Mai Sakurajima had terrible luck today. Early in the morning, when she rushed to school, she found that everyone seemed to be unable to see her again.
At first, Mai Sakurajima did not pay much attention to it, because she was already a transparent person.
She had no friends at school, and everyone else isolated her.
She was like nothing but a background student. Even if others saw her, they would not greet her.
But before long, Mai Sakurajima realized that today... it was not merely that people were ignoring her. They truly could not see her.
That realization instantly filled Mai Sakurajima with terror. She immediately checked her schoolbag and pulled out the scroll of paintings Griseo had given her.
Yet even while Mai Sakurajima held the painting, the others still could not see her.
Her mind practically exploded. She thought of many possibilities.
Either Griseo's scroll had lost its effect, or... her condition had worsened.
If it was the former, that would still be fine. She only needed to find Griseo and get another painting. But if it was the latter, it meant... her condition had become so severe that even the miraculous painting that enhanced her presence could no longer sustain the possibility of people seeing her.
And that undoubtedly meant she had taken another step closer to the abyss.
If this had happened to the Mai Sakurajima of the past, she would not have been so terrified or upset. She would have thought that, at most, she would simply be forgotten by the world. Though that outcome would have been painful too.
But now, her thoughts were completely different. She still had deep attachments to this world, and... once the world completely forgot her, she would be facing far more than simply disappearing.
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