Part 3
Having passed through the Fountain plaza, Kuro Usagi had reached the Peribed Way. Whereas, Asuka who ran to catch up with her shouted her protests:
“Kuro Usagi what are you planning to do! It can’t be that you really want to become that guy’s possession do you?”
“——……Uu!”
Asuka raised her voice as she chased after Kuro Usagi, who was looking down and taking large strides with her legs.
With a surprisingly fiery spirit, she grabbed Kuro Usagi from behind and stared at her with eyes that continued to seethe like molten lava as she stuffed the Invitation Letter that had summoned the trio at Kuro Usagi’s chest. And as she couldn’t hold back those angry emotions that surged though her mind and heart, Asuka began to read out the contents of the Invitation Letter:
“ ‘You shall cast aside your family, friends, possessions, everything in the world of yours.
And come forth to our [Little Garden].’—
You who have summoned us in this fashion and yet you’re now deciding to leave the Community? This sort of behavior can only be counted as abandoning your responsibility!”
“……Kuro Usagi doesn’t intend…… to do that……”
“No! You’re lying! It’s clearly shown on your face! You believe that it won’t matter even if you have to sell yourself to help your comrades! But rest assured that we will never allow you to do such a foolish and futile act!”
“Fu…Futile…Why must you describe it with such a term!”
Kuro Usagi couldn’t take it anymore and she too replied with a loud cry. Be it from Laius or from Asuka, Kuro Usagi didn’t understand why she had to receive such strong criticisms from people around her.
Although she was gasping a little due to her extreme agitation, Kuro Usagi who waited a moment to calm herself continued with a retort:
“Comrades are very important to a Community and there’s nothing that can be more important than the comrades who stand by you. Moreover for Leticia-sama who could even willingly sacrifice her own soul and harm her body to rush over upon hearing trouble brewing in her former Community, don’t you think that we should at least take some responsibility to do everything we can to do what is morally right?!”
“But doesn’t that mean that you will just be her substitute?! That sort of action makes no sense!”
“Sacrificing for your comrade. How can that make no sense to you?!”
“Stop shouting in the middle of the night, it’s so annoying.”
Having been shoved by Izayoi, the heads of the two females knocked on each other with a *Bam!*.
The sudden impact caused the both of them to see stars.
““~~~~~!””
“I got the gist of your arguments. But before everything else, if I’m allowed to give my opinion……Kuro Usagi, you’re in the wrong.”
“Wha…Why is that so?!”
Kuro Usagi had teared up as she clutched her forehead to give her protest. Izayoi looked at her coldly as he chided:
“The invitation letter is the first reason. Next is……When Leticia had arrived at the [No Name] territory, she should already have mentally prepared herself for the things to come and did her gaze back then seem to be pleading to you to save her?”
“This….This isn’t right! To say that you shouldn’t lend a hand because the other had not asked for help can only be called a sophistry[10].”
“Indeed, but we must also look at the situation. Isn’t the reason for Leticia to keep her loss of her Gift a secret due to her wish of not allowing you to become her substitute?”
*Uu!* Kuro Usagi also seemed to have recalled that and was now at a loss for words.
Indeed, Leticia didn’t seem to want anyone to know that she had lost her Gift.
In other words Leticia did not wish for her feelings to become the burden of Kuro Usagi and the others to carry.
“And Ojou-sama, your choice of words is much too shoddy, you should be much gentler when expressing your mind.
Such as —‘I’m really really worried about you, Kuro Usagi! Please! Stay by my side!’ or something along that note.”
“It’s not like I’m stopping her because of that.”
However, that must have been at least a quarter of the truth at least.
Seeing Asuka blush to the tips of her ears, Kuro Usagi had also bent her head feeling awkward.
“I’m….I’m really sorry. Although your feelings really make Kuro Usagi happy……but that……Kuro Usagi doesn’t really swing that way……”
“Why must you choose this sort of place and time to twist the meaning? Hm, okay. That’s just as well then. You should always look at things as optimistically as this, you Baka Usagi!”
Asuka shouted as she grabbed the rabbit ears and gave a forceful tug, causing Kuro Usagi to give off a very unladylike scream.
Perhaps the two women had calmed down after their playful banter, they had exhaled heavily to say in a soft voice:
“……Indeed, I’m worried about you for you had looked close to breaking down.”
“Kuro…Kuro Usagi should be the one apologizing… Kuro Usagi had clearly been too impulsive earlier.”
And no matter what the future may hold for them after today, they would still need to discuss with Jin and Yō and the trio decided to return to the [No Name] Headquarters first.
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