So I am no longer alone. I’ve been hoping something like this will happen for such a long time. Though I know it never will. And it didn’t this time, either.

Not knowing what the future would be for her, not knowing how long she’d be like this. Seeing people who were moving on was enough to make her feel an excruciating pain in her chest.

was so happy you came to see me in this way. I’ll make it through without you somehow.

Rion couldn’t stop crying; from fear, but also from not wanting to say goodbye.

Some people would never understand each other. In their world, Kokoro was the one at fault. The stronger ones could boldly attack her because they felt nothing they did was questionable.

Still, don’t you want to believe that some things will change, that this is all somehow meaningful? Because I’ve never had anything I really wanted to aim for, until now.’

There’d always be people she disliked. That reality wasn’t going to go away. There was a person who’d said she didn’t have to struggle if she didn’t want to.

It was obvious, wasn’t it? she thought, on the verge of crying. Aki didn’t want to go back home. She had preferred to stay on in the castle than return to the reality of her life. Even if it was suicidal, even if it meant dragging down the rest.