[In November, it's time for snow in Yoshida-cho, Reina Nakajima is not a lively character, but she should also be in good spirits with a little expectation and anxiety. In fact, on the contrary, the young girl was depressed. 】

[She began to be sleepy, and even when she was awake, she was listless, like a flower that had been drizzled overnight, drooping her petals. 】

[The attending doctor gave her a detailed examination, erected a stainless steel shelf next to her bed, hung a palm-sized potion bag, and the potion dripping from the bag flowed down the transparent thin tube to the girl's slender wrist, drilled through the sharp needle, and poured into the girl's blue veins. 】

[One potional bag ran out and dried up, and then replaced with another full one, and the nurse came every once in a while, and the venous retention needle stuck in Rena Nakajima's arm survived bag after bag of potion. 】

[The girl often falls asleep, you have no intention of doing anything else, sit on the edge of her bed, and watch the transparent potion pour bags into the girl's delicate body. Can the potion condensed by human wisdom and exploration in medicine be turned into the original liquid of a girl's life? You don't know. 】

[You and Yohei Nakajima asked the attending doctor, and the doctor only said that they needed to continue observation. 】

[After five days of changing the potion, the girl's spirit gradually improved, and she raised the head of the bed and asked her to look at the garden outside the window, and look at the tall building that blocked the blue sky, she had lost interest in those. 】

[She, like you, unconsciously moved her eyes to the hanging potion bag, and the sound of the potion dripping was very soft, but in your and her minds, there was always a clear sound of water droplets falling. 】

[You reverently look at the picture of the potion flowing, and pray that the clear potion will bring the magic of life. 】

[Seven days later, the shelves where the potions were hung were removed, but the girl's health did not improve, and she could not even walk in the ward. 】

Memory scenes appear.

In the ward filled with the smell of potions, Yuki Minami sat on the edge of the bed, and Rena Nakajima leaned against the raised head of the bed and looked out the window at the garden.

It's winter, the garden has fewer flowers, more green shrubs, and the colors have turned into a patch of different shades of green, and when the mind is peaceful, I don't feel anything, and when I am sentimental and nostalgic, I feel that the change in this garden seems to be a hint of fate.

"Why don't you continue the infusion?" Rena Nakajima turned her head to look at Yuki Minami.

Her face lacked blood, as white as snow, which complemented her elegant temperament, as if she had put on light makeup for a solemn ceremony; Her voice was even more ethereal and noble because of her weakness, and the weaker she was, the more she looked like Her Royal Highness the Concubine who stood in the Golden Pavilion.

She glanced at where the shelf had been: "I think another week of infusions, I'll be almost fine." ”

"Yes, with two more weeks of infusion, His Royal Highness Reina will be able to live forever." Minami Yuki deliberately said something witty.

The girl chuckled, her smile was only slightly curved at the corners of her mouth, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, there was no crisp laughter, there was no forward and backward closure, she did not have the strength to laugh so openly.

After the shallow smile on her lips dissipated, she looked at Minami Yuki and asked, "Is it snowing in Yoshidacho?" ”

"Nope."

"You lied to me. I asked my mom yesterday, and she said she did. ”

"Next year's snow hasn't fallen yet."

"Will I still see snow next year?"

Reina Nakajima's question made Minami Yuki hesitate, he didn't know the answer to the question.

However, he did not hesitate to reply: "Yes." ”

The girl's face turned back in the direction of the window, and she was speechless for a long time.

Nan Yuki wants to find some light topics, but a restless and anxious heart, if she wants to come up with and say light words, it takes a lot of time to adjust.

Before he could adjust, Rena Nakajima spoke first.

"I think about when I was a kid." The girl said, "I've already been to Yoshidacho." ”

Minami Yuki looked at her in surprise.

"My dad and mom and I went to Hokkaido, and there were a lot of mountains there, and we stayed in a small town like Showa in a TV series, waiting for the first snow."

The girl said slowly, and after each sentence, she had to rest for a moment before she could gather the strength for the next sentence.

"The weather forecast says snow is coming soon, I can't remember if it's tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or next week. I didn't wait, that morning I felt so cold and didn't have the strength, and my dad and mom took me to the hospital. I didn't see the snow in Yoshida that year, it must have fallen quietly while I was lying in my hospital bed. ”

"Just like now."

[Is the girl complaining or sentimental? Or maybe it's just a story that comes to mind with you? You can't tell. The girl's words make your heart ache, you kiss her lips, her heart beats under your palm, it can no longer beat as hotly as ever. 】

[This brief kiss quickly separated, and you caressed her face, and the light crimson of her cheeks reassured you. 】

[In March of the following year, Reina Nakajima's health still did not improve, and the attending doctor summoned you and Yohei Nakajima, and she needed you to make a decision. 】

[There is no possibility that Reina Nakajima's body will recover to what it was a year ago, and there is a high probability that it will continue to deteriorate, so the operation must be carried out in advance, while Reina Nakajima's body is not too bad. Of course, you still have a choice - to give up the surgery, with the current state of Reina Nakajima's body, the success rate of the operation is even more hopeless. 】

[Yohei Nakajima leaves the decision to you. 】

[You didn't get tangled, just like a year ago, you chose surgery. 】

[The surgery is scheduled for May.] 】

[The day before the operation, you sat on the side of the girl's bed and held her hand. 】

A small memory screen appears.

"The operation will be successful." Minami Yuki sat on the side of Reina's bed in Nakajima, holding her palm.

"You're not the kind of person who would believe 'certainly.'" Reina Nakajima laughed at him.

"Because we agreed to go to Yoshida Town together to see the snow and see the lake that you can't forget." Minami Yuki put her other hand on the girl's hand as well.

Yes, he doesn't believe in "certainly", just as he doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but he is willing to change his beliefs if faith has become his only hope, his only possibility.

"You might as well make a condition and let me work hard, instead of saying that it is so illusory." The girl looked into Minami Yuki's eyes.

"After the operation, let's get married." Nan Yuki clasped her palm, "I'm not old enough to get a license, but it doesn't matter, we can hold a wedding first." ”

"Hmm." The girl's face flushed.

[Five hours into the operation, you and Yohei Nakajima waited anxiously outside the operating room, praying to all the gods you knew. 】

[The door to the operating room opens, and the girl who is still under anesthesia is pushed out, and you nervously inquire about the results. 】

[The surgeon's face is solemn, and she tells you that the operation was successful. 】

(End of chapter)