Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

"Let go of Sylvie, the crowd!

"Kuku... it's a reversal of the situation. Apparently, he's important to you.

The pathetic face has disappeared and Agavil is immersed in superiority.

"You bastard!

"Whoa! Don't move. What can I do with someone I care about?

The blade pointing at Sylvie's neck slightly slices her skin and bright red blood falls down her neck.

"Mr. Sylvie!

"Well, well. Should I return what I have been hit with?

Agaville smiles. Approaching the captured Sylvie, a long tongue runs from her neck to her cheeks.

"Nh!!

"You....."

"Kukuku... hahahahahaha! What should we do? Shall we throw it into a swarm of goblins? Or here... hahahaha!

With an ugly smile, Sylvie is tangled with a soft gaze.

"... please.

Ah?

After hearing Sylvie's voice, Agaville looks at his face.

"Kill me. Sinya, this man.

Mr. Sylvie looks me straight in the eye and says,

"What are you talking about? Are you stupid? This woman.

"Mr. Sylvie! Don't say that. Don't say that!

"Yes! That's why our guards are here!

Ellie, Baccalaureate and Lucas both contest Sylvie's remarks.

"If you work hard, you might be able to help. I don't think the blade penetrates this soft skin before that, but... kukuku.

"If you leave me like this, I'll be dead, as well as everyone in the city. Then cut me loose and save the city.

Seriously... Sylvie's eyes are... serious.

"Shut up, you piece of shit!

Baki!

Agaville beat Sylvie and bled again from the neck that hit the blade with that momentum.

Still, she looks me straight in the eye.

………

"Sinya, don't be ridiculous!

A voice close to Baccal's anger.

"Sinya-kun. You know I'm serious, right?

Sylvie's real voice.

"... but..."

"... Sinya-kun owes you. Give it back here.

My... last favor.

………

Think calmly.

Standing here to prevent Sylvie from being killed will make the situation worse.

If we were here, it would trigger a defeat.

Then we'll abandon her and kill Agavil. That's what we need to do to protect this city. But that's too much....

"Sinya-kun. I told you. Even if I die..."

Sylvie, don't put the Knights of the Holy Order in the city. I'm telling you not to let anyone kill you.

Now, I can save not Sylvie's life, but many others.....

Katcha...

The sword you held tight feels so heavy.

"Sinya, stop!

"What are you doing?!

Lucas and Ellie put a stop to my movement.

"... I don't mind if you resent me.

Speak to Sylvie.

"You don't have to resent me, either.

And... I'm sorry I asked you to do this. Thank you. "

That's how Sylvie smiles. A tear falls down your cheeks.

"Haaa!

Ellie and Lucas move to stop me from kicking the ground.

Leave it behind and run toward Agaville.

"Kill him!

"Haaa!!

Split the necks of two of the Regiment members who came forward to cover Agaville.

"No, what is this?! Kill them!

"Die!

"Hyi!!

Agavil with a scary face. I have no defense. Keep your men scattered and you can't do anything on your own. To a guy like this...

Fuck!

The blade enters the center of the body.

"Gh... hafu..."

"Agavil-sama!!

I vomited a lot of blood and it fell to the ground with the blade stuck in my chest.

Shit.....

Sylvie, who had been caught beside him, fell to the ground.

"Mr. Sylvie!!

Ellie immediately moved to kill the man who killed Mr. Sylvie.

"Shit! Why... shit!

Kankin '!

Lucas and Baccalaureate will slay the Holy Knights around me.

"I... kung..."

Agavil grips the stabbed blade with his hand. I didn't want to hear any more of his words.

Zann!

When the blade is pulled straight up, it is cut in half vertically from Agaville's chest.

Blood and Agaville's contents are scattered.

…………

"Mr. Sylvie!

Ellie picks up the fallen Sylvie.

Sylvie's eyes in her arms... are already out of light.

He died instantly...

"Uaaaaa!!

Ellie hugged Sylvie and shouted. I want to keep my ears shut for that cry. I can't face her tears directly.

