Sickly and Fragile Beautiful Girl Sora-chan! EP.31

"Are you going now?"

 

 

 

As Yume finished the explanations she couldn't convey before, particles started to emit from her body, just like with Hoshino, and she gradually became transparent.

 

 

 

"Yes.... I'm really sorry. For making you go through something like this...."

 

"Alright, I'll accept your apology. But that doesn't mean I forgive you."

 

 

 

There's no way I'm forgiving Yume unless I go home.

 

 

 

"Then, may you achieve enlightenment~ Don't become an evil spirit or anything."

 

 

 

Although she's the root of all this, I can't really say much more to someone who's already dead, so I guess I can say this much.

 

 

 

But

 

 

 

"Huh? Ah, no. I'm not really planning on achieving enlightenment or anything...?"

 

 

 

 

It seems I was mistaken about something.

 

 

 

"What?"

 

 

 

"I'm not a ghost-like entity, but rather a thought-form of the person named Yume. So, I'm sorry, but.... I'll continue to exist within Sora-san...."

 

 

 

"Wait, what are you saying, Yume...."

 

 

 

Not a ghost, but a thought form? And you'll continue to exist within me...?

 

 

 

In other words....

 

 

 

 

"So, you'll keep spying on me from now on...?"

 

 

 

 

'What's that, I don't want that. I'd rather die.'

 

 

 

 

"Huh? No, no! Usually, I'll be asleep inside Sora-san, so I won't be spying or anything like that!"

 

 

 

 

 

"Unless you're in a life-threatening situation like this time, I won't come out like this...."

 

 

 

"...But still, I don't like it regardless...."

 

 

 

Having another person inside me, there's no way I'd like something like that....

 

 

 

"Then, you achieving enlightenment or.... something like that...."

 

 

 

"...Unfortunately, no...."

 

 

 

"Haa...."

 

 

 

It seems my relationship with this woman is still continuing.

 

 

 

 

 

After the Foreclosure Task Force story ended and I safely? regained consciousness,

 

 

 

"Your legs won't move? What do you mean?"

 

 

 

It seems I made a mistake.

 

 

 

A big one.

 

 

 

"Huh? U-um, Hoshino-san? I'm really fine...."

 

 

 

"Stay still."

 

 

 

In the end, Hoshino, whose eyes had gone dead because of my words, picked me up in a princess carry and took me straight to the doctor, and

 

 

 

"Unfortunately... If Sora-san's halo doesn't return...."

 

 

 

"She may never walk again."

 

 

 

I was diagnosed with leg paralysis.

 

 

 

...What?

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Never walk again... What does that mean?"

 

Upon hearing the sudden paralysis diagnosis, Hoshino, more flustered than I was, questioned the doctor.

 

 

 

And the doctor kindly explained the current situation for Hoshino's sake.

 

 

 

"For Kivotos students, the mystic is like the muscles that move the body. But in Sora-san's body here, there's not a single trace of mystic right now."

 

 

 

"So, in other words, we can say that all the muscles in Sora-san's body have disappeared."

 

 

 

"....Honestly, it's a miracle that you can move at all. Normally, you wouldn't be able to move your body even a little."

 

 

 

"Then, about never walking again...."

 

 

 

"I'm not sure about this part either, but one thing I can say is that unless Sora-san's halo.... the mystic returns, walking will be impossible."

 

 

 

"...."

 

 

 

.

 

 

..

 

 

 

...

 

 

 

"Haa...."

 

 

 

'To think I'd become a sickly, frail girl like in the neighboring district....'

 

 

 

And unlike her self-proclaimed title, a genuinely sickly frail girl...

 

 

 

"Somehow, I feel drained...."

 

 

 

Maybe it's because I realized my physical condition, but I feel strangely powerless.

 

 

 

"At this rate, guns.... no, I don't even know if I can hold a box cutter, haha."

 

 

 

In a way, it might be a good thing. Since I shouldn't die now, if I can't hold them from the start, I won't even feel like....

 

 

 

"...Ha, no way."

 

 

 

I know myself. I'm a lunatic who likes self-harm. So, I can't say this is a good thing.

 

 

 

Besides,

 

 

 

-----

 

 

 

"Uhehe, sorry Sora-chan, old man has to go somewhere for a bit."

 

 

 

-----

 

 

 

Besides me, there's someone suffering from this reality. I couldn't think positively at all.

 

 

 

Right after the examination, her tone was the same as usual, but on her face, which I briefly saw, there was an undeniable despair.

 

 

 

She probably thinks this happened because of her.

 

 

 

Honestly, the reason for this situation is entirely my own doing, so I wish she wouldn't feel such guilt.

 

 

 

"...What should I say at a time like this...."

 

 

 

My words of reassurance were useless, and I couldn't find anything to say. So, I had no choice but to let her go.

 

 

 

"Haa...."

 

 

 

This world really is hopeless, at least for me.

 

 

 

I looked up at the sky again, cursing this world that's hopeless only for me.

 

 

 

The sky seen from the hospital rooftop was, as always, clear blue without a single cloud.

 

 

 

Creak!

 

 

 

"It's a perfect day to die."

 

 

 

Naturally, that thought came to mind.

 

 

 

"Don't you think so? Sensei?"

 

 

 

"...."

 

 

 

I turned to Sensei from the rooftop railing and spoke.

 

 

 

"Hmm.... Should I congratulate you first? Congratulations, Sensei, you've conquered all the students?"

 

 

 

I was unsure until last time, but I could roughly tell from the battle with Pina.

 

 

 

The Foreclosure Task Force has all come to trust Sensei.

 

 

 

"I-is that so?"

 

 

 

The person in question doesn't seem to know.

 

 

 

"Then, I should give you the reward for your success, right?"

 

 

 

"Ask me anything. I'll answer everything I can."

 

 

 

For your information, this time, I plan to answer all of Sensei's questions.

 

 

 

At first, I thought about lying, but at this point, I judged it's better to confess everything.

 

 

 

If I were asked why I'm committing suicide, saying it's because life is unbearable would seem inconsistent with the image I've shown so far.

 

 

 

And there was a slight expectation too.

 

 

 

If it's Sensei, if it's the Sensei who saves everyone, maybe he can find the answer I couldn't. That expectation....

 

 

 

So.

 

 

 

"I'll really answer anything."

 

 

 

"Then...."

 

 

 

"It's dangerous up on the railing. Could you come down first?"

 

 

 

"...."

 

 

 

...Maybe I shouldn't have expected anything....