I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

It's not enough to just fall down together.

Just falling together...

[System, if I die in this simulation, will the regret feedback I receive be calculated based on the time of death, or within a specified time after death?]

If the settlement is made after death, then you will make a lot of money!

As long as I fell to my death and the lamp was still in my arms! That would definitely make the other person suffer for the rest of his life!

[You can settle the regrets of the other party after the host dies, but there is a time limit]

Very good!

Snapped--

Qiansui slapped himself hard.

It's really... really evil.

But this is the only option to make good use of the current opportunity.

Kyomoto was waiting for her at home.

Kyomoto is waiting!

Chitose Noshiro held Takamatsu Touma's hands, the same hands she had held countless times in the simulation.

"Xiao Deng, I'm so scared."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you!"

You can't save me.

You can't save anyone.

Qiansui was hugged by Deng. Obviously, Deng was also a child, but he was so serious and desperate to protect another child.

After all, you care too much about me...

"Deng, you are still too young. You think I am... too important."

On the way down, Qiansui couldn't help but speak.

"Ugh?"

Takamatsu Deng had never thought about this kind of thing. If Chitose hadn't asked this question, she might never have thought about it in her life.

"I mean... oh, that's right, Xiao Deng will have friends in the future, so the weighting and other things need to be carefully considered..."

You're talking nonsense! What the hell are you talking about?

Chitose chose to keep her mouth shut. She talked so much that she seemed less and less like a child.

【But I am not a child. 】

"Let's go down slowly. Don't be afraid, Xiao Sui... Don't be afraid, Xiao Sui..."

"But the little lamp."

You are shaking even more violently, and it is obvious that you are the one who is really scared.

I'm just an actor doing evil, and you're a virtual sister... Alas.

Chitose couldn't be sure whether all this was true.

The embrace of the lamp is so warm, but, in order to survive...

When Deng was crawling down, Qiansui was no longer obedient. Deng was very attentive and focused, so he didn't notice Qiansui's movements.

The curled-up beetle was released, and it continued to fly high with slow and relaxed movements.

"Sister! Grab it! Woo!"

"Ah good."

Deng tried to reach out, but because his other hand was still hanging on Qiansui's body, his body was more or less exposed to the air.

[The opportunity has arrived! ! ! ! ! Come on! ! ! ! ! My lovely host]

【……good. 】

Chitose held the lamp with one hand while his body began to lean sideways.

There was no other purpose in doing this, except to hope that the ladder would fall towards him, giving Chitose a chance to protect the lamp.

squeak-

"Wuwuwa?!?!"

The lights were screaming, the ladder was screaming, only Chitose was silent.

Ch8. It's a pity that we were born strangers (revised)

At the moment of falling, Qiansui completely embraced Deng in his arms.

There was a noisy sound of the wind beside my ears, but my mind was completely blank as I fell as the ladder collapsed.

Deng, Kyomoto, Yushi's father or Guang's mother.

None of these people came to mind.

She just thought about the night sky last night over and over again.

They took a lot of photos last night...ah, I can't remember exactly how many photos there were -

boom!

He landed hard on his back and couldn't even utter a cry.

The only sound that could reach my ears was a crisp clicking sound.

Chitose Noshiro's eyes went dark and she fainted.

【It hurts so much! 】

……

[Hiss, I am...]

He opened his eyes in a daze, and the tingling sensation on his back first attacked Qiansui's brain, even before the weakness of his eyelids.

“It hurts! Ouch…”

Chitose Noshiro forced herself to open her eyes and found herself pinned under a ladder, holding the unconscious Deng in her arms.

[Welcome to the world five minutes after fainting. The system has provided the host with a forced restart service. This service is free of charge.]

"..."

Same with vampires, ugh!

Qiansui wanted to take a bite of this trash system, but the intense pain made her unable to move.

"Am I going to die? System, what's wrong with Deng?"

[The host is now on the verge of death. This system prefers to name this state as a semi-out-of-body experience.]

"What...what should I do? How is Xiao Deng?"

Unable to let go of this idiot, Chitose finally chose to ask.

[Knocked unconscious]

"..."

Yes, even though I used myself as a cushion, it's understandable that the lamp would faint after falling from such a high place.

"But why am I still awake? According to you... shouldn't I be in a coma, waiting for death?"

[This is the system's hospice care. Do you have anything else you want to say to Deng? You can say it in the final time slot.]

"What the hell is this!"

[This is a bonus for the first simulation. You won’t have this opportunity again in the future.]

[After Deng Gaosong Deng wakes up again, the host will completely lose consciousness and die.]

"I understand. Stop talking, cough cough."

The only three things Qiansui can move now are his mouth, brain and hands.

There was blood in her palms from her coughing up, and blood was also coming out of her mouth.

"Oh, really..."

Embarrassed.

Dirty, not only on the body, but also on the heart.

His hands were shaking violently, the same trembling as the day he received the critical illness notice in the hospital, but Qiansui still placed the lamp in his arms, trying to make the other person lie as comfortably as possible.

"Xiao Deng, I'm sorry..."

Is it true that holding Xiao Deng can give me such a sense of security? How come I never noticed this before?

"Well... our ending is already determined. I'm sorry for giving you an incomplete childhood."

Since the injuries to his body had not been healed at all, Chitose's body was still bleeding.

The blood blocked his vision, and blur became the only word in Qiansui's mind.

"It's come to this... There's no point in saying more..."

The lamp's body seemed to be trembling.

"Sorry, the light..."

"I'm sorry...but I need to live...I'm sorry..."

The voice became weaker and Chitose gradually died.

"I hope the video... can accompany you as you grow up... lamp..."

It seemed like something sharp had pierced his back, and blood sprayed onto Takamatsu Deng's face, but Chitose could no longer see clearly, and just kept saying what he could think of in his head.

"Deng, take good care of your parents and grow up slowly..."

As her lips rose and closed for the last time, Noshiro Chitose's eyelids drooped weakly.

【Trigger: Fragile】

Finally, she saw Gao Songdeng's trembling eyelashes clearly.

"Xiao Sui? Xiao Sui! Xiao Sui!!!"

Woohoo, you're so pitiful. I really want to comfort you.

Unfortunately I can't do it.

……

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Chitose Noshiro jumped up from the park bench, and the medical records in her hand flew out.

Where is the Takamatsu lantern?

Where is Takamatsu Chitose anymore...

"I'm back."

The sky was still as blue and clear as ever. The ground in the park was covered with newspapers discarded by passersby. The time and date told us that this was the real world.

It's over, simulation.

The not-so-successful simulation just ended like this?

[Congratulations to the host for creating an unfortunate life for Takamatsu Deng. Although the host's simulation was subpar, Takamatsu Deng will feel grief every time a special scene is triggered. She regrets not being able to protect her sister and regrets that as an older sister, she could have made a better choice to save the host instead of being reckless.]

[Regret Index Calculating… Congratulations to the Host on achieving a lifespan of one year and fourteen days]

【Comprehensive evaluation: general deviation】

When the prompt tone full of judgment and ridicule sounded, Chitose's mood, which had eased slightly, became bad again.

Her limbs became light and nimble, but her heart felt so heavy that she couldn't breathe.