Chapter 127: Chapter 127 Love and Honor
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Xenovia was now confused as to why Ichigo would give her back the holy sword fragments so easily. They got her hands on the holy sword fragments, but something told her it wasn't right.
She couldn't shake off the feeling that there was more to Ichigo's actions.
As she inspected the fragments closely, Xenovia couldn't see anything wrong with it at all.
'What is this feeling?'
Xenovia thought to herself, pondering what her feelings really wanted to tell her. But ultimately, she just shook her head and told herself that her first job at the church was complete.
'If anything happened, the church would be the one to handle it.'
She reassured herself. There is no need to complicate things right now.
As for Irina, She just believed whatever Ichigo gave them. She trusted her childhood friend very much. Even if it was a fake one, she would still believe that he had a plan.
He would never do something without cause.
"So are you two going to go back right away?"
Orihime asked with a smile. She seemed to be very lonely living alone. She didn't show it but Irina and Xenovia could tell. Both of them then looked at Ichigo like he was a bad guy right now.
How could he leave such a woman alone in his house waiting for his return every night like that? Such a sinful man.
Ichigo was speechless and didn't say anything. He just shut up and let it go.
"No, we don't have to go back right away, right?"
"Yes, we can stay here for a while longer."
The truth was, they didn't have money for travel. They would work at a cafe nearby called Anteiku. When they have enough money, they will go back to England.
"Then you can stay at my place as long as you like. I have to go somewhere to work again."
Ichigo looked at Orihime. She was still showing the sad and lonely expression of a housewife whose husband was always away.
He couldn't help but feel guilty. Then he remembered something. It could be used in this kind of situation, right?
"Come here, Orihime."
He said it gently while opening his arm wide. Orihime hesitated for a moment, but then she walked towards Ichigo and embraced him tightly.
"Hehe, I am not ignored anymore."
Ichigo felt even more guilty when he heard her. They were friends for a very long time, but he didn't know what she truly felt about him. No, even Orihime still didn't know about her own feelings.
They seemed to have the same issue with emotion.
After the hug, Ichigo then left with a set of holy sword fragments toward the place where Artoria and Kuroka were waiting for him.
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Sona and Koneko looked at Artoria and Kuroka.
Sona didn't feel anything abnormal about them, but Koneko was another matter. She was looking at Kuroka intensely, like she wanted to uncover something hidden.
Koneko had always been perceptive, able to sense emotions and intentions that others couldn't.
As she continued to observe Kuroka, a faint glimmer of recognition crossed her eyes, hinting at a connection she couldn't quite grasp.
"You, who are you really?"
Koneko's curiosity grew stronger as she couldn't shake off the feeling that she had.
Kuroka acted nonchalantly, maintaining her composed demeanor despite Koneko's probing gaze. She simply smiled and replied,
"Oh, just a stray cat passing by. Nothing more, nothing less."
Koneko's eyes narrowed as she knew that she had lied through her teeth. The more Koneko stared at Kuroka, the more certain she became that there was something familiar about her. It was as if they had crossed paths before, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Stop looking at me like that already. I don't like it."
Kuroka couldn't stand it anymore, as she felt like her disguise would come off from her nervousness. She changed herself into a black cat, then jumped toward Artoria and sat comfortably on her shoulder.
Ichigo had already told Sona and Koneko that she was the black cat that he met not long ago and got some information from. He didn't think they would be in the same organization.
Koneko never saw her sister change herself into a black cat before, so she didn't know that it was her sister. But when she saw that, she could change into a black cat, She thought that it might be because she was a cat, so her scent was familiar to her.
And before Koneko could think further about her, Ichigo appeared before everyone with a set of holy sword fragments.
He then gave them to Artoria. She happily received them, but her smile faded away when her hands touched them.
"These are disposables. Use it, and when you run out of it, just ask for more."
"And what about the original?"
"It was too powerful. I have to seal it away in my inner world. You can't have it."
Artoria wanted to persuade Ichigo to reconsider and let her have the original fragments, as she believed she could handle their power responsibly. She would honor her word like a knight should.
But
"No, you can't. You are still far too weak. And honor meant nothing in front of the corruption."
Holy sword fragments were corrupted to the core by their users in the past. He didn't know what the church had done with it, but he knew it wasn't something good.
Ichigo stated facts in her face. She wasn't strong enough to handle the merging. She needed to be more powerful than him if she wanted to do it.
And as he can see, She was far weaker than him.
Hearing him say that made Artoria feel angry. No one has ever dismissed her honor like this before.
She didn't know how corrupted the holy sword fragments were but she didn't like when her honor came into questions.
"You shouldn't dismiss the honor of the knight Kurosaki Ichigo, even though you are Ophis's champion. I am afraid I have to call you out for a duel. Knight's honor couldn't be taken lightly."
Ichigo looked at Artoria and sighed. emotional thing again. love and honor.
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