Chapter 1.3
After school .
I was on the way to the second-year class by myself .
As expected, she’s not here……
『——I guess . 』
Both me and Balor look into the classroom, only to sigh out a disappointed voice .
This is the class belonged to Emily Van Brad before her body got took over by Osiris .
I notice some people peeking through from the classroom .
It piqued my interest, however since it’s too much trouble for its worth, I decided to leave the place quickly .
I suspected there is a possibility that Osiris is going to school but turn out it’s nothing more than a fool errand .
Well, I never really place my hope from the beginning .
I only drop by at this place by occasion .
This time, I bring my foot towards the third-year classroom .
“Leon . ”
After I found the person that I’m looking for, I called out for him .
Leon heard my voices and steered his face this way .
When he saw my face, he quickly took out his notepad .
Perhaps, he might be wondering “who” this person is .
“……Shinzen Raika!”
Leon raised his face after a while and waved his hand with a smile .
I entered the third-year classroom after heeding his permission .
Our exchange gathered the surrounding gaze .
“Leon . Do you mind?”
“Yeah . Sure . ”
Leon nods and stand up .
We avoided the stares and head to the roof .
The wind is blowing strongly on the rooftop after school .
I combed through my bang with my fingers, and then looked back at Leon who was following from behind .
“First, let me thank you for yesterday’s case . Thanks to Leon, I was able to save Maria . Thank you . ”
“Yesterday……?”
Leon’s limbs jolted, and he proceeds to open his notebook .
“……Yeah . Yesterday, both you and I were fighting together . ”
Retrograde Amnesia .
Leon’s cannot retain his memory for longer than a day .
Hence, he does not remember, the events that happened last night .
Even the word of gratitude that I said just now would’ve sound like congratulating someone else’s work .
I should’ve conveyed it to him yesterday……so, I regretted .
“Is that all?”
“No……as for the matter of chasing after Osiris, I’d like to have a meeting hereafter . ”
I switch my feelings and get into the main subject .
“Osiris……the adversary God!”
Leon nodded after looking into his notepad .
Our enemy is Osiris . Her ability is as what was reported during yesterday incident .
He became furious after hearing that the enemy is a God .
Perhaps, it was due to his deep hatred towards God that enable him to remember his memories from the Myth War ten years ago .
Honestly, I don’t know whether this is something that we should be happy about or an unfortunate thing .
The only problem is, just how far should I explain the summary for the mythical representative war?
Especially, regarding the power of God that he currently held .
To be honest, Leon personality is striking too close to home——as if a look alike——a coincidence so close it’s a miracle .
It is impossible to shorten the explanation regarding what happened .
In an event that I explained it too intricately, there is a possibility that he might get confused in turn .
Not only that, the divine spirit has been residing inside his body for 8 years now .
For his sake,
“The power that you hold right now originated from the abominable God . ”
Frankly speaking, will he be able to honestly accept the truth?
Sometimes, even I feel nauseated about it .
Knowing a God is residing inside my own body……instantly made me chest hurt, and I’m filled with the urge to let go of everything inside .
For that reason, I omitted the detailed explanation .
As for Leon, he misjudged his own power as the “power of justice” . I helped to clear his misunderstanding and tell him that we are the chosen person to wield the power of God .
In a way, I did lie to him, but I’m left with no choice . I had to obfuscate the information .
“……”
I blinked once and resumed thinking .
We have to make consensus as soon as possible regarding Leon and his future policy .
First, I’ve decided to start with confirmation of important matters .
“It seems like Leon always discover Osiris by intuition . Do you still able to right now?”
“Now?”
“Now . Just like yesterday, just a rough direction is sufficient . ”
“……”
Leon closes his eyes and tries to concentrate .
After a few moments .
“I’m sorry . Right now, I don’t know . ”
“……is that so . ”
I give a little thought .
“In order to know Osiris whereabouts, is there any requirement that need to be fulfilled?”
“Sorry . I don’t know about that either . ”
Leon answered dejectedly .
Right now, his abilities are our only clues left to search for Osiris .
Yet, due to the influence of his Retrograde Amnesia, he couldn’t remember the details of his own ability .
But, even without firm understanding, we can guess based on his past explanation .
I already heard about when he was using his power a little too often .
We can draw the information based on that and by combining the fragments, we might find out the method .
The fact that Leon intuition doesn’t work this time means that it is not an active skill . We should regard it as a trigger-activated skill which will only happen when the conditions are fulfilled .
