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chapter twelve

☁️ passing finals ☁️

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"say yes to heaven.."
"say yes to me?"

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DAYS PASSED and the final selection came to a stop. Kaori looked around her as the ashes of the demon she had slayed disintegrated into the air.

The bright orange sun started to rise – brightening the once gloomy forest and making the remaining surviving demons hide somewhere safe, avoiding the sunlight. Kaori sheathed her sword, her hands were dirtied and so were her clothes.

'Ah, it has been the seventh day now... I guess the exam has finally come to an end.' She murmured, walking to the opposite way where she was. She remembered the way back as she could smell the scent of the wisteria flowers. Kaori followed the scent of wisteria that led her back to the forest's entrance.

Her nose twitched a little as she ascended the path when a strong metallic odour struck her nostrils. She looked towards the area where the metallic odour emits from just to see a pool of red blood, pooling up as it emerged from the bushes.

Kaori's eyebrows twitched as she approached the bush, pushing the bushy leaves aside just to see a horrifying bloody sight. Her face turned pale as her eyes widened, it was the same boy she saved back then but he was completely ruined. One of his arms was torn apart and there was a huge gash on his chest. 

'It seems like the demon who attacked him died due to the exposure to sunlight' She observed, her hand trembling as she carefully walked towards the boy, making sure not to step on the pool of blood.

She crouched down to touch his pulse, figuring out that he was still alive and that he just passed out due to the huge blood loss. The boy's nichirin sword blade was shattered as it spread across the ground.

'He is still alive... if I leave him, he might die later on during night time...'

Kaori ripped off the bottom part of his pants, using it to tie a knot right on top of his torn-off arm. She lifted the boy carefully despite the differences in their body size, tossing him over her shoulder as she started walking again – following the wisteria scent.

When she arrived, she was greeted by the lovely wisteria trees that had just bloomed after the seventh day. When she walked further, she found the once crowded field was now empty but one particular long-haired boy stood in the middle of it. Her eyes widened a bit but she then proceeded to lay the passed-out boy on the floor.

The boy with long black and mint green tips was gazing off at the blue skies that greeted him warmly – he wasn't focusing on the candidates who were going to walk out from the deadly forest. However, when Kaori walked closer to him and stood beside him – his nose took a swift scent of the girl's special scent.

He turned his head toward the girl's direction, his empty turquoise eyes glinting a little when the girl turned to look at him too. Similar to Muichiro, Kaori wasn't injured throughout the seven days but was quite dirty.

'There's only the two of us who are still in one piece... there's a lot of us before...' Kaori hummed, her eyebrows furrowing.

Muichiro started dozing off, staring at Kaori's enchanting crimson red irises that stared into his mint green ones in pure confusion. Kaori tilted her head when she realized that the boy beside her never broke eye contact with hers.