[Net King] The end of no fruit

[Manalone measures time. Manalone chimes the hour. And, because of this, manslonesuffersaparalyzingfearthatnoothercreaturesendures].[1]

He was alone, listening to the ticking of the second hand.

A person, watching the hour and minute hands coincide in an instant, made a soft "click" sound.

The lights were not turned on, and there was no one in the huge home.

The heart beats with the second hand, disrupting the established rhythm.

A person is enduring a torment that no one in the world can imagine.

This is the price he wants to change.

"Let's break up." He watched the girl in front of him gradually turn pale.

"You never cared about me, did you?"

"You are just a kind of admiration for me, but you are not convinced, this is not what you like at all!" With purple lips, an unbelievable look on his face.

He never knew that he was such a good actor.

Pinggu She turned around, with a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, walked into the corner street, and then watched the girl standing blankly on the sidewalk, after a long time, he walked away silently.

It's okay, Ah Cheng.

It's almost over.

As long as he avoided them, he and Ah Cheng would no longer be threatened.

Unfortunately, the odds of winning seem to be very low.

Shibuichi Hiratani and Sumire Hosokawa got together in the second year of junior high school.Although the two are in different classes, they have had a lot of contact because of the close distance between the classrooms.Hiratani Sheichi gradually began to pay attention to this beautiful, quiet girl.

She is serious, hardworking, and occasionally a little vulnerable.

One month after the first semester of his sophomore year, he confessed his love to her.

To his surprise, she accepted.

Since then, the two have traveled to many places together.He also discovered Ah Cheng's unknown and cute side, and after that, he fell in love with her more and more.

He likes to take her to sit in a sushi restaurant not far from the school, and chat with the part-time senior sister who is studying in the university; he likes to take her to the embankment to watch the quietly flowing river.

Hosokawa Cheng likes to eat rolls, but he dare not sit on the guardrail by the river, and he doesn't like to do things that he is not sure about.Just like a cat, longing for the closeness of others, but afraid to show it.

Every morning, he would ride his bicycle downstairs to her house, and then drive her to school together.

She didn't do well in math, so he helped her with tutoring, and finally made her math level among the best in the whole class.She is the manager of the tennis department and is in contact with a group of boys every day.

He was not reconciled, so he urged her to quit her position as the manager of the tennis department and become the manager of the basketball department.

He likes to secretly record every expression of hers, and then pour out his emotions with a brush in the studio alone.

The memories between them are the most unforgettable moments in his life.

However, he forgot.

Like, is a beautiful word.

But love is honey that is sweet and greasy mixed with fishy smell.

Although the Hiyoshi family is not as powerful as the Atobe family in the world, it is also the leading family in Tokyo.He was raised by his grandfather as the heir of the Hiji family.

He is not the only candidate to inherit the family.Cousin Rijiruo is also one of the candidates.So what if they look like brothers and friends on the surface?The cousin has a competitive personality, so he must compete with him for the position of head of the family.But he never thought of inheriting the family.

So, he lived in the comfortable fantasy country he built, enjoying the warmth brought by Ah Cheng that even his relatives could not match, until a group of people dressed in black hijacked himself and Ah Cheng.

Sighing secretly at his innocence, he stood in front of Ah Cheng and blocked the bullet for Ah Cheng.

However, when he was being treated in the hospital, he got the truth that shocked her so much.That's right, the person who made him rekindle his desire to fight for the patriarch was not his cousin Rijiruo, but his cousin's father who loved Youjia, the mastermind behind the man in black, his uncle.

However, such a result is also reasonable.After all, with my cousin's upright personality, I'm afraid he can't behave like this.

He decided to live for himself.

However, his status in his family has gradually declined, but he no longer has the power to refute.

I don't want to hurt Ah Cheng.

I want to take her and live together.

"She Yi, Yui is actually a witch..." Ah Cheng's slightly hoarse voice rang in his ears after putting down the phone.

"Yui... Hashimoto Yui... Hashimoto!" Isn't Hashimoto Shrine the shrine that is said to preside over Onmyoji?Although it is a rumor, at this critical moment, Ah Cheng must be protected!

"She Yi, what's wrong with you?" The black-haired girl was clearly flustered.

"No, I'm fine, I'm just too tired and want to take a rest." He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to his lover with a smile.

"Please, Hashimoto-san! I want Ah Cheng to live!" He knelt down in front of the girl in the maiden costume and kowtowed respectfully.

"Sorry, I only have a way to save your life." The girl smiled wryly and shook her head.

He left sadly.

In order not to hurt Ah Cheng, he finally chose to break up with Ah Cheng.Seeing his slumped uncle, he didn't give up.

