When Sakurai was in a hurry to retrieve the Ethel she had removed.
In one of the hospital rooms, a little farther from the cathedral, was Cordelia, who continued to be hospitalized for treatment, and Iris, who was accompanying her escort, as well as a light knight of a female elf.
"Oh, it looks like you broke in." Good. It was hard to buy more time because the monsters got the dolls moving in the fun. "
The true identity of the knight was Joseph's doll.
Until the day before yesterday, he was a person full of a genuine sense of mission, but now he has become a new victim to monitor the Saintess.
And this knight wasn't the only victim.
The two pairs escorted in front of the room were broken, and the four nurses in the hospital were turned into dolls by Joseph's hand.
Sakurai wouldn't even care about the shards. But Iris was quietly burning her anger.
Iris had spoken to the knightess many times before becoming a doll while she was in the Cordelia Hospital.
And she knew that the knightess wore a warm fever, that she might be faithful to her own duty, and to the holy lady's deep admiration.
But the life of the knightess was taken away by the hand of Joseph, and the fever that was in her body vanished.
All that was left was a puppet that used its body as a material.
It would be hard not to be angry with Joseph, who continued to cheat the female knight around him.
"(I can't forgive you. This man...!)"
Grasp the long stick firmly in your hand.
Because both lifetime and post-puppetization were conducted in front of my eyes, I realized the evil that I had acquired as knowledge at the time of the assault.
If it comes true, I want to beat you here.
However, there is only a doll in front of Iris's calm part, and when I hit it, it tells me that it doesn't mean anything.
On top of that, Sakurai's words would have swallowed the anger that was about to pop.
In the end, Joseph was the only one who got rid of them, and they were all win-wins. That's why you have to protect Cordelia until then. "
Sakurai strives to keep what he promises regardless of human nature, and for this reason - apart from the problem of means - has the ability to plan and execute.
And this time he seemed to be going faster from Iris's perspective.
I'm sure it's the result of being able to turn my head to something else because I can't "train (level)" that controls most of my normal thinking ability.
Iris didn't know how far Sakurai was looking.
However, he has a [calorie] that will kick through his thoughts and push through his reasoning.
It was because she was saved by the [heat] that she decided to believe in Sakurai.
What do you think you're saving people's lives for?
I made up my mind. I was determined.
Still, the leaked words reacted to Joseph's puppet, the knightess.
"What do you think about human lives?"
What else do you have?
"I guess, a lot of people who have seen my doll technique in the past will ask the same question." In response, I consider the lives of others to be "valuable and precious". "
"... what about you?"
Joseph, who didn't seem to feel the shard of guilt in response to Iris's inquiry, gave an unexpected answer.
Take human life, make it into a doll, and make it into a puppet.
Iris was upset at the man's answer, who had acted without changing his complexion by applying mud to his dignity.
Joseph, in turn, sighed, “Whenever I say this, I am amazed.”
An uncommon man mouths out, “I don't know what the normal answer is.”
"Although there is an enclosure of race, the life is ten people and ten colors. Each person has a life, and the crystal itself has been stacked and grown differently than me. That's the other person. I'm not going to say that the crystal is worthless or wasted.”
Well, then, how can you take someone's life so easily?
"Do you have anything else because you need it?" You guys need to be like adventurers to kill monsters. You don't have to do that. You can live by other means, but now you do because you need to. It's necessary, so there's no backwardness or anything, right? "
The monsters that adventurers kill are also splendid creatures, and beyond the fact that they have developed by using the materials obtained from them, monsters are also "valuable and precious".
And while acknowledging their value, it is good that they are killing them and using them.
In other words, finding value and using it for one-sided convenience go hand in hand, says Joseph.
"In addition, if I were to say that monsters and humans have different values for life, I would have to finish by saying that 'both are of equal value to me'." In the end, it's a difference of values. I thought I understood Sakurai-kun's girlfriend, but I don't think so. "
"Why does Sakurai-san come out there!"
"Why, nothing, he's just like me." If it is for a purpose, it can be carried out without hesitation after understanding the deeds that deviate from humanitarianism. Why? Because I have the value that the value of all other things is reduced in relative terms because there is only one absolute priority, just like me, and it only seems like something that can be consumed because it is necessary. "
No!
