Unfamiliar Ceiling EP.38
"...What do you mean...?"
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Have you not started yet?
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"You'll see... look, they're coming right now."
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"...Who... wait a minute... no way..."
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"That's right."
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"She saved you as you were dying a painful death."
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".....Stop."
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"She fed you, gave you a student identity, and took you in as her little sister."
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"Stop... it..."
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"Her heart is torn to pieces because of you."
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"I said stop it...!!!"
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"She's your only family."
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Grip!
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Unable to bear it any longer, I grabbed her collar and pulled her up.
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"...Why are you showing me this?"
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"Don't you get it yet? I've been telling you, this is another possible future."
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"A future ruined by your irresponsible inability to understand your own feelings."
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"...."
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"Still don't get it?"
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"Ugh?!"
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She grabbed my neck and said,
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"You were someone who shouldn't have existed in this place."
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"...Ugh..."
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'How much time has passed...?'
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'My head still hurts, and I'm tired, so it must not have been long...'
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I tried to get my sluggish mind to work.
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'I definitely came to the seminar room... and Yuuka gave me a lap pillow...'
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But the sensation on my head now was different.
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It felt soft, like a normal pillow.
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'Did someone move me in the meantime?'
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Well, even Yuuka couldn't keep giving me a lap pillow forever, so it wasn't strange.
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'...Should I get up?'
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I didn't know how much time had passed, but if I was awake, I should get up.
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If more time had passed than I thought, I needed to call Sensei.
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But did the ceiling always look like this?
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It seemed familiar yet different... like
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'A hospital emergency room...'
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"Patient! Patient, are you awake!? How many fingers do you see?"
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"Sora-chan! Sora-chan! Are you okay?! Do you remember my face?!"
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"....Uh."
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What kind of crazy situation is this?
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Here's what happened.
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As I was sleeping on Yuuka's lap pillow,
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"Cough! Cough!"
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"S-Sora-san?!"
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I coughed up blood. A lot of it.
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But no matter how much they called me, I didn't wake up.
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In the end, they had no choice but to take me to the hospital.
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They also contacted Sensei, who called Hoshino.
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"Sob... sniff..."
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And that's how it came to this.
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"...."
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What is this? This situation is so infuriating.
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I'm definitely awake, but I can't grasp the situation.
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So, I coughed up blood while sleeping?
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Why? All I did today was walk around a bit.
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I wasn't subjected to fear or blocked by Bina's laser, so why did I cough up blood?
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'...Could it be the Flying Station...?'
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No, it can't be. If it was, I would have coughed up a lot of blood when I fainted.
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...Probably.
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In that case, the cause is probably the loss of my halo, but honestly...
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I couldn't shake the feeling of "Why?"
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It had been quite some time since I lost my halo, and there had been no problems until now.
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My physical abilities had just dropped to the level of a normal person.
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But how that leads to coughing up blood, I have no idea.
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"...Sigh..."
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I guess I should wait and see what happens.
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They said they'll run tests to find the cause, so I have to wait until then.
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Until then, I should calm this person down.
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I stroked Hoshino's head as she cried in my arms, waiting for the tests to begin.
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"Haa... home is the best..."
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Two days later, I returned home.
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As soon as Hoshino put me in bed, I collapsed.
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'That was so tiring...'
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Only two days had passed, but so much had happened.
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My Abydos classmates came when they heard about my situation. The tests were more difficult than I thought.
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And I had to console Hoshino, who was worried I might collapse at any moment.
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And...
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"As you've heard from other hospitals, the mystic is indeed like the muscles of the body."
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"But your body is a little different."
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"Your mystic seems to have extended inward... to your organs."
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"So... unfortunately... if this condition continues... in three months..."
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I received a terminal diagnosis.
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So many things happened.
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If there was one good thing...
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'Hoshino doesn't know about this...'
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Just before hearing the results, I made a request to Sensei.
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I asked him to prevent Hoshino from hearing the test results.
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If it was a serious situation, I could see how much she would suffer.
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Sensei didn't seem too happy about it, but
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I threatened him a bit, and he somehow agreed.
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I feel a little sorry, but in the end, it was for the best.
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"Haa..."
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Still, it didn't change the fact that the current situation was a headache.
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Sudden death sentence.
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I wanted to rest and think about it later, but...
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'I can't afford to take it easy.'
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The doctor said I was slowly dying, in extreme terms.
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I had to resolve this situation as soon as possible.
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And the person who knows how to solve this situation is...
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'That guy (Black Suit) is the only one...'
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The mastermind behind my current predicament.
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'...I don't really want to, but I have no choice.'
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He did this, but he kept his promises, so I should be able to solve it with a sacrifice or two.
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They even made a wheelchair while I was in the hospital.
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I should go see him today.
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"Sis, I'm going out for a bit... what are you doing?"
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I was about to tell Hoshino and go find Black Suit, but...
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Click!
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"Sora-chan..."
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Hoshino locked the door and approached me.
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"Sora-chan... I can't take it anymore."
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"W-What...?"
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"You keep getting hurt and sick where I don't know... and I always find out late and regret it... I can't take it anymore..."
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"So, I'm sorry but..."
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"Don't leave old lady's (older sister's) side anymore..."
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"...."
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This is dangerous.
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Alarm bells are ringing in my head, telling me this situation is extremely dangerous.
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Even before that, just looking at Hoshino's eyes, I could tell it was dangerous.
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Her eyes were just like that day,
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Lifeless.
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'I-I have to run...!!'
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I tried to run away, but
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"Stay still, Sora-chan."
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There was no way I could escape from Kivotos' best mystic when I couldn't even walk.
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Stab!
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"Ugh!?"
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"W-What...? Injection...?"
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Hoshino stuck a syringe, where she got it from I don't know, into me.
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At the same time, my consciousness began to blur...
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In the end, unable to resist,
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"Sora-chan... let's not be apart anymore...?"
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With Hoshino's words as the last thing I heard, I lost consciousness.
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