"I'm The Strongest" (Arifureta x Male Reader Story)

Chapter 2: "Further into the Abyss"

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YAEGASHI SHIZUKU POV

I stood in the throne room with Meld kneeling in front of the King and Kouki, Ryotarou on my left

"What is it you found on the 20th Floor in the Great Orcus Labyrinth?" The King asked

Meld: "Your Highness, we found a new kind of trap that utilized a glanz crystal, It instantly transported us to the 65th level

"Thats quite deep." The King said

Ishtar: "Thats the farthest we've gone."

Meld: "Our fight against the behemoth and Traum soldiers was.. regretfully in vain."

Ishtar: "Word that two of God's chosen heroes has perished is spreading throughout the kingdom."

"...Say nothing about this matter, Understood?" The King said

This Shocked Meld and me But Meld agreed

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Later in the evening, I looked at Kaori who had tears in her eyes... Nagumo and L/N fell down the hole... and she promised to protect them both I heard

Later I swung my sword, still practicing.. although this still reminded me of Y/N.. when we used to train together

-------(Small Flashback)-------

I fell down the floor, groaning I then shook my head looking up and seeing Y/N with a wooden sword in his hand

Y/N: "Well, I got 7 wins and 3 loses, meaning you lose, Shizuku-chan~" Y/N said with a childish and teasing tone

Y/N crouched in front of me, and his face was near mine, which caused me to blush a bit

Y/N: "Hehe, you look cute when you get all flustered."

Shizuku: "C-C-Cute?" The blush on my face grew

Y/N then stood and said "You look cute when you get embarrassed... heh, makes me want to tease you even more."

The Blush in my face slowly went disappeared as I sent a glare at Y/N

Y/N: "Woah.. scary, anyways, wanna get ice cream? My treat by the way." Y/N said reaching his hand out

Shizuku: "Heh, yeah sure.." I smiled at Y/N as I took his hand and he pulled me up

Y/N: "Now.. LETS GO!" Y/N shouted and pulled me

Shizuku: "H-Hey wait!"

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It wasn't long before a single tear left my eye and my hands were shaking, I quickly wiped it away I then threw the wooden sword up and Unsheathe my real one, I then sliced the wooden to pieces

Shizuku: "..Somethings wrong. No way its that easy.." I Mutter but then I heard another person talking, I look to the side and saw Hiyama

Hiyama: "I-It'll be fine, nobody will find out, Nobody saw it, Everything went perfectly, its fine..."

Shizuku: "Hiyama-kun?"

Hiyama then turned "AHH!"

Hiyama: "Y-Yaegashi?" Hiyama then saw my sword and backed away, but I tilted my head in confusion

Shizuku: "What's up?"

Hiyama: "Nothing! What's up with you?"

Shizuku: "Just training. Gotta keep up or I'll get rusty. Why don't you do a bit of training to yourself."