“I still can’t believe that you can do that…”

Senya said as she looks at me with flabbergasted expression. She is referring to when I use Divine Counter against the devil general and returned its attack back at it.

“No, no, not only that Senya, she was able to return such powerful attack that could turn everything here to rubble. She even wiped a lot of devils that the only left here is small fry. It’s a game changer to be honest. We can kick back and relax a little.”

“Don’t try to relax too much, Mimosa. Ardisia will follow here shortly and you could get some scolding if she saw you lazing around.”

”Then tell her I fought magnificently. It’s not I really didn’t do anything.”

“Well, you did make that devil go berserk and failed to end it immediately.”

“Geh!”

“Nonetheless, good job to you and to everyone.”

Senya said as she looks at me, to Mimosa, and to Ichirou and Hasu who just came back from the cleanup battle. She also patted the heads of Casablanca and Hibiscus who are resting beside her.

However, I am can’t settle down yet.

“Senya, I’ll go after Higan.”

“Oh, took you a minute later to say that. Go, will hold the fort down.”

“Thank you. Take care of Casablanca and Hibiscus for me.”

“Un, I’ll make sure Mimosa won’t even lay her hands on them.”

“HEY!”

Mimosa retorted with a pained face.

Truly, I am little worried about her lurking around. I’d rather have her lazing about than being a maniacal researcher who asks for your spit every damn hour of your day.

To follow where Higan, Topaz, and Mimi is, I need to move fast. I directed my sight to Ichirou to perform a Divine Possession.

“Asagao?”

As I was about to reach out for Ichirou, his voice rang through my head.

Everything that happened that night flashes into my mind and my hand stop before I can even reach for him. I know it shouldn’t be but, even if I try to divert my mind to other things, I can’t help not to remember such night.

Weirdly enough, I’ve become embarrassed and I wasn’t able to look at him in the eyes. My heart suddenly halted from breathing when I remember how he tried to reject me gently. It was painful and sad.

My sight shifted to Hasu in an instant.

“Hasu!”

“Haaa…it can’t be helped. You two better fix what is going between you real quick after this.”

Hasu said with a sigh as he reprimanded me. Even if he doesn’t know, he already has a gist of it. He took my hand.

“[Divine Possession!]”

Hasu slowly dematerialized from this world and became a part of me. A spear of pure angelic form appears in my hand and a wing of marvel appeared in my back connected with roots.

Divine power seethes from my body as Hasu’s spirits invaded my body and filled me to brim with new strength.

Before we could even go, Senya halted us.

“Wait! Between the two of you?”

“Um…nothing! Please don’t mind it! Bye!”

In my embarrassment, I hasten my take off.

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I shoot off from the ground and reached the sky like a rocket with speed unmatched.

“”

“Sorry…please…let’s not touch that subject for now.”

“”

“Like what I said…please…not now…I can’t think straight. My mind is filled with thoughts that are new to me…I don’t know how to react to them or what I can do about them…”

“”

I don’t know…

Maybe my body is not even a factor here but my very own personality. This is hard for me since I never even confessed to anyone. Not only that, my first confession ended in a rejection.

I hope I haven’t contracted the disease called maiden heart yet…

“Hey…Hasu…do like someone. No…that’s a stupid question. You love Shouko like she is your own life.”

“”

“I see! I guess it is too hard for me to understand. Let’s change topic…do you…hate someone…? Wait…sorry…please don’t answer that.”

“”

“Is he bad to you? Did he do something nasty?”

“”

“I’m really sorry for asking…”

I’m such an idiot!

The conversation went from love troubles to very dark.

Hasu stopped talking after that because we saw something flying towards our direction, A red dragon, a red dragon carrying several people…

And the presences that I feel from the people it carries on its back is…

“Ah! Asagao! You are flying?!”

“Teacher Rose?! And Topaz too?!”

It’s Teacher Rose! I immediately recognize her with her iconic tracksuit! The dragon must be Mito then!

And on his back is Topaz together with an unconscious Higan and Mimi.

I promptly stopped from my track.

“Wha--?! What that..?! Asagao is flying?! Eh?! Also, what’s with this overflowing divine power?!”

“Um…I’ll explain later. I am glad that you found my friends, Teacher Rose.”

“Yeah! I want to hear so much from you right now! And you’ve grown so much from the last time I saw you even though a year hasn’t passed yet! And why all of you are wearing the same dress like you are going to perform a dance?!”

“About the dress…that’s…not something I am going to tell…”

“It’s cute though if all of you lined up.”

