426 Nonsense. I'll be by your side.

Seeing Shea wrapped in the light, I couldn't help but think.

The one in the shia, not the shia.

He's tormenting Shia, and he's trying to do something.

I really wanted to help Shea by blowing him up, but I had no power to do that.

Guys, I'm sorry.

So I chose to be with Shia.

I think I did something really bad to the rabbits.

You tried to help me by looking for Shia with me, but I ended up acting selfishly and causing trouble.

But... I was still worried about Shia.

Whoa, whoa.

As soon as I was enveloped in the circle of light, I was in another place.

Large stone building.

It's a little narrower than the ruins I was at, but I moved to that place in an instant, and I looked around confusedly.

"Phew, it was already hard..."

"Shea..."

Shea, who was just around the corner, was stretching out.

After glimpsing at me, he speaks to the demon woman who was manipulating the thread.

"He's a pain in the ass, after all."

"Shouldn't you have made it unrecoverable?"

"No, no, you can't. You saw that, right?" You turned your bare hands on the light magic that wipes out matter without asking questions? It's not human. "

Sure enough, don't move like a rabbit.

But it looks like it's true when you say it with a bitter face.

"If you take the cage hand, you'll feel a little upset, so you'll try to fight back without reacting." At that time, my liver was cold...! "

You want me to take it away from the rabbit? Looking at something like a bracelet called, Shia dropped her shoulder.

"In addition, there was Kannagi and Koga, the former Legion Commander." If I had fought in that situation, I would have lost. "

"If you're taking hostages, you'll be able to fight as an advantage, right?" Is it okay if the body dies anyway? "

"Ah, that's a lie."

"Hah!?"

...!? Was it a lie...?

"I thought you said I didn't care about Shia..."

"If this body dies, it's really troubling. Everything was ruined. I could afford it, but I was in such a hurry inside."

”Hah... you're going too far, aren't you?”

"If Kannagi and the Life Saving Corps were the opponents, I wouldn't have had to worry about being killed." The only element of uncertainty was Korga, but he was held by Esther. That was helpful. That's the best hand I've ever had. "

That's how it is.

With words like that, Shia stretches her back again.

Though it's troublesome about Rasat, I'm doomed to be involved in any future plans.

"I'm sorry I got involved with this guy." It was really terrible. "

“Specifically?”

"...... I don't want to say"

In response to Shia's words, Esta suppresses her forehead while exhausting her bloody face.

While smiling bitterly at such a fellow, Shia puts her hand on her cheek.

"Unlike a brave man, he can go wherever he thinks he needs to without being tied down to his position." The worst part was that the Kingdom of Lingles belonged to it.... that country won't hesitate to help us. "

"Can you predict his next destination?"

"I can, but... ah, this is going to be a problem again." Well... don't worry about this later. "

Shea rolled to the floor, tied up, as she closed her eyes to Aur.

Barely aware of it, Shia spoke to Esther with a smile that satisfied her as she moved her mouth slightly with her faint eyes.

"Please keep this child in your room. I'll do it later."

"Are you going to clear your mind?"

"Don't be scared. That doesn't make any sense. Because the original spirit remains, it becomes a weapon against rabbits."

"...... ah"

For a short time, he was with us at the ruins.

I have no power to stop such a person, even though he is about to suffer a terrible blow to his eyes...

Even in the woods where I was born and raised, the impatience that I never felt hurts my body.

"Still, I have to... stay next to Shia..."

Well, let's go.

Shea finally turned her attention to me after seeing off Esther who had taken Aur.

Not Shia's gentleness, he grinned back in fear of the cold, somehow deepening his smile.

"I'm not saying it's unexpected to be here... but I welcome you, Roone."

"I won't help you with anything bad."

"That's fine." I just wanted a caretaker. "

Wrinkles?

What are you going to do to me?

Ignoring my doubts, Shia raises two fingers.

"There are two rules." The first is to stay out of this building. You don't think I'm trying to run away? At that time, please think that you have no life. "

"...... What's the second one?"

Then Shea laid her knees on the ground, and gazed at me.

Shea drew her face close to my ears, and whispered---

"You mustn't reveal me."

At the same time, Shia's body weakened, and she fell to me.

She raised her face with a soft voice saying, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

"... ah, ah? Why am I here...?"

"...... Shia?"

"What, Roone? You brought me here?"

Until now, I couldn't hold back the tears that Shea had been crying.

It's Shea.

It's not cold eyes, it's warm and gentle Shea.

With tears in my sight, I held on to Shia.

"Shhhhh!!"

"Ngwah!? Powerful!? The contents are coming out!?"

I accidentally embraced her as much as I could.

Releasing her arm, Shia looked at me in alternation, confused.

"What's the matter with you!? You were in the woods before you went to bed!? I don't know the situation at all!?"

Here I finally understood the meaning of the word "caretaker".

I'm the caretaker while the bad guy in Shia is asleep...

We can stay close to the suffering Shia, but we can't deal with the causes that are afflicting her.

--But I chose it.

There's no turning back anymore.

I chose to support Shia by doing something selfish.

--but I'm not the only one trying to help Shia.

I've only been with you for a short time, but I know.

I'm sure Ushatu will come and help Shia.

"I'll do my best...!!"

My duty is to support and protect Shia until then.