I felt as if I was in love.

There is no special reason, it is possible that I fell in love with him at first sight.

Ever since I was in the same class with him, I was inexplicably attracted to him.

Sometimes, I took the initiative to talk to him, and the two became more and more acquainted.

My instincts are not necessarily worthless, and the more I talk to him, the more sure I am.

There can be no mistake, it is this person, it is none other than him.

However, I was surprised when I learned that two days later he had met Yaya, who had escaped into the school.

I even began to suspect that I would like him, but it was meant to be.

So I want to get him.

Never give him up to Ye Ya and Fang Yuan.

I must make him my own.

It may be ridiculous that I am psychologically flawed and abnormal, and I will fall in love.

In fact, the Prosperity Faction seems to have attributed the reason I was so attached to him to mere curiosity, or my jealousy of Yaya.

This is a big misunderstanding.

I'm going to fall in love like a normal person.

……

Afternoon cafes are bustling.

Even though today is not a holiday, the number of customers who come to your door is still flowing. From housewives and office workers who are on their way to shopping, to groups that look like college students, all kinds of customers can spend the afternoon on their own.

Even in such a chaotic shop, there are two people who are still particularly eye-catching.

Both are young girls.

One of them was wearing a sailor suit. The shoulder-length hairstyle that feels neat, and the eyes that wear glasses but can't hide their sharp eyes give the impression of being serious and stubborn.

As for the dress of the other girl, it is particularly eye-catching.

He has dyed pink hair, a miniature top hat with rabbit ears on his head, and a pair of eye patches on his right eye. In addition, there are collar-shaped necklaces, hooded jackets embroidered with cross totems, and swaggering skirts with ruffles, all of which look out of place in this rustic rural town.

The two sat facing each other at a table without saying a word. The gazes of both sides were extremely cold.

This picture is very apt to describe as a reprimanded bad girl and a member of the Discipline Committee.

The first to break the silence was Adai, a girl dressed in a punk style.

「…… Are you serious, Ah Ye?"

She fiddled with the iced coffee glass in her hand with her fingers and asked the girl dressed in the costume.

"Yes."

The other girl, Ah Ye, replied succinctly and forcefully. She looked directly at the other and spoke in a resolute tone.

"I'm sorry, I'm not going to help you anymore." Hearing this, Adai smacked his lips as if he was impetuous. "Hmph, it's such a rudder to see the wind."

Adai sneered, but still couldn't fully hide his anger.

"Forget it, then I don't need to be polite, I can fight with you."

"Don't get me wrong."

Ah Ye, on the contrary, always remained calm and shook his head gently.

"I have no intention of taking refuge in Ya and them."

"Huh? What the hell is going on?"

"I'm going to be human."

Adai was speechless.

"What are you talking about......?"

"As I said, I want to live as a human and no longer interfere in the deer clan's struggle."

Once again, silence reigned over both sides. But it only lasted a few seconds—it was only the time it took for Adai to understand what Aya was trying to say.

Her expression was filled with anger for a moment.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

This roar frightened the surrounding guests and attracted curious glances.

However, Adai ignored the reactions around him, and his eyes were cold and aggressive.

"To be human? Don't try to divert focus with stupid words! To put it bluntly, you're afraid of death!"

This is a provocative statement. Ah Dai himself should also know that this is not the case, Ah Ye is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

"You can explain it however you like."

Maybe he didn't notice the change in Adai's feelings, or maybe he deliberately replied even though he knew that she was angry.

Ah Ye's answer was simple and clear, and there was no deception.

"Anyway, I'm going to get out of this fight. That's all."

「…… It's simple."

Adai smacked his lips.

"Do you think that boring conclusion will convince me to accept it? We've burned down the village, and there's no way out!"

"I didn't take part in the arson, you were the ones who started the fighting."

"It's not all the same!"

Adai still retained the sanity of worrying about the eyes of others, and lowered his voice a little. However, the killing intent in her sight was even higher.

"You asked us to help you once. So we're a raccoon dog."

「…… That's what I said."

Ah Ye bowed his head in acknowledgement.

"I think I was just running away - Anno was right."

"Huh?"

"But...... That's why I'm mentally prepared."

Then he lifted his face again.

Her expression was resolute. It's like fighting against Adina's vicious one-eyedness.