It’s troublesome to just fly around here. I am glad that Higan and the others are fine. With Teacher Rose around, the injured will be immediately helped!

Ah, wait!

What about the undead? Could they be healed with her magic?! They might get purified!

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With a little time of flying, we already reached the Fort where we reside. Mito who is in his dragon form landed together with me at the same time.

Casablanca and Hibiscus hurriedly run over to us with worried faces.

“Where are Higanbana, Mimi, and Topaz?”

“Are they…safe?”

I smiled at them and pointed at the back of the red dragon that was carrying them. Their faces are colored with gladness as they saw Mimi and Higan being carried by Teacher Rose and Topaz.

Since seeing the two elves who wear the same clothing as us, Teacher Rose becomes even more fired up.

“Amazing! It’s Casablanca and Hibiscus too! You two are also wearing cute clothes! It takes me back when I was still teaching. Some students will wear clothes like that to perform.”

“Teacher Rose is the same as ever!”

“You still dress weird!”

Her smile froze when her tracksuit got branded as weird.

Upon seeing us, Senya together with Mimosa approaches us. However, like Senya, I also have this strange feeling. I can sense something really different…

That feeling is coming from Topaz…

“Wait…that girl…”

“Senya…what do you think?”

“Topaz, what happened?”

Topaz, upon being asked a question, gently put Mimi down in one of the emergency stretchers brought out by one of the medics.

She faces me and…

Hug me…

I become lost at word from her sudden action. Senya and Mimosa just watch us, however, I feel like she is doing it for a completely different reason.

“What’s…wrong?”

“I met her.”

“Her?”

“Un…her. The person you’ve lost from your life.”

“…Topaz…”

“She said you are so handful…”

“Geez…”

“And told me to protect you, and in return, you will protect me.”

“That goes without saying. But…I want to ask you…how?”

She separated from me and looks at me in the eyes again.

“I am…hmm…still a devil but with a blessing. Something like that…”

“That’s really confusing!”

I noticed that Teacher Rose is staring at us for a while now. She also takes a quick glance at Senya and the others.

“Umm…I would really like to be filled in. It is what Priscilla told me to do…”

“Ah, yes. You are one of the summoned heroes, right? We didn’t get a chance to meet at the fixed meeting point.”

“Yes…and you must be Miss Senya and her assistant, Miss Mimosa.”

“That’s right. This dragon…”

“He is Mito, also a summoned hero.”

Teacher Rose scratches the back of her head as our eyes got glued at Mito.

“Hey, you’re being rude! Why not transform back to your human form?”

She reprimand, however, Mito seems like he wasn’t listening at all.

From afar, Ichirou’s figure appears with a smile on his face.

“Everyone, are you alright?!”

GROWL!!

Mito suddenly made a huge roar that shook the earth and started rushing at Ichirou with bloodshot eyes.

“Wait..?! Mito!?”

Mito runs toward Ichirou while rampaging his feet on the ground.

However, little by little, he undid his elder dragon form. Smoke rises from his body and the body of the red dragon slowly sheds into a steam.

After a few more second, the figure of a man with punk red hair came to view while wearing his formal attire, a uniform, albeit donned with some armor.

“ICHIROU!!”

“Mito?!”

Mito runs towards him with his fist balled up.

He put his strength behind it and with all of his rage rising up, he threw a punch on Ichirou’s face.

BAM!

However, it was clearly visible who got hurt and it is not Ichirou. He just took the punch in the face while Mito screams in anguish as pain invades his fist.

“Mito…sorry…”

“Sorry, my ass! You were alive!! Why didn’t you tell us a single shit about it!?”

“Sorry…”

“And I heard right?! Kouta is dead and Shun is the one who killed him?! What the fuck is happening to our group?!”

“There are lots of things…happening…”

“And we are kept in the dark in all of this happening that you are saying?! Shit man! I don’t even know at this point if I am going to be glad that you are alive!”

My Divine Possession dispels as Hasu materializes his self. However, he didn’t show up as Hasu but as Shouta Murayama.

Teacher Rose who saw this become loss at word and Mito who notices the bright light turn his head here.

“Fool, there is no such thing as our group to begin with. Mito, you are just barking at the wrong tree…”

“Shouta…Shouta…! You…! Fool?! Me?! There is no such thing as the group, the bonds, and the friendship that we have formed?!”

“I am going to tell you this…in this battle…you are useless.”

Shouta honestly said to Mito whose face is now distorted with anger.