This is not the date I wanted.

Shidou's roar did not reach Origami's ears, and the wings of the Savior Demon King began to accumulate dark light.

However - at this moment, several huge thunderbolts fell from the sky, accurately bypassing the aerial ship and shooting down all the flying wings that were about to attack the aerial ship.

"This is……"

Normally, a normal lightning strike would not interfere with the Savior Demon King. The moment Shidou realized this, his shoulders could not help but tremble.

At the same time, a violent hurricane suddenly surged up from all around Shidao, and the chaotic airflow blew all the flying wings around him into disarray.

This was not Shidou's work. After blowing away the wings of the Savior Demon King, two elves with partial spiritual outfits unfolded landed in front of Shidou.

"Kuku - you naive fellow, you want to harm my belongings. This is not allowed."

"Worried. Are you okay, Mr. Shidou?"

"Yakushiya? Yuigen?"

Shidou looked at the two people who came to rescue him in surprise.

"It's not just them~ Come on Yoshino!"

"……Yes!"

A huge ice rabbit jumped over from a distance, and a breath of cold air shot out from its mouth, freezing the wings of Yui and Yakuya that were blown away.

“——Haaaaaaaah!”

A figure leaped up from the rabbit, brandishing a huge sword, and the sword light extending from the sharp blade crushed it all.

"Shidou, are you okay?"

"Tohka, Yoshino!"

Not only them, but also Nanashi who has turned into an adult on the back of the giant rabbit doll, and Miku who is surrounded by light keys.

"Of course, it's to save Darling from danger!"

"I just followed Tohka who suddenly ran out."

After exposing Miku unhappily, the adult version of Nanashi shrugged calmly, then looked at the Yamai sisters and asked,

"However, Yui and Yakuya did not come with us."

"Ok?"

Seeing Shidou looking over here, Yui and Yakuya looked at each other and sighed.

"Well - although I am reluctant, I also came here with someone."

"I feel like I've lost again."

Following someone? As if he had guessed the identity of the person the two were referring to, Shidou's heartbeat quickened.

"...!"

While Shidou was talking to Tohka and the others, Origami summoned the Demon King of Savior again and fired laser attacks at Shidou and the others.

"Really? Why are you guys still so leisurely at a time like this?"

Suddenly, a somewhat helpless nagging voice sounded beside his ears. A strand of long brown hair fluttered past Shidou's eyes.

An elf wearing a jet-black windbreaker appeared in front of Shidou and the others, and deployed a spiritual barrier that was no less powerful than Origami's attack, blocking the attack of the Demon King of Savior.

"Meng Yue."

Shidou couldn't help but excitedly called out the girl's name.

"Nonsense. If not me, who else could it be?"

Meng Yue rolled her eyes in annoyance and looked at the situation in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Really? Why do you always make things so complicated when a good date can be solved with a kiss, Shidao?"

"Haha... sorry."

Shidou couldn't help but let out an awkward laugh, then he couldn't help but lower his head in shame at the other party's accusatory gaze.

"Please, I can't do anything this time. I can't restore Origami to her original state like I did last time."

Meng Yue shrugged and said.

Once origami is turned over, there are only two ways to turn it back.

One method is to hide all the spiritual power that Origami can sense, so that after Origami makes a fuss for a while, it will naturally return to normal.

Another way is to let Origami kill the elf, then she will immediately change back.

Like last time, Meng Yue used optical offset and iron sand with spiritual power to create a simple substitute after attracting Origami's attention, making her feel that she had killed the elf. Fortunately, after the reversal, Origami had lost her mind and did not see through such a simple illusion.

However, at this moment, Meng Yue was sure that neither of these two methods would work. Tobiichi Origami had already locked all the spirits, including Shidao and herself.

"…I will restore Origami to her original state."

However, even after hearing Mengyue's words, Shidou did not waver at all.

"Because - we succeeded in the last world. So, now is different from then."

At that time, Shidao was unable to seal Origami because she herself chose to refuse. She locked herself in a cold birdcage, praying for destruction to come.

However, Origami in this world is different. After walking a seemingly similar path, she chose to understand the elves and live for herself.

"——I want to save her. Please help me."

Shidou pleaded solemnly to everyone.

"Well, it's a matter of course."

"Yoshina and I... also want to help Shidou-san..."

"Yes, it's fine to just rely on onee-san honestly. There's no need for you to be so stubborn, Shidou-kun..."

"Rather, if Darling told me to run, I would definitely get angry—"

"Kaka. I have received your determination. Let Yamai, the Son of the Hurricane, come to lend a hand to you!"

