[Cold Darkness]
The school entered winter vacation.
Due to the postponement of school tournament, this year’s winter vacation is somewhat short.
That said, the winter vacation of this school is quite long compared to other schools.
It’s a little less than a month. And when school starts and we take classes for about two months, we’ll immediately enter spring break.
“Ha~, this kind of program again.” said Roll, and she changed the channel. Variety program is shown on the screen that has been switched.
The previous channel was a news program that studied the death of Midou Ryuusui.
It’s a big lie program that critics about Anonymous’s purpose and SDF’s future response, and about SDF’s higher-ups talks to reassure the citizens.
After that, I didn’t get any contact from Tsurugi.
There’s just an email from Rin saying “Let’s go meet Tsurugi”
This email came this morning. I haven’t replied yet.
Even though she invites me to meet Tsurugi, I wonder what should I do there.
What kind of face should I make if I meet with Tsurugi?
What on earth should I say?
It’s no exaggeration to say that his father died because of me.
“Shion, in the end, what would you do?”
I groan at being asked so by Roll.
I tilted the knife I had polished for no reason, and aim it at the light of the room.
“I wonder what should I doー”
In the first place, Tsurugi is an enemy. Until now, Boss had left him alone, but now that Tsurugi had even made a declaration to defeat Anonymous, I think he wouldn’t left him alone.
I wonder if it’s okay to meet such an enemy as I pleased.
When I was thinking about such a thing, my phone vibrated. The private one.
It was an incoming call from the Tsurugi.
My eyes met with Roll’s for a moment and then I picked up the call.
“Hello.”
“Hello, Kazato?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“Want to go out to eat now?”
ーーー
I decided to go out to have a meal with Tsurugi.
The time is 1:00 pm. To be honest, I had already had lunch, but since I want to have a talk with Tsurugi, I accept his invitation.
The meeting place is about 10 minutes walks away from my house.
I am cycling to that location.
When I arrived at the appointed cafe, Tsurugi was already seated.
When Tsurugi saw me entering the store, he waved his hand to notify me where he was.
“Long time no see.”
“That sure is right.” I said, and sat down across Tsurugi.
“First of all, let’s make our order.” said Tsurugi, so we each asked the employee for the usual menu.
Then we were silent until the drinks we ordered were brought to the table.
“I’m sorry about before. I unreasonably brought up the talks about the ability development without thinking about Kazato’s feelings.”
After taking a sip of the drink and taking a deep breath, he said so.
“Ahh, it’s fine… Rather than that, are you okay?”
I ask timidly. It’s not a good thing to ask.
However, to connect the conversation, and to direct Kamiya Kazato, I asked.
“Ahh, I’m fine. I’m sad, but it’s common to be killed in action in the SDF. It’s just, it was my dad this time.”
“…I see.”
Tsurugi seem to be the same as usual.
However, I’ve seen Tsurugi of that day. The Tsurugi whose heart burns with hatred, and shows his emotion that was filled with murderous intent.
Therefore, I was aware of Tsurugi’s real feelings.
There is no change. He’s still filled with hatred.
And I think that’s is something that can’t be helped.
“Well, I have something to tell you.” said Tsurugi.
“What?”
“I will quit school.”
“Eh?”
“With the dead of my dad, I was thinking of working in the SDF in earnest.
I want to continue my dad’s will. As part of the Self-Defense Force, I want to help many people.”
Revenge, huh.
Certainly, it may not make much sense for Tsurugi to go to school.
He already has a status as a lieutenant general of the SDF.
“I felt bad to Kazato, but I’ll quit after the winter vacation.”
“What about Rin and Ohashi?”
“I haven’t had a talk with the two of them. They might say ‘let’s quit together’, but I want them to continue to school.”
“I see.”
“Sorry.”
“Well, I can’t stop you, and if Tsurugi has decided so.”
“Ahh. But it’s not a separation. I won’t be able to play much, though.”
“I know that much.”
When I laughed and said so, the conversation stopped there.
After a while, the menu we ordered for is brought to the table.
I’m not hungry, but since Tsurugi seems to want to eat a lot, so I ordered for a reasonable amount.
“Let’s eat.”
When I said that, Tsurugi hung his head for some reason.
When I thought it was weird and tried to peek at his face, Tsurugi put his hand on the table and said,
“It was lie.”
“Eh? What?”
“It was a lie…”
*drip* something fell down the cheeks of Tsurugi. It was tear.
“…”
“I said I want to help people, it was a lie. Actually.”
“Un.”
“I want revenge. I can’t forgive them. Anonymous who killed my dad, those evils…!”
