99 – Like Family (10)
A thunderbolt passed through Virgo. The dial in her hand could not survive the impact and flew away.
Behind the spot where Virgo fell helplessly, a crack was created with several jagged lines, like a tree spreading out its branches.
The dial that had just blown off went into the crack, and of course the machine was smashed.
It was a disaster. Still, I had no regrets.
“uuu…
Despite being struck by lightning that split the ground like tofu, Virgo was alive. She spurted out her thick blood between her red lips. She looked quite distressed, but fortunately her life seemed to be in no danger.
Her entire body was so completely white that her pale skin was stained with soot and traces of her blood, but she was alive.
Otherwise she would be in trouble.
Because the quest to keep Virgo alive still remains active for me.
“…Why?”
Red Spica mutters with an expression of genuine incomprehension. I smile bitterly and gradually take a step back.
The past was still flowing. The girls on the left and right seemed to overlap. Her head felt like it was going to explode.
Belt’s warning that your brain would melt was not a lie. It felt like putting a soldering iron on her eyes and putting her brain in a microwave.
There are also things that are consumed by starlight,
She let out her harsh breath and glared at Virgo.
He looked at me with the same incomprehensible expression as he did in the past.
“…What are you doing?”
I even felt a sense of futility.
“Are you kidding me? Are you doing this because you want to insult me? “Why don’t you end it…!”
I tried to get up by somehow moving my shaking legs. Of course it couldn’t happen. Even if it is a monster, its body structure itself is fundamentally that of a human.
There is no way you can get up with your muscles stiffened after being struck by lightning.
“Kill! Kill me! “Don’t laugh, just get it over with!”
Virgo cried out, calming her trembling body.
“You ran away from me… Are you acting nice now? Do not be ridiculous! You started first. Know? “Either die quietly to me… Such useless mercy…”
Virgo showed a strong obsession with me.
Did he want me as a replacement for the family he lost, or did he want a pet to keep by his side to calm his mind and body? Did he want a friend? Did he want a teacher? Or did he want a teacher on the other hand? I couldn’t figure it out at all.
I don’t know her.
Of all the people I have met, he is one of the loudest people, but at the same time, he is the most silent person.
She always had a glimpse into her heart through speculation, and she never directly revealed her true feelings.
I was happy as long as I kept my mouth shut. I wasn’t the only one who did this.
She herself covered her eyes, blocked her ears, and kept her mouth shut.
That’s why I don’t know her. She is Virgo, Red Spica, the daughter of a man, her adulterous child who lost her parents, and her murderer does not know her.
However, I know one thing.
“Virgo.”
“What!”
The fact that she was kind to me.
“I never ran away from you.”
The fact that she treated me like I was part of her family. That’s not speculation, it’s a fact that clearly happened.
A huge tremor approaches from far away. Just by walking, it shakes the ground and pushes away the clouds in the sky.
Dense starlight that can be felt even by me, who is still a civilian.
It was a disaster that walked on two feet.
I have felt this before. The lion who creates hell.
“Run!”
Red Spica quickly pushes me away.
What I saw from her was a completely different emotion than before.
Fear. The deepest and most powerful emotion in history. A wake-up call to sustain life. Virgo hears the sound of the bell and her whole body trembles.
There is no mania or leisure. Red Spica is extremely nervous. I roll my eyes nervously.
“Why is that again… Why again…!”
She is terrified and extremely angry, as if it is a monster she has already seen before. There is a deep resentment somewhere in the anxiety that dominates her body.
This time too, I made a guess. The thing that is giving off that sinister energy right now is one of the enemies she encountered when she was a magical girl.
More than just an enemy, an opponent close to an enemy.
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It gives off such a sense of intimidation from a distance that cannot even be seen. Isn’t it too much to say that he’s an S-class monster? The difference from Red Spica is also clear. At that level, wouldn’t we need to create an exception such as SSS level rather than S level?
There is a big flash in the distance.
That huge light will soon come towards this place. Dark Matter. In the endless darkness, a lovely star falls.
Is that the scene where the meteorite falls? A terrifyingly large ball of light approaches to evaporate the ground where both feet step.
I also felt fear.
Red Spica laughs and pushes my shoulder.
“…I told you this before, right? Killing a monster is like picking a star from the sky. “It was impossible for you from the beginning.”
I was instantly trapped inside the purple bubble and was pushed back endlessly, as if I had been pushed in zero gravity.
“Run away like this. And don’t come back again.”
When I was too far away from Red Spica to return, the bubble surrounding my body burst.
Going back is like death.
I have no choice but to decide to leave Dark Matter.
In the place where I came to die, I felt my survival instinct stronger than ever.
Also, I strengthened my resolve.
Next time I will never run away.
It seems that the road I took was Botis’ territory, so I met Botis on this escape route and gave chase.
And one more person.
“Oh, are you lost too?”
After meeting Jason, I was able to escape this long dark matter.
