I Went Back in Time to 10 Years Ago and Saved My Young Lady Childhood Friend and She Became My Fiancee ~Sheโs Honest and Cool and Looks at Me Like She Wants to Be Cared For~
When I came home after class, somehow Azusa was sitting on the carpet in the living room.
โI’m home. โฆโฆ. What are you doing?โ
โI’m praying. I’m praying for spiritual unification.”
Azusa closed her eyes, joined her palms together, and prayed a mysterious prayer.
I thought she was praying for some kind of mysterious religion or something, but what was placed there to be worshipped was an advertisement photo of Meriflee Live that I had just seen. That’s just what I wanted to hear.
โOh, โฆโฆ, come to think of it, it looks like everyone is going to be at Minamori’s live concert”
โThat’s–that’s right, Ni-chan!”
“Wow!โ
Azusa jumped up and rushed forward, suddenly excited. She grabbed my arm and looked up at me with trembling eyes.
Are you okay? Your eyes are scary.
“This time I want to win the ticket for sure โฆโฆ! Nii chan needs to help me tooโฆ!”
โYou’ve been praying for that?โ
โYou can only conquer a game of luck with prayer. โฆโฆ!”
I don’t think so. Azusa’s face is filled with a mysterious confidence. Maybe it’s โฆโฆ confidence, or maybe it’s something like obsession.
“If you accumulate prayer power, you’re more likely to get a hit. I don’t have time for this. I have to pray properly โฆโฆ!โ
Azusa prostrated herself before the smiling faces of Minamori and the others on the floor.
Apparently she had it printed out and prepared. Maybe it is a suspicious religion after all.
But she is not asking to call Minamori herself.
“Don’t we have to pray to the real thing?”
“How can I use such a cheat? It’s okay.
I’ll just pray in a small way โฆโฆ because that’s what fans do. โฆโฆโ
It’s like a game of strategy and cheats.
“I wanted to ask Azusa something.”
“What is it? be brief!”
โAbout Minamori โฆโฆ, or rather, about Minazuki Sara”
“Eh? She’s at school, isn’t she?”
“No, I wanted to ask about Minamori’s idol days.”
Azusaa looks up in surprise.
“Oh, so you’d be interested if your classmate was an idol, tooโฆ That seems surprisingly strange?”
“I don’t know.”
Is it strange ? I probably won’t agree with that.
Azusa tapped her chest.
“Well, you can ask me anything about Sarachii! Missionary work is the action that builds up the most prayer power.โ
That’s very encouraging, but it’s doubtful you’ll win a ticket even if you accumulate prayer power.
“I heard that Minazuki Sara was rumored to be retiring before, have you heard about it?โ
“Eh, โฆโฆโฆโฆ that kind of thing? I imagined something a little different.”
“What?”
“Like three sizes.”
โโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ, I’m not going to ask.”
โWow, you’ve got a lot on your mind.โ
I think it’s healthier not to ask about specific numbers of classmates. I mean, are those things publicized?
Azusa twisted her head and started fiddling with her phone.
โUmmm, retirement. โฆโฆ I don’t remember much dark news, but โฆโฆ I think. โฆโฆโ
After a little while, she showed me the screen, saying, โOh, here it is”. How was it on the screen? It was a blog of some questionable authenticity that summed up everything in one place.
The title is โMerifre’s Minazuki Sara retires! We looked into the rumors!โ
“There were some rumors about it last year. But in the end, rumors are just that, rumors, and we don’t hear about them anymore. Sarachi is also working as usual.”
“I seeโฆ โฆโฆ, any other big news?”
โNews? Just a live concert, right?”
โI see.โ
When I heard about the live concert at school, I felt something stuck in my brain.
I’m not sure if I’m forgetting something important or not.
But I don’t remember hearing what you just said. I thought I would remember it if I talked to Azusa.
โWhy did the rumors of retirement start circulating, by the way?ใWhat was the cause?”
โI don’t know, but I think it was a persistent fan.”
“—Persistent fans?”
“Yeah, there were a lot of things happening on social networking sites and message boards.”
Hearing those words, I was finally able to pull up the memories that had been stuck in my head.
(I seeโฆ I remember now. I remembered.)
How could I have forgotten something so important?
The dรฉjร vu I felt earlier was definitely this.
A flashback memory. The memory of Azusa crying a lot before the leap.
The news on TV that Minazuki Sara had been harmed by a knife. The live concert she had gone to the trouble of winning a ticket and was looking forward to had to be suspended.ใ
Before I knew it, I had stopped hearing the name Merry Reflection.
I look up. My consciousness returns to the present.
I had suddenly stopped moving, and Azusa was looking up at me with a puzzled look on her face. What’s wrong?
But I couldn’t say anything. Of course I couldn’t say anything. There was no way I could tell her that her favorite idol was going to be attacked.
(No, there is still time.)
Merry Reflection’s live performance hadn’t even started. Minamori was going to school normally today, and Azusa wasn’t crying.
โโฆโฆ, you certainly don’t remember the dark news, do you?โ
“Eh? Yeah.
I don’t think so. I’m not going to remember it.”
When was the last time Minazuki Sara was harmed?
(โฆโฆ, I think it was the day before the concert.)
Before the leap, I remember that the newscaster was speaking with that nuance, ‘What a thing to say โฆโฆ just before the live concert’
This time, I couldn’t just overlook it. After the leap, I became good friends with Minamori. Even Yorumiya is fond of Minamori. We can’t just sit on our hands.
(Can’t I still โฆโฆ do anything now?)
At this point, there may not be much we can do. I don’t even know when the culprits will make their move.
But if there is anything I can say now, it would be.
“Thank you Azusa. You’ll probably win a ticketโฆโฆโ
“What is that? You’re definitely talking out of turn.”
Azusa’s mouth was aggravated.
But I also remember Azusa who was happy that she won the ticket.
I have to do my best not to erase that smile.
Maiban
Thanks for the translation!