Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 112: The Feelings of Miharu and the Others

After Rio's three, Satsuki and Lilyana went to the audience room, the four remaining people in the room where Takahisa lived could finally calm down.

Sendou Takahisa, the hero, Sendou Aki, his half-brother, and Sendou Masato, his younger brother, and then Ayase Miharu, a friend of the three.

Even though the four of them were always together as if it were natural on earth, they talked about many things happily because they could meet under the same room like this.

They were reunited.

Although separated for a while, they can survive and stay healthy in harsh conditions and then reunite like this.

As if it was destined.

Takahisa could only feel a baseless sense of gratitude when he thought so.

「And like that, the three of us stayed together with Haruto-san for these three months」

Aki who became the main narrator told about what happened to them during these few months.

The things he said about Takahisa were really just trivial matters.

They had already been told in advance by Rio about things that they absolutely could not talk about with third parties, things that should not be told if possible, and things that could be told.

In order not to make any contradictions in their story, they decided to match their story with Aki's.

Takahisa showed a helpless expression for a moment after he heard the digest version of their story.

He was frustrated because he could not protect Miharu and the others with his own hands.

“Why is the one who saved Miharu and the others Haruto and not me. ”

「I'm happy then. Everyone escaped the fate of being a slave ....

First of all, Takahisa has a strong aversion to slavery.

Why they treat people's lives like property.

Such savage and uncivilized system was completely contrary to the justice held by Takahisa.

Even though he knew that it was something required by the level of civilization of this world, he still could not give her approval.

He felt shivering on his back just by imagining the three in front of him serving others as slaves.

Especially what kind of things Aki and Miharu would go through as women.

Although he might be a little biased about it, they might be the toys of nobles distorted by their own desires.

Takahisa turned pale in an instant as he imagined that.

「……」

Just thinking about it made him feel extremely nauseous.

His body became cold but at the same time hot.

I don't know why his body shivered.

Takahisa's grinding his own lips to suppress that feeling.

「Are you okay, Oniichan?」

Aki anxiously asked Takahisa who showed such a bad complexion.

「Y-Yes ……………. 」

Takahisa nodded with a pale face.

Although he could somehow stop some things by nodding with a smile, it was impossible to hide them.

「Are you okay, Takahisa-kun?」

「Yes, your face is pale you know?」

Section 2

Even Miharu and Masato were worried about Takahisa.

「I'm fine, you see」

Takahisa was somehow bluffing about his condition with a narrow smile.

Frankly, it has no persuasive power.

「From that, I'm really grateful Haruto-san is here」

It was Takahisa's true feeling.

But, just by saying those words――

"Why does my chest also feel this kind of suffocating feeling？"

"Why do I think that I'm a useless person？"

It is envy and self-loathing.

He was upset about the fact that he could not save Miharu and the others by himself and the fact that Rio was the one who saved them. She hated him cowardly and was jealous of Rio.

But, Takahisa was unaware of that feeling.

Because on the other hand, he also felt grateful to Rio for saving Miharu and the others.

「Uhn, Haruto-san. He is sometimes a bit scary but, definitely a kind-hearted person 」

「Yes, the cooking is good too. He's an amazing man whose gastronomy is on par with Miharu-neechan's！ 」

Aki and Masato praised Rio.

「A-I'm still less skilled than he you see. Haruto-san is amazing？ Although his hands were very large, his fingers were agile, he also had a lot of knowledge and experience …………………. 」

Miharu's white cheeks slowly blushed like ripe peaches due to Masato's praise.

Maybe because she knew how much she missed Rio in the current conversation.

Only with that could he not regard Rio as a despicable person.

But, she was already unwilling to hear them talk about how they were on good terms with Rio.

He had no composure to hear more about it.

The fact that Rio was together with them, not himself, Takahisa didn't want to hear or he didn't want to believe how much they happily spent time with Rio.

He doesn't have the confidence to do it.

He felt as if Miharu and the others changed so much compared to the time they were on Earth.

However, he felt himself not changing much compared to when he was on Earth.

He felt as if he had been completely abandoned by them.

Even now he wanted to just disappear somewhere because of his constant unease.

It made her want to rely on Lilyana.

But, uh,

（I can't！ I swear. No, I have to change. Everyone is no longer separated. I will be the one to protect everyone!）

Takahisa mustered all his courage to make a new determination.

The future he thought was gone slowly returned to him.

He really did not want to experience that feeling for the second time.

「Alright, from now on but ……………. 」

Takahisa said that while looking at them.

