Chapter 617 ( Decision - III )

After dinner, Cloud returned to the room where he had left Cattleya, only to see how she had disappeared.

He shrugged when he saw that the woman was gone, so he went back to his room.

* * * * *

The next day, Cloud was walking next to Myu, only to notice how Kaori and Shizuku were waiting for him - "What are you two doing here?"

"We came to talk" - Kaori replied firmly.

Cloud raised an eyebrow before gesturing for them to follow.

"Aren't we going for a walk, Dad?" - Myu asked as she looked at him with puppy dog eyes.

"Of course we will, only now we'll have company" - Cloud replied with a small smile as he narrowed his eyes - "Right?"

"Sure" - nodded the two girls with a small smile.

Myu gave them a glance before nodding with a smile - "More people, more fun ~!"

Kaori and Shizuku smiled when they saw the little girl's happy smile as they followed the duo everywhere.

* * * * *

The morning passed quickly, and it was already time for lunch, the only downside, was that Myu was sleeping on Cloud's back because she was exhausted after playing all the time.

"Thank you, she had fun with you" - Cloud said while giving a quick look to the little blue-haired girl - "And now that she's asleep, you can talk. what's going on?"

"The truth is simple, I want you to let us accompany you on your journey" - Kaori answered firmly.

Cloud raised an eyebrow because he was not expecting this proposal - "Why?"

"Because we have discovered that our wishes can't come true if we stay here" - Kaori answered as she looked the blond directly in the eyes.

Cloud nodded before thinking a bit - "I don't think I can accept it, after all, we go to extremely dangerous places."

"That's better, so we can increase our power, we are heroes just like you" - Shizuku replied as she closed her eyes.

Cloud frowned before opening his mouth, only to be interrupted by Kaori before he could say anything - "I'm sorry, but there's no way we're taking no for an answer."

The blond frowned when he heard this as he thought about how to reject the girls proposal because it was obvious that a simple "no", wouldn't do in this situation.

"Just give up, Cloud-kun, we're not backing down to this" - Kaori replied firmly.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not taking them with me, and that's final" - Cloud said as he shook his head.

"Then we'll just have to follow you" - Kaori replied as she narrowed her eyes - "We'll just have to ask about a strange vehicle and in which direction it went."

Cloud frowned as this was starting to get annoying.

"Kaori" - Shizuku muttered as she noticed how the blond was starting to get annoyed.

"No, I'm not backing down, I have to make this idiot see what's in my heart" - Kaori replied as she looked carefully at the blond.

Cloud sighed before gesturing for them to sit down so they could talk things over better, though after another 30 minutes of back and forth, he noticed that Kaori and Shizuku's words were more serious than he thought.

"Dad, why don't you want them to come with us?" - Myu asked as she cocked her head to the side, confused by her father's reluctant attitude.

Cloud just smiled in response before looking the two girls straight in the eye and noticing how the two girls were firm with their words - "They're going to follow us if I say no, right?"

"Yes" - nodded the two girls earnestly.

Cloud let out a sigh before narrowing his eyes - "Ok, you can come with us, but don't think I'm going to have your back."

Kaori and Shizuku smiled when they heard this before running off to their room so they could get their things ready.

Cloud let out a sigh before shaking his head and taking Myu's hand - "Never mind, let's go to the others to tell her we'll have more chaperones, though I don't think Yue will be happy."

"Yue Onee-chan won't be happy?" - Myu asked as she cocked her head to the side, confused with the situation.

"Yeah, it's a bit complicated" - smiled Cloud as he stroked the little girl's hair - "Anyway, let's go back, I have a lot of preparations to do."

"Ok!" - smiled Myu as she smiled and went back to the hotel, jumping because even though things didn't end up as she thought, but she still had fun.

* * * * *

"How did it go?" - Rika asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"Well, we practically forced him to accept" - Kaori answered proudly.

"Ha ha ha!" - Rika let out a laugh before shaking her head - "Oh, I would have paid to see his face, there's nothing more stubborn than a woman in love!"

Kaori blushed as Shizuku averted her gaze.

"That aside, I'm happy they got their wish" - Rika smiled as she looked at her two friends - "I'm going to miss them though".

"Aren't you coming with us?" - Shizuku asked with surprise.

"No, I have a lot of things to do in this place" - answered Rika while shaking her head - "Besides, Cloud asked me to do something else for him."

"?" - the two girls looked at each other, confused by the purple-haired woman's words.

"If fate wills it, in the future they will understand the truth" - Rika answered with a mysterious smile.

Shizuku shook her head while Rika frowned because Rika's words didn't make sense.

"As I said, you will understand when the time comes, but for now, you'd better get ready for your journey" - said Rika with a small smile - "You also have to say goodbye to the others, after all, we might not see each other again for a good while."

"You're right" - muttered Kaori with a frown - "I might as well start preparing my understudy while I'm at it."

"Oh, that's right, you're our best healer, that'll be a hard blow for us" - said Rika sarcastically - "Anyway, I think I'd better go back to my room, so I'll give you the space to prepare."

"Won't your job be harder with our absence?" - Shizuku asked with concern.

"Oh, don't worry about me, I already asked for better weaponry from that idiot Cloud" - replied Rika calmly - "As for the others, you shouldn't worry so much about them, with what just happened with the demons, I'm sure many of them won't want to enter the labyrinth again, that means the number of heroes I'll have to protect, will be drastically reduced"

"Have they said anything about it?" - Kaori asked with a frown.

"Nothing so far, but if I'm honest, with Hiyama and Eri gone, it's best that we desist from entering the mazes" - Rika replied neutrally as she remembered the two traitors - "Ryutaro already gave his approval, and his departure from the group will only make the decision that much easier to make"

"I guess all that's left is to wait for Kouki-kun to wake up" - Kaori said as she nodded.

"Yes, it only remains to receive Amanogawa's approval, but if I'm honest, his opinion doesn't matter with all the people who support the idea of not entering the labyrinth anymore" - Rika replied as she walked towards the door and gave them one last look - "By the way, I recommend you to be careful during your journey."

"Is something wrong?" - Shizuku asked in surprise.

"I can only tell you that if you go with Cloud, your lives will be much more difficult to handle, problems will chase you like sharks to blood" - replied Rika while shaking her head - "And no, I don't mean small problems, but big problems"

Kaori and Shizuku looked at each other as they thought about the words Rika had left before she left.

"What do you think?" - Shizuku asked as she looked at her friend.

"I'm not going to back down, be it trouble, and other rivals, I'm going to go all the way" - Kaori replied firmly.

"There are times I wish I could be like you, Kaori" - smiled Shizuku as the two girls started to make their preparations so they could go with the blond.

* * * * *

"Ugh" - Kouki let out a small groan of pain as she struggled to her feet and noticed how he was no longer in the maze, but rather in a white room - "Where am I?"

"Huh? Doctor, the patient woke up!" - A female voice exclaimed.

Kouki looked in the direction of the voice's origin and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a nurse's outfit - "Ugh!"

The boy slowly focused his attention on the rest of the room as he felt as if his head was splitting in half.

"How are you feeling, young Amanogawa?" - An older man said as he walked over to the boy.

"Like a monster smashed my head in" - Kouki replied as he tried to get up with difficulty.

"Don't move so much, you've been unconscious for days" - said the nurse as she ran to the boy's side and laid him down.

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