The final battle.

　This is the climax of the heroic tale, the glorious story that makes heroes into heroes.
　But for me, the final battle was a shameful sight.

　The broken Japanese sword (kusanagi) and my heart, which also broke in the face of fear and despair.
　The Kensei, who is full of the spirit of a company employee who will continue to fight at all costs, is doing his best, but it's hard to imagine him struggling alone in this situation.

　Even though he was in a perfect state of mind and body, and even if he fought alongside Niall, he was still no match for the Shin-enryu.
　I'm not a fan of this kind of situation, and with everything in shambles, and with my will to fight completely lost, there was no way we could win.

　Moreover, the Japanese sword (kusanagi) was broken, forcing me to fight in even closer time than before.
　Naturally, the hit rate will increase dramatically, and fatigue and damage will continue to accumulate in a rat race.

'---- Augh!
　The striking attack swung down by the Shin Demon Dragon - hooked by its huge toe, I was slammed hard into the ground.

　As I continued to roll on the ground for about 10 meters, the pain that assaulted my entire body quickly eased.
　The Spokone-type S-class cheat "Neymar Challenge" had been activated.

　This S-class cheat, which mimics the damage avoidance technique of a genius soccer player, nullifies the fatal damage caused by a fall by rolling on the ground with a 1/3 chance.

　But, well, just because a cheat like this is activated doesn't mean that
I'm not going to lie, it's not a pretty sight...

　Even if this moment could be slightly prolonged, what would be beyond the despair that awaited them?

　In front of me is the Shin-En-Dragon approaching with the sound of rumbling footsteps.

　I managed to raise my body, which was completely weighed down by pain and exhaustion, and while I remained on my knees, I still clutched the broken Japanese sword (kusanagi) as my heart's only reliance.
　And I just look up at the overwhelming majesty of the king dragon's pride and joy.

''But as expected, this is as far as it goes...''
　You can no longer escape the fate of death.

"Uzuki--

　All I could think about was the one girl.

　If I was a real hero, if I was a real hero, I wouldn't have felt so feminine here.
　With my own strength, I would have defeated the Shin'enryu with my own strength and carved out my own path with my own hands.

But I'm not like that.......I'm not a hero, I'm just one of the ordinary people who lived their lives as they went along. I'm just an ordinary, ordinary, dull ordinary person with a slightly unusual name who can't do anything without a cheat, a dull ordinary person who relies on cheats to pretend to be a hero.......

　It's not that I was looking for the "battle" itself in the first place.

　I wanted to use the strongest S-class cheat, "Kenshyo", to show the girls how cool I was and get a lot of praise from them, and fighting was just a way to spice things up a bit.

　Fighting this SS(double-es) grade Shin'en-ryu, a monster of a different kind and a different technique, after struggling and painfully almost dying - even to the point of actually dying - is just nonsense.

　That's the height of nonsense....

I want to see Uzuki again.... I want to see him smile........ I want to hear her gentle voice.......... I want to hold her soft body in my arms......... I want to have him say to me again, "That's great Seya-san,"........

　A single tear trickled down her cheek.

　The feeling suddenly reminded me of Uzuki's crying face.
　It was when he had found out that Gunma was going to be executed.

　It was only an hour or two ago, but somehow it felt like a long time ago now.

　I cheered up the grieving Uzuru and promised him that I would come back to him.

I had Udzuki perform a special spell for me, and I promised to help him.

　Speaking of promises, was there a promise to have a 'date night out' under the streetlight at night?

"'Date night', I was looking forward to it quite a bit... after all, I wasn't able to keep any of my promises very well, either...

　I gently touched the spot where she kissed me with my finger.
　I remembered the warmth of a moment when I was hit by an unexpected blow, and Uzuki's bashful smile.
　I was helplessly sad.

　So...

Please stay away from Mr. Sayre!

　When I heard that voice, I thought at first I was hearing things on empty ears.