"I am free from my confusion and will no longer obey my orders. In the future, I will never intervene to help the prosperity faction or the family side. But I will not seek your help, and I will be the ...... of what I am supposed to protect. I alone will protect it."

Adai narrowed his eyes into slits in a threatening gesture.

"Your calculations are none of my business. The question I ask you is...... Do you think we're going to let you quit halfway?"

"I don't think so."

"So how do you do that? and our enemies......"

"It's okay to go to war."

Ah Ye interrupted Ah Dai's words and declared, "If you insist on not letting me go, then just let the horse come, I will accompany you at any time." But do you have that now?"

「…… Woo."

Adai, who was ridiculed by the backlash, was speechless for a while.

"Now that not only the saint has returned to Japan, but even the ancestors of the Yasuno family have also taken action, and it is difficult to decide which side the situation is favorable. Although I don't know what the outcome of last Sunday's battle in ruins was...... But at least Anno and the others are still alive and well. I saw that they all went back to school safe and sound."

Although Ah Ye tried to get to know the details of what had happened, Ademo remained silent.

Maybe she wanted to keep it secret, or maybe Qiu Yin didn't reveal anything to her.

"Besides...... The Prosperity faction is a plate of loose sand."

Ah Ye continued: "In the past, you and I acted according to Qiu Yin's orders, but even so, it was not the same thing as being united. Nangong ...... They never even told us what was going on."

Perhaps because of the same doubts in his heart, Adai looked away slightly.

"We don't know what Ah Le and Qiu Yin are up to. From the beginning to the end, I just silently followed their orders and acted...... I guess you should be the same, right?"

"Am I obligated to answer you?"

"Why did you join the Prosperity Faction?"

Upon this question, Adai frowned.

"You don't have to shy away from humanity and live freely—do you really believe in this inexplicable and wonderful lie?"

「…… Shut up."

Ah Dai quietly stopped, Ah Ye refused to stop, and the words rushed out of his mouth.

She uttered a decisive sentence that went straight to the bottom of Adai's heart.

"Probably not, right? You're just trying to get revenge on humanity."

Seeing that his mind was broken by Trinity, Adai finally couldn't hold back and shouted, "I told you to shut up!"

Adai banged his fist on the table. The glass in her hand overturned, and the iced coffee spilled along with the ice, but she didn't even look at it.

"It's okay to talk stupidly, but this time you want to preach to me with a smug face, right? Okay, how about a split? Even if I kill on the spot, I don't care!"

"Your revenge should be over long ago."

Ah Ye lowered his eyes with a sigh, and Ah Dai was even more coarse.

"Less verbose."

"The object of your hatred is long gone, but you ......"

"Have you said enough?"

Adai finally stood up excitedly.

"You're always like that! Every time, I pretended to be tall with the face of a bystander, and stood one step away from me to observe me...... It's not just you. There are also Ye Ya, Li Qi, and Nangong...... You're all half-pounded. It's just a matter of dead heart, there's no way, it's an accident...... And then swallow your anger at humans!"

At this time, Adai is no longer the object of Aye's talk, but is trying to vent his deep hatred to something that does not exist in this place.

"Where will the resentment that has accumulated in my heart go? I'm determined that if there's a way to get revenge on the people who turned that guy into that guy, I'll not hesitate to betray them! So ......."

Ah Ye did not tolerate Adina's cathartic shouting.

As if to interrupt her complaining, Ah Ye asked, "Have you ever wondered why Lin Yu didn't kill all the children in that facility?"

"That's because she's cowardly and useless!"

Adai retorted with disdain. But—

"The people Xia Jing valued were also killed, but he didn't have any thoughts of revenge."

"Don't confuse humans with me......

"Even Ya spared you, the enemy who killed his father."

Unable to turn a deaf ear to the examples she had given one by one, Adai continued to clench her fists hard and glared at Aye fiercely.

「…… What the hell are you trying to say?"

Ah Ye opened his mouth and said, "Have you been redeemed after revenge? Has your lover been saved?"

Her tone was calm and calm.

However, there is a hint of sorrow.

「…… Woo!"

As soon as these words came out-

Adai was speechless.

Her only remaining eye widened, her body tensed and stiffened, and she looked away.

Seeing her react like this—

"That's your answer."

