8.5.6

He fell, fell to an unknown place far, far away—

Somehow, he'd died again. He'd probably lost it all once more.

He surrendered everything to the abyss. This was the familiar embrace of failure after he pathetically lost his life.

Look back at the world.

Look back at your failures.

Don't forget. Don't forget. Do not forget.

Ferris's tear-filled voice. Wilhelm's lament, shaking with regrets. Julius's resolve and remorse, so great he probably gnashes his teeth over it—Don't forget, ever. No matter how low you are, don't ever let go.

Thus, another life came to an end.

However, nonetheless, even so—Subaru Natsuki continued.

Whatever happened, no matter where he came back, no matter how much suffering he carried with him, his struggle would not cease. He would repeat and do over, for that was what he swore.

With a strike, and a sound, everything plunged into darkness.

And so it was interrupted. It was severed. And then—

"I love you."

Together with that soft, gentle, fleeting, and cruel breath—

Subaru Natsuki lost his life, and the world was born again once more.