I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

In the end, Yuta returned home alone, and Rikka hadn't come back yet, and Rikka's mother hadn't come back either, even though it was already so late...

Yuta stood alone on the balcony, stretched his hand outside, and carefully looked at his little finger that had touched Rikka before... and Rikka's numb expression...

Is this really correct?

Time passed quickly and it was the next day. This day was the day that Rikka was going to visit the grave. Rikka's mother was already there, so Rikka had to go there alone, so Rikka brought Yuta with her.

Rikka sat there in a daze. Yuta went to buy some drinks and handed one of them to Rikka.

"Thanks......"

"It feels like you've been saying thank you a lot lately."

Yuta should be happy that Rikka has learned manners and how to get along with others, but when he saw Rikka's face, his mood also turned bad.

Although Liuhua is becoming more polite and knows how to get along with others, but...

Rikka was unhappy, and he was unhappy too, but he couldn't make her happy.

He couldn't tell what was best for Rikka. Was it to indulge in the second year of middle school? That would certainly be a short-lived happiness, but what about the future? What would Rikka do when she entered society in the future? Would it be like now? Rikka was unhappy. Reality was too cruel. Rikka probably hadn't adapted yet and needed to adjust psychologically...

The two of them sat there in silence until Yuta spoke up and broke the silence.

"I said...you..."

Yuta's sudden words brought a glimmer of hope to Rikka's face. She looked at Yuta with expectant eyes, hoping that he would say what she wanted to hear.

"You...will come back, right? After sweeping the graves, you will come back here."

Rikka's expectations were dashed once again, her face deflated and she became numb again.

This was not what she wanted to hear.

"Well... I still have to go to school..."

"Yeah... That's right..."

Just as the two fell silent again and deathly silence was about to appear again, an unexpected person appeared.

"Wait a minute, Death! I told you, Death! I will never give up!"

"Tou Shou..."

Touma still can't accept Rikka's sudden change. Even Nibutani couldn't cure her. Now he runs over and tries to keep Rikka.

"Since I have become the Master's Servant, even if the Master falls into the end of darkness, I will die with her!"

Touma tearfully accused Rikka of abandoning her, but... she would never abandon Rikka, even if her Master had been corrupted by the so-called reality.

Unfortunately, this sentence would be useless if it came from her mouth. If it came from Yuta's mouth...

"Explode, reality! Break, nerves! Exile this world!!!"

This will be the most tragic battle in Touma's chuuni career, because her opponent is a Master in another dimension.

In her fantasy, a huge hammer condensed in her hand, and she grasped it tightly, running towards Rikka and began her countless attacks.

“Master!”

But the reality was that Toumori grabbed Rikka's two braids and hit her again and again with the sandbag at the end of the braids, feeling weak and powerless.

Even though she used her strongest skill [Destiny Thunder Hammer Charge], in her imagination this blow had already destroyed the entire station, but in reality it hit Rikka powerlessly and she didn't even feel much pain.

Toushou's physical strength is not very good. Even if Rikka did not resist, Toushou was already exhausted. He stroked his knees and gasped. But it was just a short rest. He grabbed the two braids again and swept, and it only made a sound when it hit Rikka... Rikka endured it silently, without taking any action, without dodging, and without fighting back.

There were tears in her eyes.

Yuta couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he just stretched out his hand to stop Toushou slightly, and Toushou fell to the ground due to exhaustion.

Seeing Toumori kneeling on the ground, Rikka wanted to show some concern, but Toumori sternly shouted her off...

The train has arrived at the station, and Rikka is still staring at Touma silently until Yuta wakes her up softly, then she can only carry her luggage and leave silently.

Rika entered the train and took a last look at Toumori who was kneeling on the ground with his head down, then raised her head to look at Yuta's face that she loved deeply.

"Rikka..."

Yuta spoke to her, which gave her a last hope. She wanted so much to hear the three words "don't go" from Yuta's mouth, so that even if the road ahead was scary and dangerous, she would have the motivation to keep going.

Unfortunately not.

The only response she got was a silent smile from Yuta.

Liuhua finally left. The train door gradually closed. Liuhua stared at Yuta's feet. As the train moved forward, she could no longer see anything...

............

"Why...why don't you want to talk about death...

Why don't you just say "don't go"? Death! You should understand how much the Master wants you to hear Minato say it to her!

Just say, "I'll help you find the invisible boundary, so don't leave me!" Is it that difficult? "

"But...she..."

Rikka should accept the reality, but Touma doesn't care. She only knows that if her Master is unhappy, she may never come back.

"Master, she said it! It was because of meeting the Dark Flame Master that she was able to keep the Evil King's True Eyes dead until now! You are her inner pillar!

So, when the Dark Flame Master said that the invisible boundary line does exist, she called me to tell me! And when she signed a lover's contract with you, she also called me! She cried! The Master cried! That invincible Master! She cried to me!

She obviously trusts you so much!"

Toushou's words were like arrows, piercing Yuta's heart completely and critically. He understood what Toushou said. He also hoped that Rikka could stay. He even knew what Rikka was expecting.

But he couldn't, because constantly affirming her like this would only bring her closer to the abyss. It was she who made Rikka give up her second year of life. It was not easy to get to this point, and it was not easy to make Rikka accept the reality. He could not...

Toushou's sandbag attacks began to fall on his chest, beating him unwillingly.

"Why! Why won't you tell her 'The Evil King's True Eyes are the strongest'! Why won't you tell her 'Be swallowed by the flames of darkness'! If you had said that, the Master wouldn't have left! The Master has been waiting for you to keep her!"

With his heart already broken, Yuta reached out and grabbed Toumoshi's hand, and began his counterattack...

"I said it, and then...what can I do? What good will it do to make her happy by saying that? Tell me!

Let her stay, and then what? Can she escape from reality forever? !

There is no such thing as an invisible line! Her father is lying in the grave, what can I do for her! No matter how much she hopes... things that don't exist, don't exist! ! "

Toushou's determination began to waver, and the cruelty of reality began to hit her. She began to struggle to escape, but Yuta's power was stronger than Nibutani's. How could she, who couldn't even defeat Nibutani, shake Yuta? With his hands tightly grasped, Yuta continued his attack.

"No matter how many settings you create, how many abilities you compile, no matter how much you believe you have special powers..."

Yuta let go and Toumori fell to the ground...

"Things that don't exist don't exist!! This is reality!!"

Toumori knelt on the ground, ignoring the pain in his butt from falling, and just wanted to deny Yuta's cruel remarks.

"Did your attack have any effect?"

"I'm so annoyed with death... Although it doesn't work on humans, it works on demons, death..."

"Do demons exist? Have you ever really seen one?"

Yuta approaches step by step, representing the cruel reality, pushing back Touma's fantasy step by step...

"Have you ever actually summoned a weapon?"

"this......"

"No, no matter how much you think about it, no matter how much you believe it... things that don't exist just don't exist!"

Tears already welled up in the corners of Yuta's eyes.