“…”
“I want to help people. Certainly, I have that feeling. That’s not a lie, but, more than that, I want to get revenge. I want to quit school is also because I want revenge.
I didn’t think I would feel like this just because my parent was killed. I can’t help but hate those guys who killed my dad.
I won’t be satisfied until I killed them…!”
“Tsurugi…”
“…Sorry, Kazato.”
“Ahh.”
At that time, for some reason, I become certain.
――I’m sure that one day, we’ll definitely face against each other.
As evil and justice.
ーーー
When I was thinking about how to spend the winter vacation, the answer came out naturally.
Training. For about a month, I can undergo hell-like training. At any rate, I wanted to be strong.
“Do you want to train again?”
“Yes.”
I was standing in front of Tameiki-san.
This place is the dining hall. It’s actually the place where Tameiki-san and I first met.
“What about Roll?”
“I’ve talked to her.”
About how I wanted to be strong. It was nice to train with Roll, but I wanted to be seen as a strong person after all.
It does not mean that Roll is weak. What I meant is that Tameiki-san is stronger than Roll.
Roll seems to have misunderstood.
She thought that I was hurt because of the deaths of Kuroinu-san and Hyakunetsu-san.
Wrong.
It’s just, when I saw the previous battle, I thought I wouldn’t be able to survive as I am now.
I don’t want to die like Hyakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san.
I also think that I’m the worst.
But I wanted to be strong just to survive.
That’s why I’m trying to rely on Tameiki-san again.
Actively this time.
“I want to oversee you, but I can’t.”
“Eh?”
“The situation has changed. From now on, I will be busy.
As I said before, you are too impatient.”
“…”
I hang my head down. Am I too impatient?
In this world, you will die unless you get stronger early.
It’s not like someone will definitely protect you.
“…No, I came up with a good idea.”
“…?”
When I raised my face, Tameiki-san’s fist came suddenly.
I reflexively dodge it. However, perhaps she read my dodging destination, Tameiki-san’s side kick hit my flank.
“Gufu…!”
Direct hit, this time I was hit in the abdomen.
My view fluctuates.
And I felt severe pain.
I sense a pressure in my internal organs.
Before I kneeled there, Tameiki-san launched another hit on my abdomen.
“Go look for Yoiyami. He’s my master.”
Finally, I heard such words from Tameiki-san, and my consciousness was cut off.
[Cold Darkness]
The school entered winter vacation.
Due to the postponement of school tournament, this year’s winter vacation is somewhat short.
That said, the winter vacation of this school is quite long compared to other schools.
It’s a little less than a month. And when school starts and we take classes for about two months, we’ll immediately enter spring break.
“Ha~, this kind of program again.” said Roll, and she changed the channel. Variety program is shown on the screen that has been switched.
The previous channel was a news program that studied the death of Midou Ryuusui.
It’s a big lie program that critics about Anonymous’s purpose and SDF’s future response, and about SDF’s higher-ups talks to reassure the citizens.
After that, I didn’t get any contact from Tsurugi.
There’s just an email from Rin saying “Let’s go meet Tsurugi”
This email came this morning. I haven’t replied yet.
Even though she invites me to meet Tsurugi, I wonder what should I do there.
What kind of face should I make if I meet with Tsurugi?
What on earth should I say?
It’s no exaggeration to say that his father died because of me.
“Shion, in the end, what would you do?”
I groan at being asked so by Roll.
I tilted the knife I had polished for no reason, and aim it at the light of the room.
“I wonder what should I doー”
In the first place, Tsurugi is an enemy. Until now, Boss had left him alone, but now that Tsurugi had even made a declaration to defeat Anonymous, I think he wouldn’t left him alone.
I wonder if it’s okay to meet such an enemy as I pleased.
When I was thinking about such a thing, my phone vibrated. The private one.
It was an incoming call from the Tsurugi.
My eyes met with Roll’s for a moment and then I picked up the call.
“Hello.”
“Hello, Kazato?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“Want to go out to eat now?”
ーーー
I decided to go out to have a meal with Tsurugi.
The time is 1:00 pm. To be honest, I had already had lunch, but since I want to have a talk with Tsurugi, I accept his invitation.
The meeting place is about 10 minutes walks away from my house.
I am cycling to that location.
When I arrived at the appointed cafe, Tsurugi was already seated.
When Tsurugi saw me entering the store, he waved his hand to notify me where he was.
“Long time no see.”
“That sure is right.” I said, and sat down across Tsurugi.
“First of all, let’s make our order.” said Tsurugi, so we each asked the employee for the usual menu.
Then we were silent until the drinks we ordered were brought to the table.
