"If nothing unexpected happened, Origami, you must be sixteen years old now. Thinking that my precious daughter is as beautiful as her mother, I, your father, am truly happy."
"Mm. Have you been eating well? Have you been taking care of yourself? Have you... have you..."
Origami's mother, who had been smiling, suddenly began to sob, tears flowing uncontrollably, as she leaned on Origami's father's shoulder, quietly weeping.
"My dear, didn't we agree to smile throughout this video? How can you cry?"
Her father said in a chiding tone, but his feelings were actually similar to her mother's. He just couldn't appear so weak; he had to calm down and try his best not to let his tears fall.
"I know, I certainly know that. But... thinking that tomorrow Origami will be living all alone, thinking that tomorrow Origami will lose our companionship. I... I just... I just..."
As parents, who doesn't want their children to live well? Even when their children grow up, parents will educate them strictly, but deep down, they all love their children.
There's a saying that goes, children are always waiting for an apology from their parents, while parents are always waiting for a thank you from their children.
Moreover, Origami's family already had a very good relationship; they loved Origami very much, and Origami loved them too.
So, upon learning that her daughter would face a dark life starting tomorrow, Origami's mother finally couldn't hold back.
Origami curled her legs, hugged her head, and sat on the bed, quietly watching her parents on the screen.
So they had already known the day before that this would happen, but why did they choose to abandon her?
Origami's father comforted Origami's mother while speaking to the camera.
"If I'm not mistaken, Origami, you're probably crying as you watch this video. But don't be sad, Dad and Mom both know that Origami is actually a very strong person."
"Don't think about changing the past, Origami. Since you've seen this video, it means you already understand the truth of that year, doesn't it? You don't need to feel guilty. Mom and I were also very surprised when we learned about this. We know that you did this to save us, and we understand your wish to let us live. Thank you, Origami."
"Dad..."
The tears that had finally stopped once again streamed down. Listening to that magnetic male voice and seeing his loving face, Origami's heart felt even more guilty.
Clearly... clearly she had messed everything up, clearly she had done so many wrong things. Why? Why did he still thank her? Why?
"Because... we are Origami's mom and dad."
As if guessing Origami's thoughts, her father on the other side of the video spoke.
"No matter what mistakes Origami makes, she will always be mom and dad's daughter. She will always be our precious one. We hope Origami grows up healthy and happy."
Origami's father on the other side of the video unilaterally recounted how Inaba Tsukiyo had suddenly appeared at their home, explaining the entire situation.
"I'm very happy, Origami, that you have such a caring friend. Although her actions were a bit rough, I can feel that she has lost a lot of things. That's why she uses this method to disguise herself. If she didn't consider you a friend, she wouldn't have come all the way from the future to tell me about you two."
"If you can, please thank her for dad, Origami."
Inaba Tsukiyo, who had left the room, looked at Yoshino and the others surrounding her, tapping their heads with a wry smile.
What was wrong with these people? They already knew about this, so why did they still have such expressions? Were they jealous?
To be honest, they were truly jealous. Even Yoshino was a bit envious of Origami, envious that Inaba Tsukiyo would go to such lengths for Origami's sake.
Their conquest efforts had been ongoing, but Inaba Tsukiyo showed no reaction.
Even if Inaba Tsukiyo sometimes blushed, they could tell she had a tiny bit of affection for them, but she seemed to be holding onto something, unwilling to break it.
Everyone watched as Inaba Tsukiyo walked past them. After Inaba Tsukiyo entered the bathroom, Nia led the others into the room, then had Kurumi take them to the City of Devouring Time.
"This can't go on. I have a feeling Tsukiyo-chan's departure will be very quick. Even if she comes back later, we must do something."
"Haven't we always been doing something? But Tsukiyo-chan shows no reaction at all. Even when I summoned myself from different points in time, Tsukiyo-chan still showed no reaction."
Originally, when Kurumi learned that Inaba Tsukiyo's past marriage partner was a Loli of similar build to herself, Kurumi used the power of the [Eighth Bullet] to make her Loli self appear before Inaba Tsukiyo.
It must be said that Inaba Tsukiyo showed an unusual fondness when she saw Loli Kurumi, but this fondness was the kind of affection an older sister has for a younger sister.
Because she was her past self, Loli Kurumi did not have her current thoughts.
However, Loli Kurumi could feel Inaba Tsukiyo's kindness towards her, so she was very clingy to Inaba Tsukiyo, and Inaba Tsukiyo also acted very affectionately towards Loli Kurumi.
Later... later Kurumi really couldn't bear it anymore. When Inaba Tsukiyo completely treated her as her younger sister, she quickly called Loli Kurumi back.
She didn't want Inaba Tsukiyo to put her in the position of a younger sister. If that really happened, she wouldn't know where to cry.
Kurumi's unconscious complaint made Nia look at Kurumi a little longer.
Actually, when she learned that Kurumi's [Eighth Bullet] ability could reproduce her past self, she had already been thinking.
The Neon in this world was not without light novels with harem themes. If the male protagonist in novels expanded his harem by constantly conquering heroines, then successfully conquering Kurumi would be equivalent to having a harem.
Think about it, as long as Kurumi had enough time, she could summon her past selves. As long as Kurumi liked herself, that meant countless Kurumis liked her.
Nia didn't believe Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't think of this point, nor did she believe Inaba Tsukiyo couldn't see that Kurumi liked her.
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