After that, Miharu and the other eyes became a little gloomy but, Takahisa failed to notice that and kept going.

Section 3

「You may want to discuss this later but, everyone …………. . Will you come with me？ I want the four of us to stay together now. I will protect everyone. I'll definitely protect you all 」

Takahisa said it with a pleading tone.

A few seconds of silence fell into the room.

"Can you?"

After asking that, Takahisa looked at Aki while hugging her side tightly.

「Ah, uhhm …………. You saw"

Aki was confused and could not answer properly.

His eyes were filled with anxiety.

"What's wrong?"

Takahisa anxiously asked Aki who stumbled with his words.

Maybe because Aki's serious expression turned into doubt,

「I can finally meet after a long time, as expected, I want to be with oniichan. ……………. But, is that okay？ I feel indebted to Haruto-san, and by parting like this ………………. . 」

He replied timidly.

She wants to be with Takahisa, her older brother.

That was his true feeling without any falsehood.

Aki decided that herself based on the story told by Satsuki and Rio.

But, he could not feel satisfied at the same time.

After living with Rio for a few months, it has now also become something that feels natural to Aki.

He really can't force himself to just say 「Alright, goodbye」 just like that.

Moreover, they fully received help from Rio.

Maybe for leaving Rio's place just because it felt a little ungrateful to him.

Even Aki started to feel that.

「EH? Ah, no, that's …………………. . 」

Takahisa was puzzled for words for an unexpected reply.

He believed that Aki and the others would come under him unconditionally.

He did not even imagine anything about them doing something like hesitating to follow him.

（Perhaps how big its existence is for Aki and others ……………. . ）

Takahisa tightly clasped his fist as if wanting to divert the difficult feeling to describe the seething feeling within him.

Although they were separated by no less than three months, that time felt like forever to them.

It seemed like there was an invisible wall that made him completely unable to barge in.

「Naturally ............ I thought of giving my gratitude to Haruto-san. If you really want to do it, you can even bring it can

Section 4

Takahisa said those words as if feeling embarrassed.

It was not that he also did not understand the meaning of Aki's words.

Because she felt like saying thank you to Rio in the form of something without needing to say it.

「Yes. I think it's okay if we can go with Haruto-san but …………………. . 」

Aki spoke ambiguously.

"Why?"

Although she could not understand the reason, Aki instinctively avoided the figure of Rio among the four people present in this place.

Maybe that's why.

He really could not bring the image of Rio along with them.

「I understand ......... So ………. . What about you two？ 」

Takahisa asked Miharu and Masato who was sitting in front of him.

「Yup, I also don't want to be separated from Haruto-anchan. As Aki-neechan said, And I am also still in the middle of learning swordsmanship 」

Masato replied awkwardly.

Takahisa's eyes were wide open in astonishment.

「S-Science Dexterity?」

That doesn't make any sense.

Masato is a child who is not yet 12 years old.

Takahisa showed a puzzled face as he thought so.

When one said swordsmanship, it was basically a skill after battle with the face to use it to kill someone.

He knew that very well since he himself was studying swordsmanship in the castle.

Such young Masato also learned about fighting skills.

「Yes, this is for self-defense. He even bought a real sword for me. I can't take it with me now because I gave it to the prisoner before entering the castle 」

「Na ~~ .......」.

Takahisa was stunned at Masato who replied indifferently.

Masato is still an elementary school student if measured by Earth standards.

He can't even make moral decisions like an adult.

However, teaching swordsmanship to him by using the original sword—

It was very contrary to Takahisa's ethics as someone who was raised peacefully as a Japanese.

「You can't hold a real sword. You are still a child, Masato 」

Takahisa harshly reprimanded her as his sister.

Because he would really protect Masato.

There was no need for him to do something like fighting.

"What are you talking about . So that means I can learn swordsmanship if I am an adult？ There are demon-like creatures all over the world that you know 」

「You do not need to go to such a dangerous place by yourself!」

「Ha ~ h？ This was the kind of world where a large number of demons went as far as entering the city. It will not be enough unless I can at least protect my own safety 」

「I've said that I will be the one protecting- ………. . Wait a minute . The devil rushed into the city？ Don't tell me, everyone was attacked too？ 」

Section 5

Takahisa's asking as if scolding Masato out of shock from his words.

His important younger brother was doing something like fighting with his life on the phone in an unfamiliar place, there was no way he could ignore such a situation.

「………. . We only protected 」

Masato pouted and replied in an irritated tone.

