Chapter 67

Chapter 67

Why aren’t you planning to study music anymore? You clearly bought a guitar, and that dream was so vivid and beautiful. Every time I fall asleep, it plays in my mind.

Aren’t you supposed to borrow money from me to enroll in a music school? What’s gone wrong?

Asano Nao panicked, her face turning pale, her fingers trembling.

Did she do something wrong?

She thought of the butterfly effect in movies, where even a small change could drastically alter the world line.

Was it her actions that caused the world to change?

What should she do next? Would Yuuki-kun still marry her and have Miu and Rikka with her?

Her mind went blank.

When Minami Yuuki asked her about the paper cranes, she mechanically walked upstairs, took the cranes, and handed them to the boy at the dining table. Even the boy’s thanks did not snap her out of it.

Minami Yuuki should have noticed Asano Nao’s odd behavior, but he was completely engrossed by the paper cranes.

[You’ve received a gift imbued with Asano Nao’s feelings]

[+1 Simulation Attempt]

Why did it only increase by one this time?

He looked at the number of paper cranes, noticing not only had they not decreased, but there were also more of them. He picked up one, with sharp ends and perfect creases, no signs of cutting corners.

Then why did the number of simulation attempts decrease?

He thought back to his earlier hypothesis. The simulation attempts weren’t based on the aesthetic of the cranes or the effort spent folding them, but on the feelings imbued in them.

The reduction in simulation attempts meant a reduction in feelings.

What caused the feelings to decrease?

Did Asano Nao fall for someone else?N/nêw n0vel chap/ers are published o/n n0v/e/(lb)i(n.)co/m

He reached out to Asano Nao, “Give me the bank card, and I’ll marry you.”

Marry?

The word struck Asano Nao like a bolt of lightning, piercing through the darkness and chaos in her mind caused by the change in the world line. The lightning carried immense heat, evaporating the flood of catastrophe in her heart, restoring her clarity.

She quickly ran to the master bedroom on the first floor, retrieved the bank card, and gently placed it in Minami Yuuki’s hand.

“I also need the property certificates,” Minami Yuuki demanded. In Japan, property certificates are proof of real estate ownership.

Asano Nao returned to her room, retrieved two property certificates, and handed them to Minami Yuuki. One was for the Asano residence, and the other for the Yori Village house.

Minami Yuuki placed the property certificates and bank card on the table, feeling puzzled.

It seemed Asano Nao’s love for him hadn’t diminished, so why had the simulation attempts decreased?

After thinking for a while, he suddenly had a hypothesis.

At this moment, the fear of the moon’s disappearance tormented her more than the joy of gazing at it.

She didn’t know what to do. Maybe she should lower her arm reaching for the moon, return to a corner where the moonlight couldn’t reach, and resignedly sneak a peek at it.

Amidst this mental torment, she slowly fell asleep.

She found herself back in the dream cinema, with the gigantic screen before her.

《Yuuki and Nao》

[Director: Minami Yuuki, Asano Nao]

[Starring: Minami Yuuki...]

Stop!

Asano Nao mentally halted the film, deciding she would no longer be lured by its falsehood.

She got up from her seat, intending to flee the cinema and return to her former, disillusioned state.

As she turned, she noticed a small square table beside the seat, with a... VR headset on it?

Was this an instruction outside the movie?

Thinking of Minami Yuuki’s face, she couldn’t resist and put on the VR headset.

The next moment, her vision brightened.

She was startled to find herself sitting on a couch in an unfamiliar living room, folding clothes.

Startled by the bright windows and the unfamiliar environment, she wanted to escape and find a dark corner to hide in.

But her body didn’t obey her.

Of course, she was watching a VR movie.

This movie was too realistic, closer to reality than her dream film, no, identical to reality.

After folding two pieces of clothing, “she” looked up at the man in the garden.

Asano Nao immediately recognized him as the grown-up Minami Yuuki. The sight of Yuuki-kun with stubble lying on a sun lounger made her heart race.

“She” picked up the blanket beside her, walked to the garden, intending to cover the sleeping man. However, the man pretended to sleep, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her into his arms.

The incredibly realistic visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile sensations overwhelmed Asano Nao’s nerves, making her tremble. Despite knowing it was an illusion, she felt an immense joy.

The matured Yuuki-kun lowered his head, completing the missing taste.

A happiness more vast than the universe enveloped her.



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