Chapter 655: She Definitely Existed (2/2)
[Me too. It's not my place to tell her this, but she needs to keep slacking moderately, okay~~]
[……Fae-san.]
Telling me this with a relaxed tone even at a time like this, my friend since senior high and Alyssa's best friend…… Murakumo Fae.
[Please tell the real me this. ”Don't let your shyness control your actions, you also need to be proactive and make your approach once in a while”.]
[……Riri-senpai.]
Telling me this with a wry smile, my kind, reliable, but also somewhat of a scatterbrain senpai…… Saigyouji Ririka.
[Well then, I guess me too…… ”I hope that you and Kaito-san take care of yourselves and stay healthy forever.]
[……Liddy-senpai.]
Telling me this with an affectionate smile, the homely senpai who always takes care of me…… Liddy Quanette.
[……Then, I guess I'm the last huh…… It might be too common to ask this…… but please tell her…… to get along…… with Kaito-san.]
[Alyssa?]
Following the other five, Alyssa tried to tell me her message to the original world's Alice, but in the middle of her words, I could see large tears dripping from her eyes.
[……Ahh, geez. I'm all tensed up even though this is the end. Even though…… I've always been holding back……]
[………………….]
[So that's how it is…… In the end, I had always been destined…… to be heartbroken all along huh…… This is depressing.]
With tears leaking down her face, I couldn't say anything. No, I felt that I shouldn't say anything just yet.
That's why, I waited for her next words. In order not to overlook even a single word of what Alyssa would say.
After keeping her face down for a little while, Alyssa raised her head, and even as tears leaked down her eyes, she smiled.
[……Kaito-san……. Ever since senior high, ”I've always loved you”…… Perhaps, these feelings of mine are just as fake as this world. It may be a fake love that would naturally disappear along with this world. But even if that's so…… The me that fell in love with you certainly existed. That's why, if you could just…… remember this woman who told you these words…… even if it's just for a little bit…… I would be happy.]
[……I won't forget it…… I will not forget about you…… I will never forget Mamonaka Alyssa.]
I found myself hugging Alyssa's body tightly. I strongly swore to myself that I would never forget the girl who was definitely existed right now……
[……Thank you. It might be a short time, but the time I spent with Kaito-san…… has filled me with happiness.]
[ ! ? ]
With those words, Alyssa's body turned into particles of light and disappeared…… and the feeling held within my arms vanished. The other five also seemed to disappear at the same time…… and there was no one around me anymore.
Feeling as if some kind of heat was rising up from within me, I burst into tears.
One…… two…… Tears fell down to the ground, and I felt like crying my eyes out in this place. However, I can't do that. I can't stop here just yet.
Wiping these tears with the sleeve of my clothes, I slowly walked towards the cemetery.
A lot of people helped me to arrive in this cemetery…… and from here on out————— This is my own battle.
<Afterword>
? ? ? : [Disappearing in the blink of an eye, tuna-eating lizards really are useless.]
Serious-senpai : [Like I said, don't make strange references here! Well, let's put the tuna aside…… Alyssa is a good heroine, isn't she? Even though she knows it will end in tragic love, she still desperately helped Kaito…… and after she finally expresses her love, she disappears. Even though it's a tragic love, she's still a beautiful heroine.]
? ? ? : [Eh? What are you talking about? How can there be a heroine in this novel that ends with such a sad ending?]
Serious-senpai : [Ehh? No, I mean……]
? ? ? : [Listen here, okay? On their final parting, Kaito-san said this: ”I will never forget Mamonaka Alyssa”. In other words, even though they've only been together for a moment, ”Kaito-san recognizes her as someone they were together with”. Now then, what was Kaito-san's Heart Tool again?]
? ? ? : [……That was a really big resurrection flag……]
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