KAIVON: Hello. Want to go map offense ahead with us?

Oink: ('· ω · ·) I don't mind. Yikes! Ranlan, I need you to step forward because you're a guard.

Kaivon: what a pig

Oink: ('· ω · ·) Pork, but what's the problem? Oink oink

Sure this was the first conversation I had with this guy?

The first place I visited, a place where only a limited number of humans were still reachable at the time.

Was it because I called out, like me, that I could be the person who got to this place and form it?

That's not how they do it right now.

"Welcome. I'm the owner here, just like the restaurants in Endoresia."

"Good evening. That's a good hobby. I let you see the painting on the way."

"This is a piece I managed to get painted, relying on my memory and words. I've said a lot about it, but it was definitely worth it, wasn't it?

"... oh. The background to that painting was this store. I mean, one day we'll all be here, one day."

That day, I had a whim with the person I spoke to on a whim, and I joined the same team and we were to fight together for years.

And whatever the cause or God's whim, I face to face as one human being in a place called this other world.

It's kind of strange, weirdly sentimental, and... lonely to think about what lies ahead.

Is it because of the painting I saw earlier? What makes my heart so tight?

In the room she was put through, she was quietly seated.

Not the usual uniform or some manly courtesy, with a long dress wrapped around it.

Beautifully tied hair together, the pale golden barretta sparkles.

The color of the dress cannot be determined because of the lighting or what color it is. One thing I can tell, like orange, like white, is that the fabric is horribly brilliant and moves smoothly enough to look liquid.

"Well, then let me even say a thoughtful compliment here. Oink, it's beautiful."

"I did get the best compliment of a shy person who honestly doesn't like to praise me"

"Heh, if you know what I mean, it's quick to talk. How about me? You look great."

"Yeah, it looks great on you. I'm honestly a praiseworthy person."

Turn sarcastic, jaw-dropping words against each other.

This is the only person I have that I can interact with.

She's the only one who knows me as smart, thoughtful and as well as I do.

Walk over quietly and gently pull the chair where she should sit.

"Thank you"

"You don't think I'll pull more just before I sit down?"

"You're not a joke in a place like this."

"Are you sure?"

Make sure she sat down, and this one gets to her seat.

Is it because of the air on this occasion or because of what we are talking about today that she across the table looked glossy somewhere?

I'll cage this one. That may not be like an outing, a joke or a lie.

I just pulled my mind back a little bit and watched how she was... and then I felt a sense of pre-sight.

And I immediately think of who it is.

Oh, speaking of which, you did.

"I miss you. It's only been a little over six months."

"Yeah, that's how the two of us came to dinner the day we reunited with me."

"Oh. I've changed my position a lot since then."

"No. You will always be the same. Even if the title and the circumstances surrounding you change, you must be the same person."

Say it in a voice that makes her feel strong.

It's like saying to this one, 'Don't change forever,' and that's kind of what she's saying, that she's already decided to leave this one in her, and just a little loneliness comes through her chest.

Oh...... even so. I'm always the same. Bad, go my way.

Eliminate whoever is your enemy, sweeten your people everywhere, and...

"I'll always be the same. It's your best 'friend' and buddy."

"... yeah, right. You are my best 'friend'. But..."

... I know. Even I would have done it in a different order.

What she's trying to say is, I'm sure...

I stare into her eyes. Her eyes shaking her lips, trying to mouth the continuation of the words.

Reddish black, somewhere moist in those eyes. The gaze to be directed. That tells me exactly what I'm trying to say.

"- Can't we be more than friends? To my lifelong partner, aren't you willing to be?

"... let me tell you. What, would there be a few more ways to say it?

"You don't have a choice. It's my first time. If it's true, I was going to wait for this feeling to disappear naturally. But maybe that's not possible. I'm sure I'll love you forever"

"... why is excuse a more straightforward confession, you can light it up"

I knew. We met again, since we spent that night together.

If they say that 'it's like finding me is their primary purpose', they'll just know.

However, since we have hidden that feeling and kept it at a certain distance, I was wondering if it would remain this way until the thought changed to just a dear one.

In the game days, I've treated you as just a friend.

Ever since I got here, I thought the way it was, the way it talked, everything about it was preferable.

But when I reunited with her, my feelings were already...

"... hopelessly, it's not a good time, Oink"

"Yeah, I think so. Even now, I would have simulated if I had told you how I felt at a different time… apparently, the moment you appeared before Lüe, I came to the conclusion that fate had been decided"

"... if I could have seen you in the real world during the game years. If we'd exchanged words like this, the results would have changed."

"Hehe, right. I'm confident I'll drop you, too."

What emotions swirl beneath that expression of floating talk?

Is it something similar to giving up half the time, or are you desperately holding back the passion?

"Oink...... sorry I have to move on"

"Yeah, I know. Because you are the one who will never change. This is what I needed to do to move on, too. If I missed it now, I wouldn't even be able to have it in a corner of my mind, no matter what I say anymore."

