I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

"It's Crychic II. We are not Crychic I, but the new generation of Crychic II."

"Oh? Really?" The moment Chitose raised his eyes, he met the gazes of the two system-born beings sitting opposite him. "Kyo and Kyo, what do you think of the name Crychic Second Generation?"

"I think it's okay."

"I have no opinion."

"Okay, then this is our band! Two guitarists, a drummer, and a bassist!"

"Belong! Is our time finally coming?"

Chitose's enthusiasm touched Lena.

She raised her hands high in coordination with Chitose Haizuka, and suddenly began to imagine herself as a medieval knight.

And Chitose Noshiro? Chitose Noshiro was the savior she followed.

Knight and Savior, how interesting.

……

Playing guitar has become fun.

That familiar feeling, that intense feeling of putting your whole body and soul into playing, that unstoppable pressure, that grounded feeling...

“They’re all back!”

On April 20th, the four of them began practicing some repertoire suitable for newcomers in the rehearsal room of SPACE.

Although it was a mess, Lenai was very happy.

She felt that the guitar was really great.

During the rehearsal on April 22, the band's progress was visible to the naked eye.

"Great! You're treating me to a matcha parfait today too!"

"it is good."

Lena began to frequently go with Chitose Haizuka to drink matcha parfait after rehearsals.

The food that had been bitter and tasteless for the past eight years now seemed like a delicacy bestowed by an immortal.

Matcha parfait is the most delicious food in the world.

On April 25th, the twins in the band took leave to go home to visit their family.

But today's rehearsal is not lonely.

Chitose suggested having another guitar duet, exactly the same as when they first met.

When Lenai put down her guitar in a sweat, she couldn't believe it.

"I...I think."

"Yes! Yes Lenai!"

Noshiro Chitose gave her a thumbs-up.

"Improvement! Incredible speed!"

"Ah... progress."

Even after Lenai put down the guitar, he still couldn't recover from the shock.

There was only one sentence left in her mind:

This feeling is amazing.

Ch375.君とjuたいよ

【If only life could continue like this. 】

[Rehearsal, staying up late to practice guitar together, rehearsal, school, eating matcha parfaits, basking in the sun together...]

【Ah…I mean.】

[It would be nice if I could always be with Chitose Haizuka. ]

With a change of pen strokes, Lenai stared at the words he had written in a daze.

She couldn't think of what to write next.

It was the two-week anniversary of the band's formation, and Kaname lay in bed holding Chitose, trying to fall asleep.

But it failed.

Her mind was filled with thoughts like, "Let's play guitar for a while. Why sleep so long while we're alive? We'll sleep forever after we die."

So, Kaname simply left the land of comfort and came to the rather cold basement.

"Huh, no more writing, time to practice."

After putting the notebooks back, Lenai hesitated for a moment and decided to use tape to pack the stack of notebooks and put them in a paper box.

Tape the lid shut and stuff the box into the cabinet door.

Lenai thought that she would probably never continue to write a diary in her life.

Writing a diary is just a way to relieve boredom that she learned from TV dramas. Now her life is a wilderness and she doesn't need to continue to write about her resentment and loneliness in words.

The guitarist put the chain back on his back and began to look through his music collection.

"Hmm... Which song should I practice?"

This is a collection of music scores that Yarayuna found among Chitose Noshiro's belongings, and it includes many songs composed by Chitose.

His fingertips flipped through the old papers, and when he passed the middle page, Lenai couldn't help but continue flipping through the pages.

She removed her other hand from the strings and carefully removed the page with both hands.

"This is the song that Chitose-nee didn't finish writing."

Once, Chitose's sister was sick, and when Lenai went to visit her, they foolishly got caught in the rain together. The water stains that were warmed by her body temperature lay on Lenai's chest, and Noshiro Chitose hugged her and hummed a little song.

That song is the one in front of you. It is also the song that Lenai played when he met Chitose Haizuka at Chitose Noshiro's grave.

