episode_0035

Three chairs were placed in a vast space where countless shooting stars were falling.

The most left of the three chairs.

A pink girl was sitting wearing white clothes.

The girl’s appearance was all too familiar.

Clara, who was sitting on a chair, spoke to me with a smug look on her face.

“Hehe―☆ He once saved Academy City from an evil group… How does it feel to see the face of the most beautiful lady♪ It’s okay to clap and cheer with your arms and legs―☆”

As someone who knows the original, I couldn’t help but point out one thing.

“That… You didn’t do anything there.”

“Uuuh… ♪”

“At some point, you were stuck in a corner and couldn’t come out.”

“Aww… ☆”

Pink hair hangs down along the drooping shoulders.

Clara became depressed when she realized that I knew the entire story.

Apart from being a kind girl who loves school, she couldn’t be called ‘Clara’ without the fact that she was incompetent.

Anyway, surprisingly.

This Clara now was ‘Clara at the time of clearing the main story.’

I asked Clara where she knew.

“I don’t know either—♪ My memories only go up to the moment when Arbit saved —☆ Even then, there are holes here and there—☆”

“What are the prophecies from 1,500 years ago and the changed fate of ?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆”

“What is the truth about this world or the [dragon crouching in the abyss]?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆”

“Why did you go back in time and come here? Why is such a miraculous thing possible?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆”

“What is the current status of juniors and ?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆ What you can’t see, I can’t see either―☆”

“What do you know?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know―☆”

Clara shakes her head while saying that.

I found it odd that it looked exciting, like it was dancing.

“Phew… ”

At the time of clearing the main story, Clara did not know anything about the changed story. In the first place, it seemed like I didn’t even really know the story from the point of view of the main story.

‘It’s as if the point of view of a character who only appears in comedy scenes has been copied… ‘

I also asked why I came to , but the only answer was that I didn’t know.

‘Even if you ask my seniors what happened after the ending, I wouldn’t know.’

I asked just in case, but the answer was that they didn’t know.

I closed my mouth in despair. And Clara also hesitated and kept her mouth shut.

“… ”

“… ”

Clara, who soon ended her silence, burst into innocent laughter again and spoke.

“I feel something vague since ‘you’ came-☆ Actually, I’m not sure-♪ Most of my memories and consciousness have weakened since ‘you’ came-☆ Ahaha! Just like Sleeping Beauty♡”

“Why did you call me here when I died from overwork in my previous life? Why is this world similar to the game I played?”

Clara shook her head at those words and said.

“I want to tell you too, but… I forgot—☆”

“… ”

Then why on earth did you invite me to this space?

When such a question arose, Clara clapped her hands and said,

“More than that, tell me your story now―☆ Yes♪ The price you pay for treating a girl’s body harshly is the ‘Girls Talk’ type―♪”

“It wouldn’t be fun to listen to.”

“No♪ I’m really curious about you―☆ I want to hear about the things you’ve accomplished, knowing a lot of things I don’t♪ You came to Academy City and fell in love with the same things as me―☆”

“… ”

I really had nothing to say about Clara’s words.

I also used her body as I wanted.

Didn’t I reach this space only when I was about to die?

But wouldn’t we be able to do that to her who doesn’t rebuke her for that?

“… ”

Somehow, I felt that I wouldn’t be embarrassed to tell Clara about my ugly biography.

“Well, where should I start? First of all, I have been weak since a long time ago.”

That’s why.

The awkwardly rhymed story was getting longer and longer.

Maybe it’s because of the pink eyes filled with pure curiosity and positivity.

Perhaps it is because of the endless falling shooting stars and the charm of the mysterious night sky.

Maybe it’s the refreshing feeling of being freed from the pretty filter and using your original way of speaking.

Uncharacteristically, I ended up talking for hours.

That’s how my life began.

The story goes back to my past life.

After the entrance ceremony, we were heading towards the [Pink Spiral].

Clara’s sparkling eyes were still wide open and she was concentrating on my words.

“So I decided to use it in the opposite way. If the damage from an area skill is 10 to any enemy, you can always deal 10 damage just by hitting it once with a heart, right?”

“Yes―☆”

“If you can set aside all things like stat corrections and enemy attribute resistance, and simply increase your ether capacity and skill proficiency and use it a hundred or a thousand times… That’s already like a special move.”

“Ohhh―♪ Special move―☆ It’s so fatal―♪ The scent of a fatal girl☆ Truly a dangerous lady―☆ Since when did I become such a dangerous princess♡”

Clara couldn’t control her excitement, fluttering her small bare feet and cheering.

Swish-swish-

At the same time.

Arms and legs visible beneath the generous bosom of the one-piece dress.

In the original, Clara’s arms and legs were thin and soft, perhaps because she had neglected her training. And her dazzling white skin was as clean as if it had never seen sunlight.

She truly looked like a princess, just like she said.

“… ”

I felt complicated as I looked at my current self.

Scars on the body caused by hard training and combat.

Skin that has become rough after experiencing a hard life crossing the wilderness.

The limbs were still thin, but they were angled and split.

I felt a little sorry that his appearance had changed because of me.

“… ”

“What’s next~?”

“Huh?”

“What did you do next―☆”

Clara came out of her own world and urged me to tell the next story.

