The 'World of Heart'.

  I wonder how many times I've been helped here. Without knowing it, I was receiving a lot of energy in this place too. From this girl in front of me who looks exactly like myself.

  "I thought you'd be more depressed after Lenks left, but you recovered surprisingly quickly."

  To "Me" who spoke as if impressed, I nodded.

  "Yeah. Because Lenks surely doesn't wish for that. I'm not convinced at all, though. I decided to think that it couldn't be helped. I wonder if he's doing well somewhere."

  "Surely."

  Suddenly, "Me" makes a serious face.

  "There is something I must tell you."

  "What?"

  "Me" stared at me intently and said.

  "The path leading here will close very soon. When that happens, you won't be able to come here anymore."

  "Eh..."

  Can't come anymore. Then, no way.

  "No! Will you disappear too!?"

  "Me" smiles a little sadly. But she also looked somewhat happy.

  "You'll be fine without me now. Although you're still far from being splendid, you can manage on your own."

  "I don't want to! Stay with me from now on too!"

  Why even you... I'm lonely. I don't want that.

  "Me" directed sympathetic eyes at me being like that, but she shook her head resolutely.

  "Originally, we were not supposed to meet at this time. It was something like a prank of fate. Give it up."

  "But! Even though we finally met like this!"

  As if to soothe me who was about to cry, "Me" stroked my head gently. Like that first day we met.

  "Besides. It's just that we won't be able to meet for a while. I'll always be here."

  "Me" placed her hand gently on my chest. "Me's" hand was very warm. It made me truly think that she was here. My feelings calmed down little by little. Like when I was comforted by Mom. That's unfair. If you say it like that, I can't say anything back.

  "Someday when you get bigger. When the power awakens properly. At that time, we can meet properly again. At that time, we'll be together forever this time. I'll be looking forward to that day."

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  I see. This parting is only for a while, and we can meet again when I grow up. Then, we'll never be separated again. I believe you. Then, although I hate it, I'll do my best to endure.

  "Yeah. Okay. I'll look forward to it too."

  Suddenly, I became a little curious about my future self.

  "At that time, will I have become a little more manly?"

  "Hmm. I wonder about that. You have quite a feminine personality, after all. You could say that's why I was born."

  "Shut up."

  Then "Me" starts giggling as if amused.

  "Come to think of it. Lenks said that when the ability awakens, you will be able to move freely using my body."

  "Eh!?"

  "In other words. You will eventually become a girl too."

  "Haa!?"

  What the heck is that! Me, really becoming a girl...

  (If only you were a girl, it would have been great.)

  Lenks' words seemed like a curse. Until now, every time someone said I looked like a girl, I desperately talked back because I hated it. Of course, it was because I thought I was a boy, but the premise crumbled away making a loud noise. Isn't it like an idiot that I was particular about it until now? What on earth was I...

  "Me" soothed me, who was disappointed, saying 'now now'. Completely finished off, I somehow stopped caring anymore. I started to think if it's a girl, then fine, let it be a girl. I'm often told I'm cute. And I'm a crybaby. Fine. Anyway.

  Besides, if it's "Me's" body, I feel bad saying I hate it.

  "Hey. If I become a girl, can I do it properly?"

  "Won't you struggle at first? Well, at that time, I'll enter inside you and help you behave properly as a girl."

  "I see. That helps."

  "Me" laughed even more teasingly.

  "Just like you did before."

  "Ugh. Forget about that already."

  Recalling the time when I completely became a woman due to too much pain, embarrassment welled up all at once.

  "Impossible, impossible. Because our power is to remember anything."

  "Uuugh."

  It's embarrassing... However, from the words "remember anything", I remembered the unpleasant feeling when power flowed in just before my memory was cut off.

  Power, huh.

  I looked at the darkness wrapping us. Unlike that time, I feel nothing now. It was a endlessly quiet place. What happened after that? No, maybe I shouldn't ask. There are things better not known.

  Since that day, various things have changed. I thought I wanted to kill. I thought I wanted to destroy. I feel like I couldn't have been sane holding such terrifying feelings. Surely I couldn't do anything about it, and Lenks and "Me" saved me. Just knowing that was enough.

  "It's a terrible power, isn't it. I don't want to use it anymore."

  "For a while, you won't be able to use it even if you want to. Congratulations."

  "That makes me happy. But..."

  "What?"

  Instead, it's lonely not being able to see you after all.

  "If you're gone, I'll only have friends at school."

  "That's how it is. Normally."

  "But you know. I've only been able to get along with Hikari and Mirai. With everyone in the class, not yet..."

  With gentle eyes that seem to wrap me warmly who is full of anxiety, "Me" smiles brightly.

  "You've come this far. Isn't it just one more step?"

  "But..."

  To me who was about to whine inadvertently, "Me" shook her head slightly.

  "You should have the courage to take that one step. Do your best."

  Do your best, huh.

  Lenks said so too. Yeah. That's right. Just one more step. Receiving the encouragement for two people from Lenks and "Me". I felt like a hot guts was lit in my chest.

  "Okay. I'll try."

  "That's the spirit."

  At that moment, I also understood that the time had come. I'm about to be pushed out of the 'World of Heart' any moment.

  "See ya."

  "Yeah."

  "See you later, Yu."

  Next time we meet is when I grow up. Even if I don't remember, we are together forever.

  I'm not lonely. Even if a fragment of a tear flew into the pitch-black world. I'm not lonely. I told myself so.

  Let's go. To the real world. I'm going to teach Lenks and "Me" that I'm okay now.