The moment I offered the golden fruit I received from Alice, the atmosphere of Chro obviously changed.

My expression disappears and my golden eyes look at me without being slight.

To that heterogeneous sign, silenced without the next word continuing... Khlo slowly lay down his face.

"... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!

"Huh!?

From Cro's body laughing like crazy, black smoke erupts, which instantly envelops the whole room.

The smoke that swallows all of the space stains the vision in a single black color in an instant.

What, this? What the hell is this place...

When I realized I was standing in a black monochromatic space that I couldn't tell up or down. No, I don't even know if it really stands or floats.

Even though it's so pitch-black that I can't even read the sense of distance, for some reason, only my body looks clear. The space, arguably such an anomaly, could not help but breathe.

I could see my body trembling slightly, along with the feeling that my body was tightened with the air itself.

At some point, the golden fruit that should have been in my hand has disappeared, and at the end of my gaze, only the suddenly shining golden eyes appear in the black monochromatic view.

You look better than I thought. Heh, that's the barrier those kids built...... hehe, haha!!

"... Cro?

That voice, which should sound familiar, sounds like an unknown sound, with a spooky voice echoing in space as if it had been stained with madness.

"... Ah, finally... finally... it's been a long time."

Eyes shake floating in black space with a mocking voice.

What the hell are you talking about? Alice said that Crowe would reject me... but thanks Crowe is not what I imagined.

'Many, many failures... I'm glad, Kite. He finally' succeeded 'me.

"... succeed... kung fu?

I don't know what you're talking about... I just can't help but the heavy, horrible air is covering my body.

It's like it's stuck in the belly of a monster, so intimidating that resistance and nothing feels meaningless... I'm not supposed to be killer, but Crowe should be laughing, but my knee is about to break.

Crowe said he seemed to be doing better than he thought... which means that this feeling is being reduced by the defensive magic that Alice and the others have prepared... is it being reduced and this pressure? What is Clo's natural power... how much...

"... Kite, have you ever played domino knockout?

"Domino?"

'Yes, Domino... when do you think it's gonna be the most fun? It's the moment to take them down.'

"... Gu... Ah..."

I hear more and more pressure attacking my body and something squeaking with the mistletoe.

Maybe the barrier Alice and the others put up for me is screaming... if there were no barrier, my consciousness would have been mowed down a long time ago.

"Take care, chick I raised dearly like my child...... the most, really, exciting moment of 'pulling a thousand off' those beautifully grown wings!!

"... to…………"

'But you didn't do well inside, did you? Look, I'm the one who's going to hold you...... I really wanted to chop off the prettiest wings......' Made love to me 'the prettiest wings ever!!

"... ahhhh..."

At that moment, Sole was finally released.

In an instant, thoughts are smeared in black and attacked by the fear that they are going to scream out... unmixed, intense killing.

That far surpasses when you encounter Mr. Isis, and the word death burns intensely on your head.

The body doesn't move like a gold tie, uncomfortable with intense nausea like only fear is crawling over the skin.

'Hehe, it's no use. Kite... if I care about that, such defensive magic, it doesn't make any sense... it's useless to expect Shiro's help. You can't put Shiro in my created space...'

"Grr... ahhh!?

With the cold words, the sensation of the left hand - disappeared.

Moving my gaze, my left hand... no, the tip was disappearing from my left elbow.

There is no pain... but there is no feeling of having hands. As if they had been swallowed up in a pitch-black space, as if there had never been a hand from the beginning...

'It's okay... properly, I'll eat you delicious... little by little...'

……

It wasn't just the hands that made the change.

With the words of Chro, the senses gradually disappear from the toe...... they begin to disappear into a black space.

What is it, here? What's going on? What the hell happens to me...

"... you're gonna die."

…………

Crowe's words are not lies. I didn't have to think with my head to understand that Crowe was seriously going to kill me.

Instead, after the body understands it, the thought finally begins to think about death.

... death... no? Oh well... Me, you're gonna die...

I don't know... I'm supposed to be horrible, but I'm not supposed to want to die... have I already broken my heart? I accept that word without any resistance.

