"What happened to me...?"
Godou suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying amid ruins and a pool of blood. He clutched his head and sat up with a slight headache.
"Godou! It's truly wonderful that you're all right!"
Tears squeezed from Jiaren's eyes as he threw his arms around Kusanagi Godou, his face full of joy.
Godou could not help looking utterly bewildered. Who was this? Why did he not know him?
Why was he here?
Wasn't he supposed to be undergoing special training with Touma over the weekend?
"King... sir."
Godou then saw Xu Yue beside him, the one who had revived him, and his face filled with surprise.
How strange. Why was Touma not here? Why was the King here instead?
"You've lost part of your memories. You were probably attacked and captured by a dark organization that coveted your power while training in the park. Jiaren and the others happened to be that organization's mortal enemies, and they risked their lives to rescue you."
"Unfortunately, they failed in the end. The people who abducted you brutally killed you. I just used my Authority to revive you."
Xu Yue briefly explained the situation, leaving Kusanagi Godou feeling as though he had been struck by lightning.
He had actually died once?!
Why?
Why would anyone target him?
He was just an ordinary high school student!
Still, seeing Jiaren clinging to him and crying his eyes out, Godou could not help feeling a little more favorably toward him.
So they were the ones who had saved him. And they even blamed themselves so much over him. They really were good people.
Jiaren, who was hugging Godou with his head buried against his chest, was secretly sneering inside.
Good. As expected, this guy remembered absolutely nothing!
Now he could use