If we'd been prepared sooner, if we'd been thinking deeper, this might not have happened...

More... more...

"Why... why!

Gakin '!

Lucas stops the blade that Ellie shakes to kill me.

"Out of the way! I'll kill him!

………

"Uaaaa!!

Gagging! Gagging!

"I'm sorry.

Shut up!

When Lucas's fist entered Ellie's abdomen, his body relaxed and fell on Lucas.

"... I'm sorry..."

Lucas' last apology was probably to me. But I have to apologize...

"Ah, Agavil-sama...."

"My... my name is Sinya! It was Adventurer Sinya who took Agaville!!

Keep your voice heard by all those on the spot.

"Dead... Agavil-sama..."

"... uhhhhhhh!

Holy Knights throwing away their weapons and running away.

"Sinya...."

"... I don't mind if Baccal... resents me.

"... can you do that...?"

"... I'm sorry.

"Don't apologize!

……

"Damn... damn!

It was a bitter and painful victory.

Lucas picks up Ellie.

"Mr. Sylvie... asks Sinya. Mr Sylvie would be happier too.

"... okay.

Carefully pick up Sylvie's body.

A gentle smile that is still warm and will keep you awake.

There are heavy steps to take back to the city.

Me and Sylvie saw the body, and Puka rushed in.

"Oh no... Sylvie...? You're kidding...? I don't want to die... or die..."

The tears that wet your eyes are endlessly overflowing.

When I look at that expression, I feel like I'm being held by my heart.

She has a letter in her hand that she would have received from the Alliance Master. You must have convinced me.

"Sylvie, no!! Uhhhhh!!

………

I couldn't say anything to her when she cried.

Just until you stop crying.....

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

The next day, when I woke up in the sunlight, I was on the bed of the inn.

"Yesterday... how did you get home after that..."

I remember what happened yesterday with my stunned head.

What's left in your head are Ellie and Puka's chest choking screams and Sylvie's smile. That's all I had.

"... hah..."

Concon....

"Sinya, oniichan... are you awake...?

"... Nihis-chan?

"May I come in?

"Ah, ah. I'll be fine.

Gacha....

Nihis-chan, who came in with the door open, lowered her eyebrows and buttocks and looked completely different from her usual smile.

"... um... did you say something to Nihis-chan yesterday?

"Yeah, yesterday... I went into the room without saying anything..."

"I don't remember much about yesterday... sorry.

"Yeah, I asked your father. Sinya's brother saved this city. He said he saved Ellie.

"... thank you. Niehis."

"Yeah. How are you... cheering up?

Ah.

Nihis-chan, who looked up at me a few times worried, leaves the room.

"... uh... pathetic... me.

This is Sylvie's last favor, so we need to stick together... "

Concon...

"Hmm? Niehis?

"... it's Puka.

"Mr. Puka?!

"May I... come in?

"Ha, yes!

Gacha...

Puka's face, which opened the door, was red and swollen and painful.

Puka closed the door behind her and walked in. I couldn't say anything but look down.

"... Dear Sinya..."

"Eh...."

Whatever they say, I can't help it. I was scolded and I did what was natural....

"... thank you.

"... eh?

I doubted your ears about unexpected words... thank you...?

"I heard more from Lucas.

…………

"Sylvie was too close to the battlefield to help the little girl back then. They were there, and Ellie came in to help, and they caught her trying to escape..."

"So... where is she?

"Thank you.

"Well... good. Um... where's Ellie?

"... I don't know. I haven't seen it since last night..."

"Really...?

………

……………

I have no idea what to say. Apologies should only hurt Puka right now...

"Dear Sinya, I'm... thankful to Sinya-sensei.

"I was thanked earlier... for what...?

"... I'm grateful to Shinya for fulfilling Sylvie's last wish.

………

"As far as I've heard, only Sinja was able to move there... neither Ellie nor the two guards could replace Sinja..."

"Of course, Ellie... if the guards moved, they would have abandoned the residents. Sylvie asked me... because I was the only one there.

