In the end…
"So, give your hand—for , you are necessary!"
Along with Shido's words, light returned to Origami's eyes.
Shido's voice awakened the girl's consciousness. The black Astral Dress turned into pure white. (TL: oh damn the author really skipped all of that huh?)
Shido lowered his head and kissed Origami, gently sealing her spiritual power.
After that, the Spirits ca to Shido's side one after another.
He nodded to everyone, indicating that everything was over. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ugh…"
When Tohka saw Shido holding the half naked Origami, she could not help frowning, then crossed her arms.
"Hmph… only this ti, I'll make a special exception for you, Origami."
"Huh?"
Shido felt a certain sense of disharmony when he saw Tohka act like this.
The girl's tone did not sound like she was speaking to a transfer student who had only transferred in a few days ago. It sounded more like she was facing a long ti rival.
"Tohka, did you rember Origami?"
"Hmm? What are you talking about… Ugh, now that you ntion it, until just now, I really had forgotten about her. What a strange feeling…"
Tohka tilted her head in confusion. The other Spirits also showed similar expressions, seeming to have regained their mories of the original world as well.
"Could it be…"
Shido rembered when he had sealed Kotori before—at the mont he kissed Kotori, the mories that had originally been sealed away were awakened through their pathway.
It was also because of that that they learned of Phantom's existence.
An invisible pathway existed between Shido and the Spirits he had sealed. So perhaps, after sealing Origami's spiritual power, the mories of the original world had been shared with everyone through those pathways.
"Ahaha…"
Facing this unexpected gift, Shido could not help giving a wry smile.
Although not recovering their mories would have helped the Spirits build a friendly relationship with Origami, even so, he still hoped everyone could rember the original world.
"Huh?"
Just as he was about to thank everyone, he noticed that Mikoto had disappeared at so point.
"Where's Yakumo-senpai?"
He looked around but did not see Mikoto anywhere.
"Mikoto? Huh? She was still here earlier…"
Tohka and the other Spirits looked around. No one had noticed when Mikoto had quietly left.
"That's strange…"
Shido frowned slightly. He could not understand why Mikoto would suddenly leave at this mont. Was she still angry at him? During the battle earlier, it seed like she had already forgiven him.
[!!!]
At that mont, a terrifying possibility took over his thoughts.
If the mories of the original world had been shared with all the Spirits through the pathways, then what exactly had Mikoto seen among them?
"Could it be…"
Shido's heart began to pound violently.
He had a feeling that things were starting to move in the direction that made him the most uneasy.
Tap, tap, tap!
Mikoto ran aimlessly.
[Shido doesn't rember ! Shido doesn't rember ! Shido doesn't rember !] (TL:nononoononononoonononononoonononononoononon oh god)
At this mont, her heart was in complete chaos.
The instant Shido kissed Origami, countless fragnts appeared in Mikoto's mind like a revolving lantern—Shido's eting with Tohka, Shido's eting with Yoshino, Shido's eting with Kurumi, learning that his little sister Kotori was a Spirit, eting the Yamai during the school trip, competing with Miku at the Tenou Festival, and the witch who appeared before Halloween.
And from beginning to end, there had always been one girl drifting by his side—Tobiichi Origami, a girl who hated Spirits yet was obsessed with Shido.
However, no matter how Mikoto searched, she could not find even a single image of herself among those scenes.
[Why is this happening?]
The girl scread in her heart, almost in despair.
There had clearly been countless precious mories, countless sweet monts, yet overnight, they had been washed away like water, disappearing without a trace.
[What exactly happened?]
The mories flowing in through the spiritual power pathway were not very complete. However, when connected with Shido's recent strange behavior, Mikoto still clearly realized one thing—Shido had forgotten her.
She simply did not understand what had caused all of this.
[Shido… Shido… Shido…]
By the ti she realized it, she had already reached the woods near High Platform Park.
She did not know how to face him. The Shido before her was like a stranger, kissing Origami and holding that girl in his arms.
If it were normally, she would only feel a little sour about Shido capturing Spirits. However, after knowing that Shido had forgotten her, her heart beca completely unable to accept any of it.
[What… am I supposed to do?]
After running for who knew how long, she stopped.
Standing in the woods outside High Platform Park and looking into the distance, she could see the city under the night sky. The scenery that should have been glowing with lights now looked so cold in her eyes—as if she had returned to the past, when the whole world had rejected her.
"I…"
[What exactly should I do?]
Just as she was about to say that…
Boom!
A flash of light cut across the sky and struck her with perfect accuracy.
"Ugh…"
Whether it was because the battle against inverted Origami had consud too much of her spiritual power, or because she had been too imrsed in sadness to react, in short, she failed to defend herself successfully. Even though she barely managed to deploy a spiritual power barrier, the violent impact still easily blew her away.
"You ran to a place like this all alone. That saves a lot of trouble."
In the sky, a magician wearing a platinum CR-Unit slowly descended. (TL:oh fucking god)
Over the past few days, Ellen had been observing Mikoto's movents. Although she had said that she would slay Miko, when facing that absolutely defensive Angel, even Ellen had no confidence in achieving an instant kill. She had originally been thinking that if there was no other choice, she would use Goetia to launch a direct assault. But tonight, the target had actually run alone into these woods, and from the looks of it, she was completely out of sorts.
Without a doubt, Ellen would not let this chance slip by.
"It's… you…"
Mikoto struggled and barely stood up. However, after being struck head on by Rhongomiant, she had almost lost the ability to resist.
"Yes, it's . You're simply too much of an eyesore, Miko. For Ike's plan, please go to another world."
Without any unnecessary words, Ellen activated the thrusters on her back, held her laser blade, and rushed toward Mikoto.
[Am I… going to die?]
Mikoto stared blankly at everything before her.
For the girl, there were two most important things in life—Shido, and living on.
However, at this mont…
[Shido… forgot .]
That boy no longer had any mories of her.
[Sorry, Tsukuyomi… I guess I still couldn't obtain happiness of my own.]
She had promised Tsukuyomi that she would live well.
But now… she could only watch helplessly as Ellen swung her light blade down at her.
At that instant, the girl experienced what true despair was.
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