Side: Leila-Sacaguchi

When I got to the scene, there was a terrible sight.

Abeno-hui, who was speared through his limbs and hung from a tree and passed out, was stiffened to geese with rope at night.

There was a build-up of blood on the cobblestone floor, and where is the usual Nobu face blowing wind - with a weak expression, she lost a lot of blood and was still dying momentum.

"Quit!

"But... princess?

I hit Serafina flat as I wanted.

"Don't quit because it's good!

"But we keep our orders not to forgive those who disturb us..."

"Such an order... I didn't give it!

"But Master Linford is like that...... Huh!

Damn...... Linford......

How far are you going to frustrate me!?

You said I'd take care of the place today!

I nearly cried and cut the rope of Abenohui night hanging in Longinus.

And take her pulse on her earthy face.

- Good... he's alive.

From what I've seen, Serafina and the others seem to have added and subtracted, with no trauma leading to the built-in.

When I was relieved - a little wind blew around me, and shortly afterwards, an overwhelming angry spiritual pressure ran.

The moment we turned around...

"What's this all about? Mr. Sakaguchi?"

The Guardians, beginning with Serafina, lost their hips with an aura of hostile rounded intimidation emanating from Daiki Morishi, and fell on their knees on the spot.

Even for me, my knee shook gut-- that's where I got angry.

"- I'm asking you what this is all about! Answer me, Mr. Sakaguchi! Why is Senior Abeno dying?

Daiki Morishita walked up to me and grabbed my shoulder.

"Hey! Because it hurts!

So Serafina rolled out the silver spear to Daiki Morishi.

"You! Don't harm the princess! Aggie!"

The back punch flashed.

Serafina flies in the other direction like a borough rag.

"Shut up, Sancho! I added and subtracted it this time. But I won't add or subtract next time. Next thing you know, you're gonna blow your whole head to dust with your back fist!

Daiki Morishima with an angry expression.

So the other four of the Guardians stood colored.

You know the difference in power, but they still put up the utmost void for me.

"Stay away from the princess! You monster!

"We... Lady Leila's Guardians! No life at all!

"Good man for coming to help my people......! If you become, if you take the hostage as a shield... Huh!

So I shouted with my utmost voice.

"Guys! Please! Oki Morishita and Abeno-hui, stay away from me at night!

"But princess...?

"Don't come near me! If we don't attack him from here, he'll never take his life! Because you can't beat him... because you'll never beat him!

In my words, Daiki Morishima softened his face slightly like Asura's.

"What happened? How could this be happening? Hey, Mr. Sakaguchi?

"... the Vatican's orders. It's no excuse... but I didn't know this was gonna happen"

Daiki Morishita thought a lot and asked me.

"Senior Abeno texted me. I got an e-mail asking you to help me. This guy... he's strong, mean, and if he's not absolutely good to me, he won't count on it. That's the kind of guy who texted me. I think I was scared, I think I felt death. So, it's actually this Zama."

"... right"

"One word of an order, and I didn't know it... is it done? One person is... dying, huh?

"... I won't apologize"

"Huh?"

"The organization I belong to, no... is what my people did. I can't apologize now."

"... So, what happened?

"The Vatican is a crisp organization with an upward and downward relationship of compliance. We have our reasons... that's just the story"

"... I largely understand the situation. But I have something to think about."

"What do you think?

"What are we... to you... what is it?

……

"Me and... even Senior Abeno must be. Maybe... I don't think of you as just another person."

……

"Can't we understand each other? I can't help what I've done and the remorse won't go away easily. But you didn't know Mr. Sacaguci, did you? Then even now... we should still make it."

……

With a gentle smile, Daiki Morishima has offered me his right palm.

I try to hold that hand he offers......

"... princess?

One of the Guardians called out to me.

So I shook my head left and right.

I really want to hold Daiki Morishi's hand. Don't ever leave me again - I want to grip you full of strength.

But I grew up in the Vatican for the last ten years and have been educated in Vatican reason.

I'm really not convinced from the bottom of my mind about this one.

But Vatican reasoning tells me that's right.

And most importantly, ditch all that triviality and still - I now have nine years of support for me... important... people to protect.

I was originally born and raised in a place other than the Vatican, so in the worst case scenario I have the option of getting out of the Vatican.

But it's too harsh to ask those who have been born and raised as holy knights since their infancy to do so to those who don't know where to live but the Vatican.

And...

- Perhaps Linford is the opponent of Daiki Morishi who can't help it.

If I flip an anti-flag on Lynford, me and the Guardians will all be killed like borough rags.

Even Daiki Morishita... because of his character, if I ask for help here, I will stand up to him with all my might no matter what.

And even if I don't have to flip the anti-flag... if I take the choice of safely going through the Vatican here... that could be the subject of solemnity from the Vatican.

No, including me. Probably will.

- Then we need to make a distinction here with Daiki Morishima.

