Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

Her expression became ferocious, her words became vicious.

She doesn't seem like a mother anymore.

She was like a demon at this moment.

I do not understand.

Why would the person who clearly loved me the most... drag me into the abyss with his own hands?

I don’t understand why all the suffering in my life comes from the two people I love most.

I do not understand.

I want to escape, I want to survive.

I don't want to die.

When this thought really came to me, I heard the voice in my head.

"Sister... leave it to me."

Can you give it to her?

But I had no choice at that time.

I know clearly that my mother's wish to take me with her to die is real.

She just wanted me to die with her.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I want to live...

I don't want to die...

Then... leave it to her.

Aya...please let me live.

So at that moment, in the howling cold wind on the rooftop.

In the mother's ferocious face.

She was pulling my hand in excruciating pain.

I closed my eyes.

I gave myself to her.

Then what...

Then came the sound of an ambulance and the sirens.

There were many, many people who asked me how I was and whether I was hurt.

I was just in a daze.

Looking into the distance.

The two people were covered with white cloth and pushed into the ambulance.

Did the fallen mother go to the world where she thought she would be happy?

I heard that the father who committed suicide with a knife at home finally found his conscience and was unable to face the guilt in his heart?

But there is so much emptiness between heaven and earth.

This world seems to be empty and I am the only one left.

I don’t have a mom and a dad anymore.

I have no happiness anymore.

"It's okay, I'm still here, sister."

I wanted to hug her, but I could only hug myself.

Well, never mind...

I also have Aya.

Chapter 64: What if it’s true?

"She is a silly child... She is too slow to understand the changes in people's hearts, and she underestimates the malice of this world. But she is indeed lucky because I still exist."

A cold wind on the street.

He hugged his waist with both hands.

She said these words while sticking to her body.

A simple sentence could make Oreki Gen think of that clear picture.

He had indeed not experienced it personally, so he could not empathize with many things, but he roughly understood what happened at the time.

It was nothing more than being forced into a desperate situation and having a strong desire to survive, so Asagiri Ran chose to escape and handed her body to Asagiri Aya.

Asagiri Aya tells her that she will protect her.

She did protect her, but she did not tell Asagiri Ran how to protect her, which was not to persuade her mother to give up and take her with her to die.

Instead, a simpler and more effective, but also more shocking method was used.

That was to push her mother off a tall building.

Oreki Gen was not angry about these things. The boy knew clearly that if it were not for this, the result would most likely be that Asagiri Ryou and her mother would fall from the tall building together.

In this respect, the results are good.

But... Asagiri Ran would never have imagined that her sister, the other soul living in her body, would be even crazier and more cruel than she thought.

Oreki Gen frowned, feeling the cold wind whistling behind him.

But the girl in his arms was so beautiful, but he couldn't feel any warmth at all.

She was as cold as ice, just drawing warmth from her own body.

"So you lied to her, you told her it was your mother who gave up her and then jumped?"

Asagiri Aya hugged the boy's waist tightly, and her laughter echoed in the wind, which was even more terrifying than the strange rumor that Oreki Gen told her.

“Of course. Otherwise, how could she convince herself to live on? She could only believe that it was her lovely, innocent sister who did all this in a unique way and allowed her to survive. So she has always held on to the idea of ​​protecting me and living with me until now. Oreki-nii, are you angry?”

"I don't think I have any right to be angry about your two sisters' private affairs."

"But you're still dissatisfied, right?"

"Deception is always unpleasant. Have you ever thought about what would happen if she found out about all this, or if I told her the truth?"

Oreki Gen asked.

Asagiri Aya raised her head with a smile, and even tightened her hands a little, making the distance between them seem even closer.

"Then will Oreki-nii tell her? He will tell her that the things that have kept her going until now actually have a truth that will break her heart. He will tell her... that everything is not as good as she thought, and that the suffering she thought she had endured could actually be even deeper. He will shatter all her persistence and the courage that has kept her going until now, and let her know that even the person she trusts the most could possibly deceive her."

