“…What are you going to do, Yuugo?”
“You heard my answer, right? I’m happy about her proposal, but I’m not gonna accept.”
Said Yuugo to Marcos, after all the girls left the room.
Yuugo smiled awkwardly as Marcos looked at him with a serious expression, and continued.
“It’s true that this incident made me worry about a lot of things, but a hero doesn’t go out or get engaged with someone just for a position or status. Or at the very least, I’m not gonna go out with Setsuna just because of that.”
“…Of course. I figured you wouldn’t.”
Marcos had not known him for that long, but he knew how he was.
He was definitely not the kind of guy to get engaged to a girl he just met to attain a position where people wouldn’t be able to make fun of him.
But at the same time, he thought about just how much Yuugo was brooding over this incident, and frowned.
(I knew he had been looking sad ever since Phi was hospitalized, but… I didn’t think that was what was going through his mind…)
Setsuna called Yuugo kind. This was an opinion Marcos shared, and it was factual.
That kindness led him to accept a former enemy such as himself, despite him getting his little brother involved. He also felt a lot sadder about others’ misfortunes than the average person, and did his best to put smiles on their faces. That was the Yuugo Clay Marcos knew.
Up until that point, Yuugo accepted the enmity directed at him as a result of his past misdeeds, but… That was also because of his kindness.
But doubts began to grow inside him as a result of his little brother being hurt.
His little brother was hurt because of his bad reputation, and unless he cleared it, something similar might happen again.
Marcos regretted not realizing Yuugo was mulling over something like this, but Yuugo himself seemed to be feeling a little better after talking to Setsuna.
“Setsuna was right, I’ve been wondering if people thinking I’m scum might get Phi and you guys hurt. But… I don’t think it’s right to make use of my position to shut them up. The heroes I look up to wouldn’t. And…”
Yuugo stopped, and moved as if adjusting a hat he was not wearing.
He remembered an adult man who was very different from his naive and immature self, and told Marcos what he learned from this hero.
“…In one’s long life, there will be times when they need to borrow the power of something stronger than them. But if the reason for that is that they lost to their own weakness… They lose the right to call themselves a hero.
If I borrowed Setsuna’s power, it would be easy to shut up everyone calling me scum, but if I use my position to make everyone do what I want, I’ll be the same as Egos. And if I’m like that guy, I’m definitely not gonna be Phi’s hero anymore. That’s why I said no.”
“Hmph…! Well, that is the answer I would expect from you. But how do you plan to wipe away your bad reputation? Or did you give up on that?”
“Of course not. I know it’s not good for people to keep calling me scum. But if a hero starts calling attention to his feats, that’s a problem too, right? Not to mention that I don’t save people to be thanked or liked… It’s tricky being a hero. It’s a tough one…”
As he watched Yuugo fold his arms and face the problem head on to look for a solution, Marcos thought it was just like him.
Setsuna’s addition was a big shock, but… It seemed to have been effective as shock treatment as well.
“Anyway. If I’m strong enough to protect Phi the next time something like this happens, it’ll be fine! I need to train and train!”
“Truly the conclusion of a muscle-head. Just what I would expect from an idiot like you.”
“Don’t say that. I’m planning on relying on people like you and Melt too. I’m not gonna shoulder everything on my own!”
“Fuh… Getting carried away, aren’t we?”
Setsuna was the strong medicine that made Yuugo raise his head and face forward.
Marcos was thankful for that, and as he somewhat seriously thought about how a great rival had appeared for Melt, he thought of something.
“Hn? Where did the girls go?”
“Eh? Didn’t you hear? An talked about wanting to spend some naked time with them and took them to the girls’ dormitory to take a bath.”
“How did they end up there!?”
Yelled Marcos, confused about how that came about.
And as he worried about what they were doing, Melt and the others were…?
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