The key spun half a circle in the air and fell into Lan Xincao's hands.

"Thank you very much."

After Lan Xincao observed the key, he directly connected the power supply.

After the flash, Lan Xincao lost consciousness as I had seen it before.

At the same time, Luno turns on the TV in the room.

"This TV can see what's going on inside."

——

After the blinding light, an incredible scene appeared in my vision.

Green meadows, blue skies.

It's a picture that is absolutely impossible to see in reality.

「H... Ogi Keling, are you there?"

「...」

I didn't notice any reaction, so I was going to shout a second time.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Turning my head, there was still nothing in my sight.

「House？ Is that you?"

"Who the hell are you? Why do I know my ID?"

This time, I finally realized the girl who was drowning in the grass.

It can't be said to be drowned, the girl just lay on the grass.

I walked over and got down on one knee without any hesitation.

"House, my name is Lancelot, my real name is Lan Xincao, finally- finally met you."

「Lancelot？ Why are you here?"

"I'm here to see you, House, no—Ogi Keling."

The feelings came up in an instant, but I was not overwhelmed by the feelings.

Instead, I became more and more calm, and the scene in front of me also had to calm down.

House's world has emerged, but she still hasn't embraced it.

"I'm taking you back, Ogi Keling, President Ogi."

"Take me back? Why should I go back, since you can find me, then you should know what I am doing."

"Hmm—I know your situation."

"Then why do you want me to go back?"

A somewhat angry Ogi Keling slammed the ground.

I can understand that people who know about her situation are still trying to bring her back.

If I were replaced, I would also be angry.

For her, her world is not so pretty, maybe it is hell, and the peace system can give her a kingdom of heaven.

This should have been blissful, and there was absolutely no reason to refuse.

It should have been like this.

But—I don't want her to leave, I think she's really happy in this world, selfish, arrogant, that's what I think.

"Pseudo-things will always be pseudo-things, and pseudo-things will not become reality, President, I can understand you, because none of us are people who will be happy with such fantasies."

"Fake? There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not bad, I can make everything I want, and I can—"

"President!"

「...」

Ke Ling, who was forcibly interrupted by me, finally straightened up.

She looked at me for the first time.

Uncontrollable, I walked up and grabbed her shoulders with both hands.

——

"President, if we're together—no... President! I like you! I've wanted to say for a long time, and I'm really—very fond of you!"

——

「...」

"President!"

"You know my situation, so do you think I might develop any feelings?"

"I know—"

"You know you're going to say something like that? You should know that there is an impassable chasm in front of me!"

"President, if one person can't do it, those two people, maybe it's okay."

"It's impossible, I'm going to face it alone."

"We can face it together, I believe that we can cross the past, as long as we are willing, we can definitely cross the past, the body, the disease, it is not something that needs to be considered, we just need to care about the present, tomorrow is not important at all."

"These words are meaningless, Lancelot, we've been together the longest, don't you know me?"

"Yes, that's why I'm here to express my intentions, if I don't say it now, then I won't have a chance to say it in the future, President, please think about it."

「...」

My words didn't make the house react in any way.

If there is a reaction, this is not normal.

House She had been alone in this miserable life for so long that she had forgotten that there was still hope in her life.

"President, did you really feel bored in your past days in Baratheon?"

「...」

"Surely not so, right? I think you're going to miss your friends who don't exist in the game, Chairman, Kmira is just outside, she's a member of the Reconstruction Office now, it's incredible, and Xle, who turned out to be a staff officer in the military region, and CX, GFG, they are all high-ranking government officials."

From the first few people, the gathering of partners, the support of the people, hard work, and continuous struggle.

Thinking back to all kinds of past events, tears have soaked my eyes.

The memories that belong to us have been transformed into color.

No one wants to betray such a beautiful memory, even if hatred fills the heart, but recalling the difficulty and hardship, even if it is hard-hearted, it is inevitable to shed a few tears.

That's what I am, and that's certainly true of House, because we're the same kind of people, and that's why we're able to become companions, to become friends.

"Is this really not important to you, President? These wonderful memories are all real."

「...」

"President!"

I never thought I'd say those things one day.

——

It was the day when the trilogy was completed.

Being attacked, slandered, and threatened for a long time finally made me lose my desire to create.

Not understood, attacked, reviled and seen as heretical.

Under this pressure, I chose to give up writing.

I, who have always put creation first in my life, have lost the meaning of my existence.

Get lost in the game every day, like a machine, hunting monsters, or being hunted by monsters.

I love this game very much, it's like the world as I see it.

Without light, threats and disasters are all around us.

Despair is spreading, fear is spreading.

People are suspicious of each other and attack each other, yes, this is the dark world that belongs to us.

——

"Then build a safe area."

——

The girl was completely unaware of what she was saying.

She even wants to establish order in a place like this?

No one believed her words, and no one cared about her words.

I also questioned her out of malice.

"Safe area? Do you want to build a nation?"

Unbelievably, the girl in front of me did not flinch in the slightest, and she answered me in an unquestionable tone amid the ridicule around her.

"If that's necessary, then build a nation."

This is the first time I have felt that there is such a faint fire in this dark environment.

In the darkness of life, a fire called hope suddenly appeared.

I started thinking all over again, everything I had in the past.

Influenced, thought, influenced? I don't know what kind of feelings I really took her words as reality, and my world suddenly ushered in a ray of light.

(End of chapter)