Extra: Perhaps, in the new world, she can find a place of her own (19)

By the time I walked out of the restaurant, it had already been almost an hour. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Isseki also slowly regained her calm during this time.,In general, it's been silent until now after ten minutes of sobbing at the beginning.,Of course,It's also her who took the initiative to go out.。

Maybe it's because after some venting, Ichiseki seems to be very calm, at least a lot calmer than usual, not that there are any negative emotions, but that he suddenly becomes quiet.

A hand gently grabbed my wrist, and I walked slowly forward with her steps, moving very slowly, slower than walking, and the current direction was towards school.

Walked forward at this pace for a while

[Seniors.. Don't you think I'm in trouble. ]

[Hmm?.. Not really, right..]

Isseki suddenly raised his head and said this, one hand was gently placed on his chest and half held, with residual tears in his eyes, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but feel a sense of worrying... If it weren't for me, she would probably still be busy at school.

[So, even if it's like today, don't you feel troublesome?]

[Ah.]

I shook my head gently and responded to her.

After that, there was silence again, and for a while it was only because of the clapping sound of her high heels and the clash on the floor, and there were very few pedestrians on the road, which seemed very deserted, which added a bit of melancholy to it out of thin air, why? I can't tell.

Although walking back like this looks the same as when I came.... Actually, nothing special happened, but for me and Isshiki, I felt the subtle change, and I looked at her quietly, and she just buried her head and relied on the hand that held me to determine the direction of the way.

Sensing my gaze, Issei slowly raised his head, his face was not very good, he pursed his lips as if he was about to say something, and the hand that was holding me was slightly forced, and he squeezed it tighter.

After a few seconds, he finally spoke

[... Don't think it's over so easily.]

The phrase that popped up out of the blue, probably refers to... That's it. Ahhhh Actually, I know that, but this kind of thing doesn't mean that you can continue without ending, and you can't succeed with hard work.

[Why... Will you be so insistent?]

[Of course, I don't want to lose.] ]

[So why do you think that...]

Isn't it bad to be good at perseverance and hard work in the past? Because this guy will hold on while crying... Words of comfort always have the opposite effect.

She leaned over my shoulder, squeezed a little tighter, as if she was doing the opposite in anger, and continued to look up at me stubbornly

[Why can't I be under the snow seniors?]

[No, I think it's more strange for you to have such thoughts..]

This kind of thing can be compared? This kind of thing is not the kind of thing that is based on the score of the test ranking.

As soon as I finished speaking, Isshiki clenched his other hand into a fist and punched me in the waist

[Hmm!]

[It's all your fault!]

Although I was punched, the force was very light so I didn't feel any pain at all, but it made a muffled sound as if I instinctively reacted, but the words that followed caught my attention.

I straightened up and looked at Issei in disbelief, my fault? No, no, I don't have this kind of consciousness, although I do have responsibility in a broad sense... But what is meant by "it's all my fault"... It's all to blame for me, that's too much..

Thinking like this, Isseki looked straight ahead as if he had turned his head away, exhaled softly as if he sighed, and began to speak slowly

[... On that day, you asked me to borrow the key to the radio room, do you still have a memory of what I said?]

[Uh-no, stupid, don't make me think of it!]

Ahhhh I screamed loudly in my heart when I suddenly mentioned such a shameful thing... Is this guy taking revenge?! I feel ashamed just thinking about it!

[Hm... After that, I kept wondering if one day someone suddenly confessed to me in the same way, would I also say yes..]

[This, this...]

[Then I came to the conclusion that it was impossible, because only the predecessors would do this, and people with a little common sense would never do such a ridiculous thing.]

[... Is this a disguised way of saying that I don't have common sense?]

It's not quite right, but there's no denying it... It's because I understand common sense too much that I want to use some unusual ways to solve it.

[So, senior.] ]

Suddenly, Isshiki let go of his arms, took two steps forward and walked directly in front of me, turned back to face me, looked at me seriously, and said in the same tone as an announcement

[I will stay by your side until some day in the future when the seniors will make a mistake because of me or.] Until you meet another senior. Another... Exactly the same predecessors.]

As she spoke, her eyes began to soften slowly, and finally formed a gentle gaze, but the tone was unusually firm, and like her tone, it was certain that this was definitely not a prank or a joke or anything like that, and of course it could not be laughed off.

I've seen this before. It's that day... In the park, it's the same as it is now, and although the time and environment have changed, there is a striking overlap.

Perhaps, this is what she insists on, something worth really sticking to, time and circumstances can't change anything.

I looked at her in a daze, unable to find the words to continue the conversation for a moment.

After a moment, she smiled, nodded her head, and whispered to herself

[Very good.I like the reaction of my predecessors now.]

After saying that, he walked up to me without permission and took my arm as before.

[... One color?]

[What? seniors. ]

[At the university... Has anyone confessed to you?]

[Yes... A lot. ]

As if showing off, when he looked up at me, he showed a bright and smug smile, as if nothing had existed... Even the scene that existed just now is the same.

[That... How?]

[Of course, I rejected them all.,For the sake of seniors.]

[....]

Ahh I know, and it also proves that what she insists on is not just insistence, and sure enough... Or the same as before.. It's a very troublesome and beautiful thing.

[... Haven't you tried to think about dating each other?]

[I'll beat you up if I say anything else.] ]

It seemed that my question touched the troublesome part, and Ichise's brows were twisted together, and he looked at it unhappily with his mouth curled up in anger.

I honestly kept my mouth shut, though the threat wasn't terrible.

Although, at this moment, I can't tell what the reason for Isshiki's insistence is, but at this moment, another voice keeps ringing in my heart... Do all things in this world need a reason? What is the reason for the existence of those things that have existed since the beginning, the primordial things?

... There can't be an answer.

I asked myself this question in my heart, and I began to slowly move forward with the footsteps of Isshiki.

Among the things that exist in this world, "reason" does not exist naturally, but is an explanation that people attach to a specific thing under certain conditions after thinking and analyzing, which is the existence and birth of the so-called "reason".

The question is, can people really pat their chests and say that they see through the whole world?

There can't be such a person... Even if it happened a few seconds ago, no one could understand why, could they?

So... Talent is a human being, and it can be completely distinguished from other species in essence.