153 – And, the future
“Ah…”
The message ‘I love you’ appears on the screen of Kang Ha-neul’s smartphone.
Spade saw that message. No, a memory begins to appear in Mystic Shine’s mind.
– Black, sad…
He had a slightly younger face than now, and was wearing strange clothes rather than rough combat uniforms.
[Sent.]
– Hmm… Ugh…
But the memory of sending that message to Kang Ha-neul’s smartphone, with tears streaming down his face, looks so familiar.
“……..”
Spade’s expression, which was engulfed in light, soon becomes blank.
“This memory…”
The courage I finally showed at the very end, right before I lost my memory.
But right after that, a feeling of helplessness and regret for not having been able to tell the story sooner came over me.
Even after you lose your memory, the scars on your heart will remain, like scars from a knife stab wound.
“……..”
What they meant was so simple and clear.
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“That’s ridiculous…”
It was at that point that her hands began to shake.
“That’s… That can’t be possible, right?”
Her eyes and expression became even more slanted and she began to mumble in her trembling voice.
“The person I’ve put so much effort into looking for… Was actually you?”
– Pazuzuzuzuzu…
“It doesn’t make sense, that’s…”
But before she could finish those words, memories started flooding into her head.
“Ah…..”
I could not recall the memories as clearly as Kang Ha-neul, who was accustomed to dealing with memories in the unconscious.
But still, the scenes from her past mixed with noise allowed her to grasp her general situation as she betrayed her river sky and threw herself at her exit.
“Wait a minute…”
And then, the words Kang Ha-neul said began to ring in her ears.
– …Then why don’t you get out of here quickly?
“Wait a minute…”
If you think about it, it was strange from the beginning.
There is no way Kang Ha-neul, who can fine-tune her own actions with just a word from her, would lose her abilities just because she was tied to a yoyo for capture.
Now that I think about it, the words muttered by the guy who had lost consciousness for a moment were somehow strange.
– Irreplaceable with anything…
“……..”
– A precious friend…
If that’s not really nonsense and what you said to yourself, then there is only one possibility left.
– Parr…
For some reason, Kang Haneul, whose memories had returned, deliberately pretended to be incapacitated by her own attack.
And the reason is.
“To send me away…”
Her complexion, having put together a puzzle in her head that she did not want to believe, began to turn as pale as ever.
“…No.”
Eventually, she forced her trembling body to move and turn onto her back.
“No!!!”
She moved her body as if she were swimming and tried to reach out her hand to where she came from, but it was no use.
– Tsuzuzuzuzuzu…
The place where she threw her body was the only exit in a space where only one person can exit.
Her light, which was prevalent in her exit, had already swallowed her half of herself.
“Ugh…!”
Recognizing such a situation, she gritted her teeth and stretched out her hand forward to grasp the floor of her dark space.
– Kkukdeukdeukdeuk…
“Ugh…”
Mystic Shine began to exert strength to the point that her hand, which had no blood flowing through it, became pale, her fingernails fell off, and blood began to flow, but it was all just a futile struggle.
– Shaaa…
“Please… No…”
The light that had already touched her body once was engulfing her body in real time, as if it didn’t matter whether Mystic Shine tried to return to darkness or not.
“I didn’t mean to do this…”
– Tsuzuzu…
“No… No, no, no…”
Nevertheless, she was desperately trying to use her arms to somehow crawl out of her exit.
“No, no, no…”
When she touched her hand and moved her body about a finger, the light had already reached under her chin.
-Sharrr…
Soon, with a dazzling flash, light covered the darkness of subspace.
“…….”
And then the silence began.
“…Ugh.”
Mystic Shine, who stopped trembling at the unfamiliar warmth that had begun to surround her entire body, quietly raised her head with wet eyes.
“Ah…”
Eventually, she looked at the scene unfolding before her with a miserable expression.
“This is…”
The place where she opened her eyes again was the place right before the trap that had been planted on her was activated. In other words, it was the outside world.
“……..”
A grave where numerous magical girls are buried. However, that terrible place that I had overcome countless times with only the will to regain her memories.
That place had swallowed up the reason she wanted to somehow regain her memories.
– Shake it off…
The reason was none other than her own fault for failing to recognize the purpose in front of her and betraying her.
