Mygo, you guys seem to be getting a bit heavy-hearted.

"For some reason, I had to do something very wrong to my close friends. My intention was to prevent them from being affected because of me... but it backfired and hurt them instead."

Many things that Toyokawa Shoko couldn't say aloud, she could now confide in Akari through Oblivionis's words, and she didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"The meaning of oblivionis is not about me forgetting anything; I no longer have the right to be arrogant."

"The true meaning of this title is that I hope those I have unintentionally hurt can forget the negative impact I have brought, abandon me, forget me, and then start anew."

Fear not being forgotten—that's her expectation of everyone at Crychic.

For her, it should be 'not afraid of being forgotten'.

Perhaps, just as Yanmingjun said, the fact that she couldn't even openly express this aspect of herself to Deng and the others is truly "chuunibyou (a pathological self-awareness)".

"Therefore, the full meaning of the name oblivionis should be 'one who wants to be forgotten'."

Xiangzi would never have said these words to any other member of Crychic.

But only the lights are different.

Not only because he was an accomplice to the "wanting to become human" on the overpass, but also because of his own reasons.

The disbandment of Crychic

Zhiming Lixi would only feel angry because all her previous efforts had been in vain.

If Ye Mu knew his predicament, he would conceal some of the truth for his own sake.

Nagasaki Motoyo... she's probably the one who can't let go the most, but there's no point in talking about it now.

Finally, there's the Takamatsu lamp.

She would take all the blame upon herself.

If no one corrects her in time, it could very well develop into something bad.

How long exactly was that time?

One year? Two years?

No one knows.

Therefore, this time bomb planted in Xiaodeng's heart needs to be dismantled by her, Oblivionis, before she can feel at ease.

The lamp's gaze seemed to penetrate the mask, staring intently at Xiangzi, who was hiding behind it, and it spoke with a somewhat dazed expression:

“'Being'...forgotten? But oblivionis, wouldn't you...?”

"Deng," Xiangzi said, trying to keep his voice calm as he cut off Deng's questioning, "shouldn't we talk about the new song?"

“…That’s right.” Deng pressed his hand against his heaving chest, barely managing to suppress the agitation within.

Xiangzi nodded.

"How's your chat going? Why don't you two take a break and grab something to eat?" Yanming walked in with two different parfaits, finally breaking the tension in the rehearsal room.

The lamp suddenly looked up, towards Yanming's direction.

Her biomagnetic field sensed the fluctuations of the "feline".

Sure enough, behind Yanming's not particularly broad body, some white hairs could be faintly seen.

是猫

But it seems like a philanderer.

But Oblivionis's reaction was even stronger than the lights, the air around them seemed to distort, and the eyes under the mask lost their luster in an instant: "Mr. Yanming, who is that unfamiliar child behind you?"

【Oh ho...?】

[I know that! It's mentioned in the strategy guide compiled by a senior player. When the affection level of a certain target reaches a certain level, an exclusive event can be triggered if they unexpectedly encounter another target!]

[Let me think... Hmm... a battleground! That's right, a battleground!]

[Host, you must handle this carefully! Many male protagonists who wanted to build a harem have fallen victim to this, and some have even been...]

Yanming and Le Nai behind him flashed away.

Then, gather your strength...

The magnetic field is rotating! Self-destruction realm! One million horsepower!

Black Xiang Explosive Fist!!!

"bump!"

Then, in the blink of an eye, it returned to the same spot, moving so fast that the light could barely keep up.

"Ouch!" Oblivionis cried out in pain, clutching his head and crouching down. His eyes instantly cleared, revealing no trace of his previous distress.

"Ouch... Can't we just sit down and talk things out... Honestly..."

My soft and cuddly self was beaten back to life.

【…】

Ha ha.

It's truly an incurable fool that it would worry about Yanming.

“I picked up a cat while I was out, and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving her alone at the front desk, so I brought her along,” Yanming said, pulling Le Nai out from behind him and introducing her, “This child’s name is Yao Le Nai.”

"Little Renai... Hello, I'm Takamatsu Akari, nice to meet you." Since Oblivionis was still crouching on the ground with his head in his hands, Akari took the lead and extended her hand.

“Stare—” Le Nai looked at the light with the same eyes she had looked at Yan Ming before, and after a long while, she pressed her fingers on Yan Ming’s palm. “Hello, Yan Ming said you are interesting, but he can’t tell, so you are just an ordinary woman.”

“…Huh?” Deng was taken aback.

Yanming immediately explained, "Don't mind it, this child's way of speaking is a bit unique... Xiao Lenai, you should call a girl like Deng 'girl'."

“Lamp, an ordinary girl, like a penguin? Very cute.” Lena let go of Lamp’s hand, smiled at her, and then ran to Oblivionis’s side, squatting down with her.

"stare--"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Xiangzi hadn't recovered from the blow from the Black Xiang Explosive Fist when he met the gaze of a pair of strange pupils.

One blue and one yellow, both round and staring at her, seemed to gleam with an eerie light.

