190 Chapter 175

After visiting Mr. Gladys, I decided to take a light stroll through the city of Lukvis with Amako, who later joined me.

Day after day, I didn't have free time like this in training and talks, so I thought it would be good to breathe at the end of the day, and enjoy the city of Lukvis.

"How are Suzune and Kazuki?"

"Kazuki is going to see the big library, and his senior is playing with Eva."

Kazuki seems to have a book of some concern.

I felt like I had seen all the books in the Great Library before the meeting, and they were all things that seemed difficult.

You had all those titles lined up to make you think of things like "approaching the root of magic" and "lost technology, earned peace"......

I don't read professional books, so I think it's great to be able to accumulate knowledge while enjoying it.

"Is Suzune with Eva?"

"Yeah. Tomorrow, I'm going back to each country so you can come and say hello for the last time. We have time, and because of that, we're going to have tea."

"Heh."

I was invited too, but I promised to take a stroll around the city with Amako first, so I prioritized this one.

It's good to see Eva getting along with her senior. At the same age, it would be different to just talk to girls about things.

Seniors, damaged by Eva's purity, look kind of fun (?), so it'll turn out ok.

How'd it go with you?

"I... had a normal time. He was helping Kirikha with her chores, taking care of Satsuki, and waking up Kyou, who wouldn't even wake up during the day."

"Oh yeah..."

I don't even know what it's like to want to devour inebriation for Kyou's holiday.

Sometimes you fall asleep until daylight on school days off, right? So in the afternoon, it's a series of flows until you realize you've wasted half your holiday and regret it.

"Somehow, it was a normal life but it was fun"

"That's good. I knew you were right to leave it to the Kirikhas."

"Right....... hmm?"

"... what's up?"

Look in a certain direction and notice Amako caring about something.

Looking at the back of the alley with a surprised look somewhere, I traced the end of her gaze, and it was a place I remember too.

"This is where I first met Nack..."

Square behind the alley he was wounded and falling into.

So, one girl was practicing magic.

Meena, a girl with bright red hair twintailed, noticed me in the street and gave me an unpleasant look, as if I had even encountered a demon.

"Usato. I wonder if that's the kind of face I've encountered with an ogre all over the city"

"Amako, first of all, I'm telling you, there are no orgasms in the city, right?"

?

"Why do you look at me and tilt your neck wondering?"

Are you trying to tell me I'm the Auga itself, Oi?

When I'm doubly shocked, I notice that the grumpy face Meena is inviting us.

Honestly, I thought I could avoid it if they saw my face, so I head with Amako to the square where she is, just a little surprised.

……

……

But when I try to come to Meena's side, the conversation doesn't start.

There's no sign of Meena talking to me, although I'm peeking this way with a flicker as I twirl my own hair tip. I don't know what to say when I talk to you. [M]

Anyway, I don't have much contact with this kid in the first place.

"How's Nack doing?"

"! Oh, I didn't hear that!"

Though I've tried stepping in, I'm instantly returned feeling pretty.

But he reacted when he heard Nack's name, so it doesn't seem hard to keep the conversation going.

"Uh, do you remember me for now?"

"Monsters like you, you can't possibly forget. And yesterday, I couldn't even see him moving."

"... talk about interactive warfare?"

"In the morning, I was fighting a brave man. It's a mystery why you can react to an invisible opponent, and it's a mystery that you're accelerating in an unnatural position, and more importantly, that you're the healing wizard who does it."

They said it so fast. What, am I a mystery?

And the fox in the back, don't agree with me in a small voice. It's not "I know. I know. I know."

... I've been wondering for a while now, but there are traces of coal and a burning smell in the square where we are. Was Meena using magic here because of this smell?

"Were you training here?"

"... bad?"

"No, it's not bad. But why are you here?"

"I can't use the training area I always use, so I'm just using this place today."

"Oh, I see."

An interactive battle took place yesterday at the training ground, so we can't use it in the middle of maintenance right now.

I was wondering why you're training in such a small place, but I'm convinced.

Now she's talking to me from Meena.

"Nack said he's doing fine..."

"Hmm?"

"What did you say about me?"

Did you want to hear that...?

It's about getting Nack's impression involved, and let's be honest with him.

Tell Meena what I was hearing from Nack before she left Lukvis.

"I hear he's not very good at you."

"... as sweet as ever. I wish you didn't like me."

