... A good person."
"A good person~."
"Umu, a good fellow."
Will showed a complex expression towards those the words said simultaneously. Although he was praised, it was an indescribably subtle evaluation for women to think of a man as "a good person."
"P-Please stop talking about me... I only wanted to ask you for a full explanation of your reasoning..."
"... Reasoning?"
With no more than a subtle expression while he scratched his cheeks, Will continued to talk. However, Hajime's eyebrows twitched in reaction to Will's words.
"That's right. About Aiko-dono, who was probably left with ill-feelings and about why the boy called Shimizu was killed... The reason for your actions."
"...Didn't I explain it already? He is an enemy..."
"That's the reason you "killed" him and not the reason why you "can't save" him, right? After all, he had already received a mortal wound at that time, and he would be dead in a few minutes if you just left him... There should be a reason as to why you purposely killed him, right?"
"... You unexpectedly observed the situation rather well."
What Will pointed out hit the bullseye. He was a classmate, so the impact when Hajime killed him while Aiko pleaded for help was too strong. Thus, the fact that it wasn't necessary for Hajime to kill him was well hidden. Will, who noticed that fact, could be said to carry the "eyes" of a noble. Hajime's tone carried admiration towards Will who wasn't deceived.
Even Shia, who had her face out the window to enjoy the wind said, "Now that you mentioned it, I also noticed that," and she turned to looked at Hajime, who was driving, with a knowing look. Hajime hesitated a little on how to answer the question, but Yue answered them before he could say anything.
"... Hajime is a tsundere."
"..."
"""Tsundere?"""
Maybe because Yue hit the nail on the head, Hajime kept a poker face and continued his silence. The other members could only parrot her.
"... Repaying Aiko? In other words, you were just worried about her?"
"... That's just a coincidence."
From how Hajime curtly answered and looked at the other way, it seemed like Yue's guess was right on the mark, so Shia and the others asked for an explanation.
Because Hajime didn't want to answer them, Yue answered in his stead. In short, he tried to avert Aiko's mind from feeling responsible for Shimizu's death.
Shimizu had said it before. The purpose of meeting the demonic race was to kill "Goddess of Good Harvest," Aiko. In other words, Shimizu was used to kill Aiko. Even the last attack went through Shimizu's body to kill Aiko.
Of course, Aiko wasn't responsible for Shimizu's death. Shimizu sold his soul to the demon race on his own will, which resulted in his death. Because it was the result of his own decision, Shimizu himself was responsible for it. Even if he wasn't responsible for it, it was the responsibility of the one from demon race who mortally wounded Shimizu.