Ah Ye sighed softly.

"Everyone knew that this would be the case, so they persuaded you to die of this heart. It may be true that that sentence angered you, but ...... After all, you chose to indulge in hatred. Allowing oneself to be at the mercy of murderous intent and hostility will only turn the feelings that have nowhere to vent into the impulse to destroy."

Adai didn't say a word.

"You've already taken your revenge, but you still can't stop there. Until you destroy everything you see, you must ...... No, I'm afraid that even if you ruin everything, you still can't stop hating."

No—maybe she couldn't open her mouth.

"It's your freedom to compromise your feelings, but your hatred is now being exploited by the Prosperity, at least understand that."

As if it were saying that—

Ah Ye straightened up from his chair.

After squinting at the standing still, she grabbed the bill and turned her back.

"Wait."

In a deep voice, Adai called out to Aye, who had taken a few steps forward.

But she always faces forward.

"What's your childhood sweetheart's name? Hypothesis...... I'm going to kill him, is there any way you can say the same thing to me? Do you dare to pack a ticket, and you won't repeat my mistakes?"

「…… I don't know."

So Ah Ye replied without looking back.

"All I know is that even if I kill you, he will never come back."

……

「…… Revenge?"

At the same time.

There is a park a few kilometers away from the café where Adai and Aye talk.

Two young girls sitting on a bench at a delicate distance talked about topics that were out of place in the afternoon.

Both girls wore sailor suits.

One of them had a smile that at first glance looked graceful and elegant. The other was the opposite, not only twisting his lips violently, but also his expression was slightly gloomy.

"That's right, revenge. That's what Sister Adai is for."

Qiu Yin gracefully pressed her hand to her hair fluttering in the wind and nodded her head.

"Is that the one...... It's really stupid."

Nangong, on the other hand, glanced at the spring breeze blowing in his face resentfully, and put down this sentence.

"You already knew?"

"There is a man in Adai, and everyone in the village knows about it."

"Hey, is that so?"

Qiu Yin looked surprised, and said with a smile.

"I thought I found a funny story to share."

"Giggle...... There's a way to describe that with a funny anecdote, you're a bad person to the bone."

"Don't you often take other people's misfortunes for fun?"

"But I'm not going to laugh like you."

As Nangong said, Qiu Yin had a very happy expression on his face.

Her eyes were as innocent as a child staring at the wildflowers on the shore. Even now the two are talking about horror – even tragic – stories.

"If I were crazy, the world would be crazier than I am."

Akiyin's expression has not changed, and it looks like she is looking at the scenery of her beloved park.

She asked Nangong on the side, "Why didn't Adai's lover wake up?"

"Someone at the hospital diagnosed him with brain death."

"yes, yes. I know that."

Nangong cast a surprised gaze at Qiu Yin, who responded as a matter of course.

"What do you want to say?"

"Senior Sister Nangong, what I want to know is ......?"

At the same time, Qiu Yinzi looked back at Nangong's eyes.

「…… Why don't brain-dead people wake up?"

"Hmph...... I'm not interested in discussing philosophical issues with you."

"I'm not talking about such difficult theories, but simpler truths."

At this time, a butterfly occasionally flew in front of Qiu Yin's eyes.

That's the white butterfly. Maybe they were attracted by the dandelions at their feet.

Seeing the butterfly stop on the edge of the bench, Autumn Yin stretched out her hand to it that had stopped flapping its wings and was resting for a while.

After deftly picking up the butterfly, wrap it in the palm of your hand -

Then crush it vigorously without hesitation.

"Look."

On the palm of the hand spread out towards Nangong, there was a crushed stain.

"A butterfly that has been pinched to death cannot be restored to its original state, and a person who is in a state of brain death can never wake up again. Don't you think that's a kind of madness? If Adai's lover could wake up, she would be redeemed."

Perhaps it was Nangong's silent reaction that pleased her, Qiu Yin continued, "For example, if there were a law for the resurrection of the dead in this world, then no one would be unhappy. Not only will the feelings of hatred and resentment not be saturated, but there will no longer be an endless cycle of revenge. Presumably, even war will be extinct because of this...... So inexplicably the world, in fact, the world is crazy."

"Hmph."

Nangong sneered back at Qiu Yin, who was intoxicated and talkative.