That’s why, it was over if you die. It was the same even for the holders of cheat given by the goddess.
That night, she had been so scared she was unable to sleep. Feeling lonely, there were times she had been unable to sleep before as well but that was the first time she had been unable to sleep due to the fear of death.
That’s why, she talked to Renji that night. Renji had steeled himself from the very day he had come to this world. He had always been nervous. He understood better than anyone else that death was always by their side. That’s why he was the first to move when Aya was in danger.
When she had thanked him for it, she remembers that he had smiled happily at that.
That smile was dazzling, and happy that it was pointed at her, she started talking to Renji more after that. She took advice from him. About magic, about human relations, about herself.
Aya felt that it was due to Renji’s personality that you could talk about everything to him. You call that he was simply easy to talk to but Renji would always look at Aya when talking. He would think about her when talking and would worry for her as well.
That, somehow gave the same sense of security that Souichi’s parents gave to her.
Fuyou Aya doesn’t have a father. At first, she might have expected paternal feelings from Renji.