Main Story: Chapter 3: An Absolute Ally

With those words, the world took on colors and time began to move.

"Kill him quickly!"

The demons were shouting in such a commotion.

In some works, there may be developments where humans and demons cooperate, but it seems difficult in this world.

Above all, how can we forgive someone who has taken away Trust's loved ones and taken his lives?

I instinctively clench my arms.

That day, playing the game...the despair I felt through the screen transformed into anger.

Now, let's go see the happy ending that never existed!

"Hero Trust! You are not wrong!"

I put all my strength into my feet and kick the cobblestones.

My body felt strangely light and I leaped into the air, leaping onto the stage.

I deflect the deadly blade aimed at Trust by his beloved traitor.

Then the heroines all stared at me at once.

"Oh, who is it that is interfering with this sacred ritual?"

"There are still people who believe in this wimp."

"Hey, hey, is it okay to kill this child? It's okay to kill her, right?"

The heroines, who had now turned into demons, said this with evil smiles on their faces.

Even among these people, they weren't a bad kids.

They were really good kids, at least until the middle of the season.

"You were his companions, weren't you? His lovers? How could you do something so cruel?!"

I already knew the answer from the game.

The heroines of those days are no longer with us.

What stand here was just an evil being, a heroine who had succumbed to the Demon King in both body and mind.

"I don't care about this guy. I just want to kill him quickly and make the Demon King happy."

"Yes, such a bastard is not worth keeping in this world."

"Hey, let's kill him quickly."

...It makes me sick.

What a heroine. What a cute girl.

You're all pigs who sold out your lovers!

I suppress those feelings of hatred and continue.

"What about everything you had built with him over the years meant to you?"

"Ahaha! A dozen years with him is inferior to a day with the Demon King."

"He is worthless and annoying. He is a trash that cause trouble to others just by existing."

"That brat is so stupid he doesn't even know that."

Oh, I see.

To these heroines, the journey with Trust was worthless. It was something less than that.

There is no room for defense anymore.

I thought that this world becoming a reality would change things at all, but nothing had changed.

"Ugh..."

I turned around and heard Trust sobbing.

A childhood friend he trusted, a sister-like figure he adored, a younger sister he had to protect.

All of these people say that he is unnecessary, that he is even a nuisance.

There's no way he wouldn't feel sad.

There's no way he wouldn't be miserable.

Someone—, no, I have to save him.

That's what I came here for.

"That's not true!"

The weapon I drew... with my short sword I destroyed the crucifixion that bound Trust.

It appears to be powerful enough to destroy the execution items prepared by the demons.

"Someone who has fought for someone else and lived a pure and honest life can't be wrong!"

The cross is broken and Trust, who has fallen, is trying to get up.

However, perhaps due to the large shock just before, he was not putting any strength into it.

It would be best to get away from here if possible.

There's no way I can defeat the Demon King with just my strength.

To defeat the Demon King, we need the power of a hero.

I shout to Trust.

"Trust-sama, I know this is difficult, but now is the time to endure!"

"...Y-You ..."

"I'm Filia. I've come to save you!"

In fact, saving Trust was extremely difficult.

In the midst of enemy forces.

The heroines have become powerful enemies.

And the Demon King.

It is simply unrealistic to expect to escape alive in such a situation.

Still, Trust is a Hero.

Stronger than anyone in the party, braver than anyone, and kinder than anyone.　

With someone like him, it was no problem for him to temporarily break through the enemy forces and escape into a back alley.

"Just be angry now. For the sake of those who were stolen away by the Demon King's despicable trap."

Trust came back to his senses when he heard my spontaneous words.

And he fought as his anger dictated.

Although he was barehanded, he defeated demons and took their weapons, fighting with overflowing emotion.

He looks like a true hero.

"Haa haa..."

"Haah..."

Running through the back alleys, he engages in a series of battles with the demons chasing him.

I also fought back using the power given to me by God and somehow managed to escape.

However, the heroines are still strong.

In my lifetime, I had only ever done a little bit of exercise, so I was completely lacking in actual combat experience.

Although we can escape from the demon-like heroines chasing us, we cannot defeat them.

Furthermore, the heroines are Trust's beloved.

Trust is not strong enough to kill people he loved.

"That's enough..."

Trust that was running alongside me slowed down and stopped.

What are you doing!?

If we are lucky we will escape!

I immediately approach Trust.

