Chapter 19. Kaori Situation.

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{POV: MC}

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After that all bickering between our friend's group member about presents, we decide to just bring her various fruits and pastry from the mall we visited before coming to Kaori's house.

A safe choice for sick people.

Then we finally arrived at Miyazono household after following the address that's given by the teacher. It's a normal family house that you can find anywhere in Chiba.

Though somehow, I can feel slight strong devil aura residue comes from this house (?). Ah yes, Baraqiel-san teach me about detecting aura too.

I might need to investigated about this later.

"...Hmm, let's me talk first then everyone else can introduce yourselves as Kaori's classmates." I said to them.

*Knock* *Knock*

After waiting a while, some woman in mid 30 opens the door. She should be Kaori's mother, as she resembles her too in appearance.

"Ah yes, who is it?" (???)

"Ano.. Obaa-sama. My name is Matsuzaka Satoru. I'm Kaori's classmate. We are here to deliver the paper that she missed today from the teacher. We are also want to visit Kaori-san!" I said as I introduced myself.

"Ohh? You are so polite! Also you are Kaori classmate? She would be happy to get all of her friends to visit here. Thank you. Anyway are the others also classmates?" Kaori's mother asked us.

"Yes. Everyone, introduce yourself." I said to everyone.

"Matsuzaka Satou, Onii-chan twin sister." 

"Shinomiya Kaguya."

"Hayasaka Ai, Kaguya-sama attendant."

"Hikigaya Hachiman!"

"Ohh.. what a bunch of lively kids. Once again, thank you for visiting. Hopefully, everyone stays friends with Kaori. Please come inside." Kaori's mother said to us.

Everyone followed after her come inside.

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After all the greetings and introduction from Kaori's mother, she allowed us to visit her daughter's room and point us to the location of her room.

When we are about to enter her room, we already hear her sparse sound.

*cough* *cough*

"Okaa-san.. Who.. is it?" Kaori said.

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She is coughing hard. I don't remember what is her illness on the original stories but I don't think it was with coughing.

Seriously, if she got covid somehow, this world human race probably going to got lockdown too.

["What are nonsense you talking about user?"] The system retorts me.

I don't know. Just forget about it.

I decide to knock her room door.

*Knock* Knock*

"Just enter." Kaori answered.

*Click*

We enter the door as she said.

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"Eto.. The Satoru-kun group?"

As we enter the room, we saw Kaori in her bed look so weak. Her face is pale and she doesn't look so.. bright? 

Where is the bright Kaori I know?

It's the first time I see her without a smile on her face. She looks so weak and so sad.

I don't like it. 

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"Emmm hello, Kaori-san. Unn.. We are sorry to bother you but we are here to deliver papers from the teacher about today's quiz.. Also, we want to visit you, you know.. as a classmate and friends." I said to her.

["That's not very friendly greeting and smooth you got there, user."] The system comment on me.

Shut up!! I'm nervous you know!?

Hearing my explanation, Kaori answered me.

"Ahh.. Thank you, everyone.. Though we never been close in--"

 *Cough* *Cough*

The loli Kaori coughing again.

I saw blood on her cough.

!!!

God damn it. What kind of illness did she get in this world? Much more potent than original?

I don't remember she has been this weak at this age.

"..Sorry." Said Kaori weakly to us and she looking sad again.

Everyone looking at her is also feeling sad, I literally can feel the aura here after all.

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Hachiman being Hachiman insensitive as always asking her.

"..Are you OK, Kaori-san?" Hachiman asked with concerned tone.

"Obviously she is not, you dolt." Kaguya retorts him.

"I was just asking you know?" Hachiman said to Kaguya.

"Hachi-san, if someone on a bed looking pale and weak could be called OK. Then something wrong with your head." Ravel-chan said as she shook her head.

"Ughh.. I'm sorry." Hachiman said as he feels apologetic.

"Dolt, you need to learn how to read situations or we need to keep your mouth on a leash" Ai comment to him.

"...Choker for Hachiman then?" Akeno said as she put out 'choker' from her bag.

"W-Wait? Where you got it Akeno-san?!" I said to her in panic.

"From the mall of course. I still thought it's something that you put on sick people." Akeno answer me.

"No, it's not!" I said to her as I facepalmed myself.

"Well, that dolt need choker on her mouth so it might be working to him" Kaguya comment.

"Excuse me?! That's rude!" Hachiman yells at Kaguya.

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Kaori who hearing our group's bantering, laughing. We stop our chit-chat as everyone looks at her and must be thought same as me, laughing and smiling Kaori much better fit her.

After laughing, she began to talk.

"...You know everyone, I have studied hard for the quiz today and when the day comes, I can't even go to the class." Kaori said to us.

"Sometimes I suddenly got so sick, I always bring medicine and consume it routinely but like today it sometimes doesn't always help."

"It's always been like this to me as far I remember."

"...Why I'm so different? Why I'm always sick? Everyone can play happily meanwhile I'm often stuck in my bed."

"...I'm also want to be normal ...I want to be happy ...I want to have friends..."

Everyone who hear Kaori's talk feel bad and sad for her.