Very mean words.

Oreki Gen didn't say anything.

But she seemed to be getting more and more comfortable with it.

“And judging from the outcome, is it bad? Does everyone in this world live without lies? Is there really anyone who has never deceived others? Oreki-nii… after I said this, will you still choose to tell her the truth about that matter?”

Oreki Gen looked at the other person.

To be honest, when this problem arose, Oreki Gen's purpose was not to threaten the other party.

Because he couldn't take the initiative to tell Asagiri Ran the truth of the matter, because that was simply unbearable for Asagiri Ran at the moment.

Either she thought it was her sister who pushed her mother down, or she thought it was her body that pushed her mother down.

It was an absolutely devastating blow to her.

The truth of this matter may be revealed to her someday, but definitely not now, and certainly not by me telling her on my own initiative.

The purpose of asking this question was very simple, which was to know why Asagiri Aya deceived Asagiri Ran. Was it for herself, or was it really as she said, all for Asagiri Ran.

Of course he has the means to judge, after all, the power of the Eye of Truth still exists.

It's just that the question needs to be asked at the right time.

He was not anxious, but looked at the other person.

Looking at her pretty face under the street light, her eyes gave me a look that made me feel uneasy.

"Even the police at the time didn't see any problem?"

"How could anyone see the problem... How could anyone have thought that a girl that young could resist the strength of an adult and be pushed off a tall building? Moreover, my sister didn't know what happened at the time. If she just gave her usual statement, it would be perfect and there wouldn't be any clues."

Oreki Gen took a deep breath.

"So... since you've lied to her more than once or twice, and you've disguised yourself quite a few times, what's your purpose?"

Asagiri Aya looked at Oreki Gen with amusement.

"What do you think I want, Oreki-nii?"

"I just want to know, are you doing this and hiding this for yourself or for your sister?"

Oreki Gen's eyes were focused on her face.

But Asagiri Aya didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer. She looked straight into Oreki Gen's eyes.

They stared at each other in silence, and the air seemed to become inexplicably tense.

Until she finally spoke.

"I remember I told you something, Oreki-nii."

"what?"

"I also have abilities. My ability is to copy the last ability that acted on me... Are you asking this question because you plan to do something to me?"

She smiled, but she looked so scary that it gave me a chill.

Oreki Gen had to admit that this was a smart girl. The wisdom she displayed was even more outstanding than Asagiri Ryou's academic ability.

Just because of one question, you can see such clues?

But she probably didn't expect that Oreki Gen wouldn't care about this ability at all.

Because...hers are just disposable and will disappear after use.

The ability to detect lies will not have any impact on oneself.

So he smiled without any worries.

"Really? I almost forgot, but I didn't plan to use anything because I don't have any abilities. I was just asking you. If you don't want to answer, then don't answer."

"Then may I first ask you the purpose of asking this question?"

She narrowed her eyes, as if trying to determine whether the boy was lying.

After Oreki Gen's Eye of Desire was upgraded to the Eye of Truth, it did not lose its original effect. His thoughts were not so easy to be seen through, and he did not need any unnecessary disguise.

"Nothing. Humans are suspicious creatures. I just simply think that your purpose in doing these things is not pure."

"...You have such a simple idea...I thought you wanted to get to know your sister better."

She seemed to be mocking something, and Oreki Gen smiled slightly.

“The more you know, the deeper your understanding is. There is no conflict.”

"Now that you know so much, how are you going to treat your sister? Are you going to treat her like you did those women?"

"Those women?"

"Sakuraba Mitsuki...your sister...even Sayuri Yukino, right? Aren't they all your prey?"

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I don't have any strange tricks. I just treat everyone around me with my sincerity."

Asagiri Aya couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She loosened the wooden string and did not help the other person zip up.

The girl took a step back and leaned against the wall, looking up at Oreki Gen with amusement.