Oops, that punch seemed to have sent him too far...
Tono Shiki hurried to the direction where Volov had just flown.
The trail of blood dripping down my spine was followed closely along the way, but the further I went, the wider the space above my head became.
Finally, the bloodstains disappeared into a very spacious and dark space.
Several exquisite stone pillars strongly support the dozens of meters high ceiling and the huge hall.
The sound of dripping water echoed in the dark and hazy space.
Continuously enlarging,
Like a nervous heartbeat,
Hinting at a fight in the dark.
Wait a minute,
Why is there a woman lying on the stone slab in the middle? !
With eyes closed, sleeping soundly,
It was as if some kind of cult ceremony was being held here.
"It's so cold..."
!
Where is it? !
The sound waves seemed to be coming from all directions.
The contradictory feeling of being out of reach yet so close...
Tono Shiki clenched his fists.
Striking a fighting stance,
The light of the pale blue eyes penetrated the turbid air, scanning the surroundings vigilantly.
In the darkness...
There was a crisp sound.
Broke the silence.
Without thinking too much,
Tono Shiki rolled sideways to dodge,
A huge cone of ice exploded at the spot where it had just been.
Then several more icicles were quickly fired at the sleeping girl on the platform.
Tono Shiki immediately rushed in front of her.
Cross your hands in front of your chest.
The huge impact of the ice cone caused Shiki to take several steps back, and his arm was pierced by the cold at that moment, causing him to lose consciousness.
And Volov finally emerged from the darkness,
Torn coat, messy silver hair, bloodstained face,
The knife that was just thrown hit the line on his left wrist.
So his left hand is gone,
The sleeves under my arms were hanging empty...
He stared at Shiki with an embarrassed look.
The sick face was full of anger.
"What on earth did you do?!
Unable to recover...
And actually...took away so much of my energy..."
His eyes seemed to be much clearer.
This shows that he has just put a lot of effort into regenerating his body.
The surrounding temperature dropped exponentially.
The blood will coagulate.
The air I breathe in stings.
Several layers of white frost appeared on the dark blue body.
Toono Shiki felt like his body was like a worn-out mechanical gear.
Every movement was very stiff and laborious.
Every cell and every muscle is trying its best.
"Oops... Oops... It's so cold... But I should be able to handle it.
That's right! Isn't he using some fire skill? !
Why does he have other skills? "
After saying this, Volov raised his right hand again.
but
"How should I know? These vampires have weird settings!
But Shiki... I think with who you are now, you should be able to use those now! "
"What are those?"
The body seems to move on its own.
I opened the storage box on the belt beside my waist.
A few fancy whistles were revealed...
Shiki chose the one in the middle, the crystal whistle that shone with colorful lights even in the dim light underground.
This looks pretty strong!
Insert the crystal whistle into the kivat's mouth and blow it.
immediately,
It was as if something had happened again.
Several chains reappeared.
Then he locked his arms and chest tightly, making the dark blue armor on his upper body sparkle like colorful crystal.
Something appeared on the visor, and the deep blue eyes along with the kivat's eyes became as bright and clear as crystal...
The crystal skirt appeared at the waist.
Such a sacred... mysterious... warrior,
Even in the darkest depths,
The light of crystal can dispel all darkness.
Kamen Rider Kiva (?) *** Form
The body seemed to be opened.
Endless power gushed out.
"This! What kind of power is this!?"
Unbelievably, Shiki looked at his arms and body curiously.
Volov in the distance stopped moving.
The frightened and hideous face, clenched teeth, and trembling body,
Akahime stared at the kiva that had changed its form in front of her.
Tono Shiki raised his right hand and tapped the ground lightly.
The ground turned to crystal,
Then the crystal twisted its body like a snake,
It continued to spread in the direction of Volov.
All the stone floors that they passed through turned into crystal without exception.
Feeling a huge threat, Volov could only stand there.
The twisting crystal snake instantly turned into a huge crystal spider.
It used its huge limbs to leap from the ground into the air.
!
Is it this? !
impossible!
Even if it's just heard!
This ability!
Why does it disappear and turn into the power of kiva? !
No!
Can't be touched by that!
No, it's too late!
The light of the crystal disappeared at the moment when death enveloped Volov.
Only the crystal ground was left along the way.
...
"I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy.
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! ? !
