After an entire day of rest, Yerudu barely recovered her health.
Uchiha Madara said to Yerudu, "Yerudu, you must never do something like that again, understand? Your life does not belong to you alone. This world, this Gagharv, and this Otherworld... There is more than one person you need to protect, understand? So please leave the task of protecting you to me!"
Yerudu smiled sweetly. She knew that Uchiha Madara was only saying this for her sake. Softly, she said, "Uchiha Madara, do you know when a woman is willing to give up her life?"
Uchiha Madara shook his head. "A woman should never give up her life, no matter when. The ones who should give up their lives are men—men like us. Only we should protect you; there is no reason for you to protect us."
Yet Yerudu continued smiling. "No, that is not true. The reason men are so often irritating and worrying is precisely because of this. Do you think women do not wish to give anything, that they only want to receive? No. Women also have moments when they want to give. Just like earlier—if you had died from exhaustion, do you think my heart would ever have forgiven me?"
Captain Thomas laughed. "I never expected Uchiha Madara to be lectured by Yerudu like this. That really is something none of us could have imagined."
Mitchell laughed as well. "Actually, Yerudu is right. You cannot just charge ahead blindly all the time. Sometimes, you need to accept other people's help too. Like earlier, we said we should look for the spirit beast's weakness, but you desperately rushed forward. Didn't that make our plan fall apart? In this world of Tirasweel, there are countless men who want to use their own hands to finish off spirit beasts