Yagokoro: You Are the Star That Disappeared from My Heart a Thousand Years Ago (End of Volume)

Alice: "..."

Actually, I already knew that when you first noticed me, Mo Yi, it wasn't because you lusted after my body, but because you lusted after my Book of the Demon God. I knew all of it, but I didn't say anything. I pretended I'd never known. (Mo Yi had once brought this up jokingly, but Alice had been very unhappy about it. Mo Yi had fretted over it for days before he could only explain that it had all been a joke. Though it was a little unpleasant to admit, when he had first seen Alice, he had been unable to stop his heart from fluttering.)

Mo Yi continued:

"So—"

"As long as you still love me, I will never give up on you, Alice."

Alice: "..."

At that moment, all the doubt and insecurity in Alice's heart vanished, and she became resolute once more. As long as you are just as resolute, I am willing to follow you to the ends of the earth. Even Mother couldn't stop me!

"I love you. I always have—"

"So don't let go of me."

After declaring her feelings aloud, Alice charged right in.

Madam Kishin, who had been a little happy because Alice seemed to have accepted the truth and forgiven her, froze on the spot. She could only stand three meters away and watch Alice's advance on Mo Yi, feeling the chill of White Album season arriving once again.

Kishin: "..."

Why had things turned out like this?

She had finally regained her memories, found the lover she had left a thousand years ago, and gotten her rebellious daughter to accept the truth and forgive her... Two happy events had overlapped. And those two joys had brought her even more joy. What she should have received was a dreamlike