"Accept it. Just rely on Xixian without any worries."

"Thank you."

Seeing Tohka, Yoshino, Nanashi, Miku, and the Yamai sisters nodding their heads, Shidou thanked them and turned his gaze to Mengyue.

"Meng Yue...I..."

"Don't worry. I won't be so tactless as to contradict you."

(Rather, I am very grateful to you. With you around, I don’t have to make those painful choices.)

Thinking this secretly in her heart, Mengyue glanced at Shidao, then turned her gaze to Origami again and shouted with all her might.

"Damn it, my schedule is very tight, hurry up and wake this lazy guy up and take him home!"

——————————————————————————I am the dividing line for shifting perspective——————————

——Origami is feeling very troubled right now.

In Origami's memory, she almost fell from the platform because of the aging handrail, and was rescued by Shidao. Then, when she saw Shidao's wound glowing, she suddenly lost consciousness.

When Origami woke up again, she was in a strange place.

There was nothing in the pure white space. Was it the ceiling or the sky? Was there a horizon in front of me? Was I standing or floating? I couldn't even get these basic sensory information. It was like being thrown onto a blank piece of paper with nothing written on it.

(……Dream?)

Origami couldn't help but make such a judgment. After all, such a space simply couldn't exist in reality.

(Take a look?)

Origami couldn't help but feel a little curious. After all, being able to be so clearly aware of being in a dream is a very rare experience.

So, Origami began to wander and explore in this pure white world.

Walking-walking-walking-walking-

It was unknown how much time had passed, but in this space, Origami discovered that not only the direction, but even the concept of time was quite ambiguous.

(What is there?)

Origami couldn't help but look a little confused. He was clearly wandering around aimlessly, but at some point, he seemed to have locked onto a direction and was moving straight ahead.

Gradually, as I continued to fold the paper, the pure white world gradually began to darken, just like day turning into night, or perhaps I had reached the other side of this world.

(Anyone?)

Origami stopped walking. In this dark world, a girl was squatting there quietly. She was wearing a solemn and gorgeous black dress with the same dull tone as this world. Her face looked empty, like a doll without a soul.

(Who are you……)

Just as she was about to ask, Origami suddenly noticed.

This girl is exactly herself.

Except for the slightly shorter hair length and the difference in clothes, all of the other person's physical features are exactly the same as his own.

(What on earth is going on…)

Although he just thought of this place as a dream, an inexplicable sense of incongruity came over him, causing Origami to frown in confusion.

(that--)

Origami couldn't help but reach out and touch "herself" shoulder, trying to communicate.

However, at this moment.

(——?!)

A host of scenes and words that Origami had never experienced before flooded into her mind.

No... that's not accurate.

While obtaining this information, Origami felt very confident.

(This is my...memory...)

That’s right, these are the memories of this “Origami” in front of us, “Origami Tobiichi” in the previous world line.

Five years ago in the summer, Origami's parents were killed by elves.

In order to get revenge, Origami has discarded many important things and abandoned many people who valued him over the past five years, and finally gained the power to get revenge.

However, after that, "Origami" finally discovered that the person who killed her parents was not someone else, but herself.

(——!)

The extremely desperate memories corroded Origami's consciousness like mud, causing her to stop thinking in agony.

However, she understood everything

Why do I lose consciousness from time to time?

I remember that battle in September, where I was seriously injured after a hard fight. In a fuzzy state, Origami, who was unwilling to accept her own powerlessness, received a gem from a mosaic being.

The moment Origami touched the gem, she had the two conditions for retaining her memories: "being hit by twelve bullets in the previous world" and "having spiritual power in this world".

However, unlike Shidou, in order to prevent these memories from returning to Origami's brain in the worst form and causing Origami's self-collapse, Origami's body instinctively isolates these memories.

This is the rule of this world. The origami in this world will lose consciousness the moment it encounters the power of the spirits, and let the "origami" of the original world's memory control the body.

This "Origami" doesn't think, doesn't think, and doesn't want to think. It just keeps chasing the elves that appear in front of it in order to escape a fact it doesn't want to face.

(Kill me—I want to die.)

From this "self", a certain emotion flowed into Origami's heart.

(——No! I want to live! You too.)

Enduring the pain brought by these negative emotions, Origami shouted loudly.

(Even if you want to die, I won't let you!)

After making such a resolute declaration, Origami took a step forward and hugged "herself" tightly in her arms.

(--ah----)

"Origami" made an extremely subtle sound.

Five years ago, my parents were not dead, and they spent a year happily with me.

Then, I overcame the sadness of losing my parents and embarked on a life of my own choosing.