Farah''s POV


    -Farah? (Mashiro)


    I could feel something placed on my shoulder and started shaking me.


    -Ahhh! (Farah)


    -Farah! (Mashiro)


    Once again, a familiar voice calls out to me.


    -I''m sorry. I space out a little. (Farah)


    I turn to Mashiro, who is looking at me with a worried face.


    -I''m fine, Mashiro. (Farah)


    Mashiro looks at me with suspicious eyes. She doesn''t seem to believe my statement.


    -Closer...to...you! (Mashiro)


    Mashiro stands up and tries to walk over to my place.


    -Noooo! Don''t come over here, Mashiro. (Farah)


    Mashiro doesn''t seem to understand and tilts her head.


    -Why? (Mashiro)


    I try to make up the answer because I don''t want to look at her directly in this situation.


    -It''s just... (Farah)


    Mashiro asks me with a sad voice.


    -Do...you... hate...me...Farah? (Mashiro)


    I shake my head and deny it.


    -No, I don''t hate you! (Farah)


    Mashiro slowly walks toward me.


    -No...problem...then. (Mashiro)


    I use both of my hands to block my eyes.


    -Why...you...do...that? (Mashiro)


    I can feel the sound of Mashiro come from right in front of me.


    -Because you are naked! (Farah)


    I was like this because Mashiro didn''t have a single piece of clothes on her body.


    -Muuuuu! (Farah)


    -You...no...clothes...too. (Mashiro)


    -Ummuuu! (Farah)


    The reason that both of us are currently naked is that Mashiro suggested I go to this place.


    I look around and find the surrounding scenery is being covered by snow. Mashiro and I currently are bathing in a hot spring in the middle of wildness.


    -Look...at...me. (Mashiro)


    I could feel Mashiro''s hand touch mine. She uses a little force to put my hand off the face.


    -Ahhh. (Farah)


    Mashiro wraps her hand around my head and forces me to look directly at her. I tried to look up, so I could see less of her body.


    -You...hate...me. (Mashiro)


    -It''s not that! (Farah)


    Even though I always take a bath with Hana. I still feel embarrassed when I look at another person''s body naked.


    -Since I think we need to spend more time together, so we could see another naked.


    -What...you...just...said? (Mashiro)


    -It''s still too soon. (Farah)


    Mashiro places her hands around my hip and pulls me toward her side. She sits down and puts me on her lap.


    -Eh? (Farah)


    -Alright...like...this? (Mashiro)


    I became shy and put half of my face under the water.


    -Cute. (Mashiro)


    Mashiro reaches out and pats my head from behind. We keep staying like this for a while without talking to each other.


    -Uhhh. (Farah)


    I feel the silence is a little awkward. I try to speak out to break the current silence.


    -Mashiro? (Farah)


    -Yes? (Mashiro)


    -Why do you want to take a bath with me? (Farah)


    -I...saw...you...did...with...maid... every...day. I...want...to...try. (Mashiro)


    -Eh! How could you know that? (Farah)


    -Tree...my...eyes. With...tree...I...can...see...through...it. (Mashiro)


    My face immediately becomes red because of that statement. That means Mashiro saw everything that Hana did to me so far. Because I never closed the window, even when we did that at night.


    -No way... (Farah)


    When I felt embarrassed because of my action, a furball float nearby hit my body. The identity of the furball is a snow rabbit. Those rabbits have a lot of white fur with a softness equal to a stuffed animal.


    -Catch! (Farah)


    I reach out and catch the rabbit.


    -Mofu Mofu! (Farah)


    This softness is really heavenly~ Only this fluffiness could heal my current embarrassment now.


    -Why...did...you...space...out? (Mashiro)


    At that time, I was thinking about my situation recently. I felt like I had encountered many nightmares recently. However, I can''t remember the content of that nightmare.


    -It''s nothing too serious. (Farah)


    Furthermore, I can no longer enter the black space to meet Death and others.


    -Don''t...worry. (Mashiro)


    Mashiro hugs me even more tightly. I could feel two soft things rub my back from behind.


    -Afuuu~ (Farah)


    It takes a while for me to be familiar with the current feeling. I relax my body and lean over Mashiro.


    -You...can...sleep...if...you want. (Mashiro)


    I listen to her advice and lean my head over her body.


    -Laaa~ (Mashiro)


    Mashiro starts singing a warm melody.


    -I... (Farah)


    My eye''s lid becomes heavy. What comes after that is pure darkness.


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    Three girls are standing in the black space and staring at the cocoon.


    -I don''t think Conquer couldn''t totally consume the energy. (Death)


    -Right. (Famine)


    -I thought it would only be enough to heal her wound. However, the negative energy mutates once Farah takes it inside the body. (Death)


    War scratches her head.


    -If we don''t do anything, the seal will be broken, and "White" would remember everything at once. (War)


    -Uhm, the current situation is like a punctured ship. Even when I tried to seal back those memories, others would keep coming to the surface. I even have to block "White" from coming to the current space. The seal would weaken even more if she came. (Death)


    Both three of them sigh out loud.


    -Well, we have only one choice left. (Death)


    Cocoon starts to appear and wrap around their body.


    -We need to absorb this energy along with Conquer. (Death & War & Famine)


    Madeus