"That's not true.

Clearly, Mr. Puka denies it.

"If there were others, Sylvie would have asked Shinya.

"Why..."

"That's because Shinya moved to help everyone in this city more than anyone else.

I thought it would be nice to be a kind, strong Singya-sama and to be killed... and to give my life.

……

"Even if I was in the same position, I think I did the same thing. If you see people around you dying without doing anything, you will want to die even if you are alive.

Sylvie's last wish... she fulfilled her last selfish wish.

"... it's too heavy... Mr. Sylvie..."

I haven't seen you in a while, but you're talking about me like that....

"I'm sorry that we didn't get there and left everything to Shinya..."

"... I made up my mind. That's not what Puka apologizes for.

"Even so... I'm sorry for this..."

"... I wish I could do better..."

Dear Sinya-sama...

"Somewhere... I think I was overconfident in my power... and I thought I... could do it with a singer..."

Sylvie would not have died if the time needed to find out about Ellie, the time it took to destroy the Goblins, and the time it took for the Holy Knights to arrive had been shortened only a little. And that shortening was possible.

If it was a fight, I thought it would work somewhere. I thought I could do anything with Shinya.

"The result of that arrogance (apology)... looks like this... really stupid. I...

All the time... if I'd been doing this more then, if I'd been doing this more then... I couldn't help but think of that... "

"... that's... that's what I am..."

"Mr. Puka...?

"Oh, no! Me too!

More... more... "

A large tear runs through Puka's cheeks. Looks like a child in desperate pain, squeezing his trembling hand.

"Me too... Ellie... everybody's thinking the same thing!

…………

"But... Sylvie... Sylvie was laughing!

"Nh!!

Her last gentle smile. That comes to mind.

"At the end of the day... it was definitely thanks to Shinya that I was laughing! That's the only fact! So... don't say that!

"... sorry..."

"Don't apologize! From here on out, it's Shinya-sama who's to blame! You think about Sylvie, and I blame you for being kind!

"I'm prepared for that.

"Why... why are you so gentle..."

"I'm not being gentle... because this is... my responsibility."

"Responsibilities...?

"I... I need to help someone who can help Sinya...

I only know what I can do by myself. It's just a grip on what reaches out. Sylvie taught me that. With that life...

Then reach out and... grab everything you can reach. I won't miss a single one.

It's my... duty, and my responsibility, not to help Sylvie.

……

"I'm not being mean. Sylvie didn't want that to happen... because Puka just told me.

Dear Sinya-sama...

"Sylvie is not coming back. I'm sad, and I still can't sort it out... but I won't miss it again... I'll definitely grab it... with my hand.

I wonder what a small hand it is now. My hand.....

"... Dear Sinya. Take this."

Puka said that and took out a necklace with a small, blue jewel.

"What is this?

"It was chosen by Sylvie and me.

Huh?

"When Shinya-sama decided to destroy Goblin, they decided to give him something... they chose and bought it. If it was true, I was going to give it to you sooner..."

Simple design necklace on the palm.

When the morning sun hits through the window, the blue jewels sparkle.

"This gem is a stone called Fanderlight and is said to protect the wearer.

"Fanderlight..."

"No matter what difficulties Sinya encounters from now on, I hope she will protect me..."

"Mr. Puka... Mr. Sylvie..."

"If anyone in this world becomes an enemy, Sylvie and I are on Sinya's side. Forever. Don't forget that.

"... thank you.

The tight necklace felt a little warm. Maybe it was because of my mind... but I felt it.

"This afternoon, we will bury the deceased. The cemetery... is on the east side of the city.

"Thank you."

"No..."

Puka bows one by one and leaves the room.

In this world, cremation is practically practised in almost every region, as bodies are left undead.

Naturally, the same goes for this pole.

Take the ashes left after cremation to the cemetery and bury them. That is the funeral of this world. I knew it because I only touched it a little in the game.

Mr. Puka told me where the cemetery was because he thought I wouldn't show up at the funeral.