Rio had told them not to tell anyone about Aisia, Celia and the stone house.

Therefore, he had no choice but to be careful with his words.

「That's natural! This place is not a game world！ It was a skill for killing humans. When brandishing your sword in battle is when you will kill someone 」

「I know that！ Haruto-anchan taught me too. He never let me go into actual combat because it was too early for me. But, I hate it if I'm just protected！ 」

「………………. . You might kill someone you know！ 」

"I know that!"

A dangerous atmosphere began to form between the two of them as they delivered the verbal war.

Takahisa is startled by his brother's unreasonable way of thinking and, Masato continues to oppose his brother's oppression.

Takahisa just wants to protect his younger brother, Masato hates the fact that he is only on the protected side, it is like a quarrel between siblings.

A form of anxiety slowly formed within Takahisa.

「As expected, you should come with me. Are you going to live a dangerous life? . You can feel comfortable in the castle 」

Takahisa said those words came from his sense of responsibility as their guardian.

「Ha ~ h？ Not likely. I've already said that I'm still in the middle of swordsmanship training 」

Masato immediately refused.

「You can learn about that in the castle too. You can learn well from knight 」

"NO . Haruto-anchan is better 」

The two stared at each other without any side willing to give up.

「H-Hey. Please stop！ You two 」

"Of course . We finally reunited after a long time 」

Aki and Miharu are trying to mediate the quarrel of these two siblings.

「That's because Aniki is too unreasonable」

Masato suddenly said that while turning his face away.

「…………. . That's not something you should say after getting to this far right？ 」

Takahisa sighed as he said that to drive out his anger.

「Of course ............. Originally, I also hated to see Masato studying swordsmanship and I don't want to see it that way even now, but, …………. 」

Section 6

Aki spoke ambiguously.

To be honest, Aki could not make herself see Masato learning swordsmanship.

Because even though that person is usually kind and gentle, Rio was scary when teaching swordsmanship.

But, recently he understood the reason why Rio was so strict in training Masato.

When he saw the swarm of demons that had come so close to the stone house in those days, it was inevitable that something like morals and reason was blown away in front of such a scene.

Above all, Aki understood very well that learning swordsmanship was Masato's own wish.

For this reason, buds, the feeling of wanting to respect Masato's determination when his older sister was born inside Aki.

But on the other hand, it didn't mean that he couldn't understand Takahisa either.

He was in an emergency choosing which resolve he should respect.

Aki could not give a direct answer.

「………………. Don't tell me you guys also learned swordsmanship？ 」

Takahisa asked Miharu and Aki with a stiff expression.

"No . Uhm ………. . The thing we learned was just a simple martial art with a stick 」

Aki shook her head in denial with "Uhuhn".

"I saw……"

Takahisa's showing a slightly relieved expression.

It seemed like he did not feel much resistance if it was only at the level of a stick.

Whether it was an edged tool or not, or whether it was an assumption of killing people with further investigation in mind, that might be a great dividing line within Takahisa.

「By the way, I hope everyone will come with me. Because I will cooperate with Lilyana to protect everyone 」

Takahisa said those words again with strong determination inside.

He wanted to spend his time with them, laughing like when they were on Earth.

She also wanted to introduce Lilyana to Miharu and the others.

If it was him, he would get along well with everyone.

No one will be a hindrance.

No one will make it difficult for them.

He will return to Saint Stellar kingdom with everyone.

Takahisa hopes as if he misses her—

「Sorry. I will not go with Takahisa-kun 」

Miharu said that with a stern expression but she also sounded sad like saying such a sentence that would make a clear cut to that longing.

Takahisa's head turned pure white after hearing the obvious rejection from the girl he had always loved.

「K-Why …………………. ？ 」

Takahisa said those words with a haggard voice.

Why–

Aren't the four of them always together back on Earth.

And he hopes it will happen in their future as well.

Get back their time and their world, a future that should have been lost, little by little.

But why did this happen？

Section 7

"I'm sorry . I'll stay at Haruto-san's place 」

Miharu replied with a bitter voice.

The answer is destroying Takahisa's dream.

Is this Miharu's choice.

Even more important than the childhood friend with whom he spent many years until now.

For someone with whom he spent no less than three months with—

「E-Everyone finally reunited know know」

Takahisa said those words with a voice that was almost like crying.

「I want to be with everyone also」

「Then, with everyone――」

「Is Satsuki-san included in“ Everyone ” that Takahisa-kun just said？ Is Haruto-san included in it?」

「...... Eh?」

Takahisa's showing a confused expression at Miharu's words.

