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Chapter 574: 574

After eating the baby castella dish, we went around the attractions I had visited in the previous six days…… such as the Monster Race with Dr . Vier and Neun-san, and the VR attraction with Alice .

Of course, we weren’t able to visit all of them, but I think we were able to smoothly go around them with the support of the different Gods .

Shiro-san’s excitement is quite intense, but it’s a new experience for me…… To be honest, I had a lot of fun .

I feel like I got to see a lot of different sides of Shiro-san today…… It’s hard to notice because of her usual expressionlessness, but she’s always trying to fight Kuro and was getting worked up with various things…… She surprisingly had a childish part in her .

[……Kaito-san . ]

[Yes?]

[There is a place I have to go, do you mind if we go there?]

[Eh? Y- Yes, I don’t mind . ]

I suddenly felt a strange sense of unease at what Shiro-san said . Most of the places we’ve visited so far have been at Shiro-san’s request, but this is the first time she’s asked for my confirmation like this .

Wouldn’t that mean that this place Shiro-san wanted to go to is really important to her?

[Well then, let’s go . ]

As soon as Shiro-san said this, the scenery changed . The sky, which should have been dyed with the color of sunset, has now turned blue .

[Arehh? This is…… the Sanctuary, right?]

[Yes . ]

The place Shiro-san brought me to was the familiar Sanctuary…… the floating garden where I first met Shiro-san .

[Kaito-san, there’s something I’d like to ask you . ]

[Something you’d like to ask?]

[……What if…… This is just a “what if” but…… A person you know of…… It can be one of your family, a friend, or your lover . What if “that person has lost all memory of you”?]

[……H- Huhh . ]

[It’s not that they have forgotten about you, it’s that all the memories about you disappeared in their mind . If that person couldn’t remember you anymore…… Do you think that person is different from the person you have spent your life with?]

I don’t know why she would ask me such a question . However, Shiro-san seemed to be very serious as she asked this question…… Is this an important question?

[That’s a difficult question to answer…… but let’s see . You could call them a different person, I guess? To put it simply, I think they would turn back to the person they were before they met me . ]

[I see…… That means what makes a person such a person is their memory…… their heart, isn’t it? Or perhaps, would they still be the same person as long as they have the same vessel…… the same body?]

[……I think it’s more about the heart . ]

Even after hearing all this, I still don’t understand the purpose of Shiro-san’s questions . What in the world…… is the answer Shiro-san was looking for?

As I was thinking about this, Shiro-san turned her gaze towards me, looked straight into my eyes and continued .

[Well then, is the act of “completely erasing a person’s memory”…… the same as murdering that person?]

[……That’s also a difficult question to answer but, let’s see . It certainly might be an act that’s equivalent to killing that person . ]

[……Is that so……]

Hearing my answer, Shiro-san slightly looked down . After a few moments of silence, she looked away from me and quietly muttered .

[……What do I really want to do? I don’t know anymore . ]

[……Shiro-san?]

[I’ve told you something worthless . I’m sorry…… “Please forget about it” . ]

[Eh? !?]

When Shiro-san told me this in a voice that sounded as if she’s holding back her emotions, my vision turned all white .

I was walking through the venue of the Six Kings Festival when my feet suddenly stopped .

[……Arehh?]

[Is something the matter?]

When I suddenly found myself exclaiming, Shiro-san, who was walking next to me, tilted her head .

[Ah, no, I guess I was zoning out a bit…… What were we doing again?]

[It was almost time for the last day’s party, so we were talking about parting ways . ]

[……Speaking of which, that was the case . ]

That’s right . On the last day of the Six Kings Festival, a party is being held in the Central Tower . I had just met up with Lilia-san, who was also attending the last day’s party, and we were talking about parting ways early since we had promised to head to the party’s venue together .

Yes, that should have been what we were discussing about but…… I wonder why? What is this strange sense of discomfort I’m feeling?

[What’s the matter?]

[No…… Shiro-san, how was your day?]

[I had fun . ]

[So did I . Thank you for hanging out with me today . ]

I feel like there’s something out of place, but I don’t really know what I’m doubting about, so I chalk it up to being my imagination and thanked Shiro-san for today .

When Shiro-san heard my words, a thin smile appeared on her lips .

[Kaito-san, thank you for today . I will take my leave then . ]

[Ah, yes . It’s me who should be thanking you instead . ]

[Then, this is my way of saying my thanks . ]

Before I could even ask her why she would say her thanks, Shiro-san smoothly brought her face close to mine…… and our lips met with one another .

[……Huh?]

[See you later . ]

[……………………Eh?]

It was so shocking that even after Shiro-san left, I stood there for a while in a daze .

Dear Mom, Dad————– Just like that, my date with Shiro-san ended…… but to be honest, within this Six Kings Festival————– This is the most shocking event that happened .

After parting ways with Kaito-san, Shallow Vernal returned to the Sanctuary . Then, she lightly brushed the empty space and entered a space that only she could enter .

There, she found a white sphere with a vast array of magic formulas engraved on it . Slowly touching the sphere, Shallow Vernal muttered within that space that held no people other than her .

[……I see…… What I was doing was an act of killing you huh . ]

Within the voice that leaked out of her mouth…… one could feel a little bit of hesitation .

[Even if that’s so…… I will still not give up . Kaito-san…… If you “lose all memory of the year you spent in this world”…… “If everything started all over again, and I’m the one who saves you”…… Will I be special to you?]

However, there was no one in that place that answered her quiet mutter .

Next Chapter : “What the God of the Apocalypse Wanted”

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