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This is seriously bad.
Face against a hard floor, the burning from his stomach seared his brain.
He couldn’t muster any strength. He couldn’t feel his arms and legs. There was only the heat filling his whole body.
His mind desperately tried to understand what had happened, desperately pleading to do something.
It all twisted and blended and merged with a cry of pain.
But the thought that he had to do something was pointless.
—Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
With a cough, the source of life spilled from his mouth. Bubbles of blood formed at the edge of his mouth. The world was fading, and the ground was turning a bright red.
—Wait, is this all my blood?
It felt like all the blood in his body had spilled out as he reached out a trembling hand, searching for the source of the heat searing his body. When his fingers reached the tear in his stomach, there was a moment of comprehension.
Of course it felt hot. He had mistaken pain for heat. A sharp cut tore through his torso so deeply that there was barely anything left to hold his body together.
Meaning I’m staring down one of those dead ends in life.
The moment he understood that, everything suddenly grew very distant.
In front of his eyes, a pair of black boots stepped onto a carpet of blood laid out on the floor, causing a ripple.
Someone was there. And it was probably his killer.
But he didn’t really try to look at their face. That didn’t matter.
He only prayed that she would be safe.
“—baru?”
He thought he heard a silvery voice. Just being able to hear that voice was more gratifying than anything. So—
“—gh!”
There was a short groan, and the red carpet welcomed someone else.
The body fell right beside him. And his lifeless, outstretched arm appeared as well.
The limp white hand and his bloodstained hand brushed against each other.
As their fingers touched, he thought he felt something squeeze his hand weakly.
“…wait…”
He wrestled with his fading consciousness, forcing himself to hold on and buy just a little more time.
“I swear…”
—I will save you.
The next instant, he—the current Natsuki Subaru, the old Natsuki Subaru, and —died.
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