For what felt like an eternity, Junichi kept his eyes shut as he went into a time-lapse of all the events that had happened so far. As he remembered everything, he revisited the time he was erased from existence and turned to dust fragments. "Man, why couldn't that have been the end for me? I neither would've met this witch, nor this asshole vampire dude!"
After 5 minutes, Junichi started feeling up his legs and body with his hands and realized he was still alive. As he opened his eyes, he was shocked at the sight around him. A good chunk of the forest has disappeared, almost as if it never existed. The air was filled with dust particles, the same Junichi saw when he was fading away.
As he looked towards Sago, he was even more shocked. Komorebi was on the floor, completely naked, trying to cover herself. Meanwhile, Sago just stood there, his left arm was missing, and it seemed like it shared the same fate as the forest. His cloak fell on the ground and faded away.
"Hey, adventurer! What is this sorcery? What did you do to me!", screamed Sago with an expression of both rage and confusion on his face.
"Dude, I have no idea what you're talking about! I thought I died and opened my eyes and saw this", screamed back Junichi.
As Sago was extremely frustrated with the situation, he just screamed back at Junichi, "You think this is the end? Because it's not. I'll be back and I'll take care of you and this stupid bitch once and for all!"
Saying this, Sago enshrouded his body in a purplish black flame and disappeared from the area. As he was gone, Junichi gathered his senses and quickly rushed towards Komorebi, who was still on the floor, half-conscious and stunned from what had just happened.
"Hey, what happened? I thought I was going to die again. What is all this, and how did this happen?" Sago asked Komorebi as he was holding her in his arms.
"My dear Junichi, you saved my life and I'll be forever in your de…", Komorebi could not finish her sentence before passing out in Junichi's arms.
3 Hours Later
As Komorebi slowly opened her eyes, she could see Junichi standing far away, chopping at tree branches. As she looked down, she saw herself covered in large leaves and lying on a bed made out of dead leaves and twigs. She slowly led out a small cry, "Ju.. Jun… Junichi…" Hearing this, Junichi rushed towards her with a small turtle shell filled with water.
"Hey, you. Don't put too much stress on your body, you just woke up", said Junichi as he offered the water to Komorebi. As Komorebi drank the water, Junichi retired to a small fire he had set up and started poking the embers. After replenishing some of her strength, Komorebi sat up.
"Are you okay? You spent a lot of mana there trying to protect yourself. Thankfully, I used my barrier spell in time, but then again, I couldn't save my clothes," said Komorebi in a low, tender voice. Junichi, looking confused at Komorebi, just asked, "Mana?"
At this point, Komorebi was also a bit confused about how Junichi reacted to her statement. Clearly, he had to know about something before casting the "Gensui" spell. Otherwise, how could he cast one of the most forbidden spells of the Magica Incantatum without realizing what he was doing?
"Dear, are you playing with me! You're saying you have no idea what you just did? You just cast one of the forbidden spells without even any knowledge of it! Even more, I didn't even hear you chanting the spell, how? Who exactly are you?" said Komorebi with raised eyebrows.
While looking extremely confused as to what in the hell Komorebi just said, Junichi's mouth opened and uttered the words involuntarily, "I'm just a high school student who died."