Chapter 95 : The Reborn Girl

Aurora adorning the night sky. And a girl left alone.

After all dreams ended, only silence remained.

The purple mist showed all the love Alisa’s parents had left behind, and their faintly remaining unconsciousness had exhausted all its power.

I exhaled a cold sigh, feeling suffocated by that silence.

“…”

“…Alisa.”

Yeonseo approached Alisa, who was quietly looking up at the night sky, and hugged her.

“…I want.”

“Hm?”

“I want to see… Dad’s real hometown… the real aurora.”

“Okay. Let’s go see it together.”

Finally, a life goal for the girl who had been waiting for death on her bed.

But.

In just 3 months from now.

‘She will be completely absorbed by the magical girl of [Death].’

The descent of a born 3-star magical girl.

The descent of the magical girl of [Death].

I have a duty to revive the souls of hundreds of girls killed by the Scavengers.

‘I must revive their souls from [Death]’s domain.’

There are impossible constraints for ordinary people, but I must persuade her to at least reverse the deaths of magical girls.

“…”

It was not easy to accept this in front of Alisa’s will, which had been revived like a candle flame flickering again in the bitter winter wind.

It was so difficult that I couldn’t say anything.

As I stood still like that, I heard the sound of footsteps crunching the cold snow beside me.

Crunch

Crunch

“Alisa.”

The magical girl of [Death], who had been just watching everything from behind until now, approached Alisa. Seeing this, Yeonseo was startled and hid Alisa behind her, looking at her with wary eyes.

“Alisa has already said goodbye to her parents! What do you want?”

“You don’t need to worry. Alisa knows what I want to say.”

“What?”

Alisa, who had been standing behind Yeonseo, came forward upon hearing this.

Two Alisas facing each other.

The two girls with completely identical appearances could not be distinguished except for the direction of their footprints in the snow, as only their expressions were different.

One expressionless.

One with a hesitant expression.

“Alisa.”

“Alisa.”

Two girls calling the same name to each other.

Two girls born from the world of death.

“Is your promise to give me a name still valid?”

“…Yes. Because thanks to another Alisa, I was able to become myself.”

“Is your wish to die still valid?”

“…No. I want to… fulfill Dad’s dream in the real world.”

The expressionless Alisa held out her white hand and took the hesitant Alisa’s hand.

“Your name and my name is Alisa.”

“…We are the same Alisa.”

One became Alisa by receiving the life of a girl remaining in the unconscious from the dark blue crow.

One became Alisa from a sleeping baby mouse in chaos due to the warm world of death.

‘Could it be…?’

I could only hold my breath as I thought of a possibility.

The descent of born 3-stars except [Revelation].

The hidden constraint in it is the death of the girl who becomes the eyes to view the world.

It happens automatically when the second red broadcast occurs.

Or it happens as the death of the girl who becomes the eyes.

“Alisa, do you have anything you want to do from now on?”

“…I want to wake up now.”

The hesitant Alisa lowered her head with guilt for breaking her promise, but answered while holding the hand tightly.

“I want to wake up now and… see what Dad wanted to show me.”

“I see.”

“I’m sorry.”

“What are you sorry for?”

“I broke my promise. You have things to do too.”

The expressionless Alisa, the dark blue crow, smiled very slightly for the first time.

A faint smile that seemed like it could be erased at any moment.

“I would have said. If this world meant nothing to you”

Then it would mean nothing to me either.

“If this world is a place filled with your father’s love for you.”

Then this world has meaning.

“Alisa.”

“Yes.”

“Do you have confidence that you’ll be happy?”

“…I don’t know.”

For a girl who had slept on a bed her whole life, this world was too distant and frightening.

An unknown world.

“But still…”

Alisa looked at Yeonseo, who had been cheering for her beside her.

Yeonseo was watching with surprised eyes, her mouth covered, as if she had sensed something from the conversation between the two Alisas.

“The dreams Anastasia showed me. And the numerous fantasies.”

Eating delicious things.

Seeing beautiful things.

Playing in warm places.

“If that’s what this world is like. If that’s what Dad wanted to show me.”

For the first time, Alisa’s will turned towards the outside world, not the fairy tale or hospital.

For the first time since birth, she turned towards the warm outside world, not the death she had first become aware of and wanted.

“I want to see it.”

“I see.”

The other Alisa, who had returned to being expressionless, closed her eyes. And from her chest, a dark blue Glass Star appeared, shining faintly like the darkness in the corner of the night sky where the aurora had risen.

Three huge dark blue starlights rose in a triangle, revealing an enormous presence like constellations in the sky above.

The light of death.

A light that is cold and quiet, but for someone, it’s the light that first guided them to see this world.

“Then for me, this world will become a gift to you.”

“Wh-what are you trying to say…?”

“Alisa.”

“…Yes.”

The Alisa shining with dark blue light raised her hand and cupped the face of her other self looking at her.

“Because you gave me my name, I was able to become myself.”

“But that’s…!”

“Because you gave me the name Alisa, which was the only thing you had and the most precious. I was able to create this world.”

Two girls with a dark blue star between them in the quiet snowy field where the aurora shines.

And the dark blue star shone and passed over to the other Alisa.

Alisa who received the star shed tears in disbelief

Alisa who handed over the star smiled with relief and blessed her.

