I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

"But there's no other way. If you don't do this, you won't even make it through the fourth mission. Even this final trial was only brought in early because of various unexpected events. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing..."

"Well, anyway, this has nothing to do with me. Blame it on you for trading for that 'Bad Luck Amulet'! I can't help it if it goes against the plan."

Although she is the administrator, Kasuga Yasuo is not the system itself. After the basic settings are completed, the system AI is allowed to run automatically. She can only barely interfere with the process. How it will turn out depends on Tenkuji Yu's choice.

So she can only take half the blame at most; it's not like she intentionally wanted her brother to suffer so much...

However, to be honest, the result this time was surprisingly good.

The administrator has acquired a wealth of information and is only one step away from completing the system task. The system AI has also undergone significant evolution.

Even if I fail this time, it will increase the success rate of the next timeline. Compared to the previous dozens of experiences, I can say that I have taken the most crucial step and am only a little bit away from success.

In the end, he was the only one who got hurt, but that's better than dying young, right?

"..."

After hearing these words, Yuu Tenkuji took a deep breath, gently pressing his hand to his brow, trying to calm the turbulent emotions surging within him.

Although his memory had not yet returned, he still felt a "holy crap" feeling from the bottom of his heart, just as she had described.

There's too much information; we need to slow down.

A moment later, Tenkuji Yu lowered his hand, his calm eyes now fixed on the woman in the white coat in front of the podium.

He spoke slowly.

……

On the main building of Soubu High School, there is a huge ancient clock.

It appears to have been modeled after Big Ben in England, but due to budget constraints, it looks rather small and lacks grandeur.

The heavy hands pointed to 4:55. Dusk enveloped the entire campus, and the cawing of crows seemed to have driven away the crowd that had been bustling not long ago. The playground was deserted and desolate.

In just five more minutes, the sun, which has not yet completely set, will rise again.

The world will return to April 1st of last year, just like that summer the girl had seen countless times before—

And this time, she shouldn't exist either.

Chapter Seventy: Rooftops are also places where miracles can happen!

Her long, snow-white hair flowed behind her, and she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear with her fingers.

Li Hua leaned against the railing, gazing intently at the clock tower bathed in the evening glow.

It's been a long time since I've smelled the evening breeze, like the foam on top of honey beer, with a slightly intoxicating sweetness.

Although she had never been to Universal Studios, she naturally had never tasted the honey beer described in the novel—good children don't drink alcoholic beverages before adulthood.

But when I'm alone, I always try to enrich my imagination and add interesting colors to the monotonous gray world.

If you don't do this, it will be very difficult to get through those incredibly long and arduous times.

"What exactly is the power of miracles...?"

Unconsciously, such doubts surfaced in her mind, causing her to shift her attention away from the slowly rotating hands in front of her.

To date, with the abilities provided by the system, I have performed countless miracles that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary people.

Turning back time, altering reality, creating things out of thin air, communicating telepathically, bestowing power...

So, is a miracle simply a phenomenon that defies common sense?

Kanade Tachibana felt she had the answer, but she couldn't quite bring herself to draw a conclusion.

Thinking of her loved one before she died, she thought it would all end, but instead she was given the chance to be with him even in death.

Is this a miracle?

Entrusting his future to a close friend, he thought he would disappear forever, but he woke up in this trial dream—

Is this a miracle?

Having offered a final blessing to a friend, I thought I would exist as a ghost until the next cycle of reincarnation began, but now I can stand with my feet on the rooftop tiles, feeling the gentle breeze on my face—

Is this a miracle?

So a miracle is the power that turns what was thought to be impossible into possible?

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better if it didn't happen..."

Involuntarily, Tachibana Kanade had this thought.

She had no intention of blaming anyone and believed that it was a miracle that gave the person she loved the possibility of changing their fate.

However, she herself did not want to encounter a miracle, much less become a beneficiary of one.

Why does a journey that should have ended here have to continue?

Gazing at the distant twilight horizon, she pondered this question in a daze, her body as slender and light as a feather, as if she might be swept off the rooftop by the evening breeze at any moment.

What is the meaning of my waking up?

Even with these questions, I still couldn't get any answers.

His fingers unconsciously gripped the railing tightly, then slowly loosened, but no color returned to his pale fingertips.

With a barely perceptible sound, the old-fashioned dark pointer laboriously moved to the position of fifty-eight points.

Tachibana Kanade slowly exhaled, her expression calm as usual, and tilted her head back slightly before closing her eyes.

Her skirt fluttered, casting no shadow in the setting sun, only her increasingly transparent silver-white hair, bathed in intense orange light.

There are only two minutes left until it's all over.

Once reincarnation begins, her existence—and her consciousness—will completely disappear from this world, never to be revived.

