An inviting voice echoed from outside.

".........

　Saeki is unable to get up.
　He looks at the window by his bed with no expression of anger and nothing but blue sky.

'Saeki-kun!　How long are you going to keep me waiting!

Saeki-sama is here. I'll take care of it.

There's no point in talking about it...

　Guinevere leaves the hospital room as quickly as possible.
　She doesn't even look at Saeki, who looks down.

''Lady Guinevere!''

　The director could be seen from the end of the corridor.
　'From the way he looks troubled, Guinevere thinks that he already knows about what's going on outside.

'Don't let anyone out. I'll handle it.''

Wouldn't it be better to wait for the guards?

You heard me, Director. I told you not to let anyone out, didn't I?

Okay, yes. I understand. Of course.

No, thank you.

Unlike the expression she had shown Saeki, there was something dark and cold there.



*



　When she appeared from the doorway of the hospital.

You don't sound like a patient.

　Masamune muttered.

'My name is Guinevere. 'Hidaka, you must be Masamunesama.'

'Yes, sir?　Is Saeki in there?　I'm there, of course.

　Guinevere looked at the strange scene around her.

　There were the corpses of the otherworldly people that this country had once summoned by summoning the brave, and those still alive, crucified on the iron pillar.
　But her expression was constant and without hostility.

'What is this...?'

The preservatives will run out at some point, and you know how those desiccants get bloated when you use them?　It's the same as that one. After the finale, they're done with their duties.

...I see.

Hmm?

　Masamune tilted his head.
　It wasn't in response to Guinevere's poor reaction.

'Was that you, Guinevere?　I don't know why, but I don't see the Shadow of Hate.

Shades of disgust?

....

'What is the shadow of disgust?'

'I can see, I can see, clearly, those who are not good for me. Mr. Guinevere must be taking care of Saeki, which means he's on his side.

　But Masamune doesn't talk to Guinevere as a human being.

　--Guinevere.

　That name is special to those who know it.
　It leads to the now deceased Kagetora.

'So why do you not have a shadow... what do you mean? If you say you don't have one, it means that your ideology is the same as mine, right?　No way....

　Masamune stopped what he was saying and shifted his gaze slightly.
　Beyond that, he saw Saeki desperately trying to get out, despite being stopped by the nurse.

'Saeki-sama, you have to rest!

　Masamune smiles wryly at Guinevere's worried profile.
　Noticing, Guinevere returns to her expression.

''It's fine. I already have........nothing more to lose.

'Well, well, well!　You're looking good, Saeki-kun!　By the way, I'm surprised, what's that look?

　When Masamune saw Saeki's mechanical limbs, he smiled even more than before.

'You're still human, huh?　--Hahahahahaha!

　Masamune laughed, clutching his stomach and getting teary-eyed.

　Saeki didn't even glare, just stared at Masamune's smile, with pain on his face.
　It was one of the reasons why his legs hadn't adjusted to his body yet.

''Guys...''

　Saeki--Kenshiro Sonoda, Akane Hiiragi, Shiori Kato, Emi Kanai, Chiharu Mitarai, Haruhiko Chosokabe, Jessica Yamanaka--all in the same class s body.
　Only then did Saeki roll his eyes.

　There were many that were severely deficient and did not retain their original form.
　But in all of them, at least the face is not so much missing as to leave a trace of the face.

　Saeki tries to approach Masamune one step at a time, suppressing his emotions, snorting quietly, and with an excruciating expression on his face.

'Kida ... Majima ... Kihara ... Sato ... Iida ... ...

　The five men crucified are as follows.
　Masafumi Kida, Hajime Sato, Shogo Iida, Kyoka Mashima and Madoka Kihara.

'Saeki-sama, please step aside!

Please leave me alone.

　Saeki didn't even look at Guinevere.

'Reunited with my friends, but most of them have already become nothing but stinking filth. Poor thing....

　To Saeki, who is approaching him, Masamune lays out the words like a symbol.

'This... this, this, this, this is it, Guinevere!　I can see a great many shades of disgust from Saeki. This is it but it's never been stranger. You were once the man I am. Isn't that right, Saeki?　You have no right to blame me. You're not even a shadow drifting in the air and it can't be good you're just a hypocrite now. An incompetent hypocrite who has lost a limb and an eye, and whose loved ones have been easily killed. Just like I once was. I haven't fallen that low, though.

　Still, Saeki's expression did not change.
　He just stared at Masamune, out of breath.

'Saeki, I came here today to show you something. This is the last time.''

　Masamune took out the 《Executor's Axe》 from the dungeon vortex.
　It's a huge axe that doesn't look like a school uniform.

''Hey, guys. Shouldn't you get up soon?

　Masamune revealed a red-black shadow from his body and extended it to the five people he had crucified.
　What he did, the five in turn woke up.

''Everyone.....''

　When the five men regained consciousness, Saeki showed his first grief when he came here.
　He imagined them being killed in the future.

　One by one, they let out a cry of "Saeki........" at Saeki's changed appearance.