It's like it's painted black to the thought as well as the body... a feeling I can't help it.

Dark, cold...... how much remains of my body now? Has it disappeared already? Why don't you feel anything? I don't even feel it anymore... has it disappeared? I can only feel the cold...

"... hey, kite? How about the taste of despair?

………………

Despair... well, is this feeling a feeling of despair... oh, yeah. It's a feeling I remember when I think about it.

In the crushed car, my cooling mother and father... peeking through the gap in the body of the car, dark cloudy skies... cold and dark, that feeling.

I'm scared... cold... scared... I'm freezing.

'... hey, let me hear it one last time? Dyed with despair, your voice...'

……………………

Last? Right... Last... I'm going to be killed by Crowe. What kind of words do I leave in the clo that's going to kill me?

I can't get my head around Locke anymore... nothing, I can't think... I don't want to think...

In disappearing thoughts, in the sight of being anointed with black, nature fell out of my mouth, and the last words fell zero.

"... cro... ever... thanks"

Hahaha...... I'm exhausted. Even in this situation, I seem to have nothing but gratitude.

I'm supposed to be scared to death, but I don't get angry or scared of Cro individuals... If Cro kills me, that's fine and I think like that... I'm in love with you wholeheartedly...

……

Immediately afterwards, the entire space rocked tremendously.

And the thought that was about to disappear, the body that had lost its senses, suddenly began to heat up.

The fear that was engulfing my body, the freezing cold...... everything could disappear in an instant, as well as how my vision opened and I could see the golden eyes floating in the black space.

And I'm not the only one who's had a change.

Golden eyes are also shaking heavily for some reason.

'... why... why... what the hell!!

"Huh!?

Too loud a scream, the voice is not creepy until earlier, but caged in strong emotions.

'I'm doing this far!! Why aren't you' scared 'of me? Why don't you' try to get away 'from me!?

"... k... b...?

"What the fuck!! You're leaving!! You'll be gone from before me!! Why are you making me so lost!!

……

It's a crying sorrowful voice, with a pitch-black space shaking loudly as if it represented the heart of a chrome every single voice.

... well, here or here... the passion that Crowe is unleashing against me right now... that's what was at the deepest end of Crowe.

I mean, until just now, it was an act... haha, he's really a hell of a guy.

Maybe he was also thinking about my sensory magic and other influences, and he was successfully guiding his emotions so that I could assume he meant it.

And a little bit more willingness to kill, and adjusted so that death felt closer to me so that I felt more afraid... I'm afraid.

"... Cro..."

"Huh!?

So again... as if I remembered, the intense intent to kill was released from the clo, and my body swayed heavily even though the wind wasn't blowing.

But it's okay. My body didn't disappear... and it works! My heart, too, can't break anymore!!

"... don't come... don't come..."

……

I don't even know where I'm going. I'm going in the pitch black.

'In a different direction' from the golden eyes you see in front of you...

And I was convinced with a frightening clo voice. Those eyes are dummy... Crowe is ahead of us.

It's in a black space I've never seen before, but for some reason I only found it clear where Clo was.

Step by step, step by step, take your feet... I reach into the darkness where I see nothing.

The feeling of something touching your hand, grabbing it and attracting it.

"... ahh"

"Huh!?

What emerged from the pitch black with a small voice...... "Mr. Shiro with black hair"?

No, it doesn't matter what you look like. This is Chro.

I embraced Cro with all my strength... with an upset look on his face.

"... Cro, I like it"

"Huh!?!?

I put it into a simple thought and confessed to Cro.

Crow's body moves freaking out, but he doesn't seem to resist.

"I came to this world, always, always, energized by Crowe's smile. I thought I wanted to stay with Crowe, who laughed happily ever after."

"... kite... kun"

"Whatever Clo says, whatever he does... I'm not afraid of Clo. I won't even leave...... hey, Cro? The treasure... they found it. I like you... more than anyone... more than anything..."

"Huh!?

Hearing my words I told you with a strong hug, my powers fall out of Crowe's body.

And at that moment, a crack entered the black space and smashed into pieces, as well as returning to my room, where the view was familiar.

