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!

I have once lived until the end of high school, then died and was reborn.

Experiencing death once and receiving a second life did not change my values in any way… I didn’t want the people close to me to suffer, and I was happy as long as they smiled.

“I’ve tried my best…. Yet this…”

Those were merciless words.

Rion’s parents clung to the doctor who seemed pained at not being able to save the life in front of them, tears streaming down their faces.

“Our daughter… Please help her!”

“She is our only hope… so please!”

“…..I’m sorry.”

Takuma-san and Kurumi-san, seeing the seeing shaking his head, dropped to their knees.

I just stood there and watched silently… I could hear the sobbing voices of my father and mother behind me, but there was no expression on my face, I wasn’t crying in remorse or anything like that.

In fact, this was not the time to shed tears.

“Rion…”

Why are you sleeping so peacefully…? Even though we’re going through such a hard time here?

Rion was lying on the bed with her eyes closed… if I tapped her on the head, she’d probably get angry… but I wonder if she’d retort with “What are you going to do when I wake up?” when she wakes up… sheesh she’s such a troublesome brat.

“…I’m going outside for a bit. Call me when Rion wakes up.”

“Nagisa…”

“…Don’t go too far.”

“I know.”

I’m not going outside the hospital, so they did not have to worry about me. I then left the room, but the place I headed to was, in fact, a chair located a little away from the corridor, just as I had mentioned.

“Sigh…”

I sat down deeply and let out a deep breath.

Being alone like this, I felt released from the noise around me… maybe it meant that parting from Rion was drawing near.

“It all started out abruptly for both of us huh.”

I recalled that when we first met as children, my first impression of Rion was, “Who’s this cute girl?”

She appeared with her parents, and she turned her bewildered face toward me, but she quickly lost interest and turned away… that was an impressive moment.

“Rion-chan… can I call you Rion?”

There was an exchange like that, I remembered. I think I’ve said it before, but I considered Rion my cute childhood friend, but at the same time, I felt like she was a little sister. That was probably because I had experienced a second life and had clearly matured mentally compared to kids our age… Well, if Rion and I got into an argument, I would definitely lose, there was no doubt about my patheticness, but that’s another story.

“Why do you care about me, Nagisa-kun?”

“Because my mom and dad told me to get along with you.”

After a while, we got used to our presence quite well only in a matter of days.

“…You’re making a scary face… don’t throw that ruler! It actually hurts a bit, you know?!”

My first childhood friend… a cute and beautiful childhood friend. I was genuinely excited to have her around. To be honest, I thought I would annoy her to the point of being disliked, so it was a bit surprising that she accepted me… and I still feel that way now.

“Sigh… sigh…”

“Since you’re frail, don’t overdo it.”

“Ara-ara you making fun of me?”

“I’m not making fun of you. I’m just worried.”

“Is that so… cough!”

“Hey, are you okay, Rion?”

From a young age, she was always frail, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her. What was strange was that I never once thought it was a bother… even if she scolded me and said she didn’t want me around, I never thought she hated it… that was probably because I thought of her as someone dearly close to me.

“Is this how it ends…? Is it that simple?”

I understand… I totally understand, but still…..

No one is to blame… no one can be held responsible… In a sense, this can be summed up in just a single word : ‘Fate’.

Hey… Is this a dream?

I imagined that Rion would wake up and look down at me with a smile, saying, “How long are you going to sleep?” and then give me a flick on the forehead… right?

“Nagi-kun, please stay healthy.”

Please don’t let this weird dream be true… I imagined spending time together with Rion as she had a really beautiful smile on her face.

Seeing her adorable expressions, the only thought in my head was…

“Please God, help Rion…”

I mumbled those words knowing really well that no one was going to hear me.

“It’s useless huh…”

“Do you really think so?”

“…Eh?!”

What was that voice?

While thinking about the current situation I was in… My eyes went wide as I noticed that there was someone other than me… A strikingly beautiful woman, who had an indescribable mysterious aura surrounding her.

“Who are you?”

“Fufufu~♪”

I forgot about Rion for a moment. I felt a strange foreign sensation about the woman in front of me.

Rather… For how long has she been here for? Even though I was immersed in my thoughts, there is no way that I wouldn’t notice someone approaching me. But… that was not the only thing strange about her.

“What… is happening?”

The colors slowly faded from the surroundings.

I wanted to think it was a dream, but when I turned my gaze to the woman who seemingly appeared out of thin air, she just giggled seeing my bewildered reactions.

“Honestly, I’m surprised. It’s you, a fifteen-year-old boy, and yet you’re not panicking so much. As expected of someone who has experienced death once before. How is this world?”

“…..?!”

My heart jumped at the woman’s words, and my body suddenly grew hot.

To put it lightly, it was surprising.

I stood up as if to express my surprise and looked down at the woman, but she didn’t seem uncomfortable with being looked down upon. She continued to speak with a bright look in her beautiful eyes.

“Are you surprised? It’s not unreasonable. If I had to put it in simple terms for you, I am not a human… Am I the one you’re most looking for right now?”

“God?”

“Something close to that. Nagisa Kurumi… no, ○○○?”

[TL/N : The Author decided to hide his past life’s name here and the MC himself doesn’t remembers his name and so it is represented as ○○○]

Her voice was drowned out by noise… but I understood what she muttered. It must have been my name from a past life.

Honestly, there are a lot of things I don’t understand.

But my body involuntarily lowered my head to her… for a moment, I felt her gasp, but I couldn’t afford to worry about that.

“Rion… please save Rion.”

I said those words subconsciously thinking that she might be the only one who can save her.

I didn’t think of doubting anything for a moment. She appeared suddenly, the world lost its color, and she knew something no one else did… it was almost certain.

“Honestly, I’m surprised. Even though you are such a unique being, you express your wish without any doubt.”

“…..”

“I see… you pray for your childhood friend’s safety with all your heart. You have only one wish, right? Is that it?”

What are you getting carried away about…?

The woman nodded to herself several times and continued her words, her eyes shining brightly.

“Very well, I will help you save your childhood friend.”

“Really?!”

“Yes. In return, you must devote your time to me.”

“My time…?”

What do you mean by “time”?

She continued.

“Think… Is there no price you must pay to save a life?”

“No, there’s no way there’s such an easy story. I don’t know what my ‘time’ means but… hurry up and do it.”

“I understand. I won’t take a life, so there’s no need to look so tense.”

“That’s—”

I could only say that much.

Suddenly, the world regained its color, and the surrounding commotion returned… and the woman who had been in front of me had disappeared like I had been in a dream.

…I must have been tired and had a hallucination, right?

With such doubts, I heard a loud voice from Rion’s hospital room.

“Rion!”

“Rion?!”

Takuma-san and Kurumi-san’s voices… could it be?

I rushed back to the room, and there was an unimaginable sight.

Rion, who had been told that there was no hope, was sitting up healthy and sound.

“Ah… Nagisa-kun?”

Her voice that I thought I would never hear again… it resonated strongly in my eardrums.

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