After Hajime left the plaza, Shizuku made Kouki drink the holy water and he recovered in no time.
The puppet soldiers that Eri had, numbered up to 500 people and out of that It seems that 300 were turned into minced meat at the plaza by Hajime. Most likely the missing soldiers went with Freed through the gate into Majinzoku territory.
Although it was later found out in investigations that magic formations were created from huge magic stones which were buried in the earth on the outskirts of the Kingdom, that appears to have been the secret to Freed being able to transfer his military.
Also, it appears that the King and other influential leaders were all killed by Eri’s puppet soldiers, currently, the seat of King within the Hairihi Kingdom was open. Until the confusion subsides, Ririana and the safe queen, Ruruaria, will be taking the lead in the Kingdom’s reconstruction. Most likely, once they’ve settled down, prince Randell who was also safe, will be ascending to the throne.
The number one cause of confusion was that there was no communication with the church.
Even though the Kingdom has turned into such an amazing state, widespread uneasiness and distrust was spreading throughout the followers as the church didn’t appear during or after the war at all. The truth was, everyone related to the church were already blown to smithereens by the explosion at the head temple! If the citizens heard about that, what would they think? A boy with white hair somewhere held slight interest in that question.
Also, the pillar of light which annihilated the Majinzoku’s large army was, “Ehitto-sama’s” light of condemnation which was released in order to save the Kingdom! is what the rumors that have been circulating says, it was an incredibly painful story that their faith was further strengthened. Hajime was wondering if he should spread rumors that it was due to the “Goddess of Fertility” once again, however, if Aiko heard of that she’d likely suffer to no end in her mind.
People began to wonder of the reason why the church wasn’t coming down from [Kamiyama], and naturally, they wanted to climb up to find out. However, there was far too much to be done for the reconstruction of the Kingdom, so there wasn’t anyone to go up 8,000 meters above ground. By the way, because Hajime and them stopped the lift, the only way to reach the head temple was by scaling up the mountain.
Also, Hiyama’s remains were found a little distance away from the plaza. His body was consumed and messed up here and there, after being completely beaten up by Hajime and blown out of the plaza, sure enough, he was attacked by demons.
It was thought that he was still alive when he got consumed because it appears that there were traces of intense resistance. In particular, his left arm was completely missing, judging from the traces of blood, with his left arm consumed first, he ran desperately for his life and then the side of his body was then eaten which caused him to die. If you tried to imagine it, it was likely one of the worst ways to die.
With that, a variety of things turned up and 5 days have passed since the betrayal and death of their friends from the Majinzoku’s invasion.
Its needless to say anything about Suzu who was on good terms with Eri, but the classmates who were caught up in her obsession and insanity suffered deep mental wounds. After Hiyama and Kondo’s deaths, Nakano and Saito who was always together with them became hikikomori’s.*Google if you don’t know the term*
Along with those who sustained deep mental wounds, Kouki and them were asked by Ririana and them to lend their powers in reconstructing the Kingdom in order to recuperate and recover, since that day Hajime and them had not shown up so they were frequently looking back at that.
All members of the front lines and Ai-chan bodyguards should have known of Hajime’s powers but they still didn’t know of the overwhelming power of the pillar of light which annihilated the large army, once again, they were forced to feel their difference in power.
Because Kouki and them knew of that, they took on less shock than the stay-behind group. Although they heard of Hajime’s power from the returning members, they now knew that they had only understood 1/10,000 of Hajime’s true terrifyingness. Anyone and everyone could do nothing but be concerned about Hajime, his comrades, and Kaori who he took with him.
And the remarkable one was Shizuku. Although she’s doing exactly what needs to be done, once in a while she’ll stare off into the distance with eyes that seem to be looking for something in her heart. It was clear to everyone that she was thinking of Kaori, the classmates who witnessed Kaori’s death were unsure of what to say about it
From the talk that Hajime had with Shizuku, it seemed to have been something about Kaori coming back but, they were skeptical as the task of reviving a dead person was likely impossible and because of that they weren’t able to comfort themselves.
