I was at a loss for words at his severe injuries, with fist-sized bruises all over his body and bones broken in many places.
“………..”
I slowly reach out to his neck.
Not gripping tightly, just placing my hand there.
Thinking “my father’s enemy,” I touch him lightly… then return my hand with a wry smile.
“That’s not it, is it?”
I don’t hold a grudge anymore.
Maybe I never even had a grudge to begin with.
By interacting with him and getting to know him.
Just that was enough for me to come to like him as a person.
[Grrrr……]
“D-Don’t bite me, okay…?”
The sharp-eyed mecha wolf has noticed and is targeting me…!?
A cold sweat ran down my spine as I thought about how my hand could have been bitten off if I had been just a little slower in pulling it back.
“…Mm?”
“!”
[!]
Is… is he waking up?
That’s good, now…
“…Huh?”
Why did I just feel disappointed?
It should be a good thing that he’s waking up, but I suddenly felt incredibly lonely at the thought of him leaving again.
[Growl]
“Oh!”
Snapping back to reality at the Mecha Wolf’s cry, I wait for him to get up.
He opens his eyes slightly, shielding them from the light coming through the window as he tries to sit up.
I hurriedly support his back to help him up and ask how he’s feeling.
“Kat-chan, you’re awake. Does anything feel off?”
“…………”
“Kat-chan?”
Kat-chan looks at me with a puzzled expression and tilts his head.
“Who are you?”
“Huh? Eh? Haha”
I see, Kat-chan must be joking around because he watched that amnesia movie the other day.
He caught me off guard with such a cliché line.
“Hehe, I’m your girlfriend.”
“…! I… see… I’m sorry…”
“Huh?”
His reaction is different from what I expected.
He looks incredibly dejected and seems to be falling into self-loathing.
“I’m sorry, I can’t remember you even though you’re my girlfriend…”
“H-hey, that joke’s going too far, Kat-chan. It’s not funny.”
“…Is Kat-chan my name?”
This isn’t a lie! Has he really lost his memories!?
Could it be from the impact of the fall? But there shouldn’t have been any brain damage…
“I can’t remember anything…”
Since he can converse normally, is this the type of amnesia where he only forgets about himself and not everything?
“To think that I had a girlfriend like you… And to forget that… What kind of person am I…”
He’s seriously shocked by the joke about being my boyfriend!?
Oh no, no, no! If he takes it seriously, I’ll be the one getting embarrassed! I need to correct this!
“I-it was a joke! A joke!! I thought you were joking, so I lied too!!”
“I-I see.”
Kat-chan looks somewhat disappointed.
Does that mean it’s possible in Kat-chan’s mind!? No, wait! I shouldn’t be thinking such mischievous thoughts towards a genuine amnesia patient…!!
What am I getting so worked up about!
I’m just a six-month-old baby.
I shouldn’t be causing too much stress to a baby…!!
“Anyway, here, have some water and calm down.”
“Thank you… My throat was dry, and I’m really hungry too…”
I pour water into a prepared cup and offer it to him.
He drinks it all at once and then holds his stomach.
“Of course you are, you’ve been sleeping for so long.”
Although he was on an IV drip, he hasn’t had any real food.
Just then, the Mecha Wolf jumps onto his chest.
“Whoa! What’s this?”
[Growl]
“Haha, how cute.”
[Whine]
This thing shows such innocent playfulness towards Kat-chan, like a puppy, even though it’s usually as jealous and spiteful as a demon.
“Who exactly are you? The girlfriend thing was a joke, right?”
“I-I’m…”
How should I answer?
Should I say I’m a doctor? Or just a regular person?
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“I’m… Hakua Shirakawa.”
“Hakua Shirakawa…”
I lied at this point.
I am Sigma.
A defective product modeled after Alpha.
A half-baked being that can neither become a monster nor a human.
“You are… …!”
Should I really restore Kat-chan’s memories now?
