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Ending C

The final penalty deserved for the worst of the worst. It would be a one-way trip to a place where his presence would no longer matter, vanish from this world once and for all and finally meet the ones he desperately tried to revive. That, in itself, would be a pleasant ending.

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Yukari: Then you're coming with us, I have a proposition for you along with some informations.

Y/N & Koishi: ...What?

Just like that, his planned ending did not come. Still needed by the gap youkai, he followed her demand and all of them stepped outside of the library. With no librarians inside anymore, the doors locked themselves in wait for his return.

Both the satori and the "human" glanced at each other, bewildered by the turn of events. Without even knowing it, they were now playing in the woman's hands, a field that she knew extremely well.

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In the end, no news of this incident came out to the population of Gensokyo, it was a small affair that was solved in the darkness of everyone's knowledge. There was no need to worry them about something that was already solved, with the culprit already punished for his deeds. Defeated not by the one sent to stop him but instead the one who helped him, the one who called him a friend.

The curtain fell onto the event but the results still remained. While some people were still trapped inside their own books, it was a rather easy task for the folks of Gensokyo to solve and soon enough, familiar faces returned from their graves and returned to their places, going back to their daily lives.

As for the culprit? The punishment was handed to him, not like he could have gotten away with his actions unscathed but with how eager he was willing to end his own life for the sake of repentance, his expectation were more than a little destroyed. Forced to oblige with her proposition, he agreed and decided to help her with a certain little thing in exchange for his forgiveness.

Y/N: *Sigh*

Heaving a breath, he pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes to recuperate from the conversation he had with the woman. Of course, the demand was not something impossible for him to do, it was even rather simple but it still made him tired just thinking about it.

Koishi: What did she say?

Waiting impatiently for his return, she practically threw herself at him once he did, wanting to hear the news as well. Rolling his eyes, he gave her a smile and placed a hand in her hair before ruffling it a little.

Y/N: I just have to follow her requests from time to time, let's leave it at that. 

Koishi: ?

Tilting her head quizzically, interrogation marks popped above her head as well. A week fully passed after the final day of this incident, when the man was caught for his actions against Gensokyo. During that time, he was placed under constant surveillance and only today, was he given the choice to accept the offer given from the youkai of boundaries.

Of course, it also came with its drawbacks as well.

Y/N: I'm still not allowed alone for the time being, safety and all. The gap youkai herself is keeping an eye on me so that I don't do anything behind her back.

It was still better than being trapped in a room with someone watching you constantly, that was his thoughts. Nodding in acceptance, Koishi smiled back and grabbed the man's arm before pulling him away from the residence. Not expecting that, he was dragged along for the ride and found his feet floating in the air.