Chapter 45 Prologue of the Moonlit Night

15th of the month of spring water (Shimizu). Once again I gaze at the full moon in the sky all alone.

I had been alone till now, and I will stay alone forever.

Thats fine. If I can stay as a child, I wont feel pain, I wont feel bitter, I wont feel lonely, nobody would resent me, Ill forget everything and live on.

But, that was the last time I saw the full moon alone.

I will never forget, on the 4th of the month of early-summer breeze (Ryokufuu), I had a fateful encounter.

My name is Kurono Maou, you are?

I wont be alone ever again.

If I stayed like a child it wont be painful? It wont hurt? It wont be lonely? It wont be sad?

It was all a lie.

It was simply just a deception, fooling myself, deceiving myself, acting like I didnt notice..

But, all that doesnt matter anymore.

The past doesnt matter anymore. Everything doesnt matter anymore.

Because

Aah, as long as I have Lily, I can keep living in this world, I wont be lonely.

The same feelings as myself.

You, as long as you are by my side, I can keep on living, I wont be lonely.

I wont return to the past again, I wont return to being lonely again, because you are with me.

Yes, thats why, all the world needs is just you and me.

Everything else is, now, not needed.