My youth story cannot be a knight war

"???"

The beautiful eyes opened, and the clear pupils could only see the light that filled the vision.

——And, that hand reaching out to him.

Following the feeling of the voice in her ear, Hikigaya Komachi, whose mind was still not clear, murmured subconsciously.

"elder brother?"

Then the light drowned out everything, including the words.

……

"Well--"

When the light swept in from his field of vision, Xu Guoliang immediately raised the control book and wanted to mobilize the power to protect himself, but he immediately found that he could not open the protective shield at all.

It's not just because he has very little strength left, but also because the current driving book has long been overloaded and collapsed, making it impossible to perform the above actions.

His face changed drastically as he watched the light coming towards him. His brain was working at high speed in a short moment, but he couldn't find a feasible solution. In the end, he could only smack his lips helplessly and give up.

"Tsk."

Xu Guoliang closed his eyes, prepared to withstand the impact, and his expression was extremely calm.

After all, the worst that could happen is death, and I have no regrets now anyway.

But what happened next was beyond his expectations. As the light that he could see clearly even with his eyes closed illuminated everything in front of him, Xu Guoliang's muscles tensed up, but he did not feel any expected pain throughout his body.

He opened his eyes slightly in confusion, then immediately widened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him in astonishment.

There was a flowing white light in front of his eyes. The light was shining but not dazzling. At the same time, he felt a warm feeling like soaking in a hot spring all over his body. Xu Guoliang felt that the injuries he had suffered before were recovering rapidly.

"here it is……?"

Looking around in surprise, Xu Guoliang frowned because of all this.

"Yeah~"

A smiling voice sounded behind him.

"This is the first time we've met, right?"

"!?"

When Xu Guoliang heard the voice, his pupils trembled slightly, and then he immediately turned around to look.

The white-haired man was standing behind him, looking at him, smiling and waving to Xu Guoliang.

"Hello, Mr. Xu~"

"Caimu——seat?"

Looking at the man named Zaimokuza Yoshiki who appeared in front of him, Xu Guoliang murmured.

"You-know my name? And why would you???"

Xu Guoliang was not surprised that Zaimokuza knew of his existence, because when he had previously blocked the "Ultimate Darkness", he had used his ability to control books to warn him.

But Xu Guoliang immediately became aware of how Zaimokuza addressed him. His eyes widened slightly, and his expression was inversely proportional to Zaimokuza's smile, and he looked extremely stunned.

"Of course I know~ After all, we are friends."

Zaimokuza gave a thumbs-up, his white teeth gleaming in his smile.

"Thank you so much for helping us all the time."

"Thank you, too, for choosing me."

Having said this, Zaimokuza's eyes grew warmer, ripples of water spreading deep in his eyes.

"It is because of you, Xu Jun, that I can protect everyone's smiles."

"--you?"

His palms clenched suddenly because of these words. Xu Guoliang stared blankly at the wood seat in front of him, his mouth opening and closing but not knowing what to say.

He had originally imagined what this man would think of him when he one day found out that all the suffering he had endured so far was caused by him.

Xu Guoliang had expected that he would be cursed at and even beaten, but he had never expected that he would be thanked now.

There was no falsehood in Zaimokuza's words, only sincere gratitude and joy. It seemed that the pain he had experienced in the past had never been in this man's heart.

"No matter what, I think I should say thank you, Mr. Xu."

Zaimokuza said softly.

"Because this may be the first and last time I meet you."

"——!!!"

Xu Guoliang's pupils suddenly contracted, and the trembling irises reflected the man's figure in front of him, which gradually became blurred in the rising light.

"Really, thank you very much... Goodbye, Xu Jun."

The white-haired man said with a smile, letting his body dissolve into light, the lights dancing like a swarm of fireflies interweaving in front of him.

"Everything from now on, I'll leave it to you."

"and many more……"

Xu Guoliang immediately stretched out his hand, trying to hold back the man who was about to disappear in front of him.

But it was too late. When he stretched out his hand, Zaimokuza Yoshiki had already disappeared in front of him, leaving only the light formed by the dissipation of his body interweaving and dancing.

The first meeting ended in a split second. Xu Guoliang stretched out his hand and stared blankly at the dancing light particles in front of him. A glimmering object took shape in the intersection of the light.

It was a book, an old book, with the words "Zaimokuza no Yoshiki" written on the first page.

The book slowly descended from the light and landed on Xu Guoliang's outstretched hand. White light bloomed at the moment the page touched his palm, and the flickering light shone in Xu Guoliang's eyes.

But when the light faded, a thick platinum book appeared in his palm, with a totem mark belonging to Gulindo's "Warrior" on the cover.