The brain is filled with tearing and confusion,
As if it were about to tear apart,
It's about to reach its limit and burn out...
The ineffable whispers,
It came into my mind,
Eliminate... destroy...
The heart was held fast, the blood was stilled.
The cells screamed and demanded,
Eyes pierced by light,
Death consumes all cells...
The incomprehensible things tear at the soul...
I,
Does it still exist? …
The crystal armor shattered into pieces of crystal.
Empty eyes,
With arms hanging down,
Sweat soaked my hair.
The trembling legs could not support the heavy body.
Toono Shiki fell face first to the ground.
Kivat anxiously checked on Shiki's condition.
"Shiki! Shiki! Oh no, this kid fainted again!
No, that feeling just now...
Could that power be...?
Oh no, why did he pick up the whistle the first time!
Well, I am not dead even after using His power!
Shiki, I was right about you! "
As if remembering something, Kivat looked at the motionless boy in front of him with self-blame, and then suddenly flapped his wings in surprise and joy.
…
The giant steel spear slowly appeared in Volov's right hand.
The white spear, which was several meters long, pointed directly at the unconscious Shiki on the ground.
"I am finally awake now...
Rather than the princess' heart, I must make you disappear first…"
Absolute zero,
The cold wave came roaring and whistling,
The entire hall is about to be completely frozen.
Suddenly, a blue figure grabbed Tono Shiki by the back of his collar and ran out.
"Damn it, I didn't expect his true principle blood ring was this.
Now the Seventh Holy Scripture is not with me either.
That system hasn't been delivered yet...
We can only retreat first! "
"As expected... is it a disguised agent..."
"But you should know... this thing you are carrying...
But they are creatures far more terrifying than vampires..."
"I know, but that won't stop me from saving his life this time.
I never thought it was Shiki-kun…"
"..."
Three pale dead figures emerged from the darkness and blocked Xier's path.
Several black sword-like objects instantly crushed the dead bodies.
But what greeted him was not flying flesh and blood but the bursting of fire.
Flames and explosions instantly filled the entire underground sanctuary. Several load-bearing pillars were shattered into powder in the flames.
Soon after, the ceiling collapsed along with the entire building.
Everything above the ground covers all the sins below the ground.
Where is this... Kivat? Arquette?"
No one paid any attention.
Falling into nothingness,
Floating aimlessly.
Suddenly, after a flash of light,
A very familiar room appeared, but I couldn't remember where it was.
Three sofas and a coffee table are arranged in an orderly manner in the small space.
The only door was locked tightly with countless heavy iron chains.
"Ah, you're awake?"
"Who are you...?"
The ethereal voice...
A very familiar face appeared in front of me. Isn't this...my childhood self? !
"Hmm... Let's talk like this."
After blurring out, little Shiki looked exactly like the current Tono Shiki, but without the glasses, and his sharp eyes were filled with confidence... ?
"Who…are you?!"
"Me? I'm Shiki~"
"You are Shiki? Then who am I?"
"You too, Shiki."
"Oh, we're both Shiki."
"..."
"——"
"Okay, let's get down to business."
"Tono Shiki" sat on one of the sofas and pointed for Tono Shiki to sit opposite him.
"You are really lucky, Shiki. You almost killed Shiki just now, and you didn't leave anything behind.
Completely disappear from this world. "
!
It was then that Tono Shiki remembered what he had just done.
A mysterious force made him faint.
"In short, although that power fluctuation allowed me to wake up, you'd better not use that crystal whistle before that day."
"So, what are you?"
"Didn't I tell you it was Shiki~"
"No, you're not 'Shiki'."
"Okay, okay, I'll just tell you directly.
My name is Nanaya Shiki, but I am also Shiki, and you are also Shiki.
The words here should be considered as the depths of your consciousness, and this is also where I fulfill my responsibilities. "
Nanaya Shiki pointed to the tightly locked iron door behind him.
"So... you're my personality or something...?"
"Personality? You can think of it that way if you want.
To be exact, we are a whole, the so-called "Shiki".
I am just a fragment of Shiki's memory. "
Somehow, two cups of tea appeared out of nowhere on the coffee table. Nanaya Shiki handed one of them to Toono Shiki, and then took a sip himself.
"No, what if this is my memory? I remember everything that happened when I was a child!"
"Really? Remember?"
"I really… remember…"
I can't remember.
