The Most Beautiful Moment in Life

It was Luna’s sudden confession that broke the long silence created by the awkward atmosphere.

,,I like you.”

,,Huh?”

,,I want to see you every day, I want to be with you. I’d be happy just being by your side doing nothing. Even when I see other people, I think of Ross, and when I eat something delicious, I promise myself I’ll eat it with Ross next time. When I think of Ross, I want to become a better person, so I work hard.”

Slowly and with a powerful voice, Luna confessed her feelings. Her gaze was directed elsewhere out of shyness, and I could clearly feel the tension in the hand she was holding, but Luna didn’t stop.

,,Just like the feelings Ross felt for me, I sincerely love Ross too. That’s why I wanted to tell you my true feelings. It’s cowardly to only know one side of the other person’s true feelings.”

As she said that, Luna slowly turned her head towards me. Her face, unable to hide her shyness, and her ears, flushed red, probably looked like mine. We looked at each other straight in the eye.

Our gazes intertwined. As if our emotions were connected by something invisible, we could feel warmth. My pounding heart calmed down as if it didn’t exist. My heart realized that you were someone I could entrust everything to without any worries.

,,Ross-ssi is the sun.”

Luna said shyly, but with a voice filled with sincerity that I could clearly remember.

,,Because only the sun can make a mere moon shine.”

I was happy at those words. It’s a simple evaluation, but no other expression comes to mind. Because the happiest moment in my life is now. If a panorama of my life flashes before my eyes, this will definitely be the first memory that comes to mind.

But my concern for Luna was a higher priority in my heart than my own joy. I looked at Luna with a worried face and said.

,,As you can see from the memories… I’m planning to work as a Lily. I think it’s a necessary evil to save the world. So there will be times when I have to do things that aren’t righteous. If it’s revealed that I’m a Lily, it might cause problems for you, who’s dating me.”

I’m not afraid of falling into an abyss where I can’t see the bottom alone. But I was afraid that Luna would jump into that abyss with me.

I want Luna to be happy. I hope only smiling things happen, and I hope there are fewer things to cry about. I hope she spends her days peacefully without a care in the world. So, I sometimes hesitate, wondering if my being by her side will ruin Luna’s happiness.

Luna put strength into the hand she was holding.

,,I don’t want you to be unable to do what you have to do because of me. Even if that happens, I won’t resent Ross-ssi. Because you worked hard to save everyone. Even if the whole world becomes your enemy, I will always be on Ross-ssi’s side.”

From the hand she was holding, the eyes we met, and her voice, I could feel Luna’s sincerity. But I couldn’t accept that sincerity. I don’t know if it’s because of my contrary nature or the problem with my innate disposition that Raellan mentioned, but my long-standing concerns haven’t been resolved yet.

,,When all the stories are over… I don’t know what will happen. I might suddenly disappear, or I might live here as I am.”

Now that I know my soul is a copy of Jin Sian’s, the latter is more likely. But that’s a story for later. When I decided to date Luna, I confessed my feelings knowing that I might disappear when all the stories were over.

,,Knowing that I don’t know what will happen in the future… I selfishly loved you.”

If I disappear, Luna will always wait for me to return. It’s clearly my fault that I couldn’t push away my feelings even though I knew that.

If it were a simple emotion, I could easily give up. But it was the first love and warmth I had ever felt in my life. It’s the kind that I can’t understand or resolve with my head or my heart. So, even though I knew it was wrong, I made a selfish choice.

Luna just smiled slightly at my confession.

,,No, it’s not selfish. That’s what love is originally. No one knows the future… but today, I want to be with this person.”

Once again, I feel how inadequate I am for Luna. How much am I learning from her? I’m constantly having new experiences and learning about love.

Yeah, Luna always makes me a better person.

,,Ross-ssi’s heart has never been false to me for a single moment. And I can confidently say that I’ve been the happiest in my life since I met Ross-ssi.”

With a gentle smile, Luna continued in an even calmer voice.

