DiMENSIONS [IDOLiSH7]

36: Perfect End

~Majabah~

"Stop!"

Riku cast full-scale object-manipulation magic on Tenn, immediately halting the casting process. The idol flailed, trying to break the hold. He turned forcefully to face the younger brother. His eyes burned with anger. "What the hell, Riku?! Let me go this instant!"

The younger boy refused to stop casting. "There is no need to banish the spirit. Not when he doesn't want to hurt us anymore."

"This is no time to be soft and sentimental!" Tenn yelled, worrying the spirit would get up and kill everyone in front of him. Sougo had to summon another light spear before stabbing them deep into the hard ground, locking Haruka's neck in place by crossing them. The spirit still showed no sign of fighting back.

Out of options, Tenn ordered a servant. "Gaku, finish it!"

Though flabbergasted by his lord's action, Gaku followed Tenn's command. He was about to move when Riku shouted. "Gaku, don't!" And Riku's voice registered in his head much more quickly.

While slowly reducing his magic power, Riku walked towards Tenn. He looked at everyone around him, making it clear he wanted to make a statement. "We gave Sougo a chance." The lord stood firm by his reason. "I say we give Isumi a chance as well. If his love can turn to hatred, then hopefully it can also turn back."

Even Riku himself had been given a chance when he tried to burn down the mansion.

The spirit, who was on the floor with Sougo's crossing spears right across his neck, went wide-eyed. "You're willing to forgive me? After all I've done?"

"I don't know." Riku shook his head. "I truly don't. You took my life. You killed my people. What I do know is that I don't want anyone to feel like you did, so I don't want to take pointless lives."

"You're annoying." Haruka huffed. "Stop acting. Can't you see that I'm dead? Give me a chance, my arse." His voice trembled and trailed off towards the end, almost as if he didn't mean it.

There was a moment of silence. Ah, so Riku had not thought about that. He searched Sougo's face for answers. The angel remained quiet.

"Well then-" Tenn started casting but was once again interrupted.

"Wait! I'm with Riku here," Mitsuki spoke up. "It'll be hard to forgive him or befriend him, but it doesn't mean I want him gone. Especially if he has a change of heart."

"You humans are foolis-owowow!" Haruka spoke, probably half-heartedly like before, but was cut off mid-sentence by Sougo, who summoned a knife and poked it into Haruka's neck, just enough to cause some dark smoke-like energy to leak.

"You're right. We're foolish," said Gaku confidently after he became less confused. "A lot of times, we act purely on our emotions. We make stupid decisions. Instead, we learn how to not repeat them." Riku felt Gaku was partly trying to mock him, but that thought did not come across in the simple butler's mind.

"We're always learning and improving." The youngest scientist nodded in agreement. "I personally wouldn't mind giving him a chance, but it is clear the biggest problem at hand is how when he is already dead."

"Tch, there's no need to rub it in..." The spirit muttered.

Iori continued giving his most logical opinion. "The fact remains that he is harmful, so I am opposed to having him float around without purpose as he is right now."

"Damn this guy..." Haruka's blood boiled. It was getting harder to still his hand.

"No point letting him live if he can't live." Gaku took a quick bow to Riku. "He's too dangerous as he is."