The case where I was gradually getting buried in the heavy love of my childhood friend who had miraculously recovered from their illness was perfect! - Chapter 48 : Her Thoughts [Rion's PoV]

Chapter 48 : Her Thoughts [Rion’s PoV]

“Su… su…”

An entity looked down at Nagisa, who continued to sleep – it was none other than Rion.

After Nagisa had been asleep for a while, Rion got out of bed and had been watching over him.

Though the composition itself was somewhat eerie, Rion’s expression as she looked down at Nagisa was simply gentle, revealing an absolute kindness.

“Really… You truly are a foolish person.”

Foolish, Rion said it again, looking up at the sky.

A few clouds had gathered, and the once beautiful moon no longer illuminated Rion, but countless stars firmly engraved their presence into Rion’s eyes.

“…I’m back.”

Rion spoke those words again.

As if it were inevitable or not, either answer would have been fine, but for Rion, it was more important than anything else.

Because she had finally… remembered her own truth.

“I don’t know your name, god… No, let’s not dwell on who you are at this point. You kept your promise to me… Honestly, remembering it made me scared of myself, but you kept your promise to me.”

Rion remembered everything.

Memories that should have been sealed… memories that should have been lost, she remembered what she had been neglecting to lose all this time.

It started with something trivial.

Nagisa, a mysterious existence for Rion, caught her attention, and surprisingly, he became close to her… as mentioned many times, there was a mature aspect about him that others didn’t have.

He not only respected her but always made Rion, who was by his side, laugh.

“Nagi-kun… I’m a terrible woman.”

Rion… she wished for it.

Being grateful for the meeting with him was not enough, and in the promised relationship of being childhood friends, she could not be satisfied with just that.

She thought about it a few years ago during her middle school days – that’s where she encountered an entity claiming to be a god.

“You’ve only seen him, but… I see, perhaps being with him has pulled you into his wavelength.”

Rion was clever.

That’s why she quickly noticed that the existence was something different, and with her inherent disposition, she didn’t make a big fuss, though she was slightly surprised.

The god, after gazing strangely at Rion, asked her this – if she had any wishes, she would give her a reward for noticing their presence.

“I want to be with him forever… I want to be eternally connected to him. I want him to look at me and only me. I can offer anything for that.”

Rion uttered such a crazy wish, and the god listened.

“Very well. But you will connect the fates of others… shall we ask for an appropriate compensation? Yes… there is a high probability that the destinies will be connected, but even if you have to experience excruciating pain to the point of death…”

“I don’t mind. Looking back, I’ve always made Nagi-kun worry, and if I want to repay that… hehe~”

Excruciating pain? If she didn’t die, she didn’t mind.

Rather, if she could keep him connected with just that, it was a small price – Rion thought so and accepted the god’s proposal.

“Surely this meeting and the contract I gave you will not remain in your memory. You will forget it soon, and it’s not hard to imagine the sight of you despairing about why you’re here, but you should be fine.”

Even that was remembered by Rion.

However, once again, there was zero possibility that she would forget once she fell asleep and woke up again… but what was important to Rion was now etched in her heart.

“Really… You truly are a foolish person. But that foolish part of you is so dear to me, making you special to me no matter what.”

Taking her gaze away from the sky she had been looking up at, Rion went to Nagisa, who continued to sleep.

Calling him foolish wasn’t an insult, and in this situation, she didn’t want to do such a thing.

“Nagi-kun, I saw you meet her… and I saw what you wished for, you know?”

Gently placing her hand on Nagisa’s cheek, Rion softly stroked it to avoid waking him.

Even if you said that Nagisa’s wish was decided by Rion’s wish, that was fine, but the image of him at that time, without a doubt, resolute, could be vividly recalled.

“That was probably… to make me, who remembered nothing, aware. To show me that my childhood friend Nagi-kun harbors such strong feelings, and those words were what bound me to Nagi-kun in that moment.

From Rion’s perspective, even if she didn’t remember, there was no way she wouldn’t be moved by living like that. It wasn’t that she remembered at that time, but the illness that was deemed incurable miraculously healed, and she could still live… The truth revealed in the dreamlike state of being able to live with him made Rion turn her thoughts even more strongly towards Nagi.

“Nagi-kun… is someone from a different place.”

She already remembered the content of their conversation. Rion doesn’t know what fate led Nagi to the current situation, and probably, there’s no way to hear it from Nagi himself. However, Rion… this time, Rion alone felt a definite sense of remembering everything.

“Nagi-kun… I’m sorry for binding you to me. I can imagine what might have been imposed on Nagi-kun, but I’m not certain. However, I said it back then too — I will never make you regret it.”

Certainly, nothing significant would change. Rion’s memories resurfacing would only make her feelings for Nagi stronger and more solid, as it had happened before, but there wouldn’t be an obvious change. To prevent Nagisa from being bewildered by a sudden change, she would repay Nagisa with a slight, imperceptible change — with all of Rion.

“I was born in this world, and you were born in another world… and by some twist of fate, we met like this. Shall we cherish this encounter?”

Seductively, Rion smiled. This smile was so enchanting that no one had ever seen it before, and one might doubt whether this was really Rion. But it was undoubtedly her.

“……”

Rion gently approached Nagi’s face and glanced around.

“No one… is watching, right?”

There was no way anyone could be, and there would be no retort like that. After glancing left and right a few times, Rion brought her face closer and stopped for a moment… then quickly pulled away.

“Ah… awawa…”

Her face turned bright red, imagining what she was about to do, and it became even redder. Even if Rion was different from an ordinary girl, she still had a somewhat low resistance to such things. In a sense, this could be considered one of Rion’s weaknesses.

“Uu… I can’t use my body to seduce him… Absolutely impossible, it’s no good at all…”

Rion objectively recognizes that she is an attractive woman, but this is Rion, a girl after all. And thus, Rion remembered everything. Whether she would forget it in the future or continue to remember it is unclear, but from here on, Rion’s plan will undoubtedly accelerate.

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