#17
rather.
I thought it would be better to die.
But he couldn’t die. There was a reason it had to be. How much more do I have to work here? Creating something that doesn’t exist To create something out of nothing. Was it something he did to me, who had no talent at all?
So, I didn’t want to die yet.
have to live
caught something
“——Hey!”
something caught my hand
“Hey, profit… this… let go… … !”
no. don’t let go I don’t want to die…
He tried to hold on to the stone protruding from the edge of the cliff, but he could not bear it for a while and his strength slipped away.
it will fall down
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Deeper than the bottom of the very bottom.
To a space deep in the abyss where no one can predict how much life and time it will take to climb back up again… … That’s how I end up repeating the torture that is close to eternity——
“… Really, I don’t know.”
The sound of sighs is clearly audible.
After waking up from a long sleep, I slowly opened my eyes.
A sense of reality that was floating like a fantasy or dream.
It soon began to crush my body like a heavy rock, and gradually brought my mind, which had been sinking deep below the surface of the water, into reality.
… … It’s an unfamiliar ceiling.
Feelings are white. That was the end of it.
No, it looks a little black now. This is because everything was covered in darkness except for the bluish light that subtly illuminates the interior of this large space.
It looks a bit dark gray due to the reflected light, but… … No, not this. The stream of consciousness and thought is not perfect.
at that time.
“… eh?”
In an instant, his gaze shifted to the side.
Flash.
It absorbed a lot of information in one blink.
blond hair. black ribbon. white uniform. Wrist caught by what I saw with my hand. fair and fair skin. Even the pale moonlight that dyed it and the pale blush that stood out because of it.
Immediately after, did a fleeting moment really pass?
“———Hiyat- nu, nu nu nuun, eyes, open eyes… … !”
Suddenly, my body leaned sideways.
The chair rattles. The hand that had been holding me pulled back. She slipped and lost her hand, perhaps because of the lack of strength, and, after a brief scream, floundered with her arms in the air, wondering if she would just fall.
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Dangerous-.
I raised my upper body abruptly.
widely.
“… … !”
eyes get round
At once, he reached out his left hand and grabbed his wrist again.
Wrath!
quickly pulled towards me.
… … Kudang Tang!
The chair fell to the floor with a loud noise.
If it had passed like that, the back of the head would have been severely broken. If not, it would have been a bit risky. It was a spinal reflex action. Although my head was throbbing for a while because of the sudden movement.
by the way.
From that small body that was drawn into my arms by my strength, a sweet and sour scent came from a fresh lemon scent mixed with milk.
The back and waist wrapped around my right arm as if protecting it were so small and fragile that I wondered if it would break if I applied more force like this.
The pure gold hair that had fluctuated for a moment in the intense shaking soon calmed down. Watching the movement that resembled the tail of an animal, I suddenly realized that the name of the girl who was now embracing me was Yuri von Artina.
——Drop.
“What’s up!? I just heard a loud noise… … ”
The door to the white space opened.
Yuri’s face, which had been frozen for a moment, turned red as if it had been seen before, and the two familiar faces that appeared from the gap in the open door immediately turned to look at Yuri and me on the bed.
“… … ah-?”
“… … ”
“… … ”
There was a strange silence for about three seconds.
after a while.
“Ugh.”
He was forcibly laid down on the bed.
Yuri, who had been exhaling a silent scream with her whole body, jumped out of the bed in panic and quickly pushed my body away with both hands. It was really a momentary thing.
Yuri started pouring out words with a rapid-fire cannon.
“… … Hey, hey, hey, hey! Suddenly Nu, open your eyes, yes! yes! Surprised! You almost fell, uh… … !”
No, everyone knows that arrangement. Just by looking at the chair lying on the floor right now, you can almost tell what’s going on.
However, Yuri, who has been gibbling around for a long time since then, was gibberish, as if I had to explain to you guys from a thoroughly objective point of view of how I came to this strange posture.
“… … I’ll go out and call someone—!” He said, “He carried out a bullet assault between the two of them, and in the end he escaped out of the open door faster than anyone else.
… I’m not sure if I’ll ever come back here.
Anyway.
As soon as I wake up, my mind is so ferocious.
around me like that.
“… … Hey, did this happen? Ezio?”
As a group, they stood still, as if they had been struck by petrification magic, and then slowly came to their senses.
#18
That was the first thought I had.
… Looks like my head is going to break
The temple area is itchy, so I press it with my fingers. However, the pain still did not go away, and in the end, I had no choice but to wrinkle my impressions.
