I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

96 – True Mind – 3

To Reina, who smiled kindly, the words I could barely get out.

“Hu, I don’t regret it.”

That was all.

“I’m just having a hard time right now. Yes, I am just tired today.”

“Ike.”

However, as I tried to continue her excuse, Reina quietly shook her head.

“If you’re going that far, I think there must be a reason.”

“No, that’s right. There is a reason. It’s hard to tell, but for sure….”

“And that must be for me.”

“Uh, yes. It’s for you. Because I want you to be happy….”

“Then can you smile for me? If you smile sincerely, I will think about it.”

Raina’s words to laugh out of the blue.

But it didn’t matter.

It was not a difficult request at all.

They say they’ll think of my proposal if you just smile.

This must be an opportunity.

Really.

“Reina.”

“Yes.”

Really easy.

“Reina.”

“Yes.”

It must have been a really easy request.

“How have I laughed so far?”

Why the hell doesn’t the corner of my mouth go up?

“Strange. Why can’t you laugh can you tell me?”

In a way, it was a question that left Reina with her answer, as if she were hoping for salvation.

And Reina.

The person I like.

“… Ike. Wake.”

Even for such an opponent, he was an extremely strict person.

“Don’t think about running away or passing it on to someone else. The you I know, my knight, is not this weak.”

“You know, me?”

What kind of person is that?

Who is the current Ike Axus you know?

I don’t know.

I don’t know anything.

“Calm down, Ike!”

A slap, a sound rang out.

I was caught by Reina before I knew it.

“After all, you can’t laugh or cry right now. You’ll regret it later anyway, so stop making weird suggestions! Stop trying to hide your true feelings with strange stories!”

It hurts.

My cheek from being hit by Reina hurts so much.

I think it hurts a lot more than the one I got from fighting S.

“Don’t hide it, answer me. If I run away from the Empire with you and come back later with everything sorted out, do you think everything will go back to normal?”

“I will try. No matter how long it took.”

“No. It doesn’t mean that. I asked if everything could go back to normal, I.”

Raina’s purple eyes pierce me.

The gaze that will never tolerate lies.

“… Can’t go back don’t come back.”

“What doesn’t come back?”

“Dean Ender and Miss Elin are not coming back.”

The dead don’t come back.

It is an immutable law that does not change even in this fantasy world of swords and magic.

“Andrew-senpai’s arm won’t come back.”

Healing magic basically heals only the part where mana is flowing.

In other words, Andrew sunbaenim’s arm, which was completely lost because S burned it, does not come back.

“Even if you run away, the past won’t be something that never happened.”

“The last thing Dean Ender said. I also came back to consciousness and listened a little. What did the dean want from you, protecting you even at the cost of his life?”

Dean Ender’s will.

‘Then you move forward toward your goal. It’s enough to remind me of this old man’s death once in a while.’

“He wanted me to move forward, towards my goal.”

“Ike. Then what is your goal?”

“I, Reina, wish you a happy future….”

“No. That’s not it. Hello, what do you really want? What did you train for and swing your sword for? What did you work so hard for?”

The reason why I increased my training time.

The reason why he swung his sword.

The reason for the effort.

“I wanted to become stronger.”

“Why did you want to become stronger?”

“Because I wanted to protect it.”

“Who?”

“… Entire.”

I wanted to protect all the precious relationships I had acquired through a miraculous opportunity.

Because I don’t like being alone anymore, being lonely.

Because I didn’t want to go back to the me when I had nothing.

I wanted to make sure no one died.

“What a greedy wish.”

Reina looked at me like a child, then she got up and slowly approached me.

And then, quietly hugged me.

“But I like Ike, so greedy.”

“… !”

Raina’s hand caressing my hair without a word wrapped around me so warmly.

“You usually keep your mouth shut, but I like you for taking a closer look at your surroundings than anyone else.

I like that you don’t hesitate to call others great.

I like you, a kind person who values even the smallest relationships.

I like you for not giving up and working hard to overcome any difficult situation.

I like you so much, Ike, that I cannot express it in words.”

And there were tears in Reina’s eyes.