She actually didn’t respond very well to the story of my original world, except in the larger context. He seemed to feel a kind of vicarious satisfaction from the conquest of Academy City that he accomplished with his own body.

‘It feels like I’m reading something like an alternate history.’

Looking at that scene, I smiled bitterly.

‘It’s really Clara… ‘

Looking at Clara’s extremely pure and innocent appearance, I felt like I could understand where all the trolling shown in the main story came from.

‘Oh, Clara seemed to read my mind to some extent in this space… ‘

I continued the story quickly before she became aware of my intentions.

“Furthermore, Clara, your skill consumed almost no ether, so I decided to call it out to its limit, condense it, and use it in a different form. I called it [Ohui].”

“Ooooh―☆ You are really smart―!! I’ve never even dreamed of such a thought in my entire life♪ Because I couldn’t even use [Basic Ether] properly―☆”

“It’s a simple application. Clara could have used it right away.”

“Actually, even though I heard it now, I didn’t understand it―☆ Yeah♪ But it’s awesome~☆”

“I have been using them to compete with the Five Colors of Academy City since I was a first year… Everyone won.”

“Wow!!! Eirdo? no way… ! Even Chairman Brunhild… ?!”

“Yes. I won everything.”

“Wow!!! It’s amazing~☆ I’m the strongest in Academy City―♪”

“That’s what I said when I beat [Priest of Erosion] a while ago. Actually, other than that, I killed him without even having a proper conversation.”

“Wow~!! Did you win? You’ve already defeated that unpleasant, perverted, gloomy ether robber, centipede lizard?! Don’t let me say anything? Ahahahaha-☆ You mean you pushed the nose of the most persistent executive in !! How many children were hurt by that guy~!!”

Clara’s big eyes were already sparkling. In her eyes, shooting stars filled the night sky flowed into a small milky way.

“Yahhooo――☆”

Clara began to cheer and clap on her chair.

Clap clap clap clap clap –

Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk –

The sound of passionate seal clapping using both hands and feet.

She may look neat and tidy if she just keeps her mouth shut, but the way she enthusiastically applauded with both hands and feet, even using her small bare feet, seemed really foolish.

“Ahahahaha—☆ How!! i love it!! All my life, I’ve only been told that I’m incompetent, but hey, I won over everyone and proudly declared that I was the strongest? Ahahahaha―☆”

Clara stood up and started dancing impromptu.

“lalala―lala―♪”

The white dress flutters and dances with the stars in the night sky. The curves drawn by the long skirt were arbitrary and irregular. It was a movement that somehow reminded me of Aurora.

It was natural and lovely.

Under the night sky with falling stars.

A dance where both the melody and the beat are a mess.

There was a purity there that I couldn’t take my eyes off of.

I just stared at it blankly.

“… ”

Just by listening to the biography of the person who borrowed her body, the sight of the girl dancing and being so purely happy was the true image of Clara.

“… ”

I couldn’t approach the pure Clara, and was just looking at her as a fake Clara.

How long has it been?

Clara, who was expressing such pure joy, slowly approached me step by step. A smile like the starry night sky hung on the corner of her mouth.

“Yes♪ It was a truly brilliant [fate]. Your story.”

your?

‘my?’

Let’s hear that.

I was momentarily embarrassed.

“What are you talking about? I just… !”

It’s just using the rules of the world called games.

I just found the correct answer, the original, and followed it.

He lived by borrowing the life of a girl named ‘Clara’.

I tried to say many things.

Clara smiled quietly and continued speaking.

Unlike her attitude while listening to the story so far, she was firm.

“I feel like I want to continue watching ‘your’ story like this―☆ In that case… Yeah♪ I finally thought of one! Ah~ I should have said this sooner!! I also tend to blink a lot―♪”

“Remember me?”

“How you can wake up again―☆”

“… !”

A situation where one is on the verge of death by forcibly accepting the power of countless ethers and [fate].

What method can I use to wake up?

Under a sky sparkling with stars.

Clara smiled and pointed at me.

“I will give you ‘completely’ my name.”

“What?!”

“Your [fate] is entirely yours from now on.”

“Sleep, wait a minute!”

“Of course, someday we may be together again~♪ But I will only be in charge of ‘those’ for a while―☆”

moment.

Something was missing from me.

Something sparkling like a small starlight.

Following it, numerous dull lights also escape.

Paaah-

It came out of my heart, went up into the night sky, and became a star.

Like a compass needle returning to its original position.

The brightest star appears in the sky that used to shine without distinction.

□□□ smiled and looked at the star with kind eyes.

Eventually she muttered quietly.

“From now on, my soul’s name will be… [Urd]. An incompetent star that only watches over you-☆ Starlight that is an afterimage of the past, just a memory-♪”

“Urd?”

“Clara.”

Urd stood in front of me.

And then he slowly raised one palm.

She smiled and waved her hand slightly.

“Let’s do our best―♪ When fate moves, we can meet again☆ Until the moment we meet again☆ At that time, I will think of more things and become a capable starlight―☆”

“… !”

I also raised my hand and touched his hand.

We are holding hands in a similar way, like a mirror.

But the appearances were as different as the time apart between us.

Urd said, winking his eyes playfully.

“High Five―!!”

“Yes!”

match–

The sound of cheerful applause.

And I opened my eyes.