Chapter 17: Mortal Time

Before I knew it, a short time had passed...

Rhodes sat at his desk, a little unsure of how to express the deep sense of emptiness in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was like a deep hole that couldn't be filled.

Winter has gone to spring, and there is no snow for a long time.

But it's still cold, and there's no way around it.

"Teacher, are you free today?"

Behind him came the energetic voice peculiar to a girl, and when I turned around, it was Fujino.

Compared to some time ago, this girl has stopped taking medication before she knows it... When did she find out she had appendicitis a few weeks ago...

A few teenage girls who had suffered from abdominal pain because they didn't use analgesics regularly seemed to finally understand how stupid it was to use drugs, so they were persuaded to stop taking them.

Now that I think about it, that's the right thing to do.

"What? Fujino, do you want me to take you home?"

Turning around with a smile, putting down the paper in his hand that had not been finished but had not been written for a long time, Rod stood up. Walk towards the door.

Stand next to Fujino.,And then naturally put your hand on Fujino's head.。

Laughed.

"No, teacher" Fujino also smiled, it was really beautiful, this quiet girl didn't even smile and didn't make a sound, as soft as a lily.

"Ah, yes, but if you think about it, no one would dare to do something stupid, right?"

Laughing, both smiling.

In the past few months, there have been legends in the city.,The so-called bad boys have been eaten by monsters.,Although I don't know how to get so close to the truth.,But...

Look at each other and smile.

This tacit understanding...

It's already May...

Time passed imperceptibly, and the influence of the black mud became ambiguous, and the surging evil had reached the point where he could reach it, but unexpectedly, it didn't seem to be so serious.

It's like being blocked by a diaphragm, and although it has eroded most of the body, the impact of the mental part is not as heavy as imagined.

・・・Leave it alone.

"So, what's going on today?"

"It's just that there's something going on, so I'd like to ask for the teacher's opinion..."

After thinking about it, Rodriit nodded.

"Well, as you wish"

Fujino raised his head, serious, was a smile without deviation.

Confused and confused...

When did this smile and that person's smile become compatible...

My memory goes back a little bit, when I was still in junior high school, and that senior was smiling like this.

In the world of winter snow, it is like a warm smile of the sun. People can't help but be intoxicated and addicted.

At that time, Asakami Fujino knew that this was the smile she longed for.

At home, a smile that will never be seen.

- She had already been captured by this smile.

And really... she was redeemed by someone with such a smile...

"What's wrong? Fujino, aren't you leaving?"

--Interrupted thoughts, Asakami Fujino laughed, a smile that hadn't bloomed in a long time, but it was so beautiful.

Whether it's life or joy, with the consciousness returning to the body, Fujino has returned to the life she should have.

Rod couldn't help but be captured by this smile at first glance.

It seems... Many years ago, he had seen a smile like this...

Something that is immediately visible, stunning, and cannot be copied...

"Well, sensei?"

Fujino tilted his head, hesitated, and looked at Rod's hand twice, but still smiled regretfully and gave up.

She tapped Rod's arm slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"Ahh

Past, friends?

A black figure seemed to flash in front of me.

"Heh..."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't have any teachers, but I just remember the people I knew in middle school."

The two of them began to walk slowly forward in the hallway.

Click, click, click...

Feet on the ground, fade away.

"Ah, are you a good friend?"

"No, it's a good senior"

Da...

"Ah, if that's it, maybe it's really good, don't you plan to meet again?

"No, I don't think I can see you, right...

"Well, ahh

"Is that so..."

Click...

Rod stopped slightly, and Fujino stopped.

Turn your head.

"Na"

He asked.

"Regrets?"

"No, no regrets at all, what about the teacher?"

"Me too"

I guess that's enough.

The two men, with no regrets, continued to walk down the hallway and then disappeared at the end.

There's no need to regret it, right?

Both Rod and Fujino thought so.

Life is a line that keeps moving forward.

Regret, confusion, it was originally to make people more determined to move forward, right?

If you don't regret it, you won't know the way forward, and if you don't get confused, it's hard to verify the hardships of the past.

But, if you can, never have any regrets.

Regret is irretrievable, unattainable.

"Don't have any regrets...

Rod laughs, this is a matter of experience.

"Of course, totally understood"

Fujino also smiled.

Because hope has been gained.

Human beings are such wonderful creatures, with hope, they will keep moving forward, even if it is hopeless hope, they will cling to things.

It's stunningly beautiful, like a moth to a flame.

"- I won't let go again, once is enough"

She muttered to herself.

"Well, did you say anything?"

"No, nothing"

After a while, the corridor fell silent...