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World Ixion/Saga X Reincarnated in an Otome game as the ugly character in the background
─Two Flowers─
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In the middle of a crowd inside a convention center, there was Airi.
She was looking for Alisa, they came together, but got separated.
Airi was a little anxious, she didn't know anyone, but having gotten lost due to being very curious about a household item she had never seen, she didn't know how to look for Alisa.
She was sitting in a square, a lot of people were there, Airi wanted to cry, but she didn't as then she wouldn't be any good at being able to run errands alone.
"S-Sorry."
A girl was talking to her, Airi lifted her downcast face and looked at the girl.
She was a beautiful girl with blonde hair like hers, only her eyes were so different, Airi's were blue and that girls were like the color of a lake, she was Lily.
Lily was more scared than Airi.
Seeing her, Airi said.
"Yes?"
"H-have you seen a girl with long blonde hair and red eyes around here?"
"Huh?"
Hearing that description, Airi immediately thought of Alisa, she said to Lily.
"I-I'm looking for a girl like that too."
"Really!"
"Yes. Do you mind if we look for them together?"
With a cheek-to-cheek smile, Lily brightened.
"Thank you very much... err, may I know your name?"
"Irisdina, but the most important people in my life call me Airi. You can call me that if you wish."
"Nice to meet you, Airi-san, I'm Lily."
"Nice to meet you, Lily-san."
"Hehehehe."
Both of them laughed in the same charming way, they went to search together for that person they wanted to see so much.
Since they couldn't find that person, they decided to sit at a place dedicated to sculptures.
Airi brought Lily a drink due to that person she was looking for had her money.
"Here."
"Thank you."
They sat down to wait for the crowd to thin out a bit.
Lily asked.
"Err, Airi-san."
"Yes?"
"You said you were in my situation too, aren't you afraid?"
In Airi's head, certain memories came.
It was in her first year at the academy, many bad and good things happened.
But what without Airi most remember is what she experienced with them, with her friends.
With a cheek to cheek smile she said.
"That's because I'm lucky, even if bad things happen to me, I'm sure they will help me."
"They?"
"My friends, the people who mattered to me entirely in my life. Without them I would still be on a dark path unable to fend for myself."
"I'm scared right now though, I guess being a commoner I'm too scared of things different from what I'm used to, hehehe."
Looking at her, Lily thought.
(Wow, she's totally different from me, despite going through so much, I'm still the same.)
(I want to be stronger so I can protect mom and the others, but especially Eli-chan and Razel-kun.)
(Okay, I decided.)
Lily stood up and looked at Airi.
"Emm, thank you so much for your help, you really helped me a lot!"
"I appreciate it, but I have to go. That person is waiting for me."
Airi likewise smiled at him.
"I was thinking the same thing, I can't stay here waiting for her to show up."
"I wish you luck in your future, Lily-san."
"Thank you very much, I'll try my best to be useful to everyone!"
Lily made a fighting sign and waved goodbye to Airi, running off to find her special someone.
"Ah, there you are. Airi."
A voice called out to her from behind, turning to look, she found Alisa.
Turning to see her, she smiled at her.
"Alisa, I've been looking for you."
"That's my line."
The discomfort showed on her face, Alisa was really very worried.
"I'm the one who's been looking for you and couldn't find you. You had me really worried."
"Sorry, but it won't happen again. From today I'll try to be braver."
Alisa smiled at her friend's decision.
"Really, what happened to you all of a sudden?"
"Nothing. I just met someone who made me see that I shouldn't be afraid."
"...?"
At the same time, but in a more secluded place, it was almost dark, a girl was approaching at high speed to hug Lily.
"Lily-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan."
"You had me really worrieeeeeeeeeeeed!"
Her friend and sister by name, Eli, arrived moving the crowd of people with her magical power.
She threw herself at Lily which she hugged and cuddled like a puppy.
"You had me really worried, you silly, silly girl!"
"I thought you were kidnapped! Don't you ever do that to me again, do you hear?"
Lily who was being squeezed on Eli's breasts, pulled her face away to tell her.
"I'm fine, actually. This helped me quite a bit."
"Huh?"
"I'll be more confident in myself from now on, I'll stop relying on others and focus on being useful to everyone."
Seeing her say that, Eli said.
"I don't want to!"
"I want you to depend on me! Otherwise, it won't do any good for me to be the big sister!"
"Huh? But I..."
"Please let me be the big sister longer, uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Eli started crying being comforted by her sister, no one could think that the crying girl was the big sister,
But, this is a story for another time.