『——triggering means, there must be a switch that will activate the skill . 』
Correct . The switch is most likely correlated to Osiris behaviors .
『——was it a skill that allows him to sense and find out the location, whenever Osiris took an action? 』
Correct .
Leon has encountered multiple scenes of Osiris murdering the students .
However, even though it should be difficult to find Osiris on this broad island, to think that he encountered the same scene so many times shouldn’t be a coincidence?
With that said, there must be something that’s required to be met first .
And that, will be the condition to trigger Leon’s ability .
Now, what is the “action” from Osiris that could act as the switch?
『——he~y, how long are you going to keep silent . Don’t you need to answer? 』
……yeah .
『——huh? Then let me know . 』
Most likely, Leon said when Osiris intended to kill the other students, he perceived her malicious intents, or her evil, and his ability is activated .
『——are you sure about that? 』
I can’t say it for sure, but the possibility is the highest .
This is an inference derived from the conditions and the situations and the probability is 9 out of 10 .
What Leon said last night .
When he was facing off against Osiris, he called her “the evil that I must purge” .
At that time, I thought it was a weird thing to say given the situation . There is a good possibility that it is a speech influenced by his ability that was activated unconsciously .
『——why is the condition to activate his ability is “when the person intended to kill”, instead of “the time the person killed”? 』
Yesterday, that time when I asked Leon regarding Osiris whereabouts, Maria was not killed yet .
Unless the ability is triggered “before” the deed, rescuing Maria would be impossible .
“Raika san?”
“Ah, my bad . I was lost in thought . ”
When Leon reached out to me, my train of thought stopped .
“For the time being, we’re relying on Leon’s intuition to search for Osiris . That’s why starting from now, let’s keep in touch and act together as much as possible . Is that okay?”
“Right . Let’s do that . ”
Leon accepted my proposal and jab it on his memo .
This operation warrants no hesitation .
Just like last night, I guess he will fight Osiris together with us .
“……”
I have a little suspicion on him being too obedient .
Suspicion, or to be more accurate, an uncomfortable feeling .
Why is he……
“Why did Leon want to kill Osiris that much?”
“Eh?”
“……Fuh”
Just when I’m trying to restraint my mouth from saying unnecessary thing, Leon caught what I said, and thus I’m unable to hide it any longer .
“Earlier, I heard that you were looking for a classmate who has disappeared . Were you familiar with that classmate?”
“Why are you asking such a thing?”
“Osiris is a kind of person who wouldn’t think twice before killing other human . Any ordinary people will never get involved directly with such a person . ”
It’s human nature to try to avoid getting dragged with bad situation unrelated to them as much as possible .
And for those who dare to fight against it must mean that they have good reason for it .
I, myself, have a strong reason .
Was he in the same boat?
He cannot accumulate new memories .
That means, he will always continue to have “first encounter” with any person that he met on this island .
Was he in good term with that said classmate?
Wrong .
It is impossible for Leon to become a close friend with other people .
A friendly relationship, this person cannot even retain the thing about himself .
He might be calling me his friend……but that’s too only for the sake of convenience .
So, where does his motives lies?
At first, he was looking for his classmate .
But that classmate is dead .
However, he continues looking for Osiris and keep on fighting with her again and again .
To destroy his foe?
Stopping the murders?
Objectively, there is no need for him to do so .
Then, was it for justice?
Or was it due to “the ability to become a hero of justices” that he got?
But it was when he first met Osiris that he realized his own power .
It is not as if his power was activated since the beginning .
But he still chooses to fight .
Personally, taking an action to look for his disappearing classmate .
Fighting against the murderer .
Cooperate with us to help recover back Maria .
Each and every one of those incidents are something that is unrelated to him .
Nevertheless, he keeps thrusting his neck forward each time he intervenes .
Why?
……
……
……
No, that’s wrong .
Why am I so curious about his motives?
As a matter of fact, his motive is not that important .
The important thing is that he is aperson of virtue, a human and is willing to cooperate with me .
There is no point taking a risk and spoiling his mood just for some mundane questions .
Then why did I run my mouth so……
“I……”
“!”
Leon who kept his mouth silent until now spoke, and I can sense that he is nervous .
His voice has sunken a little bit .
His facial expression too, the smile that he kept until now wavered .
Again, I have said something unnecessary .
However, he is not angry .
Just a little sad .
“Because I have problems with my head . If I don’t have people to help me, then I couldn’t survive . ”
And he was not wrong, so I thought .
The influence from his retrograde amnesia on his life is too great .
