"Stop!"
"..."
"..."
He lowered his blade.
The raven haired man stepped towards the one armed knight, his footsteps ringing loudly throughout the room. They were slow and methodical, an aura of weariness exuded from its location.
His expression, however, was anything but that, forehead clenched as his eyes glared at his back with a myriad of emotions; shock, confusion, wrath, betrayal, and most of all...
"Why?" He stutters as he lets out the inquiry.
"... I wasn't expecting this to come so early, bro-, Natsuki Subaru."
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Hypothetical Arc 9 scenario that I wanted to write as soon as this [Chapter 11] came out. Tappei, why must you pull at my heart like this.