In the future, unnecessary dangers will strike Daiki Morishi and the Guardians...... not to be attacked.

I asked Daiki Morishima one last time.

"Hey, Daiki Morishima?

"What?"

"I will bring Yokohama to disaster, in accordance with our logic."

"I'll never forgive that. I grew up in a town where my family and I know a lot of people."

"Yeah. Right? So I'm just gonna ask you one more time."

"Hmm?"

I said, "You're gonna say it right now, right? Blonde girl picked up in different worlds. And me. Anything on your mind?

"... why are you so obsessed with Ariel?"

I almost burst into tears at Daiki Morishima, who gave me a slightly troubled look.

Really all kinds of emotions swirl through my chest.

- No, but... thanks.

Thanks to you, I also got Fungiri.

I stretched my chest, and with my right hand I pointed Bishi at Daiki Morishi.

"Daiki Morishima? We broke one ritual for the town festival."

"Oh, I also made sure the god was down in bloody blood."

"One last piece of advice. We'll attack two more bases in three days. Yes - I will definitely attack. From here on out is the bloody world of Vatican reason. So - never get in our way. Now I can't shelter from you guys. No matter how strong you are... you will never beat me"

"Arre?"

"I belong to the Vatican. So I don't get it with you guys in the first place. Besides... I had people who wanted to protect me in this world too. You can always care about me like an idiot and really give up your life for me...... I could have met those stupid, crazy, loving people. Don't you think this is a happy thing?

I had a crying smile on my face - a grin of disgust and strength on my face.

And he waved backwards in disgust, holding Serafina, who had fallen to the ground and was cramped.

- This is a distinction. Or - it's a declaration of heartbreak.

"So sorry. Please, don't get involved with us any more... because I don't think I'll ever see you again. Goodbye... not at all"

"... to no... to?

"Goodbye."

"Hey, wait a minute! You, now... not to..."

Without responding to Daiki Morishi's words, I took the Guardians and followed the scene.

Side: Daiki Morishi

And then...

I kept putting healing magic on Abeno's earthy expression.

Using restorative magic for 2 hours. Thanks to this, MP was emptied, but he managed to cross Senior Abeno's line as well.

After that, a blood transfusion would also make it easy to throw up your usual hatred.

As I kept putting restorative magic on Senior Abeno, I was remembering all the things I had ever done.

- And even more so now in my head... Ariel and Sacaguci connected with the word no.

"Really... how stupid am I?"

I was unaware of the signal Mr. Sakaguchi had given me so far.

The truth is, she said she was being modest... and daring to tell me.

But there are some things I think about before that.

Not as Ariel, just Leila-Sakaguchi. Again, one of my few friends. That's for sure.

And she can't move with some kind of sigarami. No, not even... some fusi are trying to protect me.

I'm not an asshole either so much that I don't know that from my previous relationship.

"Good......"

Senior Abeno, still asleep, was handed over to General Hospital, and I went home.

Morning home.

I slept in my room for about three hours, and at noon I was drinking coffee on the couch in the living room.

And so my mother sat next to me.

"Daiki? You're pale, aren't you?

I have said that without saying anything about going home in the morning or leaving school.

Well, she's the same mother as always.

"Hey, Mom?

"What's wrong -?

"Someone who wants to protect me, someone who wants to help me. She's probably... in trouble"

"Whoa!? Finally, Daiki has a girlfriend too -?

I grinned and controlled my mother, who was happy to say so.

"It's not like that."

"So what is it?

"It's just an old familiar acquaintance. She's hiding something from me. I have a problem that I can't possibly do... and I don't think I can do anything about it. I can't tell you what's going on."

"Hmmm..."

"And maybe she thinks differently than I do, she lives differently and the circumstances around her. I think if you try to pull over to my side, that girl's gonna lose something. No, at least she thinks so. I guess I choose one in two… I'm being pushed into a mental state where I can't think flexibly"

What she calls Vatican reason.

That is absolutely incompatible with me and Senior Abeno's side of reason.

Or maybe that's about me taking Senior Abeno or Mr. Sakaguchi.

……

"There's also the option of me doing nothing like this. So I guess they get around well... but I can't do anything about it."

Well, at least, there will be no place for Mr. Sacaguci in the Vatican.

But there's no doubt that if I don't move, it'll do a lot of damage to the average person.

And Senior Abeno, the exorcist who defends the spiritual balance of this country, won't do it, and I'm not convinced either.

Mom thought of something, and looked up at the ceiling.

"If you try to protect something, you lose something... that could be it. There's a saying that if you go after a rabbit, you lose a rabbit."

So, Mom turned her hand around my shoulders and pulled me down.

The so-called knee pillow outfit.

"But, Daiki?

My mother smiled gently and began to stroke my head gently.

"Something you shouldn't throw away. Something you have to protect. There are times when you really have to choose one in two, and you do have to do exactly what Daiki says."

"... yeah"

"But now is the time? Is that really the time?

"... Huh?

