chapter 203
203 – 204. I Won’t Do It.
People don’t change.
Would there be any need to say more if it were God?
Even if I exclude that from the beginning, I probably already knew.
‘It’s the setting.’
Hestia’s setting.
Hestia’s activities at NTR Academy.
In addition, everything including the actions seen so far seemed to prove Hestia’s ‘true face’.
Consistent actions that have been shown so far.
And now, the behavior over the past few days has suddenly changed.
If you were to ask which of these two you should believe in, wouldn’t it be the former?
“No, that’s actually true.”
So, everything.
I was able to speak to Hestia.
“In the first place, Hestia, there was the only one thing you wanted.”
I want to escape from regression.
In response, Hestia abandoned her virginity.
This was a mutual transaction.
It was a transaction in which values that were considered equal were exchanged.
“It’s been that way from the beginning.”
I felt like something had fallen down.
I felt like something had withered. But that wasn’t anything particularly strange.
It’s understandable. It is also understandable.
It’s not that big of a story.
“Haa…”
A sigh that comes out spontaneously.
I covered her face with one hand and pressed it.
‘Are you arbitrarily disappointed when you have high expectations?’
That is the same way of thinking as an immature child.
And it is also unacceptable to reveal the emotions that arise from that to the other person.
“…Sister Hestia.”
“Hero…?”
I organized my mind.
No, it’s closer to suppressing it rather than organizing it, but for adults, those are the two words.
“Let’s go to the motel first.”
“…”
“It’s time for a virgin.”
“Ah…”
This is a deal.
It’s a transaction between me and Hestia.
And although I unintentionally had the key to the ending in my hands, Hestia continued to help me until I figured it out.
In that case, it would be morally right to return the favor.
I grabbed Hestia’s wrist and went outside.
We are headed to a motel nearby. I don’t know if there will be a check-in time, but if you can’t decide, wouldn’t it be okay to do it in a back alley?
That was the time when I was about to leave with vague thoughts.
“Ugh… !”
“…Huh?”
Hestia stopped her steps.
He grabbed my wrist and stopped me.
“…Aren’t you going?”
He said he wanted to be a virgin.
Anyway, I thought it would be a bit difficult outdoors for the first time, so I went to get a room…
No, no.
Maybe because Hestia prefers the outdoors?
As much as she was oppressed, she was looking for something more stimulating, so the option of being outdoors was not an option for her from the beginning.
“If you want to do it here, it’s okay to do it here.”
Anyway, once the regression is over, it will all be gone.
Is there any need to hold back?
I just tried to go behind the nearby tree.
“…”
“…Isn’t this one too?”
Hestia did not move.
She just lowered her head and stared at me with low-set eyes.
“…Why?”
A look of dissatisfaction.
It’s not just a simple complaint, it’s a complex expression of resentment, disappointment, confusion, embarrassment, and many other emotions.
“Hero…Is everything okay?”
“Eh?”
At the end, Hestia speaks.
“Doing it with me…Is it really okay?”
“…Not much?”
I don’t think much of it.
Because this is a deal. It’s a reasonable price for the transaction.
It is strange to say that Saddam is included in the incident.
“Before, even a few days ago, I hated it so much.”
“Ah…”
I probably remember it as a fairly old episode.
The day we said we would replace it with blood because we would be reluctant to join forces.
“…Phew.”
That day, I felt a strong excitement from Hestia.
I guess I caught a glimpse of my sister from her
I was so captivated by the thought of giving blood for myself that I kept pounding without even seeing the truth.
“It was like that back then.”
I felt love.
She thought it was love.
So, that’s why I was reluctant to work with Hestia.
Because I already have someone I love.
Because there is something wrong with loving someone else over the person you love.
“But… “
All of that, in fact, was for only one goal.
What made my heart pound was frustration.
The situation that particularly stimulated me was also intentional.
Everything that shook me, everything that shook my emotions.
“It’s okay now.”
“…”
She simply swayed me towards her own goals.
It made sense. I understood. So you can skip it.
Because this wasn’t something like ‘love’ in the first place.
‘It’s not like I suffered any particular loss.’
Even being consistent.
At this point, I actually felt like an idiot on the inside.
Hestia didn’t even try to deceive, but I found it absurd to see her just delusionalizing things, expecting things to be good, and being disappointed at will.
“So, let’s go. Do you want to go to a motel or hotel? Or even to a club? Let me know if it’s not enough. It’s a return that has already happened, so if you’re disappointed with this one time, you can do more.”
I found the key to escape regression.
Theia’s condition is also fine.
There is at least some time to finalize the settlement.
After completing the calculation, I grabbed Hestia’s hand and pulled it.
“…I don’t like it.”
