"The words for you that are in my heart" "I want to tell them to you someday" "A low fever rising up, my heart starting to race" "I don't know when it began" "But once I realized this feeling that can't be erased" "It was too late to turn it into a lie" "Even if our encounter was a run-of-the-mill coincidence" "I feel it held special meaning" "I am constantly grateful to God that I can be by your side" "I want to be looking at your unflinching profile always" "The time I spend with you gives me unshakable strength" "The words for you that suddenly enter my mind" "I want to tell them to you someday" "When we first me here, you praised me and said I was a good singer." "Yeah, your singing voice was so pretty..." "The real me is not capable of singing that touches people's hearts." "What do you mean?" "This song and this voice both belonged to someone dear to me." "Someone dear to you?" "My other self." "Lycoris." "Lycoris?" "She was my other self." "And I robbed her of everything that she was." "H" " Hold on a second, you're not making any sense to me." "You are right." "Pardon me." "Who's this Lycoris?" "You are aware that Rimu-chan is an artificial life form, who was created for a specific purpose, are you not?" "Yeah, I don't care if it's for the research of life or whatever." "Using Primula for an experiment is Just..." "Rimu-chan is the third one." "What?" "There were two before her." "There were a total of three artificial life forms created." "Then, are the others being used in experiments like Primula, too?" "No." "The first was someone chosen from among the devils and her body was reinforced, so she could use vast amounts of magic." "However..." "Her body could not withstand the intensified magic and she vanished along with the laboratory." "Based on the lesson learned from this, the research team came up with the idea to ask for the cooperation of someone who already possessed powerful magic." "A girl with almost as much magic as the ruler of the world of devils." "Don't tell me that was..." "It was I." "However, they could not use me in a dangerous experiment, so the research team created another me from my cells." "Another you?" "That was Lycoris." "She was a nice girl." "She knew of her own position as an experimental subject, and yet, she always had a smile on her face." "Nerine, are you okay?" "!" "Yes, I'm okay." "I hope you get better soon." "According to what Father says," "I get sick easily because my magic is too powerful." "Don't worry." "I'll make you better." "What?" "If the experiments with me go well, they say that they'll be able to cure any illness." "So, I'm sure you'll get better, too." "Lyco-chan..." "I know!" "I'll sing you a song to cheer you up." "" The rippling sound I noticed for the first time "" "" Right then, it only... "" "I am told the experiments were extremely painful." "But Lycoris never breathed a word of it." "A strong girl." "And she was kind." "In time, the experiment grew to keep her busy and Lycoris came to spend most of her time in the laboratory." "It was apparently also around that time that she met Rimu-chan." "Primula and Lycoris?" "To Rimu-chan, Lycoris was her elder sister." "She's showing no signs of waking up?" "We are trying various things, but there is a possibility she will not regain consciousness again." "Which means it's getting to the point, where we have no choice but to go for the final resort." "Yes." "If we reset her emotions, we believe her circumstances should also change." "I bet they'll be saddened." "Sire?" "Primula is a life form created out of scratch." "She has neither parents nor siblings." "That's not true!" "There is no one to be saddened..." "That's not true, is it, Primula?" "Hello." "I'm Lycoris." "What's your name?" "Primula..." "Rimu-chan, huh?" "Nice to meet you." "" Though we may be apart, "" "" I'm sure our paths will cross someday "" "" In the same sky, the way of the winds... "" "Ly-co-ri-s..." "I see." "So Primula had someone like that, too." "I had no idea." "So, where's this Lycoris girl?" "Is she with Primula in the devil world lab even now?" "She no longer exists." "What?" "Not anywhere in this world." "Lycoris gave her own life to me." "What?" "I wonder if she is all right..." "Of course!" "Rin-kun's with her, after all." "That is true." "I'm sorry." "Maybe I was a little too harsh in what I said, too." "Not at all!" "Rather, I feel sort of ashamed of ourselves..." "Sia-chan..." "I thought I was really being considerate of Rin-kun's feelings, but when I heard what you said, I realized I have a long way to go." "I knew he was feeling miserable about Rimu-chan, and yet..." "No way." "I don't think what you two were saying was wrong." "Considering Rimu-chan's