CH 56

[ I was really surprised. What happened with Saionji after that? ]

[ No, she took me to her house, but it was too big, and I got scared and ran away ]

Really. I’ve never seen such a big house in my life. And, strangely, she took me there in the first place.

[ Really? ]

[ Why would I lie? ]

[ You lie a lot, don’t you? I mean, you lie all the time. ]

[ I’m not ]

[ I’ll prove it. Then call me now. I can hear it in your voice. ]

I mean…

This is weird.

I’ve been on the LINE with Karen for some time now as if it’s normal.

It may have been okay before, but it’s not natural from my point of view now. Especially this feeling of communicating with Karen in bed before going to sleep.

But lately, I’m starting to scare myself…

There are many times when I can’t tell the difference between the person I was when I was inside her and the person I am now. Especially when she smiled at me with that carefree smile, I found myself smiling back at her many times.

Even now, I find myself pressing the call button to pick up an incoming call from Karen.

[ Oh, for heaven’s sake, pick it up quickly. We used to call each other every night before going to bed. Unlike Renya, Sota answered and called me every day.]

Her reply is already contradictory in many ways.

And it is true and yet also not true.

But again, it would have been unthinkable for me to exchange contacts like this with a woman like Karen before the swap.

To be honest, Karen is beautiful and pretty. And she has a good personality.

And because she’s perfect, it’s even more…

I can’t help but compare myself to Todo in many ways. But I know that if I were to meet her like this…

I know I’m keeping a lid on it.

Every time she smiles or her voice is directed at me. I feel pain in my heart. But I don’t know if it’s something I can do anything about. I can’t answer that question at all.

It’s just an impossible encounter just because a switch triggered it.

I really don’t know what I should do…

What is the right thing to do? What am I supposed to do as Kazama?

[Hey, let me get to the point. The upcoming festival…]