A miracle that only two beings sharing the same name can show.

“Therefore, I will disappear from this world as Alisa.”

And you are reborn as the magical girl of [Death].

“What, what will happen to you?”

“Alisa.”

“Answer me…! If you disappear too now…!”

“Alisa.”

“There’s no need for someone like me to remain…! I just want to see Dad’s hometown…!”

“Alisa.”

“…Yes.”

The girl who became Alisa from the magical girl of [Death] smiled.

“Congratulations on being born into this world. Go and see many things.”

The dark blue energy spread throughout the world of death poured down.

The energy of death pouring down like a meteor shower.

They began to gather towards the Glass Star held by one girl.

The girl who was gradually becoming blurry was watching this with satisfaction.

“I’m glad. That this world is no longer meaningless.”

“I’ll, I’ll definitely be happy.”

The girl holding the dark blue Glass Star and accepting the energy of death shouted loudly.

“I!! I’ll definitely live a happy life!!”

Dad.

Mom.

And my other self.

The girl who had confirmed the hearts of those who had cheered for her as she was slowly dying in the world of death shouted loudly.

“I’ll see many things and live happily like a dream!!”

“…Yes.”

The dark blue crow, now completely blurry, confirmed the will to live shining in Alisa’s eyes.

“Anastasia.”

“Yes…?”

“I want you to teach the magical girl of [Death] about the outside. Please do what I couldn’t.”

“Yes, certainly.”

Yeonseo nodded with firm resolve.

“Magical girl who resembles the white rabbit.”

“Yes.”

Considering the dark blue crow’s way of metaphor, the white rabbit is probably the goddess of [Beginning]. And she chose to change Alisa’s fate and herself instead of the tea party… the descent.

“It would be good to have a conversation with the brown cat.”

“But the magical girl of [War] is…”

“The brown cat wants chaos but doesn’t lie.”

“Okay.”

“Even if not persuasion, choosing the best option will do.”

“I understand.”

“The mad hatter… probably won’t be of any use even if you meet.”

“What?”

I was surprised to hear information about the personality of the magical girl of [Plague] for the first time, but she, with only her upper body remaining now, quietly just left words to say.

“Her essence is cluster. Spread. She cannot settle where there is only one soul.”

“…”

“Even if you meet her, she will have become someone else.”

“I understand.”

“I hope you will teach the magical girl of [Death] many things.”

“Of course. I live for all magical girls.”

Having said everything, the dark blue crow looked at Alisa preciously holding the dark blue Glass Star.

Dark blue starlight filling the snowy field.

Endlessly pouring meteor shower of death.

We felt our consciousness gradually blurring in that scene.

The end of the dream.

It meant the extinction of one personality.

“Magical girl of [Death]. Be happy.”

The dark blue crow, who had suddenly appeared and built a world for one girl, received only the name Alisa.

She perished, becoming the soul of an ordinary girl.

The death of death.

It was the beginning of a new birth.

With the dark blue light filling our sight, we opened our eyes in the hospital room.

“Ugh…”

“Phew.”

Yeonseo and I got up unsteadily from the hospital room sofa that felt unfamiliar, as if we had seen it years ago.

“A-Alisa!!”

Even while staggering, Yeonseo turned around and called the black-haired girl.

“Yes.”

The girl who had lived between dreams and death for 16 years had now awakened in the world of light.

“…Thank you.”

“Alisa!”

Yeonseo rushed to Alisa and hugged her.

The two girls shared each other’s warmth like that for a while.

“…Anastasia.”

“Call me Asya.”

“Okay. Asya.”

Alisa broke free from Yeonseo’s embrace and tried to get up, her whole body trembling.

“It’s dangerous to get up suddenly!”

“No. It’s okay.”

Wobble

Yeonseo supported Alisa’s body as she tried to get up forcefully from the bed.

I approached them and supported the opposite side of Alisa.

Alisa spoke with a choked voice, trembling but holding the dark blue Glass Star in one hand.

“I want to… go out.”

“Okay.”

“Let’s do that.”

We supported Alisa like that and went outside the hospital room.

“Ali…sa?!”

“Oh my.”

“She’s awake.”

The old man and long-term patients who had been drinking alcohol with gloomy expressions in the corridor were shocked to see us, and the nurses urgently called for a doctor and disappeared somewhere.

“Where should we go, Alisa?”

“Out…side.”

“Okay.”

We moved at a very slow pace.

Gradually.

Towards the outside.

“Oh Lord.”

“Alisa?!”

“This can’t be.”

The three security guards, who had been kind only to Alisa’s parents, were surprised to see us moving down the corridor, turning their fat bodies.

A drunk ferryman.

Numerous medical chart soldiers.

Three bear security guards.

Slowly taking in the original appearances of the residents who had made up the world of death.

We opened the main entrance of the hospital where bright sunlight was coming in.

Creeeeak―

The sound of the rusty main entrance opening.

And the world familiar to us but unfamiliar to Alisa appeared.

In the sky, there was the familiar sun instead of a giant chicken.

Far away, a black bird was flying away, startled by the sound of the door opening.

The dark blue crow.

“…Hello.”

The girl who had been curled up in death.

Was born into this world for the first time.