It's not just the view that's back, Crowe's also back in the silver-white-haired girl she's used to seeing, picking my clothes with her body trembling.

"... stupid... stupid... kite you really showed me... forced me to slap my feelings of fear... still can't believe i'm not scared..."

"... yeah. Might be."

"Fool... Fool... Fool... Fool... Likes... Likes... Me too! I like you Kate!!

There were zero tears coming out of Crowe's eyes, and he jumped at me with the word I liked.

Bury your face in my chest in tears and gently embrace the little, shoulder-trembling cro.

"... sorry... sorry... scared me..."

"Nothing, I don't care. What really scared me was... you're more of a cro, aren't you?

"... Yeah... I was scared... if Kate confessed to me... I would no longer be able to give up on Kate... if Kate was gone... I would never laugh again..."

"I won't be there. I promise... I will never take away Clo's smile"

"... kite............ huh!?

After listening to my words, Khlo looked at me harder than before... slowly raising his face and staring at me with his moist eyes.

"... kite kun... I like it. Love it."

"Yeah, I like Crowe, too."

Clo closed his eyes quietly as he conveyed his thoughts again.

I slowly lowered my posture after stroking my brilliant, silver-white hair illuminated by the moonlight slipping through the window... layered my own lips on those little lips.

Confession is over, and now it's sunny and cro and lovers each other...... disgraceful and embarrassing!? What do we do!? I can't see your face properly!?

When a paragraph suddenly brings up the embarrassment, and I'm feeling like being stuffy, Crowe is out of nowhere, taking out the golden fruit I was offering and smiling.

"Kate, who gave you this?

"... Huh? Uh, Alice..."

"Heh heh heh... so you don't know what 'meaning' is?

"Huh? Meaning?

Speaking of which, I recall not knowing what that golden fruit was in the end, leaning my neck back to the smiling cro.

Crowe then slightly dyes her cheeks and tells her with a laugh to haunt her.

"Giving away golden fruit is a" proposal "of the Spirit Clan."

"Heh? Yeah!?

"Give me the golden fruit, and if they eat it, they'll be made. People seem to imitate it quite a bit, so I thought you knew."

"Oh yeah..."

Alice's, I'm giving you everything!? I mean, I was proposing to Cro before I confessed... what, I'm so ashamed of that!?

In front of me feeling the heat gathering on my face, Crowe rubs the golden fruit in my hand in a very natural motion...... YEAH!?

"Hey, ku, kuro!?

"Oh, this feels pretty fresh, it's delicious"

"Yes, no, it's delicious, not..."

That's what Cro eats, which means accepting my proposal... Oh, shit, my face is getting hotter.

After staring at me like that for fun, Crowe walks up to me in a natural move and softly hugs me.

"... ahhh... finally... finally, I found you"

"Cro?"

"... it's been a long time, really... I finally found someone to 'treat me equally'... 'stand next to me'..."

……

From the eyes of Chro, tears are zero again, and I gently embrace my body as if it were a treasure.

Cro always wanted it and said he had what he was looking for... and now that he's found it...

"... Kite... I'll tell you everything... about me... and what I wanted... and I'll tell Kite everything."

"Yeah."

Hold me sweetly, and hold me back, too, the clo that keeps me.

I feel the joy of twitching and wrapping my heart around, stroking my comfortable hand hair.

"But just a little... really just a little... wait"

"Yeah?"

"Now... I'm overwhelmed that I like Kate... and I can't think of anything other than Kate. I don't want to think."

"... it's okay. I'm not in a hurry, and I'm here... just take your time."

"... yeah. Kite...... I like it...... no matter how many words you put it, I can't pass on my thoughts. Kate... thank you for coming to this world... and meeting me..."

My heart was wrapped in serene happiness as I felt the definite warmth of my beloved opponent in my arms.

Dear Mother, Father - a strange demonic girl who met me in another world and saved me. Kind, childish, somewhere grown up, always with a cute smile on my face, my dearest one... and from today on, the relationship with that person is going to be a big step forward - from friend to lover.