Advent Rising

That familiar voice came from the book. This is a driving book, and it is a large book type of driving book.

"..."

Holding this brand new driving book in both hands, Xu Guoliang's shoulders trembled slightly, and he pinched the cover of the book with his left hand and opened it.

The first page that appears after opening the cover is an endless blue sky, a brick-paved corridor and erected stone pillars. At the end of the corridor is a figure waving a farewell gesture, and the short white hair becomes the purest embellishment color in this scene.

"In the past, there was a boy who chased his dream and started his journey to become a hero who protects his smile." 』

Listening to the hymns of the book, Xu Guoliang lowered his head, his messy hair covering the upper half of his face, and his hands tightly grasped the brand new driving book.

This is a book that records the past, present, and future of a boy, and tells a story of becoming a hero.

At the same time, this book also contains messages from deceased friends and is a gift written by friends to oneself.

But Xu Guoliang was not happy at all. He hugged the driving book tightly in his arms, feeling the warmth coming from his chest. This time, his whole body curled up and trembled slightly.

Boundless sadness surged in his heart like a tsunami because he understood.

Today, I lost another friend forever.

The light then came over, covering the boy who was sad about losing his friend.

--"……Fool."

40. A New World

"Well……"

Zaimokuza felt dizzy and his brain was as tired as if he had been working all night for more than two days and two nights. It was so difficult to even think once.

His eyelids trembled as he slowly opened his eyes. He could not see anything in front of him, but could only feel a warm light surrounding him and on his body.

"where am I?"

Zaimokuza looked around in confusion and saw that he was standing in a light, pure white without a trace of impurities, extending to the end of his vision.

"I, I remember that Mr. Kousaka and I were—!?"

He raised his hands and murmured, looking at the lines on the palms of his hands, Zaimokuza's eyes gradually widened, and he gradually recalled what had happened before.

The boundless darkness that appeared in the sky, traveling from the past to the future, witnessed the battle that determined the fate of the world, and...

In the white light, another self is smiling and reaching out to me.

"...Oh right, my future self!"

Zaimokuza's eyes trembled, and he immediately wanted to take a step forward after putting down his hands to find the exit of this pure white space.

But just as his right foot took a step forward, Zaimokuza stopped and stared blankly at the figure that gradually emerged from the light in front.

The hem of his worn brown windbreaker fluttered, his dust-free white hair blended into the darkness, and the man's figure emerged in the light along with his smiling face.

"The future...me."

"See you again, my old self~"

Zaimokuza said in a daze as he looked at the man in front of him, and he raised his hand and shook it, then spoke with a smile.

"I know you have a lot of questions, don't worry, I will give you the answers soon."

"First of all, let me congratulate you. You will be able to return to your own time soon."

The man said softly, and his words made Zaimokuza suddenly wake up, and he spoke uncertainly:

"Is this all over? Did we... win?"

"Ah~ It's over."

His short white hair swayed slightly as he nodded, and the man also named "Zaimokuza Yoshiki" answered with a smile.

"Thank you, thanks to your help, we won."

"Great—wait? How are you?"

The moment he got the definitive answer from the person in question, Zaimokuza's tense shoulders relaxed immediately, and he almost sat down on the ground as he spoke with relief.

However, before he could finish his words, Zaimokuza suddenly remembered the scene he saw when he was unconscious before, and asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine~"

"!!!"

The man spoke softly, but Zaimokuza's expression instantly froze. He looked at the white light emanating from the other person, his pupils shrinking rapidly.

“You, you!? Why…what the hell is this???”

"Ah... this?"

Zaimokuza's expression became flustered, and he pointed at the abnormality on the other person's body with trembling hands and stammered.

Zaimokuza simply raised his hand, looked at it, and spoke without taking it seriously.

"It's okay~ It's just that the time is almost up."

"time……?"

"Ah."

He nodded slightly, looking at the panicked white-haired boy in front of him, looking at his past self, a faint light like phosphorescence flickered deep in the depths of Zaimokuza's eyes.

"It's time to say goodbye."

"Wait... are you?"

From the other party's words, Zaimokuza read a meaning that he was unwilling to accept no matter what, and his eyes began to tremble slightly.

"Don't make that expression~"

"Zaimokuza" smiled and patted his shoulder. After receiving confirmation from the side, Zaimokuza lowered his head and his whole body began to tremble.

"Why? Didn't you win? Why are you..."

"Look up, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru."

The voice that sounded in his ears was gentle and calm. Zaimokuza gritted his teeth and raised his head. Looking at the smiling face in front of him, his eyes began to redden uncontrollably.

"There's no need to feel sad for me, because I'm just embarking on a new adventure."