(AN) Edited the last part of this chapter :)
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August 15th
in a 『daze』
In a seemingly endless expanse of darkness punctuated by long strips of yellow and flickering beams of white, a pale-haired girl watched the TV screen dissolve into a crimson red as if encountering an error.
Her gaze was drawn toward a figure not too far away, a woman with snakes for hair, who was hugging her knees and burying her face in them. Cords of yellow were looped from nonexistent sources above and were tangled around her feet. She murmured something inaudible.
"Is it "The End", my queen?"
Heavy footsteps, a hazy presence, yet a cool and even voice. She didn't expect him to get bored this easily.
"Pity, pity . . . poor souls destined to repeat their own demise for the wishes of a fearful little girl . . . what do you think, your Majesty?"
Her voice was barely a whisper. "I can't let you do this."
"Me?" He laughed maniacally, a sound that made her skin prickle. The woman in the corner shivered. "Who was it who dreamed of a new world, a 'bright future' as she called it? Who was it who wished that this future would come knocking at her door? Who was it who wanted to be with them forever? Who was it who decid—"
"STOP IT!!" she screamed. "JUST STOP IT ALREADY!!!!"
He grinned. "Quite a plea, for a queen."
From her reddening irises, to her pale face and dripping to her young hands, tears began to flow ceaselessly as she struggled to find a solution. Her knees were already weak from crouching, and she was tired——tired of this life, tired of this person, tired of this power. She was tired of searching for an ending.
"You will be defeated," she swore, giving him a murderous look worthy of Danchou-sama. "In one route or another, we will get that ending."
"How much longer do you want them to suffer?" He dropped at the waist in a graceful bow before her, just like a servant. "I would gladly play the part of the killer."
"I'd prefer that you'll be the one killed."
"Ooh, that's a difficult actor's role."
"I'll do it one more time," Mary finally decided. "But this time, it will be different."
"A plot twist! Ah, how fun!"
"Fun indeed," she found herself smirking. "But this time, I'll go back to the very start, right before this tragedy even began. And I'll give her a chance to live."
Kuroha raised an eyebrow. "And where would that 'start' be, young mistress?"
She turned to her side before stepping through the doorway. "A place where you can't touch them, A place where they'll never gather around the 'Queen'."
"That is not according to your wish anymore."
"It's only for a short while," she responded half-cheerfully. "I'll end this tragedy once and for all. And when it happens, I'll have no more use of you. And then, we'll be together . . . forever."
Mary turned her back to him, facing forward, staring up at the burning orange sunset dyeing itself a bloody crimson color.
"That is still my wish, is it not?"
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(AN) This was the ending of the first book (that i havent written yet, lol), entitled "MekakucitY TimE TravelS part I: The Heat".
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