"A-Are you g-going t-to hit m-me? I d-d-didn't o a-anything w-wrong. I WAS SET UP! I SWEAR, KITAMURA!", said Naofumi while getting worked up and scared, trying to get some distance from Kitamura who stopped stroking Naofumi's hair.

"Hush, Naofumi. I believe you. Just go and take it easy. Nobody is going to hurt you here.", comforted Kitamura while stroking Naofumi's hair again.

Naofumi began to get calmer again after hearing Kitamura call Naofumi's name and telling him how he believed him when he told him how he was innocent. He looked around himself and suddenly begun to giggle. His eyes were resting on the Head Healer when he began and everyone was looking confused between Naofumi and the Head Healer. The Head Healer just sighed and explained how it was the fever and that he will sometimes get delirious or confused.

Kawasumi looked at Naofumi and asked him: "What's so funny?"

Naofumi looked at Kawasumi with a huge smile and said with a small stutter while pointing at the Head Healer: "He l-looks a l-lot like my Teddy Bear, Mr. Bear. But Mr. B-Bear never wore a white d-dress before! D-Did you buy it f-for him? W-Why did he g-get so b-b-big? C-Can I have him back, please? I'll be c-careful w-with him, Mister."

Kawasumi was speechless. He saw how fast Naofumi went from semi-conscious to delirious crazy-talk that a child would say. Amaki was looking with understanding to Kawasumi, but he didn't even try to give him a hand with Naofumi, still angry at him for throwing the sick Naofumi on the ground when he already told them that he was burning up and weighing almost nothing compared to Kawasumi and himself.

Kitamura saw how Kawasumi didn't answer and said: "You'll get later. OK, Naofumi?"

"Okay! Thank y-you very m-much, Mister!", stuttered Naofumi with a blinding smile, behind the oxygen mask, and begun to nod off.

After a few minutes of silence, Naofumi was deeply asleep again. Everyone was just about to talk when Naofumi mumbled something and they decided to keep quiet for a little while longer while Kitamura petted Naofumi's head. After another few minutes, Kitamura deemed it safe enough to move from his place, but Naofumi held his arm in a death grip. Kitamura sighed and signed for everyone to go out of the room for now. The others understood and did as Kitamura requested of them. Kitamura was slowly tugging his hand inch by inch from Naofumi's hold and gave him a last pet and went to the others.

When the door closed behind Kitamura, Kawasumi asked: "Why did you promise him a Teddy Bear? He's an adult for crying out loud!"

"Because he doesn't remember anything in this state. If he begins to panic, we may have needed to do something that could have avoided or he could have hurt himself in his panicked state. That's why I did that.", explained Kitamura and glared at Kawasumi, daring him to argue with his logic.

"Mister Spear Hero, I would like to ask how you would like to keep Mister Shield Hero's attention from the Teddy Bear that you promised him. I mean, he may be able to remember that in another delirious episode.", said the Head Healer to the other Heroes.

The Heroes looked confused at first, but after some time, Kawasumi's eyes widened and he yelled: "I WON'T SPEND MY MONEY ON HIM EVEN IF HE'S SICK! HE RAPED MALTY, THE KINGS DAUGHTER! I WILL NOT SPEND MY MONEY ON A MONSTER!"

The Head Healer looked uncomfortable when he tried to say the next, shocking thing that he discovered: "Actually... we had to scan him for injuries and requested his medical file from Miss Magic. We got every single sign of the first time he lost a tooth, got a scrape, papercut or when he had *cough* an intimate relationship. I'm sorry to announce that Mister Shield Hero is actually a..."

"A what? Speak up, old man. It can't be that shocking...", said Kitamura impatiently.

"We may have believed the princess too much.", was all the Head Healer said.

Kitamura still didn't get it and asked: "What do you mean?"

The Head Healer took a deep breath and said slowly: "In all his 20 years of living, Mister Shield Hero has never done anything sexual. And before you begin to accuse me of lying, here is the whole medical report of Mister Shield Heroes life injuries and first changes (losing tooth, hormonal changes,...) and is now counting as evidence for his innocence."

Everyone was speechless for the Xth time. First with the state of Naofumi himself, the shock of Kawasumi's thoughtless actions and after that, the shocking news of Miss Magic and a virgin Naofumi. Their minds were working overtime, having a hard time believing the Head Healer after so many months of abuse against Naofumi.

"C-Could I please look at the medical report?", choked Kitamura out, still hoping that the Head Healer was lying or making a joke while thinking what he may have done unjustified to Naofumi.

"As the Heroes are considered and seen as a family, I have no right to stop that. Here is the whole document with his life injuries.", explained to the Head Healer while giving them 20 different files in one document.

Kitamura took them all from the Head Healer and begun to give Amaki, Kawasumi and himself each five files first until Naofumi's fifteenth birthday year. Kitamura explained to Amaki and Kawasumi that they should write on an extra paper if they found something disturbing or when they found something that was strange, interesting or that Naofumi was a bad person. The files were sorted like this:

Kitamura: File 1 year, 4 years, 7 years and 13 years old Naofumi.