In the end, he died at the hands of the people sent by his uncle.

And Hashimoto Yui, whom he had just met a few days ago, unexpectedly appeared in front of him who was dying.

"I can take you and Hosokawa Summi back to the past."

"But you have to promise me—"

"Please don't change the future."

"Because the price of changing the future is your life."

It was raining lightly in Tokyo, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, and large raindrops fell on his wound.The woman's compassionate expression made him twitch the corners of his mouth and smile.

"Then, is there no price for sending me back?"

Unfortunately, he was never able to hear the woman's reply again.

"Yes, but you don't need to pay for it."

"The price is my lifespan and Ah Cheng's memory." A dazzling white light flickered by the river.

"It's the last thing I do for you who loves you."

When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was in a familiar but unfamiliar room.There was still no one in the house, but his heart was filled with joy.

——A Cheng, wait for me.

This time, I will definitely protect you.

The day he returned happened to be the time when the student union was running for election.Perfectly completed his speech as in his previous life, Hiratani Shibuichi calmly waited for the release of the result.

"Tezuka Kunimitsu narrowly beat Hiratani Shibukazu by one vote!" The teacher held a small piece of paper and announced the result in front of the microphone.The icy voice echoing throughout the campus surprised him. "So, this year's student council president is—Tezuka Kunimitsu!"

Why... so...

No, Ah Cheng must be testing him in this way!

Ah Cheng lost his memory.was implicated by him.

Perhaps, the price for his return is Ah Cheng's memory.

So, he began to secretly rectify his power in the family, and gradually brought his uncle's men under his banner.

So, with guilt and strong love for her, he helped her, hinted at her about their past, but pushed her further and further away.

Finally one day, the price of changing the future came to him as Yui Hashimoto said.

He fainted while giving Ah Cheng a make-up lesson.

In the sports test, he lost consciousness while leading Ah Cheng to run.

……

Later, during the National Second Academy Festival, his body completely collapsed.

There is no way to change that.

Because Ah Cheng and Tezuka are together.

Because Ah Cheng, who lost his memory, no longer knew him, and began to reject his approach, so he gradually drifted away from him.

He should be sad, he should regret it.

However, he didn't feel that way.

Just seeing Ah Cheng's happy smile is the best comfort for him.

He who has fallen into the dark quagmire is no longer worthy of Ah Cheng who is gradually becoming dazzling.

"Mr. Pinggu, I'm here to bother you again today." Miraculously, the blurred faces of the woman sitting beside her hospital bed and the woman who died wearing a priestess costume in her previous life overlapped together.

"Hi, Hashimoto-san. What's the matter today?" He smiled, but he could no longer exude the same brilliance as before.

Seeing him sick and weak, his uncle was finally convinced that he would no longer have the strength to compete for the position of Patriarch, but he still couldn't rest assured, so he broke his wings in another way.The seven years of being under house arrest by his family on the hospital bed, as his uncle wished, has worn away his edges and corners, and even left him with nothing to love.

"Cheng and Tezuka are getting married, I think you should go and see." Her expression didn't fluctuate at all, just like Cheng a few years ago, which made him feel nostalgic.

"Well, I'll go."

It turned out that I had been reborn for so long.Now my age seems to be a few years older than before my death.The things of the previous life are almost completely forgotten.He looked at Hashimoto Yui's indifferent face beside him, and smiled reassuringly.

The body is almost unable to hold on.At the last moment of life, it is also good to go and see the most important moment in Ah Cheng's life.

The woman stared at his face for a while, but she didn't show the compassionate expression he expected, and didn't even say a word.

It's ugly.he thinks.After all, I am now a scrawny patient, how can I compare to Tezuka, who is famous all over the world for his golf skills.

No regrets.

"By the way, Hashimoto-san," he called to stop the woman who was about to leave, "How is that person doing now?"

The woman paused, without turning her head, her voice was as gentle as before: "She is fine."

"That's right. In this way, I can feel relieved." After all, she gave me another life.Hope she can live happily.

However, I am afraid that I will never see that compassionate expression again.

He has no regrets.

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes, not paying attention to the tears she shed when she left.

"Mr. Pinggu! You can't go on like this anymore! If you go on like this, your body will..." Seven years ago, that immature blue-haired girl was worryingly saying to him.

"It's okay. Thank you for your concern." He looked at the black-haired girl coming from a distance, turned around, and walked towards the school as if nothing had happened.

"Wait! Mr. Pinggu! You really don't regret it! That's..." Your life!

At that time, the slight whisper in his mouth was not heard by the blue-haired girl.

"No regrets."

Until now, no regrets.

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