Where are you?
Why am I here… …
“Oh, can I bring you some water… ?”
Why are they here again?
Mew, who sat on the chair that had fallen over, and Rubia, who was sitting next to Mew, looking down at me with worried eyes, asked carefully.
“… Oh yes. May I ask you for a drink?”
The voice is slightly muffled.
“Of course. hang on.”
“thank you.”
Rubia, who smiled softly as if it was nothing special, turned her back and walked out the door.
after a while.
“… … Are you all right?”
At Mu’s question, I looked down for a moment.
I was wearing a patient uniform. It looks like a hospital room. The overall space looks quite spacious, but I was the only patient who actually used it. Could it be a private ward? It’s worth it.
The pain in my head that had been tormenting me so badly since I had just woken up started to ease little by little as the scent that was wafting in this hospital room stroked my nostrils a few times. It seems that the aroma is rising from the incense burner on the tabletop. It looks like it has a soothing effect.
“It seems to be fine, but… … ”
“then… … Do you know who I am?”
“… … yes?”
what is this again
When I turn my head to the side, I see the face of Mew, who was crying with a mixture of complex emotions.
I just wanted to wake up in the hospital room, and then suddenly I was asked such a bizarre question. What the hell happened to me?
“You’re talking plainly… It’s Mew.”
“ah… … All, I’m glad… ”
Mew closes her eyes and pats her chest in relief.
… no, more than that.
It’s a bit awkward. talking nonsense to me
Since when was Mu like this? I’m sure I told you to stop talking first. when was that How did you come to say that… …
“… Ugh.”
“… … ! uh, where does it hurt? it’s okay?”
I do not know. Suddenly something popped up from inside.
My head hurts like it’s going to break again.
banquet hall. It was behind the banquet hall. There, Mew and Rubia talked to each other.
I was sitting on a bench, and Rubia… … I was crying. Then, the question arises as to why and why.
What were we talking about there? The content of the conversation we had at that time is fragmentary.
However, it must have been my memory, but for some reason, I couldn’t properly recall anything about my psychology that would have been there as if I was looking at it from the perspective of another person.
Why was Rubia sobbing and crying?
What are you sorry for?
… What are you sorry for me?
Also, why did I keep my mouth shut with a complicated face without asking a single question as to why?
I can’t figure it out.
Even in the case of mu… … Oh, it was then.
He had instructed me to stop talking in the hopes of correcting Mew calling me senior.
Objectively, it’s not unusual. Since we’re in the same grade from now on, if you keep calling me senior, it’s not natural.
Yes, but… …
… … What does the letter mean?
It was me, not anyone else.
But I couldn’t understand.
letter? I’ve said everything in the letter, so if there’s something else to say, do you want to do it later? Did I write a letter to Mew? In middle school, I didn’t even have to talk to each other through letters, so I don’t think there’s ever been a time like that… …
As the confusion and tangled memories gradually moved into the past, the throbbing in the head became more severe.
There’s something strange about the back and forth of things. It felt like an important link was unnaturally missing.
… Why am I here in the first place?
not a hospital room.
to this Imperial Frontier Academy.
How the hell did you get into admission?
So, I remember until I suddenly woke up in the temple. But what happened before that? I couldn’t remember anything.
Feeling the pain of splitting his head in half, he digs through his memories, but in the end, the only thing at the end was to go to bed early before Mew’s birthday so as not to stay up all night due to tension.
yes there
… … all fell apart
Waking up in the temple. body was different. With the help of the priest, he packed his luggage and submitted an application for resignation to the academy. An empty space in between. I left the temple late at night and headed somewhere. Even after that, I was enveloped in pitch-black darkness and couldn’t see anything.
What comes to mind again is the memory of the moment I got on the train heading to Frontier, and from the day of admission to now… … I headed to District 4 early on Saturday morning to meet Professor Nadielli, and these were the memories of the very moment I met Professor there.
I think what happened then.
“… Ouch!”
I do not know. It was also difficult to think beyond this. With each recollection of each piece, a pain pierced the brain in a straight line.
“——Ezio? W, are you in a lot of pain?”
I had been doing this for a while, and when I came to my senses, Mew was holding my arm and crying.
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Did a cold sweat flow out of that short bird? The palms that were covering his forehead were quite bubbly. He shook his head and laid himself down on the bed.
“It’s just vertigo for a while. It’s okay now.”
