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215. Saki, do you no longer need me?

Kita Kirihara pushed open the bedroom door.

Just as she had imagined, thanks to the arrangements she and Shiori Hachiya made, Saki Koizumi slept exceptionally soundly.

Normally, if someone like that entered her bedroom, Saki Koizumi would have been alerted and woken up long ago.

Even now, as Kita Kirihara approaches and gazes at her peaceful sleeping face, Koizumi Saki shows no reaction whatsoever.

Completely undefended.

Kita Kirihara stood by the bed, his gaze tracing every inch of Koizumi Saki's face.

The viewers in the bullet comments didn't see the restricted scenes from the dream, as their privacy was protected. Kita Kirihara, as the person in charge of the camera, didn't want the viewers to see his and Saki's private life.

She fixed the camera next to her, filming the scene of her looking down and silently watching Saki Koizumi.

【This is?】

[Strange, was A-Yuan in my dream just a fake? How can A-Yuan still be here now?]

[It should be Bee Valley's ability, right? Don't forget, the Dream Weaver is currently in the Silver Court. If it's her, I wouldn't be surprised by any effect she could achieve.]

[The CEO met A-Yuan in his dream, and then A-Yuan came to find the CEO in reality wwwww]

[Since the chief is already trapped in a dream, A-Yuan will be safe until he wakes up, right?]

[The Silver Garden should have figured out a way to remove the negative effects from the Chief by now, right?]

Ah...didn't anyone escort A-Yuan here?

Kita Kiri came here alone; there were no other members of the Silver Court with her.

This is very dangerous.

After all, she was able to escape from Koizumi Saki's clutches thanks to Aijo Karen and others who came to her rescue in time.

Now, Kita Kirihara seems to have brought nothing with him, returning alone to what should have been a warm and safe home, only to face Koizumi Saki, who has now become a threat.

This made the audience's hearts jump, but then they thought that Kita Kirihara must have had a backup plan.

Although Kita Kirihara often appeared to be less cautious and blindly trusting when facing Koizumi Saki.

But upon closer reflection, she shouldn't act recklessly at such a crucial moment.

So... what exactly is Kita Kirihara's backup plan?

In the footage, only the sound of even, gentle breathing can be heard.

Koizumi Saki was asleep, lying on the double bed that was too spacious for her. Her already somewhat slender figure appeared even smaller.

Her serene sleeping face made people hold their breath.

Kita Kirihara's gaze slid over Koizumi Saki's relaxed eyebrows and eyes.

She noticed that even when she was asleep, Saki Koizumi would subconsciously lie on one side of the bed instead of in the middle.

It's like leaving a spot for someone else.

Kita Kirihara felt a pang of tenderness and bittersweetness at the sight. Bewitched by this overwhelmingly beautiful scene, she instinctively reached out, wanting to touch the god before her.

At that moment, her hand was held down.

Kita Kirihara was startled, meeting a pair of emotionless, steel-blue eyes.

Koizumi Saki broke free from the shackles of the dream and opened her eyes, looking at Kita Kirihara, who had appeared before her at some unknown time, almost as if he had walked right into her trap.

"...So that's what they were planning." Koizumi Saki commented, her eyes clear.

She gripped Kita Kirihara's hand, sat up, and sneered, "In the end, you were still lying to me."

Kita Kirihara just smiled wryly, but he wasn't panicked.

Sorry.

In the depths of her heart, unseen by the camera, Kita Kirihara whispered an apology to Koizumi Saki.

It wasn't because of the deception just now.

But what followed was even more hurtful acting.

Saki Koizumi had no idea what Kita Kirihara was thinking; she simply found it laughable and disappointing.

The image of Kita Kirihara, lost in his dream, gradually overlapped with the Kita Kirihara standing before him.

I initially thought the other person was coming to talk to me in my dream and had some sincerity, but I found that it was just another of their annoying little tricks.

