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Chapter 1: Act 6: Scene 8


 * Kayo left the tailor shop and went to a place far from the public eye.
 * I followed her to the beach a little ways from the harbor.
 * Without the figure of any ship around them, there was total silence.
 * You could only hear the faint sound of the waves.
 * But, there was one small figure in the middle of the beach.
 * Kayo closed in on her.
 * The figure’s identity—was a girl wearing a hairpin in her hair.
 * It was that Rin girl.
 * Why was she there in the middle of the night and how did Kayo know that? I had no idea at the time.
 * Rin: “Good evening, Sudou Kayo-san.”
 * The one who spoke that was Rin.
 * Kayo: “…… How is it you know my name, Ojou-san?”
 * Rin: “Wasn’t it you who introduced yourself?”
 * Kayo: “There’s no way that’s why. This is the first time I’ve met you face-to-face.”
 * Rin: “…… Has your memory failed you or are your putting up an act…… well, fine. If you’re going to claim you didn’t introduce yourself, maybe I heard it from Mom or Sis--or maybe I saw it in a dream?"
 * That Rin seemed to also have a slightly different atmosphere than during the day.
 * Kayo: “A dream?”
 * Rin: “Yes, I saw it in a dream. I would come to this place alone and then—you’d stab me to death with scissors."
 * Kayo didn’t hide her surprise after hearing that. But she quickly returned to her original, unperturbed look.
 * Kayo: “I see. You’re…… the same as me.”
 * Rin: “Not only that. Kayo-san, do you—believe in a “previous life”?”
 * Kayo: “A previous life……?”
 * Previous lives—in the religion that became mainstream in Jakoku, was part of concept called Rinne Tenshou (reincarnation in the cycle of life and death). It referred to a person’s soul reincarnating as another, new human being after their death. In other words, what she called a “previous life” referred to the past self prior to the person’s rebirth.
 * Rin: “I…… got something by change while in the land of Amayomi.”
 * Rin took out a small, foreign hand mirror.
 * Rin: “There are four in total. Like your scissors, it’s an object that has meaning when they were all together.”
 * Kayo: “……”
 * Rin: “Through acquiring it, I was able to recall my memories of my previous life. And I was able to get answer for what—for who I’ve been “waiting” for.”
 * Kayo: “Your previous life…… I wonder who in the world that was?”
 * Rin: “Long ago—I was a princess of a country. Not seeing anything beyond my own selfishness… The Daughter of Evil."
 * Kayo: “Heheheh...... What a cut, childlike fantasy.”
 * Kayo didn’t appear to believe Rin’s story.
 * Rin: “I don’t care what you think of it. I—won’t succumb to such a fate! Until the day I see “him”, I can’t afford to die! That’s why…… I’ll kill you here, tonight!”
 * Kayo: “Oujou-san. You don’t realize what you’re trying to do but—you can’t win against me.”
 * Even in spite of the strange atmosphere surrounding Rin, Kayo never faltered.
 * With the western scissors in her right hand and the eastern scissors in her left hand she continued closing the distance between her and Rin.
 * Kayo: “...... Forgive me. You’ve done nothing wrong. But I—can no long be stopped.”
 * Rin: “Save it!...... Now, Demon of Pride! Give me! The power to win against this woman!”
 * Rin cried that and raised the mirror above her head.
 * However--.
 * Rin: "What……? Why!? Nothing’s…… happening.”
 * Kayo: “…… Goodbye.”
 * Before Rin’s eyes, Kayo spun as if she was dancing.
 * Holding the scissors in both hands. Like she was gently caressing Rin’s body with the scissors.
 * Blood gushed out from Rin’s hands and feet all at once.
 * While her face went pale, she fell back in place.
 * Rin: “Impossible…… I was…… so easily……”
 * Kayo approached the fallen Rin and took the hairpin inserted in her hair.
 * Kayo: “If there really is a something like reincarnation…… I hope you’ll find happiness in your next life—“
 * Rin: “It’s too late to say honeyed words now…… you…… murderer!”
 * Rin tried hard to move her body but it didn’t come to pass. I could see she was losing more and more blood.
 * Rin: “Alas…… II still failed…… I’m so sorry…… I couldn’t wait….. until you came for me…… Allen--”
 * And so, Rin died.
 * Kayo: “With this, stage one’s complete. But…… I’m not done yet.”
 * Kayo left the tailor shop and went to a place far from the public eye.