Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Volume 3 - Chapter Ep

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Epilogue

"You sure have guts arresting a police officer."

Fuubi, whose right cheek was swollen red, was handcuffed to one hand and tied to a guardrail post with the other. I felt that she wouldn’t resist even if I didn’t do this much…but as a precaution.

"But you actually swallowed the ?seed?."

Fuubi-san said as she looked at me dumbfoundedly.

Chameleon’s ?seed? had the power of invisibility. I had taken a heavy hit from Fuubi-san, so I used this ability, and disappeared from the battlefield a long time ago.

"You’ll die."

Fuubi-san’s eyes narrowed at me.

"Yeah, I know that."

There was such a risk present when I hadn’t received proper treatment. If possible, I didn’t want to do this.

This ?seed? was something Scarlet delivered to me when he dropped by at ?Siesta? ’s house, saying that he forgot something. Most probably, he extracted it from Chameleon’s revived body of.

"Well, when it breaks down, it breaks down."

Just as Bat lost his sense of sight, maybe there’s a possibility my lifespan will be shortened. But,

"It’s the appropriate ability for me, since I’ve always been in her shadow."

At the very least, I'll continue to be someone's assistant and shadow.

"I see. Then, you should hurry over."

Fuubi said and pointed her chin over at ?Siesta?, who had fallen by the roadside, surrounded by Natsunagi and the others. Charl applied emergency aid on her, but her left chest was clearly hit with a bullet, and Fuubi, who shot, prompted me to hurry over to ?Siesta?.

"Fuubi-san, you’re still you after all."

"What are you talking about? I'm the enemy."

"…I see."

I really had questions I wanted to ask Fuubi-san, but I didn’t, and turned away.

First of all?the ?famous detective? Siesta was supposed to be the one hunting ?SPES?. After she died, for some reason, Fuubi-san was tasked with this instead.

And secondly?there’s the existence of ?Siesta?. She, Siesta’s corpse, was frozen and managed to avoid rotting, and had an AI loaded into her so that she became a robot. In that case, who in particular made such arrangements quickly?

Since she wouldn’t say, I shouldn’t ask.

The words that weren’t to be said should be respected.

I turned my back on Fuubi-san, and went to ?Siesta?.

Siesta? ’s eyes were closed, watched over by Natsunagi and the others.

"Ma'am."

Amongst them, Charl got down on one knee and took ?Siesta? ’s hand. The latter then opened her eyes slightly, seemingly in response.

"…I did say I am not her, Charlotte."

"……!"

The robot woke up, and weakly squeezed the hand of the shocked Charl.

"?Siesta? -san!"

"Are you okay?

Saikawa and Natsunagi too called out to ?Siesta? in a panic. And in response, ?Siesta? ??

"Fufu."

She shook her shoulders and smiled.

"Goodness, always as noisy as ever."

Siesta? then slowly got up with Charl’s hand assisting her,

"I cannot take a nap in this commotion."

She made a joke only she could.

"?Siesta?, you alright?"

I tried to check the wound again?but ?Siesta? shook her head,

"My mission is already accomplished."

She said, and smiled quietly again.

"What do you mean?"

Charl’s eyes faltered as she looked at ?Siesta?.

"I am merely a program created to help Master Siesta fulfill her last remaining task in this world."

"Ma'am’s remaining task?"

Charl didn’t seem to have any idea of what it was, and tilted her head.

"Yes. Master Siesta’s final legacy is entrusted to the four of you, Kimihiko Kimizuka, Nagisa Natsunagi, Yui Saikawa, Charlotte Arisaka Anderson. But each of you have your own issues to resolve."

These were the tasks left behind for the four of us. Indeed, over the past few days, we got involved with quite the trouble.

"Nagisa Natsunagi had to learn who she really was and face her past; Yui Saikawa had to accept the truth of her parents' deaths and make life choices; Charlotte Arisaka Anderson had to break free from the curse that was her mission and find her own will. And Kimihiko Kimizuka?"

Siesta? looked at each person, and finally stopped at me,

"You need to let go of Master Siesta."

She said sharply and pinpointed the issue we chose to ignore the entire time.

"Master Siesta was really worried about whether you could resolve these heavy and painful tasks on your own. This is why ?I? was created."

"…So that’s Siesta’s last task, in the truest sense."

I muttered, and ?Siesta? nodded quietly,

"It was her job to protect the interests of her clients…her friends."

She repeated the famous detective’s quote.

"In other words, I am the maid tasked to finish these tasks."

"So the problems that happened around us over the past few days were all…"

"Yes. The tasks were for the four of you to overcome the problems you have hidden in your hearts."

So ?Siesta? smiled like a child who had successfully pulled off a prank.

She urged Natsunagi to talk to Hel, and paved the way for Natsunagi to be the ?famous detective?.

She had Saikawa face the painful truth, and that I, as her companion, watch over her.

She stood in Charlotte’s way to ensure that the latter found what was truly important to her.

And I helped the three girls solve their problems as their assistant, not being by Siesta’s side.

It’s not just the four of us…she predicted the actions of SEED, Scarlet, and Fuubi. More importantly, she designed it as a program to help us grow. It’s impossible for any ordinary person to imagine so.

"A first-rate detective will solve an incident before it happens."

But ?Siesta? imitated the famous detective's catchphrase, and smiled proudly.

"And thus, my mission ends here."

Siesta? showed a look of relief once everything was resolved.

"But I still have…!"

Charl seemed to have more to say, and wouldn’t allow ?Siesta? to sleep there and then.

"No, this is all from me."

But ?Siesta? gently said so, holding her hand

"I have done my job, and Master Siesta has nothing to regret over. The four of you, do live strong in the future."

Thus,

"Let us bid farewell with a smile."

Siesta? said, and smiled at us, her face looking much more vibrant than when she first met us.

"Is that, so?"

I tersely replied.

That was Siesta's last task, to allow the four of us, her remaining legacy, to pass through our own obstacles. Natsunagi faced her past, Saikawa faced the truth, Charl faced the mission, and I?faced the dead.

We met them head on?and we graduated.

From the past, from the truth, from the mission, and from the dead

And ?Siesta?, who helped us accomplish this, was finally coming to the end of her life.

I guessed this would be a happy ending.

Natsunagi, Saikawa, Charl, I…and of course, ?Siesta? too.

We accomplished what we had to do.

So it certainly would be beautiful to close the story here.

After that, ?Siesta? just had to say goodbye to each and everyone of us, and this would be a touching limax. So I thought, and while the other three were still crying though, I asked.