Outside the door, Ur was waiting there with a bored look on his face.
Looking further ahead, there is Swaruz walking towards here holding a laptop.
"What's wrong? Aura, you look so ugly. Did Tide bully you?"
Swaruz asked.
When Aura heard this, her eyes were blank for a moment, and then suddenly became extremely terrifying, like an enraged cub.
Maybe it's because of the "bet" I just learned from Tid, or maybe it's because of Swaruz's "I'm worried about you" expression at this moment...
In addition, Aura herself is not a particularly good at forbearing.
In short, just like the last straw that broke the camel's back, the resentment hidden in Aura's heart that had reached overflowing after the alien armor incident suddenly burst out at this moment.
Aura looked at Swaruz and shouted:
"Aren't you the only one who would bully us?"
"Swaruz!!!"
Crying tone, broken voice.
Ola stared at Swaruz, with water splashing in her big "fierce" and "terrible" eyes.
Seeing Aura like this, Swaruz frowned slightly, and a rare feeling of unbearableness rose in his heart.
But that's all.
I saw him walking in front of Aura, stopping, and looking at each other calmly.
"How can you say that? Ola, you have misunderstood me."
He spoke "puzzled" words, but had a "natural" smile on his face.
"You know, both you and Ur are the descendants brought up by me. How could I deliberately bully you?"
Apparently, Swaruz doesn't think he did anything wrong.
And Swaruz's attitude made Aura couldn't help but ask immediately:
"Are you trying to say that all the uses you made of Ur and me before were not considered bullying?"
Tears flowed from the corners of Aura's eyes.
"Do you dare to say that the reason why you were so cruel to Kureshima Mitsuomi in the last alien armor incident was that you really...really had no intention of punishing me at all? You should have discovered it long ago. Well, I’m helping him with this!”
This matter was something Ola figured out later.
The more she is in such a vortex and the more she gets along with smart people, the more Aura realizes that she is not as smart as she thought.
At first, she really didn't expect it, but later, she pretended that she didn't expect it.
Because by the time she figured it out, it was already too late...
Kureshima Mitsumi has lost too much.
But no matter how much he lost, Mitsuomi Kureshima never complained about her.
Why?
Is it just because, except for the first time, he was always the one taking the initiative to seek help from her?
Aura couldn't refuse the request that Mitsumi Kureshima made to her.
And now, that Kureshima Mitsumi has disappeared forever and completely in the long river of time.
Thinking like this, Aura clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, trying hard not to escape from Swaruz's sight.
Because, as the silence time prolongs, the sense of oppression coming from Swaruz keeps getting stronger!
【ゴゴゴゴゴゴ……】
At this moment, Ur suddenly gritted his teeth and stepped forward, blocking Aura's body.
Seeing this, Swaruz was slightly startled, and then a light smile appeared on his face.
"As expected of Ur, very brave!"
He raised his hand and put it on Ur's head, patted it gently, paused, and said to Aura behind Ur:
"Ola, there is one thing you said wrong..."
Swaruz dismissed Ola's questioning.
"During the incident with the alien armor, I never targeted you."
Then, Swaruz looked at Aura, who was suddenly stunned by his answer, and continued.
"Heh, it seems you have really forgotten a long time ago..."
"When I gave you my first lecture, I already said that during the mission, you should not be emotionally attached to the person you are assisting..."
"This is not a rule, this is a taboo!"
"And you, because you violated a taboo and got hurt, do you blame me?"
Swaruz's slightly relaxed expression suddenly turned cold. The right hand on Ur's head came down, held Ur's head in his arms, leaned over slightly, and looked at Aura's level.
Aura's pupils shrank instantly and her body almost stiffened.
Because, when Swaruz looked down at Aura like this, he felt strangely more oppressive than when he looked down at Aura before!
Aura was speechless.
So, after a moment of silence, Swaruz snorted coldly and continued:
"Ola, please remember, all adverse situations in this world are caused by the incompetence of those involved!"
"Regarding your previous failures, think about it carefully. Which of them failed because of my intervention? On the contrary, you took the initiative to report to the Demon King's people because of your willfulness, right? For example, the alien ex -aid that time..."
"Besides, Ur, his resentment towards me was mostly caused by the incident with the alien ooo... But the question is, why should Ur blame me?"
"That time, wasn't his suffering all due to his own negligence?"
"What obligation do I have to pay for his negligence?"
"Oh, when things are going smoothly, you don't want my active help, but when something goes wrong, you start to expect my active rescue?"
"Why?"
"What's more, in the end, wasn't it me who asked you to save him?"
"Let's talk about this time again. When I handed you the alien Zero North watch, was it a 'choice question' for you, or a 'fill in the blank question' with a very high degree of freedom?"
"It's the latter, right?"
"But Aura, how did you do it?"
"You chose your own selfishness!"
"Ola, you chose it yourself, not what I asked you to choose!"
"So, come on, Ola, tell me..."
"In the end, who was wrong?"
Swaruz's words were like sharp arrows piercing into Ola's heart.
Let her murmur: "So, is all this my fault?"
"Yes!"
Swaruz stood up straight again, raised the corners of his mouth, and sneered.
"This is all your fault!"
"So don't complain to me about the injuries you suffered along the way."
"That has nothing to do with me at all."
Having said this, Swaruz finally let go of Ur who was being held down by him and pushed him forward.
So, Ur staggered two steps and retreated into Aura's arms, and was hugged subconsciously by Aura.
And when he looked up at Swaruz, his eyes were full of horror.
Because, when he was held down by Swaruz just now, it wasn't that he didn't want to move, but that he couldn't move!
Just listen to Swaruz continue:
"Instead of complaining to me, it's better to work hard to become stronger."
"There is a saying that 'injury is the only way to grow'. Although these injuries are all self-inflicted, you should have made some progress."
"Just in time, seize this opportunity and learn from your seniors."
Saying this, Swaruz looked Aura and Ur up and down, then smiled and pressed the laptop he was holding in his left hand into Ur's arms.
"Okay, let's play with this."
"Whenever you feel better, come see me again."
After saying that, he passed Ur and Aura and walked in the direction of Tid.
Silence spreads...
But when Ur came back to his senses and looked down, he discovered that the laptop that Swaruz was holding in his arms had turned into a proportional train model at some point.
That's den-liner!
…
…
at the same time.
Outside a deserted abandoned factory.
den-liner.
Junichiro Tokiwa couldn't help but exclaimed in exclamation.
"What a miraculous creation..."
"This kind of clock-like creation makes me suspect that it is actually a train running on the track of time."
Then, with Ryotaro Nogami's somewhat unnatural smile, Junichiro Tokiwa mused with a little doubt.
"However, I must have never seen this kind of structure before. Why do I always feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity?"
"Strange, really strange..."
After thinking carefully to no avail, Junichiro Tokiwa no longer thought about it, but concentrated on repairing the den-liner.
…
…
Tiede Labs.
When Swaruz walked into it, he happened to see Tid reach into his own chest, and with a muffled groan, he took out an alien knight watch from his own body.
That is, the knight watch of the alien king!