Sylvie's last story should have spread all over the city. Puka told me that, but some people think I killed him. No, there will be more of them.

If he shows up at the funeral, he'll get in the way of breaking up.

I don't want to put water in it. After everything was over, I decided to go to the cemetery alone.

You must have figured it out and given me the location of the cemetery.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

"Sinya, oniichan... are you leaving already?

"Nihis-chan... sorry. Finally, I'll give you this. Be a good boy.

I'll give you the cookie to Nihis-chan, who called me to stop me from leaving the inn.

Niehis looks sad and looks down.

That's how much we sold the Knights of the Holy Order. Staying here would be a nuisance.

"... come again.

Dumby, who came out from behind Nihis-chan, put his arms together and said that.

"Never mind what the people in the city say. Me and Niehs are on your side. I'll beat him up if he complains.

Dumby-san...

"Be sure to show your face when you come here. Niehs is also delighted.

"... yes. Always come back.

"And... thank you.

It was a word with many meanings. I think so.

"Sinya oniichan! Come back! Absolutely!

"Oh, I'll be back.

Black hooded robe from inventory. Put the hood on your eyes and go out.

Leave the inn and choose a less crowded path. The sun has fallen completely and few people are out there.

When you reach the cemetery, you will see several new gravestones.

…………

Sylvie's tombstone was built next to Sally.

"Mr. Sylvie... it's time to go.

Place cookies in front of Sylvie and Sally's tombstone.

"I'll definitely show you my face again.

Turn your back to the tombstone and head outside the city. After a long time, I couldn't stop what was overflowing from my eyes.

Heading south from the city of Popol is the city of Delsmark.

After leaving Popol, the city with the most players carrying their feet. It was this Delsmark that also carried Shinya after Popol.

As they carried their feet from the south side of the city, there were two gatekeepers standing.

"Hello."

"Lucas... Bacchar..."

For the first time after that, I met them face to face.

"It's impossible to go out silently.

"... I don't have a face to match.

"... that's our line.

"Lucas...?

"I should have been with you for a long time. I... let Sinja do it. I'm sorry about that.

Lucas lowered his head deeply.

"Ah, don't lower your head!

"I'm so sorry that whoever saved this city had to leave town with me!

Bacchar lowered his head deep next to Lucas.

"All right, raise your head!

………

They finally raised their heads.

"... where are you going when you leave this city?

"I'm taking a detour and heading to Delsmark.

"Delsmark... I've been there a few times, but it's a pretty good city!

I see. I look forward to that.

"... come again.

"Baccal... ahh. I will see you again."

Shake hands with them and leave the city of Popol.

The city of Popol, which looked back only once under the moonlight, was as beautiful as it was when I first saw it.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

There's something I have to do before I go to Delsmark.

It's about using this body.

I still don't know the details of the status, but from the feeling of using magic and waving the sword, I found that it was at least close to the status at the time of the final logout.

Whatever you say, Sinya's stats are quite high. However, the reality is that we have not been able to bring out half of that ability.

The only way to pull this out is to move your body.

The environment necessary for this is closer than I thought.

"Well... shall we go?

"Wait!"

Looking back, Ellie had a wrinkle between her eyebrows.

"... Ellie.

"Where are you going..."

"I need help in the dark green forest.

………

Are you here to kill me?

"That's right.

"If it had been a few hours ago, I would have killed him a lot... I'm sorry. I can't do that anymore.

When you put your hand on your chest, the feeling of the necklace is transmitted to your palm.

"Kill Sylvie... and don't think he'll make it out alive!

Ellie pulls two daggers out of her waist and runs.

"Haaa!

Shut up!

"Ugh..."

Slightly punched Ellie's abdomen straight into it. That alone would do Ellie a lot of damage.

Ellie gets one knee to the ground and depresses herself in pain.

"Sorry. If you hate, hate.

"... cum... wait! I will never... let you escape!

Leaving Ellie immobilized, head to the dark green forest.