If it is all specific time, it always feels vague.
"What about the one before that?"
"Before that? How could you possibly remember that?"
"Right? And no matter before or after, it's not complete."
"And even though you have the power of kiva and those eyes, you always get defeated, Shiki."
"Shut up! I just… I just can't get used to it yet!"
"Is that so... Then I look forward to your future battles..."
Well, it's getting late and you should go back.
"Wait… wait! How come I am also a riddler? I still have so many questions to ask!"
"Then I'll ask you next time~
Oh, and be careful of kivat and that blonde woman~
Then, Ghana~"
"Hey! What do kivat and... Arquette mean? Hey!"
The small room seemed to be spinning, and the vision fell into darkness.
........................
The light appeared,
Are you back?
Gem-like red eyes, flawless angelic face, unique fragrance,
The golden hair hanging on her face tickled her nose...
This is...
"Arquette?!"
"Ah, you're awake."
Arquette just curiously put his face close to the still unconscious Shiki and looked at his sleeping face.
"Close! Too close!"
"Hey, what's your attitude? Shiki was unconscious the whole time, and I was really worried!"
"Ah… yes…"
I put on the glasses in my pocket and looked around, only to find that the sky had already turned gray, suggesting that night was about to fall.
There were ruins of various buildings piled up nearby, and there was no one around. No one knew where kivat had gone.
"I should have gone with Shiki earlier! Do you know how dangerous it was just now? There were both Zu and the Agent!"
"Agent?"
"I'm considered a church member.
The church's opinions on kiva are polarized.
A few people believe that kiva is a powerful partner who helps them defeat vampires;
However, most people, even the bishops, believed that Kiva was a non-human creature and should be attacked by the vampires.
So I was really scared when I found Shiki fainted here! I'm really angry! This is the first time I have the urge to destroy everything around me! "
"Is that so... I'm sorry to have worried you... Thank you so much, Arquette. You helped me a lot this time, and I will definitely repay you later..."
"Hmm... Hey! Where are you going?!"
Seeing Toono Shiki standing up tremblingly and dragging his steps to leave, Elquet quickly grabbed him.
"Kill him... I can't do it three times. This time, I must..."
"Do you know how weak you are right now? You will really die if you continue to transform like this!"
"…
He must be beaten...
And there is a promise...
By the way, his real ability is not fire, but cold air..."
"Air conditioning? I get it... You should take a rest first!
At least until night, I'll help you this time! So listen to me this time! You still owe me some obligations! "
...
"Okay... okay... I'll leave it to you tonight, Elquet..."
Shiki, realizing that his body had reached its limit, fainted again, but fortunately Elquet caught him in time.
"I could use my magic eyes to let you rest and follow my instructions before and this time… but, for some reason, I don't want to do that~"
Elquet quietly looked at the sleeping boy in his arms, smiling and muttering to himself.
........................
When Tono Shiki woke up, he realized it was already night.
I didn't know why I was on the top of a tall building. I didn't know what Elquet did while I was unconscious. After I woke up, an overwhelming feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over me, making it impossible for me to stand up for a while.
Not far away, Elquet stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking the city.
The bright moon,
Hanging high in the night sky;
Extreme cold,
Wrecking the city at night,
The area within a few miles was covered with white frost.
The road was covered with ice.
Volov stood on the street not far away.
With his eyes closed, his right hand tightly grasped the huge white spear.
Quietly waiting for their arrival.
"Ah, are you awake?"
"Well, I don't know what you did, Elquet. Your body aches all over as if it's falling apart."
"I just thought it was too slow so I took you upstairs faster."
"..."
"...It seems that the agents did not appear...
Well, even though the strength I have recovered is not much, it should be enough. "
Damn it, at such a crucial moment, Kivat wasn't around, leaving her to go on stage alone.
"Please, Arquette. Don't let him destroy it any more..."
"Yeah! I understand!"
"Hey, hey! Can't you please help me?"
"Kivat? Where have you been?!"
"Ahem, I just went to confirm some things. Come on!"
"I bite!"
On a tall building under the starry sky, the dark blue warrior appeared again.
"Arquette!"
"Yeah~ I understand!"
Elquet leaped from the tall building,
White flowers,
Dancing lightly in the night,
Breaking free from the shackles of gravity,
A free, flawless bird,
Flying slowly in the air,
Playing with the night sky,
The girl's curvy and graceful figure,
It is like a famous painting in the moon.
