Mushoku No Sonzai 無色の存在 (Colorless Existence)

RE:Color

"Susumu! What are you doing???"

I look at the man straight in the eyes. My legs trembling.

"So that entire world wasn't time travel...?"

"Time travel? Hahahaha. Where did you get that bizarre idea, kid? That tiny illusion can be broken by any demon."

"Then...What was that...?"

"Ah. You're not very smart are you? Then I guess I'll go easy and explain to you kid."

He points at Ren.

"That Angel has lied to you. He cannot time travel. You were here in the real world the entire time. What you experienced was merely a play of souls."

"Souls...?"

"Oh. That girl you whined about? That was just a random girl. You poor thing."

My breath slows down...She wasn't Kotome...?

"That Angel manipulated your mind, and made you think you could really change the past. When in reality, he targeted a random girl."

"Random girl...? Don't tell me..."

"That's right! He used that ability on one random girl, and used Soul Link to share what you knew of the girl to her body."

My eyes began to feel teary. My heart began to slow down...

"Ren...You used Eye Shift and shared my own memories of her through Soul Link...?"

Ren looks away. His face, looking like it was ready to give up.

"Sorry...I only wanted to help you be happy..."

"This doesn't make me happy at all!!!"

His eyes widen.

"You...planned to transfer my memories of people through Soul Link....with other random people so they could appear the same way to me...You were going to give me that Fake happiness!?"

He head lowers.

"Sorry....I just wanted to fulfill Misaki's reques---"

"I don't care who that is!!! You....Lied to me..."

I suddenly remember the girl's voice in my head...

"Rewrite your past, Susumu."

No....It had suddenly made sense...

"Rewrite my past, you say..."

Ren looks at me in shock.

"Is this your cruel idea...of rewriting the past...?"

His voice lowers. His eyes, full of sadness.

"Susumu..."

"Hai~. You guys are done right?"

The man with fox ears raises his staff. A flash of dark aura appears from the tip of his staff. A human shape began to take form. Is he summoning something...?
The dark aura fades away...

"Kotome...?"

"Yes."

Ren walks to my side. He looked badly injured...

"When humans die...they become wandering souls in this world. Those blue lights that come out when a person dies are the souls."

"Heh? I was lucky enough to find this girl's soul lying around in Hell. Her soul was purer than any other in Hell. Such a shame it was tainted with darkness from Suicide."

Suicide...That's right...It was my fault...

Then, that blue light was the girl's soul...

"That girl...is the real Kotome from your memories. That is her soul."