Amaki: File 2 years, 5 years, 8 years, 14 years old Naofumi.

Kawasumi: File 3 years, 6 years, 9 years and 15 years old.

Before they began to read the files, Kitamura begun to tell the other two how he would like to change Naofumi in some clothes and get him a little warmer or he would never get better. Amaki went to Kitamura's closet and took a pajama set out of it while Kawasumi brought the new, cold water to Kitamura's side. Kitamura quickly changed Naofumi in his pajamas, tucked him back in and laid the cold compress on Naofumi's head. Then, they walked to the table and begun to read for the next two hours until they finally completed the first 15 files of Naofumi's life.

"Okay, what have you found out about Iwatani? Kitamura?", asked Kawasumi impatiently.

Kitamura blinked and asked: "Are we going from age to age?"

"I think that that's the best order in this case.", said Amaki.

Kitamura nodded while Kawasumi hummed in agreement and Kitamura began to tell Amaki and Kawasumi: "OK... Nothing strange happened when he was one. He was only ofter sick and it was always almost too late when someone noticed. He got an awful allergic reaction to peanuts, only for someone to notice when Naofumi went blue from too little air and passed out. I also read that he didn't cry that often."

Amaki looked thoughtful and asked: "Aren't babies supposed to be loud and annoying?"

"Not every baby is like that. They each have their own agenda.", explained Kawasumi calmly, surprising both Amaki and Kitamura.

"I see... Anyways. When he was two, he was prone to bruising after running into something. He was taken away from his parents for a while on suspicion of abuse. Later, they saw how Naofumi really got those bruises and was brought back to his parents.", read Amaki from his extra paper.

Kitamura and Kawasumi nodded slowly, not knowing what to say about that, while Kawasumi shook his head a little bit and said: "Anyways... I've found a file when Iwatani was just born and laid, file 15 years old, back onto the unread pile. I'll tell you now about two of his years. Iwatani was born earlier than expected. He was only six months carried in his mother's womb. After that, he took his sweet time getting more fat on his bones and getting larger. He was too light until he was 8 months old and begun to eat normally again. Still, he was shorter than other babies his age. When he was three, he was almost a head shorter than the others and was often confused with a baby or a girl due to his slim waist.", explained Kawasumi while he saw the looks of pity in his companions' eyes.

Amaki looked sad and he said: "So, he could have died before we got to know him..."

Kawasumi nodded and Kitamura said: "I have the file of his fourth year and nothing strange happened except that a tooth fell out after he got punched by one of his bullies."

"Don't you find this spell creepy? It tells you almost the whole story of every second of your life. It's like a time table... Anyways, can we skip a few years or are there anything important in it?", asked Kawasumi.

"I can lose file year 4 years, 7 years and 10 years. He only got bullied a little with a few scrapes and bruises.", said Kitamura and placed the mentioned files on the finished pile.

Amaki looked into his file pile while he said: "File year: 5 years and 8 years can also go on the finished pile because it's the same as Kitamura's."

"I laid file year 6 years and 9 years on the finished pile. He only broke his nose and got a black eye with a mix of what Motayasu's file said.", said Kawasumi and did just what he had said over the files.

"That leaves us with files: 11 through 20. That's almost 10 years to look through!", said Amaki in frustration.

Kitamura laid a hand on Amaki's shoulder and said: "Ren, let's focus on the files that are in front of us first and worry about the other six years later when we are going through them. Now, you've got the youngest Naofumi. Tell us why those couldn't go on the finished pile."

Amaki took a deep breath and said: "His bullies became worse and they were even so bad that Naofumi landed himself in the hospital with a three months-long coma. He suffered from memory loss, he broke both of his legs, one of his arms and was almost paralyzed waist down. That happened when he was only eleven years old. Who would do such things?! He always helped me even after I showed him nothing but utter hate of him!"

No one answered Amaki, too shocked to reassure him or try to explain the unexplainable. Kitamura looked about ready to find a way to Naofumi's world, search for those responsible for hurting Naofumi and kill them. Kawasumi was looking with horror at Naofumi and told the other heroes how he would pay a part of the costs for Naofumi because of pity for the rough childhood that turned a kid into a monster.

Kitamura quietly threw his file on the finished pile after he told them how Naofumi was in a car accident. Kawasumi threw his file on the finished pile and told them that Naofumi had a concussion after he was thrown from the monkey bars. Amaki threw file year 14 years on the pile after he told them that Naofumi was in a second coma by bullies who had beaten him up, but this time for eight whole months.

"W-Where am I-I?", asked a raspy, dry and confused voice from the bed.

Everyone jumped in surprise and went to his side, hoping that nothing bad woke Naofumi up. Naofumi looked first at Kitamura, then he turned to Amaki and lastly to Kawasumi, studying each of them and cautiously trying to think what they were doing next to his bed while he was sleeping. Naofumi thought of asking them what they were doing, watching him sleep like some crazy stalker or pervert.

"Do you remember me, Iwatani?", asked Kitamura worriedly.