I woke up on the sofa in the living room.
It's still dark.
It's late at night.
"……Was I exposed to wind?"
I go outside the laboratory.
……No matter how I look at it, it's just a house, but Arisa has repeatedly called it a laboratory.
I involuntarily *fu* smile.
"Here we go……"
I *goron* lie on the lawn of the garden.
In the sky, a full moon was s.h.i.+ning.
"……I see this world has a moon too."
"……The G.o.d of the night, Luune.
It seems that your world has a moon too."
From the side of my head, I heard footsteps.
(……You were awake, Arisa.)
"……What about the sun?"
"s.h.i.+na.
Good evening Edgar, it's a nice night, isn't it?"
Illuminated by the light of the moon, Arisa had an illusion-like beauty.
"……Yeah, that's true."
Arisa comes to my side, and softly sits down.
Arisa was wearing white pajamas with a bunny ear hood. Cute.
"……You couldn't sleep?"
"……I saw a dream."
"A scary dream?"
"No, but it was a bad dream."
"……I see."
Saying that, Arisa moved to the side of my head, and put my head on her lap.
Arisa's lap was soft, and warm.
While giving me a lap pillow, Arisa was brus.h.i.+ng my hair.
Arisa floated a nice smile.
"……Arisa, thanks for today. The only reason even I was able to defeat majuus was because of you."
"That's not true. Ed, you've been working really hard up until now."
Arisa's fingers *tsuutu* move from the tips of my eyes all the way to my chin.
For a while, we both continue like this, silently.
"……Why do you help me so much?"
……I heard it.
I wanted to hear it.
By any means.
"……Because I love you."
Arisa looked straight at me, and said so.
I also receive her straight gaze.
"……I'm don't know. I don't know what I think of you.
I barely know anything about you."
……Right now, we know each other.
However, there's too much I don't know that much about her. I don't know anything.
I feel that if I don't know her, I can't answer her.
For the sake of this girl too.
When Arisa heard my words, she quietly floated a small smile.
"That's alright Edgar, just for now."
"But, I love you. I can do anything for you. I'll be your support——that's fine."
"……Arisa."
"……Rely on me when things get tough. Just remember that, okay?"
I see one girl smiling gently, illuminated by the light of the moon.
Arisa seriously said that she was fine like this.
Probably, Arisa knows——about the me from my former world.
More than I know about Alice——Alice knows about me.
"……Thanks Arisa, please keep taking care of me from now on."
"……Okay."
I didn't listen to Arisa beyond that.
The two of us stayed like that for a while.
——Morning.
*Gangan, gangan* The echo of the door sounds.
——It's noisy……
"Ed, it's morning! Get up!"
——Be quiet, I'm still tired……
"I,if that's the case, I'll cure you the same way I did last night!
I'll do my best!"
……Forget about what happened last night……
"——I,I won't forget about it! Absolutely! Ever!"
(As expected, even Arisa will forget about it someday……)
I reluctantly got out of bed, and headed for Arisa, who was making a racket alone.
"Finally, you got up Ed!"
I stared at Arisa.
This girl laughs for me.
She loves me.
Arisa tilted her head curiously.
"What is it?"
"No, it's nothing."
I *gaku* poked Arisa's forehead, and headed to the living room which smelled nice.
I just, thought.
——That I don't want to regret anything ever again.
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