“For example?”
So I decided to ask instead.
I also want to know these cool moments my partner speaks of.
And, then I’ll explain the reality of that scene as well. Even I think my reasons are truly ridiculous sometimes.
[Not stepping back even once against the Demon Lord. You kept on swinging me against the Demon God at the very front. You kept on fighting in front of those heroes you could call the strongest……..no matter how many times you fell, you always stood back up.]
“Well, I was desperate after all.”
What the heck’s that?
If I didn’t do that, I would’ve died. I wouldn’t have come out of it alive if I didn’t do that. And above all—- I was always full of injuries. If I had not been protected by my comrades, I would’ve died countless times.
That’s why I did not step back. That’s why I never let go of Ermenhilde. That’s why I stood back up. If I didn’t do at least that much, I wouldn’t have been able to stand alongside my comrades.
And above all—— when children were fighting with their lives on the line, I couldn’t be the one to retire first.
“I didn’t want to die that’s why I fought so hard. That’s why I killed. It’s something very normal, Emenhilde.”
[Yeah, that’s right. It’s normal.]
Because I don’t want to die, I want to live, I don’t want to look pathetic.
That was something totally normal and very obvious, and something anyone would do.
Cool? That isn’t it. It wasn’t something so great.
I was simply scared of looking pathetic and being abandoned by them. I was afraid of being left alone. I was afraid of losing all of my comrades in this other world.
No matter how many words you pile up, the answer will be the same. I was afraid of getting hated by my comrades so I fought desperately.
Not for the world, not for someone, not for something. Even if I say I want to protect, in the end I was worried the most about my own self.
“It’s something anyone can do, Ermenhilde.”
For myself—-not for some random stranger, one becomes desperate for himself.
It something anyone can think of. Something anyone can do. To live, to not die——it’s obvious that anyone can do it.
[Not everyone can do it, Yamada Renji.]
But my partner’s answer was the opposite so I could only feel slightly happy.
The power granted to me by the Goddess, Ermenhilde. It has been watching me from the sides all the time.
It became my sword, my spear, my bow—-my weapon, no matter what the time was and fought alongside me.
And, is always trying to make me into a hero…….even now, it is with me. Even though, I’m just a normal man who could be found anywhere.
[I don’t think like that.]
Putting on my mantle, I set the iron knife to my waist.
I picked up Ermenhilde that was lying beside my pillow.
[It’s because it was Renji, you could do such things.]
“I see.”
*ping* I flicked Ermenhilde.
That voice seemed boastful and proud and somehow made me feel really embarrassed.
That’s why, to hide my embarrassment, I flicked Ermenhilde like it was usual.
It was, Tails.
“haah. Guess I’ll have to work hard today as well.”
[Only half of the day is left though.]
With just that, we returned to our usual relationship.
User and his weapon. Partners. That kind of relationship.