395 392. "Confession" day.txt (1/2)

The fate of Rastiara Hoozeyers was already decided a thousand years ago.

No matter what choice I make, there is no escaping the page called 'Rebirth'. It seems that it was decided in the 'prophecy' that I would definitely have a ceremony at the Fouzeyards Cathedral.

With the voice of the Senate, who knew about the prophecy, I was easily able to return to the United Kingdom and rejoin the United States as the ”Real God”. The priests seemed to be puzzled by this decision, but when it was an instruction from the home country, no one made a big deal out of it.

Thus, I would once again proceed with the preparations for the ceremony together with the 'Seven Celestial Knights' (Celestial Knights) and the others, but there was one problem that arose here.

The Blood of Lady Tiara, which should have been there, was not in the cathedral.

According to the story, the Palinkulon took advantage of the confusion after the Nativity and sold it to the Jewelcruise Research Institute in various parts of the continent, under the pretense that the Reincarnation had failed, and that they would make effective use of the Blood of Lord Tiara for the benefit of the country.

My knights Sera and Ragne were furious, but I was strangely calm.

As long as there was the ”Red Thread of Fate” at my fingertips, which I could see occasionally, I was confident that I would not deviate from the ”Prophecy” and that Kanami was alive somewhere.

Immediately, I gathered my trusted knights and began to recapture the 'Tiara-sama's Blood'.

Fortunately, the Blood of Lord Tiara has the power to gather together.

And only the Jewelcrusteans could sense that power, and among them, my senses were the sharpest of all. In other words, I could detect where the 'Tiara-sama's Blood' was located, just like Kanami's 'Dimension'.

Furthermore, the changes in the positions of the research institutes in various places also helped me in the recovery process.

The nemesis, the Aide, the one who stole the logic of the tree, who is active in the northern region, drove the institutes to close down in order to help the Jewelcrusteans.

I will visit the closing institutes and check the results.

In addition, when Aide heard rumors that I was in charge of protecting the Jewish stone humans who had been sold out, despite being an enemy, he offered me funds and information.

It was all going terribly well.

If I dare to point out a problem, it would be that in the process of gathering ”Tiara-sama's blood” into my body, I often saw fragments of memories from a thousand years ago as dreams.

It was a memory from a thousand years ago, when Tiara-sama and Kanami were traveling together.

Wherever they picked up any fragment, they stood side by side as if they were 'lovers'.

The story of their ”adventures”, always helping each other, sharing their joys and sorrows, and saving people everywhere.

I read that book with an emotional attachment to Tiara-sama to the fullest.

And, naturally, my feelings for Kanami grew more and more intense day by day, and the red thread stretching through my fingers grew darker and darker.

But I already understand.

The person to whom this red thread is connected is not me.

It's Tiara-sama.

I feel bad for Maria and the others, but Kanami's 'one and only destiny' is none other than Tiara-sama, who met, saved, traveled and became her 'lover' before anyone else.

That was a little sad, but not fatal to me.

Because I was originally ready to bless Kanami, who was bound to another girl, because I was ready to bless her. It wasn't difficult for me to suppress the feelings that were bubbling up.

Thus, the year passed very smoothly, but - when the work of retrieving ”Tiara-sama's Blood” was over ninety percent complete and the ceremony was almost ready to begin, Kanami, who had been missing, returned to the United Kingdom.

I heard that she had been dropped to the 66th layer of the labyrinth during the ”World Retribution Camp” a year ago, and had managed to make it to the surface.

Before I could rejoice that he was alive after all, I thought to myself, ”It's a little early.

Kanami's 'lover', Tiara-sama, had not yet been resurrected.

So I told her that I was staying in the cathedral and that she should go ahead and pick up her friends, but Kanami's reply was--

But I still want you to come with me!

It was a rejection I didn't expect.

That solicitation was hard to resist as I had been rereading memories from a thousand years ago for the past year, and my feelings for Kanami had been growing.

I felt as if the 'hero' in the book was reaching out to me, and my heartbeat inevitably quickened.

'Let's go together!　Even if you don't think you're special, you're already special to me!　I've enjoyed my time traveling with you!　I vividly remember having a great, great deal of fun!　That's why I want to travel with you!　I want to be with you forever and ever!　Because I--!

Indeed, Kanami was right, we did travel a year ago.

Even if it was only for a short time, it certainly took us out of the cathedral and we had 'adventures' in many places.

'I was!　Because I love you!

I was forced to recall those memories, while I was forced to 'confess'.

It was too sudden and unrealistic for me to give an immediate answer.

I knew all along that Kanami was too unrealistic.

I felt like I was dreaming the whole time we were talking, and I couldn't get my feet on the ground. The words spill out of my mouth as I can't keep my gaze fixed.

'...... Ho, really (...)?'

'Oh, it's so obvious!　Aikawa Uzumi likes a girl named Rustyala (・・・・・・) Foozeyers!　So, y'know, y'know, this is how I'm asking you out!

----!

However, when I heard the name, I came to myself and said, ”This is different.

