I don’t have time to bother with you all!”
BAN! A big sound. When I looked, Koneko-chan punched one of the priests away. “……Please don’t touch me.”
Kiba also draw his darkness-sword. “Looks like I will have to go full throttle from the beginning. I hate Priests. If there are this many, then I won’t hold back to devour your light.”
Kiba's eyes become sharp and I can feel chills from him. The darkness is showing a very dense killing intent. This will be an all-out war. “Iyaaaaaa……”
At the same time, a large light comes out of Asia’s body. Raynare takes it to her hand. “This is it! This is the power that I craved for a long time! Sacred Gear! With this, I will be loved!”
With an expression of ecstasy, Raynare hugs on to the light. Then the bright light envelops the ritual room. When the light stops, there is a Fallen Angel emitting green coloured light from her body. “Ufufu. Ahahahahahaha! I finally have it! The supreme power! With this, I can become a supreme Fallen Angel! With this I can payback all those who were looking down on me!”
The Fallen Angel makes a big laugh. I didn’t pay attention to her and went straight to Asia. The priests are trying to stop me, but Kiba and Koneko-chan support me by blowing them away. Kiba’s sword devours the light of the priest’s sword, and Koneko-chan hit the priests who has lost their weapon with one mighty hit. The combination of these two is remarkable, and it’s obvious that it isn't the type of combination possible with a few days of practice. “Thanks, you two!”
Asia, who is attached to the cross. She looks lifeless. No, she should still be okay! I untied the things on her hands and legs, and hold her in my arms. “……I-Ise-san……”
“Asia, I came to take you back.”
“…………Yes.”
Her voice is very small when she replied, and it didn’t sound lively. Hey, hey! She should still be fine, right? She won’t……
“It’s futile.”
Raynare makes a smirk as if she is rejecting my thoughts once again. “Possessors whose Sacred Gear is taken away from their body will die. That girl is going to die.”
“—!Then give the Sacred Gear back!”
I shout at her, but she just laughs. “There’s no way that I will give it back. You know I even deceived my superiors to get my hands on this? I will kill all of you and erase all evidence.”
“……Shit. You are nowhere close to the Yuuma-chan that I remember.”
Hearing that, she starts to laugh out loudly. “Fufufu, it was pretty fun. The time I dated you.”
“……You were my first girlfriend.”
“Yes, watching it was very cute. It’s fun to play around with guys who have no experience with a woman.”
“……I was serious about taking care of you.”
“Ufufu, yes, you did take care of me. When I was in trouble you managed to take care of it right away and made sure I didn’t get hurt. But did you know that I did all of that on purpose? Because it was funny to see your face when you were in panic.”
“……I made sure I planned our first date carefully. To make sure it would become a great date.”
“Ahahaha! Yeah! It was an ordinary date! Thanks to that, I was very bored!”
“……Yuuma-chan.”
“Ufufu, I chose that name so I can kill you at Dawn. Wonderful, isn’t it? Right, Ise-kun?”
My rage past its limit. I then shout my anger at her:
“Raynareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! !”
“Ahahahahaha! I don’t want a rotten brat like you calling my name!”
Raynare makes a sneer. I have so much hatred within me that my gut is turning black. I don’t know anyone who is a bigger scum than her. She is truly the one who is fitting to be called adevil. “Hyoudou-kun! Our formation is at a disadvantage while we are protecting that girl! So go upstairs at once! We’ll make the path for you! Now, hurry!”
Kiba says it while taking down the priests. He’s right. There are still a great number of priests left, so there will be a limit to fighting this Fallen Angel here while protecting Asia. I glared at Raynare, and then left the place carrying Asia. “Koneko-chan, we will make an escape path for Hyoudou-kun!”
“……Affirmative.”
The two of them starts to take down the priests who are trying to get in my way. Thanks to their support, I’m able to get to the entrance of the ritual room right away. “Kiba! Koneko-chan!”
“You go ahead! We will handle here!”
“……Please go quickly.”
“But!”
“Just go!”
Damn! Kiba! Koneko-chan! Both of you are showing off too much! But now I will have to rely on them. My senior Devils. There’s no way they will die in a place like this! “Kiba! Koneko-chan! When I get back, call me “Ise”! Definitely! We are comrades!”
That’s what I said to them. It feels like the two of them smiled. I left the place and went straight to the passage at once. I went up the stairs holding Asia, and came out to the sanctuary. There’s something wrong with Asia. Her face is pale. I laid her down on one of the pews. “Just wait a bit! You will be free soon, Asia! You will be able to play with me from now on!”
Asia makes a small smile at my words. She then takes my hand. I can’t feel any strength or warmth from her hand. “……I was happy that……I had a friend……even for a short while……”
Asia is smiling even though she is in pain. “……If I were to be born again, will you become my friend once more……?”
“W-What are you saying!? Don’t say that! Let’s go somewhere to have fun! I will drag you even though you don’t want to! We will go to karaoke! Game centre! Let’s also go bowling! Also other places! Also to that place! And there!”
I can’t stop my tears from coming out. I’m supposed to be talking to her with a smile, but I can’t stop crying. I know it. I already know it. This girl is dying. She is going to die. Even so, I want to deny it. That this has to be a joke—
“We are friends! Always! Yeah, that’s right! I will introduce you to Motohama and Matsuda! They are a bit perverted, but both of them are good guys! They will definitely become your friends! Definitely! We will have fun together! We'll have fun until we can!”
“……If I was born in this country……and went to the same school as you……”
“Let’s go! Come to our school!”
Asia’s hand pats my cheek. “……You even cry for someone like me……now I can……”
Her hand that is patting my cheeks drops slowly. “……Thank you……”
Those were her last words. She passed away smiling. I lost my strength. I just stood there looking at her face. My tears won’t stop. Why? Why did this girl have to die? She was a good girl. She was a kind girl who would heal anyone injured. How come no one became her friend? How come I was never by her side? “Hey, God!? You are there right, God!? Devils and Angels exist, so you do exist as well, right, God!? You were watching, right!? You were watching all of this, right!? I shouted at the ceiling of the Church. I don’t know who will answer me. But I just wanted to scream towards the ceiling. “Please don’t take this girl away! Please! I beg you! She hasn’t done anything! She just wanted a friend! I will be her friend forever! So please! I want this girl to smile forever! Hey please! God!”
Even though I screamed towards Heaven, no one answers me.