[Intermission 4] —Precious Memories of Him and My Friends—
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to lose my cool like that. Then, let’s move ahead a bit in terms of time... Hmm, should we even continue this treatment? I have a feeling it might end up being a lot more trouble than it’s worth...,” Lilith says, then falls into a troubled silence. But it'd be a bit of a problem for me if we stop the treatment right here.
I feel like I'm on the verge of remembering something really important.
“Oh well. Whatever problems might happen will come later. We may as well go as far as we can. I’ll add a little more of the drug now.”
Maybe we should stop the treatment here...
“Hey, there’s no need to be so worried. You know just how intelligent I am, right?”
It’s because I know your intelligence so well that I’m starting to feel a bit anxious...
“Oh? It seems you’re starting to regain memories of when Yukari had dropped any filters when speaking to me. Okay, then let’s try remembering things that you enjoyed. Times and events that are precious to you. For example, I’m sure there’s plenty of things involving us,” Lilith says as though anticipating a specific response from me.
Things that I enjoyed... Let’s see, a little after he joined Kisaragi, he stopped holding back, and he started clashing with Astaroth every time they laid eyes on each other.
I was always the one who’d step in to try to mediate their dispute, but Lilith would never fail to find some fuel to throw on the fire and escalate the argument.
Kisaragi was still a small company, and every day was one challenge after another, but those days were also a lot of fun.
Oh, I remember something about Lilith, too. Let's see...
“Yes?”
Election... When we’d grown to a midsize corporation, the superheroes who saw us as a threat tried to enter into national politics.
They were trying to tie us up with legislation and lawfully sap our power...
“Oh, yeah, I remember that. You felt some reluctance to follow my proposals and took quite a bit to commit to your part. That sentimental part of you is a lot like him.”
That’s right. Because he’s a bit of a coward at heart, he couldn’t bring himself to commit big acts of villainy, and he often came to me for advice.
“Just because you lost your memories doesn’t mean your past crimes never happened. Now, think back and remember. What do you see?”
Lilith looks at me with expectant eyes, and I simply tell her the first image that comes to mind.
“I can’t forget you bawling her eyes out when she lost her entire election deposit.”
“You don’t have to remember that!”
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