“No, I think it hurts a lot. You don’t have to do anything right now. Just lie down and rest without thinking about anything. yes?”
It almost looked like he was begging.
It’s because it’s really good.
I let in a small smirk.
Whoops.
At the same time, I naturally touched the back of Mew’s soft hand on my arm and said it in a playful way.
“Let’s sell our worries, man. Only in this case do you treat him like a boss? I usually think of what bothers me as a pleasure in life… you… … ?”
My voice gradually diminished.
—what?
Even though I said it myself, I felt it.
It’s kind of weird.
No, actually, from the moment I woke up, I felt a strange sense of alienation.
Aside from giving me a headache, along with the memory of missing some important pieces—— I felt that my own attitude toward Mew and Rubia had changed a lot compared to the moment on the day of admission.
for example… …
It was when I went to see Professor Nadieli.
After I got on the tram and arrived in District 4, I ran into Mew at the stop there. I couldn’t just ignore it and walk past it after saying hello.
The moment I was about to do that, Mew called me up and wanted me to have an honest conversation with her with a determined expression on her face.
At that time, I was going to refuse because I had a prior appointment, but in fact, I would have refused at least once even if there was no specific schedule.
So tell me
… … Why?
Hasn’t it been a really long time since I met Mu? There must have been a lot of things to talk about with each other. Didn’t they even have a way to share a long break?
But why am I… …
… … No, wait.
If you count from one to ten, all of them are full of strange things. How I flowed into this Imperial Frontier Academy. That was the biggest problem ever.
Why did you submit an application to withdraw from the Lawssen Academy? Why did I leave without saying anything to Mew and Rubia? … When we met again like that, why was it so awkward?
Rubia, Rubia thought it could be.
However–
“… … music.”
I muttered quietly.
The answer doesn’t come back.
I see my palm on the back of Mew’s, which is cold and hardened. It felt like it was the first time I had ever touched a body like this. it’s a lot smaller Exactly what I’ve covered.
An eerie silence flows inside the hospital room.
My heart starts beating slightly.
At the same time, the pain, which had subsided for a moment, ran through my head again. He let his bangs run through the crevices of his hands and covered his forehead with his right hand.
“… I’m just asking just in case.”
After he stopped talking, he turned around.
There was Mew with an unknown expression.
As if time had stopped, without even a blink of an eye, not a single word came out of the gap between her slightly opened lips.
Then, after all.
… … again.
The small drops formed a thin thread-like stem, and it began to flow slowly down the cheeks of Mew.
… On the other hand, I.
Without even thinking of separating my left hand from the back of Mew’s hand, I quietly put the question that had been floating in my head as it is.
“… … Are we breaking up?”
About two minutes after that.
The door to the hospital room opens with a creaking sound. Rubia returned with a water bottle and a cup. Behind her stood a lawmaker whom Yuri seemed to have brought.
After that, she took the cold water that Rubia gave her and drank it, and laid her body back on the bed with her mind still not awake.
After the doctor came into the room and took them out for a while, while I asked questions to check on my condition, I gave outwardly complete answers while keeping my consciousness somewhere else.
There seemed to be nothing wrong with his body.
He said that he seemed to be in better health than the detailed examination records he had received at the time of the entrance test.
Of course, I had no intention of becoming a test subject disguised as a preference, so I politely declined.
But it’s just the body.
He seems to have some mental problems.
Some memories may have been lost due to the shock at the time of the accident, and I do not know how long it will take to recover, but it may never be recovered.
However, among the institutions responsible for memories and knowledge, only the memory area seems to have been erased, so he said that there would be no problem in living a normal life in the future.
I just nodded my head thinking that it was so.
He was physically healthy, so there was no need to stay in the hospital any longer.
A day later, he was discharged from the hospital normally.
— wi yi ing… …
As I walk out the door of the medical center, the sunny sun greets me.
It was Wednesday afternoon.
I heard that even if you are absent until today, your attendance will be accepted, but it is true that the progress of the class was already delayed compared to other students, so you were going to head to the classroom as soon as you returned.
I boarded the tram car while still receiving burdensome glances.
After that, he sat down in the corner of the room, closed his eyes, and fell silently in thought.
I did not receive an answer to the question of whether we broke up.
vaguely knew
Probably, it was.
We both didn’t have rings on our fingers.
‘… … ‘
… … I tried my best to recall the things in the memories that I had already lost while thinking of the figure of Mew, who became my ex-girlfriend without me knowing.
In the end, I couldn’t think of anything.
So now he suffers from dementia