Virgo looked up at me blankly.
“W-what?!”
“It looks like you forgot a lot.”
It was pitiful and pitiful that he couldn’t even remember what he had done.
“How much have you forgotten?”
“Noisy!”
Virgo experiences oblivion. According to himself, it is madness, he is a crazy b*tch and he always forgets.
Nevertheless, she values her memories. I treasure her memories of living with her mother, and she has a certain attachment to her life with me. She always forgets, and she always remembers again.
Virgo resents the magical girl. She actually hates the role itself. She was resentful of her past when she had to shoulder the duty of guardianship that she did not want.
Nevertheless, she tries to become a magical girl. The ability she gained by becoming a monster is Four Seasons Day (四季紫一). The power to take the power of a magical girl and make it your own. As much as she suffered from being a magical girl, she still wishes she had those powers.
Virgo says she is a madwoman. She thinks she can do anything. Since you don’t know what’s wrong, your hesitation disappears.
Nevertheless, she rationalizes her evil deeds. Rationalization is a shield to defend our sanity. She muttered that if her spirit was already broken, there would be no need to protect her, and that her actions were not so bad as she was desperate.
It’s ironic.
Virgo is an incoherent monster. She speaks and acts differently, and her actions and true intentions are different. She is two-faced.
Spica is like a star, like a binary star.
“Birgo, what is your purpose?”
“That’s right, the destruction of the world….”
“No.”
It had a nature closer to that of a human than a monster.
“If the goal was to destroy the world, there was no reason to protect me. It would be strange to assume that they gave up because they knew the world would end. Then there is no reason to be afraid of death.”
“Do you think I’m afraid of death?! “I told you to kill me right now…”
“Not that either.”
I firmly denied it.
“You know that I cannot kill you, and you say so. It’s like a child. He seems like a child who acts forcefully and mischievously, knowing that his parents won’t be able to kick him out. “It’s nothing more than screaming and venting your injustice.”
When the lightning struck my eyes, I canceled my transformation.
My left eye was still replaying my past, and the pain that was gnawing at my body was still there.
“Was it that unfair that I left your side?”
“…Shut up.”
“You know. I didn’t leave you. “You made me leave.”
“…Shut up!”
Pi Yung. As if he still had some strength left, a beam of light flew out from Virgo. It brushed my cheek and left.
I could feel blood flowing from my cheek.
“You tried to bind me, but you couldn’t kill me, and you made me leave, but you were lonely and tried to find me again and make me your companion. Despite always experiencing forgetfulness, you never forgot me. “You are calling for the destruction of the world and making up reasons why the world should not be destroyed.”
It must have been the last of his strength that made Virgo fall to the ground. He bent his body towards her as she lay there. Perhaps because she had used up all of her starlight, she felt like she had power that was even stronger than that of a low-level monster.
“Birgo, what is your purpose?”
“Shut up… Shut up…!”
I don’t know Virgo. Because they always talk nonsense and don’t know how to convey the truth.
So, this too is nothing more than a guess.
“Birgo, you wanted empathy.”
Four Seasons Day.
All of the girl’s time was purple.
Every hour was like evening.
No matter how many days or years passed, it stayed in just one day.
He tried to stay in that day several times, even forgetting what had happened to him.
Just like when she was a little girl waiting for her mother to return from work, she wandered all her life, following only her expectations and hopes.
“Someone like family who will accept even your madness and tell you that you are not a bad person. You deserved to go crazy. “You wanted someone who could tell you that.”
Even though she was exhausted from pursuing her duty and ran away, she could not even finish the run. These were the words of a magical girl who finally collapsed from exhaustion.
“…Well, something like that….”
Virgo lowered her head in embarrassment. Her face was dirty and dirty with mud and dust.
“Nothing like that… no…”
Blood spurted from Virgo’s mouth as she stuttered. It wet my face and fell to the ground like a withered flower.
My vision, which had been focused on reality, suddenly shifted to the past. I couldn’t help but focus on the sight.
Inside the field of view on the left.
The road is on fire. Inside the burning car and road, the smell of flames is overlaid on top of the ringing tinnitus, screams, noise, and the scent of blood. My body inside that hell is young.
It is an attack by a monster. I look around and feel a sense of discomfort. It was the scent of my parents hugging me tightly. The scent of blood is stronger than the smell of perfume. Coldness stronger than warmth.
I realize how I survived. My parents sacrificed themselves to protect me.
For a moment before I was shocked by this, someone’s ferocious intimidation pressed down on my body and took my breath away.
He was a monster.
I know that feeling. I felt it on the last day I stayed at Dark Matter.
Even now, I feel it.
The messenger who draws the diagram of hell has arrived.
The enemy of parents is approaching. By that time, nausea had crept up to my throat.
“Wow…!”
A huge light flew from far away and pierced Virgo’s heart.
And then, an explosion occurred.