"Why are you stopping?! If you don't run, your life will be—"

"It's fine..."

Trust said with a relaxed expression, as if he had realized something.

"Thank you. I'm glad you helped me. But if we continue like this, we'll both be caught. So I'll stop them. You run away."

Trust grabbed the weapon he had taken from his enemy and turned back the way he had come.

……It's wrong!

That would be pointless!

I came here to save you!

"You talked to the three people who were trying to kill me, right?"

"..."

"They ended up like that, but they were really good kids. I liked them... At first, I thought defeating the Demon King was for the sake of the world, but before I knew it, I had changed my mind and started thinking about creating a world where those kids could live in peace."

……I know.

In the game, Trust comes to realize this feeling over the course of a long battle.

However, that feeling was trampled upon.

In the worst possible way.

"So... it's fine. If I get killed by those kids, then... it's fine."

I haven't saved him.

Trust's life could have been saved.

But it doesn't save my soul.

God said.

When the soul cracks.

There's a crack in my soul.

Perhaps the soul of Trust has also cracked.

He was betrayed by the girls he loved and they almost killed him.

There's no way it won't hurt.

It's a wound so severe that he will never be able to stand up again.

How can I save him?

Hey, God.

God made me to save Trust, right?

Then suddenly.

Along with the smell of blood and iron, something clear passed through my head.

"So, you run away. I will definitely save your life--!?"

I grabbed Trust and leaned over to kiss him.

An irresistible love for Trust, brought on by a love potion.

Without hiding it in the slightest, I pours out my feelings through my lips to him, who is filled with shock.

Something sent shivers down my spine.

I heard that Trust and I are a perfect match, both physically and spiritually.

Just kissing him makes me feel sexually charged.

The same is true for Trust, and a hint of pleasure can be seen in his confusion.

There was less dislike for the man than I had imagined.

"Hmph -- w-what are you doing!?"

As soon as we parted our lips, Trust protested.

It was a natural reaction to being kissed out of nowhere.

However, I ignored what he said and continued unilaterally.

"I like you!"

"..."

"I don't want you to die! I want you to live!"

"..."

Trust was a little taken aback by those words.

There is a faint hint of something like the breath of life in his eyes.

"Please feel it yourself?"

"……Eh?"

I touch Trust's hand, who is letting out a small noise.

The hands were muscular for a young man his age, and were the hands of a man who had been holding a weapon for many years.

I placed that hand on my chest.

"Hmm..."

I ignore my body, which is reacting sensitively.

Trust seems to be able to feel the softness that is unique to girls from his hands touching my breasts.

"Stand up just one more time! I'll give you my body for that!"

"No... what are you saying..."

"I will fight only for you. If you die here, I will follow you to the afterlife."

"But... but..."

Perhaps these are the words Trust wanted to hear.

Being betrayed by people he loved.

It's the same as the world betraying him.

When the world betrays him, it means that he has made the world his enemy.

If the heroines were everything to Trust, then if they became his enemy, it would be the same as if the world were his enemy.　

In that case, he needs someone who will be his absolute ally no matter what the situation.

"In the first place, you and I only just met today, right?!"

"...Maybe that's true for you."

"Wh-what do you mean..."

I've known Trust for a long time.

I knew this world.

I knew the ending.

I knew about the heroine's betrayal.

"You were always out of my reach. I couldn't touch you, I could only look at you."

"..."

"But now it's different. I can reach out. I can feel the warmth. I can feel your heartbeat."

Until now, I could only see him through a screen.

But now I can touch him.

I want Trust to be happy.

I made that wish to God.

"Understood"

Perhaps my feelings reached him, as Trust nodded with a serious expression.

"Honestly, I still can't think of you like that."

"……yes."

That's, well...obviously.

It would be the case that a character is extremely blessed with good looks to develop romantic feelings for a heroine who has just appeared on the screen.

I hate to say it, but I'm probably just a hidden heroine at best.

That is also the player's thinking, not Trust's thinking.

As Trust says, it's unnatural to fall in love with someone you just met today.

"But you saved my life. If you tell me to stand up, I'll stand up just once more. Will you follow me?"

"Yes! If you go, I will accompany you, even to the depths of death!"

Just as I was making up my mind, the sound of the enemy running towards us rang out.

At this rate, it's only a matter of time before they find us.

"Then let's go. Umm... Filia."

"Yes, Trust-sama!"