_The power current that Project5 left behind was so strong. Even Ashide who is located in the castle was able to fell it. Everyone from those newbies accomplished their duty to the fullest. Reina, Sayuri and Osamu are in the hospital taking special care and Yagami is there as well to look after his allies. The others were beaten up as well but healing them didn't take much of an effort especially for Nobu. That was pretty weird because he's the one that's supposed to take time in his healing the most since he's magicless. Nobu, Satomi and Magnus are helping the citizens to evacuate from the dangerous locations. As for Raiden and Kokoa, they went to the queen so they can report the battle to her._

-Ashide: So all of you were able to eliminated the whole force of Project5?

-Kokoa: Yes ma'am.

-Kokoa after bringing two rune stones out of her pocket: After defeating him, Project5 dropped all the power runes and 2 of them stayed behind. This one is for ultra-intelligence and the second is the concentration magic!

-Shinso: This is pretty good for you Kokoa! Now you can take back your powers!

-Raiden: That's weird! Even though Project2 has more than one element as well, he didn't drop a single power rune!

-Ashide: Go ahead and break the rune Kokoa! Take what's yours back 😊

_Kokoa breaks the power rune in two. The broken pieces just disappeared and something really breath-taking happened. An immense amount of magic energy appeared in front of the girl and then got inside her body. After that, Kokoa somehow became powerless!_

-Raiden: She's supposed to have stronger magic energy now right? Unlike that, she became weaker!

-Ashide: That's something normal, When you absorb the magical energy from a power rune, you'll lose your magic energy for one or two days.

-Shinso: Anyway this is not our main interest! How are the others?

-Nobu: Satomi and Magnus are still helping the others to evacuate!

-Raiden: Where did you come from ?

-Nobu: I used switch!

-Raiden: Sometimes I forget that you can do that!

-Nobu: Hey Ashide, tell me about Reina's fight! I was going to ask him but he's still sleeping!

-Ashide: Actually Raiden did a pretty good job out there! He defeated Yamato! The vice captain of Warhammer's organization all alone!

-Shinso: To be honest I wasn't expectingthat much from him 😅

-Nobu: So his power level did get higher! I wasn't mistaking when I felt it on him!

-Raiden: We defeated Project2 as well! It was pretty harsh as well. That freak has magic nullification.

-Nobu: WOOAAAAHHHHH!!!

-Ashide: And if I'm not wrong, you and Kokoa killed Project5 right ?

-Nobu and Kokoa: 😁😁😁😁😁

-Shinso: Did you discover the new skill that Kammaitachi told you about ??

-Nobu: Not really. But my demon power really became stronger. My main goal for now is to learn how to use this Death-tear thing.

-Nobu: So where is old-man ?

-Ashide: He's in the hospital taking care of Reina!

-Ashide: Anyway. I have to inform you that after your healing, I'll be sending you to another mission! Project5 dropped many power runes right? I'll be dividing you in teams and each team will take care of one of those runes!

-Raiden: Why are we doing it?

-Ashide: For 2 reasons: first to reduce the possibilty that Warhammer will make another puppet like Project5. As for the second one......

-Kokoa: Your magesty will create a sheild to protect the kingdom!

-Ashide: Awwww you still remember it. That's correct! And now you're dismissed. Please ask Mr. Kaeya to come to castle and thank you for your time!

_Kokoa, Raiden and Nobu got out of the castle and they asked Kaeya to meet with Ashide and Shinso. After that, they unied with Ash and Katsu and they started telling each other about the new techniques that they mastered!_

-Nobu: For some reasons I feel lighter than usual!

_All of them stay quite for a while!_

-Nobu: Oh yeah where is pipsqueak???

-Raiden: She's in the hospital as well and she's sleeping!

-Nobu: Let's go check on her and the others as well!

_They reached the hospital. They found out that Osamu and Reina woke up. Nobu runs straight to them then says._

-Nobu: You finally woke up sleeping beauties!

-Osamu: It's not like we wanted to sleep!

-Nobu: I heard that you defeated Yamato all on your own!