Covered in bright moonlight,
Blooming in the darkness...
"Stop looking, Shiki!"
"Oh! Ohhhh!!"
Insert the killing whistle into the kivat's mouth and blow it.
"Wake up!"
In the melodious flute sound,
The heavy chain on my right foot was removed,
Dark blue wings spread out on the calves,
The three exposed gems sparkled in the moonlight.
He pushed off the ground with his left foot and leaped high into the air...
As if it had escaped gravity,
Came to Elquet, and danced with her on the moon behind her,
Their eyes met, Erquette smiled, and Shiki nodded;
"preparation--"
Elquite slowly adjusted his posture. After accumulating strength, Shiki took a knight kick posture to cooperate with Elquite.
The bright white moon behind me slowly turned into a new moon.
The moonlight fell like a stage light, focusing on Volov in the distance.
"superior!"
The light white and dark blue figure,
The moonlight fell from the sky as torrential rain.
Like a missile,
Break through the air,
accelerate,
Speed up again.
The two men punched and kicked Volov at the same time.
A deafening explosion swept the entire street.
The wind field stirred up swept away everything around, including the cold air.
When the curtain of dust in the air falls,
A huge bat-shaped pit with a radius of several dozen meters appeared.
In the huge crater created by the explosion, Shiki and Elqui stood aside, warily watching Volov who had not fallen down even after being hit so hard.
Except for the left hand, other parts of the body instantly recovered after the blood spilled, and it seemed that there was nothing serious.
"This guy…"
"Shiki, you still have to use those eyes against vampires like this!"
"Thanks for the reminder, kivat!"
Shiki pulled out the "Nanayo" knife and got ready, feeling that the knife was responding to him at this moment.
Every time he transforms, instead of increasing his agility and then cutting through the enemy's "line", Shiki has a deeper desire to rush forward and fight the enemy.
But it is obvious that when facing a vampire with such a strong regenerative ability, no matter how badly you beat him, as long as there is blood, he can still recover as before. Therefore, even if you can transform into a kiva, you still have to use the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
"Arquette! Cover me!"
"Yes! Leave it to me!"
Elquet waved his hands, and green vines grew around Volov, quickly wrapping around his limbs and body.
Shiki quickly rushed towards Volov on the rock fragments. Even a few seconds of stiffness would become the winning moment. Shiki jumped high up, thinking that he could cut the death line on his head in one breath with the speed of his downward thrust.
!
The restrained Volov's originally dim eyes suddenly lit up, and his instinct prompted him to use the spear in his hand to cut all the vines on his body, and then quickly turned the spear head to stab Tohno Shiki.
Shiki quickly used his knife to block, but the short blade was no match for the spear. Shiki quickly turned his body, and the spear brushed past his shoulder, sparking a burst of sparks. The injured Shiki lost his balance and rolled to the side.
"...Are those eyes also Kiva's ability...?
Don't look at me with those eyes of yours! "
Huge snowflake-shaped ice crystals formed above Volov's head, and then turned into dozens of ice cones with a radius of more than ten centimeters, shooting towards the prone Shiki like a rainstorm.
Shiki quickly rolled to the side and stood up and ran towards Volov again, constantly using his knife to cut off the flying icicles.
Even though he was hit by the ice cone, he paused and continued to rush towards him.
After realizing that his ability was not enough to effectively suppress Volov, Elquet also began to rush towards Volov from the other side.
The three of them started fighting in close combat.
Elquet and Shiki cooperated tacitly, constantly attacking Volov with their sharp claws. If he did not defend, he would be torn into pieces in an instant. But once Volov used his heavy spear to block and counterattack, what would be waiting for him would be Shiki's fatal swing on the other side.
Helpless, Volov compressed the ice vapor and ice cones and fired indiscriminately in all directions. The extremely cold beast temporarily resisted the two men's encirclement and forced them to defend. Although the initiative was still in the hands of Shiki and Elquet, the two sides once again formed a standoff.
"You and Kiva right now...are very different from what was rumored...Normally, I would have thought that surviving your combined attack for just one second would be enough..."
"No, these two claws are enough to deal with you.
