Chapter 41 I Won’t Let You Feel Guilty for a Lifetime
“What, what are you doing?”
After retrieving a report from the teacher regarding the Supernatural Research Club, Kanade returned to the club.
He saw Ryo and Nagi sitting in front of a laptop, both intently staring at the screen.
At the same time, Ryo had spread out a notebook on the desk in front of him, occasionally jotting something down.
“It seems like everyone is planning to find more information about this curse on the Supernatural Research Club’s forum,” Yukino explained to Kanade, showing her lack of interest in the supernatural topic.
Indeed, the Supernatural Research Club had set up a forum to address students’ concerns about supernatural phenomena.
On the forum, many students would leave messages about the supernatural events they had encountered and share methods for dealing with similar events.
While Ryo and the others were trying to search for posts and comments related to “cursed couples,” they found that there were quite a few.
Of course, how many of them were true remained unknown.
“Thank you, Tsukimi-kun, has everything been taken care of?” Mana approached them and asked earnestly.
“Mm-hmm.” Kanade nodded and handed the report in his hand to Mana, making others mistakenly think that this was what she was asking about.
After receiving the report, Mana turned and sat back down next to Nagi.
It seemed she was also curious about the content on the forum.
“Nagi, what do you think about the methods mentioned here?”
“Emmm, they seem to have some validity… but it depends on Kanade-kun’s willingness to try…” Nagi replied.
Hearing his name mentioned, Kanade walked over curiously.
“Ah, Kanade, you’re back?” Ryo noticed him at that moment.
Nagi, who was sitting next to Ryo, immediately panicked and reached out to cover the screen upon seeing Kanade approach.
“W-what’s wrong?!” Kanade was startled by Nagi’s action, freezing in place, afraid to move even a little.
Since the aquarium incident, he had reacted strongly to Nagi’s every move.
Especially when she seemed more emotionally flustered.
“Ah, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to hide it from you, Kanade-kun… it’s just a bit…”
Seeing that her actions had startled Kanade, Nagi’s face blushed with a hint of guilt, and she quickly moved her hands away.
At that moment, Ryo quickly explained to ease the atmosphere, “Well, after all, it might be a bit embarrassing if the other party sees such content…”
Ryo moved aside, allowing Kanade to come closer and see the screen content clearly.
Kanade subtly signaled to Nagi with his eyes—
After the aquarium date incident, he had decided not to do anything to Nagi that she didn’t want.
He was afraid she might suddenly run away from him again and encounter some unexpected event.
Just thinking about that time made Kanade’s mood darken, and a dull pain settled in his heart.
It seemed that this shadow would take a while to disappear from his mind.
“Um, you can look at it, Kanade-kun… In fact, if we want to conduct an experiment, I have to let you know about it…” Nagi lowered her head, her face flushed, speaking in a tiny voice.
On the screen was a post from the Supernatural Research Club forum, where some students shared methods for dealing with “cursed couples.”
Could it be because they could remain anonymous? Some messages were quite bold… or rather, excessive.
Even Kanade, after briefly browsing through, felt his entire face heat up.
“Is it really necessary to look at these?” Kanade’s words came out a bit awkwardly.
“Because I want to clarify… the truth about the curse and amnesia… and find a way to break the curse and restore memories.” Although Nagi still timidly lowered her head, her voice was very firm.
“And I’m sorry, Kanade-kun…” Nagi murmured as if talking to herself, but her voice clearly reached Kanade’s ears.
“That day in the hospital, I made you show such an expression…” Nagi recalled how when she had just opened her eyes in the hospital bed, she had seen Kanade’s tear-streaked face.
Later, she learned that she had been in a coma for three whole days, so had this boy… cried three days’ worth of tears for her?
How guilty must he have felt? Surely it was because he mistakenly believed that everything she had experienced was caused by him, right?
So, Nagi wanted to explain and prove to him.
That everything she had encountered had nothing to do with him; it was all the curse’s fault.
“I’m sorry… It’s all my fault that you have been suffering so much lately, that you have to bear the pain you shouldn’t have to…” Nagi concluded and glanced at Kanade, who was looking down.
His black bangs covered his eyes, making them impossible to see.
During Nagi’s heartfelt confession, the entire Supernatural Research Club fell silent.
The thoughts conveyed in Nagi’s words indeed reached the hearts of everyone present.
This gentle and kind girl, even after losing her memory, did not want anyone to feel guilty because of her.
“I will find a way to break the curse and then restore my memories.” Then, I will confess to you and earnestly become your girlfriend, rather than hoping to use your kindness to be with you.
I won’t let you feel guilty for a lifetime, Nagi added silently in her heart.
At the same time, the star in her eyes dimmed slightly.
“Um… I’m sorry…” Kanade said softly, his head lowered.
Nagi, on the other hand, averted her gaze, pretending not to notice the droplets that fell onto the floor.
“After all… even if Nagi-chan has lost her memory, she’s still that Nagi-chan~” Mana said with a smile.
“Then apart from the messages on the Supernatural Research forum, leave the other information about this curse to me~”
Yukino patted her chest: “I will take responsibility for gathering all the information about this curse from the first-year students!”
“Then the second-year students will be my responsibility.” Ryo added, following Yukino’s lead.
“The third-year… Although I don’t want to rely on that person, for Nagi-chan’s sake…”
Mana naturally referred to the student council president, Mika.
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After lunchtime ended.
In the afternoon class.
Neither the teachers nor the students could settle down to study.
Thus, the afternoon was used to arrange groups for the upcoming school trip.
Kawano City, being a small and remote town, naturally didn’t have many students in a middle school.
This year, Hoshikage Middle School’s three grades had a total of ten classes.
The first and third grades each had three classes.
While the second grade had four classes.
Each class had around 25 students.
For this school trip.
To accommodate the amnesiac Nagi, the second year combined two classes, A
