121 Memory Loss (2/2)

It was as if she was afraid that if she let go, he… or her ”older brother” would end up disappearing.

Seiji felt helpless about it, but more than that, he felt pity for her.

”Brother, pat me on the head~” She made another request. ”I haven’t seen Brother in so long… I really missed you…”

Seiji’s expression froze over slightly.

Natsuya blinked in anticipation, her eyes fixed firmly on Seiji.

Everyone was silent in the room.

”Brother?” Shika tilted her head questioningly.

Seiji had no choice but to reach out his hand and place it on her head.

”Mmm…”

Shika had a blissful cat-like expression, and she purred softly in satisfaction.

A complex helpless yet relieved smile slowly suffused across Seiji’s face when he saw Shika’s content expression.

Natsuya looked deeply at his expression, forcing down her indescribable emotions. She had come to a decision.

”Haruta-kun, I’m going out with Hitaka. You might as well accompany her for a while.”

”President…”

”I’m leaving her to you. I trust that you know what to do… and know what you shouldn’t do.”

Seiji was speechless at the implications behind her words.

Natsuya turned around and exited the room. Hitaka followed right behind her.

And so, they left as they closed the door behind him.

Seiji and Shika were the only ones remaining in this room.

”Brother…”

”Kagura… er, Shika-chan…”

Seiji smiled gently at the girl.

”You told me that you haven’t seen me for so long… Now, I’m right here, and I won’t be going anywhere.”

”Let’s… have a really good chat.”

…

After Seiji finally managed to extract himself from Shika’s room, he returned to the main hall.

He saw the president standing in his previous position, sipping tea while gazing out the window.

”How is she?” Natsuya asked when she heard his footsteps, turning around to look at him.

‘A 180-degree turn of character… Prez, is this intentional on your part?’

Seiji tugged at his lips.

”She fell asleep.” He walked over to the table and poured himself a cup of tea from the kettle. ”I asked her what I could and confirmed that she can’t remember anything.

”All she knew was that—or I should say what she believed—is that she had always been waiting in her home near a snowy mountain, waiting in isolation for her ‘older brother’ to come back. She waited for a long, long time.”

Seiji sipped some tea.

”Other than that, there were some personal stories about her family time with her ‘older brother…’ They were just some normal family memories.”

Those were far-off, warm, and blessed memories.

”I suspect… it isn’t purely a case of amnesia. Rather, her true personality which she has been suppressing for so long has finally reappeared.”

Seiji walked besides Natsuya and also gazed outside the window.

”Before, Shika Kagura definitely didn’t seem normal… She always seemed unnaturally calm… almost as if she were devoid of emotions like a normal human.

”But in truth, she was always suppressing herself from a very early age. The current her is what she has always been suppressing… her innermost personality buried deep within her heart.”

The lonely little sister who had always been waiting for her older brother to come back home.

Under that cold and calm outer shell of hers, this was the true personality of the girl named Shika Kagura

Natsuya remained silent for a few moments.

Finally, she ended up sighing.

”I sympathize with her plight. However, there’s a practical problem facing us…”

No memories meant that she would be unable to supply them any information.

No information meant the situation was still a terrible one!

Seiji obviously understood this.

”We’ll have to… find some method to make her return to normal.”

Make that girl return to how she was.

Seiji had complex feelings about this.

But even he could see that it wasn’t good to leave her in her current state. They should do something about her.