“…………”
Her will to somehow meet ‘that guy’ again caused everything to fall into the abyss right before her reunion.
“Ah, uh, uh….”
After realizing that, Mystic Shine collapsed, and no normal voice came out of her mouth anymore.
“aaa!!!”
When she realized what she had just done, many terrible screams came out of her mouth.
– Kwasik…
How much time has passed?
“No…”
She lowered her head without saying a word, but suddenly she muttered something and started stretching her hands to the floor.
– Crackling…
“No. No, no, no… No…”
Soon, she started digging the ground right in front of where she was sitting with her hands.
“Still, still… There will be some left.”
– Kkukdeudeudeudeuk…
“There will still be an entrance…”
Thanks to this, her already messy hands started to become several times more messed up, but she didn’t care.
“Go back in… This time, just let him leave instead of me…”
Because she had to dig and dig until the entrance to the space that had swallowed her and her river Sky reappeared.
“This time, I must…”
– Tsuzuzu…
Her combat uniform and the yoyo she always wore around her waist began to slowly change.
“Must…”
As the second-in-command of the Dominating Hands, he is not the rugged person he was called as the top-ranked hero slayer, but rather the lively person of the past.
Just before she was erased from the world, she was wearing the exact outfit she wore when she sent the message with tears streaming down her face.
“…………”
There was only one difference, and that was that her magical girl costume was no longer pink, but a color that was a combination of the dark night sky and cloudy starlight.
– Crunch… Crunch…
Of course, that was of no concern to Mystic Shine, who was stubbornly digging at the ground in front of her with her eyes wide open and her fingernails clawed.
– Tuk…
“…Ah.”
How much time has passed?
“……..”
Eventually, she reaches her limit and stops digging for a moment due to cramps in her hands. In her arms, something falls into the ground dug by Mystic Shine.
– Jijijik…
Then, something began to glow faintly.
[I love you.]
“Uh, uh…”
When she realizes that it is Kang Haneul’s smartphone, which is still displaying her messages on the screen even though the screen is black, she kneels down in her seat and begins to shed tears.
[I’m sorry for not paying attention.]
“aaah… Ahhh…”
It was because I finally checked the small message written in the reply box of my smartphone.
“No…”
The shattering scream that escaped her mouth as she lost the person she wanted to meet again at any cost due to her own karma, lingered in the back alleys of the artificial island for a long time.
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Meanwhile, at that time. Kang Ha-neul was left alone in subspace.
“…Who are you?”
– Turp, trudge…
“Stop right away and identify yourself.”
He, who was trying to join hands with the shadow to protect both the past and the future, threatens in a cold voice when he hears footsteps coming from behind.
– Turp, plod, trudge…
But an unidentified person does not pay any heed, and instead speeds up the pace.
– This situation has become very difficult…?
“…………”
– Shouldn’t we join hands with me right now…?
Thanks to this, a black energy begins to creep up in front of the frowning Kang Ha-neul.
“Wait…”
– What’s wrong, Kang Ha-neul? Up until now, there has been no good result from delaying a choice, right…?
“……”
– That’s because I’m worried about you… Still, I feel very sorry for you?
Soon, a sweet voice began to reach his ears.
“Shut up… Hit me…”
– Then it just stayed the same… I thought I could at least determine who is A and who is E?
“That bastard…”
Kang Haneul, who was frowning at that voice, quietly begins to stretch his hand forward.
“…I can’t believe I have to join hands with this guy.”
– Giggling…
Then, a black hand began to form in front of Kang Ha-neul along with a voice that seemed to be mocking him.
– Tsuzuzuzuzu…
– You only have to suffer once, Kang Ha-neul…
As the hand waves in front of him as if asking for a handshake, Kang Haneul frowns and begins to extend his hand forward.
– Right… Well done…
“…Ha.”
Just like that, the moment when his and Kang Ha-neul’s hands were about to touch.
– Green onions…!
A fairly familiar object passed by.
“…….!”
As the object tears the black hand to pieces, Kang Ha-neul turns his head back with startled eyes.
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“Is this enough for identification?”
A girl in a white suit with a black joker card was walking towards him with a gentle smile.
– Tsk, you have too many distractions…
“…Dice?”