Why does the Ruined King still fall in love?

"Ebina brought you here."

"It turned out to be you." In a way, it started to make sense.Ebina was distracting me.She wants to make sure that I can still practice football in Hayama until now.It explains how Ebina got through the gate: the football captain holds the key to the school playground.

Only the trusted and unsuspecting Hayama Hayato would have such a privilege.

"This is when you ask 'why?' Hikigu-kun." Hayama said.He is motivating me like some teachers are motivating me to act.He put on an air of self-righteous arrogance.He wants to cheat on me.

"I don't care why. Shouldn't you be somewhere else?"

With Yukinoshita? Somewhere far from here, a deserted place full of painful memories.This stupid concrete building and all the stupid people who come here to learn and experience the stupidity of young people.

When I think of the relationship between Hayama and Yukinoshita, I am furious, and the anger does not end.

Even if I know that the two were forced to get together because of family reasons, the relationship between them may be very weak.

"She's waiting." Hayama shrugged.

"Then go find her."

"I don't know if she's waiting for me," he replied coldly.This is a frustratingly simple answer.

I gritted my teeth.I was imprisoned here with Hayama Hayato.I'm not leaving unless I make some concessions.The door is locked and the only way to get off the roof is to fall from a height of three stories.

"what do you want?"

"If I remember correctly, you owe me. I did help you leave Ebina's house earlier today."

"Thank you. But all this, taking me to the roof, what is all this for? Are you here to tell me that everything is going according to plan?"

He giggled.

"No. I'm just here to enlighten you, little frogs are better than penguins."

Is the frog better than the penguin? Is he trying to stir up trouble?

"What." It was a statement.Like a "cut to the chase" statement.

"Tomorrow, there will be one of the most famous family gatherings in Chiba. My family will be there. Of course, so will Yukinoshita's family," he said. Important politicians in Tokyo, Changcheng Prefecture, Sendai, etc... They are all there to raise funds for the next election.”

"Then what's the real reason?"

Hayama shrugged and announced to me with an emotionless voice.

"They will announce to me that they are engaged to Yukinoshita."

I sucked the blood and swallowed it mixed with saliva as my teeth bit my gums.

"Yes. Finished?"

Hayama shook his head.

"I'm here to tell you I love her."

My heart stopped beating.

"Fortunately, she loves me too." Ye Shan's unemotional smile spread across his face, looking weird and abnormal, as if telling a lie against his original intention. "Our parents were right after all. We were made for each other."

My first reaction gripped me without me realizing it.what? What?

"Yukishita's mother is very strong." Ha Shan continued, he turned his head, instead of looking at me, he looked at the sky separated by the barbed wire.

"She insisted that we share a room and a bed. But we couldn't do anything inappropriate," he continued, "but it was enough for the two of us."

I see snow.I see the light.I saw an apartment. "Maybe I'll show you around sometime." I heard it.I must have heard it.It is impossible to have nothing.I can't be-

"Since we live together, we share a bathroom. Yukinoshita's hair smells so good. It must be her shampoo. It smells so... amazing."

"Because it's all my fault." That night.that morning.I am sick.She stayed.She takes care of me.take care of me.cook for me.Her family is here.They are angry.They all have the same smile.sweat.I'm sweating.She is scared. "I want to stay here." I should do something.anything.If there's something I can do, then maybe—

"So Yukinoshita and I are getting married." Hayama's voice sounded like he was walking underwater.My heart started beating faster and faster. "Every morning, I can wake up, turn over, and see her smile when she is asleep." After finishing speaking, he sighed, "Is this life, Mr. Biqigu?"

He turned his head and looked at me, expressionless.

"Why should I come back?" Her room.Yukinoshita Yukino's room.one person.She is alone.I had a chance to make her feel less alone, and I did nothing.They all have the same smile.But only Yukinoshita has vision.Feel sorry.She is sad.I let her down and she was sad.now... now...

"Hikigu, this is very interesting, isn't it?" Ye Shan walked towards me indifferently. "This life is going to treat us well. I can make Yukinoshita happy, you know? Actually. I can make Yuigahama happy too. Not to mention Isshiki. They're both as cute as Yukinoshita."

Hayama Hayato continued to speak to me in an emotionless voice.

"The existence of Yukinoshita is purely for my happiness. Yuihama Yui is the same, Isshiroha is the same, Miura Yuiko and Ebina Himina are also. There are other people in this poor and remote town. Even Haruno ...all... Chiba is my place. My world."

He was close to my ear, pressing on me to the extreme.

"And you don't belong here, Mr. Penguin."

boom!

I don't know what happened.For a while he was still laughing at me, and for a while I was leaning his neck against the wall.My heart beats faster.angry.I feel very angry.

If it was just Yukinoshita, I wouldn't do such an outrageous thing, but I can't stand Hayama Hayato speaking nonsense to so many people.

I know what it's like to have someone's kindness trampled on, so I hate people who trample on other people's kindness at will.

"Don't mess with me." My voice sounded strange.It was like someone was talking, like a demon was churning inside of me, and I didn't even know it was there. "Don't mess with me!"

The fabric of his shirt tore where I grabbed his hand.Farewell, he could only smirk.The world is in his hands and there is nothing I can do about it.I except...

boom!

My right arm is shaking.This was the first time I really had to pack a punch.That's what they'll never tell you about fistfights, how much it hurts when your knuckles touch flesh and bone.

"Don't mess around with me—"

what!

Hayama knocked me out with a punch.I can't even see it coming.

Dazed and delirious, I lay on the floor gasping for breath, looking at the stars in the night sky.I don't know if this is the end because my eyes are starting to turn red.

Is this the end of my railroad? Is this the end of my station? Where are all souls sent to wander, never to exist again?