"What a pity it's not finished."

[If one day, I can finish this song with a complete score and only three lines of lyrics, that would be great.]

"It's okay to bear the heavy past alone."

"call!!!"

While concentrating on the music, the sudden recitation behind him almost scared Lenai into transforming into Spinosaurus form.

"Years old! Are you awake?"

Chitose Haizuka ignored Lenai and chose to place her heart on Lenai's head.

The seated Kaname Rakuna became a serving platter for the standing Noshiro Chitose.

She continued to read the lyrics with all her heart:

"Suppressed longing, or not, we overcame it together, overcame it. My heart had long been rusted..."

"Wow, is that the song you were humming in the cemetery that day?"

"Ah."

【Why does my head feel so heavy?】

I felt like I was being pressed down by the weight of the whole world, but strangely, I didn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, I felt that this soft pressure was very comfortable.

Kaname Rakuna's absent-minded reply amused Chitose Noshiro, and she took the opportunity to take the music score directly, then skipped to the side and picked up her guitar.

It was a snow-white guitar. According to Lenai, it was a custom-made one, and the words "Ash Tomb" were engraved on the guitar body.

This was obtained with the help of Lenai. Lenai is such a nice person.

"Years old! Don't take it carelessly..."

"My hands are itching, let me play them!"

Qiansui subtly withdrew her attention from the yellowed manuscript paper. This song was one of the backup plans she had laid for the future.

Now, we finally have the chance to fully enable it.

At the same time as picking up the guitar, Chitose threw [Stargazing], [Chain] and [See Through] towards Kaname Rakuna.

This marks the beginning of her long-planned battle to deepen her relationship!

Her fingertips glided across the slow and warm melody without any difficulty. When Qiansui finished playing, she sighed insignificantly.

"It sounds good, why are you sighing?"

“Because it’s such a pity.”

"Regret?" Le Nai chewed on these two words over and over again, and instantly understood what Chitose meant.

"Yes, I regret it too. Because the lyrics are incomplete. One of the biggest regrets I've ever had in my life... is that Chitose-nee didn't finish it."

Lenai took the music score and put it back carefully.

My other biggest regrets are that my grandma is getting old, SPACE is coming to an end, and my parents haven't been home for a long time.

When I was a child, I thought that home was eternal, but parents and home are disappearing.

Terrible.

"What does that expression mean? Come on, smile. Smile and you won't feel so bad."

"I try my best."

Lenai started to laugh like Chitose, but unfortunately she couldn't laugh anymore.

【Alas, Chitose.】

It seems that I haven't completely come out of it yet.

Chitose Haizuka, who was sitting on a chair in front of him, was muttering softly, and when Lenai heard it, she realized it was those lyrics.

After repeating it several times, Qiansui fell silent, but the next moment, she jumped up and shouted:

"I got it! Let's work together to perfect Chitose-nee's song! How about this! You and I, write the lyrics together!"

"us?"

Le Na's fingers wandered back and forth between Chitose and herself, and the uncertainty in her tone was very obvious.

"I write music? Really?"

“Wow!”

Chitose became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally threw the guitar aside and went to look for a pen.

Picking up the pen that Lenai used to write in her diary, Chitose Haizuka casually pulled out a piece of draft paper.

"Look! I have an idea... It's only three or four sentences right now, but we can expand on it!"

"Expand?"

"Yeah! Not only can we expand! We can also write our own stories!"

"Our story..." Lena understood Chitose's words, "Does that mean you want to write our story into the lyrics?"

"Well! Just write the story that belongs to you and me."

Qiansui had already begun writing, and his thoughts quickly poured out four lines:

【さよなら Escape,】

(Goodbye, I'm running away.)

【Yesterday's の酔いも覚めない君と,】

(With you still drunk from last night and still not sober,)

【抜け出す街を，】

(Towards the street,)

【行こう，】

(escape,)