Lynn glanced sideways.
Through the tightly locked door.
He reached out, holding that little flower of data between his fingers.
"But I'm also glad. Glad you weren't with me back then, because if you had been, you would have been the one they used in that hunt for me... If that had happened, my heart really would have hurt even more."
He stood up.
And stretched with all his might.
He glanced sideways, and in that moment of relaxation, that innocent expression he had buried in the deepest recesses of his heart seemed to return to his face.
"Anyway, thank you for saving me a month ago. Whatever your reasons were, getting to see a friend still alive at a time like that made me really happy, and really grateful."
He placed the little flower of data in front of the door.
And took one last look at the tightly shut door.
"I'm leaving."
"If fate allows it, I think we'll meet again."
When the breeze blew past, the space outside the door was already empty.
Behind the locked door.
Silver Fantasy leaned against the door and closed her eyes. There wasn't much expression on her delicate, pale face, only a faint hint of emptiness.
She leaned there for a long time, as though a whole world lay between them.
Finally.
She took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and looked at the burning fireplace.
The flames crackled.
Only after she finally confirmed he had left did she turn in silence, grasp the handle, and open the tightly shut door.
"Hellooo~ You finally opened the door~"
Lynn stood outside the door with his eyes wide and his arms folded, like a ghost.
Silver Fantasy froze.
Her entire body stiffened where she stood.
"..."
The breeze whistled past the two of