"Frogs are better than penguins, don't bother you to get up. That's what I want. You realize you're stuck in a well. You'll never understand what the ocean looks like down there."

Maybe he's right.Maybe I'm just a frog.Maybe I'm just a stupid rebellious teenager.Maybe this whole thing is stupid.Maybe I should lie here and forget about the whole thing.Maybe I deserve all these punishments and pains.Maybe it's because I hate myself.Maybe it's because both the world and heaven hate me.maybe...maybe...

Well, there is another option.

My bones are aching.My blood vessels seem to be bursting from every angle, and my skin is still rattling.it is not important.I still stood up.My face feels puffy.My knuckles hurt and felt wet.Probably blood.It was the same blood I tasted from where my cheek had been broken—the taste of iron and acid.

I stood up.

I punched it again.

Hayama grabbed it easily.

My knee is failing.My world is still spinning.I tried counting stars and tasted my own vomit.I can't figure it out at all.If you ask me what two plus two equals, I'll tell you it's fish tacos.what makes sense.Nothing important.

Except for the girl with the dark hair...

I punched again with the other hand.He caught it easily.

He grabbed my right wrist.He grabbed my left hand first.The situation is very good.Now is the time for me to attack.

"Frogs are better than penguins, what can you do now?"

head hammer.

I moved my legs like Atlas was moving across the sky.This must be how Musashibo Benkei felt on the Gojo Bridge.Maybe for a moment, this little frog became God.

Alas, as they say - the higher you climb, the harder you fall.

My head rattled in my head as I stumbled back.With my arms still dominated by Hayama, I began to fall backwards.I've whipped Hayama as hard as I can, and all I can do is whip myself.Maybe I'm going to die here? Maybe that's why the past few weeks have been flashing before my eyes.

Just before my body hit the concrete of the roof, I felt something defy gravity and the natural order of things.

Hayama Hayato caught me.

I looked at him with all the resentment, anger and contempt.I hate him for many reasons.I hated his perfect smug face, hated his damn smile, hated his charm that a lot of people are fooled by.I hate him for still sympathizing with me and stopping me from falling.

But most of all, I hate that it's probably him that I miss most.

"Your eyes are beautiful, Mr. Biqigu."

Um?

"It's the look of a man who can win."

what are you saying?

"What I told you is all fabricated by me. I have never had any close contact with her, and it is not me that she is waiting in the mansion."

I have a little cough.The smell of blood is still strong.I wiped my mouth with my sleeve, and Hayama let me go.

"It wasn't Yuigahama Yui. It wasn't her parents. She didn't wait for her sister to save her."

He turns to me.His eyes softened, like he'd told the world's biggest joke.

"I'm not the prince she thinks I'm riding in shining armor to save her, and I don't want to be in that role. She's waiting for someone else."

When the words from his mouth reached my ears, my heart was filled with fear.

"She's waiting for you, idiot."

I think I'm crying, maybe I am.No, I absolutely did not.

"I'm not crying," I said, tears streaming down my cheeks.

"I know. Crying means you are sad. You are happy. But Yukinoshita's position is not good. It's all me".Hayama took a deep breath and bit his lower lip. "You sure know how to pitch a decent..."

"What's going on?" The words were hard to say because my cheeks were swollen.I'll have to get some ice for them in a minute.

"She and I are in an arranged marriage. I cannot shame my family by rejecting Yukinoshita's proposal. Yukinoshita is not the type to refuse her family's wishes." He paused, looking at me.

"You have nice eyes," he repeated.

"What do you mean?"

"You seem like the kind of guy who would play the hero."

"Well, you're an asshole."

Hayama smiled. "I don't think we are suited to our roles right now."

"Nobody knows in this damn story. But fuck you." I wiped sweat, mucus, and blood from my mouth.My teeth chatter, but none of them are loose. "Is your family announcing the engagement tomorrow?"

Hayama nodded silently.

"Mission accepted."

Now I feel like I am Shiro, flying Wing Gundam.

I started walking towards the roof door.I pushed it aside and realized it was open.

Ebina stood there, Miura looked at us both with concern, and they came with a first aid kit and some ice packs.

It dawned on me that Hayato had planned all of this from the beginning.Gradually, I was lured into his trap.He's convinced he's narcissistic and obnoxious.He guided me every step of the way.He plays the demon lord so I can be the hero.Because I'm the hero Yukinoshita deserves when I realize...

I am who she wants now.

"Hayato!" Miura cried and ran to him, holding an ice pack and a few damp cloths for him to wipe.

"Hikigu-kun, let me clean it up for you." Ebina said softly while preparing hydrogen peroxide and cotton swabs. "still......"

"Before then." Hayama put Miura aside, ignoring the kindness of the poor blonde girl. "Hikigu-kun, do you have any plans?"

I took a deep breath.

"Not at all."

Chapter 130 Three Short Stories · Rescuing the Trapped Princess

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.Then he did other things, and a little later, Adam and Eve were created.

But I'm not a theist.

To higher beings, our fickle relationships are an afterthought.In this universe, as time goes by, the universe expands and becomes more and more chaotic, and we humans are narcissistically focused on our own little problem areas.The arrow of entropy doesn't stop going.Every moment in the future is filled with more and more madness, more and more madness.

The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of the universe is always increasing.The universe needs randomness.It wants chaos.It wants chaos which is the law of nature.Yukinoshita told me when she caught a glimpse of me struggling with science.She would brush her hair over her ears and point out every mistake I made in using important numbers or units.It was a time long ago, long before the Big Bang.I really hate those moments.Those are moments I really miss.Those moments, I don't want to believe are more meaningful than they really are.Maybe I owe her that.Maybe I'm slowly but surely, I'm starting to fall in love.

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I hate to admit that I feel this way.

I shouldn't feel this way...

I just want to see her smile again.