... live free!

"Lena...... Enough, enough..."

Yua hugged me from behind and she said something and finally came back to me. In my right hand I held the sword that Schaffner had. And when I looked at my feet, I had a red dyed boot there with my foot stuck in Schaffner's tummy that was covered in blood.

Apparently I was waving Schaffner unconsciously. Was it a little too much? And I thought a little bit of that, but Schaffner seems to be alive for once. Well, I don't think it's enough as punishment, but once this is it... If I kill you, it won't taste good... With that in mind, I pulled my legs out of Schaffner's stomach and stroked Yua's head.

"I'm sorry to bother you, huh? I got a little annoyed, so I overdid it..."

Yua looked up a little and looked at me as I was scratching my cheek saying that. There were still tears in that face.

"I overdid it. Isn't that... I was so worried because I wouldn't stop talking or hugging you from behind..."

When I heard about Youre, I thought I was angrier at Schaffner than I thought. You're so heartless that you can't hear the voices around you... I honestly thought I was glad Yua was worried when she saw me like that. But you could have worried without pulling back often even looking at me like that......

"I didn't think you were so worried. I'm sorry, Youre."

That's what I said, and I held Yua tight.

Then I held Yua tight for a while, but suddenly Yua's power was loosing and she was about to fall and stomped in panic. Why all of a sudden? I thought I looked slightly blue when I peered into Yua's face. Speaking of which, because you were bleeding a lot before you got here, maybe that's the effect? and hugging Yua with that in mind seemed painful and Yua groaned.

"Ugh..."

"Are you okay?"

Yua nodded slowly when she heard that. Are you sure you're okay? When I tried to get it down near Lumia with that in mind, I noticed blood sticking around the area where I had dropped Yua earlier.

(You just got a dagger stabbed in the abdomen and handled it easily, didn't you?

Sit Youre down when you realize there is one thing you think about that. Then I checked the injured area before I got here and the wound was open again and bleeding.

(Could it be in the fight with Schaffner...)

I realized that, but I tried to treat him first, so I put a potion on the open wound.