condition, going to see her is a really dangerous thing to do." "I understand that, too." "I can understand your reluctance and you were right to try to stop Rin-chan." "But you see, I think that at times, there are more important things than that." "Especially when it comes to personal relationships." "I've said some stuff that's not very like me, haven't I?" "Shall I make some tea?" "If it is tea, I can..." "It's okay, it's okay." "I know this house..." "Asa-senpai?" "!" "Asa-senpai!" "Gave her life?" "To you?" "Yes." "What do you mean?" "Lycoris was my clone, but Just as cloning technology has not been perfected in the human world, the technology for cloning was also imperfect in the world of devils." "Taking part in the experiment with her imperfect body," "Lycoris's lifespan was rapidly whittled away." "No one stopped the experiments?" "Hers was a body that was never going to live long." "It seems Lycoris knew that about herself as well." "It was around that time that I came down with a serious illness." "Can't something be done?" "!" "Even our healing magic is ineffective." "I am sorry, but there is nothing that we can do for her." "That can't be..." "Lycoris." "Please use my life." "If you transfer the remaining life energy within me to her, surely..." "Yes!" "Lycoris is Nerine-sama's clone." "If we return that life energy to her, we should be able to save her." "Thank goodness..." "Wait, if we do that, you will..." "It's okay." "If doing so will save someone dear to me..." "Because Lycoris and I became one..." "Because she gave her life to me," "I am able to be here now, alive." "But that's..." "My life is Lycoris's life." "But there was something my father and the doctors did not realize." "What?" "The merging of our lives resulted in giving everything that was Lycoris to me." "Even her talents and her emotions." "The singing that you praised..." "The voice lauded as "the bell of angels" in the world of devils does not belong to me." "It was something that belonged to Lycoris." "I see, that's why earlier..." "Not only did I rob Lycoris of her life, but I even robbed her of her precious singing." "No, that is not all." "I even robbed her of something she cherished far more than that." "And that is?" "That is..." "Nerine?" "I apologize..." "But I never want to lose someone dear to me again." "I was, well..." "Having allowed Lycoris to die, if I were to allow Rimu-chan, who could be considered her younger sister, to die now, I..." "I am sorry, Rin-sama!" "Nerine!" "I'm back." "It is terrible, Rin-kun!" "Asa-senpai has..." "What?" "Yes?" "Oh, Ri-chan." "Ama-san?" "How is Asa-senpai?" "Yeah, she's fine now." "I guess she suddenly felt ill and made Kae-chan worry, but..." "Yeah, it looks like she's sleeping soundly now." "No, it's no big deal." "Her health's always been fragile, so stuff like this happened all the time." "What?" "Her health's been fragile?" "Oh, don't worry about it." "Anyway, A-chan is okay." "Wait, Ama-san..." "I'm sorry." "The soup I made for her is still heating on the stove." "Talk to you later." "Sheesh, I'm not sure what to make of that." "Well, it looks like Asa-senpai is okay." "Thank goodness." "Is something the matter?" "Oh, no, it's nothing." "I do not want to lose a person who is dear to me!" "Not ever again!" "I was thinking only of going to see Primula, but was that really right?" "I said I was doing it for Primula's sake, but maybe I was being disrespectful of everyone's feelings." "Rin-kun, may I come in?" "Here, I brought some coffee." "Okay." "What is it?" "Nothing." "Kaede." "Yes?" "Thank you." "And you call yourselves potential girlfriends for Rin-chan?" "!" "It's like, you can't win against that." "Asa-senpai..." "What would you do in a situation like this?" "Rin, what's up with Nerine-chan?" "It's unusual for her to miss school." "Did she catch a cold or something?" "In that case, I'll devote myself to her bedside, nursing her to health with a devoted heart." "Don't you mean "duplicitous heart"?" "No, I don't think it's a cold or anything." "Then, a girl's monthly" "Tsuchimi-kun, do you know something?" "Probably..." "Asa-chan is absent today." "I see." "Could it be that you are worried?" "It is not anything like that." "That is..." "I Just wanted her advice on something." "I will catch her later, when she comes to school." "Why not go visit her?" "What?" "If you wish to see her, you should Just go see her." "No, but..." "I am sure Asa-chan is waiting for you as well." "I suppose." "Maybe I will go." "It makes me really happy that you dropped by to see how I'm doing." "How are you feeling?" "I wonder if it's summer fatigue." "Being energetic is my one redeeming trait." "This is sad, isn't it?" "No kidding." "You