LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 52: 52
"What's up with the girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend is just a girlfriend. What can go wrong? I'm already very tired, Eriri. I don't want to bear the memories of the past anymore. Nothing has happened yet. You and I are just ordinary classmates. So, having a girlfriend is also a normal thing, right?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, that familiar face, that condescending look, Kentowas silent for a moment, slowly lowered his head, held his cheeks with both hands, rubbed them gently, exhaled slowly, and then raised his head to look at her again.
His eyes were no longer as calm and pure as usual.
The exhaustion and bitterness that he had buried deep in his heart resurfaced in him. Looking at Kento in front of him, Eriri seemed to have returned to that dark room and saw the man curled up in the corner, sleeping with his eyes closed and full of pain...
Her heart ached slightly, but she couldn't help biting her lips. Her eyes were glaring at the person in front of her.
"What's the meaning?"
"It's just what I mean on the surface. I already have a girlfriend, and it's not Sayuri. So, I don't have any relationship with Sayuri anymore. And you don't hate me having any contact with Sayuri, do you? So, your wish has been fulfilled, Eriri. I won't get close to Sayuri anymore."
Gradually raising his head and looking at the girl in front of him, Kento answered with a smile.
Looking at the girl in front of him, who was confused and trying hard to suppress her anger, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. After speaking out the burden hidden in his heart, he felt a lot more relaxed.
When Kento returned to his high school days, he was surprised at first, and then he was surprised to have his life started over again. He might have been happy, but not much, and he was more confused about life.
I said that I would get my life back on track, but until now, I don't feel that it is real. Instead, I am still worried about the matter of Sawamura and her daughter. I don't know when I will wake up from this dream and return to that dark room.
For Kento who has been completely accustomed to a life without light, the current life is too dazzling for him, so he does not have much sense of reality. He just regards it as a movie, a dream from which he does not know when to wake up.
He was in a daze until Eriri came to his door. Looking at the girl in front of him, she asked him about himself and his attitude. Kento, who had been patient for a long time, completely tore up the feelings suppressed in his heart and confessed his thoughts to the girl in front of him.
He closed his eyes and the moment he was about to explain everything to the other party, Kento felt genuinely relieved. He opened his eyes with a smile and looked at the girl with a smile on his lips.
"If what happened back then caused Sayuri to give up her life in order to avoid reality, then now that nothing has happened and Sayuri is still alive and well, I don't have to feel guilty or regretful about it anymore. I don't owe you anything, Eriri."
Such a long time and such painful memories turned those beautiful things into a spiritual burden. Kento did not have the courage to end his own life. He could only live in the dark corners of the city, waiting for time to end his life.
But now, time has flown back and healed everything that happened. He hasn't contacted Sayuri yet, and he doesn't know why Eriri still remembers those things, but as long as other people don't remember them, it's fine.
"Do you think that if you say this and other people don't know, then we can just pretend nothing happened?"
Biting her lips with tiger teeth, Ying Lili clenched her soft white fingers, pinching her knuckles until they turned blue and white, and stared straight at the boy in front of her.
Kento, who had already talked things out with the girl in front of him, no longer needed to pretend anything, no longer needed to act as if he knew nothing, and he felt completely relieved to hide his guilty feelings towards the girl in front of her.
"But in fact, nothing happened. Do you think that now, besides you and me, who else knows what happened? I don't know why you and I would return to the present with memories, but what is certain is that I don't owe you anything now, Eriri."
"I still remember everything that happened now. It's what you owe me. You're not the only one who carries those memories, Kento!"
"...."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Kento was silent for a moment. He felt that what Eriri said was not really wrong.
"So why do everyone else have no memories, but only you and I came back with memories?"
After a moment of silence, Kento slowly opened his mouth and asked Eriri in front of him.
He could guess that he returned to the present because of 'time travel'. He didn't know if this could be considered a natural ability of his that allowed him to return to the present. But Eriri standing in front of him should be a very normal and ordinary person, right?
"....."
Eriri stood in the room in silence for a moment, frowned, and tried to recall why she had memories of the future, why she was the same as Kento—
"Hmm!"
A feeling of nausea came from all over her body, making her cover her lips with both hands. She couldn't help but lean over and began to make nauseous sounds, which made Kento sitting in front of her suddenly nervous.
Seeing Eriri's strange reaction, he quickly stood up and supported Eriri, who had already started to tremble. Their bodies were pressed tightly together, and he hurriedly helped her into the bathroom while shaking.
