Seiji returned to the student council president's residence.
He was rather nervous when he thought about what he had to do next.
It was as if he was about to confess to the girl he liked …
'No, no, that's not it! I'm just going to tell Shika Kagura about what happened in the past two days! Wanhua Summer Night said that she cared about it, so he just had to casually bring up the topic and explain things to her.
He would explain what happened, and then tell her that if she was willing, they could be good friends … something like that.
'Now that I think about it, isn't this … a confession?
No, it's definitely not! Although it's similar, it's definitely not! 'I just awakened to a sis-con and like her like my older brother (in his younger form)!'
'… This seems even worse than a normal confession?'
Seiji discovered the crux of the matter.
Seiji received a huge blow to his ego.
Seiji fell into an OTZ mode.
"How should I say it, damn it!" He slammed his fist on the ground.
If he said it like this, he felt like he would be treated as a pervert, and there was a high chance that he would be rejected in disdain.
And he didn't have any ulterior motives; he was just a pure sis-con.
'By the way, sis-cons are perverts to begin with!'
"No, that's not it! Even if I'm a sis-con, there's still a pure sis-con and a dirty sis-con! But I'm pure!! "
"Pure … what?" a gentle female voice asked.
Seiji: "!?"
He hurriedly got up and saw a maid with her head tilted to one side.
Executioner … whoops, Houjou-senpai!
"What are you doing, Haruta -san? I think I heard you say something strange. "Mai had a faint smile on her face.
When Seiji saw her smile, he thought back to what this senpai had said before, as well as the rumors about her, and felt himself breaking out in a cold sweat.
"No … nothing! I was just checking if the floor was clean! Yep, I checked and found that it was really clean! Houjou-senpai must have cleaned it! Senpai is so amazing!! "
He wanted to deceive her, but only realized how foolish he was after he said it.
Mai slowly retracted her smile.
"Your eyes are wandering around, your face is tense, and your words are very unnatural. You can't even fool an elementary school student, Junior Brother."
"Uh … yes …" Seiji scratched his face.
"Children who lie aren't cute … If you don't want to say anything, just tell me that you don't want to say anything. As a mere maid, I won't ask too many questions," Mai said calmly before turning around to leave.
"Wait … please wait, Senior Sister!"
"Hmm?" Mai stopped in her tracks.
"Um … I want to ask, how is Shika Kagura now?"
Mai's lips curved upwards.
"There's nothing wrong with her body, but … her mental state isn't very good," the maid turned around and said.
"Mental state?" Seiji became nervous. "Could it be … a sequela?"
"I don't know … she didn't say much, nor did she request for treatment … Although I would like to ask the Grand Mistress for instructions on how to deal with her, Grand Mistress isn't here right now, and I can't reach her on her cell phone," Mai said calmly.
"I'll go take a look!" Seiji immediately started walking, but stopped after taking two steps.
"Er … Senpai, I … I'm sorry for what happened just now!"
After apologizing sincerely, the young man continued to leave.
Mai watched him leave, a smile appearing on her face once again.
"Honestly, this and that … they're both little idiots."
'Cute little idiots ~'
The maid was in a good mood as she hummed a song and went back to work.
Seiji walked to Shika Kagura's room.
He wanted to open the door, but his hand stopped. He lifted his hand and knocked on the door.
"Shika Kagura, it's me, Harano Seigo. Can I come in?"
There was no response.
Just as Seiji became even more worried, he heard a gentle female voice from inside.
"Please come in."
Seiji opened the door and entered.
He saw a petite girl sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at a sketchbook.
'That's …'
He raised his eyebrows as he looked around the room. He discovered that everything that he had brought here for Little Shi to look at and play with was still there!
'Why didn't she clean it up?' Questions flashed through his mind.
Did Houjou-senpai forget about it? Or was it because she didn't know how to deal with it, so she left it there for now?
Something felt off about this.
