Shinigami ni Sodaterareta Shoujo wa Shikkoku no Ken wo Mune ni Idaku

"Mr. Olivia?

What?

"May I have your answers for the day ahead?

Olivia quietly put the tea she was drinking on the table.

─ ─ I decided to stay in the Royal Army.

Though I was worried, I thought you would eventually accept my offer. So Olivia's decision made Sofiteia forget her words for a moment.

"─ ─ Can you tell me why?

Forced is not what Sofiteia wants. But I couldn't pull it if I didn't ask him exactly why.

Olivia slips her finger to the edge of the cup and opens her mouth.

"When I'm gone. There are people who will die soon."

That's what Olivia laughs at. When I heard the words, a gentle young man appeared behind Sofiteia's head.

"Could it be Mr. Ashton?

"Yeah."

"So you can't leave Ashton alone and stay in the Royal Army, so Olivia said, right?

Olivia nodded with cockroach.

So, are you sure about Zed?

"No thanks! Zed definitely wants to find it!

Olivia, who rose up from the table with a lot of energy, said excitedly.

Then ─ ─

"... at first. I didn't care about humans... and I wasn't interested."

Once again, Olivia sits at the table and starts talking. Sofiteia decided to listen in silence.

"But Ashton fell off the cliff, and I told Claudia to calm down, but if Ashton thought again about what would happen if he died, I didn't know what kind of stuff was inside me, but it was very cold. Even if that were Claudia, I'm sure I felt the same way. Even when Zed suddenly disappeared from front of me, I was struck by a pain that I didn't know would tighten my chest, but I still believe that if I were alive, I would definitely see Zed someday. But Ashton is different. Ashton will die easily without me. So....."

When Olivia reached out to the cup again when she finished talking, the tone of the evening time sounded quietly.

(... as far as I'm concerned, it seems very difficult to persuade them. ─ ─ What if Olivia's important things disappeared without a trace?

The next moment Ashton and Claudia's face ran over her brain, Olivia opened her mouth with a gesture like embarking on Sofiteia.

"I don't think my friends think about that."

Huh?

"I don't want to kill someone I've become a friend with."

Her eyes are dyed black as never before. The more you keep staring, the more you remember the feeling of being captured by something that might be good.

(Have you read my thoughts...!?

Soon the palm of my hand was soaked with sweat. Still, I told Olivia without giving her a gift.

"I'm not sure what Olivia is talking about.

"Are you sure you don't understand?

"Yeah."

"Hmm... well, I want to continue to get along with Master Sofiteia, and that's what I'll do for you. ─ ─ Well, it's time for me to go home."

Then we'll arrange a carriage immediately ─ ─

"It's okay. I'll walk home soon."

Olivia waves her hand and walks lightly behind the room. At the same time, the candles of the table swayed slightly, and a man came down from the ceiling without making a sound.

"─ ─ Mr. Zack, what do you think?

"Rumor has it, no, I saw more monsters. Even though I completely turned down the signs, I just noticed or flatly decided to ignore them. Never be hostile to that."

"If that's what an assassin used to call" the preacher of death "would be like."

"It was a long time ago. Now be a faithful servant of the Angel, and do not imitate me sooner than that."

"I understand."

─ ─ Excuse me.

Zach scratches himself out of the cafeteria like smoke. The only remaining Sofiteia buried the wine left in the glass at once.

(Even so, you threaten me as a holy angel... fufu. I liked it with more. We will pull this time, but continental reunification will definitely require Olivia's help. I will not give up easily)

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Autumn also deepened in earnest, and the courtyard of La Shime Castle, colored with autumn leaves, looked moist. Busy among the trees, the ash squirrels swelled their cheekbags as winter approached, carrying nuts into the nest.

(Did you come here?)

While stepping on the fallen leaves, which were laid like carpets, Johann approached Sofiteia for tea at a small table.

"Did they leave?

Sofiteia opens her mouth without looking at Johann.

"Yes, just now, with the Knight of the Holy Guards."

Really? Thank you for dropping me off. ─ ─ So why don't you join Johann?

"Then don't hesitate."

Johann, who sat on his chair while being recommended, once again looked straight at Sofiteia. The beauty of drinking tea gracefully never changed.

"Johann has recently become a difficult face."

Johann scratched his head in a calm manner to Sofiteia.

"Are you sure you want me to leave like this?

It goes without saying that it is about Olivia, not anyone else. Lara told me that her fever with Olivia had increased.

Sofiteia stared at Johann for a while.

"I didn't think Mr. Johann was very enthusiastic."

And she smiled quietly. Johan smiled bitterly at being seen through his heart.

"As you said, personally, yes. But if we want to think about the future of the kingdom of Mecchia, Olivia's force is essential."

"Exactly. But there's no other way to pull back than to refuse. Or will Johann be persuaded?

That's what Sofiteia asked him, and Johann clogged his words. I would try to persuade you, but I'm sure you'll end up in jail. Olivia was confident that what she had decided was a type that did not bend, and that Johann had seen various women.

"If I persuade you, the results will be the same."

"Then there's no better way than for me to work hard."

Sofiteia showed off by putting her strength into her luxurious arms.

"Didn't you give up?

"You don't know Johann, do you?

"What do you want?

"I'm a bad woman for giving up."

Sofiteia says that and cutely sticks out her little tongue from her peachy lips.

(Speaking of which, the Holy Angel would never bend what he decided.)

Johann looked up at the clear blue sky and laughed, seemingly reluctant to give up Olivia.