slander against Master Blance, right?

"Huh!... Yes"

That's right.

That's exactly why Apple refused to go to the arena.

"I understand. No one wants to see their loved ones derogated..."

"... Guuuuuuuuuu..."

She was happy to hear that Brance was going to the martial arts tournament, too, at first.

When I first saw my brother fighting.

But as the tournament day approached, all the nasty things began to cross my mind.

"Wouldn't a hated brother say terrible things to the audience"?

"What if my brother is really weak and he loses the rundown".

Such anxiety crushed her mind and made her unable to move her body today, the day of the Games.

"But... Dear Apple. Called" incompetent "and scorned, Lord, never frustrated... has overcome all of it. By letting your mind through and understanding, not by suppressing it with force. The current situation surrounding Lady Blance is reminiscent of the former Lord. And Master Blance is also trying to get over it, just like Lord. We need your help to do that."

"Wah, my...?

"Ruri. My husband, Levi, was here on the Tartarus Road. Levi supported, encouraged, and fought with her husband, the Sagittarius. That is why he lived out of the abyss of despair and became a hero worthy of waving me. And for Lord Blance, it's... leave Lord Apple alone."

"So, but I..."

"Scary".

I heard words that didn't make that voice, and Excalibur bit his lips off.

"Lord Blance is now! I'm not fighting for your lord! I'm fighting for a future spinning with your lord! What are we gonna do without you there? Your Lordship... you are willing to kill your brother!!

"Huh!!

"Lady Apple... Lady Apple knows the magic of Lady Blance, right?

In contrast to Excalibur, who for the first time bared his voice, Levy continued his words gently and quietly.

"Oh, your brother's magic is... courage..."

"That's right. Dear Apple, with the help of Master Asclepios, we talk about tremendous pain hitting your body instead of healing...... remember?

"Uh... Oh, yes..."

"Honestly, we were worried. If a woman, and still a young Apple, would be able to live with it or not to accept it in the first place...... but the first time I heard it, Lady Blance said:" Apple will be fine. Because she's my sister. "

"Huh! Brother......!

"Master Blance knew it from the beginning. It's in you... that courage."

"Ugh... wow, I... I... Ugh!

At that time, a loud noise was heard from inside the room, and the apple groaned even more.

"A, Master Apple!?

"What's wrong, Lord Apple?!?

"It's okay............! Wow, I... I'm ashamed of myself...!

Apple rolls off the bed of his own free will and desperately crawls down the floor to his wheelchair.

Put that face... wet with tears.

"Your brother... about me... I have to go... I have to show him!

"Lord Apple... pardon me!

A knife of the holy sword cleaves the door that kept them apart.

"Oh, both of you... please give me...!

"Oh......! I'll make sure you make it! Levi!"

"Yes! Let's come!

As such, time returns to the present.