Meena groaned so with a seemingly sinking face.

I'm going to ask you something that bothered me while I questioned what this kid said and did differently than I had previously imagined.

"Do you regret it? What you did to Knuck."

……

I'll shut up, Meena.

Nack's story said something "nagging you're bad," but at least you don't seem to think so.

Otherwise, I wouldn't shut my mouth with that look.

After more than a dozen seconds of silence, Meena finally opened her mouth.

"Stay with me for a moment."

"I don't mind, but what are you talking about to me?"

"It's about Nack and me. You must be wondering, too."

Speaking of not caring, I'd be lying... what is it? That's abrupt.

Is he going to talk anymore, or he lowered his back in the shade of a nearby tree like a gym seat?

"Did you hear about Nack and I being childhood friendly?"

"Oh, I hear it from Knuck."

"Well, then you don't have to explain why he was put in Lukvis."

Nack, who was supposed to wake up to the magic of the water system, has woken up to the magic of the healing system.

Because of that, he was put in Lucvis in the form of being treated cold by his parents and kicked out of the house, right?

I think it's a terrible story to think back now.

"Now here's the thing, I used to play with knacks when I was little"

"To see the relationship now...... can't you imagine"

"... right. But... I remember it was fun."

Surprisingly, were you close?

But when we first visited Lukvis, that was what happened to Nak, who was supposed to be playing with us.

Is there any reason for that?

"I was close enough to play with him, but I haven't been able to meet him plumply since about a year before I went into Lukvis"

"I can't see you anymore?"

"I can't let you see me when I go to the mansion. Nack's parents are going to encourage him to play with his sister more than he does, and he's been treated like he doesn't have Nack... he was creepy"

... Were you under house arrest?

Pretty bad way to put it, but maybe Nack's parents were desperately trying to hide him because he didn't have the power he wanted, like a lid on a stinking thing.

"That's when I overheard a story about Nack being put in Lukvis by chance."

"... and you, too, to Lukvis?"

Keep snorting, Meena.

He also seemed to have power caged in his hand grabbing his own robe without a heart.

"Nack when I was at Lukvis School was like a... loose shell. I was able to enroll in Lucvis School, a place where I could learn magic in the best of environments, but only he leaned down and looked like the end of the world."

"Well, it's like being kicked out..."

"That's when your father finally told me why Nack was put in Lukvis."

From Nack himself, it wouldn't be something that had hope or anything.

"Still, I tried to speak up many times, but Nack was scared of everything around him and even scared of me. For me then, I couldn't wait to like it"

"I don't like it..."

"I woke up to healing magic, so I didn't do anything just to accept my current situation."

Maybe Nack gave up then.

The moment my magic was not in the water system, I was treated cold by my parents, who were closest to me, and sent to Lucvis alone, in the form of being expelled at the end of it.

It wouldn't be strange if that were the age of ten or not to be beaten mentally.

With that in mind, Meena goes on to utter the words with a slight absurdity of her voice as to whether she remembered that time.

"If you worked hard in Lucvis, you would have been appreciated for healing magic. That way, even my parents could have sent Knuck back home.... but Nack didn't even try to give up everything and move on"

"Didn't you look down on the healing wizard?"

At least, that's what Meena looked like when she was abusing Nack.

To my question, shake Meena to the side. [M]

"For me, it didn't matter if Knuck woke up to healing magic. I just wanted you to get up. But no matter how many times I try to make him do that, he just keeps looking down there, doesn't try to see the hand I've reached out to, and doesn't ask anyone for help. I can't stand him like that, I..."

……

"I got upset with the nack that didn't work out for me, and I started waving violence. When did that ever become commonplace... when I... what I wanted to do should really be different, but when I realized it came to a point where I couldn't go back"

So you're saying that's what made Knuck abusive?

Are you saying that what I was doing at first because I thought it would be good gradually went a long way out of purpose and became distorted?

To me silently, Meena smiles mocking herself.

"Now you can't honestly apologize. What I've done has been very... terrible."

... At a time like this, I wish I had solid advice, but the relationship between Nack and Meena is not as simple as I could manage with the advice I came up with on the spot.

But still, after I graduated from school, I declared I was going to the kingdom of Ringle, where Nak is, maybe I wanted a reason to go see him again.

"So you're going to Nak's place in the kingdom of Ringle after you graduate?"

