“…Gald…? Hey, hey, Gald, get a hold of yourself!”
I shake what used to be Gald, but there’s no response. Of course not.
It’s been neatly divided, separated from its original state into equal parts. Certainly, the Knights Order wouldn’t be able to tell like this…
An infinitely thin wisp of Darkness lay beside the corpse.
Gald’s magic. Was it from when he resisted…?
Darkness remains for a while even after the user dies. I’d like to keep this Darkness as a memento of Gald, but that won’t happen.
“But, Gald-san should have been able to use much larger Darkness… Why such a thin wisp?”
Erna says something that doesn’t matter.
“Who cares about that? Anyway, I’m going to find the culprit and torture them…”
Why… why did Gald have to suffer like this…?
“Please calm down! Kaine-san? Do you have any idea who the culprit is?”
“Of course not! But I have no choice but to search…”
“There’s no point in searching aimlessly, is there!? Besides, we have to report to the teachers immediately…”
“You can do whatever you want. I’m going to give death to the guy who killed Gald.”
“…Even if that person is one of the Demon Lord’s Four Heavenly Kings?”
“…What do you know?”
“It’s not much… Tect said before that one of the Four Heavenly Kings is based near Mitdoria. …Gald-san is quite strong; killing him without making a sound is impossible even for me, let alone a normal person.”
“…I could have done it. I would never do it, though.”
Erna’s eyebrows twitched slightly at those words, but I continued regardless.
“If that’s the case, then the opponent is either as strong as Kaine-san, or even stronger. Are you going to fight such an opponent alone… with no information?”
“Yeah, there’s no way I’m going to lose.”
“Please reconsider!”
“…A long time ago, my dead friend told me, ‘You should wield your sword for your own sake.’ So, I’m going to wield my sword for my own sake, for losing Gald.”
“…I see. Then I don’t care anymore. You can do whatever you want.”
With that, Erna left.
“What about Cliff?”
“I… I can’t leave the culprit who killed Gald-san alone either. But this method is wrong!”
“…Then why don’t you search for the culprit with Erna and the Knights Order?”
Cliff looked hesitant, but immediately went towards Erna.
“…I can’t involve them anymore, huh?”
Did they target him as a Hero’s companion, or did they kill Gald as my companion…?
I don’t know. But, I can’t be with those two anymore.
Because I don’t want to involve them in this fight…