_After hearing it, Ash, Katsu and Osamu get shocked. Afterall, Yamato is a pretty intense task to handle all on your own! Nobu raises his fist to Reina and says!_

-Nobu: I'm getting stronger as well. I'm faster than all of you in leveling up you know! That's why i'm thightening the gap between our levels. One day Reina, one day, I'll fight you and defeat you declaring this way that I'm stronger than you.

-Reina after making such a wholesome fist pump with his friend: I didn't consider you as my rival for nothing! I'm watching you getting closer to me with such an enormous speed. Defeating me won't be an easy task you need to know that 😁.

-Nobu: 😊

-Nobu: Anyway I'll be checking on pipsqueak now.

_After that they go to Sayuri's room directly and actually they find Magnus and Satomi right there waiting for their friend to wake up!_

-Nobu: Yo!

-Satomi: Hello there! Oh everybody's here!

-Kokoa: She still didn't wake up?

-Satomi: Yes! I'm starting to feel nervous about that.

_Nobu drops the chocolate bar from his hand! After that, all the others felt something really bad. Nobu dropping his favorite thing ????? This can't be a good sign!_

-Magnus after touching his friend's shoulder: N-Nobu! Something wrong?

-Nobu: Not sleeping!

-Magnus: Wha?

-Nobu: She's not! She's not sleeping! Pipsqueak's not sleeping!

-Kokoa: What do you mean??? Look at her! Of course she's sleeping!

-Nobu: Her presence doesn't say so!

-Satomi: What are you feeling Nobu ?

-Nobu: I. I feel. I feel like she's imprisoned!

_At the castle, Kayea, Shinso and Ashide were dicussing about the newbies!_

-Kaeya: So you'll actually announce that they are full sacred soldiers?

-Ashide: They were able to accomplish and S-rank mission in such a short time. They deserve much more than that. Actually, we'll give them titles as well!

_Right after that, the others get inside the caslte and interrupt the converstaion! And Nobu is holding Sayuri. _

-Ashide: Oh my! Why did bring little Sayuri along!

-Nobu: I'm pretty sure that you have someking of a spell that can help us out!

-Ahide: How may I aid you?

-Nobu: Please tell us what's wrong with pipsqueak.

-Kaeya: Is she okay?

-Satomi: Nobu said that she's not sleeping.

-Kaeya: Then something's wrong!

-Nobu: You believe me?

-Shinso: We all agree that your ability to sense things is really the sharpest. Added to that your lack of lying! I believe you as well!

_Ashide uses a magic circle and discovers that Sayuri is not sleeping!_

-Ashide: He's right! Little Sayuri's not asleep. Raiden you're the one who fought with her right ?

-Raiden: Yes ma'am!

-Ashide: Did she somehow use some strong skill ?

-Raiden: Sayuri was able to bring out somekind of a dragon roaring technique. The skill was so strong that Project2 can't nullify our spells anymore!

_Ashide makes such a shocked expression, she takes her spellbook then uses another magic circle!_

-Ashide: This is bad! This is really bad?

-Nobu: You're making us uncomfortable like that! Spell it out Ashide!

-Ashide: What was the feeling when you saw little Sayuri?

-Nobu: It felt like she's in somekind of a prison!

-Ashide: Her core is indeed locked!

-Nobu: Core? What's a core? Do I have one?

-Shinso: A core is something spiritual. It represents our will to live and it wields all of our feelings and the experiences that we faced.

-Ashide: After using that skill, the spell was so strong that it harmed her core. She wasn't strong enough to handle it's power. That's why she's unconscious.

-Nobu: Isin't there a way to help her wake up.

_Silence. Ashide didn't answer the question. Shinso closes his eyes as well. As for Nobu, he keeps giving this intense stare to Ashide. The queen stand up and goes straight to her lobby. Noone wanted to feel that for sure. It was hard, pretty hard for all of them. Days passed by, all of them are fully healed, Sayuri is still on that bed sleeping. And Nobu didn't eat a single bar of chocolate up to this day. All of his friends tried to cheer him up. However, his eyes stayed the same._

-Satomi: Actually, this is the first time that I see Nobu's eyes this dark! This feels really wrong.

