Crossover anime, starting with Hachiman Hikigaya replacing Subaru Natsuki!

She wanted to be angry, but she had already been angry enough, so she couldn't muster any more anger now. After all, who wouldn't be captivated by Rem and Emilia, especially considering how much care Hachiman Hikigaya had received from them?

"Ah."

Hachiman Hikigaya nodded emphatically at Yukinoshita's request.

Whether on Earth or in the Kingdom of Lugnica, the dashing Hachiman Hikigaya has once again captivated a large number of girls, including some young women with budding hearts, as well as some girls who like oblivious men and sincerely hope that Hachiman Hikigaya's performance will wake up the blockhead they like.

"Huh?"

Uesugi Fuutarou was puzzled again. Why were the Nakano Five Sisters staring at him with such expectation?

It's really baffling.

On the other side, Fumino Furuhashi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly withdrawing her gaze from Yuiga Nariyuki's face, which had involuntarily become focused on her. Before she could feel shy, Fumino Furuhashi was stunned again after withdrawing her gaze.

Beside Yuiga Nariyuki, there were two other people who shared the same gaze as her.

"Hey, Kumiko, after watching for so long, have you ever... well... thought being in love is wonderful, and started thinking about finding a boyfriend?"

Lowering his voice, slightly uneasy, and coughing twice, Shuichi's words were practically a clear indication that he was a bold person.

"This one? Yes, there is." Kumiko Oumae nodded. "If Hachiman knew how to play instruments and was good at music, I might want to ask him, haha. But he probably wouldn't even look at me. It would have to be a beautiful girl like Reina who's good enough for me—hey, Shuichi, what's wrong? Shuichi?"

"The cool and cheerful moments are abruptly ended here."

"Upon entering the mansion, I summoned Petra and Frederica, briefly explained the situation to them, and just as Otto retrieved the ore, a loud crash occurred, shattering the walls, and Elsa violently burst in."

"—Please, Otto, Frederica, and…my sister."

"When did Ram allow someone like you to call me that?!"

"Really? Actually, I'm not used to calling you that either. I'll just say it this once, Ram."

"The great war has begun. Petra will be with Otto. I entrust her to Otto's care. Hachiman Hikigaya is completely at ease."

"In this battle for the mansion, Hachiman Hikigaya will be the only deserter, because his battlefield will bloom elsewhere."

"Click."

"The door opened, and behind it was Betty holding the Gospel."

"Hachiman Hikigaya slowly stepped into this solemn and forbidden library."

"The battle has begun."

April Bounty

@@@@As usual, 250 monthly votes per chapter, 250 blades per update.

If there's a golden treasure chest, then ten or even more updates wouldn't be out of the question.

The golden chest... the golden chest that's so far out of reach.

There will be a double monthly pass event from April 1st to 10th. To be honest, I'm a little nervous about it. However, it would be a bit unfair to set a minimum number of monthly passes. So this time, I won't set a time limit. I'll see how it goes, and if the number reaches my limit, I'll probably close it in time.

Please also cast your recommendation votes every day.

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Bounty suspended

@@@@Golden Treasure Chest 10 Updates

8 updates for monthly pass.

The blade is at four o'clock.

Total 22 updates.

I can't keep up with any more, so I'll stop for now. As usual, any updates that exceed two chapters a day will still have a reward.

Also, please vote for me! If I can stay in the top ten by the 10th, I might have another vote on the 8th, 9th, or 10th to try and get fifth place on the monthly vote ranking. If not, that's fine too.

It's the fourth watch today.

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175. Betty's Long-cherished Wish

"Let's have a good talk, Beatrice, since we know each other inside and out."

"This should be a very serious meeting between just Hachiman Hikigaya and Betty, only the two of them."

The tragic and painful emotions Betty had been preparing for were abruptly suppressed. Her eyes were filled with resentment as she sighed, as if blaming someone. "...You said such things, yet you still brought this little maid to bother us. What do you take Betty for?"

"Carrying the sleeping Rem on his back, as carefully as if she were the most precious treasure that could be broken at the slightest touch, Hachiman Hikigaya gently placed the girl on his back next to the bookshelf."

"I'm sorry, but this is the only safe place in this mansion right now. I can only feel at ease if Rem is alive."

"His loving gaze vanished the instant it left Rem. Hachiman Hikigaya watched Betty's displeasure; with the moment approaching, he was also quite nervous."

""etc!""

"Just as he was about to speak, Betty tensed up and shouted. She looked even more nervous and apprehensive than Hachiman Hikigaya. The blonde girl moved her trembling arm to open the book of wisdom that lay on her lap."

"At this moment, her eyes were full of expectation, shining with a light she had never seen before. She seemed particularly certain that she would find the answer she wanted after opening the book... But in fact, it wasn't certainty, it was pleading."

"And this only plea in four hundred years, along with the fading light, was swallowed up by the emptiness of despair in the next moment."