They suspected that it was probably something just like how Eri did, she’ll be brought back as a doll, in that case, it was easy to imagine that Shizuku would become further damaged because of that, especially Kouki who had always cautioned himself as he watched Hajime and them.
Kouki himself was extremely down that he was unable to do anything once again and saved twice by Hajime, the fact that Kaori left him for Hajime (Kouki recognized it within himself) was also added in, he wasn’t able to hold any good feelings for Hajime.
It was, the so-called “Jealousy”, however Kouki himself was not aware of it. It wouldn’t be easy for him to admit it even if he had noticed it. If he recognised it, whether he moves forwards or looks away out of convenience…...depends all on himself.
Both Kouki and Shizuku couldn’t be said to have been in bright states, because Ryutaro is a muscle-for-brains he’s not reliable, and all classmates were depressed in general.
At times like these, it would usually be Suzu’s time to show her abilities as a mood-maker and brighten things up but, without a question the actual person is in low tensions, the smiles that shes shown occasionally were painful. It seems to be majorly due to what Eri had said to her. It’s understandable. Throughout many years, the person who was thought to have been her best friend had only thought of her on the level of being a convenient tool.
Even still, the entire class hasn’t completely fallen, the only person moving in order to reconstruct the Kingdom single-mindedly was probably only Aiko.
Aiko was also worried about Kaori, if she could, she’d do anything but, when weighed against what Hajime and them were trying to do, with Yue and Teio there she understood that she had no turn. That’s why she couldn’t neglect the students who remained damaged on the ground and decided to stay.
Because Aiko firmly had 1 on 1 communications with her students and encourage all of her students to work to their potentials, they were able to move on now.
By the way, Aiko had obviously known what had happened to the Church, although she knows more about it than anyone else, she stubbornly sealed her lips.
That was in order to not obstruct Hajime and them, and at the same time, every time she remembers what she had done, her mouth becomes heavier. Even if it was an unexpected result, her resolution to go through with it was true. That’s why, when Hajime and them came back, she planned on telling Ririana and them the truth…...police officer, it’s me.
Although Aiko seemed to be behaving brightly, on the inside, she was trembling in fear. She herself aided Teio in the obliteration of the church, if the students had known that she was involved in the blast which killed Ishstar and them and the Knights then, what exactly would they think of her?
She fought because she was resolute to not allow her students to become toys of war any longer, although she doesn’t regret about that matter, a murderer is a murderer. She was surely already prepared that her students would no longer call her sensei.
It should be noted that David and them, the Aiko bodyguard temple knights, were still alive and well. That was because after Aiko had disappeared, they protested to the upper brass, “Let us meet her!”, many times, and after that was confirmed to never be fulfilled they decided to search for themselves, the upper brass who were fed up decided to lowered them onto ground level and restricted them from going into the head temple. And that’s how they managed to barely escape from death at the head temple at the time. Currently they’re listening to Aiko’s words and working hard to help out with this and that for the reconstruction.
With those kinds of feelings, Aiko and the students are respectively holding their own weight in their minds and helping out with Ririana today to reconstruct the Kingdom.
Today’s agenda was to reform the Kingdom’s knights and employ commanders to each squad at the drilling ground. By the way, the new knight leader’s name was Kuzeri Rail. It was a female knight and formerly Ririana’s imperial guardsmen. The vice-commander’s name was Neat Komorudo. He was the previous commander of the 3rd knight unit.
[Thanks for the hard work. Kouki-san]
During the mock battle screening test, Kouki had been working as a partner for the knights so he was wiping his sweat at the edge of the drilling grounds and those words of appreciation ranged out. When Kouki turned his line of sight towards it, Ririana was coming over with a smile.
[No, this isn’t much of a big deal. …..As for yourself Riri, you’ve barely gotten any sleep recently huh? Really, thanks for the hard work]
When Kouki showed a wry smile in return, Ririana also showed a wry smile. Both of them hardly had any time to sleep over the past few days. To begin with, the reason why their sleeping time was cut down was due to completely different reasons.