Chapter 32

Chapter 32

【Placing the notebook on your lap, you first dial Chitose Kazumi’s number. As you expected, she too is out of reach, having conspired with Asano Nao for this day.】

【Putting down the phone, you open the document in the folder.】

【At noon, the autumn sun, no longer intense, shines on you, bringing no warmth. You pull the curtains in the living room, sitting in their shadow as you go through the final volume.】VịSit no(v)3lb/!n(.)com for new novels

【”NEET” has now reached its fifth volume, with the plot progressing to the band competition featuring a female lead modeled after you.】

【This final volume doesn’t continue the competition’s events; instead, it contains disjointed scenes.】

【The first scene is your graduation. Underclassmen wait at the auditorium entrance, offering flowers and blessings. You smile and thank them, then return to the Asano household.】

【The second scene shows you facing your parents. With your help, Asano Nao manages to complete the meeting safely.】

【The third scene depicts your job celebration party. Family members are allowed, but Asano Nao is not by your side. After attending the party, you return home, and Asano Nao apologizes to you.】

【The fourth scene is your wedding. To avoid upsetting Asano Nao, you opt for a simple ceremony with only close friends and family.】

【As you flip through each scene, you notice a consistent theme: you are always helping Asano Nao, and she is constantly apologizing to you. Your kindness grows more encompassing, while her remorse deepens.】

【This is indeed the future from the previous life simulation.】

【Without delving deeper, you skim through the remaining text. The story’s development shocks you; in one scene, Asano Nao writes about you planning to invite colleagues home to avoid work gatherings, hosting them with her.】

【Except for minor details, the events in this scene match those from your previous life simulation exactly. At the end of the hosting, Asano Nao, overwhelmed by mental anguish, hides and cries. You find her and decide to quit your job.】

【Her writing borders on prophetic.】

【Moving further, you reach the last scene, where both of you are in old age, lying on the floor of a sealed house with a burning charcoal brazier.】

Memory scene appears.

Minami Yuuki sits on the sofa. The sun is obscured by thick clouds, and the faint sunshine offers no comfort. The door is open, letting in a cold wind, making his limbs cold from inactivity.

He looks at the notebook screen.

He looks over, and in reality, Asano Nao is clumsily picking up a book that had fallen, blocking the camera in the cabinet.

Suddenly, he feels an impulse to run forward and embrace Asano Nao with his strong arms.

He does so, but halfway, changes his hug into a face rub: “Caught you red-handed, what does sister have to say for herself?”

Asano Nao struggles but cannot break free, whimpering as she closes her eyes, letting Minami Yuuki have his way.

Looking at her closed eyes, still mentally immersed in the simulated life, his emotions surge.

“I want a snack. Go make me one, sister,” Minami Yuuki stopped and said.

Asano Nao, as if granted a pardon, rushes into the kitchen.

Watching her back, Minami Yuuki rubs his forehead and sighs.

He needs to calm down.

Sitting back on the sofa, he thinks, in the simulated life, Asano Nao left because of him.

This overly sensitive woman accurately grasped their future together and was frightened by it, deciding to leave.

She believes in Minami Yuuki. Precisely because she believes, she knows this future is inevitable.

In the previous simulated life, Minami Yuuki chose to join the NEET society, so Asano Nao could endure their future decay together.

But in this simulation, he is a student at Misaki Arts University, a promising performer, so Asano Nao does not want to drag him into a decaying coffin.

Minami Yuuki continues to look at the simulation panel, surprised that despite their separation, the simulated life has not ended.



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