He risked his life to board the invaders’ mothership and destroy it.
His view on life and death hasn’t changed at all from when he was fighting monsters as the Black Knight, even after these few months.
You saw his body, right?
There were so many fist marks that turned into bruises, and even his bones were broken all over.
How could I let that Kat-chan… the Black Knight that everyone thought was invincible, fight again in battles that would cause such severe injuries?
He’s a child with a wounded heart.
I don’t want to send such a child back to the battlefield.
If he’s forgotten everything now, including the memories that would trigger it, couldn’t he live a normal human life…?
“What about me?”
But what should I say?
Should I tell him he was originally a superhero called the Black Knight?
He probably wouldn’t believe that anyway.
As he waits for my response, the Mecha Wolf in his arms starts to emit a suspicious light from its eyes.
[Growl]
Wait, hold on?
Is this Mecha Wolf planning to dispose of me depending on my answer?
Cornered by this incomprehensible situation, I—
“I’m… your sister…”
I blurted out the next words with my short-circuited brain.
………….
“Ah.”
Hey, what am I saying!?
Hey, what am I saying!?
Why am I piling on more lies!?
More importantly, how can I, who’s only six months old, try to be an older sister!?
“Sister? I see… Somehow that feels right.”
Why does it feel right to you!?
“Sister… Hakua-neesan, huh.”
Hey, don’t just accept it…?
Don’t look at me with those eyes like you’re imprinting on the first face you saw…!
“I’m sorry for worrying you, sis.”
“…………”
“Sis? Is something wrong? …Your face is red… Hakua-neesan?”
Being called “sis” multiple times puts me in a strange state.
What is this sensation I’ve never experienced in my life (half a year)?
“Yeah, don’t worry about it.”
At six months old, faced with a crossroads in life, I succumb splendidly to desire.
I was also created to be an Alpha.
Perhaps it was the instinct to search for an Omega that couldn’t be helped.
I’m sorry, Justice Crusader!
I’m sorry, sis!!
I apologize again! I’m sorry!! It seems I won’t be able to return him to you…!!
Three months have passed since then, and surprisingly, I’ve been living together without much problem with Kat-chan… whom I’ve made my little brother and named Katsuki Shirakawa.
“Sis, what’s wrong? You’re spacing out.”
“…Yeah, I’m fine. I was just lost in thought for a bit.”
For me, who has never known what a family is, life with him is very enjoyable, and the amnesiac Kat-chan is a good, honest kid, making our time together very fulfilling.
Before losing his memories, Kat-chan had a rough way of speaking that was hard to understand, but he was kind-hearted from the beginning.
It was only because of the terrible incident in his past that he started hiding his weaknesses from others, but at his core, he was pure goodness.
Katsuki Shirakawa, who doesn’t even remember that past, could be seen as a possible version of Katsumi Homura if that incident had never happened.
“Are you really okay, sis? I’ll be blunt because I’m worried about you – your sloppiness is nothing new, but…”
“I wish you’d sugar-coat that a little…”
“We’re family. I have to be clear or you won’t understand.”
Ah, this is nice.
This must be what they call family.
This is the form of family I’ve come to know, having never known one since birth.
I know better than anyone that this relationship is false.
I understand that it’s a fragile, temporary dream that will end someday.
But still, I find myself not wanting it to end.
“Kat-chan.”
“Hm?”
I call out to him as he puts on an apron and starts preparing dinner, but I’m at a loss for words.
Someday this relationship will end too.
I need to tell him the truth myself before he finds out about my lies.
I’ve been thinking about this for three months, and today again… I lose to my own desires.
“What’s for dinner tonight?”
“Curry.”
I’m not ready to let go yet.
…It’s fine, isn’t it?
There haven’t been any invaders in these three months.
If his memories don’t return, I can keep him away from the complications surrounding him.
As I list seemingly plausible reasons that make me want to scoff at myself, I continue to waver between desire and conflict today as well.
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