Chapter 626: The Clash of The Beginning and The End (2/2)

[It's me! I'm the one who had been seeking him! And yet, why you, of all people!? Why is it that you got what I wanted!? Why did you get the position that I wanted to have!?]

Shallow Vernal's expression twisted as she screamed. She looked as if she was about to burst into tears.

[We're supposed to be the same being! Then! what in the world! is the difference between you and me!?]

[…………………..]

Seeing Shallow Vernal expressing her violent emotions, Kuromueina became dumbfounded. Shallow Vernal heavily breathed like that for a moment before he exhaled…… and returning to her usual expressionless face, she turned her gaze to the cocoon where Kaito was sleeping.

[……If Kaito-san loses his memory of the year he spent in this world…… if I saved Kaito-san before he was saved by you…… I will be Kaito-san's special person…… I will be…… unlike any other for him.]

[……Shiro, you……]

Seeing such a Shallow Vernal, Kuromueina regained her composure a bit, and after a moment of thought with her eyes downcast, her eyes quietly filled with her determination stared at Shallow Vernal and she spoke.

[……Even though we looked like opposites, I knew it, we really were alike. After all, we both wanted the same thing. Unnn, I can understand what Shiro's feeling a bit more now.]

[……………….]

[However, you can't do that. Even if that's how you feel, you can't do that. This is something that I will not let you do.]

[Is it because I'm trying to take something that's important to you?]

[There's that too, but that isn't just the reason why. Kaito-kun's memories aren't just the memories of others…… It belongs only to Kaito-kun. No matter what the circumstances may be…… I won't let you take that away.]

This was an understandable breakdown. Indeed, Shallow Vernal and Kuromueina wanted the same thing, the same being. But now, in this place…… The endings they seek do not coincide with each other.

So, what do they do? That's something that's already been decided. If both sides are unwilling to compromise…… The only thing left to do is to fight.

[I knew it. I knew that this would happen……]

[……I will stop you.]

[Then, I will drive you away.]

As these words were quietly exchanged, the surrounding scenery completely changed. The Sanctuary and the cocoon in which Kaito slept in disappeared, and only a scene looking like an infinite universe spread out around them.

”This is the world that Shallow Vernal has newly created”…… and this is the stage for the battle between the two Absolutes.

Tonight, many worlds will be born and many worlds will be destroyed. This is unlike the fistfight they had 20,000 years ago, nor is it just a relaxing fight they used to have every so often.

Today, for the first time, the black of the beginning and the white of the end clashed with each other with all their might, over the story of a single young man.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……Who's the protagonist again?]

? ? ? : [It's Kaito-san.]

Serious-senpai : [And who's the main heroine again?]

? ? ? : [It's Kuro-san.]

Serious-senpai : [……On one hand is the princess in captivity, on the other hand is the Hero fighting the final decisive battle…… Aren't their roles reversed?]

? ? ? : [It's kind of hard to refute that.]

T/N: 48/183

The subsequent chapters are long-ass chapters, so I'd be posting them as singles.