Editing Absolute Duo:Volume 4 Chapter 4 (section)

===Part 2===

“Ah………re……….where is…………?”

Miyabi woke up during the afternoon of the next day after <<K>> left the academy.

Her view was pure white, and faster than her realizing that it was the ceiling, a voice that she heard the most in these few months called out to her.

“You woke up huh, Miyabi”

“Tomoe-chan………? Errr………….”

Miyabi’s memories were in disarray; she could not understand the situation and Tomoe continued smiling at her. 

Normally, Tomoe should be in class but she managed to convince the academy that she had to be with Miyabi as her <<Duo>>, and was with her since yesterday.

Of course, Miyabi had no means of knowing that fact since she was sleeping the whole time; she raised her body while her thoughts were still hazy.

“Wait, you shouldn’t raise your body-----------“

“Where is this place……….?”

Tomoe’s stop did not reach Miyabi and her hazy thoughts, and after she raised her body, she looked around the room.

From what she could see, she knew that this wasn’t her room.

Although the room was white and clean, the room looked a little mechanical; Miyabi has a past of coming to this room but, she couldn't reach that far with her consciousness right now. 

“……It’s the infirmary. There were no other wounds other than the one you got from the <<Blaze>> but, you were sent here for a check up just in case”

“Check up…………..?”

Why was she in the check-up room, though she asked that question, she looked at her <<Duo>> and-----
For the first time, she noticed Tomoe’s arm covered in bandages.

“-----!!”

Suddenly, all of her memories came back as if she got struck by lightning.

The memories of the smiling old man that gave her the <<Power>>.

The memories of being possessed by the <<Power>> she gained.

The memories of her swinging that <<Power>> and hurting Tooru, Tomoe and other Kouryou academy students; everything came back.

“A……..a-aah…….! I………what have I………….!!”

Miyabi held her head and got horrified at the things she has done.

Tomoe brought her free arm and hugged Miyabi.

“It’s already over”

“But……….but………!”

“It’s okay…….though I said that, there’s no way you wouldn’t be concerned huh. But this is probably a punishment for the foolish me……….who wasn't looking properly at my precious friend called Hotaka Miyabi, my <<Duo>>-----no, even if you aren’t my <<Duo>>”

“Punishment, no way……it was my fault for listening to the old man, and believing that the fake <<Power>> was my own strength…………..”

“Believing is putting it wrongly. It seems that the <<Unit>> has a function that can control thoughts to a certain extent”

Miyabi swung her head even though she heard the words <<K>> said.

“However……..! At first it was different………It was because I was weak………that I used that <<Power>>……….and hurt Tomoe-chan, Tooru-kun and many people……….!!”

Miyabi properly has the memories of wearing the <<Unit>>.

'''''“We only gave her a choice-----she was the one that wanted <<Power>>”'''''

The words <<K>> said were correct.

The thirst for power was born from her lack of strength and as a result, she pressed the switch.

“It’s because I am weak…….”

Teardrops moistened her cheeks. That’s because tears were falling off Miyabi’s eyes.

Tomoe hugged Miyabi harder and swung her head before talking gently.

“No one is strong from the start. Everyone is weak at the beginning. That goes for me, Kokonoe, and everyone too. And it’s not like I am strong now too. I'm just trying to be stronger”

Tomoe couldn’t make the judgment that her voice was reaching Miyabi, whose shoulders were trembling and wasn't lifting her face.

But even so, Tomoe continued talking about the things she thinks about regularly.

“Humans are weak. Because we are weak, there are times we make mistakes. But-----I think it’s important to make a choice during the time we notice the mistake…………just like what I said just now, this event was not only your fault, it’s mine too. So-----“

After taking a small distance, Tomoe intentionally use a stronger tone for her next words.

“I want to become stronger”

Miyabi’s body twitched without her lifting her face.

Tomoe did not refer to it and talked with a voice as gently as possible.

“I want-----the strength to step closer to a friend’s heart, the strength to help my friend in trouble, the strength to accept the faces of new friends that I don’t know about”

The strength she described was different from the strength that Miyabi got tempted by.

Tomoe wished for the strength of bonds and something even more than that.

“That’s why Miyabi. Will you stay as my <<Duo>> from now on? Will you hold the feeling of getting stronger in your heart with me? Will you help straighten my path if I was led astray? Will you----become my real friend?”

The person to choose Tomoe’s wish, which could be also called as desire, was Miyabi.

Take Tomoe’s hand and stay in Kouryou academy.

Swing her head to Tomoe and leave Kouryou academy.

Miyabi made a choice.

“I------“


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