A Reincarnation Romantic Comedy Of A Hero And A Witch - Epilogue

Epilogue – I Chose You Over the World

Next day. Due to the excitement from last night, I ended up having to go to school while being sleep-deprived.

When I opened the door to the classroom… An unusual scene greeted me.

Everyone was looking at me with warm gazes.

I looked around and noticed that Shiina had already sat on her seat. Perhaps because it had been a while since she came to school, a lot of people in the class surrounded her. When our eyes met, she sent me an apologetic look with a red face for some reason.

“Godou? I heard you made a passionate confession to Mai-chan?”

The girl who was grinning and teasing me was Hina.

…Mai told everyone that much?

“You…”

“S-Sorry…”

“Don’t get mad at her, we forced her to spill everything out.”

“I don’t even want to talk about it. It’s part of my black history now, I want to forget everything about it…”

“I-Is that so?…”

I didn’t mean it like that! It was just embarrassing for me because I did it in that kind of place! Stop making that sad look!

“I’m talking about us being seen by the security guard and him misunderstanding the situation…”

“I-I see… I thought I mistook the situation. So yesterday wasn’t a dream, after all.”

“…Yeah, yesterday was real. From now on, I…”

I was about to continue my speech when I remembered that we were in our classroom.

Everyone was grinning at us.

“Oi, oi, they immediately started flirting…”

“The air is so hot over here~”

“Well, this is technically their first day, so can’t blame them~”

And so on. It was the first time since the ball tournament that everyone looked like they were having fun.

“Shut it! Go away! Shoo!”

I waved my hands around. Everyone laughed at me before going back to their seats. There were some people who stayed behind, the usual group of Hina, Shinji and Yuuka.

“Good for you, dude.”

Said Shinji while giving me a round of applause lightly.

Yuuka was looking at Hina with a complicated look on her face. As if drawn by her, I turned my gaze toward Hina too.

“Don’t worry about it. I was the one who made you do it, remember?”

She said it while wearing her usual smile. At the very least she didn’t look depressed or anything.

Her smile was so bright that it was hard for me to tell what was inside her mind.

“You know, you should thank me instead. I was the one who brought you together, right?”

She puffed out her big chest. Seeing that, Mai nodded her head.

“This idiot is too much for me to handle, so Mai-chan, I’ll leave him to you, okay?”

“Y-Yes! I’ll do my best!”

Mai, you started talking formally again, jeez. Weren’t you two friends?

Anyway, it seemed like something happened between the two of them. It didn’t seem like something I should know about, though. Well, in any case, I expect that things will go back to normal soon.

“Still, I’ve never thought that there would come a day when I’d hear you shout out your love confession.”

Shinji tried to change the subject, which was good. Except that the subject he was bringing up was bad for me.

“I don’t know how much Mai told you, but, shut your trap please.”

“…Mai?”

“Mai, huh?”

“Hm~”

Stop giving me those warm gazes!

Damn, I couldn’t even argue against them because they didn’t give me any opening to say anything!

…I guess I’d have to endure this kind of gaze for a while longer.

“Ah, uh… I-I said that I wanted him to call me by my name, so…”

Why did you feel the need to explain it to them?! That was the worst thing you could do in this situation!

“Hm~”

“I see~”

“Hehe~”

All three of them had the corners of their mouths raised in amusement.

“Ugh! F**k me.”

“I wish you two happiness!~”

Then the three of them left while laughing.

Mai and I were the only ones left.

I felt some people staring at us, though.

I turned my gaze to Mai, who was letting out a light cough.

“E-Everyone was worried about my well-being, s-so they asked me why I was taking a few days off…”

“So, what did you tell them?”

“E-Everything…”

“Of course you did that! So that was why they gave me that kind of look!”

If someone were absent from school for a long time, suddenly came to school and everyone found that the reason why they were absent was because of love trouble, it was inevitable they’d send that person warm gazes like that! Seriously, I wish they could stop… It was embarrassing…

I had to spend all night rolling around in my bed because of the embarrassment and now I have to deal with this…

Wherever I went, I received emotional damage. I swear, I’ll die out of embarrassment soon.

Ever since I got involved with Mai in this life, it felt like I’ve gone through a lot of embarrassing things.

I slowly became a living black history mass-producer. Seriously, give me a break. There was only so much I could do to hide behind the word ‘youth.’

“…Can I talk with you for a minute?”

After a bit of hesitation, Mai asked me that question.

“What is it?”

“Are you free on Saturday?”

“Yeah, I’m free, I don’t have a shift that day. What’s up?”

“D-Do you want to… G-Go on a date with me?…”

“D-D-Date?! …S-Sure… B-But what do you want to do for the date?”

“I-I don’t know… B-But lovers are supposed to go on dates, so…”

“R-Right…”

I knew that. I looked up ‘the things that lovers do’ on the internet last night.

