[Comprehensive] You see, this pot is big and round

Apology out of the blue.

Otake Maru didn't know why she said sorry, it was clear that she didn't have any reason to say such a thing.He wanted to put on a nonchalant attitude, but his heart still trembled unavoidably, beating anxiously.

"Why do you say I'm sorry?" He paused and took a deep breath, "You don't need to apologize to me, you didn't do anything wrong."

Suzuka bit her lower lip hard, not knowing what kind of emotion she was holding back.She didn't answer Dayakemaru why, but just shook her head.

"No, I'm just very guilty... I'm sorry... I'm really..."

"Hush!" He frowned, and seemed a little annoyed. He put his palm on her lips lightly, blocked the rest of his words, and said sharply, "You have nothing to do to me. ,Do you understand?"

Suzuka fell silent.She knew how simple the answer to this question was, but she couldn't say it.The phrase "Got it" seemed to be stuck in the throat, and the edges and corners scraped against the flesh, causing a dull pain.Tears rolled down her cheeks, her lips trembling.

It was not until a long time before she responded softly, "Okay..."

Otakemaru didn't know whether her words really confirmed what she thought in her heart, or maybe she was just fooling around.He can't explore the truth, and he has no way to know her true thoughts.For the current weird situation, her answer is all the proof.

At least... at least she wasn't denying me at this time.he thinks.

It was obviously just a moment of insignificant comfort, but at this moment it gave Otakemaru great comfort.

He patted Suzuka's shoulder lightly, stood up, and cast his gaze to the corner.Sakagami Tamura Maro is lying in a corner in a strange twisted posture at this moment, and is still in a coma. I don't know how long it will take to wake up from this nightmare, but Otake Maru can be sure that he will not wake up in a short time. is not going to wake up.

He lowered his body slightly, listening to the movement outside the house.It seems that the Fujiwara family has not noticed the movement here.Now is the perfect time to leave.

"We should go." He whispered, "I'll take you back before dawn. It's still dangerous to walk outside at this time."

He self-servingly added the last sentence for himself, and after finishing speaking, he felt a little hot in his ears.

Listening to his words, Suzuka didn't move, she still knelt and sat there with her head down, not knowing whether she was crying or still sinking into the silence.Dayakemaru waited for a while, but couldn't wait for her answer, so he had to urge her again.

"If you stay any longer, you will be discovered by the onmyoji of the Fujiwara family."

Holding Suzuka's hand, Otakemaru pulled her up forcefully.But Suzuka just sighed softly, took a breath, and didn't give any more reactions.Otakemaru didn't know why she suddenly became so depressed and miserable, but they really should go.

He held Suzuka's hand tightly, and pursed his lips: "You said you would protect me before you came, didn't you? If you don't leave, I guess you will have such a chance to be a hero."

These words finally made Suzuka respond a bit.

"I didn't say no to leaving..." She blinked her eyes hard and muttered softly, "What are you trying to be a hero for? I'm a hero..."

Although she has not obtained the qualification certificate of a professional hero, she is not a serious hero.

Otakemaru hid the smile at the corner of his mouth, picked up the backpack she had thrown on the ground earlier, and casually put it on his shoulder.

"I know, I know, you are a hero." He dragged his voice, as if coaxing her, but his words were filled with an unspoken smile, "Anyway, I'm here, so I won't leave it to you." A chance to be a hero."

"What big talk..." Suzuka rubbed the corners of his eyes vigorously, and teased in a muffled voice, "You don't even look at how badly you were beaten by Hiruko."

Her tone sounded like she had regained her strength.

Now Dayake Maru was completely relieved.He waved to the three Kamaitachi brothers, signaling that they were going back.

The way out was easier than when he came in. He didn't have to go through the gap between the formations embarrassingly, and walked straight out of the mansion along the path in the backyard.

The streets were deserted.The world is still asleep.

The warmth of Otakemaru's palm dispelled the coldness of Suzuka's fingertips, and it was also tainted with warmth bit by bit.Stepping across the dark night sky with clenched hands, Chu Yang climbed up from the horizon and dispelled the darkness.

Otake Maru successfully sent Suzuka back home before the city woke up.

"Your eyes still seem to be swollen." He leaned down slightly, staring at Suzuka carefully, "Your family won't see anything wrong, right?"

"nothing."

She answered so quickly that Otakemaru felt a sense of emptiness.

Ah, yes, he shouldn't be here anymore.

He was stunned for a moment, then let go of his hand unnaturally, and looked away.

"Then...then I'm leaving..."

He turned around stiffly and started walking.

"and many more!"

His wrist was clenched, but the hand holding him was trembling slightly.

It was clearly Suzuka who stopped him, but at this moment he fell into silence.Dayakemaru didn't say a word, quietly waiting for her words.

"Just now..." I don't know how long it took before I heard her dry words, "Just now, when I questioned Sakaue Tamura Maro, I felt an unprecedented anger. But I seemed to be imprisoned, It wasn't me who screamed and said those words, but I said them all. All the sharp emotions, anger, sadness, hatred...these emotions, I can feel them all—these emotions together It exploded in my head..."

"I know……"

Otakemaru's palm stroked her forehead.In fact, he could feel her pain.

"And then...then..."

Her hands trembled violently and gradually fell into ice cold.

"Then, I felt more guilt than I'd ever felt before - guilt towards you. It made me so sad, I couldn't help crying. I knew apologies weren't going to work, that apologies coming out of my mouth weren't going to do anything, but I This is the only thing I can say..." She seemed to choke up, and slowly lowered her hands.

My heart also seemed to fall along with it, and fell to nowhere.

"Why do such sharp and vivid emotions appear in my mind...why do I say such things..." She choked up, almost unable to speak, and could only squeeze out words from her sobs, "Why, Will it become like this, Otake Maru? What is the truth about Suzuka—about everything?"

God's order, people who came against time.

Painful monsters, feelings for no reason.

Her desperate desire to know it all only leads her deeper into the quagmire.An unprecedented sense of loneliness and fear struck, and darkness enveloped the world, as if trying to draw her to a farther side.

She could only hug herself tightly.

"I'll be with you."

Otakemaru took her hand.The sunlight cast a bright light on him, and there was a firmness in his eyes that Suzuka had never seen before.

"I will accompany you to find the truth."

Every word of his hit Suzuka's heart.

At dawn, she woke up from her dream.She should have continued to drift with the tide, but someone held her hand.

She stared blankly at Dayue Maru for so long that she almost felt that time had stood still.Then, slowly, but very solemnly, she nodded.

"it is good."