After helping her to the wash basin, Ying Lili couldn't help but support herself on both sides of the wash basin, her body bent down and trembling, she moaned in pain.
"Ugh - uh - uh... uh -"
Kento, who was standing aside, looked at Eriri, who seemed to have suddenly touched some sensitive point, resulting in her current state. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he still silently left the bathroom temporarily and went to get a glass of water.
The sound in the bathroom lasted for a long time. After about five minutes, it gradually quieted down. After waiting for a while, the sound of water was heard. When the sound of water stopped, Ying Lili, who had already washed up but looked haggard, walked out of the bathroom.
Her face was pale and she looked downcast at Kento standing in the room.
"Have a drink of water."
The cup of water was handed to the girl. Eriri looked hesitant, but she slowly stretched out her hand and took the cup handed to her by Kento.
"Thank you."
"It really surprises me to hear the word thank you from you."
After taking a look at the girl in front of him, Kento was silent for a moment, but still expressed his concern for her.
"Are you okay?"
"...It's all right now."
"What happened just now? Are you feeling unwell? Or...some sequelae?"
Ying Lili's hand holding the water cup trembled a bit, she lowered her head in silence, slowly turned her head away, avoiding Kento's sight, and after a moment of silence, she put down the water cup in her hand.
"I remembered that I have some things to do at home, so I'll take my leave now. See you tomorrow at school..."
After she finished speaking, Eriri placed the cup of water on the table beside her. The girl turned around and walked towards the door, which made Kento, who was standing in the room, pay attention. He watched the girl's hurried back, her legs in black stockings, and came to the door, just in time to hear the doorbell ring.
Ding Dong——
Ying Lili, who came to the door, was frightened by the sudden sound. She stopped and looked at Kento in the house blankly.
Kento, who was in the house, glanced in the direction of the door, slowly came to Eriri's side, looked at the door, and opened the door casually. The person standing at the door was, as expected, Setsuna.
After seeing off Kotonoha and Sekai, Setsuna thought that Kento was almost home. Seeing that the curtains of the apartment were no longer drawn, she wanted to meet Kento. However, the moment the door opened, she not only saw Kento, but also a strange blonde beauty standing next to Kento. The girl's pale face and red and swollen eyes as if she had just cried made Setsuna's heart tremble, and she looked at Kento in front of her.
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Looking at the two people in front of him, his gaze stayed on Eriri for just a moment, then he looked at Kento beside him.
Kento, who had foreseen this scene before opening the door, was not too flustered. He looked at the girl in front of him calmly, even smiled, and took the initiative to greet Setsuna in front of him.
"You're here, Setsuna."
"who?"
Looking at the calm Kento in front of him, he was silent for a moment, his eyes fell on the strange blonde girl in front of him, whose identity he didn't know and why she appeared in Kento's apartment.
Eriri, who was originally thinking of leaving, narrowed her eyes slightly after seeing the girl in front of her, and looked at Setsuna with some concern.
She gradually turned around and looked at Kento beside her. The corners of her mouth curled up, and she took the initiative to introduce herself with some ill intentions.
"Eri Sawamura is Kento's classmate. Are you the girlfriend Kento is talking about?"
"..."
Setsuna was a little surprised and looked at Kento, but found that he had no intention of explaining, so his eyes fell on Eriri.
"Well, my name is, Kiyoura Setsuna."
"So your current girlfriend is this type of kid?"
Narrowing her eyes, Eriri stared at Setsuna in front of her for a while, then turned her gaze to Kento standing beside her. She chuckled, put on her shoes, slowly walked past Setsuna, and left the apartment.
The figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor, and Setsuna was left watching Eriri's figure disappear, then turned to look at Kento in front of him.
"Current girlfriend? What do you mean?"
After watching the blonde girl disappear and hearing Setsuna's question, Kento looked down at the girl in front of him, opened the door a little, letting Setsuna enter the house, and turned back to his room.
Seeing that Kento remained silent and did not answer her question, she felt a little worried. She pursed her lips, put on her shoes silently, closed the door again, and followed Kento into the house.
As soon as I entered the living room, I saw flowers on the table.
"Did she give this to you?"
"Hmm? Flowers? No, before I came back from school, I was walking around outside for a while and saw a flower shop, so I bought a bunch of flowers and prepared to give them to you. But I didn't know if you had returned home just now, so I brought them back to the apartment and will give them to you when you come over."
