“The light we looked up at that day… It’s been here…all along… Shining brightly… I didn’t realize…”
Tears fell on the ground.
“…how amazing my little sister was…”
Finally finding her light, Chris Esse Eisbert gritted her teeth.
“Ngh…!”
She lowered her face and punched the ground with her hand.
“Ngh…! Aaahh… Aaahh…!”
She punched the ground again and again.
Chris Esse Eisbert continued to hit the ground as tears streamed down her face. She sobbed in the light cast by her sister, whom she had belittled as a fool.
I put away my sword.
“…Good for you.”
Then I turned my back to the sisters.
“You’re lucky to have a fine sister.”
I walked away aimlessly and reached my limit in the darkness, where I was all alone.
I fell forward—and was caught in someone’s arms—and saw Sakura Tsukiori smiling at me.
“You always pretend to be the bad guy, don’t you?”
“…I do not.”
“You weren’t planning to kill Chris from the beginning.”
Still held in her arms, I smiled bitterly.
“So you risked your life to patch things up between Mule and Chris?”
“…I like yuri sisters.”
As if to share the blood I’d bathed in, Tsukiori, illuminated by the moonlight, slowly squeezed me tight.
“You did good.”
“…I did not.”
I started to feel sleepy.
Wrapped in the soft warmth of her body, I quietly closed my eyes.
“…Tsukiori.”
“Yeah?”
“…Don’t hold me in your arms. Make it a girl.”
“Idiot.”
She smiled as she continued to cradle me.
“You really are…such a jerk…”
The night wore on.
From somewhere in the distance, I could hear the cheers of the new students and their maids.
It was proof that the welcome party had been a success.
With a smile on my face, I listened to the happy voices…and fell asleep.