32. I Couldn’t Even Cry
The setting sun was shining through the windows facing the main street.
Rio! Oi, Rio
I slowly raised my head facing the source of the voice.
How long had it been since Emyu-san left?
What I saw floating on my vision was Av's troubled expression.
His previously red eyes were still altered to blue, and both of them showed nothing but worries. He must had heard about what happened.
Oh, it's Av......
The moment I muttered those words, tears started flowing from my eyes.
I couldn't stop them. All of my tears and emotions gushed forth like water from a dam.
A-av, what do I do. Rey-sama... Tonic-san... Everyone is... I don't know but Emyu-san said— The demons ambushed them and— Are they really dead? What do I do now?
I started to break. Meanwhile, Av calmly approached me.
Rio... You... What are you? An idiot?
e— It hurtsll
Before I finished processing his last sentence, his beautiful fingers was already stretched out and flicked my forehead.
I was still crying, not from sadness, but from the sheer pain on my forehead.
What use of crying now? No matter how much you cried, none of them will come back
...but
Have you seen the place where they fought? Have you seen their corpse?
But it’s—
No? If you haven’t even seen their corpse, why are you giving up and cry?
That is...
What are you so afraid of anyway? If you want to know whether they are still alive, why not go there yourself? It’s still too early to mourn. If you really want to cry over them, do it after finding their corpses. At that time, I will comfort you too. But we hadn’t seen their corpses yet. It’s still too early for you to cry. As for now, you still haven’t done anything to prove them dead yet
I... I was...
I swallowed his words.
He was right. I hadn't confirmed their deaths yet.
I only heard what Emyu-san said and cried over it.
Av, I’m going to see Emyu-san again. I’ll ask her where they left Rey-sama and the others. After that, we’ll go there to check it ourself
I said while still wiping my tears away. Av held out his hand.
Now that's more like it
Thank you. Let's enter the castle using the teleportation magic square. Emyu- san said that they were locked in the magic pavilion, so it would be convenient for us as well. I think they should be in the white pavilion
It would be annoying if you get caught by the guards. Are you going to take the dogs? They would be good when doing some recon
You’re right. First, let’s go back home first
Everyone can mourn. Anyone could do it anytime and anywhere they wanted to.
But not yet. I shouldn't mourn them yet.
I had to confirm their deaths with my own eyes.
Rey-sama and Tonic-san weren’t that kind of sweet and gentle teachers that taught me to sit down and weep all by myself.
They would be angry if they saw me in my current state.
Why are you down there, Rio?J they would say, standing there waiting for me to stand up on my own.
They weren't here right now, the idea of them being angry encouraged me. Right now, someone else was offering his hand to help me stand up. So I’ll take his hand and walked on my own legs.
Let’s go tonight. It would be harder for the guards to find us if we infiltrate at night
Let’s grab some grub. We need some energy if we’re going to stay up all night. As you said, midnight is the best time to sneak around after all. We still had some time
Understood
We said our goodbye to Wanzardt-san on our way out.
Meanwhile, the first star had already appeared on the solemn orange sky.
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