Arifureta_s2_05_pro_acb.mkv [ LIMITED | 2027 ]

"You're always looking down, Kaori . Always faking a smile while you compare yourself to Yue," he said, his voice cutting through the damp air like a blade. "You're drowning in your own regrets, and in a place like this, that makes you a liability".

Kaori flinched as if struck. "I just... I want to be the one by your side. I thought if I followed you here, I could make up for what happened in the Orcus Labyrinth". Arifureta_S2_05_Pro_ACB.mkv

Hajime didn't turn around. "Stop apologizing. The labyrinth feeds on hesitation". "You're always looking down, Kaori

But Kaori couldn't stop. The phantom images of the ruins—visions of people torn apart by the "games" of a cruel god—mirrored the turmoil in her own heart. Every time she looked at Hajime , she saw the person she failed to protect. Every time she saw him with Yue , she felt a hollow ache of inferiority. Kaori flinched as if struck

Finally, Hajime stopped. He turned to her, his crimson eye glowing with a clinical, almost brutal honesty.