Yae Sakura!Beep!

"I'm lifting your spirits."

Rubbing his little hands that had been slapped, Future gestured to Ilya with his eyes.

"Hey! Illya, good morning!"

It was only then that Hitomi noticed that Ilya had arrived at school, and she put on a smiling face and said.

"Tsk! It's disgusting to laugh..."

"Snapped!"

Mirai, who walked aside muttering something, was hit on the head with precision by Hitomi casually with a book.

"Well, Miss Tong...Little Tong, hah..."

Hearing Hitomi calling her, Illya turned around, and just when she spoke, she remembered that she was in school, so she changed her name, and then she yawned again after she finished speaking.

"Illya didn't sleep well last night?"

Tilting his head, Hitomi asked.

"Hmm... a little bit, something."

Illya looked down and answered a little vaguely.

Obviously, probably because of what happened last night, Illya didn't sleep well, right?

Thinking of this, Hitomi blinked, and she turned to look at Miyu on the right seat.

Miyu had already arrived at school long before them, and hadn't spoken a word all this time. She seemed to be checking her homework at this time, very focused, and didn't show any sign of lack of energy.

But it is this appearance that makes it look extraordinarily abnormal.

Looking at Illya who had already turned back, and Miyu who was still motionless, Hitomi moved his eyes to the future and met her gaze.

The latter shrugged and said nothing.

…………

"Did something happen, Illya?"

During recess, Hitomi who led Illya up to the rooftop opened with such direct words.

She cleaned the ground a little with her ability, then pressed down on her skirt, and sat down with Illya.

Well, unlike Mitakihara's middle school, there are no benches for people to sit on the roof of Fuyuki City's school.

Rather, this is not a place for students to come up.

"..."

Straightening the folds of the skirt, Illya glanced at Tong's eyes, then she lowered her head again.

The expression is very hesitant.

"Illya said that she doesn't want to be a magical girl anymore."

She didn't speak, but the ruby ​​that flew out of nowhere answered the question for her.

"ruby!"

Illya, who puffed up her face and probably didn't want Hitomi to know about it, yelled.

"Anyway, Illya, you can't say it, can you?"

Turning around in the air twice, Ruby finally chose Tong's side, she touched Tong's shoulder tentatively, seeing that the latter did not object, she stood on it.

"You haven't slept all night because of this."

"Ugh..."

Her face was a little red, and Illya bit her lips in embarrassment.

"Don't want... to be a magical girl?"

Tilting her head, Hitomi repeated Ruby's words.

"Um……"

Elijah nodded dejectedly.

"I don't think I can transform."

This may be the reason for her to have this idea, but Illya understands that this is definitely not the main reason.

"Is it because of physical problems?"

Hitomi frowned, and immediately checked Illya's body with her ability, but found nothing abnormal.

Apart from being very tired from not sleeping well last night.

White light flashed in Tong's palm, and she took advantage of the momentum to flick Ilya's little head.

"what?"

Immediately regaining consciousness, Illya's eyes widened in confusion.

"It's not good for children to stay up late. I just helped you treat those small sequelae."

Hitomi smiled and explained.

"It's not a physical problem, let me think about it, is it because I'm tired?"

She guessed at random, then looked at Ilya quietly, waiting for her to speak.

"No, I just..."

Pursing her lips, Illya opened her mouth.

"I'm just... scared."

Her right hand trembled slightly.

"Fear?"

Gently holding Illya's hand, Hitomi asked repeatedly.

"I've always thought that fighting is like in animation, and it's very easy to kill the enemy with a wave of the wand..."

Her voice was not loud, as humble as her current mood.

"It was like this before. Although it looks dangerous, you can defeat the enemy in the end. After defeating Caster, I really thought that I could always accompany Miyu to fight like this..."

There was a long pause until the little hand held by Hitomi slowly turned from cold to warm.

"So I can't do it... I'm afraid of pain, injury, bleeding... and death..."

Perhaps the feeling of confiding to Tong made her feel a lot better, and Illya's complexion was not as ugly as before.

"So you've decided to give up?"

His expression didn't change at all, Hitomi still asked with a smile.

"I don't know... Sister Lin asked me to think about it myself and give her an answer before this evening."

Shaking her head slowly, Illya whispered.

But how could Hitomi not see it, Illya actually understood it in her heart.

She wanted to give up.

But just like persistence, giving up decisively is sometimes a difficult decision.

No matter who it is, at this time, there will be an indecisive mentality.

"If you want to give up, just give up."

Therefore, Hitomi told her the decision she wanted to make.

Just like at the beginning, when Illya insisted on being a magical girl to fight, Hitomi did not persuade her to give up, but supported her after explaining the danger to her.

When Illya wants to give up now, then Hitomi will not try to persuade her to persevere.

She has no such position, nor does she have such a right.

Because she believed that when Ilya said the word "giving up".

It must have been well thought out.

"Well, thank you sister Hitomi..."

Trying to squeeze a smile, Illya paused, hesitated, and spoke again.

"...Will I be cowardly?"

"of course not."

Shaking his head, Hitomi smiled.

"When you decided to face Saber alone that night, you were braver than anyone else, and nothing that happened after that can deny your courage at that moment."

She blinked.

"After all, even gods are afraid of death."

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PS I've been so busy these two days, I don't have time to type.

PS Porridge Tour updated the event again, Ship B updated the event again, MHW updated the event again, Destiny 2 updated the event again...

PS I'm so busy (looking at the sky and pretending to be stupid)

Section 344 Day 75 Multiple choice questions with no position

"It's rare."

Hitomi, who was watching Illya leave, came back to her senses at the sound wafting from her ear.

"what?"

She stood up, patted the hem of her skirt, and looked at the future beside her.

When the two were talking just now, the future has actually been on the side all the time, but she used her ability to hide herself.

"It's rare to see you act like a big sister."

He lightly kicked the protective net on the edge of the roof, leaned on it, and said in the future.

"At a time like this, compared to the consolation of peers, it is more reliable to be relieved by an elder... Ugh..."

Tiredly rubbing his temples, Hitomi covered his mouth and yawned a little, his eyes became moist.

"I suddenly have the urge to ask for leave and go home to sleep..."

She wiped away a tear that oozed from the corner of her eye, and muttered.

"Can't you 'adjust' your body?"

In the future where the cold wind was blowing, he pressed his slightly messy black hair, thought for a while, and casually pinched out a bunch of red ribbons, and tied himself a long single ponytail.

"For the time being, I still like the feeling of being an ordinary person..."

With a wave of his hand, Hitomi rejected the repeated proposals in the future.

"You have such a convenient ability but you don't like to use it. I really don't understand you..."

As the future of hedonism, it is indeed difficult to understand this kind of thinking, but they are two people with completely different personalities, and it is normal for such differences to occur.

"Forget it, it's meaningless to tell you this..."

Mirai put her head on the protective net boredly, she tilted her head and looked at Hitomi.

"So, what about that card? Don't give it away?"

"Otherwise, what else can I do?"

Hitomi sighed, and somewhat helplessly took out a hard card that looked similar to an employment card from his pocket.

"Since Ilya said that she doesn't want to fight anymore, this card has no effect on her."