Chapter 466: Yamamura Miki''s Monologue


    I REALIZED THAT I was alone.


    It wasn''t that anyone particrly disliked me.


    I just didn''t catch anyone''s eye.


    I was inconspicuous,cking presence.


    Before anyone could like me, they couldn''t even hate me.


    That was why I was always alone.


    It was the same in kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high.


    I didn''t have any friends, and I spent a lot of time by myself.


    I couldn''t develop the ability to talk to people, so I remained invisible.


    Even after bing a high school student, nothing changed.


    But I thought that was okay.


    I forced myself to believe that it was my strength…


    I thought it would be okay to live quietly alone even as an adult.


    Even so, I am certainly here.


    "...After all... I don''t think losing suits Sakayanagi-san..."


    "Why don''t you try telling her? No one has the right to criticize your actions."


    What is this sensation, this emotion that is seeping into my heart?


    I didn''t know.


    I just didn''t know.


    —Until this day.


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