I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Although Fujii Ren's personality is also terrible, compared to the child in front of him, most people are very dark, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

In reality, Honjo and Shirou have died, and Kasumi is unconscious. At this moment, the senior students are all preparing for battle.

She longed for the scene Mary described, but could neither reach nor see it, and could only rely on unrealistic fantasies.

Fujii Ren looked downcast and glanced at the scene on the roof before saying, "Delinquents often hide on the roof to smoke, or it's a place where groups of lower-grade students play and quarrel."

"is it?"

Where Skadi used to be, if she wanted to clear the area, everyone would tactfully leave, otherwise they would be stared at by the heavy gaze of an orca.

Mary tilted her head in confusion, looking at the gloomy Fujii Ren in front of her, and asked in bewilderment, "Does Ren also argue?"

"Yeah, before I met you, I even had a fight with Skadi-senpai."

Fujii Ren replied helplessly that Skadi's appearance at that time was a direct attempt to drag her out of the mundane routine of daily life.

That's why I was really resistant to Skadi at first. I even got beaten up to the point of near death and then saved. So, we naturally had our arguments.

Why are you arguing?

"...A lot has happened."

Fujii Ren said helplessly, "There have been so many things happening lately that it's impossible to explain them all."

Although she didn't say it, Mary could sense that Fujii Ren didn't dislike Skadi; ​​he was just burdened by too many things, making him complicated and conflicted.

"Lian, you seem to be feeling very heavy-hearted."

Mary raised her hand and gently touched her chest, sensing the other person's feelings as she spoke.

Fujii Ren also discovered this, so he was quite surprised.

Her chest, pierced by Reinhardt, reflected her emotions in the distant future, mirroring her own feelings.

In other words, Mary, so far, is like a mirror as hard as a diamond.

No matter what you do, you will not get hurt or break.

She is beautiful yet lonely. Even when she expresses her feelings, they remain superficial and fail to reach her heart.

Skadi's approach was to melt the frog slowly, while Reinhardt simply drilled a hole there.

Therefore, in Mary's heart, Fujii Ren's feelings were reflected and resonated.

Having secured the last canvas, she probably projected her image into the depths of her innocent soul using the method of shadow puppetry.

However, to be honest, isn't this a mutual spiritual confrontation?

Fujii Ren knew that thinking like this was useless, and he didn't feel unhappy.

Although the girl was somewhat angry at Reinhardt's Cupid-like behavior, she had no complaints about the fact that Mary was now closer to her and more caring than before.

However, there is one more thing that needs to be clarified...

"Um, Lian?"

Mary combed her brown-gold hair in the night, looking into Fujii Ren's eyes. Although the other man had a gentle smile, his expression reminded one of a lost child.

Do you think I have a heart?

She raised her hand and gently touched her chest, muttering to herself in confusion, "If this hole is plugged, will I forget this moment? Even when we're arguing, I want to experience that feeling again..."

"......"

Fujii Ren's expression was complicated, and he was speechless.

"The feelings I've been feeling lately... are Lian's, but they don't seem to be mine... But if that's the case, where is my heart? Just thinking about it makes me a little scared."

Mary's expression was like that of a lost and lonely child, longing for Skadi, Ren Fujii, and many other people to connect with her.

In this way, perhaps one can experience the emotions of a normal person.

Regarding Mary's confused words, what Fujii Ren wanted to understand was that she wanted to believe.

"it does not matter."

Fujii Ren smiled and placed her hands on Mary's shoulders. She and Skadi both believed that Mary's spirit and inner self were not an empty void.

I believe that Skadi shares the same thoughts as me.

The child is just too hard-shelled; she would never feel uncomfortable simply because there is no emotional connection.

"Well, how should I put it? I understand a little bit, so if I put it this way, you..."

Although it cannot be well expressed in words, Mary's soul... both Fujii Ren and Skadi could feel that warmth.

That was definitely not some boring thing like a murder weapon or a doll...

"So Mary, don't be too pessimistic. Although I've been a bit negative lately and it's affected you, you... just look forward now. It's difficult, but try to do it happily."

"happy?"

For example, what are you going to do? Mary asked Fujii Rendo with her eyes.

After thinking for a moment, Fujii Ren said to him:

"Just do what Mary wants to do. What is Mary's biggest wish?"

"Maybe he's eating parfaits or having fun with everyone?" Fujii Ren guessed to Mary.

