**Day 20: Night – Inn – The White Weirdo Pervert– Girls' Meeting**
"Like I thought, Haruka-kun was trying to sneak out of town by himself again."
"Yeah, it looks like he's already finished getting ready to leave."
"Geez, he could live here in town without any problems at all, though~?"
"Well, there are tons of problems… but it feels like the townspeople have just given up on him… same with the guild…"
"I think Haruka-kun is probably waiting for Odajima-kun and the other boys. For our sake… and for Izumizaki-san and the others…"
"Why!? He's a Tamer, isn't he!? Why is he leaving!? Why is he leaving us behind!? We still haven't… we haven't done anything yet…"
"Yeah, right~? Isn't there something like… Haruka-kun can't leave because of… something? Anything come to mind~?"
"Haruka-kun's… you know… what do you call it? …His weak point, I guess?"
"Using our bodies didn't work… It didn't work at all…"
"Um, there is something that would make him unable to leave, but it's not here."
"""""Eh!? What is it!?"""""
"The library."
As expected of the library committee member… No good. The way to stop him is by building a library…? Even if it's just the building, he'd probably construct it himself. A really fancy one, too.
If he hears he can read a massive amount of books, he might build it in a single night… He definitely would. The moment he hears "library," the Sagrada Familia would probably get built before the one in our original world.
If there's a library here, he'll definitely, absolutely stay in town without a doubt. He won't leave. If anyone tries to drive him out, he'll probably just take over the whole town.
Yes, because the Haruka-kun I know spent eleven straight years doing nothing but reading books.
Always, always, every single day.
It's probably the one thing he wants most.
We've received so much from him.
Everything we have is something we got from Haruka-kun.
Because even the fact that we're still alive right now is thanks to him.
And yet we can't give him anything in return.
There's nothing we can do.
Today too, everyone will keep talking. What should we do? How can we make this work…?
Again today, someone will reach their limit and start crying… and we'll keep thinking… and thinking…
Because I told everyone the reason, because I explained it to all of them,
"Haruka-kun is probably trying to go back to the cave so he can stop the boys from coming here.
He's doing it for us and for Odajima-kun and the others, because it would be dangerous.
I think he plans to hold them back there.
So they won't get killed…
So he won't have to kill them…
He's trying to do it all by himself.
But no matter how strong he is, there's still a level wall.
Even if he's stronger than anyone, he might still get killed.
No matter how strong he is, he could still die.
And yet he's trying to handle it alone.
Even though he's stronger than anyone… no matter how strong he is… he's actually the weakest of all… the most fragile… the one in the most danger…"
For now, we confiscated his money. He still has a long way to go before his preparations are complete.
Until then… until that day comes and everything is over.