"...What are you talking about?" Ryan asked in surprise, while Lei raised the remaining sword blade to signal.

"I also have my position. Failure is death. This is the absolute rule in war." He put the remaining sword blade on his neck, and Ryan threw away his sword and rushed towards it.

"Stop it!!" Ryan shouted, holding Ray's hand tightly.

"Let go!" Ryan accidentally hit Ray's hand with his left fist.

Lei was hit on the right side of his face, twisted his body, and the knife was taken away instantly.

"What are you doing?" Lei glared at the other party, but was glared back even more.

"You are not allowed to choose to die! You must live!!"

Lei glared angrily: "If I lose to you, I will no longer be able to stand by Kamiya's side. Do you want me to be exposed as a loser?"

"Yes! Even if you are covered in dirt and crawling on the ground, you will still live in a humiliating way!"

"Why is this-"

"For Helene! You should understand, idiot!!"

When Lei heard this, he was a little shaken, and his eyes dropped downward: "Fool. Hailin has rejected me many times. It makes no sense."

"Impossible! Which side of Hailin have you seen!!!" Ryan stood up and threw away the knife he grabbed.

"Tell me, how many times do you think she sighs sadly for you! How many times do you think I reach out and touch you!! It's not anyone else who rejects you! It's you!!"

Ray stared at Ryan with trembling eyes. His eyes fell downward again, looking at his hands.

"What's the point of dying here. Can you be content with leaving her? Can you say to yourself that you won't miss any of this?"

When he heard the word "nostalgia", what came to Lei's mind was Hailin. He had not witnessed her growth process with his own eyes, and could not use his arms to embrace the future she had longed for.

Lei's hands trembled: "No. As expected, I am incompetent."

"Why! You are the one who knocked down the Kamiya gang! The only person here is Lei, who is Hailin's relative, and that's you! What other reason do you need to huddle there!!"

Ray raised his head, with a bitter look on his face: "I have committed countless sins. I can't hold that child tightly with these dirty hands-!!"

This made him feel strange, as the emotions he had been suppressing suddenly emerged.

This is all the fault of memory, because the memory lingering in my mind was just randomly picked up at first.

At the beginning, there was a scared Hai Lin, but at some point the fear disappeared and she started running happily in the wild mountains. Seeing her like this, my heart became calm.

There were days when I imagined what kind of adult she would become in the future, thinking that this would continue every day.

"Don't be kidding..." Ryan whispered to Ray, who was troubled by distant memories.

A voice full of anger and sadness, but somehow there was also an underlying sadness. Lei looked up, his eyes wide open, looking at the tears on Ryan's cheeks.

Ryan looked down at Ray with trembling eyes: "I can't even imagine how many bad things you have done."

While speaking, Ryan knelt down and reached for Ray's chest: "Whether you can spend your life making up for this, I know nothing. But, but -"

He grabbed Lei's chest tightly with both hands and tried hard: "No matter whether your hands can continue or not, there is no reason why a father shouldn't hold his son tightly!!!"

Suppressed by Ryan's ferocious aura, Lei bit his lip.

"Why are you protecting Hai Lin from the 'Phantom'? They are obviously enemies, why don't you kill Hai Lin!!! Don't you want her to live!? Then why do you think Hai Lin won't have the same wish! ! "

“But, I, I——!!”

The forehead was struck. Pain came, and Ray knew it was Ryan's head that hit him.

"But there is nothing! You may die easily because of this, but what should you do with Hailin left behind!? Is the last thing you can leave behind for Hailin is sadness!?"

Ryan grabbed the flinching Lei again and pulled him back: "Hey! Lei!! Answer me!!!"

Lei was speechless and lowered his gaze. Suddenly, an image of Hailin smiling at him appeared in his mind, with tears pouring down his hands.

Lei suddenly became surprised: "Am I...crying?"

This emotion had long been forgotten by him in the distant past. However, the emotions he thought he had given up on were now strongly stirring in his heart.

Tears flowed uncontrollably and became more intense. At the same time, his originally ruthless nature seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

He grabbed Ryan's hand in a husky voice.

The determination surrounding him collapsed, leaving only a sealed wish. He no longer paid attention to his own thoughts, only a surging impulse moved his lips.

"I think, I want to be with Helene. With these hands..." He expressed a wavering wish.

He once gave up and pursued the hope called "Oracle" and forced her to come to him.

Different, completely different. For the first time, Lei faced up to the remaining will in his heart. It was different from what I originally imagined, and it took on a different form.

He wanted to get close to Hailin, not because of Hailin, he just wanted to look at Hailin himself.

"I finally spoke my truth." Ryan said with a smile.

"Things like atonement can be considered slowly in the future. All you should choose now is to stay by Hailin's side."

Lei looked up at Ryan, said nothing, lowered his gaze, but still nodded slightly. He lowered his head repeatedly and kept wiping his tears.

Ryan let go of his hand and stood up slowly: "I still have unfinished business." As he said that, he picked up the sword that fell next to him and staggered to get another sword.

Looking at his back, Lei smiled slightly: "What a fool, you are so wobbly." Ryan said this and smiled back while putting away his sword.

"Ryan."

"Um?"

"...I'm going to go too." Ryan's eyes widened at Ray's words, and then he smiled and said, "Whatever you want," and smiled back with a small smile full of joy.

After hearing the sound of collapsing rubble, Leot opened his eyes slightly. Through the large hole in the ceiling, you can see the stars in the dark night in the distance.

I don't know how long I have been asleep, but there is a small noise echoing. Somewhere far away, there might be a battle going on. The angry and anxious voices were suppressed, and the heartbreaking pain continued throughout the body.

As consciousness became clearer, Leot jumped up: "Now is not the time to sleep." He said regretfully and flew away. Flying out from the hole in the ceiling, I was surprised to see the distant scene.

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