Boku wa Isekai de Fuyo Mahou to Shoukan Mahou wo Tenbin ni Kakeru

Lesson 248: The Beloved One

When I realized I was in the woods.

Look up, sunset sky.

A little cold wind blows through.

Is this the... school forest?

No, it's probably not a real school forest.

I hear grass treading behind my back.

"Mia."

"Mmm."

There was a girl there who could wait so long.

Mia, the same year she broke up, was there wearing a school-designated jersey.

With her usual unfathomable face, the girl looks up to me.

"Kaya said it was only when I went back to the other world that I could see you."

"The energy associated with the extinction of the Demon King was a little too strong. I intervened a little. Every thing sucks to the outside of the earth, it seems. And then I helped Cuz."

"Right. Did I save your life? [M]... If that happened, even if you did it from the beginning"

Mia shook her head to the side.

"There are rules."

"You mean the Demon King couldn't move without his death"

"Like that. Thanks to Cuz and the others, I was able to move."

I sighed and sat down on the spot.

Mia walks straight to the front.

"It's a lot more stylish today."

"Mm-hmm. It's been a long time since I've seen anything like this. I don't know what to do."

Oh, and I nod.

It's just one day for me.

But for her, it must have been an endless, endless long time.

Yes, so much so that I forget the use of flesh.

So much for forgetting that nostalgic language, sarcasm, harmony.

"Two, I want to ask you something. First of all, can you stay with me from now on?"

Mia shakes her neck slowly again.

The expression doesn't change at all.

But I felt a slight relaxation in my eyes.

"Right."

"Mmm."

"Second eye.... How did you let Kaya die"

Mia also has her neck to the side.

Huh...? What do you mean?

Kaya's here.

"Wait, but he broke up with me... And alone."

"Soon, we'll have a new flesh. I've been collecting them since."

I put my hand on my forehead. [M]

Hold on, hold on, I want you to wait a lot.

I don't know what the hell... No, I meant to understand what she's talking about, but.

"Is that a kaya?"

"Like a soul, uncle"

Why, Mia just makes her neck snap.

As if you don't know what the problem is.

There are no shards of teasing intent.

I sighed once more. [M]

I'm kind of very tired...

You... well, there's so many things I can't imagine.

So.

So what about you?

"Cuz, you look like you're gonna cry."

I held Mia in silence.

Strong, strong.

I just need to let you go again.

My chest hurts.

I have so many good things to do, but I don't get the word out.

Bite tight lips.

"Cuz."

Mia put her hand around my back and slapped me gently.

That was my limit.

Hot drops slip down my cheeks.

"Cuz, I need to go back. Right now, the flow of time is the same as on Earth. I'm sure Alice, Occasion and Lucia are worried."

"I don't like it. I don't want to leave."

"That's impossible."

Mia gently pulled off my body.

The grated beak is strong, even though it is skinny.

Right... right, Mia.

The real you must be tougher than I can imagine.

I'm guessing the present figure belongs to Rizame and was prepared on purpose to meet me.

He broke his bones that far, but he came to see me.

I understand your dedication. [M]

But still.

"I don't like it."

I cried like a child. [M]

"Don't want to leave Mia"

Like an inexorable waste child.

Like a kid who doesn't even know the logic of things.

I just cried.

How long have you been crying all the time?

Mia was by my side in silence.

He was looking straight at me.

Second, I felt signs behind my back.

Looking back, Kaya stood.

It had no dust, it had a pure white piercing coat.

This is... when I first met Kaya and I was totally dressed.

I'm sure you're not wearing bread......

No, that's fine.

"Dad, I'm home"

"Welcome back, Kaya.... the body... okay?"

"Yes, Kaya, it's you."

The girl laughs all the time.

Until just now, I think I do...

"Kaya. Do you remember what you did when you broke up?

"Eh."

Kaya let her eyes swim.

Oh, I see.

What does that Kaya's, last act mean, is that it?

She wanted something special just for her.

That was, uh, a kiss to the cheek.

And the girl in front of me, even if she's the same kaya, doesn't have that memory.

"Yeah, I wonder if the white room is where the save point is"

Ask Mia behind you with certainty.

"N" was once heard from my back.

"Correct. Reward, give Kaya"

"Mia......"

Looking back, Mia was just a little down on her mouth.

I know you're laughing, but it's not a little too much yet.

Kaya can't come back here anymore.

"Does that mean... you won't be resurrected"

"The Demon King is gone. There was no other way. Sorry, cuz. You only used our daughter."

"That's enough. No, it's not good, but you're going to..."

Mia, a few more times, shakes her head to the side.

"For I have been watching. Because that's all I'm happy about."

"No... that's all."

"Well, level it up"

You mean go to the white room?

Speaking of which, did you design the white room after all... Mia, is it?

"Mm-hmm. I'll have a way to communicate with me in the white room. There's no point in devoting resources to defeating the Demon King anymore, so I can afford just a little"

"Okay. Please."

"And then... be strong. More, stronger. That way, someday."

She cut the words there.

Someday, I wonder what.

Even when I inquired, I just shook my head.

Can our paths interact with Mia just a little bit further up the level?

Is there still a way out of this system that she built?

If so.

No matter how time consuming that may be.

I'll, we'll make it happen.

I stand up and take Kaya's hand.

I'll look up at Mia as she sits down, and I'll give her a nod.