"You heard it from Knack.... because there's no other reason I can show my face. Oh, I regret to keep losing to Nak, so there's a reason to see him when he finally gets stronger."

"Oh well..."

Maybe you care a lot about what Nack beat you to?

Even if you pull that out, maybe this is the walking distance of being this kid, but somehow...

"You're clumsy. You are."

"Shut up. That's what I know best"

I smile bitterly at Meena, who looks away from me. [M]

Like Nack did, Meena was trying to move on, too.

Thinking of that, she opened her mouth without looking at this one as she stood up dropping dirt and leaves.

"I was just a little refreshed to talk to you irrelevant"

"... that's why you talked to me"

"If you're an outsider, you can make weird rumors when you talk to guys in school."

If you think you're going to talk to me sooner or later... somehow, you're a kid with a lot of liver.

I may have misunderstood this girl. [M]

When I was training Knuck, I thought he was a kid who was abusing Knuck for no reason, but there was something like a mistake between the two of us until it got there.

... I can't say much of what I care about, but shall I say what I can tell you?

Have you finished talking about everything you want to talk about, or speak to her as she tries to return to training again?

"The facts you've made into knacks cannot be erased."

"Eh."

"But it's not gonna be the same from now on."

Words follow Meena, who shook her shoulders slightly without looking at this one.

"You and Nack are just kids, and we're going to live a long life. Then I think it's okay to take some time, so I'll just walk over."

What a trivial amount of time the two of you have gone wrong. They should have enough time to just take it back.

Besides... Unlike Mr. Fegnis, who has sinned, Meena can still start over.

Meena, with her eyes round my words, smiled as if she had been stunned somewhere.

"Really, you have a sweet personality with all your mentors."

"Well, Nack is my apprentice. It's natural to look alike."

They say I look like Rose too. [M]

Mostly with the atmosphere and the face.

On second thought, it's possible that any knack would resemble Rose...? No, let's not think about that.

"Thank you, for staying with us to talk. And to Knuck, this is..."

"I know. I'll keep my mouth shut of him."

"Yes.... then I'll go back to self-training"

I felt relieved, and Meena turned her back on me and walked to the center of the square.

I can't stand in her way either, so I'm off the scene and going back the way I came.

It was an unexpected encounter, but I think it turned out well.

With that in mind, Amako pulled the sleeve of my uniform as I bent down the alley.

"Hmm?"

"Usato now, he sounded like an uncle"

"Gu... ugh!"

The moment I look back, a powerful blow is pounded in with a weapon called Word from Amako.

I tried not to care until now, but I couldn't...! Oh, my God. "I'm going to live a long life"! What does a seventeen-year-old boy tell a five-year-old girl about her life? Seriously.

Blah blah, I was driven by the urge to get more and more of us on the spot from around the middle of what I was telling Meena.

Get back on your mind and talk to Amako.

"What are we going to do after this?"

"I'll tell Nair or something later"

"All right, all right. What do you want? I'm going to pay for everything now."

"Well, if Usato says so much, let's be sweet."

Wow, dazzling smile.

You're going to cry a lot of joy. [M]

As I tried to go down the street checking my hand, I saw a woman with water hair, Mr. Welsey, running this way with her blood phase from the end of the street.

"That, Mr. Welsey?"

"What's wrong?"

Leaning her neck, Amako and I rush to her.

Having rested his hand on his knees and disturbed his breathing, Mr. Welsey was so out of breath that he couldn't even speak out about running to that point.

"Wes, Mr. Welsey, are you all right?"

"Ha, ha, ha...!"

Healing magic is inflicted on Mr. Welsey, who also looks constantly breathing.

This rush is not normal.

With a bad feeling for me, Mr. Welsey calmed down his breath and uttered words with a harsh expression.

"I just received a message from the Kingdom of Ringle by Hoover! Near the border, they confirmed the shadow of the Demon King's Army's reconnaissance team!"

"Huh!?"

I am temporarily unable to respond to Mr. Welsey's words.

What I remember is a view of the battlefield overflowing with intent to kill and fear.

I have to run through that place again.

Amako's hand is attached to my hand, which was holding my fist unknowingly. If you look at her, she looks up at me like she's going to show me around.

With Amako's gaze on me, I'm ready to pull myself together. [M]

"Here we go again."

The end of a peaceful routine.

Next comes the battle against the Demon King's Army - a battlefield alongside death.