The sound of heartbeats and breathing is like the chirping of cicadas in summer, and the summit is cool at dusk, but it becomes a little hot in between.

The sound of agitation began to form a very familiar melody, which made people relax and feel the heat transmitted from each other.

It had already been decided that once she caught the other party, she would not let go again, and she would keep it by her side, change her now, and save the elf.

I'm not a powerful person.,But at least I have the efforts of ordinary people.,Even if you're treated as a stupid.,,I won't easily let go of the people I caught.。

"Again, again, caught you."

Whispering in the other party's ear, Kurumi seemed to have lost the idea of fighting, and the two guns in her hands were pointed at the ground because of the drooping arms, and the whole person seemed to relax.

Kurumi is in a world of infinite loops, and this will be the worst situation she will ever face.

Natsume, who saw this, would not abandon it, not only for the sake of the task, but also for the sake of some missing part of his heart.

Perhaps affected by his own past experience, if the same misfortune happened again, Natsume would not be able to watch from the sidelines.

No, even if it wasn't the same, Natsume wouldn't have been standing there because he knew-

Even in the strong, in the strong, they need a support.

Even her own constant denial of the situation could not change the fact that the person needed help.

The only thing to pay attention to is how to help the other party and how to understand the other person's sorrow.

"I'm a human ......"

Due to the wound, Natsume's speech slowed down a lot.

"So you can't do anything great. I can't do any glamorous career. But. At least now I can be sure—"

You, Kurumi Tokizaki.

"I was able to hold you tightly, not as a hero, not as a hero, not as a hero, but as an ordinary person to extend an invitation to you......"

The two separated, and Natsume stroked the left side of her face with her bloodless right hand, which was extremely soft and warm at the same time.

Elves are not wicked. It's just in the wrong way.

"Do you want to come with me? Kurumi ............"

Stretching out his right hand and making an inviting gesture, Natsume tried to smile and raise the corners of his mouth, but it looked a little funny to outsiders.

Standing opposite Natsume, Kurumi put his two hands on his chest, his expression a little hesitant and helpless.

Confused again, but she didn't need to act now, Natsume took it all and walked over. Take her hand, then shake it together.

"Look. You've worked hard now, I'll take care of the rest. ”

"Can't understand why you ......"

"Of course it's ......-?!!"

The moment he spoke, Natsume heard a gunshot.

Even if he sensed the breath in advance, he couldn't react at all with his current body.

The physical bullet pierced through the air, through the space, and pierced Kurumi's body in front of her, sending her flying directly with a huge impact.

Natsume was knocked away together because he was holding the other party's hand and didn't choose to let go.

The slamming slam on the ground, the shaking caused the wound to rupture, blood splattered out, and it was as if it had been immersed in water, and the breathing and body were uncontrollable.

When I opened my eyes, a familiar figure appeared in my field of vision.

Holding a Winchester M1887 shotgun, the corners of his mouth raised in a subtle arc, the person who slowly walked out from under a big tree was-

"Kurumi?"

"Should I say it's been a long time? But I've just seen it, I didn't expect you to convince me, I'm really a little surprised, no, it should be obvious here, with a surprised expression. ”

Looking at Kurumi who opened his hands and opened his mouth slightly, Natsume could only sit on the ground and respond.

The Kurumi next to her has been swallowed by a black shadow.,I see.,This was her past from the beginning.。

With that, Natsume has a little capital to refute.

"So you're afraid of being persuaded by me?"

"After all, humans like Natsume-san are the most suspicious, I'm not as naïve as others, but as my food, you're qualified."

With an amiable expression, Kurumi is like seeing something interesting, and he is reluctant to destroy it, but wants to continue playing with it.

Natsume knows the current situation, he is in an extremely unfavorable situation, even if C.C. can fight, it will be difficult to save the two of them.

Struggling to support his body, Natsume opened his mouth to ask.

“…… Why, and why continue? ”

"What do you mean by going on?"

Hearing Kurumi's rhetorical question, Natsume was a little speechless.

He didn't want to say those things, and even if he did, he probably wouldn't be able to change Kurumi's mind at the moment.

Natsume's only chance of winning is actually the conversation he had just face-to-face, and when faced with the Kurumi who really appeared here at this moment, Natsume didn't know how to continue.

What reasons to use to convince her, and what methods to make her shy, to make her like herself.

I can't think of it, no, even if I think of it, I'm afraid I will never be able to do it with this body.

"I'm confused."

At the beginning of this sentence, Kurumi Tokizaki, who was standing opposite, tilted his head and put his right index finger against the right side of his face, revealing a cute expression.

"Natsume-san's actions always have a sense of purpose, right? Are you looking for something, too? Or rather, have you lost something? ”

"What's missing?"

Maybe so.

Natsume was shaken by Kurumi's words, he was missing something, he was missing something, but what kind of existence was that kind of thing?

Is the reason why I helped Kurumi because of what I was looking for?

No, more important than this is what Natsume has to do now.

"Kurumi, you're always right, whether it's your previous actions or your current actions."

Extreme correctness.

Don't let Natsume's spirit 'infect herself' and keep it 'normal'.

It is precisely because it is too correct to kill humans who harm other creatures and devour bad youths who have nasty feelings towards themselves that they will make mistakes.

"I'll correct it, Mad Three, and have another win?"

"With a body like yours?"

"How is it possible, I don't want to continue fighting and getting hurt."

After all, it's just an ordinary person.

Natsume glanced at C.C. next to him and said while looking at Kurumi

"Use the game to fight it out, isn't it boring for you to eat me directly?" (To be continued......)