Rebuild World: Volume 3 Part Two [Parts 1 to 7] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 90: Revelation

Seeing that Katsuya’s enthusiasm had returned after his conversation with Sheryl, Mizuha excused herself from the table, and Yumina and Airi took her place. There was still time before the start of the meet and greet—or rather, before Katsuya would make his grand debut—so Mizuha had suggested Katsuya and the girls chat in the meantime.

In fact, Katsuya was in even higher spirits than normal, perky and full of energy, while Sheryl continued to wear her elegant smile. And Airi was her usual, if expressionless, self. Yumina seemed the only one who couldn’t relax.

Katsuya noticed and found her attitude a bit odd. “Yumina, what’s wrong?”

“Hm? Oh, nothing.” Smiling to hide how she really felt, she bowed to Sheryl. “Thank you very much for listening to Katsuya’s troubles. You’ve really helped him out.”

Yumina had realized what had been eating at Katsuya, but had hesitated to tell him what Sheryl had: to forget his comrades or not to let their deaths get to him. There were two reasons: First, she knew that if she didn’t choose her words carefully, she’d only earn his ire. And second, even if the best option had been to suggest such a thing, she couldn’t do it if it meant that one day, when she died, he’d forget her as well.

Naturally, she didn’t want Katsuya to shoulder the burden of her death. But she couldn’t bear the thought of Katsuya forgetting she ever existed, only vaguely able to even recall her memory.

“You have my thanks as well,” Airi said, bowing to Sheryl. Airi had also more or less deduced what had been bothering Katsuya, but hadn’t said anything because she felt it was something he needed to get used to sooner or later.

Airi didn’t feel as much grief toward the deaths of her comrades as the others did. Humans died when it was time for them to die—this was an incontrovertible fact of nature. Even if that person happened to be someone you were laughing and joking with the previous day, you’d eventually get over the grief of their absence and move on. After all, if you weren’t able to reconcile those deaths, you’d never be able to survive.

Such was Airi’s line of thinking—but at the same time, a part of her didn’t want Katsuya to dismiss her death as merely a natural event. She wanted him to keep grieving for her when she passed away. When she’d seen him in utter despair over his comrades’ deaths, she’d even hoped that one day he’d feel the same way about her when it was her time. So contrary to her own philosophy, she couldn’t bring herself to tell him to get used to the idea of his teammates dying on him either.

But talking with Sheryl, Katsuya had acquired the strength to accept those deaths. Yumina and Airi felt truly relieved to see his resolve restored, and inwardly they breathed a half conscious sigh of relief. Now they no longer had to worry about being forgotten.

“It was nothing. I’m just glad that I was able to help,” Sheryl responded with her elegant smile.

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