Freedom... //Yakusoku No Neverland

123] An Important Choice

明日を信じるその瞳

"I don't want to kill the demons. But I absolutely don't want any more of our friends to be eaten. What should I do Ray and Y/n? I don't know what I should do" Emma said

Ray looked at me and I shrugged not having any ideas

"We don't know either" Ray said

"Huh...?" Emma mumbled

"Its just like you said. The "Seven Walls" route isn't something that will work. And even if we just forcibly escape to the human world the risk of us being chased, or starting a war is too high. Right now, Humans are an absolutely essential food source for the "Demons" and their characteristics. If you want to save all of the cattle children, no matter how you cut it, Norman's method is the only choice. Nothing can be done. Or rather, you have no place to argue. Norman is correct" Ray explained and patted her on her shoulder "For now, there's nothing we can do, huh?"

"Huh!!!? Wait, I don't understand. Then why did you ask about my feelings? Isn't there a solution?" Emma asked

"Nope" Ray and I said in unison

"What kind of advice is that?! Can't you give any criticism!!?" Emma yelled

"Nope" Ray and I said in unison again

"Well, you could've said that earlier then!!! You can't just brush aside someone feelings that they've had buried so deep, you jerks!!" Emma said

"But soon they'll be uncovered" Ray said

"Huh!!?" Emma screamed confused

"Your real intentions are buried. Before long they'll come out" I said and started explaining to Emma "If you want to keep them buried thoroughly hide them and take this to the grave. You can't just give it up, right? That being said from this point forward, there would be countless things you couldn't stand, and they will balloon and eventually explode. And in your case, it'll probably happen at the most in-opportune time. You're always rushing in the most troublesome direction all by yourself"

"Uhhhh...!" Emma muttered

"That's right, to everyone else Emma is always putting herself in danger. To Norman you're a great deal of trouble. You bother me a lot too. If you're not convinced, then you should properly see him, face to face. Especially because of just how serious a decision it is this time. If you go at this half-heartedly, you'll regret it. It could be the biggest regret of your entire life. We've been convinced to side with "Extinction" here, but you're diffrent. You still can't stop thinking about what you should do. It's only in times like these that you actually listen intently" Ray said, patting her head

"Now, lets think about this again with a clear mind. What do you want to do, Emma?" I asked her

She looked away, her hand on her chin

{Wait... Did I have a growth spurt?? :0, I'm taller than Emma now... Almost as tall as Ray!}

She looked back up at us "I don't want the demons to go extinct. I want to find a way where we don't have to fight. But there is none. And no one else wants one. And if I you go around looking for trouble, everyone. Might be put in danger. More than anything else, I don't want to let any more of our family die. That's what I'm thinking, but "What I want" isn't the only deciding factor. "What I want" is something different. Like I thought, I really don't don't know what to do"

"Then let's go and have a proper talk with Norman first" Ray suggested

"With Norman!? Even when I'm as troubled as I am?" Emma asked