MiSide: but there are 720 security guards

Chapter 471 471: Discarded

By the light spilling in from the doorframe, Alain clearly saw a Failed Works curling up in the corner, expressionless.

But inexplicably, Alain could discern a trace of disbelief.

The moment he locked eyes with those red eyes, the latter quickly turned her head, avoiding his gaze.

"...Why did you have to come in? Couldn't you just leave us both with the most beautiful impression?"

He spread his hands toward that Failed Works. "You call just that little bit the so-called 'most beautiful'? You are underestimating me too much."

Alain said, "Beauty can never be capped with a 'superlative degree'.

"There is a phrase that often appears in Japanese anime, which I think is very suitable for the current scene.

"Let's create an even more beautiful 'beauty' together in the future!"

Mina looked at him with slight embarrassment. "Don't you... feel ashamed saying that?"

"Heh." Alain chuckled. "I'm already dying of shame here. But..."

He raised his volume. "Before taking you out, I absolutely cannot die."

Alain walked over slowly, moving toward that Failed Works until he stood in front of her.

Just as Mina had said, the crimson eyes were as red as blood; the hard body—it was no wonder she could withstand the continuous smashing of his greatsword earlier. The brownish-wood body was far, far removed from the fair maiden's skin base in his original impression.

Judging solely by the physical form, no one would imagine this was originally that charming and lovable maiden with the low ponytail.

"Have you seen... enough?" Mina lowered her head under his gaze.

But Alain sensed her emotions: This was absolutely not shyness, but inferiority.

He didn't say much; he simply took her cold and stiff hand, leaned it against his face, and spoke softly,

"I think you are very beautiful."

Indeed. Speaking frankly, purely from appearance, a Failed Works could not compare to a Mita. One could only faintly tell it was female from the body shape.

"I knew it, you're lying through your teeth." Mina, having received the compliment, had her expression sink. "I'll return those words right back to you."

Intense heartache flickered in him as he stood before Mina.

Why... was it somewhat different from what she imagined?

Mina originally thought that as soon as Alain entered, he would be shocked by the deep difference between Crazy Mita and a Failed Works. Yet his first glance was one of distinct pity and love.

"Clearly, the usual you was always smiling. I only found out a while ago that you were burdening so much. If you had told me earlier, we could have shouldered it together."

His hand rested on Mina's shoulder.

"Don't you... think it's ugly?" She hung her head low. "Look. Red eyes, sharp teeth, looking just like a horror game..."

"I think it's very beautiful."

"...You're lying to me again." Mina was somewhat discouraged.

Alain, however, smiled faintly. "What I see isn't this part of you.

"But... here." His fingertip tapped on her chest cavity.

The chest cavity of a Failed Works was hollow. But Alain didn't think so.

He felt that inside Mina's chest, there was a fiery heart, in no way inferior to an ordinary Mita, beating rapidly.

Alain narrowed his eyes, looking squarely at the maiden's face, which seemed to understand yet not understand. He lowered his head slightly and leaned in.

"!"

In an instant, Mina involuntarily took two steps back, a "whimper" as thin as a mosquito's buzz drifting from her mouth.

Alain understood; this was not rejection, but her worry.

Just as Mina feared, the sharp teeth pierced the flesh, and bright red blood flowed out.

Mina tasted the blood and pushed at his shoulders, wanting to force Alain to let go. Who would have guessed that Alain would just hug her directly.

He held her tight, pulling her into his embrace, his hands tensed tightly, unwilling to let go.

Alain allowed the fresh blood to flow into her mouth, flowing slowly yet determinedly along the corners of his lips.

He didn't speak, nor did he need to speak. He only needed his actions to tell Mina what he wanted to say.

Alain released his mouth and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips. The stinging pain on the tip of his tongue could not suppress the vibration in his chest by far.

"No matter what you become, my feelings for you will not change.

"It's a very simple reason."

His face moved closer, his forehead touching Mina's forehead.

"Because, you are Crazy Mita—and also my Mina."

Mina stared with those crimson eyes, scrutinizing the young man's face. From his nose to his lips, to every tiny pore, she looked over everything.

She saw everything. And knew everything.

Mina touched her own face. There were no tears, because a Failed Works could not shed tears. But, she inexplicably felt like she was crying.

He wasn't lying. He really did it... He truly accepted this version of herself!

"C-Clearly... you said it yourself..." Mina truly couldn't meet that burning gaze. "My personality is troublesome, and I'm very pretentious. And... self-willed at critical moments, and even dilly-dallying..."

"Mhm, I wasn't wrong," Alain laughed.

"You are selfish and self-interested, regarding yourself as more important than anything. But, you also regard 'me' as a part of you.

"You like to get jealous, and I also like the way you look when you're jealous. Because that is who you are.

"You feel inferior because of your Failed Works appearance... but what does inferiority matter?

"The current you... although your skin is very cold. But can't you feel it?"

His lips lightly kissed Mina's forehead.

"With me here, you are warm."

"Warm?" Mina touched her own body, only then discovering... in the heat transmitted by Alain's embrace, she had also warmed up a lot.

The originally icy skin base became warm because of him... and lit up something else.

"So."

Alain patted his trouser pocket, quickly pulled out a bag of candy, and presented it in front of Mina.

"Next time, don't lose it."

"..."

She blankly accepted the item Alain handed over, protecting it in her embrace...

Her tone took on a sobbing quality again. "I... didn't lose it. I just accidentally dropped it on the ground earlier..."

Her head rested against Alain's chest.

"How could I lose... such an important thing! Because..."

Her sobbing voice trembled.

"This is the first gift you gave me!"

"More than that," Alain shook his head. "I still want to give you one more thing.

"...What?" She tilted her head.

Alain found it a bit funny. "You forgot? That was what I told you before I entered the door. And I once promised you that I would definitely help you achieve it..."

He took Mina's hand, holding it tightly, and would never let go.

"I will give you what you deserve, and let you... become a true Mita!"

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