After being briefed by Melvin on how to help Richt, I first returned to the town of Reeve.
I really wanted to be by Richt all the time, but he told me I should go back to the mansion thinking about my mother's health and safety.
The only way we could help Richter was if, like ten years ago, we twins would go inside the capsule and play Coldsleep and share our magic.
Originally, where we did the magic sharing, if we can't do something about the enormous amount of magic that is the cause in the first place, we'll just fall together...... It seems that Melvin can theoretically eject unnecessary magic if we put it in a special capsule with improvements, so it's possible to contain both bodies to a normal magic value to the extent that they can withstand.
This time, however, instead of a short period of one week, if you do poorly for more than a dozen years, you will sleep longer.
Moreover, we have to come to bear in mind that the success rate of this experiment is low and that during Cold Sleep the emission of magic is no longer good and is likely to lead to death for both.
But in order to succeed in magic sharing, the compatibility of the subjects also seems to have something to do with each other, and I, Richter's one crack, have a slightly higher chance of success.
Nevertheless, the odds are less than half, and if you fail and fall together, you will run out of my life, which Richt defended with his life in jeopardy, and you will lose his favor.
But...
─ ─ I can't stand a world without Richt.
I thought so and I decided to risk my own life to save Richt.
Conveniently, I will have an extraordinary month soon. When you give birth to this child safely, ask Melvin for a cold sleep procedure.
By the way, as soon as I pack my bags, I plan to be admitted to the hospital where Richt is hospitalized, too.
"It would be hard to go to see a doctor with that body, so you should be admitted to the same hospital," thanks to Melvin's reckoning.
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A few days later.
Richt, as always, does not wake up. Even while he is doing this, he continues to be eroded by vast amounts of magic.
I want to save your brother. I want to free you from suffering. I can't do anything, but it just makes me feel different.
Being in Richt's care, as usual, it struck my mind about Fufu Nate.
I haven't heard from him since I heard his condition had recovered before... but since then, what's happened? I hope you're managing to get comfortable......
If Cold Sleep treatment is applied, Nate and I may never see each other again... I think I'll go see her thoughtfully.
That's what I thought. I called the grocery store in the town of Reeve. It was the general who answered the phone.
Her story was that Nate had already been discharged and was now quiet in her own room upstairs in the store.
When I told the general that I was going to see Nate, I explained the situation to Melvin and went to the town of Reeve with permission to go out.
Because it's hard to travel with this body, I had a magic drug prescribed to temporarily improve my strength just before I left the hospital, and although I took it and then took a long journey...... I figured I only regretted a little that someone should have followed me.
When I arrived in the town of Reeve and headed to the grocery store, the general was just cleaning in front of the store.
The general looked surprised for a moment when she looked at my stomach, but she quickly rushed over and helped me up the stairs.
When I knocked on the door and walked into Nate's room, he was surprised to see me, too.
I explained the circumstances to the general, so he should also know that Richt fell down again and that I am not living in prison now... I have not even told him that I am pregnant, so I have no choice...
Although Nate had been solidified for a while, he eventually laid his eyes down as he perceived the situation and prepared a chair for me to sit on.
"I'm sorry. Suddenly I pushed..."
"Oh... no, I don't mind that... is your body doing better?
"Oh, yeah... I'm fine"
"Well, good."
"Nate, are you okay with the injury?
"Thanks to you, I think it's time to get back to work."
After a few words, the conversation was suddenly interrupted and silence continued.
In such awkward air, Nate opens his mouth a few seconds faster than I cut out the story.
"The... father of the belly child, is he Richt after all...?
"Yeah. That's right. But don't get me wrong. I'm positive about having this baby right now."
"Positive......?
"Yeah. It's me, I want to make Richter's dream come true..."
That's right, and explaining how it's been so far, Nate laid her eyes down looking so lonely.
"I know the whole story. Thanks for talking to me. But right. I knew this was happening..."
"Huh...?
"It's time to notice my book (...) When (...) 's (...) Chi (...), Ceres"
"My, true feelings...?
Let's notice, even if they say... I have no idea what Nate is trying to say. What the hell is this about...?
With that in mind, I'll try to tilt my neck.
