"What the——heck?!"
His hand moved on it's own, and it hit the man the moment he heard the words from the man standing in front of him.
There was a blazing fire inside of his chest, ready to be vented out of him.
"——I thought you would like to see her—— ack!"
Another punch was thrown.
More of his anger came out, causing a bruise on another person.
Jabbing. Jabbing. Jabbing until his anger dies out.
He wanted to see his little sister again. He wanted to be with her again. But can the world give back his little sister?
—No. Is the simplest answer. And the same answer goes to Donny, but he was still unsure.
Ophelia's looks don't match Raya's. But when he thought about it again, when Ophelia was taking care of him, it was like Raya was the one who did so. Was that why he was so happy to be with her? To be taken care of because she was the remnant of his little sister?
"I want to… But—"
"—Aaaaaachk!"
Donny's fist flew across Stephen's face, forcing it to look at the same direction where the fist was flying.
"So that's why…"
—There was a warm feeling when he was near Ophelia.
Stephen didn't fight back, only stopping Donny's fists but also failing to parry every punch he threw.
"———"
He was about to punch again but someone grabbed him by the shoulder, catching Donny's attention.
Behind him, was a girl with long black hair on the outside and dark blue on the inside. She was wearing a white dress, similar to Eroica's before the attack happened.
"This will stop—"
Elise—Stephen's Auditor—was readying a punch and to make a hole in Donny's face.
"Elise! Stop!"
"——"
As her fist, filled with power, stopped in front of Donny's face, only centimetres away from hitting him, making Donny flinch and fall on his back, Elise stood up and cleaned herself.
"——He's done nothing wrong… In fact, I'm the one who's wrong here"
Stephen stood up and walked to the clueless Donny on the ground, hands on his stomach.
The near death punch of Elise can make one's mind gone. The small moment where death was there and then gone the next millisecond, made Donny's mind wavered between the real world and the dream world.
"—Wake up!"
Snapping back to reality, he felt someone shaking him on the shoulder.
Reality widened as Donny's mind came back to him and he opened his eyes.
"—?"
Donny blinked a couple of times.
"I have nothing to say but "sorry", it's all that I can do right now"
"———a"
"I'm sorry… And also, I'm sorry that I can't do anything for you now, but maybe sometime in the futu—"
"—Then, what about this?"
"—?"
Stephen was left shocked, his mind bewildered. There was a hand in front of him, wanting to be picked up by him, wanting help.
"Can you make me Ophelia's Glorier?"
"——"
Elise was silent, her emotional face showed that she doesn't care about the situation. Everyone else, who was watching the fight had gone off and mind their own business.
After the fight, Donny and Stephen walked calmly towards the cafe again, taking a seat in the same table like before.
"...how should I say this?"
"..."
"To be Ophelia's Glorier, you'd have to join the Orchastraf, is that okay for you?"
"Yes"
"You'd have to fight in the front lines and chances of death is high"
"..."
"Do not underestimate the Retahus, their pattern is too random for us to study about them"
So that's why…
No one at the music hall expected Retahus to destroy a piece of the building to kill an innocent person. All they were after was the sound of the off tune.
"For the last time, this question will repeat: are you sure to join the Orchastraf?"
"..."
What about home? Did you contact them about what you're about to do? Will it be alright?
Yesterday, Donny had been called by his mother, asking about how he was doing and asking about her daughter—Donny's sister. The moment she heard that Raya died, she couldn't help but burst into tears, making Donny's eyes flood with tears.
All he did was that. He said nothing more than the state of Raya.
"I'll be glad to join the Orchastraf and fight for the sake of humanity!"
—Just so he could be with his sister again.
.
—kinda.