“Yes?”
And
“I won’t do it.”
“…Sister Hestia?”
Hestia refused.
“Suddenly? I said I wanted to do it before.”
I’m okay now too.
It’s an open mind. It’s OK no matter how many times you do it.
But why are they now saying they don’t like it?
“I want to do it. It’s something I’ve wanted, hoped for, and hoped for all my life.”
“Then why—”
“─I don’t know.”
“…”
They say they don’t know.
He wanted to keep doing it, but he said he didn’t want to do it today.
“I don’t know. I really don’t know.”
Something like this.
This kind of feeling.
This is me.
“I wanted to do it. I wanted to do it with the hero or anyone else.”
I don’t like it.
I hate it without knowing why.
Up until now, I really wanted to do it.
“Not now…”
I don’t think I should do it now.
If I do it now, I’ll probably regret it for the rest of my life.
“…”
Stand still and be still.
Hestia just quietly looks down at the floor.
“If you don’t like it… There’s nothing you can do.”
Chrono let go of Hestia’s wrist.
He just turned around and walked out of the playground.
“…Ugh…!”
Hestia sat down on the spot.
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“…All..”
I walked to the outskirts of the city.
What will happen if I keep walking?
As I walked and walked and walked, something like a transparent barrier blocked the road.
“[Current time]”
Name:?
-Time is warped.
“Bingo.”
There is a barrier.
If you think about it, it’s a simple thing.
If this world is ‘returning’ but not ‘real’, it makes sense to think of it as a ‘barrier’.
No, even putting that aside, I felt ridiculous because I felt like it was clearly showing my hikikomori personality that I didn’t try to go out even once.
‘I wish I could figure it out this far’
Then it’s just a matter of time.
Should we laugh at the fact that it is literally a matter of ‘time’?
“Let’s see…”
We looked at the ‘time’ of the ‘barrier’.
I looked for the ‘twisting’ of ‘time’ with the ‘eyes of Kronos’.
“Hmmmm… !”
Line. Or a dot. A collection of countless dots.
And the surface formed by endless gathering of these lines.
A space created by combining two sides. Flow of space. Lines of space.
“Uuuuu!”
I feel like throwing up.
It feels a bit like watching something like computer graphics.
Should I say that it is a structure where the inside comes out and the outside goes in at the same time?
It felt like I was looking at a 3D solid model that alternated between the 3rd and 4th dimensions, alternating between the octahedron and the cube.
To put it simply, I don’t know what is what.
‘Still, I’m glad I still have some feelings.’
There was a particularly creaky part in the flow.
By adjusting the ‘time’ of that part to match the ‘flow of time’ between inside and outside, the barrier was neutralized for an instant.
“Ah…Kabi.”
It was restored exactly as it was the moment the barrier was torn down.
Still, I decided to take comfort in the fact that I found a clue.
Anyway, challenge. It continues to be a challenge.
“Hmmmm… !”
Swirling flow.
The flow of ‘time’ surrounding the wall.
I keep counting backwards and trying to erase it, but the moment I erase it, the back wave sweeps in front and fills the empty space.
‘…If it continues like this, there will be no end.’
It disappears, but it doesn’t disappear.
It continues to play and is revived again.
And most of these clichés have the same strategy.
“We have to find the core and destroy it, right?”
This barrier. We must destroy the core of this curtain.
There is no specific basis, but there is a basis for the name as a cliche, so wouldn’t it be okay?
However, the question now is where this ‘core’ is…
“…No way.”
If this is a typical development, it is a typical development.
I looked at the ‘time’ of my body.
“────Ah.”
Inside me. My soul.
The ‘time’ that exists within it
“Fuck.”
It continues to be supplied somewhere along a thin line.
…I never imagined that I would be treated like a battery.
As an aside. In the case of Hestia.
“…”
Why
“Ugh… !”
It’s definitely something I was hoping for.
It was something I had hoped for, hoped for, and hoped for.
“…Ugh…”
But why?
Chrono said that the hero was good.
But why did I say no and refuse?
“Ugh… Ugh… !”
Are you an asshole? Actually, am I just a crazy b*tch?
I don’t know. I have no idea.
I really, really don’t know…
“Huh…Ugh…Huhuhhh…!”
My heart hurts.
My throat feels tight.
Tears fall drop by drop to the ground.
The lungs are completely shriveled and the body is bent inward.
“Ahh…Ahhh… !”
I don’t like it…
I just felt like I hated it.
“…”
I wanted to get rid of the virgin label.
But, no.
This is not what I wanted.
‘What I really wanted was…’
That’s
Maybe
I should never be allowed
“────Ah…”
Hestia finally realized what her ‘resentment’ was.