On this point, the answer was clearly no.
Letting go and turning toward broader possibilities was the more responsible choice, both for herself and for others.
Just as the group owner had said, Setsuna Ogiso could devote her energy to improving herself and exploring the unknown, seeing the worlds connected by the Chat Group—worlds far grander than a campus romance.
Once she possessed strength, experience, and a longer life, her current troubles might truly seem insignificant.
"I should do that."
"I have to try to change."
She told herself this, her tone carrying the solemnity of a firm decision.
But she also knew clearly that there was a vast gulf between "knowing" and "doing."
Emotions were not faucets that could simply be turned off.
The delicate emotional portrayals in the Memory Copy—the fluttering hearts, anticipation, bitterness, and reluctance to part—were not some unfamiliar story that had nothing to do with her.
They were like seeds that had already been quietly planted in her heart.
The budding affection she might have felt for Haruki Kitahara, and the value she placed on the delicate balance among the three of them, were not marks that could easily be erased.
"But precisely because it's difficult, I need to work even harder to try, don't I?"
Setsuna Ogiso took a soft breath, and her gaze gradually became resolute.
She would not naively believe that she could immediately sever all her feelings and become a cold person. That would not be Setsuna Ogiso.
But she could consciously adjust her mindset and actions.
She would try to restrain her urge to approach Haruki Kitahara and no longer actively maintain that fragile balance as she had in the Memory Copy.
She would shift more of her attention toward the infinite possibilities offered by the Chat Group, learning about