"Your mother thinks it's fate to protect the two... born as a boy."

"Protect the two...?

"Mother doesn't know what Daiki is getting into. But..."

"But?"

So Nicole and Mom laughed.

"Neither your father nor your mother should be raising Daiki for a boy who abandons a girl who's crying"

I laughed bitterly.

"Yeah. I'm in a lot of trouble because of you"

Mr. Sakaguchi...... Ariel must have had a lot going on in this world too.

I guess the word "leave us out of this" came out unwillingly, solidified by all sorts of cigarami.

That's why she was laughing in tears when she broke up.

"I miss you. When I was a kid... Daiki came home crying and stroked her head like this."

"Yeah."

"No, until recently, Dike was... bullied at school, wasn't he? But at some point, I started to look like a boy. Your mother's happy with that."

"... yeah"

So my mother quit her knee pillow and forced me to stand.

"So, what am I supposed to do after all? Mom?"

In fact, I don't know what to do to make it all go round.

What I'm trying to do right now... is I'm just trying to smash everything with force.

"Hehe. Your mother doesn't know that. But you know what? You can do what you want."

"... ha?

And slapped bread and palms.

"It's good to be clumsy. It's okay that I just failed. It's okay to make a mistake. But... you're definitely gonna hit everything you can right now so you don't regret it, right? Your mother is there for you, Daiki."

I'm starting to cry a little.

You look young, but you're still my mother.

I appreciate this advice even though I barely know what's going on.

"Well, Mom... take a break from school... to the back of the mountain... I'll be there"

"Maybe... a beautiful brunette girl who came here before this, and her neighbor... a beautiful foreign family will come home with you, right? Please call me around Yokohama Station. We'll have a special serving of karaoke. I don't have any hidden flavors... I usually make them without taking them seriously."

So I laughed.

My mother's mesh is good for ordinary people when I don't mean it.

"It's just a gymnastics club, so cook the rice for about ten."

"Yes, sir."

"Well, Mother... I'm coming. I'll take care of it, okay?

"I'm going to take the mud boat and leave it to you."

"That's a big ship, isn't it?

"They took one of these."

Laughing, I wear the King's armor - the hoodie.

And then I headed to the front door and took a metal bat - the Holy Sword where I am my partner: Excalibur.

"Ariel......"

All alone, I remembered the last crying laugh she showed in the other world, which coincided with the crying laughter of Mr. Sacaguci, who showed in the shrine of the abandoned house.

"Always help. If you're in trouble, I'll help you."

And I think.

Jan's brother, who was traveling with me in the world over there, is dead.

He died to shelter my Doji and keep the brave alive.

There are plenty of other people who have died to keep me alive.

And Ariel's dead, too. To help me... I should have died to keep the brave man alive.

But Leila-Sakaguchi is alive.

Yes, Ariel is... alive.

Within my reach, she's still here.

Then I should be able to smile back at her.

Squeeze the metal bat tightly and store the excavator in the golf back you carried.

I lost all sorts of things in that world over there. That's why I asked for help.

Never again, don't feel sad, and don't make me feel sad.

And I got power. I thought of dying and gained the power to protect people.

So, I...

- I'll never lose anything again.

So, as I left the house and started walking, I reached the corner to the station - where the girl in sailor clothes stood with a smile on her back, just like me.

"Oh? Strange encounter, huh? Morishita, how far do you go without knowing what shrine you're after?

"Hey - to Leila-Sakaguchi's. He was going to punch into the Abenos' main house, but he was going to ask."

"Oh? Really strange, huh? I was trying to get there too... to pay off my debts at the shrine in Kyouo. By the way, you don't have to punch in the shrine because I know what you're after."

That's how I smiled bitterly.

"How are you feeling? So, how come the seniors?

"Thanks to someone's healing magic, it's enough. No trauma, no blood transfusions."

"There are two bases they aspire to. Probably coming apart on the hands of Mr. Sacaguci and five Guardians. If they drop one of the remaining bases, it's over, right? It doesn't make sense unless it's completely sealed. And me and my senior body are one at a time. Whichever comes...... can you win? After... If you really lose next time, they'll kill you, right?

"We have a chance, and we'll have to win, won't we? That idiot... because you shouldn't know until you hit him flat one shot. I don't know what you're freaking out about, but you're really stupid - there's a nice guy here who can count on you so much."

"You wouldn't have relied on me when you were Nine Tails."

"Heh heh, speaking of which, that happened."

"Give me a break, will you?"

"But the fact that Leila-Sakaguchi is so freaked out that he says a different word to you... there's got to be something not laughable about Buck?

I kept my mouth shut.

And breathe loudly and loudly, and I said:

That's why I'm a brave man.

Hugh and Senior Abeno whistled.

"If you can say that right in the face, you can do it. I hope so."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it"

So me and Senior Abeno held hands together and headed to the station.

- Going to the abandoned shrine. It's a showdown place.