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Chapter 145 – The Two Yutos
“What happened to the boss who was here? How did you get here in the first place? Was it God’s involvement?”
Sayuki answers me, blatantly changing the subject.
“We conquered the post-collapse Okutama Lake Dungeon before you arrived.”
“Wha…!?”
Are you kidding me?
I’ve used every cheat trick in the book to get here.
No, there’s no way that any explorer in the entire world has ever completed an S-rank dungeon before this (as far as it’s been announced).
“It was just a few days ago. And the fact that we were transported here from the inn was God’s cheat.”
I looked at God at Sayuki’s words,
“It’s cheating, but it’s a dungeon that’s already been cleared. You’re also using Dungeon Travel. Even if I teleport these guys here, can’t you say that’s cheating from your point of view? I’m using a hidden portal from the entrance to here.”
“You cleared this dungeon before me?”
I asked in surprise,
“Yuto, you’re making a mistake, aren’t you? Thinking that you’re special.”
Haruhara said as he looked at me sternly.
“You should have understood that by now. It’s true that you are special. But you’re not the only one who’s special. All of us… ‘Saber Saber’ is special.”
“That’s…”
“Even if you have a little power from another world, you’re still just one person. We―Saber Saber―are the best team in the world. Huh, an S-rank dungeon? We can handle something like that even if we’re missing one person.”
Haruhara says this as if to provoke me.
“No, I think that’s a bit of an exaggeration. If it wasn’t for the training dungeon that God prepared for us, we wouldn’t have even been able to clear the first floor.
Sayuki adds.
“A training dungeon?”
After I stopped the collapse of the Okutama Lake Dungeon in the skill world, there was talk that God would make a training dungeon just for me.
If the God of that world could do it, then the God of this world could do it.
It seems that when I stopped the dungeon from collapsing in this world, a lot of it went to this world.
It seems that the matter was put on hold, and God wanted to keep it for me.
So that’s how God made the training dungeon for them.
“I’m sorry. I borrowed the idea of the skill world that I heard from you.”
“Why did you do that…”
I had completely assumed that God was on my side.
But behind the scenes of helping me change jobs, God had also done a lot of favors for the other three members of Saber Saber.
I wouldn’t say I was betrayed, but why did she hide it from me?
“Because you seemed too dangerous.”
God shook her wavy hair.
“In this world, Kurashiki Yuto is a likable boy who brings peace to the world together with his companions, who are bound by a strong bond. In this crazy modern age, a person with such qualities is a precious thing. Even without that, I felt a sense of unease at your reckless behavior, repeatedly trying to conquer dungeons that are only a paper-thin difference from being reckless and pushing away your friends from yesterday.”
God spoke sadly.
…I could not argue with that.
In fact, that’s probably what it looked like to an observer.
Especially if I was in God’s position and she could see my true face.
“You look so lonely and sad. I don’t know what kind of painful past you had in the other world. You just overcame a serious setback, and then your last ray of hope was taken away from you―that’s why you’re hiding in the dungeon, isn’t it? It looked as if you were so determined that you would rather die than do such a thing as if you would accept no other possibility than that hope. You must have known by now that this is a very dangerous attitude for an explorer to have.”
“Th-That’s…”
“You know, Yuto… even if you are a different person now, if you are the same soul, I think we can accept you as Yuto… that’s how I feel. But…”
Haruhara frowns.
“You didn’t tell us anything. You didn’t try to rely on us. When I thought about what would happen to our Yuto after you returned to your original world… it looked like you were **** of that, too. You were **** of us, of reality… that’s not the you I recognized!”
“Guh…”
Headaches, and more headaches.
More than anything else, Haruhara’s anger shook my heart.
“I think… I think I can still accept it. I thought that the current Yuto-senpai was indeed very similar to the original Yuto-senpai. I thought that was what God meant when she said that your souls are the same. The superficial parts are quite different, but even so, I’m convinced that you are still Yuto-senpai. The essential parts are the same.”
That was Sayuki.
Come to think of it, she said that on the beach as well.
Even if I can’t save Sayuki, she said she would respect me for trying to save her.
When I think about what happened in the Skill World, I can’t really believe it…
“I don’t really understand what Sayuki is saying. The current Yuto and the original Yuto are like two different people. How can you believe that they can change so much just because the lives they’ve led are slightly different? Our Yuto wouldn’t just snap like that!”
Haruhara said disgustedly, and then Honoka-chan opened her mouth.
“I was… lost. I think I understand what it means to have the same soul. There were many moments when I thought, ‘Ah, this person is also Yuto-san…’ But… I’m sorry. I… I…!”
Tears welled up in Honoka-chan’s eyes.
“I didn’t want to believe it. I didn’t want to know. I wanted to believe that you and I were lovers, bound by fate. But that’s not the case, is it? There is another woman in your heart.”
“That’s…
“At first, I thought it was only natural. People meet each other by chance, and it’s possible that there’s another woman next to you. So this is just my jealousy, just my possessiveness… When I think of your happiness now, I know in my head that I shouldn’t be the one who binds you if I’m not in your heart… But, but…!”
Honoka-chan cries, her shoulders rise and fall.
Sayuki gently strokes her shoulders.
Sayuki looks at Honoka-chan with eyes that seem to be struggling to hold back her sadness, and Haruhara looks at me with reproachful eyes.
“That’s why―this is my selfishness. I guess it’s no wonder that you resent me. Still… just as there are things you can’t give up, there are things I can’t give up either!”
Honoka-chan shook off her tears and looked at me.
No, she glared at me.
“I’m sorry, Yuto-san from another world. I’m going to seal you away and make you return to your original self!”
Immediately after those words, a huge magic circle of light appeared on the floor of the boss’s room.
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