Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 5 Chapter 5 (section)

===Part 18===
 
The force of the impact was like a sharp blade that pierced through Leon's chest out through the back.
 
Whether it was because Akatsuki sent out that attack, or that Leon received it they both stood without moving with there body pose as it was. After some time -- it was Leon who moved first.
 
He fell forward. He slowly lost all the power he had before.
 
Akatsuki moved his arm under his shoulder to hold him upright.
 
"My fist is a lot heavier than before, right?"
 
Along with a quiet smile Akatsuki said,
 
"During these past five years...... I have experienced a lot of ups and downs."
 
When he asked the reason Leon was so strong five years ago and got an answer he was unable to argue against it. Nor could he find the opportunity to speak his own answer.
 
However, it was possible for him to say it now. The power generated by hatred was certainly formidable. Nevertheless,
 
"The power of trying to protect something -- is quite considerable. Don't you agree?"
 
"So you're now...... fighting in order to protect this world."
 
Leon gave a weak smile. However,
 
"That's a very nice notion, but I never thought that once."
 
And Akatsuki slowly closed his eyes,
 
"What I'm protecting are these women right before your eyes -- it's just my aesthetic not to see them cry."
 
"Fu... ... HA HA HA... ... I see, that's how it is."
 
Leon happily laughed, and from the bottom of his heart,
 
"In that case, then I will watch closely from the other side -- If the reason you turned the entire world against you was unexpectedly to stop a woman's tears. I'd like to see if that naive ideal can continue indefinitely."
 
And as he finished saying so -- Leon's body suddenly crumpled into grains of sand, and disappeared as the wind spread it along.
 
Akatsuki tightly clenched his right hand into a fist.
 
Tightly he held onto some of the remnants left behind by his best friend blowing in the wind.
 
"No problem, I won't disappoint you -- As long as I'm still me, I will surely keep it up until my last moment."
 
After he muttered, Akatsuki suddenly turned around.
 
And slowly started walking on certain footsteps.
 
 
 
Off into the distance to where the two girls -- Miu and Listy were.

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