Vol 4 Epilogue (1/2)

Epilogue

“It” was a lot like the beating of a heart

A boy was curled up in the depths of true despair His arainst the ground, his body was curled up, and he was trehtly His eyes were squeezed shut, his teeth were clenched together, and he floated in psychological darkness as if to push away this hopeless reality as much as possible

But none if it mattered

“It” was deeply connected to the boy’s heart and body, but he had no control over it

His heart whispered for hiive up

He wanted to

But he had a thought

He was clearly a human here

It would be easy to stop breathing, stop his heart, and give up on it all Looking at just himself, he could easily end it all at any tile life would give up and the Queen’s violence would continue

Was that okay?

Was that really okay?

Even if the boy vanished, the world would not Who would remain in that world? The concept of karer applied, and both unreasonable suffering and absurd fear ran rampant What would happen to the people there if they lost the means of salvation that could desperately pull a few of them to safety?

He could despair in himself

He could despair in the world

He could despair in the Queen

But how could he despair in any one of theirls he had saved, pretend it had not happened, and sit idly by as they sank back into that sea of blood?

Someone had asked for help

Those twin sisters had initially looked nothing alike with their black and blonde hair The one had wished to save the other froroup named Guard of Honor The other had wished to save the first froame

Someone else had asked for help

A girl had been attacked and turned into a ghost on a rainy day Her story had already ended But a number of factors and countless places had overlapped in that city and she had wanted to live, to grow up, and to become someone that a certain so all of that

Someone had shouted for help

A vessel had been polished to the limit by artificial means She had wanted to free her friend froe that should never have been acted on but was drawn out by a dee

Someone had definitely shouted for help in this piece of shi+t world

A woman had looked just like Madam Professor 353 vessels had lost their bodies and souls and yet had worked to manipulate both Alice (with) Rabbit and the White Queen to ensure it never happened again

There were more and more and more and more

He had met many Alices Their situations had been truly awful and no one would have blairls had continued to look ahead They had continued to believe there was a way ahead And they had reached out and grabbed that tiny speck of hope left in this hopelessly filthy world

Could he take that away?

Could he give up?

Could he rob them of that?

Could he steal away the light they had so desperately reached for and throw them back into theback He knew that bog was truly bottomless

“How can I…?”

The boy…

shi+royama Kyousuke spoke quietly while still curled up

“How can I do that?”

His voice gradually grew louder as it escaped the gaps between his clenched teeth

There was a fire in his chest

His uncontrollable pulse circulated so to his entire body

“Yes, yes I will fight back…”

And he finally raised his head

He once more faced a barren world void of any hope

He was truly Alice (with) Rabbit Freedom Award 903 made a powerful announcement

“I will fight back, I will dig in ive up here? Even if this world is a labyrinth with all the exits re no way to put white in checkether athe Queen!!!!!”

A tremendous sound filled the air

After curling up for so long, shi+royath in all his ether and he once more stood tall to face the world