“So let’s not give up, us. Let’s do our best to create a happy future where everyone can smile. I will never give up and help. No matter what happens, I will be by your side until the end.”

“… Raina. Why do you trust me so much?”

Even before she asked, I was already anticipating what she would answer.

But she really wanted to hear her answer.

And after hearing my really stupid question, Raina laughed.

“Ike, you are my knight, who has saved me many times and is more amazing than anyone else.”

“Am I amazing?”

“Yes. To me, it’s more amazing and cool than anyone else.”

“Are you greater than Her Highness Leon?”

“Of course, I can’t even compete with you. Her Highness Leon has already lost to you in a duel.”

“I see.”

I am an incredibly amazing person to Reina.

‘But no matter how much you know, doing everything alone isn’t the answer. Please know that no matter how difficult the situation is, there is definitely someone who will move for you.’

I was finally able to properly understand Dean Ender’s words.

“Reina. I-I worked really hard.”

“Yes.”

Once I realized that, the tears that had never flowed until now finally started to flow.

“I wanted to save everyone, and I didn’t want to lose anyone, so I worked really hard.”

“Yes.”

“But eh, Dean Ender said Elin-nim died, and senpai couldn’t heal his arm, so I didn’t think anything of it… !”

“Yes.”

“I was so, you, so scared. What if everyone dies like this because of what I did for my efforts? I started to think that way, and you were so scared.”

Although tears and runny nose began to wet her clothes, Reina said nothing.

He just smiled kindly and stroked my hair.

“So, I thought I would run away. He, even though he knew he shouldn’t, he turned his back on responsibility and wanted to run away.”

“But, isn’t that more scary and hateful?”

“I’m scared. After I run away, when everything is over and I come back, the fact that no one might be there is so scary, I hate it.”

“Then, what do you want to do in the future?”

I didn’t deliberately imagine it.

However, the future story has already been decided.

“To save everyone, I want to fight.”

“Do you hate those who killed Dean Ender and Lady Elin?”

“I hate you. I hate you so much. But… I don’t want to fight for revenge.”

“… Huh. That’s it. Because that’s the sweet Ike I used to know, and I really like.”

After hearing Reina’s answer, I slowly shook her hand and raised her head.

There was Reina, who looked at me kindly with purple eyes even while shedding tears.

“Reina. I am weak.”

“No, Ike is strong.”

“I am not nice.”

“Ike is kinder than anyone else.”

“And I am a coward.”

“Hmm, that might be right.”

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Puha, me and Raina burst into laughter at the same time.

It was definitely a very natural laugh.

“… But I want to be your knight, because I’m a better person than anyone else.”

“Right.”

“So let’s try. I will not give up until the end to become the me that you believe in.”

“Is this a promise?”

Reina held out the little finger of her right hand to me.

“Yes.”

And without hesitation I put my little finger on it.

“Then Ike. There is one last thing I want to hear.”

“Huh?”

“Do you like me?”

Reina looked at me with her eyes wide open, as if she wanted to get her reward.

And I.

“… I don’t hate it.”

As she did the other day, she gave Rayna the same answer.

“It’s like I’ll never see you again.”

After Raina went back, she looked in the mirror and her eyes met her face, a mess of her tears and runny nose.

To be able to have such a conversation in this manner.

I’m too shy.

However, there was no time to be immersed in these sentiments.

Now that I’m determined to fight, there’s only one thing I have to do.

“Whoa.”

After sitting down at the desk, she took out a notebook from the bookshelf.

It was a notebook in which I wrote down all the information and future plans that came to my mind right after I possessed this world.

I turned over everything I had written down in advance, opened the last page, and wrote a single sentence as if declaring it.

‘Become stronger!’

Have you tried your best so far?

Then let’s go beyond that limit and work harder than that.

So that she won’t regret trusting me.

If you don’t have talent, work hard enough to become stronger.

Don’t give up and knock on the wall no matter how hard and high it is.

You shouldn’t stop even if you don’t see the right answer.

Because there is only one thing I want.

A happy ending that everyone can laugh at in the end.

In that case, you should vomit blood and try hard enough to cut your bones.

The only thing I can do without talent is to work harder than anyone else.