Chapter 668: The Love Sung by The God of the End ① (2/2)
Looking at me whose tears won't stop coming out, Shiro-san erased the letters floating beside her and gave me a beautiful and gentle smile that I couldn't help but admire.
[……How about that? Kaito-san, the thing that you wanted…… was I able to give it to you?]
[……Yes.]
[That's great. In that case, I can finally say these words. I wasn't convinced that I would be able to say them without being able to beat you after all……]
[……Eh?]
[Kaito-san, you have taught me emotions. I love you…… You, who had defeated the End that I am. Please make me…… more special to you than before.]
Her voice was beautiful and filled with emotions, as if her previous lack of intonation was but a lie. The words she had weaved was a confession of love. Looking at the smile on her face that felt dazzling to my eyes, I slowly spoke my reply.
Even if she didn't resurrect Mom and Dad, I would have given her the same answer. However, unnn. What she did earlier made me realize it once again.
Shiro-san's thoughts and actions for me makes me so happy that my tears won't stop. And from the bottom of my heart……
[……Yes, with pleasure.]
……It was the best proof that I had fallen in love with this absurdly airheaded, yet sparklingly loveable God.
In the middle of receiving an explanation about the world from Lilia, Akari, Kaito's mother, suddenly turned her gaze out the window.
[……Mom?]
[No, it's nothing.]
Akari had come to this world before her husband, Kazuya. The reason for this is simple: Eden, who dotes on the life of every being in her world, was reluctant to hand over their souls to Shallow Vernal, ”even if it was only for a limited time”, and only Akari's soul, which they had agreed upon earlier, was loaned out a few months earlier than Kazuya's……
Akari thought about that time. Before she came to this world and met with Kaito, calling herself with the name Luce, she had a bet proposed to her by Shallow Vernal……
————As for me, I don't need to use your souls. It's easy to create a stranger who looks just like you. However, if I'm going to do something, I want everything in the scene to be perfect. That's why I decided to use the real you. I didn't expect that it would take so much effort though……
————What if he or I don't want to hinder Kaito's path?
————Nothing much, I guess I'll just create another person who looks like you. However, indeed…… It's most time-consuming to prepare someone who acts exactly like you…… so let's prepare some advantages for you both as well.
————Advantages?
————Yes, the likelihood of such a thing happening is low but…… if Kaito-san ”overcomes my ordeal in one try”…… After the ordeal, I will prepare a time when you and Kaito-san can talk freely for a while…… a time when ”you can firmly make your farewells”.
———— ! ?
————I repeat, it matters not to me if you refuse. I have no interest in you two. You are but tools to make my ordeal for Kaito-san perfect. If you refuse, I will immediately return your souls to Earth God. That will also lessen the burden on me.
Yes, there was indeed such a conversation. At that point in time, Shallow Vernal held no intention of resurrecting Akari or Kazuya even if Kaito cleared her ordeal in one shot.
Akari understood that Shallow Vernal was only interested in Kaito himself, holding not a single interest in anyone related to him.
(……However, she had brought us to life. Shallow Vernal-sama spent two years negotiating with Earth's God to get her to agree to officially bringing our souls to this world.)
Akari had never met Eden herself, but she had understood that negotiating with her had been very difficult for Shallow Vernal, as she said that it was the most difficult part in her preparation for the ordeal.
She had stated as such when their souls were being lent. It should have been even more difficult, asking her to hand their souls over.
However, Shallow Vernal did just that. She turned her eyes, which had only been directed at Kaito, to her surroundings. Because she came to understand that ”it was also a factor leading to Kaito's happiness”……
(……Kaito really is my pride and joy. He even changed the mind of that God……)
This result would not have come if Kaito had merely overcome Shallow Vernal's ordeal. Because Kaito had changed Shallow Vernal's heart…… Because Kaito had taught Shallow Vernal, who had been seeking him for ”her own happiness”, about the ”love” in which you desire for the happiness of the person you love……
Yes, it is because Kaito won over Shallow Vernal in the ”true sense” of the word…… that God performed a miracle.
<Afterword>
Incidentally, although Mama Eden had been complaining about the negotiations, in the end……
① Eden will create the bodies of Akari and Kazuya
② Eden's clone will permanently live in Trinia
③ Shallow Vernal will not interfere with her ”trysts” with Kaito
——She had agreed on the following conditions.
Serious-senpai : [……No good…… It's already over…… The airhead God is now completely on his side. She just declared that she would be extremely partial towards him…… The seriousness won't appear anymore……]
? ? ? : [……I don't think there's any seriousness from the start though…… Wait, where do you think you're going?]
Serious-senpai : [I'm going! Searching for the serious horizon yet to be seen!!!]
? ? ? : [……Please be home by dinner, okaaaaaay~~]
Serious-senpai : [………………..]
T/N: No bonus chapter today.