know, that's where you're supposed to make a pointed comment about how it's not my one redeeming trait!" "But pointed comments are your specialty." "And a thwack with each comment." "If I weren't in bed, I'd give you a good whack on the back." "It's too bad." "But I am relieved to see you seem to be well." "Yeah, sorry for making you worry." "So, what happened?" "There's something you want to talk about, right?" "You could tell?" "This is about you, after all." "Come on, don't hold back and tell big sis!" "The truth is..." "I'm going to the world of devils for a bit." "Could it be..." "No, no, there haven't been any big changes in Primula." "Shin-chan says there's something he wants to discuss with me." "Well, if anything happens, I'll contact you, so you get some quiet rest for now." "I see." "Nerine-chan said that, huh?" "My feeling of wanting to be near Primula has not changed." "As a part of her family, I feel that is something I must do, but..." "But?" "To be honest, I do not know anymore." "Say, Rin-chan." "It's not like I'm recklessly suggesting that you go see Rimu-chan." "What?" "Where Rimu-chan's at today is where I used to be." "What do you mean?" "I'm talking about me when my body wouldn't do what I wanted it to and I hated my mother for it." "It was before I met you and Kaede." "My health was really fragile." "I used to get sick over the littlest things and I wasn't even able to regularly go to school." "A-chan, are you awake?" "Pardon me!" "I made a delicious soup." "It's really nutritional and it'll make you better in no time!" "The weather's nice outside." "Since it is so nice, shall we let the sunlight in?" "Don't open it!" "A-chan..." "Don't open it, stupid!" "Okay, I'm sorry." "So, anyway, today's soup is special." "I tried using apples and honey to give it that sweet taste that you like." "Why don't you try a little of it?" "Come on, I'll blow on it for you, so that it's not hot." "Here." "I don't want it!" "Why?" "!" "Why did you give me a body like this?" "!" "You're so mean!" "A-chan..." "Why do I have to suffer like this?" "!" "Why do I have to be in so much pain?" "!" "If I was going to suffer like this, I wish I'd never been born!" "I wish you'd never had me!" "I'm sorry." "Oh, are you all right, A-chan?" "!" "Everyone has normal bodies, but because of you, I..." "Because of you, I'm going to die!" "Terrible story, isn't it?" "Just remembering it makes me want to slap myself." "Asa-senpai's always so energetic and cheerful." "I never imagined there was a side to her like that." "Sorry." "That was weird for me to tell you." "No, I had no idea..." "Well, of course, you didn't." "You're about the only person I've ever told that to." "Really..." "I was such a terrible daughter." "But my mother never got mad at me." "All she ever did was offer me her kind smile." "She always had a ready smile and she stayed by my side." "Seeing her do that," "I decided that I'd become a strong person like my mother, who never forgot how to smile no matter what happened." "The reason I got better is because of my mother." "It wasn't medicine or doctors." "It was because I had family who cared about me..." "Because someone who loved me stuck by my side," "I was able to become who I am today." "So..." "I am an idiot, aren't I?" "To go see Primula..." "Hesitating to go see a precious member of my family..." "It is really stupid." "Rin-chan..." "Thank you so very much, Asa-senpai." "Sure!" "Oh!" "Take this with you." "What?" "I'm like this right now, so I can't come with you, but..." "It's something I've always worn, because I want to be like my mother." "This is the courage that my mother gave me." "Courage..." "I'm going to ask this of you one more time." "Won't you let me go see Primula?" "I'm not going to waver anymore." "I absolutely have to go see Primula." "But..." "If you don't work up the courage, right here, right now, you're going to regret it for sure." "Nerine." "Rimu-chan is waiting." "Lycoris!" "I understand." "Let us go see Rimu-chan." "Thank you, Nerine." "So this is the Gate." "We're coming, Primula." "We walk, the two of us together" "We search, the two of us together" "But mirrored in my gaze" "Is a wavering figure of you" "What is between you and me" "Is a sea of noise where dreams mingle" "There's something unchanging alive within you alone" "That's a treasure no one in the world will ever touch" "And it will surely shine more brightly than anything for you" "I never thought I would return to the world of devils in this way." "But I do not ever want to lose someone dear to me again." "Wait for us, Primula." "We're coming for you!" "Next time on Shuffle!" "Episode 15, "What Was Regained"." "Just now, I heard Big Sis singing."