"Even the feelings of dissatisfaction were left behind, as if she had completely become a puppet without a heart or feelings... Tears were faintly welling up in Betty's eyes."

"Why...why...why, Mother..."

"A bewildered figure arrived before her and, without permission, took away the book of wisdom that she had placed so much hope in, only to have it shattered."

"...?"

"Hachiman Hikigaya was stunned."

"There's nothing in this book...? A blank page?"

"Ah, yes—there's nothing there, a complete blank. Four hundred years have passed, and in all four hundred years, that book has never once revealed the Gospel."

"Betty looked up, and in those few short seconds, two waterfalls of tears had already streamed down her cheeks. She seemed to be looking at Hachiman Hikigaya, or perhaps she was looking at something through Hachiman Hikigaya, her expression dazed."

"Four hundred years ago, on the day the Sanctuary was established, Mother died. That was the last time Betty saw her mother. Mother said something, she entrusted Betty with something, yes, she said that…'Go and guard my forbidden library. One day, your 'that person' will appear, and when that day comes, you will be free'—and so on and so forth, and so forth and so forth and so forth—Betty has been waiting, for a year, ten years, fifty years, a hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years, four hundred years—and so forth, waiting."

"Too many, far too many people have come. But no—Mother has never given a single instruction, never a single gospel, four hundred years! Four hundred years!—She's tired. Betty is tired."

She trembled, her lips quivering, and looked sadly at Hachiman Hikigaya, "You...you're not either."

"That sorrowful voice, that desperate look in her eyes, almost shook Hachiman Hikigaya... He saw it, he saw Betty pouring out her heart. She had been tormented by this wish for far too long."

"Hachiman Hikigaya flipped through the book in his hands, and every page was blank, as if a python was licking it. A chill ran down his spine and into his head."

"Your mother is Echidna, isn't she?"

There was no answer, but Betty had already told him that this was the answer.

"Clatter".

"The Book of Wisdom rolled to the ground, its blank pages scattered everywhere. Hachiman Hikigaya stood there dumbfounded, a flash of lightning passing through his mind. His hand trembled, and his breathing suddenly became rapid."

"No, that's not right! That's not the important thing right now!"

""I--""

"Crouching down to face Betty, who was weeping uncontrollably, Hachiman Hikigaya opened his mouth, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say. He could only reach out and wipe away the tears that the girl had accumulated over four hundred years of bitterness. 'Are you... are you an idiot, Beatrice? Promises do need to be kept, but people are always more important than promises.'"

"If two people agree to meet at a certain time, and one of them is going to be late, does that mean they have to risk their lives to force their way through a street full of carriages? This kind of agreement—it's not your fault for breaking it, Beatrice!"

"The resounding speech initially stunned Betty, but then brought even more tears to her eyes."

"It wasn't an agreement, it was a contract—!"

"A contract—" Hachiman Hikigaya knew, he knew, that contracts were binding. "But—so what if it's a contract! Is there a way? Is there any way to break this contract? If there is, I will definitely help you, Beatrice!"

Betty gave a bitter laugh. She stared blankly at Rem lying to the side, then at the apple that wasn't fully eaten, and felt utterly desperate.

"Yes, of course. If it were you, if it were you, if you were willing to say you were 'that person,' even if it was a lie, Betty would believe it, Betty would believe it."

""I--""

"As long as you say you are 'that person,' as long as you consider Betty your number one priority, like Betty the most, value Betty the most, and make a new contract with Betty, Betty will definitely..."

"Hachiman Hikigaya's voice abruptly stopped."

"Looking at Betty's hand reaching out to him in despair, he stammered, suddenly becoming a statue, unable to move, unable to respond, unable to reach out and take Betty's hand in return. At this moment, he could only be a coward... He could not fulfill Betty's expectation."

Betty's bitter laugh, and her pale face, seemed to reflect her sinking into the deepest abyss of despair, "It's impossible, it's not possible, it's simply impossible..."

"Hachiman Hikigaya encouraged her, and also encouraged himself, 'No, there must be other ways, there must be other ways—'"

"Yes, there are."

"Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes lit up as he looked at Betty, holding his breath. "In that case—"

"You go and kill Betty."

"Betty is wailing."

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176. Incomprehensible Torture

"You said...you want me to kill you?"

"Hachiman Hikigaya was shocked again and again. He even doubted that he had heard correctly. However, Betty was relieved when she came up with the second solution. She stopped crying. Just as a dying person's words are good, she was finally relieved in a sense as she was about to be free."

“Elves cannot commit suicide—if you don’t want Betty to be number one in your heart, if you don’t want to be ‘that person’ for Betty, then at least you must—let me be free.”

"When their eyes met, those eyes, devoid of any hope, were something Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't comprehend at all."

"Four hundred years, four hundred years of solitude, how can an ordinary human who has only lived for a little over ten years understand such a thing? The enormous number sounds incredibly vague and lacks any sense of reality."