「................... Currently we are not together with everyone you know. You have to understand what I mean right？ 」

Miharu's twisting her words in an elegant way.

Takahisa belongs to Saint Stellar kingdom, Satsuki belongs to Galwark kingdom, there is Rio who lives alone――

Following someone means they have to say goodbye to others.

They will hurt someone by their choice.

Even so, they still had to make a choice.

After thinking carefully now, Miharu had already found the answer.

He had always worried himself about this matter ever since he heard Satsuki's whereabouts from Rio.

And then, he felt that he had to give his own answer when the time came.

「S-Things like that shouldn't happen」

Takahisa said that reflexively.

Afterwards, Miharu showed a sad smile for some reason.

「Things like that have happened. It was really hard to meet Satsuki-san and Takahisa-kun this way you know？ 」

「A-What ........................ Very difficult about it?」

「Everything thanks to Haruto-san. Thanks to him we can meet again like this. We became a burden for Haruto-san because we basically could not do anything 」

「I know about it. That's why I'm really grateful for her, let alone more ――

「Thank you this is myself」

Miharu's words cut through Takahisa's sentence.

「I couldn't let anyone else say thank you after bothering Haruto-san until now. Of course it's a different story if Haruto-san also doesn't mind being with me from now on but ……………. 」

Section 8

Takahisa's speechless.

He wanted to keep Miharu by his side but, he was unable to find the words to stop her at the moment.

Despite being a little shaky, Miharu currently had a stern expression.

This was the first time Takahisa had seen her react in this way.

「It ………. . Do my own feelings 」

Miharu said those words with a somewhat stiff voice while a temporary smile appeared on her face.

He felt a strong resolution from the woman's voice.

「But you know, there is no need for Masato-kun and Aki-chan to go as far as following me ………. 」

Aki and Masato gulped in silence as they looked at the smile shown by Miharu.

「........

Aki called out Miharu's name with an expression as if she was about to cry.

「We are all siblings. If we can be together, I think we should be together. Of course it's not on me to decide that but ……………. . 」

Miharu said that to them with an annoyed expression as she can appropriately convey her feelings.

「I gave my answer after thinking about it well but, I want you to stop making us give our answer quickly because I need to prepare myself. At least, not when Takahisa-kun and Masato-kun were having a fight. …… Right？ 」

Miharu said those words to the three Sendou siblings as if calming them down.

Masato showed an awkward expression probably due to the impact of his suddenly burning self.

「If Miharu-neechan says it …………. Well, I'll consider it 」

Masato replied bluntly.

「Takahisa-kun too. You can't scold Masato without understanding him, you know？ 」

「I …………………. I know that but ………………………. 」

“It shouldn't be like this. ”

"I want to be with you. ”

"It's no use unless you're there. ”

His chest became extremely noisy and he involuntarily shouted out his feelings.

「By the way, can't we stop this conversation for now？ It hurts to see us fight even though we are finally reunited after so long. Let's think slowly for today and talk about this again tomorrow. Doesn't it？ 」

It would not turn into a peaceful conversation with their current situation.

He felt that they should enjoy their feelings now.

Moreover, Miharu thought that she needed a little more time.

「U-Uhn. You're right！ Although everyone can finally meet again after a long time, we can't just fire dangerous air around. Right, Masato, Oniichan 」

Aki forced herself to be as bright as possible with the approval of Miharu's proposal.

Because Aki also felt that things would become dangerous at this rate.

Aki grasped Takahisa's hand, sitting by his side, with her hand.

Section 9

「Aki .........................」.

Takahisa's line of sight meets Aki.

Takahisa's eyes were like a baby that would cry at any moment.

Aki's chest stiffened looking at her brother like that.

"Chan Onii . I'll go with you………… . . Let's think of a way to be with everyone？ Doesn't it？ 」

Aki muttered those words in a voice that only she could hear.

"……Thank you . Thank you"

Because of Aki's words, a glimmer of hope could be seen shining inside Takahisa's disciple.

Yes yes .

Not that the outcome has been decided.

There must be some kind of method.

"Don't I just swear to do that".

"I'm not going to let anyone go anymore, and I'm going to protect them. ”

“However, I can't complain about something like this. ”

"Because it's just like Miharu said before, we can meet again. ”

“I still have time. ”

“No need force him to quickly give his answer. ”

“I've Aki and Lilyana, we will definitely be able to do some hunting. ”

“If I were a hero, I would definitely be able to do that. ”

"Surely–"