Chapter 278.2 - The Fortress of Repose
BGM: Endless Path
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『Hero』 my ass. What a joke. Where could someone this pathetic possibly find anything resembling courage?
「Ryuūichi… was I the one in the wrong…?」
The friend I could always rely on was gone now.
I could have shown this kind of vulnerability to him. But Sakura and the Class Rep were different; I simply couldn’t bring myself to say such things to them.
「… Or would Momokawa have handled it better?」
How many times had I ended up comparing myself to that guy?
Things had gone so well, unbelievably well, until the moment we defeated Yamata-no-Orochi. We’d had problems, yes, but now those troubles felt almost laughable. The drunken uproar, the late-night incident… it all felt like it happened in another life.