She opened her eyes and wiped away the glistening tears at their corners.
"What are you going to do to me?"
Her eyes were as clear as water.
Lynn did not answer her. Instead, he swept the Mechanical Girl into his arms like his own princess. With one step forward, the entire Mirror Space began rebuilding amid countless bizarre, dazzling visions.
The countless strange visions and blinding lights made you close your eyes despite yourself.
And when you opened them again.
The door swung open.
Held in that man's arms, you saw warm light spill before you. You saw the silhouette of the mechanical Hive City that had long since faded from your memories, and the warm little home you had once transformed together with that man.
You saw the warm fireplace, the soft sofa, and the slender little branch blooming on the windowsill.
It was as though, in a daze.
Time flowed backward.
During that brief stretch of time, as unreal as a dream, he had asked why your room was always so empty, why there were no adornments in your heart, and why you hid away everything you hoped to have and cherish.
And so, grinning, he had prepared this surprise for the moment you returned.
He had made your little home no longer cold.
He had filled your empty heart with colors you had never imagined, nor dared to imagine.
Her eyes stared blankly at everything recreated before her, at the place he had named "home," where she had once dared to harbor only a moment's hope. It was as unreal as an illusion, a silhouette of the past that hurt your heart whenever you remembered it.
"You still remember?"
"I wouldn't dare forget."
Lynn smiled and lifted his head, holding her in his arms as he