Chapter 35.1
Confession
At last, Serai-san and I stepped into the dungeon's final boss room.
It was a very difficult journey, as we had to overcome many hardships and difficulties, such as Serai-san being 5 minutes late, her confession of the truth hidden in her heart, and the surprisingly crowded bus ride, and we could not sit down.
Finally, Serai-san and I faced the last boss.
Moreover, the last boss of this dungeon is Katsuhina Ruu. She's an opponent with whom Serai-san has a deep connection. That's because she is a close friend of Serai-san's who has fallen to the dark side, believing she has betrayed him.
Katsuhina-san, the last boss, was sitting on the edge of a big bed with a cute stuffed animal on it, glaring around and facing away from us toward the window with its pink curtains closed, as if it were a girl's room.
Serai-san called out to Katsuhina-san in her pale pink pajamas.
"Ruu…"
And meanwhile, I was a little nervous to enter a girl's room at my age.
"…Why did you come?"
Katsuhina-san asked Serai-san without looking back as she turned her head toward the window.
"Eh…? That's because I wanted to apologize to Ruu…"
"No way! Then why did you lie to me? You didn't even keep the secret I asked you to keep!"
She turned around while yelling angrily, and her face was wet with tears, her eyes were swollen with tears, and her face looks in pain.
She loved Serai-san. I could see that even in the short time I was watching her. She was always by Serai-san's side, always trying to touch her with light skinship.
It seemed as if the timid Katsuhina-san was mentally dependent on the cheerful and bright Serai-san.
Katsuhina-san trusted Serai-san, whom she loved very much, and asked her to keep it a secret when discussing her love story. But it gets twisted into a lie, and even the secret wasn't kept. And become a deep psychological trauma for Katsuhina-san.
"Why don't you say something!"
She exclaims with a corner of her eyes flashing.
"I'm thinking about Ruu—"
"I don't want to hear your excuses!"
"………"
Yeah… now Katsuhina-san said something pretty unreasonable.
Serai-san was told to say something, so she tried to explain the situation to Katsuhina-san, but Katsuhina-san interrupted her, saying she didn't want to hear any excuses. As expected, Serai-san's lips were tightly knit, and she closed her mouth.
If I were to speak for Serai-san's feelings right now, I would say, "Well, what do you want me to do?" I guess.
However, Katsuhina-san seemed to feel a little better after taking the initiative in the conversation. Not only did her eyes flare up like a demon, but the edges of her mouth also hung up sarcastically as she began to speak.
"Hmm! You can't say it anyway!? …I'll tell you instead! Machi likes Coach, so I'm a hindrance, right? That's why you lie and bully me!!!… What a crooked woman!!"
Her voice was hoarse with anger, and she cursed Serai-san in a high-pitched voice that resembled a scream. Then she glared at Serai-san with her eyes swollen from crying so much.
"T-that's…!"
Serai-san could not hide her upset after receiving such severe abuse, which she could not have imagined coming from a close friend. She is right in the middle of a shambles.
However, I now understood why the angry Katsuhina-san invited Serai-san, and me into her room. I understood her intention.
By exposing Serai-san's misdeeds in front of me, she was trying to sabotage her love life. Of course, Katsuhina-san would not go unscathed. It would be nothing but negative for her to be seen by a man who has a liking for her to abuse her friend in such a vicious manner.
However, she probably knew that as well.
She is probably in a state of mind that if she dies, she dies with all her might, and in her mind, she is on a suicide mission against her enemies, with dynamite wrapped around her body.
Yes, I understand what she's thinking. But maybe I can do something with this.
………