Hmm... I remember... the one who hated and feared humans and drifted across the sea to build a castle, Zelja Achenbaum... So you took away his principle? "
"That's right... but as a knight, I defeated the king and usurped the throne, and made the principle of it my curse...
But I didn't expect you to be so weak... You can't even use fantasy materialization now... But even so, you are still powerful...
If you hadn't wasted your energy protecting those meaningless things from the moment I showed up... maybe I would have been in a more awkward situation...
It seems that you are indeed completely different from the rumors."
"..."
"Kiva is not as good as the previous rumors,
But you have a more terrifying power that has never been heard of before...
But Kiva's transformation is not very adaptable to this kind of power..."
"Stop talking nonsense! Go to hell right now!"
Shiki didn't want to get entangled with him anymore, so he inserted the fatal whistle into Kivat's mouth again and pressed it down.
"Wake up!"
The restraints on the right foot were opened again,
Since he won't let me cut the string, why don't I just use Dark Moon Break to kick him completely so that he loses his ability to move and then cut his string, right?
Shiki leaped high and sent a knight kick straight towards Volov's head, but there was no ice cone to stop him in the middle.
"...Wait a minute Shiki!"
Realizing that something was wrong, it was too late for Elquet to stop Shiki's actions.
"I caught you..."
"Nani?"
The kick's falling speed did not accelerate,
Instead, it gradually slowed down until it stopped in mid-air.
Why? Suddenly it froze! I can't even move my limbs!
"Thanks to you...your vines gave me the idea of this trick..."
It was no longer an ice cone, but through the moisture in the air and the outbreak of the cold wave, the ice cubes appeared like a big hand and grabbed Shiki in the air tightly.
Volov raised the spear in his hand like a javelin, and then threw it towards Tono Shiki with all his strength.
It's over... I was too reckless again...
Even if it was Kiva, he would be pierced instantly by this giant gun...
This time, death still did not come to Shiki.
At the critical moment, Elquet jumped high, a purple light flashed, and he smashed the huge solid ice block with one claw, then used both hands as if catching a blade with bare hands to block the spear and change its direction, but it was still knocked away by the powerful impact.
"Arquette!"
Yes, why am I always so reckless? I obviously possess great power, but every time I still need the extremely weak Elquet to rescue me, otherwise I don't know how many times I would have died.
After landing, Shiki quickly went to check on Elquet, who had fallen among the rocks.
But at this moment, her eyes were tightly closed, blood was dyeing her golden hair red, and it was slowly flowing down from the top of her head. Her limbs were lying weakly on the ground, and the dust dimmed her originally flawless white figure.
...
His fists were clenched tightly, his whole body was shaking, and it seemed as if the chains on his shoulders were about to break.
Anger, hatred, self-blame, the brain was burning again, the strong pressure seemed to crush the brain and eyeballs.
Finally, driven by instinct, Shiki saw and understood.
In the distance, a deep, vortex-like "point" of death appeared on Volov's neck, which was the starting point for the birth of all "lines".
There was a similar "dot" on Volov's chest, but it was a deep, cold vortex, as if he saw a world of ice and snow, and saw the man's past...
"What did you see?!"
Realizing something, Volov's calm and indifferent face suddenly became ferocious.
"I saw the date of your death..."
Shiki Tono raised his knife and rushed towards Volov again.
"Hey! Shiki! Calm down!"
"I understand!"
The torrential rain of icicles came again. Shiki kept running forward, waving his knife in various styles as if blocking bullets. If he encountered an icicle that was too big, he would just smash it with a punch of his left hand.
A fierce cold wave came again like a hurricane, accompanied by countless ice cones. Shiki dodged it with a sliding tackle, then rolled forward and came to Volov to fight him in close combat. He stabbed Volov with a knife, and then he summoned his spear again to block the stab, and then changed his offensive; Volov kept stabbing Shiki, and Shiki desperately turned his body and fought with his spear with his knife. The metal kept making crisp collision sounds.
In the end, the knife was sent flying by the spear, and sparks flew. Even though Tohno Shiki blocked with both hands, he was still stabbed away by the spear and fell to the ground.
"It's your death... Kiva..."
Shiki stood up with difficulty and shakily, and took up his stance again.
"The rules of victory have been determined..."
"Kivat, use that move!"
"Are you sure?! Shiki, you know the consequences of using the power of six Demon King Stones in this form!"
