And then after a few days had passed, I finally noticed that I had one unread message from her in my smartphone.
Since I was busy mourning her death at the wake and contacting all our friends…… But I didn’t realize it until now. I wonder when she sent it?
And when I opened it, I saw the familiar name of my best friend again.
It was sent in the middle of the night on the morning she died.
“A-chan. I’m having trouble capturing the sadistic evil prince~”
The message was accompanied with an emoticon of a troubled face, my best friend was probably getting pretty desperate about the otome game……
Her final message is something like this…… Even at the very end, it just seems so like her.
I started laughing at thinking how amusing it was.
I laughed and laughed until tears started coming out.
And then, the tears kept overflowing, without reserve…… They kept flowing and flowing until I thought my eyes would melt……
Although that girl isn’t here anymore, I’m not alone anymore. After all, that girl gave me a new world……
I tightly clenched my smartphone that contained that girl’s final message.
That girl won’t come back anymore…… I lived my days without that girl from now on.
I can live properly in this new world that she had given me.
So…… If it could be like in the stories, when my life is over, I can be reincarnated into a new life……
At that time –
I want to be with that girl and be friends again……
Once more, I want to spend every day energetically and having fun with her.
★★★★★★★★★★★
“……Sophia-sama, Sophia-sama.”
When I heard a voice calling me and opened my eyes, a maid was looking at me very anxiously from next to my bed. It seems that she was the one who was calling me.
“……What’s the matter?”
I responded while not being fully awake yet.
“……Um, it seemed that you were having quite a nightmare, are you alright?”
“……I was having a nightmare?”
When I woke up some more and looked at myself, I noticed that my cheeks were wet. Ahh, so I was crying…… And there must have been a reason for it.
“I just had a very sad dream, that must be it, but it wasn’t a nightmare.”
“A dream?”
“Yes, a very, very, sad dream…… But after waking up, I can’t quite remember exactly what it was about anymore.”
Yes, I remember that it was a very sad dream…… Even though I don’t remember the contents anymore.
“I think it was probably about something that happened a long time ago, though.”
“……Something a long time ago……”
At my comment, the maid froze up with an indescribable expression.
After all, I had been living a sheltered life for many years, due to all the slander I received for my different appearance. She was probably wondering what I meant by a long time ago.
“……Well, uh. I’m not talking about from when I had to start living a sheltered life. I’m talking about something even farther, much earlier than that……”
Hearing so, the maid had a wondering expression on her face.
Well, that’s only natural. There should be no way for me to remember something that far back when I’m not even an adult yet……
Honestly, even I myself, don’t understand it very well…… I can’t remember the contents of that very, very, sad dream……
But for sure, I’m convinced that it was about something long ago……
And so, even though I don’t remember the dream in detail, a very sad painful feeling remained in my chest, and I was despondent.
And so, while I was feeling downcast, the maid said something that cheered me up.
“Sophia-sama, today’s the day that you’re supposed to visit the Claes family.”
At hearing that, the sad painful feelings in my chest lightened a little.
That’s right. Today, I’m supposed to visit Katarina-sama’s family to go over and play.
I chose a book to recommend to her yesterday, I wonder if she’ll be happy with it. As I thought about Katarina-sama, my mood improved.
After getting dressed properly and having breakfast, and finishing all the preparations I headed over to the Claes mansion with my brother coming along as usual.