'Forget it, this isn't important!'
"Shika Kagura, I heard that you weren't feeling too well. How are you feeling right now?" Seiji approached the bed and asked gently.
The girl with her back to him slowly closed the sketchbook.
"Harano Seigo … your real name is Haruta Seiji, right?"
"Eh?" Seiji was surprised to hear this.
"This … is it," he admitted. "Who told you that? The president of Wanhua? Or … Houjou-Senpai's maid? "
Shika Kagura didn't respond.
"This … I didn't intentionally hide it from you. It's just that … due to some personal reasons, I used a fake name." Seiji scratched his face awkwardly. "If you're unhappy because of this, I apologize."
"There's no need for you to apologize," she said in a gentle voice. "Haruta Seiji … it's just like Harano Seigo; both are beautiful names."
"Eh?" Seiji was rather confused at being suddenly praised in such a way.
"Er … thank you."
This was the first time he'd ever been praised in such a way … was this a compliment? It felt a little strange and ticklish.
'Right, doesn't this sentence mean …'
"That's what I told you before, right? I remember saying this before: 'Shika Kagura … is a beautiful name.' "
Seiji couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled this.
"You're the one who counterattacked. So this is what it feels like to have someone else say your name in such a way."
He felt nostalgic.
Even though that was only a short while ago.
"At that time … I didn't expect things to become like this." Seiji sighed.
He had so many things he wanted to say as he watched her leave, but he didn't know where to start.
The room fell silent for a moment.
Seiji slowly looked outside the window.
"Hey, Shika Kagura.
"At that time … the night when it rained, you came."
I told you that I would wait for you there at that time … You didn't respond at the time, but you came in the end. "
'And then, you died in front of me.'
The only things left behind were … pure white last words.
Seiji thought back to the unforgettable memories that belonged solely to him.
In the rain, he told her that he would be her friend.
She accepted, but still left.
He was unable to accept it, so he pulled her back.
"… I'm very happy to see you.
No matter if it was because you wanted to ask for help, or because you didn't want me to wait any longer, or … you just happened to be there, I'm very happy.
It's because I'm really worried about you. "
Only when he saw her again did he discover how much his heart ached for this girl … She was lonely, in pain, and in the end, in the icy rain, she left this world with a smile.
His heart ached for her.
He was worried.
"I … I don't know why I'm so worried. We've only met twice, and we didn't talk much, but I just … want to care about you."
He said that he would be her friend. That was their promise.
Even though this was something that had never happened to her before, a promise was still a promise.
"I want to be your friend.
I want to help you.
I want … to make you smile happily. "Not a smile of sorrow or farewell.
I want to do many things with you.
I want to let you experience the beauty of the world.
This was the promise they had made.
Seiji closed his eyes. The scene in the rain once again appeared clearly in front of him.
In order to reach this promise.
He had to do his best to convey his feelings!
"I … think that you're a good girl, Shika Kagura.
You deserve to be happy … no, you must be happy! "
She had the right and duty to be happy since she never hated the world even in the end.
"I want you to feel happy, so at that time, I …"
Seiji stopped talking.
There were still many things that he didn't say — how he impulsively hugged her at that time, and how she accidentally mistook him for her. He decided to pretend to be her, but he didn't expect that she would wake up with amnesia and think of him as her "older brother". Later, she acted like a spoiled child to him, and he truly loved her. Later, when she recovered her memories, he even felt awkward about it … and so on.
But he didn't finish his story.
That was because he suddenly felt a warm, soft touch, and smelled a faint fragrance.
Seiji opened his eyes in surprise. What he saw was …
Shika Kagura was in front of him, hugging him tightly.
Just like what Shika-chan had done before.
"There's no need to say anymore," she said in a soft, affectionate voice.
"I understand now … I know everything."
Shika slowly raised her head.
She revealed a gentle, brilliant, innocent, beautiful, and adorable smile to the stunned youth.
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