[ You're dense and stupid, Kazuraba Kouta. Mai wanted you, she loves you. She wanted to be with you no matter what. And he already knows neither of you care if he's an Overlord or not, but he can already feel the distance between him and you, him and Mai. And there's no going back for any of them. He's too far away from the both of you to be able to turn and welcome you with open arms. Not that he'd ever do that, but still. It's too late to go back to how things used to be. And something in his heart fractures at that thought, his amulet glimmering with a mixture of red and black while he looks down at his hands which are on his knees ]

I don't hate you, Kazuraba. I don't dislike you either. You've already proven your strength to me so there's nothing else that's necessary right now. But what you want from me isn't possible because it goes against everything inside of me. I might have thrown a lot of things away, but I never threw my honor away.

Ever.