Apart from Kasugano Sora, even Tachibana Kanade herself would no longer remember that there was a fool who had worked hard for hundreds of years, but in the end, she still entrusted her hopes to others, letting those vows and determination turn into nothing.

This is the second time.

Her emotions remained unchanged; she simply waited quietly for the minute hand to point to the top.

At this moment, I thought I could clear my mind, but I couldn't help but think of what happened a year ago.

After waking up in bed at home, Tachibana Kanade was in a daze for a long time before gradually figuring out the current situation.

For some reason, Guangyu still had some of her power left, so she secretly logged into the system backend through the backend program she had left behind. She found that she had inexplicably regained her existence in the "Trial Dream" designed by Kasugano Sora and had once again become his junior.

Memories of this world quickly flooded her mind, as if she had been reborn in a parallel world. She retained the power of miracles, hundreds of years of memories, and the existence she had once lost—despite not understanding the reason, Tachibana Kanade felt grateful from the bottom of her heart.

'Great...that means I can be with him again!'

Although the two of them in this world didn't have a deep relationship, she was content as long as she could stay by his side like an ordinary person, chat with him, and have lunch together.

But not long after, he fell into deep self-loathing again.

'No, I was supposed to disappear in the first place... Even if I'm from a parallel universe, I shouldn't just take over her body like that...'

Right now, I really want to use the rest of my strength to commit suicide again, so that everything can return to its proper shape and stop causing trouble for everyone.

However, before her mind made this decision, her body obediently changed her clothes, went to the hospital for a check-up according to her schedule, and then went directly to visit him at his home.

"Hey, President, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Upon hearing his voice and meeting his gaze, Tachibana Kanade almost burst into tears of joy. She wanted to hug him tightly, to immerse herself in that familiar warmth, and to pour out all the words she had accumulated over the centuries—words that could probably not be finished in three days and three nights.

But she knew better than anyone that she had no right to do so.

So she used the power of the Light Orb to create the personality of Tachibana Kanade in this world, letting it react on her behalf, while her true self felt ashamed in the corner of her heart.

I was so ashamed that even though I knew my friend was upstairs, I pretended not to know and didn't dare to greet her.

And so, Tachibana Kanade became his junior again, returning to the unfamiliar school life.

She decided not to overthink it or care, and for once, she acted willfully, forcing herself to forget everything that had happened.

I simply enjoyed every moment with him as my most innocent and ordinary self, and I didn't dare to think about when this time would come to an end.

However, not thinking about it doesn't mean it won't happen.

"Ayaha and I have officially become a couple. From now on, we are boyfriend and girlfriend."

Upon hearing those words, Tachibana Kanade was momentarily stunned, as if he had fallen from a light dream back to reality, the hardness of the ground never so clearly felt under his feet.

Standing opposite those two, she suddenly transformed from an ordinary high school girl back into the helpless ghost who could never save her lover.

...But strangely enough, Tachibana Kanade did not feel sad.

Instead, a feeling of relief and comfort welled up inside me.

Perhaps it's because she's finally free from the sin of occupying someone else's body, perhaps it's because she's seen the two people she cherishes find happiness in each other, or perhaps it's because she's witnessed different future developments...

'Oh, that's wonderful!'

She simply remarked this with emotion and offered them her heartfelt blessings.

Because my disappearance has meaning.

Because my friend successfully broke through that deadlock.

It's also because I no longer have any regrets.

So once again, Tachibana Kanade made her decision with a smile.

'That's enough of my capriciousness! Sorry, it's time to say goodbye again.'

That's enough. I have no regrets. I can't keep acting like this.

Although they couldn't see a future where the two of them would grow old together, that wasn't something the ghosts, who were supposed to disappear, needed to worry about.

All she had to do was to make the only person in her way disappear from this world, with a heart full of hope and satisfaction.

Of course, Tachibana Kanade in this trial world will not be forgotten. After the cycle restarts, apart from Kasugano Sora who also possesses the power of the Light Orb, no one will remember this cycle. Iroha Isshiki will also be able to fall in love with Tenkuji Yu again.

The only difference is that the incompetent and cowardly ghost will no longer hide in the corner, and will cherish the time spent with him hundreds of times more than before.

Despite not knowing why, even though he had already used the same method to erase his existence, he returned directly to the state of being a ghost, continuing to wander alone and helpless in this world.

There was nothing Tachibana Kanade could do but protect their love from behind before the cycle of reincarnation began.

Although the process was quite different from what she had imagined...

In this world, Tenkuji Yu seems to be even more lecherous than he was in hundreds of previous timelines. He and Iroha had sex shortly after they started dating, and they did it almost every day. They even unlocked various positions and scenarios that Iroha had never experienced before, making him practically like a wild beast...