Chapter 129 – Darkness (4)

One.

Eight years have passed since I lost contact with Mayna.

The last act of Meina that I know of was when she told the director at the academy, “The day I heard that you entered the academy, you left somewhere.”

Hearing that, of course I tried to find Mayna with all the means available to me, but she was a half-penny Awakener who couldn’t even use mana, so there wasn’t much I could do.

In the end, until now, I haven’t even found a trace of Meina, and in fact, since entering the liars trap, her current life has been so hard that her concerns about Mayna have been put on the back burner.

‘Well, since it’s Meina, it’ll be fine.’
‘It’s not anyone else, it’s Meina. Where will she live?’
‘Still, I wish I could have told her where she went.’

Consoling her self-consolation in that way, I pathetically gave up looking for Mayna implicitly.

The only reason I’m still alive is because, as a child, Mayna helped keep her from getting lost.

So, in my mind, Mayna said, ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. She can’t even hold on to the person who left. The moment when I was about to be downgraded to the level of ‘Wouldn’t I meet her someday when the opportunity arises?’.

– It’s a rabbit. Maya wants to meet you.

I received this text from Emma.

The moment she received that text message, Mayna’s presence in me grew at once, to the point where she felt like a lie when she thought, ‘I can’t help it if we can’t meet.’

Much bigger than Scar, than Raffy, older than Ia, older than Silk, and much bigger than Aime.

At the thought that she would be able to meet Mayna, her heart thumped with anticipation and excitement, and at the same time, she was a little angry as to why she was only contacting her until now.

But it was only a little bit of anger, and the surprise and joy of hearing a completely unexpected name from a completely unexpected person made her leave the orphanage and give up her first favorite vacation right away.

However, Aimee was the one who had done me a lot of wrong, and she couldn’t be excited in front of her like that, so she maintained a heavy atmosphere throughout.

“How does the Doctor know her name, Mayna?”

But setting the mood was the limit here.

Now Emé would tell me her story about Mayna, and if I heard that she could meet Mayna there, a smile would inevitably come to my face.

On the last day before we broke up, Mayna told me, ‘Wrong. We are not family She’s a close brother and sister,’ but she was like her family to me.

Other orphanage children and directors, who have now come out to society and become members of a decent society, are of course precious ties with me during my childhood, but Mayna is different.

She was a bond with me from the beginning of my memory, and it was not enough to say that she was my lifelong benefactor.

As the time we couldn’t meet her got longer, I didn’t think about her often, so I thought that it couldn’t be helped if I couldn’t meet her, but that was my mistake.

With the possibility of meeting Mayna in front of her, her heart grew more and more, and it was difficult to maintain her firm expression.

To me, Mei is my only sister, an irreplaceable person, like her family.

“That’s… It’s true.”

And the moment I heard the answer to the question from Aimee, I couldn’t keep my expression as expected.

“Half a year ago, to be exact, three days before I made a fake hypnosis app for a rabbit. That’s when I met Maya.”
“······Yes? Half a year ago?”
“Then we met for the first time, and the woman said to me: ‘The only F-class Awoken Paster in Liar’s Trap. I’ll take it with me in the not too distant future. Join me if you don’t want him taken away.'”
“Yes?! Are you going May?”

In a different direction than I thought.

My expression twisted in embarrassment at the fact that I had already met Aimee half a year ago and hadn’t come to see me until now.

Her head went blank at Aimee’s shocking remark that she had already met Mayna half a year ago, but I quickly shook her head to catch her up.

I have something to check. It’s not the time to be bruised.

“Wait. I met Mayna half a year ago, why didn’t you tell me? Even if you didn’t know about my relationship with Mayna, you should have said something to me because you were talking about me!”

It was a little forced, but if it was Emme, it would be enough.

But the reason Ame didn’t tell me about Mayna was probably because I was tired of the harsh reality at the time and was dreaming of leaving the company.

If I had heard that Maya would take me back then, I would have followed her with a smile.

It was only natural that Aimee, who tried to capture me by making a monstrous thing called a fake hypnosis app, couldn’t say anything.

Of course, that’s just Emma’s point of view.

“Tell me, Emma. Why didn’t she tell me?”

From Emme’s point of view, it must have been because she didn’t want to let go of me, but from my point of view, I was able to meet Mayna half a year ago, but Aimee interrupted that.

This was obviously a selfish idea, but there was no way I could make a rational decision now.

As I was looking at Aimee with her eyes that were so angry, Eme looked at me and then she struggled to part her lips.

“······Mayna did that. She never said anything about herself. Until we’re ready, our allies are top secret.”
“Mei go out . . . She said that?”

However, the answer that came out of Emma’s mouth was the exact opposite of what I expected.

It wasn’t that Emme intentionally hid it, and that Meina didn’t tell her because she told her to keep her secret.

I looked suspiciously into Aimee’s eyes for a moment, but at least she didn’t seem to be lying.

So is she really putting off Mayna’s meeting with me? Why? No wait. Previously······.

“Preparation… Alliance… What else are you talking about? What kind of alliance is it and what are you preparing for!”

Every time things about Mayna that I didn’t know about came out of Eme’s mouth one by one, my emotions became more and more intense.

Her voice grew louder, her intonation harsher, and there was no reason left in her eyes at Aimee.

“What the hell are you up to! You, too… Mayna too.”
“Sat, rabbit. Hurt······.”
“Ah.”

When I came to my senses at the sound of her pained voice, I held her tightly by the shoulders as I pushed her against the wall.

“······Sorry.”

I immediately sent her healing spark to her shoulder, then removed her hand from her shoulder and washed her face dry.

Her head was cluttered and her heart was tight.

She simply thought that she would be able to meet Mayna, but the more she listened to Aimee, the more she seemed that meeting Mayna was no simple matter.

Sister Exy’s transfer proposal and the title of partner of Sister Exy and Eme. Even today’s commotion caused by Emme’s instigation, and the fact that Meina and Emme are allies.

It is only now that I realize that all these things are intertwined.

And I also noticed that it all started with Mayna.

What the hell are you doing, Mayna?

I was about to let out a sigh of frustration, but suddenly, my emotions were so high that I remembered the word I had missed.

“Wait a minute, Ame. She said she can’t tell me about Mayna until she’s just ready. She said that now she said about Mayna…”

At her unfinished words, Aime let out a deep sigh and, with her displeased face, concluded her words instead.

“······Yes. The preparations are now complete. Maya’s preparations.”
“Maina’s preparations…? What else is that…”

The moment on the verge of getting angry because I don’t think I can stand it anymore at the fucking thick words that only those who appeared again and I don’t know.

Wooooo!!!!

Eme’s laboratory, which was surrounded by metal for hunting rabbits, which even S-class awakeners can break with time and effort, vibrated.

Eeeee!!!!

– Emergency! Emergency! It’s a real situation! Currently, the liars trap is under attack! I hope that the combatants residing in the guild will be able to respond after building a team according to the manual! The scale of the enemy who attacked the guild is… Jijijik!

The emergency bell rang and an emergency broadcast rang out.

At this moment when my whole body was tense, I thought over and over again what Emme had said, ‘May my preparation.’ Soon, a shivering sensation penetrated her whole body.

Whoops!

– Senior! Extramus invaded our guild! I’m sorry that you have to rest, but please bring only one team leader! I’m in a hurry!

And after seeing Rafi’s urgent text message, his anxiety became certain.

I questioned Emme, who was only looking at her bottom as if she had no face.

“Emme, is this… Mei or something?”
“······Yes. Right.”