Isekaid 40ish Man Returns, Regressed as a Peerless 17-Year-Old

「Hey, you. Have you seen Senka?」

I was outside, cooling off while gazing at the moon, when the coach came to me.

「She will no longer come back」

「……………I see」

I guess he understood what I meant.

The coach looked both relieved and sad.

「You knew it, didn’t you? What she has been doing?」

The coach nodded quietly.

「I’ve seen Senka eating humans twice. I tried to save someone who didn’t die and can still be saved as her condition is only getting worse. However, if she was saved, what would they do to Senka……When I thought about it, I was unable to lift my hand……」

The coach refused to save a life that can still be saved.

That’s probably the reason why he can still remember it……

I’m sure it’s more than twice but he must have forgotten about them.

「I buried the bodies in the mountains. However, one time, when I was really scared, I tried digging them up but found nothing.」

They have become undead.

「Hey, do you think I have gone crazy?」

He looked like he was about to cry, which was hard to imagine given his always stern expression during the day.

「It’s funny that I would say all of this to a high school student but……for some reason, I think you made things easier for Senka.」

I didn’t even want to find out if Senka was the coach’s real daughter.

「You should try turning yourself in.」

Even if the body’s no longer there, there should at least be DNA.

I don’t know if that will convict him though.

It was the variant’s fault that he had to take the blame.

However, it was his will that topped it off.

I don’t have the right to judge that.

「Yeah……I will.」

The coach looked like the weight he’s been carrying has been lifted off his shoulders.

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-Scene Change-

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The next morning, after breakfast, the coach stood in front of us waiting for the bus to return home with a soft smile on his face as if something had been lifted from his mind.

His eyes were red and bloodshot as if he had cried himself to sleep though.

But I’m not sure what those tears mean.

「He was such a good coach, crying to say goodbye to me…..makes me feel like crying too. 」

Watanabe is making a convenient mistake but let’s leave her be.

That fact that she did not say “us” is very typical of her.

「Your school festival is coming up before summer so use the result of your training here. I hope you will cherish your memories. I hope you have the strength to be kind to others.」

Everyone wondered what the coach had in mind when he said those very common lines.

The only people who could have guessed were the three of us who fought against Senka.

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-Scene Change-

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On the bus ride home, there were people reflecting on the tough orienteering, people who are starting to plan for the upcoming school festival, and people sleeping off exhaustion.

Next to me, Yui is dozing off with her head resting on my shoulder.

There will be more battles with variants in the future.

However, the most important task is to have Yui and Futaba enjoy life.

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School festival…..

In my previous life, I would not skip it but it’s an event that I looked at with somewhat cold eyes.

It’s a once in a lifetime school festival for high schoolers.

We have to make it fun for Yui’s sake.

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It’s not a gala but I’ll give it my best shot.

If it can make Yui smile, it’s a small price to pay.