"As Origami's Father and mother, you should know why she underwent such a change, right?"
"Origami... she must have suffered a lot, right? Living alone for five years, how... how did she get through it?"
Origami's mother was the first to break down in tears. Origami, who should have grown up happily with their companionship, had such a childhood. She couldn't imagine how Origami endured those five years of darkness.
"Are we really going to die tomorrow? Can't we stay with Origami forever..."
Everyone fears death, but Origami's mother at this moment wasn't afraid of dying tomorrow. What she feared was the powerlessness of knowing her daughter's future but being unable to change it.
Origami's Father interrupted her, gently embracing her and soothing her agitated emotions.
After Origami's mother calmed down, Origami's Father stood up and bowed to the girl who looked not much older than Origami.
"Thank you. Thank you very much for telling us this. And thank you for doing this for Origami. Truly, thank you."
"...I just didn't want to see her continue down that path."
Inaba Tsukiyo could see that Origami's Father was forcing himself to calm down; in reality, he was also very sad.
But to comfort his wife, as a man, he had to stand strong. He couldn't let this matter make him lose his composure.
Since Inaba Tsukiyo knew they would die tomorrow, why didn't she tell them a way to save them?
He believed there must be some unknown factor at play that even Inaba Tsukiyo herself couldn't control. As ordinary people, what ability did they have to change any of this?
Looking at these two grieving parents, Inaba Tsukiyo also felt a bit unwell.
After a moment of hesitation, Inaba Tsukiyo decided to tell them what she had learned from Origami. This was also the reason she had to come here.
After listening to Inaba Tsukiyo, Origami's Father and mother finally understood the problem Inaba Tsukiyo was worried about.
Indeed, after knowing such a truth, even adults might not have the mental fortitude to bear such a result, let alone Origami.
One must remember that Origami had always used killing the Spirit who killed her parents as her motivation in life. After knowing this fact, how could she not break down?
"I understand. Please give us some time. As Origami's parents, I think we can come up with better suggestions than your method. Can we?"
"Hmm, as long as you can help, any suggestion is fine."
Inaba Tsukiyo agreed to their request; after all, all she had to do was save Origami when she fell into madness and then when her heart died.
No matter what method Origami's parents wanted to use to achieve this, she had no problem with it.
Origami's parents were undoubtedly great. Knowing that they would die tomorrow, they did not give up on themselves.
Although their mood was not as calm as they appeared, they chose the best and most correct way to ensure Origami could live well.
Origami's personality was already a bit obsessive at this point. If Inaba Tsukiyo later had Kurumi use her ability to let them meet, Origami would definitely want to meet them more often, which was not allowed.
They did not want Origami to live forever in the shadow of losing them, so they could only help the future Origami in this way.
Taking the items Origami's parents handed to her, Inaba Tsukiyo nodded.
"To prevent you from taking unexpected actions, you will lose the memory of our conversation. The rest is up to me."
"Okay, we're counting on you."
After these things were done, the time on Inaba Tsukiyo's body just ended. Her body twisted continuously and finally disappeared before Origami's parents' eyes.
When her consciousness returned, Inaba Tsukiyo was back to the present five years ago.
She glanced at the clock; only half an hour had passed since she left, even though she had spent almost a day five years ago.
"How was it, Tsukiyo-chan? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?"
Nia asked impatiently after Inaba Tsukiyo returned, and Main Body Kurumi also looked at her with expectant eyes.
"I just met them, got what I wanted, and didn't do anything else."
Taking out the machine stored in the Imaginary Space, she hoped that the things inside could work when Origami fell into madness. Otherwise, she would only be able to forcefully restore Origami.
"Since Tsukiyo-chan is back, I'm leaving."
Main Body Kurumi stood up from the sofa. Not having gotten the result she wanted, there was no need for her to stay here any longer.
But how could Inaba Tsukiyo let her leave so easily? When Kurumi was about to leave through her shadow, she quickly grabbed Kurumi's collar and pulled Kurumi out of the shadow.
"Don't go, stay!"
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