Owari No Seraph-Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe Volume 5 & 6

Epilogue

Note: The first chapter of Novel 5 is the epilogue (which is a gag chapter as you can tell). There's no mistake in the sequencing!

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The television screen was very bright.

The noise of the game could be heard.

Two avatars with bombs in their hands. Were walking to and fro. A retro, simple handheld TV game. Guren was playing this game continuously.

".....Ha. So sleepy."

He muttered.

"Couldn't be any more boring than this."

The location was Guren's room.

It was 3am.

The wee hours.

The person sitting beside was, expectedly, his gaming partner who was similarly playing this useless, simple and interestingly delicate game.

Shinya Hiragi.

The two of them were sitting cross-legged in front of the screen, playing the game.

"Oi–, wait, wait wait. Why you, why why, Guren you, why are you getting a little better at playing games?"

Ignoring him, Guren stared at the screen with half-closed eyes, controlling the console with his hand.

"After doing the same thing for so long, of course i'll get more proficient at it."

"Indeed, but you've probably practised in secret."

"What's practice in secret?"

"Practise secretly."

"No. If a person plays this game on his own, that person probably has a rather gloomy personality."

"Eh, your words were, of course, very gloomy."

Shinya said that happily. Guren replied.

"Go die."

Before throwing a bomb.

"So close!"

Shinya responded by moving suddenly and quickly. His shoulder slammed into Guren's shoulder. Of course, even if the one playing moved, the avatar in the game won't. However, whenever Shinya encountered danger in the game, he'll respond with physical movements.

"So painful."

"Haha, you should self-explode."

"You did it on purpose you bastard."

"No, my body responds automatically when the game gets exciting."

Impossible. Separating emotions from the body was a fundamental part of sorcery trainings. It's impossible to move just because of a game. Shinya, who excelled in sorcery, would not accidentally allow his body to move.

Guren stared at the television screen and said.

"If you slam into me again I'll kill....."

"Aiya, I'm sorry."

As he said that, he was preparing to slam his shoulder into Guren again.

However, Guren said,

"As if I'll let you succeed."

Guren moved back to avoid the attack. He continued.

"Aiya I'm sorry. My body accidentally"

At the same time, as if trying to knock away Shinya's game console, he was preparing to slam his left elbow into–

"Uwah uwah, wait, as if I'll yet you succeed."

Shinya lifted his right elbow and guarded himself.

It was rather painful to be pushing at each other with their elbows, but both parties refused to back down.

Shinya said while pushing towards Guren with his elbow.

".....Ah~ Guren, you're too terrible. Why not defeat me with your gaming skills instead?"

"Aren't you the one who came crashing into me first?"

"That's untrue~ My body accidentally moved when I got a little too excited."

"Liar."

"It's true. It's true."

"No way I can believe that."

"Look at my expression. I said this seriously!"