"It should be this room, right? I wonder if Mei has changed rooms."
Standing in front of the room where Mei and Kaito had stayed before, Miko muttered to herself before knocking on the door.
"Mei, are you inside?"
Knock, knock, knock—
I wonder why Acheron came back again...
Is something the matter?
Standing behind Miko and watching her knock, Lumine silently pondered this.
Back then, Kaito had suddenly asked her to come here and call Acheron, but even now, she still didn't understand why he did that.
Considering Acheron usually just appears on her own, why do I have to come call for her now? This is definitely strange.
But there's no point overthinking it. Acheron should be inside the room, and I'll find out why soon enough.
Creak—
Just as Lumine was thinking about Acheron, the door Miko had just knocked on opened from the inside, and Acheron walked out.
She didn't know why, but she felt that the Acheron standing before her and Miko now seemed a little different.
Yet, she couldn't quite put her finger on what exactly had changed.
Strange...
Why does Acheron feel so different from before?
Staring intently at Acheron, Lumine tried to discern exactly what had changed.
"It's Miko."
At that moment, Acheron spoke.
Eh?
Does Acheron speak like that?
It had to be said, the moment she heard Acheron speak, Lumine was shocked. She never expected that she would one day hear Acheron use such a tone.
After all, Acheron's tone had always sounded very cold before, devoid of almost any emotion.
But now, she was hearing a tone from Acheron that was filled with emotion.
"Eh? Mei, why are you speaking to me like that? I'm not dreaming, am I?"
Just like Lumine, Miko also clearly sensed that something was different.
In her experience, it was impossible for Mei to speak like this.
So...
What is going on here???
Staring at Mei with curiosity, Miko's face was filled with suspicion—genuine suspicion.
She became even more puzzled, especially when she recalled that Kaito had specifically asked her and Lumine to come here to find Mei.
"We haven't seen each other in so many years. You've grown so big."
Just as Miko and Lumine were each feeling puzzled, Acheron spoke again. Her tone continued to sound like someone reuniting with an old friend after a long separation, all while she looked Miko up and down.
Miko: "???"
Lumine: "???"
"Eh... Mei? What's wrong with you? Did you lose your memory? Or do you have a fever?"
After being stunned for a long moment, Miko exchanged a glance with Lumine. Then, she reached out to touch Mei's forehead before touching her own.
"You don't have a fever either. Did that guy Kaito do something to you?"
Thinking about how Kaito was the one who sent her here, Miko immediately felt that he was definitely up to something.
Hmm?!
Wait!!!
Suddenly, Miko thought of a possibility. She immediately widened her eyes and stared at Mei, her voice even carrying a trace of disbelief.
"Are you... Makoto?"
Makoto???
Is that...
Someone's name?
Not expecting Miko to suddenly react this way, Lumine looked at her and then at Acheron, unable to stop herself from wondering.
She didn't know if there was anyone named Makoto, but right now, it seemed that was the case.
Sigh...
I really don't know anything, do I...
Sighing silently in her heart, Lumine lamented her lack of knowledge.
But...
Is this Kaito's way of letting me in on some things...
Is that why he had me come along with Miko?
Suddenly thinking of this, Lumine's mood instantly improved, though she still didn't understand the situation.
Is Makoto a person?
And what's going on with Acheron?
She didn't know what had happened regarding any of this.
But it didn't matter. At least she was present now, and she would know the answer soon enough.
"You guessed correctly, Miko of five hundred years later."
As she spoke, Acheron smiled at Miko. Then, looking as if she had suddenly realized something, she added, "But... has it really been five hundred years? It should be, right?"
After saying this, Acheron looked at Miko, appearing to wait for her answer.
"It has indeed been five hundred years, but..."
Staring at Mei, Miko stopped mid-sentence, frowning with a look of deep confusion. Then she continued, "Th... what is going on here? Is that... Makoto? Or Mei? That guy Kaito didn't put you up to this to trick me, did he?"
It had to be said that Miko still had no idea what was going on.
Is this 'Makoto' actually Mei pretending?
Or...
Is Mei actually Makoto...
But she just forgot the past...
And now, for some reason, she has remembered it?
Or is this some trick played by that guy Kaito?
Thinking it over and over, Miko really didn't know which answer was the correct one.
Although she had previously wondered if Mei was actually Makoto, now that she suddenly saw Mei behaving exactly like Makoto, she couldn't determine if Mei really was Makoto.
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