However, after hearing what Fujii Ren said, Mary blinked her bright green eyes and looked at Fujii Ren nervously and shyly. Then, hesitantly, she raised her hands and reached out to Fujii Ren.

Fujii Ren was puzzled and curious, not understanding the meaning behind Mary's actions at that moment.

But when Mary's slender hands reached over her arms and came behind her, the close touch and gentle restraint made Fujii Ren understand what Mary was going to do.

He simply embraced Fujii Ren.

"Well......"

Mary squinted her eyes, feeling the touch of Fujii Ren in her arms, and made a comfortable and gentle sound like a small animal.

"...Mary?"

"I want to touch the lotus, to touch everyone..."

In response to Fujii Ren's question, Mary buried her head in Fujii Ren's chest and said in a tearful voice, filled with emotion and joy.

Fujii Ren wanted her to do what she most wanted to do, and Mary thought of the very beginning.

The first people who had normal contact with her were her parents, and then she met Cagliostro and Reiji.

The former was too shy to make overly intimate gestures towards Mary, while the latter had given her a loving, tender, and caring hug.

Then, Tohka hugged her too; that feeling came from intimate affection.

Skadi also hugged her; that feeling came from selfless love that needed no reason.

At this moment, the emptiness in my heart was opened, and after embracing Fujii Ren, the origin of that feeling was the love of protecting every moment.

Mary seemed to understand then what Rezer had said to her when she was a child and knew nothing.

[To touch this body is to be beheaded; divine punishment will prevent you from knowing the life of any living being.]

You yearn for the innocence of a child, to be touched, to be caressed.

[That alone will bring me eternal happiness.]

"I love you all the most. It's the happiest time to be in your company, and I'm so lucky to be loved by you all..."

As Mary poured out her heart, the embrace became even tighter, but Fujii Ren felt no discomfort whatsoever.

It is because of being cared for, needed, and affirmed that Fujii Ren finds happiness.

"...I really am a complete failure."

Fujii Ren looked helplessly at the moon in the night sky. He had originally intended to encourage Mary, but instead, he was healed by Mary, starting from just now.

Karl Craft or Melklius... is that guy mocking his current self?

Looking back now, I realize that I actually knew absolutely nothing about that guy.

"Hey, Mary, what kind of person is Cagliostro?" Since Mary was there, Fujii Ren took the opportunity of their closer relationship to ask directly.

In response, Mary lifted her head from Fujii Ren's chest, looked at him for a moment, and then said definitively:

"He's a strange person, and he talks a lot, more than Lian. Although he praised me, acknowledged me, and told me a lot of things, he never actually touched me. Hmm... but he seems to really like the footprints I leave on the beach."

puff--!

Whether it was a hallucination or not, Fujii Ren seemed to hear someone vomiting blood... no, the sound of someone coughing up blood.

And compared to just now, several of the countless stars in the night sky have suddenly disappeared.

He shook his head, dismissing the hallucination, and listened attentively as Mary recounted the information about Cagliostro.

"Unlike Lian and Titi, he never touched me..."

Suddenly, Mary lowered her head in disappointment and muttered to herself, wondering if Cagliostro disliked her in some way.

(Lei Zhe: No, he's just a bit of a closet pervert and shy, too innocent when it comes to the person he likes!)

The moment I touched her neck, she flew away. I almost forgot that this is the kind of person this child is.

Fujii Ren was fine; at least in the girl's past perception, she was just an ordinary student.

Skadi and the Black Round Table had said a lot to her, but she still didn't feel that way.

So, even if Fujii Ren doesn't understand the reasoning, he can still discover something by speculating on the cause and effect of things.

"Does Mary want him to touch you?"

Fujii Ren looked into Mary's eyes and asked.

She felt a deep connection to Cagliostro, whom Mary spoke of.

Since she couldn't get close to Mary herself, she found someone else who could.

Fujii Ren was just a substitute for his contact with Mary; in short, a substitute only for this kind of thing.

"Well......"

Mary thought about it for a moment with some doubt, then shook her head at Fujii Ren and said, "I don't know. Cagliostro always says strange things. I don't understand his heart, and I don't know if I should get close to him."

puff--

Here it comes again, this time it seems to be the sound of liquid spraying mixed with the mournful wails of a defeated dog, and there seems to be another person's frustrated and angry shouts.