Sickly and Fragile Beautiful Girl Sora-chan! EP.31
"Are you going now?"
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As Yume finished the explanations she couldn't convey before, particles started to emit from her body, just like with Hoshino, and she gradually became transparent.
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"Yes.... I'm really sorry. For making you go through something like this...."
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"Alright, I'll accept your apology. But that doesn't mean I forgive you."
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There's no way I'm forgiving Yume unless I go home.
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"Then, may you achieve enlightenment~ Don't become an evil spirit or anything."
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Although she's the root of all this, I can't really say much more to someone who's already dead, so I guess I can say this much.
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But
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"Huh? Ah, no. I'm not really planning on achieving enlightenment or anything...?"
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It seems I was mistaken about something.
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"What?"
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"I'm not a ghost-like entity, but rather a thought-form of the person named Yume. So, I'm sorry, but.... I'll continue to exist within Sora-san...."
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"Wait, what are you saying, Yume...."
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Not a ghost, but a thought form? And you'll continue to exist within me...?
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In other words....
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"So, you'll keep spying on me from now on...?"
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'What's that, I don't want that. I'd rather die.'
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"Huh? No, no! Usually, I'll be asleep inside Sora-san, so I won't be spying or anything like that!"
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"Unless you're in a life-threatening situation like this time, I won't come out like this...."
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"...But still, I don't like it regardless...."
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Having another person inside me, there's no way I'd like something like that....
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"Then, you achieving enlightenment or.... something like that...."
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"...Unfortunately, no...."
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"Haa...."
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It seems my relationship with this woman is still continuing.
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After the Foreclosure Task Force story ended and I safely? regained consciousness,
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"Your legs won't move? What do you mean?"
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It seems I made a mistake.
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A big one.
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"Huh? U-um, Hoshino-san? I'm really fine...."
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"Stay still."
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In the end, Hoshino, whose eyes had gone dead because of my words, picked me up in a princess carry and took me straight to the doctor, and
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"Unfortunately... If Sora-san's halo doesn't return...."
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"She may never walk again."
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I was diagnosed with leg paralysis.
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...What?
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"Never walk again... What does that mean?"
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Upon hearing the sudden paralysis diagnosis, Hoshino, more flustered than I was, questioned the doctor.
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And the doctor kindly explained the current situation for Hoshino's sake.
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"For Kivotos students, the mystic is like the muscles that move the body. But in Sora-san's body here, there's not a single trace of mystic right now."
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"So, in other words, we can say that all the muscles in Sora-san's body have disappeared."
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"....Honestly, it's a miracle that you can move at all. Normally, you wouldn't be able to move your body even a little."
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"Then, about never walking again...."
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"I'm not sure about this part either, but one thing I can say is that unless Sora-san's halo.... the mystic returns, walking will be impossible."
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"...."
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"Haa...."
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'To think I'd become a sickly, frail girl like in the neighboring district....'
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And unlike her self-proclaimed title, a genuinely sickly frail girl...
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"Somehow, I feel drained...."
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Maybe it's because I realized my physical condition, but I feel strangely powerless.
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"At this rate, guns.... no, I don't even know if I can hold a box cutter, haha."
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In a way, it might be a good thing. Since I shouldn't die now, if I can't hold them from the start, I won't even feel like....
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"...Ha, no way."
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I know myself. I'm a lunatic who likes self-harm. So, I can't say this is a good thing.
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Besides,
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"Uhehe, sorry Sora-chan, old man has to go somewhere for a bit."
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Besides me, there's someone suffering from this reality. I couldn't think positively at all.
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Right after the examination, her tone was the same as usual, but on her face, which I briefly saw, there was an undeniable despair.
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She probably thinks this happened because of her.
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Honestly, the reason for this situation is entirely my own doing, so I wish she wouldn't feel such guilt.
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"...What should I say at a time like this...."
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My words of reassurance were useless, and I couldn't find anything to say. So, I had no choice but to let her go.
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"Haa...."
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This world really is hopeless, at least for me.
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I looked up at the sky again, cursing this world that's hopeless only for me.
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The sky seen from the hospital rooftop was, as always, clear blue without a single cloud.
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Creak!
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"It's a perfect day to die."
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Naturally, that thought came to mind.
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"Don't you think so? Sensei?"
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"...."
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I turned to Sensei from the rooftop railing and spoke.
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"Hmm.... Should I congratulate you first? Congratulations, Sensei, you've conquered all the students?"
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I was unsure until last time, but I could roughly tell from the battle with Pina.
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The Foreclosure Task Force has all come to trust Sensei.
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"I-is that so?"
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The person in question doesn't seem to know.
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"Then, I should give you the reward for your success, right?"
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"Ask me anything. I'll answer everything I can."
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For your information, this time, I plan to answer all of Sensei's questions.
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At first, I thought about lying, but at this point, I judged it's better to confess everything.
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If I were asked why I'm committing suicide, saying it's because life is unbearable would seem inconsistent with the image I've shown so far.
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And there was a slight expectation too.
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If it's Sensei, if it's the Sensei who saves everyone, maybe he can find the answer I couldn't. That expectation....
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So.
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"I'll really answer anything."
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"Then...."
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"It's dangerous up on the railing. Could you come down first?"
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"...."
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...Maybe I shouldn't have expected anything....
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