Chapter 586
"And you?"
"If the opportunity to bring them back is so readily available, why give it up?"
People love her, people always say that.
People didn't love her; everyone left her silently and died easily.
Finally, Lilith looked at her ordinary and unremarkable self.
They should be like me, seemingly easily receiving love from others, to the point that they can't understand what love is.
As for Haihara Lily Chou's expression, was it sadness? Perhaps a little, but it ultimately became indifferent.
"That's just how the world is, full of regrets from birth."
"Is it a given that we're born this way? No, it's not." Lilith didn't think so.
"Because that's what my parents taught me. They said that nothing in this world lasts forever, only love itself is eternal."
Haihara Lily Chou said it so matter-of-factly, just like when she was a child:
"Also, there are people waiting for me to go back. They are called Yue-Il in gscar like Qi is(6). I am going back, so is it necessary to go so far? Maybe it's time to stop."
The clear, transparent water reflected the light and rippled gently, like a heart stirred by the wind.
Lilith fell silent.
I always felt that Haihara Lily Chou didn't say anything that made her immediately think, "Ah, I knew it," or anything that made perfect sense.
I feel like there's still so much I want to say.
I feel like I shouldn't give up like this.
But just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly felt the woman with black hair and black eyes in front of her embrace her. This woman, who was so similar to her but had lived such a completely different life, had such an unfamiliar, cold body temperature.
How should I put it? The way they hugged each other reminded me of the woman in Haihara Lily Chou's childhood memories.
Lilith froze for a moment, not understanding why this was happening.
The woman simply held Lilith gently, who was still unable to understand and let go of her feelings, and whispered—
You've already done a lot.
We are no longer alone.
"And I will continue to work hard in the future."
"So, thank you for your hard work."
That's enough for now.
"Although there are still many regrets, leave the rest to me. I will draw the final chapter for this story, and it will be a good ending."
Just like the gentle and loving mother from my childhood.
Like Lilith, Haihara Lily Chou also has a love as heavy as the rest of the world.
That's how she was loved.
Therefore, Haihara Lily Chou will love others, even though she is not naturally good at doing so.
Did you finally get the love you wanted?
Lilith showed a somewhat vulnerable expression.
"Um."
She has fulfilled the promise she made when she was a child.
So, even with some regrets, I'm still satisfied.
"So."
Finally, Lilith seemed to have let go of everything, stopped struggling, stopped being unable to let go, and stopped clinging to everything so deeply.
Feeling the warmth emanating from her own body, she gradually lost touch with the other person, and they drifted apart.
This means they have become the same person again.
They became a past and a present separated by distance.
Naturally, Lilith and Gray (II &). Also Umbrella 5. Neon Umbrella Er are the same person.
However, people will change slightly from their childhood selves.
Lilith seems more emotional, harboring bewilderment and melancholy about everything in the world.
The Haihara often means focusing only on one's own little world.
Everyone needs to reconcile with the insignificant and tiny self within their own little world.
Everyone has to learn to grow up.
Now is the time.
To each other, they became invisible, each going their own way in two directions of the world, past and future.
Lilith stepped into the past, one step at a time, and was about to return to the lonely winter.
In any case, she is now a thing of the past.
Just like everyone else.
Having already experienced one loss, Lilith is prepared this time and will depart peacefully without the hysteria of the last time.
Just like every person I've said goodbye to in the past.
This is how it should be...
"---- Witch!"
A light and melodious sound, as if breaking the silence of the world.
It's unlikely you'd hear that here.
Lilith froze, her steps halting. She looked up and saw, in the distance, a Pure White Pollution white expanse, a beautiful, pristine figure that seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time.
It has no Feather Wing, yet it looks like a bird.
She was a girl with snow-white hair, like winter, yet she didn't feel cold.
That was actually a lie.
There was a time when she loathed the child's final, pure white appearance, as if she were about to turn into a bird and fly away, leaving her forever.
Lilith unconsciously took a few steps forward, but her expression grew increasingly fragile until she looked like she was about to cry, displaying an expression of immense sorrow.
However, before she could approach the child, the girl had already approached her—and embraced her.
He hugged her tightly.
That warmth seemed to bring complete peace to her world, calming the noise and madness that had been tormenting her.
"You..."
Lilith was still somewhat incredulous, yet she couldn't bear to part with this warmth and lingered there.
The girl simply said---
"It's alright now."
"I'm here, I haven't left, because... actually, I really can't bear to leave you in the end."
"I absolutely don't want to be apart from you; I want to be with you forever."
"I have so much more to say, but I didn't have a chance to say it all, but..."
As the girl spoke, she began to cry.
But---it doesn't matter anymore.
Once, I calmly accepted death, thus living such a short but happy life, and departed quietly.
Say "I am very satisfied".
Say "I am happy".
----It was all a lie.
She actually had so much more to say to Lilith, and wanted to spend more of her life with Lilith, and see more of the world together.
How could that possibly be satisfied?
My dear, love-illiterate Miss Lilith, you always seem so oblivious.
In the end, no one managed to clarify things.
"Sorry..."
Lilith didn't know what to say in the end, she just cried too.
Just like when I was a child, I cried childishly.
But it's okay now.
That way, they will never feel cold again.
Haihara Lily Chou walked in their own direction.
At the end of that road, who will be waiting for me?
Soon after, she saw a thin, strangely uneasy girl.
Upon seeing herself, the girl— Kirishima Ai —had a blank expression.
It seems they didn't expect to see themselves.
Haihara smiled:
"Oh dear, isn't this Kirishima, who's not cute at all?"
"Teacher Haihara?"
Before Kirishima Ai could react, she felt a woman's hand gently pat her head.
In a world as blank as White Paper, everything seemed to gradually gain color, and light seemed to dispel the haze, shining into this often gray world full of regrets.
Perhaps it was because Teacher Haihara had always treated her coldly, making her feel quite hurt, that Kirishima Ai somewhat lost now. She secretly observed Haihara, yet instinctively wanted to get closer to her.
"... You're back?"
"Lu Yi Saner Erjiu is back. Or rather, it was me all along? It's just that, like becoming Magic girl, I'm slightly different."
Haihara explained it naturally.
Kirishima Ai blinked her beautiful, moist eyes, and her mouth opened and closed, as if she had a lot to say.
"So, it's all over?"
She wanted to confirm.
It's like confirming whether this is the end of everything.
Although this is just the beginning of life.
Haihara Lily Chou raised her finger and gently pressed it to her lips, revealing an unusually bright and captivating appearance, somewhat overly so than usual. Her charming and mature demeanor made Kirishima Ai's heart pound.
"Just one last step."
"The final step?"
"Yes, as an ending to everything."
"With so much regret, so much misfortune, let us work a miracle of Magic to make the world bloom with flowers."
"True 'flowers, Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon '."
It's not Magic that can resurrect everyone.
It is another kind of Magic that is unknown to most people.
This is the Magic that Haihara Lily Chou truly wanted to unleash.
----Yes, it's the end of everything.