Episode 5 – My resolution (Charlotte’s point of view)

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Apparently, I’m a Childhood Friend of a Saint in the World of Light Novels, and When We Meet Again After a Few Years at School, She’s Turned into Some Kind of Yandere?

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“Ah, Alan-kun!”

Alan kun fell down in front of me.

His body was covered with wounds and he was bleeding from everywhere.

“W-What should I do? Alan kun is going to die. ……”

Alan kun was a light to me.

He was the boy who saved me from being alone and bullied because of my creepy hair.

I can’t imagine a world without him.

“Blood……I have to stop the blood……!”

Too much blood from the wound on his shoulder.

I didn’t have any medical or biological knowledge, but I could tell that he was clearly in danger.

“Please! Is there anyone out there?!”

But this is far from the city.

People would not come near the hut, which is rumored to be haunted.

Alan kun is in a critical condition and cannot be moved.

Just as my face was about to turn red with despair…

“I-I’ve found them!”

“This way!”

I heard a noisy voice from behind me.

Wiping away my tears, I turned around to see four adults and a boy coming toward me.

I no longer cared who they were.

“There’s someone hurt. ……! Please help us. ……!”

“Injured? Hm? T-This!”

The old man at the front of the line was surprised.

He then hurriedly instructed him to bring a first-aid kit.

With a quick hand, he stopped the bleeding of the wound.

“Alan ……? Why is this guy here ……? I was supposed to be the one to rescue Charlotte. ……”

The boy looks at Alan-kun and mumbles.

How does this guy know my name? ……

And what do you mean he was supposed to help me out?

I tried to ask him, but something creepy about him kept me from asking.

“C-Captain! This is Balzac!”

“W-What?!”

The old man who had been called “captain” kept his hands on his head and turned his head to look at the man.

The moment he saw the fallen man, his eyes widened in surprise.

“Y-you don’t mean to say that this boy beat him?”

The captain asked.

I nodded my head in a small gesture.

“That’s absurd. …… Balzac was a member of the Kingsguard, which is said to be the strongest in the kingdom. …… And this young boy beat him?”

The captain quickened his hand to stop the bleeding on Alan-kun.

After a few minutes, he had stopped all the bleeding, but the captain’s face was not bright.

“Alan-kun! Is Alan-kun going to be alright!?”

“…..He has lost too much blood. If he continues like this, he will bleed to death.”

N-no. ……

Alan-kun is going to die……?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I absolutely don’t want to say goodbye to Alan kun like this.

I still have so many things I want to do with Alan kun.

I still haven’t told Alan kun that I love him.

“God! Please protect Alan-kun. ……!”

I held Alan kun’s hand and prayed to God.

It was all I could do.

And then…

“……!”

“……! Is this a …… miracle……?”

A light fell from the sky and gently enveloped Alan kun.

Alan kun’s appearance improved rapidly.

W-What happened ……?

“P-perhaps ……! You, no, you are ……!”

“We’ll talk about it later, Hayman. We’re pulling out first.”

“Yes! We’re retreating!”

The boy ordered the captain to begin giving the order to retreat.

I held Alan kun’s hand and cried tears of joy that Alan kun had been saved.

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“H-huh ……? This is …….”

“Alan-kun!”

I hugged Alan kun, who had just woken up.

After that, we were sent home by the captain and the others.

Although his life was not in danger, he had been suffering from a fever and had not woken up.

He had been in bed for two whole days and was anxious.

“Thank God…… I was afraid what if you didn’t wake up…….”

I couldn’t stop the tears from welling up.

Alan kun didn’t push me away but gently hugged me and stroked my head.

“I’m sorry for worrying you.”

“No,…… you saved me. I can’t blame …… you.”

“I’ll do my best to make Charlotte smile. I’m going to win more overwhelmingly next time so that Charlotte doesn’t have to look like this this time.”

He did not say that he would not fight so as not to worry.

I felt a little prickle in my chest at Alan kun’s words.

“Is that because …… I’m a saint? Is that why you try to protect me so much?”

“……! Where did you ……”

Alan-kun seemed to know after all.

I don’t know when it started, but I didn’t know it myself, and Alan kun knew it.

“After you fainted, we were saved by the prince and others. That’s how they told me I was a saint. ……”

The prince told me that and returned to the castle.

They left a message that they would come back to see me.

“I see. ……the prince…”

“Yes.”

A heavy silence passed between us.

But I had to push him.

“You don’t have to protect me anymore.”

“Eh ……?”

“I don’t want to see Alan kun get hurt because of me! I want Alan-kun to live a peaceful and happy life. ……”

I didn’t mean to cry, but the tears were beginning to flow again.

It was heartbreaking and painful to have to let go of the most important person to me and say goodbye.

But because he is so important to me, he shouldn’t be involved in the fight.

“Charlotte.”

“W-What?!”

I was being hugged by Alan kun.

Our faces were close at once, and my face was hot.

Alan kun’s eyes were very serious towards me.

“I am not protecting Charlotte because she is a saint”

“Hee…..?”

“Charlotte is the reason. I don’t care if she is a saint or a city girl.”

At that moment, I truly knew Alan kun’s true intentions.

Alan-kun knew that I was a saint, but he treated me as a Charlotte.

He also told me that he wanted to protect me.

“Are you sure …… you want to do this?”

“Of course. It has to be Charlotte.”

“I see. ……Thank you. ……”

Now, I was ready to make a decision.

If Alan-kun is risking his life to protect me, then I have to respond as well.

I will devote my body, my mind, and my entire life to Alan kun.

I would not regret it even if I gave you everything.

So, please stay with me forever okay…..?

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