Isekai Tensei - Kimi to no Saikai made Nagai koto Nagai koto

Chapter 12

The Long Journey Until I Reunite With You

Yet Another Regret

I awoke. By awoke, I meant that I was still alive.But where was this place? As I thought of that, my body was met with a suddenimpact.

「Velt! Thank goodness you’reokay, Velt!」 (Forna)

It was Forna. She had jumped at me vigorously as Ilay on the bed. Large teardrops flowed down her face, and her body wastrembling. It was as if she were confirming my existence, and once she had doneso she transmitted her desire to never separate from me.

「Forna, this is...?」 (Velt)

「The castle’s sickroom. It hasbeen three hours, and if you didn’t wake up... I, I...」 (Forna)

I see, I was saved. At that time, Galva and theothers arrived, and then...

「Mom and dad, they...!」 (Velt)

My consciousness had completely returned. That’sright, that wasn’t all just a dream. Were my parents saved? However, before Icould figure it out, Forna hung her head down.

「Velt, umm, about mother andfather, you see...」 (Forna)

Don’t...

「Oi, what’s wrong? Why are youmaking that face? Mom and dad are here right? They were saved by Galva and theothers right?」 (Velt)

They should have been saved. But why... why was Fornacrying...

「Velt-kun, you’ve finallywoken up?」 (Galva)

「Galva! Good timing, where aremom and dad?!」 (Velt)

Galva made his way over with a calm face. However, atthe moment I asked, Galva had bit his lips and closed his eyes, shaking hishead in regret.

「I’m sorry. We made our wayover there as fast as we could but... it was already...」 (Galva)

「Oi...」 (Velt)

「The demi-humans ran away in apanic, but...those two were...」 (Galva)

「Are mom and dad here? Thenlet me see them.」 (Velt)

「No, that"s, it"s better foryou not to see them.」 (Galva)

「It"s alright, I"m fine now.」 (Velt)

「But,」 (Galva)

「Please.」 (Velt)

It"s just, I said I wanted to meet them. And he saidthat it would be better if I didn"t look. However, I said I wanted to see them.I was led out of the sickroom and walked about inside the castle, finallyarriving at a gloomy room.

「...Dad...Mom...」 (Velt)

I told them to leave me alone, but Galva and Fornafollowed me inside. It wasn"t about whether I accepted it or not, but that Iwanted to affirm it myself. I looked down at the table, my mother and fatherlay on sheets, dyed red with their blood.

「I didn"t, think about it atall.」 (Velt)

「Velt?」 (Forna)

It"s not the attack by the demon. I haven"t thoughthow I should feel now that the situation"s come to this.

「Am I not Asakura Ryuuma? Andyet, why, this conflict, these feelings...」 (Velt)

Truthfully, I thought, they were just some otherpeople. In spite of that, why. Why do I feel this way, now that things ended uplike this.

『Velt, won"t you play withpapa today?』 (Aruna)

『Velt, do you dislike beingheld by mama that much?』 (Bonapa)

Memories of playing with father. Memories of beingembraced by mother.

「We were only related byblood... by blood...」 (Velt)

What is it, this feeling.

「They should have just beennormal...」 (Velt)

Of course, mom and dad won"t be there when I go home.Tomorrow and forever more, no matter how many years pa.s.s, I won"t be able tomeet them ever again. I can"t hear their voices any more. Their noisybantering, their jovial exchanges, me being spoiled.

「What use is it regretting itnow!」 (Velt)

However, the tears didn"t stop.

「Daaaaaaaaaaaaad!Mooooooooooooooooooom! *Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!*」 (Velt)

That they"re strangers only related by blood is alie. They really are my parents, and are important to me after all.

「I"m going to kill that, thatmonster! I"ll tear it limb from limb and burn it to ashes! No matter how far Ihave to search, I"m going to slaughter it!」 (Velt)

As if I could forgive it. Of course not. Not thatb.a.s.t.a.r.d.

Just wait for me, I"ll find you one day and kill youfor sure. Even if I die, if it"s to...

「Stop thinking of doingsomething stupid.」 (???)

An unexpected person entered the room where it wasonly the three of us.

It"s sensei.

「Sensei... Why...」 (Velt)

「I was asked by the princess.To be here for you. I heard what happened.」 (Melma)

When I saw Forna, she nodded her head slightly. It"snone of their business... so I thought. Really, I don"t want to see anyoneright now, her most of all.

「Sensei, I, I didn"t get thechance to introduce you to mom and dad.」 (Velt)

「Yeah. I regret not even beingable to say h.e.l.lo. How did things manage to end up like this.」 (Melma)

I regret it as well. Why was I so difficult, why didI shy away from them.

「Hey, sensei. They protectedme, gave their lives for me.」 (Velt)

「Aah, that is surely theirlove for you.」 (Melma)

「They knew they would die, butthey, even though they should have known.」 (Velt)

「However, you were moreimportant to them than their own lives. That"s the kind of existence you wereto them.」 (Melma)

「...Asakura Ryuuma"s parents...If Ryuuma died, would they have cried?」 (Velt)

「I don"t know. But you know,just remember this, you are Velt Jeeha. Not related to Asakura Ryuuma at all.And the one that loves Velt Jeeha from the bottom of their heart is rightbeside you. That is the truth, the undeniable reality.」 (Melma)

I know. It"s just, I was putting a wall between us.

「Asakura, no, Velt. We"vecompletely forgotten. Even though we"ve been reborn, it"s over if you die.」 (Melma)

Of course. I should have regretted this life havingdied before.

「Aah, that"s right. That"s howit is. It"s too late to regret when you"re already dead. I should have realizedthat from Kamino already.」 (Velt)  (TN: RememberKamino? Refer to .)

Just how long have I regretted not telling her what Iwanted to say?

「I really, wanted to bespoiled more... be together more! I actually loved mom and dad a lot.」 (Velt)

What a fool I"ve been. Even dying didn"t fix me. Thistime it won"t be the same. Instead of dying a second time, mom and dad died inmy place. I will never regret things, ever again.

「Forna...」 (Velt)

Forna didn"t say anything, but I think she reallywanted to ask me and sensei something. Probably about who or what 『Asakura Ryuuma』 is. But, she never askedabout anything. I guessed she hadn"t heard about it until now. However, that"sjust my own childish line of thought.

「Someday... I"ll tell youabout it someday.」 (Velt)

「Velt?」 (Forna)

「Yeah, I"ll tell you. That"sall I can promise.」 (Velt)

I don"t know if I can smile at all, but I"ve hadenough of being a crybaby today. Forna seemedready to cry again, and it made me want to cry. I can"t say any more than thistoday, though.

「I"m alright, already.」 (Velt)


I bade farewell to my mother and father, stronglyembracing Forna as she sobbed.
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