Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

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Instead, he stretched out his hand and leaned on the wall beside the other person's face, making it seem that the distance between them was closer.

It couldn't be closer, so close that even Asagiri Ran instantly forgot the grievances in her heart.

All that was left was the accelerated heartbeat and the blushing face.

She just stared blankly at the extremely handsome boy who was looking down at her. At this moment, she was unable to guard against the eye contact.

He just looked at Asagiri Ran and asked.

"So tell me the truth, do you really want me to disappear from your world? Do you want... all those times we met, all those words we said, to all disappear into thin air and turn into bubbles after today?"

"..."

Asagiri Ran opened her mouth.

She seemed to have no idea what to say at the moment.

There is an impulse, as if to destroy the whole world, to give a positive answer regardless of the consequences.

Then throw it all away.

It's like giving up on the self-destruction of life.

But why, the moment I open my mouth and want to speak, my heart hurts, as if an invisible hand is strangling my throat?

I clearly wanted to tell the other person that this is what I wanted.

But why did the words finally come out of my mouth?

"...Didn't that happen right before my eyes? Do you think I would treat it as an illusion...Don't be silly, Oreki Gen..."

She tried to say something to convince the other person, or perhaps to convince herself.

But Oreki interrupted directly and just said.

"You can't speak, right?"

"...So what if I can't open my mouth! I admit that I sometimes feel soft-hearted!"

"Then don't think too much, just let it go. If you don't accept it in your heart, then don't accept it. As long as you don't say it out loud, I will not disappear from your world."

The boy's words almost instantly shattered all defenses.

What is this?

Is it a promise to yourself?

But why do this...why make such a promise?

Is it because he doesn't want to stay with Sakuraba Mitsuki? But how is this possible...

Oreki Gen slowly loosened his grip.

Give the blushing girl some air of freedom again.

He took a step back, picked up his schoolbag, and then looked at the girl who seemed not to understand, and gave her a familiar smile.

"If you want to know what I'm going to do and what I'm thinking... I can tell you, but..."

"but what?"

Looking at the girl's confused eyes.

Oreki Gen shook his head.

"But not now."

"When was that?"

"When you tell me... that you like me."

"..."

72: Rebound starts!

"..."

Asagiri Ran stood there for a long time, like a broken doll.

It's a robot that has lost its commands.

Until a sound came from the other side of the door.

"boom."

The sound of a door closing.

When I realized that the boy just left after saying this.

Asagiri Ran's cheeks, which were already a little rosy, were heating up rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was literally red.

"What is this bastard talking about?!"

She didn't know how Oreki Gen had the audacity to say such a thing.

Would you say you like him?

Why do I like him?

Just because of his face or his shameless spirit?

Or is it because he has a girlfriend as annoying as Sakuraba Mitsuki?

Why do you like him?

Bastard... Bastard... Bastard!!

It’s simply unreasonable!

It was as if extreme anger filled her heart, almost making her dizzy.

But the next moment, the anger gradually dissipated, and the strength in the body seemed to be drained away. The girl sat down on the floor powerlessly.

His eyes were a little dazed.

When the momentary impulsive emotion dissipated, what replaced it in my body was an indescribable complexity.

Why can't I say something like asking him to disappear from my world?

Why can't we give a definite answer?

Even though it has come to this, I have become the unsteady person?

I am becoming weaker and weaker now and cannot cut off all of this.

Or is it that deep down in my heart I just can't bear to part with all the memories of this boy named Oreki Gen?

No matter what the reason was, Asagiri Ran felt it clearly.

A vortex that had never appeared before was sweeping him in, pulling him in step by step. This was a realm he had never imagined.

It seemed like a future that he had never wanted to venture into.

She couldn't make a conclusion right now, but what she knew was...

"what to do..."

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Do you know Asagiri Ryou well?

Oreki Gen didn't dare to say so, but he could still understand something from his increasingly rich experience in dealing with women.

For example, what it looks like to be stubborn, and what it looks like to say one thing and mean another.

How should people tell whether what they say is what they want to say?

Very simple.

It just depends on whether you feel more uncomfortable than the other person when you say this.

Of course, this has nothing to do with weighing the pros and cons.

Never, when making a decision, arrogantly think that your choice is better or most suitable for both parties.

Because how can you be sure that the choices you didn't make are definitely wrong?

Therefore, when the future is not visible, the decision seems extremely difficult, and Oreki Gen's choice must be to follow his feelings.

Follow the direction of your heart.

As for why Asagiri Ryou seemed so reluctant today?

A very simple reason is that Oreki Gen knew that he could no longer stay out of it, at least when it came to Asagiri Ran.

The system's prompt has clearly told me that this is the time when the skill was rebounded to me.

Asagiri Ran is one of the heroines.

So obviously, since she is the heroine, there will be a strategy ending.

If the good ending cannot be achieved, what will happen? The result is obvious.

It seems that the tug-of-war and constant connection seems to be a strategy.

But Oreki Gen really hates those clichéd plots where misunderstandings arise, people try hard to reconcile, and then find it difficult to tell the truth to each other.

So I can only force the other party.

And the result was just as Oreki Gen thought, the girl... couldn't bear to leave him.

What she wanted to express was very clear and simple. She just wanted herself to disappear from her world and let her life return to the way it was before she knew herself.

Boring, but simple.

But is there really such a thing?

Can so many stories be faked and pretended they never happened?

Can people really go back to the past as long as they wish?

Oreki Gen didn't believe it, so he couldn't just leave it alone, he couldn't deceive himself into thinking that this was fine, that he would be safe and that he wouldn't have any regrets.

Anyway, having one more debt doesn't make me feel too exhausted.

I already have too much debt to bear.

It's ok.

If Asagiri Ran feels that this will become a trouble, she will try her best to solve the problem.

If his situation becomes more dangerous and difficult because of Asagiri Ran, it doesn't matter. He is already dancing on a tightrope, how bad can it get?

Isn't it just a death?

Always think positively about everything.

Walking on the streets that were beginning to be covered by darkness, the cold wind made my face hurt.

"Winter is coming..."

but.

"There's one more goal to look forward to."

It's just a forced smile.

But it doesn’t matter, I have learned to find joy in adversity.

Life is like this, it has always been like this.

Before arriving at the convenience store, Oreki took out his cell phone.

A message was sent.

Fortunately, the other party did not block me.