Suimei was already standing with his back turned to her.
But that wasn’t the way she wanted him to be. That black robed figure was standing to meet the threat of Rajas head on.
“Suimei?”
“Then I’ll do what I want. If Lefille thinks that, then all I need to do is make that evil creature surrender.”
Suimei’s words showed his belief in hope. His belief was so short sighted, my own voice became harsh.
“What are you talking about! You don’t even know Rajas’ full power! Rajas is fundamentally different from the mazokus you defeated so far!”
“He probably is. But if I give up here, I can’t save you, Lefille and I can’t reach what I chased after either.”
Was what he declared triumphantly to Rajas just before what he was chasing after?
“To save who cannot be saved? You idiot! People who will be miserable will exist in the world! Anywhere and anytime. There’s no exception!”
“Even then.”
“It’s all a fantasy! A fraud! A story that would come out in a child’s dream.”
“Even then.”
“What about ‘even then’? If you say some empty words like that, does it suddenly save us?”
“Even then.”
“..... That kind of thing, it’ll never be achieved. It’s impossible. Never….”
That was right. It will never happen. Somewhere in this world was a person going hungry. Somewhere in this world was a person collapsing from sadness. Somewhere in this world was a person dying with rage in their heart. And someone who could not be saved existed here.
There were no exceptions. Someone who could not be saved existed. Always.
He probably knew that, deep down inside. If he was someone with rational sense, if he faced the truth, it was a fantasy that he should have abandoned a long time ago.
But still, as if he was trying to explain something to a child who couldn’t understand, he swayed his head and―
“Lefille, that’s not something you decide. Whether I could save someone or not will be found out at the end of the path I walk.”
“What are you going to do chasing something like that? It’s abstract and uncertain. Do you think it will just end at not finding it if you keep walking down that path? At the end of that path is the despair of someone who was betrayed by hope.”
“Perhaps.”
“Then―”
“But I’m not going to look back. Isn’t that right? My dream does not exist behind me. The day I give up my dreams, that man who swore an oath back then doesn’t exist anymore. So―”
― So, just watch me. The hope that I dream of. Watch me chases after my hope.
“Ah……”
Why was that figure, who defeated my argument with simple ‘watch me’, so bright? It was the brightness of the soul that none had witnessed before.
Rajas who was thrown back returned, crushing the earth with each step. Glaring murderously, focused on Suimei.
“Boy, you dare…..”
“Stay down when you get thrown back, you fiendish bastard!”
“Shutupppppp!!”
With that roar, a ball of energy in Rajas’ hand grew exponentially. Black swallowed black and casted jaded purplish-shadows all around the area. It was Rajas’ magic that had obliterated a Noshias’ fortress and turned this land barren.
“It’s time for you and that wench to disappear forever!”