The Dual Swordsman Who Lost Both Arms On Stream to Save His Doomed Party Gets Exiled—Then the Heroines Go Yandere

Chapter 4: The Heroine Who Visits Night After Night

――――[Alicia’s Perspective]

When I heard that Hinata-kun had been rescued from the dungeon and rushed to visit him, he had lost both arms… I had decided not to cry in front of him, but tears kept overflowing at his painful sight.

Hinata-kun had always been like that.

Soma always said reckless things and troubled him. Since Soma pushed forward without caring about us, the girls with less stamina could have gotten lost in the dungeon at any time.

Hinata-kun always supported us so we wouldn’t stray and even said kind words. When I thanked him, his gesture of scratching his temple a bit shyly tickled my maternal instincts…

Yet, yet, when it came to Soma!!!

Soma himself had been saved by Hinata-kun when his own responsibility was in question, but I couldn’t forgive him for spitting out words that treated the armless Hinata-kun like something disposable.

I hit a person for the first time in my life.

My fiancé, even… Though it was just a relationship decided by our parents, and I had no special feelings for Soma.

I had heard from my parents that I had a fiancé, but when I first met Soma face to face, the worst words came out of him.

“Since we’re getting married anyway, let’s play around with others until then.”

Yet Soma bragged to the boys in class that I, who strongly inherited my mother’s blood and had striking looks that drew eyes, was his girlfriend.

I was convinced this was the type to cheat even after marriage. I could never like such a person, so I was just acting the fiancée out of obligation…

More than that, right now I couldn’t stop worrying about Hinata-kun. Lemon had hyperventilated, and the visit ended halfway, but how was he spending his time now?

[21:47]

I glanced at the clock, but visiting hours had long ended, so going to see him was impossible…

Then I took out my smartphone and tried to send at least a message.

…

I realized my own stupidity too late.

Cell phone use was restricted in the hospital room. More than that, with no arms, he couldn’t even hold a smartphone.

As I thought about a good way, I decided to try the secret technique allowed only to the direct line of the Mikado family, [Spirit Separation: Yomotsu no Izanami].

Reverently, reverently, great goddess Izanami.

Separate what is hard to separate, go to that person.

Go and return, like spring waves.

I offered the norito and lay on the bed, watching my body as if asleep and unconscious.

It actually succeeded!?

It separated body and soul, floating as a spirit body to pass through walls and check things…

But I had never succeeded even once.

Because I was not the direct line, but a tribute to the Amiro family…

Strangely, tonight it succeeded for some reason.

Of course, I had heard a lot about [Spirit Separation] from my father and knew the method better than anyone. Father used it to secretly meet Mother when their relationship was forbidden…

The reason I could think of was that I absolutely wanted to meet Hinata-kun… I wanted to meet and thank him for saving me and apologize for leaving him behind while we escaped alone. That feeling must have unlocked the hidden power in me.

Freed from my body, I flew straight to Hinata-kun.

I reached the affiliated hospital in a few minutes, but when I looked at the fixed large window glass, my figure was not reflected. Despite the night, outpatients visited the night clinic window, but no one noticed my presence.

I could float like a ghost and pass through obstacles like walls, yet out of habit, I dutifully climbed the stairs and passed in front of the nurse station in the ward. The ward lights were already off, and only the light from the nurse station and monitors leaked outside.

Just a little more to Hinata-kun’s room…

With eager feelings, I passed through his room door. I faced him with eyes closed, sleeping quietly. It was so quiet that I worried and approached to check his breathing.

Good… he was breathing properly.

If Hinata-kun hadn’t survived, I think I would have ended my life at his grave. That was how sinful I had been to him…

Him losing both arms was my sin…

Even though he was my fiancé, I couldn’t stop Soma’s recklessness. Hinata-kun told me to escape, but since we became party members, I should have intended to share fate with him, yet out of self-preservation, I left him alone and fled.

Before I knew it, I was touching his shoulder area. Father said physical interference was possible with strong feelings. Back then, I was little and didn’t understand the meaning, but now I understood painfully well.

No, the one who felt the pain was Hinata-kun.

Even though both arms were severed, there were no bandages or gauze, and his wounds had already closed. Joy that Hinata-kun lived and returned, and seeing the deep wounds he suffered, intense regret assaulted me.

Ah… huh…?

Water drops kept falling on Hinata-kun’s cheeks. I thought it unlikely for an IV to leak on his face, then realized my tears were hitting him.

No way tears could spill from a spirit body and hit a physical one…

Did I care for Hinata-kun that much?

Before I knew it, I was voicing my feelings for him.

“What should I do now that this happened?”

Watching Hinata-kun sleep quietly, my heart felt like it would burst, and I wanted to throw myself into his chest. Even though I had a fiancé…

“Break off with Soma and take care of Hinata-kun for life…”

It was when I thought I was inches from touching his skin.

“Hya!?”

My hand was grabbed, and an unexpected situation made me cry out.

Who could touch me when I was supposed to be a spirit body!?