Part 2[แก้ไข]
---When Izayoi woke up, the sun had already sunk in the western horizon.
Perhaps it was during the course of reading the last will and testament that he had carelessly fallen asleep? He had actually lain on the table and drooled in his sleep. And that was the first time in Izayoi's life that he had experienced such an unglamorous side of himself.
"……18:15 already? Ah, damn it. Why am I feeling so hungry."
"Oh! Then would you like to go eat dinner, Iza-nii?"[4] Suzuka leaned her whole body on Izayoi's back.
When was it that she managed to stealthily get behind me? Izayoi who didn't notice her presence until the last moment was quite surprised. But of course, he did not let it show on his face.
"Suzuka, get off me! How many times do you want me to repeat before you understand? If you want to hug me, at least come back when you have a D cup."
"Oi……What's up with that?! I, Suzuka-chan, am sure that in the near future, I will be a voluptuous hot babe with all the curves filling out nicely! It's more worth it to do the pre-orders now while the offer is still available, you know?!"
"Yeah, Yeah. Near future means that it isn't confirmed. Anyway, just get off me."
Izayoi grabbed the back of her collar and pulled her off his back.
Suzuka pouted her cheeks angrily and rushed out of the small room.
"Hmph~! I won't care about you, Iza-nii! It would be good if you just starved yourself to death here! You big Baka![5]"
"No, that will be quite a problem. Help prepare dinner for me too."
Izayoi gave a very big yawn.
Suzuka suddenly kept away her unhappy look as she looked at Izayoi in earnest.
"……Nn, I got it. Iza-nii, I will be waiting for you to come over okay?"
Suzuka gave an unnatural pause before leaving the room.
It was then for a messy haired bespectacled youth, Homura, to walk into the room.
"Iza-nii, you awake?"
"Yea……Wait, why is it still another headphone?"
"Nn. I've already adjusted and modified the cat ears portion. It shouldn't be too tight now."
"Really? Nevermind. I'll just pick it up later tonight. I want to finish reading the remaining portion of the last will and testament for now. You can go join Suzuka to prepare the dinner first."
"……Okay, I got it. Iza-nii, you'd better remember to take it later okay?"
Homura had also given an unnatural pause before leaving the room.
Sending him off with his gaze, Izayoi then turned back to flipping through the last will and testament on the table.
"Izayoi-chan, you actually drooled when you slept. Ew, so dirty."
Stop nagging, you smelly Oba-san!
"Stop your tantrum. Don't look at me like that. In fact, I really am relieved after having worried for you for such a long time you know? After all, the possibility for you to be trapped in the game wasn't zero. Hence, at this point in time when the last will and testament is still in your hands, it makes me feel really happy……Congratulations, Izayoi-chan. Having successfully reached this point, you have finally earned the rights that you are entitled to."
"……"
"Nn. Looking at your expression that says "I don't know what you're talking about", it doesn't matter whether or not you know of it, for everything up till now can be said to be the work of fate. But to open the huge doors with the hands of Man, it will always require the intersection of several possibilities and their separation as well. The intersection is originally a random occurrence that appears in a very small range[6]……Ah, forget it. The explanation of the theory portion shall be left to Croix to do the honors. The problem that I should address right now is regarding that invitation letter that's to be passed to you."
"Invitation letter?"
Not understanding what letter it was referring to, Izayoi had tilted his head in puzzlement.
Just then, a letter slid out from beneath the last will and testament.
"That's the invitation letter and it will surely change your fate. It's a letter that will allow you to experience a daily life like the one you had today……but even if you do not open that letter, there's also the possibility that you can find your happiness in this world. You have the right to forget the invitation letter and continue your current life. In this world, the future for you to live together with Homura and Suzuka in a nice and cozy environment is still open. I would like you to re-confirm all these and hence arranged for that game."
Izayoi had obtained a shelter, a family and memories in this world.
Canaria's purpose was to allow Izayoi to slowly reminisce the past and make the comparison. And so, [Baron Croix] had been sent to test him.
"……but the guy you've sent sure is a bit too crazy to handle. Thanks to you, I sure had quite a bit of cold sweat flowing down my back."
"How can you be that useless? The you at the age of ten would probably have happily beaten the opponent till he's barely alive right?...... Forget it. It was me who had brought you up that way to make you become incapable of those acts. In contrast to your haughtiness in your way of speech, you have actually grown too biased towards the common sense. To the point that you can still find a common ground to compromise with this world when you actually hold such a power that defies common sense……Hence I had wanted to give you the right to make the choice. I believe that no matter your choice, it will still leave some regrets. So the last choice should still be made by you."
"……"
Izayoi solemnly turned to the next page.
"As I've already said earlier, it is also possible for you to find your happiness in this world. That I can guarantee to you.
But all it takes is just to open that invitation letter for this guarantee to completely disappear.
I believe that many hardships await you.
And you will meet many situations where you will be shamed.
However, you may save a large number of people that's beyond your grasp.
……So, I hope that you will really think this through.
If you can set your heart down to abandon your family, friends, future and everything in your world---Then, you may open that letter."
And at that, the last will and testament had ended without any other words to say her farewells.
For Canaria, when her time in the world had ran out, she had already counted that as saying her farewell to Izayoi.
Izayoi picked up the invitation letter and re-confirmed the words of the last will and testament.
"……This means to say that there's no turning back after I open this letter?"
Of course, there wasn't a reply but Izayoi was quite sure.
---A long time ago when they had gone to see the battlefield, she had told him that if he wanted to go to a battlefield again, he would have to do it based on his own will and depend on his own two feet to advance into the region. He was sure that those words she had said were words that she had offered to him beforehand for this current situation.