Chapter 425: Merging Souls (2/2)
“Yeah, I’m Kotone.”
“I’m Kazane…?”
The shortest girl asked in an unsure tone.
It was as if she wasn’t sure who she was.
“What happened.”
Kohaku asked plainly.
Bizarrely enough, the youthful elder was slightly frowning.
“Uhh…”
Kotone said, her gaze wavering.
Just by looking at them, one could tell they were confused.
The sisters looked at one another again. This time it was as if they were communicating with one another via eye contact.
At length, Kotone stammered out a sentence.
“This has been occurring on an occasional basis as of late.”
“This weird thing?”
“Us not being able to tell which one we are.”
Kotone said with a slightly anxious expression, which mirrored the other two sisters.
“And it’s not memory loss or anything like that. I know who I am, but it’s just less clear.”
“Mm, perhaps ye can explain it so that it be easier to comprehend?”
“Uhh, ah, just talking to myself. We know who we are, but we don’t know who we are…I guess?”
The sisters looked at each other, nodding simultaneously.
Kohaku pondered these words briefly.
At length, she spoke again, this time with a serious expression.
“It be quite complex to put into words. So yer saying that ye consciousness as triplets is clear but yer individual consciousnesses have merged…maybe? No, that’s still not quite it…yer consciousness should have been one before all this. Hmmm…”
“Uhh, I think that’s the correct way to put it. We agree.”
“…In other words, this be like a telephone extension’s label ripping off, jana.”
“Extension?”
Kotone cocked her head.
“…Ah, guess ye lassies aren’t from the generation with telephone handsets.”
Kohaku went back into thought, but Kotone interrupted that.
“Uhh, I think that’s the right idea. Yes, that’s it.”
“Ah.”
Kohaku nodded, then seemed to remember something.
“Did ye discuss this with Danna-sama?”
“Eh, nope, not yet. We’re still a bit too confused to explain.”
“Nay, do not use that as an excuse.”
“Eh?”
“How will not talking to Danna-sama help?”
“But…we do not wish to worry him…”
“Nay, not that.”
Kohaku firmly cut through what Kotone was saying.
“Just imagine Danna-sama’s reaction if ye tell him ‘We’re fusing more and more into one person!’. How do ye think he would regard it?”
“Uhh…”
The three sisters were perplexed.
“Ye don’t get it? Then let us go back a wee bit, shall we? I shall tell it to ye straight: Danna-sama highly regards the three of ye, sharing the same soul.”
“””Ah.”””
The sisters’ voices overlapped in astonishment.
“Looks like ye remembered. Then let me ask ye again. If ye convey yer current situation to Danna-sama, how will he react?”
“””He’ll be happy.”””
They said. Kohaku nodded, satisfied with their answer.