"Then, that girl just now..."
"She was someone I knew before, but she wasn't my girlfriend. You don't need to take her words too seriously. She just wanted to make you suspicious of me."
Setsuna frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at the flowers and then at Kento in front of him, feeling somewhat concerned.
"Has Kento and her ever had conflicts before?"
"I guess so. We had a pretty good relationship at first, but one day, he suddenly started to hate me. Now that we meet again, he's looking for trouble with me."
It was difficult to honestly explain the matter about Eriri to Setsuna. Even if he did, Kento felt that the other party probably wouldn't understand and would feel that he was just being perfunctory and joking with her, so he simply skipped this step.
He took out the invoice for the flowers from his pocket and placed it casually on the table. The moment he saw the small piece of paper, he felt relieved. He walked to the table silently, picked up the flowers on the table, looked at the beautiful flowers, and an innocent smile broke out on his face.
"Thank you, Kento."
"As long as you like it."
Qingpu Mai hadn't come back yet. Setsuna received the gift and felt happy. After putting down the flowers, she took the initiative to hug Kento...
After leaving Kento's apartment and walking home, Eriri covered her lips with one hand. She didn't understand why she had such an intense physiological reaction when she recalled the end of her memories of the future. The uneasiness and fear from the bottom of her heart made her still a little confused and bewildered.
"Miss, you look very bad. Why don't you go with us to relax? It will be very fun."
On the way home, they met a troublesome guy, but Eriri just walked away without paying any attention to him, which made the boy who was ignored feel a little embarrassed.
With an unhappy expression on his face, he walked sullenly in the opposite direction.
She returned home without paying any attention to her mother who wanted to welcome her home. She went straight into her room, closed the door, slowly walked to the edge of the bed, stopped, and lay down on the bed.
"Hmm—"
With her face buried in the pillow, breathing became difficult. The scattered ends of her hair were tangled around her neck, and the itchy feeling made her use her hands to push down her ponytails. She continued to keep her head down until the thin breathing made her feel like she was on the verge of suffocation. Only then did she stop her fruitless thoughts, silently raised her head, took a deep breath of fresh air, and looked at the setting sun over the western hills.
"Is it already, this late?"
Ying Lili, lying on the bed, slowly turned over, staring at the bed curtain above her head with empty eyes, recalling what she had done today.
That's a bit extreme.
However, she does not regret it, even though Kento now has a girlfriend.
Based on her understanding of Kento, the time they had been dating was no more than about a month at most. No matter how quickly their relationship developed, it could never compare to the relationship she and Kento had for nearly ten years.
She didn't care about what Kento said to her before, and just thought it was just what Kento said in a fit of anger. When he calmed down, it would be her chance.
Dongdong——
A gentle knock on the door interrupted Ying Lili's thoughts. She slowly turned her head to look towards the door.
Squeak——
The door was opened a little. Sayuri tilted her head and looked into the room. She saw Eriri lying on the bed, also looking at her.
"Are you okay, Eriri? What happened? Judging from your expression, you don't seem very happy."
Faced with her mother's worry, Eriri, who didn't know why, felt even more depressed. She bit her lip with her cute little tiger teeth, shrank her body, grabbed the quilt beside her, covered herself with it, buried her face in the quilt, and gave a muffled reply.
"Nothing, I'm just in a bad mood."
"Well... then, dinner..."
"casual!"
"...Okay, if there is anything, remember to tell mom."
"I know, I'm not a kid anymore!"
Helplessly looking at her daughter lying on the bed, Sayuri slowly withdrew her gaze, gently closed the door, and went to prepare dinner.
As for Ying Lili, she lay in bed. After the door was closed, she slowly poked her head out from under the quilt. She looked at the closed door, feeling guilty and sad. She pressed her face back onto the pillow in a depressed mood.
But this time, she just closed her eyes. She felt depressed and her nose felt a little sour for some reason...
I don't know when it started, but I basically accepted the idea that as long as Kento is at home, the three of them will have dinner together with Kiyoura's mother and daughter. After hanging out with Setsuna in the apartment for a while, I followed Setsuna to Kiyoura's house, where Kiyoura Mai had already prepared dinner.
"Even if you are young, you still have to be a little careful. You are not old enough to have children yet."
Qingpu Mai glanced at her daughter and gave her a warning, causing Setsuna to glance at Kento.