"You certainly loved me.... I'm sure that feeling was real"
……
"But there was always him at the end of your gaze. Put your hands on your chest and think about it. Who was always in your heart? Who was the one you really couldn't help but get in love with?
"Nate...? What are you talking about...?
"Stop lying to your own mind now. Even you, you really knew. I don't want to see you suffer from lying to my heart anymore."
As soon as they said that in a slightly harsh tone, inadvertently, pre-visual footage poured into my head.
There is hope in front of me, staring at me with a serious face. Does having hope mean this is a memory of a previous life?
Apparently, the place we are is a park near the school we attended in our previous life... but why the hell are we here?
Eventually the hopes that cut out the story, which I couldn't tell you, turned to me bewildered and said "I like you".
I retreat unintentionally, but I don't mind my hopes. I was about to be kissed, and I say "disgusting" and reject him and thrust him.
The hope I apologized to said, "Chill my head here for a while" and sat on the bench, having trouble reacting, I told him, "You're back in the dormitory first," leaving the park and waiting for the signal. Then I cross the crosswalk when the hope I've been chasing wraps a muffler around my neck and I realize the signal has turned blue.
And then, at some point, the car was fast approaching, and the hope of realizing it ran and trying to shelter me...
Huh...? Wait a minute. Could this be... a memory just before we died in our previous lives...?
As soon as I realized that, I was struck by an intense headache.
It's like the whole head is tightened. But I don't know why...... I feel like I can remember something. I think I've forgotten something very important.
─ ─ If there is an afterlife, I want to see it again. I want to see him again and live with him.... and now it's time to tell him how honest I feel. "I love you more than anyone," he said.
Unexpectedly, I recall what I was thinking at death in my previous life.
... Oh well. Gradually, I realized. The truth is, I've always felt the same way about my brother.
But I was going to put a lid on my feelings and cut my thoughts off, "because I'm the one you shouldn't like".
The truth is, I liked and couldn't help but like the hope, to a habit that hasn't changed one bit from me back then when I really wanted to "marry the hope"... common sense and mistakenly thought I was the only one who "grew up" on my own.
... How could I have never noticed such an important thing?
─ No, it's not. I didn't realize. If you wanted to notice, you would have noticed. Yet... I was unconsciously refusing to realize what I meant.
At the same time as I realized that, I felt a severe headache until earlier.
"Nate... I..."
"Sounds like you noticed."
Nate seemed to have guessed that I realized what I meant.
"The truth is, I've known for a long time. But I don't want to admit it... because the only element I can beat him is being between you and someone else, I've always been in that position... whenever I was desperate to gain an advantage over him. … but now I can admit to losing."
That's what Nate said and smiled, giving her a sunny look.
"... I'm sorry... I..."
"Don't apologize. You're not bad.... Look, it's not if you're selling oil here, is it? I have to go tell my loved ones how I really feel."
"Um, but... Richt is now..."
"Actually, I got a call from a doctor named Melvin Kleite just before Ceres got here. He said," Richter's awake, so tell him when Ceres arrives. "
"Richt...!?"
"Oh. So go quick for him. I'm sure he'll love it."
Nate said so, gently pulling his hand to care for me, a pregnant woman, and taking me to the door.
"Nate...... thanks"
"Oh, yeah. Have you decided on the child's name yet?
"Yeah, for once. If it's a girl, I'm going to name her 'Nadi'..."
"Nadi, or... that's a good name.... I'm sorry I stopped. We need to get you to Richter soon."
"Um... Nate. Thank you so much. I can't believe you don't despise me like this... I knew you were sweet."
"That's not true. I'm the one who owes you an apology."
Nate just says, "You don't have to be sick," he shakes his neck sideways.
When I said a superimposed thank you to him like that, I hesitated to say goodbye and turned my back on him.
"Ceres!"
The moment I try to leave the room, I hear myself calling to a halt, and I look back unexpectedly.
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"Good luck! I can't believe I'm never gonna see you again! Someday, I'm sure, we'll all laugh at each other again... I believe so!
"Nate......! Yeah! Me, good luck! Absolutely, because I will try to help Richt! Absolutely... Absolutely, because I'll let you survive! So...... not again!
I waved my hands wide towards Nate and opened the door as I wiped my fingers with tears that could zero out of my eyes.