It's true that there are memories of the journey between me and Kanami.

But compared to the memories that exist between Tiara-sama and Kanami, the difference is clear.

In contrast to me, who had only been there for a dozen days, Tiara-sama had spent more than a dozen years with Kanami a thousand years ago.

Not only the simple time, but the quality of that time is different as well.

Kanami reaching out to me, pretending that story didn't exist--

”--But I don't like Aikawa Uzumi (・・・・・・・・・), I guess (...)

Kanami's insincerity angered me and I refused to return the refusal.

In truth, I was happy that Kanami had told me she liked me.

But I was painfully aware of the series of defeats a year ago that I would 'regret it' if I accepted it.

Kanami, who had no memory of a thousand years ago, could be convinced by this 'confession' that she had misunderstood the source of the feelings bubbling up in her chest when she saw me resembling Lady Tiara.

We need to carry out the ritual as soon as possible and me and Tiara-sama need to stand in front of Kanami side by side.

And we need to quickly confirm who is the partner of the 'Red Thread of Fate' connected to that finger.

-- that confirmation will be fulfilled just a few days after this 'confession'.

The long awaited 're-birth' ceremony began immediately after Kanami was driven out of the Confederacy as well.

However, everything was going well, but in the middle of the ceremony, Feydert, who had tried to take away the power of the saint from a thousand years ago, got in the way, and Lord Tiara was resurrected in an incomplete way. Then Kanami, who had overthrown Aide in the ”Northern League” in ”The Mainland”, returns and intervenes.

Coincidentally, on the day of the 're-birth' ceremony, all the actors were assembled at the 11th Crossroads of the Confederate Fuzzyards.

It was just right for the witnesses, even though there was a lot of noise from Feydert's private army and onlookers around us.

Finally, Tiara-sama and I can line up side by side and confirm Kanami's 'love interest'.

Everything was just as Tiara-sama's 'prediction'.

The time has come for Kanami's story to finally return to normal, with the 'fiction' called Rastiara passing the baton to the 'real' called Tiara-sama.

--Well, it should have come, but Tiara-sama himself, who made that 'prophecy', surprisingly rejected the ritual.

'-- Even if I disappear, there are many daughters who have inherited my blood. My daughters will live and help my master. That alone makes me truly feel that my life was worth living.

He shook his head that he wasn't Kanami's 'one and only destiny'.

I couldn't believe the way she said she had no intention of living with Kanami after piling up so many memories a thousand years ago.

That Tiara-sama's words, Ryner tuned in as if to follow up with her.

''-- You're mistaking your feelings for the feelings that Tiara-san had!　You were conscious of it!　Rustyala, you're the only one!

I assured her that my 'love interest' that I had been carrying around for a long time had nothing to do with a thousand years ago.

On top of that, in the end, Kanami clearly makes a choice.

”-- I will choose 'Las Tiaras'. I will not choose 'tiara'.

I said that after lining me and Lady Tiara up on a perfect stage where there was no longer any excuse.

I'm 'confused'.

All this past year, I've been under the assumption that 'I'm not the one who deserves Kanami'.

Thanks to that, I was the only one who was able to remain calm when Kanami went missing. The preparations for Tiara-sama's 're-birth' ceremony also proceeded unhurriedly. Even if he met Kanami face to face, he could still talk lightly with her as an old friend.

If that premise was overturned, everything about me until today would fall apart.

'Ka, Kanami ......, seriously ......?'

I'm serious. I really like you and I have no doubts about that.

I asked him to resist, but he answered immediately.

'So are you sure you're good ...... with that, Tiara-sama?　How can you just laugh and stay at ......?

'It's funny. Because the only thing I want from my master is 'to be a master'. I'm happy that my proud master has become a really strong master. ...... Finally, I can really believe that I was able to repay him for that time. I've said it many times, but the only person here who likes my master is Rustyala-chan!　I died a great death before I was born, you know?

Tiara-sama says that he was not a 'lover' but a 'master and student'.

I was told, like a child admonishing a child, that the reason that story from a thousand years ago looked like a 'lover' - it was because of my deep psychology that I wanted to be a 'lover' with Kanami.

'Wow, I only like ......?'

Because of the immediate answers from everyone but me, my confidence is diminishing.

Furthermore, something that had been suppressed for a long time came pouring out of the cracks in my heart.

It was a feeling of 'confession' on top of the 'hugs' and 'kisses' of the past.

Suddenly, you can no longer look directly into Kanami's dark eyes that are now standing in front of you.

The skin all over my body became hot, as if it were on fire at once. The oil called 'love interest' that had been dripping on the skin of my entire body for a long time felt like it had been ignited.

Funny ......, that's not the plan .......

Why should Tiara-sama and Kanami not be joined together .......

No one agrees with me.

People shake their heads that I'm the only one who's wrong.

And with all the proofs lined up in front of me, I've almost come to accept it.

I was the one who was wrong: ......?

Ho, really ......?

As the 'confusion' accelerates, I am reminded of one rationale.

I'm a 'make-believe', a vessel to be replaced .......