World is never fair. Even to me, I thought I was invincible with my cheat but I almost lost my twin sister twice.

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I come close to her bed.

"Satoru-san?"

I kneel beside her bed, at look directly at her. I feel some sweat in my eyes but I ignore it.

"...You must be strong Kaori-san. I don't like your sad face. It doesn't suit you at all. I like bright Kaori more." I said to her directly on her face.

"..."

"We will be your friends, even when you are sick, we will come to visit you everytime we had chance." I said to her.

"..Satoru-san. Are you really mean what you are just said?" Kaori seems dazed at what I just said.

I nodded to her.

"Well, as Onii-chan said.. we will be your friends, Kaori-san." My sis added me.

Everyone behind my sis nodded at our words. Man, this proves of strong bonds between everyone.

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Kaori looks happy to our words, and I can feel everyone smile toward her.

Well, I'm not done yet.

I look at Kaori's eyes and muster my resolute voice to her.

"Also believe me Kaori-san... I promise I will find a way to cure you." 

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...?!?!!!

"...Satoru-san? ..Why?" Kaori said to me.

I didn't answer her, but I keep looking at her with a serious resolution feeling to make her believe me.

"...Onii-chan?"

"Satoru-san?" 

"Satoru-kun?"

Everyone looks at me shocked at what I just said.

This is my personal regret, but watching her died in her original stories makes me sad. Her anime where she was one of the saddest anime I've ever watch. Now I have a chance to help her, I believe I will find something that can help her!

Duck mission, this is getting personal.

["Now you are growing spine, user. Even I shocked at your declaration."] The system comment on me.

I hold her hand then look at her again.

"...I promise I will find a way to cure you, no matter what it takes. The reason might be personal, but I like your usual bright attitude. Until then, please be your cheerful self, Kaori-san. Never lose your hope." I added to her.

"...Satoru-san" 

"Don't forget us. I think it would be a shame for me as Shinomiya can't help her friend." Kaguya said behind me.

"Me too! I don't know anything but I will help with something.. something I can do!" Hachiman added.

Kaori looks at us bewildered but everyone including me looks at her with a smile.

"T-Thank you. Thank you. T-Thank you everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you" Kaori said keep repeating thank you words, now with her usual bright smile.. with a lot of tears and snot.

Tears of happiness huh.

Kaori then hugged me, and everyone behind me also hugged Kaori.

...Everyone crying. I'm not though.

It's just sweat.

I swear.

Onion ninja, please stay away.

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After visiting Kaori's house, everyone is leaving and going home as we didn't have any other plan after that.

Azazel, our dad also somehow know what I'm doing and prepared a car with driver for each friend of mine who didn't live at the same place as mine which is Hachiman plus Kaguya and Ai.

 Damn Azazel show off his rich, but that cuts a lot time on the way I guess.

After that, everyone else was tired and asleep. (Kids probably tired after crying) I decide to call Azazel.

*RING*

*RING*

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After waiting a while, Azazel pick up my call.

"Yoo, son. You seem to pull another stunt for someone. Is this for another heroine?" Azazel said as I can hear he's chuckling on another side.

"Yes. But now, I need help your Azazel." I said.

"...Hmm. Let me listen first to what you want to ask." Azazel answers me with a serious tone.

"... This girl that I've visited is sick, You probably already investigated her. In her original stories, her future would be dying to her illness.. but I won't let it happen. Az.. No, Dad. Please help me find the cure for her illness." I said to him with.

"...I see. So it is your personal decision right? Not because of mission?" Azazel asked.

"Yes." I said.

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The call becomes quiet for a while.

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"Hmm.. This would be very hard, brat. Her illness is an unknown cause, even to the supernatural world. Actually, it seems her parent even did contract once with devil to cure their daughter but failed, and the devil is not even your normal daily devil. It was Serafall Leviathan, and she was failed to find a cure 2 years prior even with all her resources." Azazel explained to me. 

I see.. that's where the strong devil aura comes from. Her parent so desperate that they did actually try to contracting with satan?

With this, It's also mean her parents are also aware supernatural world too. Wait, Does it mean Kaori is also aware supernatural?

"From my intel gather, Serafall even said that somehow her evil pieces don't even react to the girl.. it means she can't be reincarnated either in the worst case scenario." Azazel added.

... That makes me kind of both glad and concerned at the same time.

"For now, all we can do is find something that could keep her body stable and healthy as much as possible anytime. You also will help to find a way to bring her to me so I can diagnose it properly with our best medical team." Azazel added more.

...I know someone who can help that. Another blonde little girl too who didn't deserve her fate in this world. At least on her original stories.

Also, I want to see two little blonde girls loving each other.

Might as well make them a sisters.

Sounds like a good idea to me

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"Son.. Are you still there?" Azazel asked me.

Seems I'm forget that I still in the call.

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"Dad, I know someone could help with that.. But can you help me to plan kidnap a future maiden candidate in Italy?" I asked him.

I hear Azazel choked sound on another side after I said that.

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["I'm gone for a while but no one miss me, Heh. Anyway, That's one way to pick up a girl, user."] The system said his monologue to end the chapter.