Jiqi looked at the hysterical girl in a daze, silent and didn't know how to answer.

As the girl said, even if she forgave her, she couldn't forgive herself. Sometimes, forgiveness is a mutual affair, not something that a person can let go of if they say they are willing to let go.

He sighed slightly, and now he finally understood the meaning of what Yamato had said to him before. "If you meet a girl who is very infatuated with you in the future, you must not let her down." He now knows that the girl in Yamato's mouth should be the girl in front of him, this should be the name she asked him once before - Atago, the girl who is the same deep sea as Yamato.

"What do you say," Jiqi smirked and scratched his head, searching for words in his mind. Although he didn't know how long the other party had been following him like this, recalling what Yamato said to himself, he could imagine why the other party was called an infatuated girl. Perhaps many times she has silently watched herself from places she can't see, like a shadow, never leaving.

"Maybe what you did seemed to you was unforgivable, but it wasn't that serious in my opinion." He looked at the tearful girl and said seriously, "It's not her fault that a weapon is too sharp, it's what its owner will do with her." So, I never held a grudge against you, I just felt that you were an innocent sufferer. ”

"But no matter what I say, I still remember that I am the murderer whose crime is unforgivable, and this admiral's uniform that was cut by my sword is the best proof of this!" She looked at the admiral uniform she was wearing, and every scar on it seemed to tell her how ruthless she was at that time, and how she took away the life of the young man in front of her with a knife.

Such a fact is not something that can be forgotten if you want to, but a past that has already happened. The past is an established fact that cannot be changed, and the death of the other party is also an established fact that has already happened.

Ji Qi looked at the white admiral's uniform draped over the girl's body, he remembered that this dress was left by Lexington in the past town guard's mansion, saying that it was too torn to wear, and he didn't expect it to appear on the other party's body.

"You got this dress from the Gelst Guard." Jiqi asked softly, his tone full of embarrassment. He now knew that if he and Atgo continued to discuss the previous topic, it would make the other party feel even more remorseful. Although she survived under the contract of Noah's Ark in the end, she still couldn't let go of the poor girl.

"I think this dress was the one I wore when I met you."

"Yes, there's still blood oozing from your wounds." Atago was stunned, but nodded and replied.

She looked down at the white coat draped over her body with tears in her eyes, and although there were countless cuts on it, Atago still cleaned it often and gently, so that the dress remained clean and tidy. Each wash dissipated some of the smell on it, but as soon as she put on this white coat, she felt the illusion that the boy was beside her.

"yes, I didn't think I'd be able to see this dress after so long, but I think it's a shame to lose it." Jiqi replied with a smile, he still felt a little sorry when he heard that Lexington had thrown the dress away, but now he could at least give the fragile girl a little comfort.

"So now you're going to take this coat back?" Atago clutched the corner of the Admiral's coat and looked at Jiqi pitifully, hoping that he would not take away the last bit of comfort he had. Like someone who lives in darkness but longs for light, the slightest bit of light will make her feel great joy.

"I didn't mean that, I just said it casually." Ji Qi replied with a wry smile, looking at the other party's inky pupils and shaking his head. "I just didn't think you would keep this piece of clothing that should have been discarded."

"It may seem like a garment that should be discarded, but in my eyes it's the only thing that reminds me of you." Atago said with a smile, his tone full of helplessness.

"So you've been following me since then?"

"Yes, because I have committed an unforgivable mistake that can only be atoned in this way." Atago nodded, she remembered hearing someone say before that if you do something wrong, you have to find a way to make up for it, and use your own method to make up for it. And becoming the shadow of Jiqi was the only way she could think of it. "It's stupid, isn't it, it may seem silly to you, but it's the only way I can think of it."

Stupid is a word used to describe people being stupid, and the girl in front of her was an emotionless deep sea before this, and she couldn't understand the emotions in human mouths at all. It may seem silly to others, but it's the only thing she can think of.

Just like a person who has ten pieces of candy, he doesn't feel much heartache when he gives someone one to share, but when he is asked to give all the candy to others, he will hesitate and entangle, because it is all his things, and if he gives them all, there will be nothing left. Atago, on the other hand, didn't feel that there was anything wrong with giving everything to the teenager in front of her who had been hurt by her, but stupidly thought that these actions were far from enough to compensate him.

"After that battle, I desperately wanted to understand what love you were talking about, why you could burst out with such perseverance when you were weak at that time, and why I could never forget the smile you had when you fell." Atago babbled and spoke, each with a choked voice.

"Now I finally understand what kind of love you are talking about, as you said, it is something that can make people give everything without the slightest frown, although you can't see it, but it deeply affects your every move." She looked up at Jiqi slightly, wondering if her answer was correct this time.

It's like a girl who longs for recognition and wants to get a positive answer from the other party.

"Yes, what you said is not wrong, love is such a wonderful existence, it can make you cry and laugh because of the other party's smile and every move, and it can make you give everything without feeling any hesitation and regret." Jiqi nodded in the affirmative.

At this moment, he has to admire the wonder of love, which can make a deep-sea girl who doesn't understand anything wait for so long, and can also make her change dramatically, becoming like an ordinary girl, who understands emotions and cries and laughs.

"So even if you're like this, you still can't forgive yourself?" He looked at Atago intently, wanting to know the answer to the question.

"I'm sorry, I still can't forgive myself." Atago shook his head, "It's because I'm here that I can't forgive myself. ”

After understanding the feelings of many human beings, she finally realized how much her actions had hurt Jiqi in the first place, and because of this, she has not been able to let go.

Jiqi sighed and said slowly, "I know, Atago, since you can't forgive your mistakes at that time, then I can punish you now, right?" After all, you've done that much to me before. So he looked vicious.

Jiqi knew that he couldn't make this stubborn girl forgive herself in ordinary ways now, and he could only use some special means.

"Yes, you can indeed punish me as compensation."

"Are you sure you won't regret what you just said?" Jiqi continued to ask.

"Sure, from the moment I put on this coat, I was pretty sure." Atago nodded vigorously.

"Then I punish you for being the only deep-sea ship lady in my town's guard, you said you wouldn't regret it." Jiqi smiled slyly, he knew that the other party was stubborn, and he also knew that the other party was stubborn, but he could rely on the other party's stubbornness and stubbornness to get this poor girl out of a fate she shouldn't bear.

Obviously, she has forgiven her, and she has no reason to insist on it.

"Yes...... However, Atago looked at Jiqi in a daze, as if he was puzzled by the other party's strange request. "Obviously, I'm the one who should be punished severely, but ......"

"This is my punishment for you, keeping you by my side is your punishment, and you have already agreed, there is no chance of repentance." Jiqi smiled and grabbed the girl's hand tightly, without the slightest intention of letting go.

He knew that if he let go this time, there would really be no chance to catch this infatuated girl next time.

Atago looked at the smiling boy in front of her stupidly, stunned and weakly smiling, she now finally knew what happiness tasted like at the moment, like a marshmallow she had never tasted, soft and sweet.

She threw herself into the embrace she had longed for so many times, and the tears soaked Jiqi's chest and penetrated into his heart.

Thank you, Jiji. Atago, who was smiling with his eyes closed, said hard in his heart, his tone full of determination.