　Then I heard a chime.
　Out of nowhere--.

'The lunchtime chime rings. That's the signal for the bullying to begin........

　Masamune told Saeki with a cold expression, as if time had stopped.

'Perpetrator, victim, bystander, spectator ... the bystander is Guinevere-san, and then the stranger in the hospital.

　The nurses and patients were looking out of the hospital window.

'Saeki, you're like the masses you should be there expressing appropriate emotions and watching. I'm sure you're getting tired of that face, it's time you tried a different one.

....

"There's nothing you can say that won't help me you say it. That's right. It's futile. Feel that feeling more, because there is a lot of futility in the world, just like you are now, just like I was. The way you are now, the way I was once.

　Masamune approaches the five crucifixionists.

The one thing I don't find interesting is that you have a faint sense of guilt. But hey, unlike you, these guys don't remember anything. Kida doesn't remember a single millimeter of what he did to me. I'm a teacher now, and I used to call the bullied students weak at school.

....

　Saeki turned his attention to Kida.

'You are a teacher's mirror. But, Saeki, that's just the way people are. That's the way it is with people: they forget what they did. We don't remember who we've hurt in the past, or who we've done it to. That's just the way we're made. ...that's how we're made. It's just that I'm the one who's crazy enough to remember.

....

'There are many freaks among those who dwell in the abyss. Now I can see why. The Abyss cannot be used by those who cannot understand pain. I wonder what will happen if we forget the pain... if that day ever comes...''

　Masamune raised his axe.

'Saeki, I hope your pain is eternal. Goodbye--'

　At that moment, Masamune swung his axe.

　The movement was invisible to Saeki.

　After a momentary period of time without an afterimage, five live heads were balanced and lined up on the tip of the axe that was pointed at Saeki.

''-- The Nameless Style [Kyokugeki (Kyokugeki)]

　Masamune dexterously turns the axe with his fingertips and slowly drops the raw head to Saeki's feet.

　The raw head of his friend blends into his vision.
　Saeki didn't take his eyes off of Masamune's gaze all the while.

''That's three more to go.''

....

　Continued vengeance told by Masamune.
　But Saeki knew.

''You're going to kill them all, aren't you? You.

　Masamune smiled a big smile - ''Of course!

'Of course!'

　-- then Saeki grabbed Masamune's face with his mechanical hand.

　Masamune could see it, but he didn't try to avoid it.

'Are you mad at me, Saeki?'

The Devolcade.

　Immediately afterwards, a huge fireball engulfed Masamune.
　The fireball continues to expand and expand in scope, and Masamune is no longer visible.

　Immediately after the explosion, a feverish gust of wind spread to the area.
　It also engulfed the corpses of my friends.

　The black and sandy smoke makes it difficult to see--.

''Guh!''

　Suddenly, an arm stretched out from the smoke.
　It grabbed Saeki's neck.

''Hahahahahahaha!　You can use advanced magic without a magic circle, as expected of a holy knight master!

　It was Masamune's arm.
　But the figure was already that of Ankh Amadeus.
　The school uniforms were gone, and without the odd mask on, Masamune wore only a white robe.

''I told you, it's useless,''

Haha!

　Saeki was kicked far away.
　The staff rushed to him.
　But Saeki couldn't get up and fainted as he looked at Masamune's white back.

''Bye, Saeki........''

　Masamune left the hospital with the blank expression on his face that he showed at first.



*



Wait.

　Masamune looked back.
　It was Guinevere.

　Masamune stops in front of the hospital gate.

''If you don't treat him quickly, he's going to die, right?

It's already in your hands, sir. Your addition and subtraction will bring him back to life.

'Well I see. So, what can I do for you, Mr. Guinevere?

　Masamune called her name meaningfully.
　Guinevere also noticed the discomfort.

''Hidaka-san.......would you like to make a deal with me?

　Masamune notices that her subject has changed from "I" to "me".
　Furthermore, her tone and atmosphere have changed slightly.
　It's not so much the princess as it is a more rough and pale atmosphere in the air.

　But Masamune didn't point it out and asked.

''.........a deal?''

I need you to help me.

Hmm, are you crazy?

He's speaking quite calmly.

　Guinevere approached Masamune one step at a time, facing him and looking into his eyes.

''Well I know someone with the same name as you. I've never met her, but that person was once the princess of a land called Mewi North Pier, a divine country, more than 150 years ago.

　Guinevere was surprised.
　She rolled her eyes and was momentarily speechless.

　Masamune realized from the expression on her face that Guinevere was someone with some connection to her.
　Or is it the same person?

'In this case, should we consider them the same person?

　By the time Masamune muttered that, Guinevere had regained her composure.

'I am not Guinevere.

　Masamune used the Skill 《Truth's Magic Eye》 to peek at her status.
　Then he confirmed her name and race.

''........So what's the deal?''

　She told Masamune, wary of him, being careful not to hear his voice in the area.

'My name is Tinker I'm not even human.

....

''I am a dragon tribe. Please, please listen to me.

　Unable to read the story, Masamune wondered.