,,I told you, Ross-ssi is the sun. Even if I close my eyes, even if you’re far away, I can see you and feel your warmth. Even if Ross-ssi disappears somewhere, I’ll find you. Because I can feel Ross-ssi’s presence anywhere…”

After saying that, Luna struggled to lift her left hand. Luna’s hand touched her flushed cheek.

,,I’m already at a happy ending because I met you.”

My vision wavers at Luna’s unadorned bright smile. I try to hold back because I don’t want to show a weak side, but strangely, I can’t control my emotions in front of Luna as I please. Tears that ran down my cheek touched Luna’s hand.

I had no choice but to respond sincerely to Luna’s sincerity.

,,What’s important to me is your happiness, not mine.”

,,Yeah, me too. So I’m not worried. I’m sure that when all the stories are over, it will definitely end with a happy ending. Because Ross-ssi is the author who creates the ending of the story. You’ll definitely be able to end the story with the words, ‘I lived happily with you for a long time.'”

Those words gave me more strength than any other words. I feel an even stronger will than when I had an indomitable will.

For happiness, for us.

I will fight for a happy ending. I will protect the world she lives in. I will never give up in the face of any adversity, and I will obtain happiness until the end.

I grabbed Luna’s hand that was caressing my cheek and kissed the back of her hand. And I said.

,,I love you.”

Luna’s large eyes embraced me.

Yeah, so I could make this kind of expression too.

Luna smiled softly.

,,It’s a happy ending after all.”

***

The transfer of memories completely eliminated the distance between us. Enduring the shyness and having a sincere conversation was a great help. After Luna realized that I sincerely loved her, she snuggled into my arms with a comfortable face.

When I was preparing a meal, she would come up to me and naturally touch my butt while pressing her chest against my back, and she would look up at me with loving eyes and repeatedly kiss my cheek from time to time.

All of those actions were so cute and lovely that just watching Luna made a happy smile never leave my face.

Once again, she was naturally fondling someone else’s butt as if it were her own and pressing her chest against my back, so I stopped peeling potatoes, sighed, and asked.

,,…Are you doing this on purpose?”

,,Yeah, because Ross-ssi likes it.”

,,….”

There were also unexpected disadvantages. Because I transferred all my memories to Luna in an attempt not to hide anything from her anymore, Luna knew exactly when I was making a sly smile inside when she did certain things.

Luna tiptoed from behind and whispered softly as if breathing into my ear.

,,…I’ll do the naked apron thing next time when it’s just the two of us.”

I forced strength into my lips, which were twitching on their own, and silently resumed preparing the potatoes. So there aren’t only disadvantages. The world must be viewed broadly after all.

I could feel Luna’s cheek rubbing against my back as she wrapped her arms around my waist and tried not to fall off. It was a little ticklish, but I endured it and finished preparing the ingredients.

While making curry, I had various conversations with Luna. It was mainly about Jin Sian. The memories that I transferred to Luna with Memorize magic were from when I possessed Ross, so Luna seemed curious about my previous life and asked various questions.

Among them, what Luna liked the most was about movies. There are similar things in this world, but there aren’t professional things like movie theaters. Her eyes sparkled as my explanation continued, as if she was amazed.

,,So you all gather together and watch musicals with relay magic… It sounds fun just listening to the explanation.”

Looking at Luna’s expectant expression as she imagined my explanation, I wondered if I could put the memory of going to the movie theater into Memorize magic.

It’s possible. Even the details that I don’t even remember were left in my brain, including the memory of watching the movie.

I stopped stirring the curry and handed Luna a snow globe containing the memory of the movie without any explanation.

Luna carefully placed her hand on the snow globe and opened her eyes after a while.

,,How was it? It was fun, right? It was one of the few movies I saw in the theater.”

I looked at Luna expectantly, but unlike my expectations, Luna looked up at me with a face that looked like she was about to cry. No, her eyes were already filled with tears.

,,Wa, was the world that Ross-ssi was in full of black magicians?”

,,…What?”

,,I could see from the movie that the world was full of undead monsters controlled by black magicians… Everywhere was in ruins, and everyone was struggling to survive… Did Ross-ssi live in such a world…?”

I belatedly realized that I hadn’t explained that the movie was a work of fiction, but it was already after Luna burst into tears.