TEASER CHAPTER 7 PART 27
The
wounds of Nozomu and the others sustained in the battle were healed in the
blink of an eye by Zonne's hands.
When
Nozomu had gone out of control before, he was so exhausted that he had to sleep
for several days, but this time, thanks to Zonne's treatment, he woke up in
about 10 minutes.
When
he woke up, he understood the situation and, bowed his head to Irisdina and the
others while clenching his lips.
"Everyone,
I'm so sorry. I don't know how I should apologize..."
Nozomu
bowed his head so low that it seemed as if he might rub his head against the
ground.
"Nozomu,
please raise your head..."
Nozomu's
body trembled when he heard Irisdina's serious voice.
Nozomu
looked up fearfully, feeling sorry and guilty.
However,
at that time, two impacts hit him in the chest.
"I'm
glad, I'm really glad ..."
"Y-,
you. Do you know how much you worry me!?"
The
two girls who jumped to Nozomu's chest were Irisdina and Lisa. The girls buried
their faces in Nozomu's chest, their eyes moist.
Behind
them, Shīna looked relieved and stroked her chest.
Nozomu
nervously glanced at them.
The
sight of the girls clutching his chest looked very painful.
Irisdina's
black hair, which had been glossy, had lost its color to ashen white like an old woman, and Lisa's crimson
hair had also been cruelly cut at the shoulder.
"U-,
umm ... Both of you, I'm sor- ..."
"No,
Not that..."
"You
know what, do you think we did something like this because we wanted you to
apologize!?”
Irisdina
and Lisa, while pressing their noses against his chest, spoke in weeping
voices. Behind them, Shīna, who was watching over the three of them, also
turned her reproachful gaze on Nozomu.
Nozomu
was shocked into silence by the criticism from the three.
The
others, unable to bear to look at him, called out from behind them,
"They're
right. Or do you want us to force a smile out of your depressing face?"
"Well,
as for me, I demand compensation! Specifically, I demand money, money, money,
or money..."
"Wasn't
all you said just about money?"
"You
should shut up"
"Gueh~!"
Shīna
and Mimuru physically silenced Feo, who was making unnecessary jokes.
A
painful sound was heard, but since it was already a familiar development, the
others just let it go by.
Meanwhile,
Nozomu slowly cast his eyes down once again. At the painful sight of Irisdina
and Lisa, Nozomu's face, depressed with guilt, distorted into an even more
bitter expression.
Even
if their physical wounds were healed, seeing the two of them made Nozomu regret
what he did.
He
had made such a mistake not once, but twice. Luckily all of his friends were
still alive, but it wasn't hard to imagine how tragic the situation would be if
he made a mistake.
Even
so, Nozomu understood that the girls didn't want to hear an apology from
Nozomu.
"T-,
thank you ..."
Nozomu
slowly stroked the hair of the two girls clinging to him, while thanking his
friends as best he could.
His chest still ached with regret and self-guilt. But, Nozomu felt a burning sensation rising up from the depths of his heart.
