Blue Archive story · Volume 1: Foreclosure Task Force, Chapter 3, Episode 37
Vol. 1 Ch. 3 Ep. 37: What Must be Said
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Hoshino.
What was Yume trying to tell me, before the end?
What did she write in that notebook?
I'll probably...never find out.
This suffering will linger until I do.
This pain...
This pain must be...
...the sin I'm fated to bear, right?
Hoshino. You're wrong.
That's not the true source of your pain and regrets!
You regret...not telling Yume how much you treasured her. Not treating her with the kindness she deserved.
And you've endured so much pain because you couldn't do that for her at the very end.
If I had known that was going to be the last time...
I should've been honest with her...at every chance I got...
But you didn't know! There was no way for you to know that you'd never see her again.
It was an accident, Hoshino.
I can't ease these feelings with sad excuses like that.
It's not your fault.
I know that. I've always known that. But it's still my fault.
It's all my fault.
Hoshino. If it weren't for you...
I would've died alone in that desert. Shivering in the cold, afraid and alone.
Yeah. I've cherished your scarf since that day, Hoshino.
...I just helped you because you were in trouble. Yume...to me...
Yeah. Then I owe Yume my gratitude too.
...
We're born, we suffer, and we die. I suppose that's the great secret to life...
If death truly has some greater meaning...
What was the meaning behind Yume's death? Why did she have to die the way that she did?
Hoshino...
Yume got stranded and died.
She didn't have a compass or water...and her communicator wasn't working. The sky would've been too cloudy for her to use the stars to navigate.
Yume's old phone was a barely functioning piece of scrap. Time after time, she would find herself tempted to replace it with a new one. But she always told herself no, in the end.
Because she wanted every last yen to go to paying down our debt...
What if...back then...I had...
Hoshino!
...
I...don't have the answers. I've never had to ponder things like that...
But if you keep pursuing this fruitless search...in the end...
Ayane.
...You were the one who fixed the school faucet.
Huh...?
Thank you. I never really say it, but I've always been thankful for you.
Hoshino...?
...
*sigh* Sorry, Hoshino. I don't know what the right thing to say is...
...
Just come back already! You dummy! We'll go get a hot bowl of ramen together!
I'll do the dumb idol thing with Ayane! Just come back!
Serika...
You're so cute, Serika...
...Huh?!
...
It's time to let go.
Allow yourself to be free, Hoshino. You must let go of the student council president.
Shiroko...?
Allow Serika and Ayane, who don't bear the pain of her memory...
...to fill this academy, this classroom haunted by her loss, with their laughter.
Instead...
...remember the precious memories of your time together, and let go of her tragic death.
Her death will persist in rumors and whispers, but only you...can remember Yume as she was, alive.
So, let go...of that notebook.
Thank you, Shiroko of another world...
I may not know you, but I understand you all too well.
You want to protect Shiroko from becoming like me.
Thank you, Shiroko. You really are her.
But...
You still have them too, don't you?
...!
The weapons Serika, Nonomi, Ayane, and I left behind, after our deaths...
You couldn't bring yourself to throw them away.
I...
So can I really let it go, Shiroko?
For us...is such a thing really possible? Can we really allow time to flow, to forget memories not to be forgotten?
...
... ...
I can't...answer that, Hoshino.
I don't know if that's possible...
Can someone...
...escape? Escape from sin? From tragedy? From suffering?
Such a feat may be as impossible as resurrecting the dead...
...
IT IS DONE!!
The Fury of Set's manifestation is complete!!
Oooh! Set! The ferocious lightning strike!
Burn it all! Scorch the overworld to ashes!!
Sensei! The Fury of Set is...!!
Something's coming! B-Be careful! The energy is tremendous!
I...
I... ...
It's impossible...
The remnant of Yume...
Unless I can see it for myself...finally understand...
I...
Watch out, Sensei!!
I don't have any energy left to block the attack!!
All the students! They're going to...
Uwaaah!!
"Hoshino. What do you think is written in Yume's notebook?"
I have to find out. I...
"You'll never be able to."
...
"You know that. But you're looking for something to believe in."
What would Yume...have written in there?
"You're the one who knows Yume, better than anyone."
...
"Whatever it is you're hoping Yume wrote..."
"...whatever it is you're hoping to believe in..."
"It may not be real..."
"...but it's still the truth."
"It may not even exist, but that truth is your reality."
"Believe in your truth, and move forward. That's the only option."
"For normal people like us..."
"...people who can't resurrect the dead, or turn back time..."
"That's our only miracle."
That's our only miracle.
How have you been, Hoshino?
Heeheehee. I wondered how much you would grow in two years...