There was no one moving-----except me.
“Uu…..Guuh……..!! Ju-Julie……..Julie!!”
While frowning my face from the scorching pain, I called out to my precious partner.
The girl covered in blood was closing her eyes but, she moved her eyelids after a few calling.
“Hn…..Too-ru?-----uh, this is bad, the blood is…….Kuh…….!!”
With her eyes opened, Julie panicked when she saw my uniform smeared in red but-----
She made a stern expression at the pain running through her body.
“Are you okay?”
“Ja--…………..few hits on the leg, one bullet in my arm and sides each. My head was only grazed. Forget me, how about you………”
“It’s nothing much”
Although my shoulders and thighs got shot, the rest were all scratches.
Even though the sting of the wounds gets harder as time passes by; I was much better off compared to Julie.
was making a joyful smile and ridiculing us at our situation.
“Wonderful! To think that you will jump into a storm of bullets without hesitation!! I never would have thought that you would prove to me that your intentions to protect weren’t a lie!!........however, how disappointing. I wanted to see you watch your partner die in front of you”
Preparing another team while we were in disorder from the ambushers.
Even allowing our easy reversal was so that he could dangle a bait called victory.
Even him missing the timing of the circle storage exploding, was not to defeat Julie but rather, his aim was to delay the timing for her to enter the hall.
Everything was moving according to ’s scenario.
---Except for one point.
“Seriously, a mistake happens at the end of my scenario………..if it was according to plan, I was going to ask your comment while you are in tears from failing to protect her”
“………….It’s something a monster would ever understand. This feeling of wanting to protect someone precious!!”
The hall was wrapped in silence again.
placed his hands on his face to cover his eyes-----before slowly opening his mouth.