Volume 7 Chapter 19 The Devil's Contract (Akuma)
"How about it? Did you trust what I said?"
Hoozuki's words sounded distant.
How much time had passed since Hinata was taken to this room? The tea had already cooled down, and the stories that were told in the meantime were all unbelievable.
"Senpai... another world...? That's... a ridiculous story..."
"Yes, I suppose so. It's understandable that you're confused. But as you've just seen, everything is true."
Yamamoto Yuusuke was a hero in another world. Isumi Tsukiko was a magician.
All of these were things that Hinata would normally laugh off as reading too much manga.
But what Hoozuki brought was not just words.
He showed her several videos on the tablet on the desk. Something like an opaque knight fighting. Tsukiko holding a spear. And flashy effects like in a movie, and a breaking scenery.
Yuusuke's figure was not shown there.
However, when shown Lisha, who was clad in light, and Kanami, who was holding a gun, it was hard to believe that Yuusuke had no involvement.
The sudden appearance of girls around Yuusuke. Their abnormal fighting strength. And now, the fact that communication with them has been cut off.
She wanted to deny it, but she couldn't.
(──Is this a prank? But there's no way they could make such an expensive video, and why would they go as far as kidnapping me just for that?)
"Well, if you still can't believe it even with this..."
Hoozuki said that and placed his finger on the cup in front of him.
Just as she was wondering what he was doing...
"What!?"
White frost fell on the cup, and the surface of the tea froze. In just a few seconds, the untouched tea had frozen.
"No way..."
It's impossible. Even for a magic trick, it's too well done.
"I apologize for the long wait. I'll bring you another cup of warm tea."
Hoozuki said that and tidied up the cup before leaving the room.
If it were Hinata before hearing the story, she might have left the room by now, but now her feet couldn't move.
The information given to her was causing her head to spin.
In the midst of all this, the one thing that occupied Hinata's mind the most was a certain thought.
If Yuusuke was really a Hero, then Lisha and Kanami would be people from another world. And Tsukiko, a fantasy being called a magician.
Only Hinata, had nothing.
A normal person who could be found anywhere, a mob character in manga. Even now, she was left out like this.
The person she liked, and the person she thought was her love rival, were actually on a completely different level, and she was the only one who didn't notice and jumped around.
──It's too much.
There's no way she could win. She didn't notice anything that Yuusuke was carrying.
Surely, there was a reason why Tsukiko broke up with him. A reason that only the two of them knew, that she couldn't even imagine.
Hinata looked down and clenched her fists.
She desperately held back the tears that threatened to spill. She was ashamed and hateful of her own clownishness.
But still, she liked him.
She knew that he was fighting to save someone, just like he saved her, and that made her think so even more.
"Senpai..."
She wanted to be more than just a junior, a special person.
"I can make that wish come true."
Hinata raised her face in surprise at the words that were suddenly thrown at her.
Hoozuki, who was supposed to have left the room, was looking down at her.
"It must be sad. It must be frustrating. Not only is the person you love not thinking of you, but you also feel useless and desperate."
"..."
"I understand. I felt the same way too. But, didn't I say it before? You can be of help to him."
"Me...?"
"Yes. He has been deeply hurt by a betrayal from his comrades in the past. Your love for him can become the healing power he needs."
Love. That's right. If it's just love, she won't lose to Tsukiko, Kanami, or Lisha. If she can stand in the same place, Yuusuke will notice her.
Kushina walks closer to Hinata and squats down, taking her hand.
"Let's make a promise. I will definitely deliver your feelings to him. So, please lend me your strength."
It was the whisper of a demon.
At the same time, Hinata doesn't realize that Kushina Mikoto's magic, 'Side Cost,' is being activated.
Under normal circumstances, Hinata would have refused.
But Hinata's heart at that moment was almost broken.
With a desperate feeling, she imagines herself standing next to Yuusuke.
In that place, she will be there too... Hinata nodded slightly.
"Yes, please."
And so the contract was made, and the magic was completed.
Kushina Mikoto, with a devilish smile, placed his hand on Hinata's chest.
She stabbed it.
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