“T-Then, let’s go on a date…”

“Alright… Then, I’ll call you tonight so we can decide on what to do for the date.”

Just as Mai said that the teacher entered the classroom.

The morning homeroom started peacefully as always.

The only differences were that Mai and I were lovers.

I looked over at Mai’s seat and saw her looking at me while waving lightly.

There was a soft smile on her lips.

…So cute.

It was hard to believe that this was the same girl who’d glared at me the moment our eyes met not too long ago.

She moved in two months ago. We became friends just a month after that and we became lovers yesterday. Looking back, a lot has happened in two months. I could safely say that these two months was an eventful period of time.

Me, a hero from another world and her, a witch from another world. No one would have ever imagined that the two people who were always at each other’s throats would become lovers after being reincarnated in another world.

“Now that Shiina’s back, the classroom feels a lot brighter.”

The teacher’s joke brought me back to reality. I could see Mai was bowing her head.

Before long, the homeroom was over and our first class, physics, started. Since we had to move to another classroom, I got up from my seat with my notebook and textbook.

“Let’s go.”

Mai, who had finished getting ready, was waiting for me.

“Ah, we’re going there together?”

From now on out, wherever we go, we’ll be together.

“Everyone’s gazes made me feel embarrassed…”

“You reap what you sow.”

“I-I mean, if I didn’t say anything, someone might try to snatch you away from me…”

“No one would even think of doing that.”

“You wouldn’t know. Unlike me, you’re popular.”

“Look at yourself in the mirror. You’re popular with the boys.”

We walked side by side in the hallway while having such exchanges.

Suddenly, Mai muttered something.

“…I wish I could stay with you forever.”

“Me too.”

“Until the day I die? You’ll be there when I die, right?”

“No. You’ll outlive me, that’s for sure.”

“I don’t wanna. I outlived you in our previous life, now it’s your turn.”

“There’s no point in living if you’re dead.”

“I feel the same way. Think of my feelings if you die before me, please.”

“…Sorry.”

“I’m not accepting that apology until you promise me that you’ll outlive me.”

“No way.”

“Why not?!”

“Because you’re the reason why I’m alive.”

“…I-I see.”

“…Y-Yeah, i-it’s like that…”

“B-But, what if we have kids?… Or maybe even grandchildren…”

“…K-Kids, huh? I-I guess they could become my reason to live…”

“S-See?”

“H-Hmm… K-Kids, huh?…”

I glanced at Mai, who was looking at me with a red face.

In that instant, her gaze turned stern.

Her lips twitched before she muttered,

“…Why are you looking at me like that, pervert?”

“Stop being unreasonable!”

I wasn’t the one who brought the topic up!

“Your gaze was disgusting.”

“It isn’t! …Maybe. I’d like to think so at least…”

“Why do you sound so unsure?”

If I were to say that my thoughts didn’t go in that direction, I would be lying.

“…If it’s you, I don’t mind even if you look at me with that kind of gaze.”

“…O-Okay…”

She said it while writhing. I didn’t know how to respond to her.

“But, it’s too early for that. We have to get married first.”

“Your standard is way too outdated…”

“…We’re getting married anyway, so just be patient.”

“…Yeah, sure.”

If she said so, then I guess I’ll be patient with her. I could put up with this easily. I loved her that much, after all.

I wanted to do it with her as soon as I could, but I should be able to restrain myself.

“…That was a lie.”

The moment I shrugged my shoulders, Mai said that to me.

“What do you mean?”

“…I wouldn’t be able to wait until we get married.”

“…”

Uh, what? She was turning her gaze away. What was that?

I didn’t know how to respond after hearing that.

Seriously, what the hell were we talking about this early in the morning? In the school hallway nonetheless!

We were whispering to each other, so people wouldn’t hear what we were talking about, but since the fact that we were dating was known to everyone, people were bound to have their eyes on us. If they were to see our red faces… My black history started to pile up again, didn’t it?…

“L-Let’s just stop talking about this! W-Why don’t we talk about something more… Wholesome?”

“Y-Yeah, let’s do that!”

It was clear that the two of us were panicking.

I could hear giggling voices from the people around us.

“Oi, they’re laughing at you.”

“I-It’s because you’re looking at me with strange eyes!”

“I-I only did it because you started saying weird things!”

“S-Sorry…”

“N-No, I-I’m sorry too…”

I had the feeling that whenever Mai and I were together, people would laugh at us just like this. We’d continue producing black history and ended up rolling over our beds to contemplate it every single night.

After all, we were both new to this. To love and to life in general.

But, if I were with her… It didn’t feel as bad as I previously thought.

* * *

Once upon a time, a man called Shiraishi Godou said,

“I love you. Marry me.”

Once upon a time, a woman called Shiina Mai said,

“…Yes. I love you too.”

Fin