Vol 1 Epilogue (1/2)

Epilogue: The daily life between him and man-eater

Then as always morning arrived.

“I’m going!”

Rikka went out of her house full of spirit. She was smiling brightly like those full of hope and dream. Of course the scar on her face was completely gone. It seemed she could already smile from the deepest part of her heart.

“Good morning.”

To such a Rikka, Tooya whispered. These words didn’t reach Rikka’s ears, and she also didn’t look at Tooya and went straight to school.

“Good morning.”

Behind him, Kuroe said with a smile.

“… … Good morning.”

“Why are you staring at me?”

Kuroe shrugged.

“No need to say h.e.l.lo twice.”

She just greeted me back at home.

“Is that so.”

Kuroe replied with a smile.

“… … Don’t look at me like that.”

“Roger.”

Kuroe’s face became serious for a moment.

“However, master.”

“… … What?”

“Obviously, is this really right? Won’t regret this kind of thing?

“… …”

“That girl forgot the existence of master, this is master’s own wish, right?”

“… … … Aa.”

Tooya nodded.

“Rikka forgets me… this is my wish.”

Saying, Tooya looked back at Kuroe.

“For that, I let you live.”

This was the result of Tooya’s expectation. Tooya made Rikka forget about him, that was what Tooya wanted in exchange for Kuroe. She even couldn’t sense Tooya’s presence. Kuroe faithfully executed the order, Rikka had completely forgotten Tooya.

“But, I don’t understand.”

“… … Don’t understand what?”

“Why order me to do that?”

“I, just hope Rikka could be happy.”

Tooya didn’t escape directly and answered.

“So why does she need to forget about master? No matter how it looked from many perspectives, that girl’s happiness lies within master.”

“… … Because so, I want her to forget.”

“Fumu?”

“If she was with me, Rikka wouldn’t be happy.”

After listening to this Kuroe tilted her head.

“So melodramatic.”

Clearly Rikka and Tooya would be happy together, but Tooya said that Rikka wouldn’t be happy.

“A… little melodramatic isn’t bad for a change of pace.”

Tooya spit out this sentence.

“Because I wanted Rikka to find her happiness.. where I don’t exist within her.”

“Master expects so?”

“Yes, I expect happiness will come to her eventually.”

This was inside Tooya’s expectations. He knew that he was the happiness that Rikka always seek, but even so Tooya still did this without even consulting to Rikka first. The reason, was because Tooya couldn’t give Rikka’s happiness that she wanted from him.

“Master, you’re really troublesome.”

Surprised, Kuroe looked straight at Tooya.

“If it’s for the sake of that girl, I think being together with Master is really the best choice.”

“… Also with a man-eater like you beside?”

“So why don’t you kill me?”

Kuroe really casually said those words.

“Knowi

ng what our relations.h.i.+p is, it’s only like a high cla.s.s magician and apprentice magician right? Killing me wont do any harm to master, and it can also make master more intimidating with that girl. I’m 100% sure that girls want to do that kind of thing too to master.”

“… …”

“Or maybe you can order me to delete master’s memory and make me commit suicide. Because master memories and my memories aren’t linked together so there’s no harm to master’s memories, therefore you can be free from all of this, and it all will end well without any harm to each other’s party.”

In short, she could make all the thing that happened up to this point become something that never happened in the first place. But Tooya already did his part up until to this point and Kuroe also did hers too, so they have already overcome any obstacle that befell them. They should be together in this case because they already did their best together to overcome any obstacle, it’s a happy ending.

“… … I can’t do it.”

Even so Tooya still shook his head.

“This kind of things… I can’t do it.”

Forget being together, and Rikka having a happy life together with him on a daily basic. Just imagining it, Tooya wanted to puke. This was the best way for him and Rikka, also for the future. But for the present Tooya, he couldn’t simply imagine that kind of future.

“Fumu, master is really stupid.”

“Aa… I’m, stupid.”

Tooya generally nodded his head.

“I… like Rikka.”

Tooya said as if groaning.

“I like her very much.”

Tooya sounded like crying.

“I dont even remember when I started to like her.. Until I noticed it right now, we’ve been together since we’re a kid, I’ve never thought about us being separated.”

” Why are you so aware of your feelings, but didn’t confess it?”

“… … Because, I’m stupid.”

Tooya once again said.