"Ugh!" Oblivionis was so startled by the sudden close-up attack that his legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the floor the next second.

In response to this reaction, Lena simply tilted her head, stared at the lace-panty-like mask, and said, "Strange girl?"

“Something seems off…” Lena realized that the methods she usually used to judge others were failing her when it came to the girl in front of her.

"Hmph? A complicated girl."

Unable to tell the difference, Lenai, unconvinced, reached out to grab Xiangzi's mask.

If you could see the expression, you probably could...

"Little Lenai, you can't." Yanming's voice sounded softly from behind.

Lena's fingers stopped in front of oblivionis's mask, unable to move forward.

Chapter 41 What tastes even better than meal replacements is the parfait.

“Hmm…” Lenai weighed the options in her mind for a moment, then stopped trying to remove the mask. Instead, she grabbed Xiangzi’s hand, who was still in a daze, and lifted her up from the ground.

Then, she turned and ran to Yanming's side, tugged at his sleeve, and looked like she wanted praise.

However, she wasn't trying to praise him; Xiao Lena has always been a practical person.

"Yanming, matcha parfait."

"It'll give you diarrhea. I'll treat you next time we meet." The wealthy dog ​​wouldn't be stingy with such a small thing.

"no sooner said than done."

"I rarely lie." Yanming extended his fist and bumped it against Le Nai's pink fist.

After dealing with the kitten, Yanming got down to business: "Xiaodeng, how's the new song going?"

Yanming certainly didn't expect the two of them to come up with any specific framework or structure in those ten minutes; he just wanted the two kids to get to know each other better first.

After all, they are temporary teammates who will be going on stage together. Although we don't expect them to have a particularly good relationship in private, they still need to be able to communicate without too much of a barrier.

In Yanming's mind, generally speaking, given Xiaoxiang's interpersonal skills, it shouldn't be difficult for him to get along well with Xiaodeng.

...However, Yanming could not have imagined that this "not difficult" premise was based on the condition that Xiangzi and Dengzhen did not know each other.

"..." The lamp fell silent.

Yanming was somewhat surprised and looked at Toyokawa Shoko, who had regained her senses not far away, and asked, "Is it not going too smoothly, Miss Oblivionis?"

Shouldn't it?

Yanming mentally simulated the possible conversation between the two and didn't find anything too problematic.

Could it be that these two children are so incompatible that even Xiao Xiang's language skills cannot overcome them?

Xiangzi recalled the expression on Deng's face when he talked about forgetting, and said, "Well, a little bit, I guess."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yanming, I don't have a clue yet..."

“Deng-kun,” Oblivionis immediately interrupted, “You can’t say that. We just spent too much time chatting. Why are you taking all the blame?”

Because she realized she was now an oblivionist, Xiangzi used a questioning tone. In her view, given the distance between them, this approach was more effective than persuasion.

"Huh?...No! I didn't mean that..."

She certainly didn't mean that.

It's just that I've come to regard this idea as a habit.

"Little Lamp/Deng, please calm down."

Yanming and Oblivionis exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Then, Yanming handed the strawberry parfait he had bought for the two of them to Deng, and oblivionis also brought over a chair and pressed Deng's shoulder to make her sit down.

The masked oddball and the inexplicably mature-looking young man stood together in front of the lamp, giving the impression of a specialist consultation.

Oh right, there was also a cat.

Before anyone knew it, the cat had already taken the remaining matcha parfait and run to a secluded corner where no one would notice, where it was now enjoying its meal while watching the show.

Eat matcha

Cool!

Watch a play

fun!

Yoro Nai

It was so cool and fun!

"Let's have some ice cream to relieve some stress first." Yanming placed the spoon in Deng's hand, but the latter was still not recovered from the two of them speaking in unison.

She seemed to see two Xiao Xiangs speaking to her at the same time.

No, my brain is trembling...

What the two said next was completely blurred in the lamp's view due to the trembling of their pupils, making them appear as a voice and a figure.

"Deng, when I first saw you on that bridge, I was actually a little scared."

“I was afraid that I wouldn’t be there in time to stop that shaky little lamp… But thankfully, I didn’t fail at the crucial moment and successfully pulled you back, and that’s how I got to know you.”

Xiao Xiang's tone was still as gentle and warm as before, like the sun hanging high in the sky, making Deng Xin yearn for it while not daring to approach it easily.

"Ever since I met Xiaodeng, I've wanted to sit down and have a proper talk with you more than once, because I know that running away won't solve anything... I only realized this after I actually ran away once."

Escaping... Is "Xiao Xiang" referring to Crychic...?

"But no matter what I thought before, now that we're here together, there's only one purpose: to do what I promised you."

"To help you."

“I know that words alone are not enough to correct your out-of-touch personality, so in order to help Xiaodeng, I also need Xiaodeng’s strength.”

"I need the singing of Little Lamp."

"Then, could you—"

"Could you lend me your singing voice from Crychic for a while?"