I had always been a very timid person.
So even though I longed for the world outside, longed for the kind of life people had in novels, I never dared to step out my front door.
Because I was timid, I feared other people's expectations.
Even after experiencing that helpless regret and hatred of being unable to do anything while falling during the battle I watched,
when I was entrusted with an important task,
I still got scared, backed down, and made a complete fool of myself.
But even someone as useless as me had someone who said he had always believed in me.
That moment was the first time in my life I felt like I had summoned up courage.
No matter what happened, no matter what it took!
This time, I definitely... definitely, definitely! Definitely, definitely, definitely!!!
I had to do it.
Compared to the beginning, when I had only survived by luck, perhaps that moment was truly my awakening scene.
Once I found that reason, I had to give it everything I had.
Compared to the longing I could only envy at the end of the C-Rank battle, I could now be certain.
I wanted to become that kind of person.
"Yota, are you awake? How does your body feel?"
As he awoke from a deep coma caused by mental overexertion, still suffering from sluggish thoughts as a side effect, he stared blankly out at the morning beyond the window.
Then Yota heard Su Qun's voice from the Hospital Room doorway.
He had been worried about Yota these past few days, ever since Yota had fallen unconscious after that crisis. The moment Ai Ma gave him word, Su Qun had put down his work and hurried over.
Hua Ling, whose workplace had long since settled beside his,