Blue Archive story · Volume 5, Chapter 2, Episode 1
Vol. 5 Ch. 2 Ep. 1: Untouched Hem
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1. Part 1
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...Hyakkaryouran Resolution Council First-year student, Goryou Nagusa.
...and Hyakkaryouran Resolution Council First-year student, Nanakado Ayame.
Both of you, come forward.
By the long-held traditions of the Hyakkaryouran...
We will do this, fair and square.
Begin!
...You're exposed.
There!
...Ugh.
Winner: Nanakado Ayame!
...And that makes it 201 straight wins for me.
That was a fine match. Thank you, Nagusa.
Ughhh...
N-Nagusa?
I lost to Ayame again...
Hey! Don't cry. You did great, Nagusa!
But...with such incompetence, how could I possibly help you, Ayame?
I trained for so long, and I'm not even worthy to hold the hem of your sleeve... I'm pathetic...
None of that! You're getting better all the time.
Take my hand.
Even if you fall, I'll be here. I'll pick you up anytime.
Even if I drag you down?
Of course.
Even though I'm sniveling and lachrymose?
...Naturally.
Even though I freeze up at the worst times because I can never commit...
It's fine. Because the truth is...
You were never my friend, Goryou Nagusa.
...!
*pant* *pant*... Just a dream...a nightmare?
I still feel her sleeve slipping out of my hand...this hand.
...Ugh.
It hurts...
...With every night that falls, it feels like my arm is burning from the marrow.
If I had saved Ayame, I would likely be whole...in several ways.
Ugh...
...I'm sorry, Ayame.
So truly sorry...
For being useless.
For being too weak and cowardly to hold on...
I'm so sorry, Ayame...