"... Correct. At the end of the day, hit the big wedge. A troublesome woman, you really..."

"Hehe...... please make you both happy. I'm greedy, so I can't keep anything I can't monopolize. I really want to get rid of it."

If it was true, even I wanted to love only one person.

But Lace's presence had swelled too much in me, making it harder to love only Lue.

He reopened it and thought it was because we were both his own family.

And that thought will one day be enough to fill this heart and completely eliminate the space to put in the presence of others.

Unfortunately, I am aware that I am clumsy about this kind of thing everywhere.

And at that still gap time, Oink has screwed his existence.

No, I'm sure she's going to go her own way without regret.

"For once, let's not talk about this. The food is about to be carried."

"... oh yeah"

Speak quietly.

"Where did you pick this?" "To find out about this recipe, I went through with it."

"That's a very polite job," "Wow, that's a dish I don't know about," "Surprised," etc.

Not on the surface. A meeting with her progresses as she thinks it's fun from the bottom of her heart.

With the wine after the meal in my mouth and soaking quietly in the aftertaste, I was working my head to put into words the thoughts I had been thinking and trying to convey.

"... oh I wish this time would last forever. What a word came to mind."

"You're moonlight, it doesn't even seem. But... so am I."

I leak that look of ridicule until then, as if I wiped it away in an instant.

Each other, I know. That when this glass is emptied, this pleasant time - the relationship will be over.

"Oink...... thanks"

"Huh!... what, thank you"

Thoughts on her are put into just one of them.

But because I thought I had to say it, for the first time, I was determined to convey my thoughts straight to a person other than myself.

"Thank you for looking. Thank you for not giving up. Thank you for being in this world."

"... thank you, isn't it just"

You have no choice. That's how much I appreciate it.

I've always behaved like that in the blindfold, but I've always been grateful to you.

"Thank you for your help. Thank you for your help....... thanks for liking it. Thanks for telling me."

Stick it up, it won't stop. I can't stop it. My gratitude for her overflows.

I really, really appreciate it, and I can't help it, so honored.

You've been thinking about me for decades, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Vision shakes. If you move your eyelids at all, it's going to spill.

"Why are you crying? I'm the one who wants to cry."

"Shut up, thank you very much. From now on, I will thank you for the rest of my life. So, hit me in the hand...... sorry, really"

"... part of your heart, if I can still monopolize it in the future... fine. This is what I got. Heh, I was able to take away the rest of you, too."

"... oh, it was my exclusive patent to take it away, but it was taken away. My best friend, my best benefactor, will always be Oink, you."

I'm sure it's not what she wanted, though.

Still, I dawned on her.

This is the end of my previous relationship with her.

From now on, as a benefactor and biggest friend, let's move on.

And she must have...

"Oh - and I still regret it. Truth is, in the real world, if I had met you... hehe, now I would say that on the last day of that game, I really had to attend a seat like..."

"Heh, what a... muscled scrapper he is"

Like switching, she changes the subject.

With a sunny grin somewhere, like spitting out thoughts I've been accumulating.

"Naturally. Because that game, and all of you, was above all else."

"... right"

"Tell me about you today. What life you have lived, and how you intend to walk ahead. Let me hear it. As I once told you."

Because it's the last night.

Let's just talk a little bit.

What I've lived with.

"Well, it was a lot of moving life, I guess."

"Heh, except for a little bit. I thought you were sitting back and holding the knife."

"Yeah. Because of this personality, I've had quite a bit of a change."

Talk to me.

It's like telling an old story.

"Let me hear more, more"

"Oh, right. Then I'll be in the library."

That was the time.

When I remembered the past and skipped consciousness of the past so that I would have a chase experience, I realized something.

Electricity runs into old memories, and the footage comes back to life as if the rusty surface had peeled off.

"... Oink Earl Akimiya"

"What's wrong, all of a sudden"

... Oh, my God.

Right, Akimia... I thought I was seeing you.

"No, it's nothing. That's why I was buying pig stuff."

"Hehe, you're an out-of-the-box reader, aren't you?

I don't look very much like what reality looks like.

But she must have made it just like that.

Most likely, I made it wide on the side.

I used to use that library a lot when I lived in a town.

He said the name of the place was' Library Akimiya 'and was run by a warrant lady from a foundation.

At one point, the part-time kid at the store I worked at said, "I have a very beautiful clerk," a place I had visited.

I still remember going to kill time a lot on the number of books on offer and their comfortable spaces to spend. And...

The side of the secretary... I still remember.

Give me that beautiful woman's side, with an annoying look, just a little tired.

"... it's true, it's causal"

"What's wrong, suddenly? Tell us more. Why did you start that game?

Sometimes I can't talk.

That's because I'm sure there's no need for future relationships.

Let's keep this in my mind.

So that we can move on without each other from now on.

"First of all, it's how I applied for the alpha test -"

Thank you, Oink.

One last time, I offered my gratitude in my heart.