-1344- What should I do

Then the journey continued in silence.

Everyone seemed to have their own thoughts, and once they returned to school, they dispersed immediately.

Todo Touka took the student council members back to the student council room, seemingly glancing towards the chairman's office. It looked like Todo Touka was planning to discuss this matter with Shinguji Kurono.

Arisuin Nagi also left immediately.

However, his thoughtful expression seemed to spark something in Shizuku, prompting her to follow him. This made Ikki a bit worried, so he followed them as well.

Soon, only Rozen and Stella were left.

The two of them remained silent as they returned to their dormitory in the First Student Dorm.

The sky gradually darkened.

At night, Stella came out of the bathroom after taking her bath first.

"Your turn, Rozen," Stella called out to Rozen, who was lying on the bed.

"Mm," Rozen replied briefly, still lying on the bed, staring at the bottom of the upper bunk, not moving at all.

"Rozen?" Stella called again, concerned.

"Mm," Rozen responded briefly once more, but made no other reaction.

This made Stella finally lose patience. She went straight to the bedside and shouted into Rozen's ear.

"Ro...! Ouch...!"

Before she could finish her sentence, her head was hit hard, causing tears to spring from her eyes.

"I can hear you just fine. No need to be so loud," Rozen finally reacted, retracting his hand and speaking irritably.

"Who... who told you to act so strange since we got back from the restaurant?" Stella protested, rubbing her aching forehead.

"You're not much better off than me," Rozen retorted nonchalantly, leaving Stella speechless.

But as Rozen said, Stella wasn't much better.

Since coming back from the restaurant, Stella had also been glancing at Rozen with a complicated expression.

"Don't overthink things. You're just a brute force tyrannosaurus," Rozen dismissed her concerns.

"Who's a tyrannosaurus!?" Stella got angry and said, "What about you? Don't you feel anything?"

At this, Rozen fell silent.

After a long while, he sighed.

"How could I not feel anything?" Rozen said calmly. "I'm not a block of wood."

Indeed.

At this point, how could Rozen not feel anything?

If he didn't feel anything, he wouldn't be lying on the bed, spacing out like this.

Stella stared at Rozen, hesitating and struggling for a while before finally gathering her courage.

"Hey," Stella asked, "Are you Tenkai?"

Stella finally asked the question.

In response...

"...Mm," Rozen answered briefly and concisely, just like before.

The atmosphere became heavy and oppressive.

Because that one short word revealed an astonishing secret.

Even though Stella had her suspicions, she still felt dazed when it was confirmed, looking at Rozen with an unbelievable expression.

Understandably, at this moment, the world's strongest Blazer was right in front of her, as her roommate, and even as the one who helped her awaken her true power. How could Stella not find it incredible?

But on the first day of moving in here, Rozen had already said it.

"Maybe, I am the Tenkai you've been talking about."

That's right.

Back then, Rozen had already admitted it.

However, Stella didn't believe it.

Now, Stella had no choice but to believe.

After all...

"You're strong, mysterious, and your attitude towards Twin-Wings is a bit strange. It seems you really are the strongest Blazer."

Stella seemed to completely let go of a heavy burden in her heart, her tone no longer as complicated and hesitant.

Though she had many questions for Rozen after confirming his identity, Stella wanted to clarify one thing first.

"Are all the things that Edel-san.... that Twin-Wings said true?"

This was the question Stella wanted to ask.

Rozen was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"They're true."

Rozen gave a straightforward response.

"...Is that so?"

Stella lowered her head and murmured, then she seemed to recover, standing up with her hands on her hips in front of Rozen.

"In that case, what are you going to do?" Stella asked with her usual spirited tone. "Are you still planning to avoid Twin-Wings? She has been looking for you for two whole years! Not to mention, you two have an agreement!"

Stella seemed to be standing up for Edelweiss.

Rozen looked at the angry Stella in a daze, and after a while, he spoke with a helpless smile.

"What else can I do? What do you think I should do?"

This was the question Rozen had been pondering since leaving the restaurant.

Parting ways with Edelweiss, Rozen's reasoning and motives were certainly sufficient, but undeniably, he had neglected Edelweiss's feelings, something Rozen couldn't refute.

Thus, Rozen felt he owed Edelweiss, which was a fact.

But for someone as clever as Rozen, dealing with such emotions was also perplexing.

Being intelligent, his rational mind told him he was right.

His emotional side told him he was wrong.

In the end, should he follow reason or emotion? No one knew.

This wasn't just Rozen's dilemma; it was a common situation throughout human history.

Sometimes, reason and emotion lead people to make different choices.

Rozen, in the end, leaned towards reason.

After all, Rozen had made such decisions many times before.

If he felt he owed someone, it was usually resolved by rational decisions.

Faced with this, who could say Rozen was wrong?

Those who understood would agree with him.

Those who didn't would disapprove.

That's all there was to it.

Of course, sometimes, even those who understood him would fiercely disapprove.

Not out of anger, but to wake him up.

Stella was one of those people.

"You... are such an idiot...!"

Stella fumed.

Then...

"Go find Edel-san! Immediately! Right now!"

Stella gave Rozen an unhesitating order.

"Huh?"

Rozen was stunned.