"Why don't you tell me why?"
Iris strongly denied the words.
Joseph was slightly intrigued by the certainty of his eyes and asked why.
Iris knows that Sakurai is a levelling supremacist, and as Joseph said, she has little interest in or value for anything other than levelling, which is a top priority.
I will use everything for my own purposes, and if things go well, I will start to laugh in an irresistible way.
Everyday tea events such as taking action without thinking about the surrounding eyes, and using the fingers of both hands and feet is not enough even if the runaway express has caused plenty of trouble to the surrounding area.
To a certain extent, it may be a kind of person who is essentially repeating the same actions as Joseph.
Still, Iris strongly denies Joseph's words.
"Unlike you, Sakurai-san listens to me while saying something!" It listens! You fail so many times, but you will understand! ”
Every time Sakurai bothered, every runaway, Iris kept scolding him.
I don't know how the word is handled in him.
You may be reflecting, or you may be very annoyed.
Still, Sakurai is taking care of others more considerately than before.
When it was raided in the Great Library, it proved that it kept its promise without abandoning anyone, and saved everyone from desperation.
The boy named Hidetoshi Sakurai is learning and growing gradually.
That's why Iris declares that she is different from Joseph.
"You said you've been asked the same question many times before." You must have been more angry than that! That said, you're kidding me about my question, and I'm just going to give you the answer I've decided on. I mean, you're not listening to people, and nothing has changed. That's why Sakurai-san, who is starting to change with you, is never the same! "
"Are you saying there is room for reorganization?" After all, nothing will be fundamentally different. "
"No, Master Iris is right." You and Sakurai are different. "
Cordelia, who had remained silent until now in response to Joseph's denial, opened her mouth.
The saintly lady, lying on her body so as not to overload her injured back, heard the two exchanges and concluded that Joseph and Sakurai were not the same as Iris.
"You have described the lives of others as' valuable and precious', but the meaning of that value is as a resource. In the end, you don't have" others "in your world. That's why our words don't echo, don't change, and don't want to change."
"If you say that, I can only return it."
"On the other hand, Sakurai-sama is different from you, and he realizes that what is there is not a resource, but another person." That's why I could listen to Master Iris. Learns and grows from directed words. Sakurai-sama, who is starting to expand his world with you in a closed world, is not like you even if they are fundamentally similar. "
"I see. If that's what a saintly person would say, it would be so from the side." Well, it doesn't matter-- whoa! Looks like you ran into a monster that wasn't caught by the recreation! I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to break up here. I have to keep an eye on my daughter's bravery! "
While convinced, Joseph stopped talking and transferred most of his consciousness to the little bird doll that was resting on Caizi's shoulder.
The speed of this change was proof that none of Cordelia's and Iris' words resonated with Joseph, and it showed that he and Joseph were similar.
"Fufu, while saving the daughter of the saintly lady, the expression on her face shows a disrespectful attitude." And I'm going to stay vigilant around me... that's great! It's cute! "
Joseph is no longer in full spectator mode.
On the other hand, Iris had to feel physiological aversion to the appearance of telling love.
"Well, Mr. Cordelia, thank you." Sakurai-san, tell me it's different. "
"It's a short date, but I can see that Sakurai-sama is different from the one who is there. Don't bother, just trust and wait.”
"... yes!"
In the end, the questioning with Joseph only deepened the relationship with the other party.
Instead, Iris had a strong affection for Cordelia, who pushed for her words.
That was enough to weaken the anger that had been boiling in my mind before, and I was able to stay here because I wanted to protect Cordelia rather than the anger towards Joseph.
"I didn't expect to be able to work on Ayako after a day's work." Ahh, but this feeling of pressing your head against Caizi's soft cheek can't be tasted without being a small animal. Soft and wonderfully comfortable. But... my skin feels a little less firm. The next time you reshape your body, you'll have to adjust it. "
"(... after all, I hate this person)"
But the anger at Joseph never subsided.
The "heat" felt through the demon's eyes from the frustrated figure was very unpleasant, and while turning a cold gaze to it, Iris continued to wait for the "time" that Sakurai promised to come.
A self-proclaimed father who wields selfish love in solitude.
A girl who was irrationally robbed of herself by her blood-connected father.
The two of them were extremely disagreeable combinations in front of the values.