"Of course I understand...but I've already said that I can't let him survive tonight..."
"...I see...
Both wake up! ! "
The fatal whistle sounded, but this time the sound was deeper and longer, the kivat circled back and forth between his legs, the chains on his legs were released at the same time, two pairs of deep blue wings spread out, six shining gems flashed at the same time, the fierce electric energy made Shiki stagger, all the cells in his body seemed to be activated and excited, and the remaining strength was quickly lost.
After standing firmly, he jumped up with his legs, flew upside down into the night, came in front of the bright moon, adjusted his body, and accompanied by the moonlight, like a shining blue comet, streaked across the night sky, and fell to Volov on the ground.
Volov stretched out his right hand and tried the same trick again, but this time the ice crystals were completely melted by the extremely high temperature once they reached Shiki's vicinity.
Realizing that something was wrong, Volov raised his gun and stabbed Shiki, but the moment he raised the gun, the white spear shattered into powder like ice crystals.
Could it be that... ! That's when!
In the fight between the knife and the gun just now, it seemed that the gun defeated the knife, but in fact the gun had already been "killed" by the knife.
The giant bat accelerated through the air, its fangs bared.
Volov, who was at the end of his strength, found that he could not move. He looked into the distance and saw Elquet squatting on the ground with his right hand stretched out, and the vines had entangled him again.
Kiva's figure continued to grow in the pupils of despair.
"What happened to me will happen to you, kiva."
The moment his legs touched the two "points", a small mushroom cloud rose from the ground, and the powerful airflow blew away everything around it. Uncontrollable energy that was several times stronger than "Dark Moon Break" appeared on this land for the first time.
"Pain... cold... death... it's so rare..."
The vampire with blue flames turned into powder with the explosion.
The long-awaited "death" came to this vampire.
........................
When the smoke cleared, Tono Shiki, who had lost his transformation, lay quietly on the ground. Kivat threw a light blue whistle like ice crystals to Shiki.
"This is..."
"A new power, maybe I can use it someday~
I thought you were going to use the power of those two, but I didn't expect it to be this trick. "
"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep first~"
After saying that, kivat crawled into the big pocket of his shirt.
"Forget about their power..."
The hand holding the whistle dropped to the ground, and Shiki, exhausted, lay on the ground in a spread-eagle position, looking up at the sky.
A waning moon hangs in the night sky,
Snowflakes like catkins fell one after another,
How to say it,
I miss it so much.
"Are you okay, Shiki?"
Ah, I actually felt that this face was so friendly and reassuring.
"Ah… you're still alive…"
Saying these words seemed to be overdrawing the last of my life force.
In the snow, Elquet stood beside Tono Shiki with his hands behind his back, as if nothing was wrong, staring at Shiki's legs.
"Arquette...?"
"Yeah, Shiki is amazing.
This is the first ancestor I have killed since I became a kiva. "
"...But, the price of killing this ancestor in exchange for the surrounding things...I don't want to do this..."
"Hmm? That's not right, Shiki. Even though the streets are frozen, no one died this time~"
"ah?"
Blood spurted out from the waist excitedly.
"Wait! Don't move if you're injured like that.
I mean, no one was hurt. Ever since he appeared on the street, I used a convection membrane to freeze everything. After all, Shiki, you said you wanted to protect the innocent people around you. "
"..."
Elquet raised an eyebrow and smiled at Shiki.
No wonder, Elquet was always worried about something during this battle, which made her already weak body even more exhausted.
He is truly a flawless person...
"Thank you, Elquite... Thank you so much..."
Shiki suddenly supported himself on the ground with his hands and struggled to get up.
"Shiki! Don't move! Really, you should rest well with an injury like this!"
"Please, Arquette... I have an appointment to attend..."
"...Okay, then I'll take you back~"
Elquet supported Tono Shiki and moved slowly.
Her fingertips were so smooth and cold,
But this feeling of dependence fills my heart with warmth...
..........................................
Tono Akiha did not return to her room early tonight. In the silent and dark hall, she was waiting for the familiar figure.
The feeling coming from her heart made her almost unable to hold back her tears.
Finally, there was a sound from behind the closed door.
The trembling Tono Shiki's clothes were all dirty and torn, and he looked in a state of disgrace.
I pushed the door open with my last bit of strength.
"I'm back...Akiha."
"Well, welcome home, brother."