“I’m sorry about before. I unreasonably brought up the talks about the ability development without thinking about Kazato’s feelings.”
After taking a sip of the drink and taking a deep breath, he said so.
“Ahh, it’s fine… Rather than that, are you okay?”
I ask timidly. It’s not a good thing to ask.
However, to connect the conversation, and to direct Kamiya Kazato, I asked.
“Ahh, I’m fine. I’m sad, but it’s common to be killed in action in the SDF. It’s just, it was my dad this time.”
“…I see.”
Tsurugi seem to be the same as usual.
However, I’ve seen Tsurugi of that day. The Tsurugi whose heart burns with hatred, and shows his emotion that was filled with murderous intent.
Therefore, I was aware of Tsurugi’s real feelings.
There is no change. He’s still filled with hatred.
And I think that’s is something that can’t be helped.
“Well, I have something to tell you.” said Tsurugi.
“What?”
“I will quit school.”
“Eh?”
“With the dead of my dad, I was thinking of working in the SDF in earnest.
I want to continue my dad’s will. As part of the Self-Defense Force, I want to help many people.”
Revenge, huh.
Certainly, it may not make much sense for Tsurugi to go to school.
He already has a status as a lieutenant general of the SDF.
“I felt bad to Kazato, but I’ll quit after the winter vacation.”
“What about Rin and Ohashi?”
“I haven’t had a talk with the two of them. They might say ‘let’s quit together’, but I want them to continue to school.”
“I see.”
“Sorry.”
“Well, I can’t stop you, and if Tsurugi has decided so.”
“Ahh. But it’s not a separation. I won’t be able to play much, though.”
“I know that much.”
When I laughed and said so, the conversation stopped there.
After a while, the menu we ordered for is brought to the table.
I’m not hungry, but since Tsurugi seems to want to eat a lot, so I ordered for a reasonable amount.
“Let’s eat.”
When I said that, Tsurugi hung his head for some reason.
When I thought it was weird and tried to peek at his face, Tsurugi put his hand on the table and said,
“It was lie.”
“Eh? What?”
“It was a lie…”
*drip* something fell down the cheeks of Tsurugi. It was tear.
“…”
“I said I want to help people, it was a lie. Actually.”
“Un.”
“I want revenge. I can’t forgive them. Anonymous who killed my dad, those evils…!”
“…”
“I want to help people. Certainly, I have that feeling. That’s not a lie, but, more than that, I want to get revenge. I want to quit school is also because I want revenge.
I didn’t think I would feel like this just because my parent was killed. I can’t help but hate those guys who killed my dad.
I won’t be satisfied until I killed them…!”
“Tsurugi…”
“…Sorry, Kazato.”
“Ahh.”
At that time, for some reason, I become certain.
――I’m sure that one day, we’ll definitely face against each other.
As evil and justice.
ーーー
When I was thinking about how to spend the winter vacation, the answer came out naturally.
Training. For about a month, I can undergo hell-like training. At any rate, I wanted to be strong.
“Do you want to train again?”
“Yes.”
I was standing in front of Tameiki-san.
This place is the dining hall. It’s actually the place where Tameiki-san and I first met.
“What about Roll?”
“I’ve talked to her.”
About how I wanted to be strong. It was nice to train with Roll, but I wanted to be seen as a strong person after all.
It does not mean that Roll is weak. What I meant is that Tameiki-san is stronger than Roll.
Roll seems to have misunderstood.
She thought that I was hurt because of the deaths of Kuroinu-san and Hyakunetsu-san.
Wrong.
It’s just, when I saw the previous battle, I thought I wouldn’t be able to survive as I am now.
I don’t want to die like Hyakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san.
I also think that I’m the worst.
But I wanted to be strong just to survive.
That’s why I’m trying to rely on Tameiki-san again.
Actively this time.
“I want to oversee you, but I can’t.”
“Eh?”
“The situation has changed. From now on, I will be busy.
As I said before, you are too impatient.”
“…”
I hang my head down. Am I too impatient?
In this world, you will die unless you get stronger early.
It’s not like someone will definitely protect you.
“…No, I came up with a good idea.”
“…?”
When I raised my face, Tameiki-san’s fist came suddenly.
I reflexively dodge it. However, perhaps she read my dodging destination, Tameiki-san’s side kick hit my flank.
“Gufu…!”
Direct hit, this time I was hit in the abdomen.
My view fluctuates.
And I felt severe pain.
I sense a pressure in my internal organs.
Before I kneeled there, Tameiki-san launched another hit on my abdomen.
“Go look for Yoiyami. He’s my master.”
Finally, I heard such words from Tameiki-san, and my consciousness was cut off.
