Chapter 7: Commotion

(If I don't need to make music for Mafuyu anymore...)

(I...guess my life would just return to the way it was...)

(I'd just keep on going and making music to save people...)

(...That's really it, so why...)

(Why does my chest feel so...)

...Kanade, did you just come back from the Sekai?

Oh, Mafuyu...

Yeah, I just went there to clear my head a bit.

I see.

... ...

...Did something happen? You don't look well.

Really? Uh...

...It's nothing, don't worry about it.

If you say so...

...Well, I still think you should take it easy today. Your condition might worsen if you don't.

Oh, I really don't need--

I'll tell everyone, so just get some rest.

Okay...

Let me know if you need anything.

Okay. ...Actually-

What is it?

...Sorry, forget I asked.

I'll rest, so don't worry about me.

...Sure.

(...If...)

(If Mafuyu doesn't need me to make music for her anymore...)

(If my music really saved her some day...)

(If she went back home, and everyone understood her, and she was truly happy...)

(...If Mafuyu can live and smile genuinely...)

(If I...didn't have to make songs for her anymore...)

(It would be...good...if I didn't have to...)

(...Even if I feel that way, then...)

(Why do I...)

A Nightcord notification...? I wonder if everyone's working...

[K, you awake? Sorry to bother you if you're sleeping.]

Enanan and Amia? I wonder what's up...

[If you're feeling better, we wanted to talk to you about earlier.]

[Like what's best for Mafuyu... I think that's the best I could do for you right now.]

What's...best for Mafuyu...

(...She's right... I can't be thinking about myself right now.)

(I have to figure out how to save her...)

[Sure, I'll call you in a group DM.]

[Sorry for calling you out of the blue, K.]

[It's okay. I need to talk about what happened earlier anyway...]

[Yeah...]

[Me and Ena put our heads together a bit earlier.]

[And we thought about what would be best for Mafuyu right now...]

[And...we both came up with an answer, but...]

Tell me.