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"You're always looking down, Kaori . Always faking a smile while you compare yourself to Yue," he said, his voice cutting through the damp air like a blade. "You're drowning in your own regrets, and in a place like this, that makes you a liability".

"Hajime-kun," she whispered, her voice trembling. "I... I'm sorry. If I hadn't let my breath slip when we were in the water, we wouldn't have been separated".

Kaori flinched as if struck. "I just... I want to be the one by your side. I thought if I followed you here, I could make up for what happened in the Orcus Labyrinth". Arifureta_S2_05_Pro_ACB.mkv

Separated from Yue and the rest of the party by a sudden surge of illusory traps, the two were alone in a corridor that seemed to bleed ghostly images of a forgotten war. For Kaori , the silence between them was louder than the distant groans of the ruins. She watched Hajime’s back—the cold, efficient movements of a man who had survived the abyss by discarding his former self.

Finally, Hajime stopped. He turned to her, his crimson eye glowing with a clinical, almost brutal honesty. "You're always looking down, Kaori

The air inside the Sunken Ruins of Melusine was thick with the scent of salt and ancient, lingering magic. Hajime led the way through the labyrinth’s shifting halls, his guns drawn, but his focus was fractured. Beside him, Kaori Shirasaki moved with a hesitation that was uncharacteristic of the "Saint" of their class.

Hajime didn't turn around. "Stop apologizing. The labyrinth feeds on hesitation". "Hajime-kun," she whispered, her voice trembling

As a group of spectral pirates manifested from the shadows of the ruins, Hajime raised his weapon, ready to clear the path. Kaori took a breath, gripped her staff, and for the first time since entering the ruins, her eyes were clear. She wasn't just a classmate following a hero anymore; she was a woman fighting to prove she belonged in the world he had built.