"A date?"
Yutsuki looked at Itsuka Shido in slight surprise.
"Um... if you're free, do you want to go out and have fun together?"
Swallowing nervously, Shido mustered his courage and invited Yutsuki.
"About that..."
Yutsuki thought for a mont, then gently shook her head.
"Sorry, I think I'll pass."
"Ugh—"
Being rejected by Yutsuki, Shido felt a bit awkward, but after hesitating for a mont, he still shalessly continued asking.
"Um, do you have so other plans?"
"I don't have any plans, I just simply don't want to go on a date with you."
"Pfft, gah—!"
Being rejected by Yutsuki with such a clear and direct reason, Shido felt his heart take a heavy blow, clutching his chest in pain.
"Well, just kidding."
Knowing her words were a bit an, Yutsuki blinked playfully. She pointed to her right ear and said to Shido,
"However, Shido boy, relying on your sister's prompting to invite soone out is very unseemly, you know."
"Uh, sorry..."
Realizing that Yutsuki had noticed his communication with the Fraxinus, Shido looked stunned and lowered his head in embarrassnt.
"Honestly..."
Yutsuki couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
Possessing the mories of the previous world, Yutsuki naturally knew exactly what Itsuka Shido's purpose was in suddenly seeking her out and inviting her on a date.
Honestly, ever since accepting the mories of the previous world, Yutsuki no longer disliked Shido like before. She herself wasn't averse to having her Spirit power sealed; if she could live together with everyone, it was sothing she would welco.
(But, this won't do.)
Yutsuki's reason clearly told her this.
Although she acknowledged Itsuka Shido, this didn't an Yutsuki would willingly let her Spirit power be sealed.
Indeed, Yutsuki admitted that risking one's life to save others was a remarkable thing, sothing most people couldn't do.
But conversely, this also ant that Itsuka Shido could only risk his life to save Spirits.
The current Shido is exactly like this. Acting purely on the emotions welling up in his heart, lacking his own judgnt. The mont he sees a Spirit in danger, he throws all problems concerning himself and his surroundings to the wind, risking his life without hesitation.
This is a rit, but simultaneously a glaring flaw.
A person only has one life. Even if Shido has Kotori's healing flas, it doesn't an he can ignore this fact.
Although various reasons have kept Itsuka Shido safe and sound so far, it doesn't an this problem can be overlooked.
Saving Spirits appearing in the world, resisting DEM's attacks—in the crises he is destined to face in the future, it wouldn't be surprising at all if Itsuka Shido were to die.
Then what about Tohka and the others? Itsuka Shido has beco their most important person. Yet this most important person is constantly hovering around danger. If he were to suddenly die one day, how cruel would that be to them?
Simply put, Yutsuki didn't feel safe entrusting her power to the Shido before her.
(But, if it were the Shido from the previous world...)
Yutsuki couldn't help but think.
In the previous world, facing Tobiichi Origami who intended to exterminate all Spirits, even Yutsuki thought their hatred was irreconcilable. Only Shido didn't choose to give up on saving her, and amidst that unsolvable, deep-seated grudge, he proposed the seemingly escapist idea of changing the past.
Moreover, he proved to Yutsuki through his actions that this idea was correct.
If it were that Shido, entrusting her Spirit power to him and then slacking off a bit would be fine.
(Until then, I'll endure it and protect everyone properly.)
Besides, although it was a rather trivial personal factor, if possible, Yutsuki still hoped to give her first kiss to the Shido who swore to beco her family and stay by her side.
(Even though they are the sa person, anyway.)
Yutsuki thought with a bitter smile.
"However, even if you invited yourself, Shido boy, I still wouldn't agree."
Pfft—! Another heavy blow to Shido's heart. Shido fought the urge to burst into tears and asked,
"C-Could you tell why?"
"About that..."
A hint of teasing surfaced in her heart. Yutsuki blinked and said sowhat maliciously,
"Because it's a aningless thing."
___________________________
Night of November 8th, a mountain in the suburbs outside Tengu City.
"Ah—I'm so exhausted. I just want to relax, eat snacks, and watch new ani at ho!"
Lying on the fluffy grass, Yutsuki complained dissatisfiedly to the night sky.
"Speaking of which, this place looks inexplicably familiar."
Checking the map slightly, Yutsuki discovered in surprise that this mountain peak was exactly the location of her death match with the inverted Origami in the previous world. It was just that back then, their battle turned the mountain range into a pitch black wasteland.
"Should I call it a coincidence? Or did the world lines converge?"
Sighing lightly, Yutsuki sighed with complex emotions.
November 8th, in the cognition of the Yutsuki from the previous world, was the day Itsuka Shido went back to the past and the world line changed.
If Yutsuki's prediction was right, it wouldn't be long before "he", who went back five years to change history, returned.
"Will he co back...?"
Yutsuki muttered to herself sowhat uneasily.
Half a month ago, she finally made up her mind to contact Tohka and the others again and help Shido conquer Natsumi.
However, sothing completely beyond Yutsuki's expectations happened.
The inverted Spirit Devil—Tobiichi Origami—an existence that shouldn't have been in this world, appeared and began attacking and hunting Spirits like Tohka and Natsumi.
At that instant, Yutsuki understood that the problems from the previous world hadn't been completely resolved.
After destroying the three artificial satellites, Yutsuki took swift and decisive action. By hacking into the databases of Wizard branches worldwide, she kept Westcott and the others too busy to care about Origami temporarily. She also intentionally displayed her Spirit power multiple tis to engage in combat with the inverted Origami, confirming she didn't disappear along with the changing of history.
However, Yutsuki had absolutely no clue regarding the most crucial thod to save Origami. Once inverted, Tobiichi Origami completely lost the ability to communicate, becoming a beast that only knew destruction.
Probably, the only one who could save her was Itsuka Shido.
But whether "he" would return from the past to the present today was rely Yutsuki's guess. In other words, there was also the possibility that after today, Shido wouldn't recover his mories of the previous world.
(If he doesn't co back... I can only... Ah, no, no!)
Realizing she was starting to think negatively, Yutsuki hurriedly knocked on her head hard.
She had made all the preparations she could. Thinking about extraneous possibilities now was aningless. Yutsuki knew very well that right now, the only thing she needed to do, the only thing she could do, was one thing.
As if reaching out to grasp the moon, Yutsuki reached her hand towards the night sky and softly said to herself.
"Wait, and hold onto hope."
User Comments
0 comments from readers