It's just a way to divert one's attention and take advantage of one's moment of vulnerability to attack oneself.

The anger and inexplicable disappointment at almost being taken advantage of by Kita Kirihara did not fuel his rage.

She suppressed her emotions, and this question arose in her mind:

How could anyone be so contradictory?

Is it possible to say you love someone while simultaneously scheming against them?

Saki Koizumi was annoyed, but she couldn't help but laugh.

"You could have run away, but you still came back... Are you that reluctant to leave me?"

She gave him a chance, but he just took the initiative and offered himself up.

Saki Koizumi was puzzled and wanted to know what the other person was thinking.

“Because you said, Saki, that you couldn’t live without me,” Kita Kirihara said. “So I came back.”

Her answer and gaze were so sincere and matter-of-fact that Koizumi Saki, who hadn't expected such a response, was taken aback.

The god did not answer immediately, but the brief silence made Kita Kirihara laugh.

The white-haired girl smiled, but the light in her eyes dimmed little by little. She said softly, "You really have forgotten."

That was what Koizumi Saki said to her personally, shortly after they met and had lived together for some time.

It was that one sentence that made Kita Kirihara always remember to go home, even in the endless mission worlds, because there was a clingy little thing who couldn't live without her waiting for her.

Of course, Kita Kirihara knew that what Koizumi Saki was saying now was not her true intention.

She wouldn't be so easily defeated by this.

But she needs to appear as if she's been broken down.

"...I actually had a premonition, no, rather, I knew all along, but I just never admitted it."

Kita Kirihara spoke softly, very cautiously, asking with the last glimmer of hope:

"Saki, you... don't need me anymore?"

Saki Koizumi stared wide-eyed in near terror.

In her heart, a voice that was already pitifully weak began to scream desperately.

It crashed against the solid barrier with a series of thuds, and something seemed about to burst out of its head.

However, the words he uttered were completely contrary to what he thought.

"Yes, don't flatter yourself. I was just saying it casually back then, I didn't expect to get entangled with you like this... I'm also very troubled."

No, no... that's not what I meant!

"You've been clinging to me like that, causing me a lot of trouble. There's a limit to how good you feel about yourself."

You can't do that, you can't say that...! You can't!

It felt as if my heart had been pierced, and blood had pooled in my chest cavity, forming a deep crater.

As Saki Koizumi uttered hurtful words, her voice trembled involuntarily.

Her vision began to blur, and the tears contrasted sharply with the cold expression on her face.

After that, she could see almost nothing, but she could vaguely hear Kita Kirihara's sigh.

The voice sounded very sad and forlorn: "...I see."

216. She killed Kita Kirihara.

Saki Koizumi came to her senses and realized that she seemed to have forgotten a lot of things.

She stood in a pitch-black space, with only a glowing, snow-white path extending forward beneath her feet.

Her mind was blank, and the surroundings were very quiet.

...What was I supposed to do again?

Koizumi Saki was bewildered, unsure of which direction to take next.

She seems to be looking for someone.

I remembered.

She lost A-Yuan, and now she's going to find her lover and take him home.

Is her Ah Yuan... waiting for her ahead?

Saki Koizumi didn't know that she was simply moving forward based on her intuition.

There were no forks in the path, nor any road signs. Without any reference points, the path ahead seemed endless, as if it had no end.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally saw the first person on this narrow path.

Nana Ohba, who appeared here at some unknown time, smiled and handed over a white rose that was still dripping with dew.

Saki Koizumi instinctively took it, only to hear the other person say, "Ms. Kamina, please continue forward."

Looking up, I met Nana Ohba's gentle smile.

"What is this?" Saki Koizumi asked.

"Take it, don't throw it away, and don't look back."

And so, Saki Koizumi continued onward.

Then, Homura Akemi received a white rose from Homura Akemi's hands.

"...Don't throw it away, it will guide you to the person you are looking for."