“But Leon, you rather, it appears to me as if you are actively trying to help people . Moreover, at the price of your life too . And it happens pretty often . Why……”
“Of course, it’s to get help from other people . ”
“……?”
When I tilt my head, Leon looks a bit troubled, and turn over his memo pad .
Then, he opened the first page and showed it to me .
What was written inside is a polite proverb .
“…Compassion for the sake of others…?”
I felt my stomach slightly churning .
Why was there a Japanese proverb in Leon’s memo pad, a person who are supposed to be from foreign country?
“My father was a Japanese . ”
“Is that so . ”
Knowing that Leon is a half, I am now convinced .
“This Japanese saying is something my father always said . ”
As he says so, Leon looks over the letters “Compassion for the sake of others” .
“When I woke up that morning, this memo pad, this diary is the first thing that I noticed and read in that room . At that time, there is a page that I always read . It’s the diary of the day my father dead . ”
“……”
I silently listen to Leon .
“My dad told me before he died——[Leon . From now on, you are going to live by the help of the others . That’s why, always thanks the other and smiles . And, in order to get help from the other, you must first become a person who can help people on your own . ]”
Leon has probably just recited the line that was written inside the diary .
It would have been his father’s will .
Compassion for the sake of others .
The proverb emphasizes on each the compassion that we have shown, the same compassion will go around and come back to us from the other .
It is a teaching that emphasizes on compassion for oneself and the other through self-interest and devotion at the same time .
It may be a word left by the father who thought about his son’s future, whose life is supported by the people around him .
“That’s why, I will always help when there is someone in trouble . Like a hero of justice . ”
“A hero of justice, huh?”
His father’s teaching, combined with his childlike idea, give birth to an answer which is “the hero of justice” .
I guess, that’s the force driving behind Leon’s “justice” .
『——Uhihihi . 』
What’s so funny, Balor .
『——well, I just had a thought about how that guy is in no way less distorted than you . Though, can’t say that I disliked that type . 』
……?
I raised my eyebrows in a frown after listening to the way he speaks .
How can Leon, who is trying to protect his father will, having a distorted thought?
Despite it being unpleasant, I’m all aware how it is Balor nature to try to get in others nerve .
I ignored the devil’s nonsense and discussed with Leon about our future plan .
Everyone will gather in my room at night . We are all in standby for Osiris attack .
In case someone detected Osiris presence during the day, I had made sure they will contact me first .
I finished talking about everything important after I gave them a detailed explanation on what actions they need to take in case anything happened .
“Then, see you tonight . ”
After our meeting is concluded, Leon tries to leave the rooftop .
“……Leon!”
I called and stopped him .
“Hm?”
He stops and looks back .
A smile is plastered on his face .
Always with a smile .
Just like how it’s according to his father’s will .
The cheerful expressions that made him look as if he’s trying to reassure himself .
Those who saw his smiles must have think how he is a good guy .
However, now that I knew his circumstances more in depth, the smile looked a bit hollow .
He cannot preserve his relationship with others .
A relationship is to say, an emotion .
You can record the facts about what happened between you and others .
However, whatever come across the mind at a time can only be saved in one’s mind .
In order to like or dislike others, it is necessary to accumulate those feeling in their hearts .
Leon is not capable of doing that .
So, he cannot think of someone as his favorite or someone he hates .
His smile, was it really directed to me?
“Fu……”
Thinking about that, I, a feeling of sadness envelops my mind naturally .
Why is it that, a good person will always lead this kind of live?
Knowing that the divine being is the reason why he was put in the situation makes my hatred gathered .
At the same time, I finally understand why I wanted to know his motive .
I, was disgusted .
I’m using his good wills, without diving deeply into his circumstances and motives .
Well, what should I do?
Leon’s cooperation is essential .
We cannot stop Osiris unless we borrow his free good will and take him directly to the point of death .
At the very least, I should make sure that he can return back alive……
“Raika-kun?”
Leon inclined his head to his side, looking at me who called and stopped him, then remained silent .
And I, somehow managed to squeeze out my voice .
“The day after tomorrow, on Sunday, I’m going swimming with everyone . Is Leon interested to go as well?”
So, I invited Leon .
Then, he was so happy that he was going to jump .
“Really!? Is that okay!?”
“Yeah . ”
“Wow……that makes me so happy . ”
Leon was genuinely happy, his cheeks reddened .
Even this emotion that he is feeling now, will be forgotten by tomorrow morning……
For the very least, I shall remember .
For his sake, too .
As his “friend” .
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