-Satomi while catching Reina's jacket: Why don't you go and try to put some sense in him. You're the only one who didn't try to help him!!

-Ash: Yeah that's right! You're his closest friend. Maybe he'll hear you.

-Reina: I didn't make a move because I know that it won't make him move an inch. This is Nobu guys. We can't do nothing about it. Once he quits eating chocolate, you have to know that it's useless to try helping him.

-Kokoa: He's the most cheerful one... Both of them are the most cheerfull ones between all of us! It feels so empty without them!

-Katsu: Nobu doesn't want to lose anyone else. I think that's why he's upset like that. I won't blame him for that, it feels like he's cursed or something.

_Reina stands up and punches Katsu right in the face making him fall off the chair. Ash runs stright to Reina and catches him so he won't went berserk again!_

-Reina: TAKE IT BACKK!

-Ash: Stop it Reina! You're making it worse really.

-Reina: Didn't you hear what he said ??

-Katsu: BUT IT'S THE FREAKING TRUTHHH!!!

-Reina: You son of a............

-Katsu: You have to accept. All of us have to. Nobu is different guys. He can't use magic, he can't lie and once he lose something he becomes stronger. Everyone that came across his path didn't end up happy. All of us lost something after meeting him. I'm spelling facts in here! And you Reina!! You're the one that knows this the most. Stop trying to hide it. Even our queen said it! She said that Nobu's existance is a missfortune.

-Katsu after holding his chest: Do you think that saying this is not hurting me?? If you think so then you're wrong. I feel bad for all of us and especially him. You know why? Because he's the one that deserves having the best life between all of us. The thing is, if we try to fake it more, that will end up by killing all of us. Days will pass and that will make us forget. Nobu doesn't want to forget. Nobu doesn't want to live a single day withou her, that's why he's a cold-rock!

_All of them starts crying exept for Reina, he runs straight to Nobu. He finds him laying down with no life in his face. Reina stande right in front of Nobu and starts breathing really hard. He gives such an intense look. Once Nobu raises his head, Reina kicks the hell out of him. At that moment, Satomi and the others get inside as well. Kokoa saw Nobu like that and she runs straight to him trying to help him stand up!_

-Reina: What do you think you're doing Nobu?? Wake up damn it! Do you want to spend the rest of your life like that ? Keeping your feelings inside won't help Sayuri you know. We all feel hopeless about it you have to know that.

_He gets closer to Nobu, holds his shoulder then starts rubbing him harder and harder. After that Kokoa puches him back!_

-Kokoa: Stop it already!

-Reina: SNAP OUT OF IT!!!! You're making all of us fell guilt. I thought that your dream was to bring peace not to create the oppsite.

-Satomi: Shut up already!

_Reina stands for a while there, then he goes to the rooftop of the castle and stays a little alone. After maybe half an hour, Satomi comes and stays near him._

-Satomi: Don't you think that you went a little hard on all of us?

-Reina:...........

-Satomi: You're speechless as I thought!

-Satomi after raising her sword: You know, when I first met you, I allways looked up to you. You are such a good and strong Reina. I want you to be honest as well. Not with us, but with your own! Stop trying to hide it.

-Satomi after putting her sword down: You want to cry don't you? Sometimes when you act weak, the best way to get rid of that feeling is to cry it all out.

_Reina catches his head with both of his arms and starts sheding so much tears. Satomi gets closer to him then she gives him such a lovely hug._

-Satomi: There it is, cry Reina! Cry! All of us need to do so! Get rid of that heavy weight in your chest!

-Reina: I wanted to help! That's all! I didn't mean any harm I swear it!

-Satomi: I know I know! All of us do so!

-Reina: It feels so bad! Being unable to lend a hand!

-Satomi: That's why Nobu's one and only fear is to be useless!

-Reina: Isin't there a way to help him out of his misery?

-Satomi: There is only one way! It's to inform him that there is a way to return Sayuri to it's former self!