Freedom... //Yakusoku No Neverland

64] What If I Were...

私が去った家族のために...どんな苦難も乗り越えられる

"You're gonna... Save me?" The man continued

"Yup!" Emma replied

{"The hell is she on about?" Is probably what that man is thinking. "Is this a scheme? Or is it...}

"This is strange. The more I think about it, the more I realize there's really no need to be enemies. We're all escapees here. I really think we can reach an understanding and help each other out, and that would be much more beneficial to both parties. So let's do it! Now spill your guts and let's talk!" Emma explained

{No, Emma! That stupid! This guy want to kill us-}

"Annoyin' Bitch. YOU WANNA SAVE ME? Who do you think you are, you little brat? What the hell do you think... Just quit fuckin' around you shitty long-haired bitch! I HATE YOU! ALL OF YOU! Im not tellin' you guys shit! NOW BACK OFF!!" The man yelled at us

"NO!!!" Emma yelled back

I sighed, knowing Emma, she wouldnt just give up that easy

"I DONT CARE IF WE'RE HATED OR KILLED, I CANT IGNORE THIS! LETS JUST STOP ALL THIS! HIDING IT IS USELESS, AND NOTHING WILL BE SOLVED IF YOU JUST KEEP RUNNING FROM IT!" Emma added

"WHAT?!" The man screamed

"It was painful, wasn't it?" Emma said "You had a "Good Family", Didn't you? Made of you and your comrades. And you loved them all, didn't you, mister? But you lost them, and became sad, frustrated, and hateful. You suffered so much, all alone in your own, for many, many years. Every day felt like you were being torn apart by those feelings, didn't it?"

"The hell do you think you know about me... You're just a..." The man mumbled

"I don't know. All I can do is guess. You're an older man who's lost every single one of his comrades. I can't just say that "I understand" your pain without really understanding... But the reality is, I actually can say it. I do understand. We're exactly alike, aren't we? The current me, and the old you, our family, and your comrades. And that's why you feel pain whenever yoy see us, isn't it? It was so agonizingly painful that you even felt the need to pull a gun on us isn't that right? But what you wanted to disappear from your lite wasn't actually us, it was your old self, wasn't it? But what you wanted to disappear from your life wasn't actually us, it was your old self, wasn't it? Mister, if you kill us, it might serve as a temporary distraction, sure, but then nothing will change in the end! You'll still suffer! And that's not good! So let's change that!" Emma explained

"Change what? And how? There's nothin' you can do about anythin'. No matter how much you regret it all, you can't take back the past. My dead comrades ain't comin' back. As long as you guys disappear from my sight, I don't care if it's just a temporary distraction. Your face... It makes me wanna puke. Yeah, that's right, you're exactly what the old me was like" He lowered his face a bit to Emma "You're the same as me. You can't save 'em. You can't chnage this hellish reality. You're going to "save" me? That's a good one. What the hell do you really think you can do?" The man continued

"I can live on with you" Emma said

"Hah..." The man mumbled

"Let's live on together, mister. I'm going to return to Grace Field within the next two years. We're going to save the rest of our family that we left behind, the ones that were 4 years and younger, and we'll lead them and all those bred for food over to the human world. Come with us, mister, to the human world. Let's go see the world that our friends wanted to see!" Emma said and looked down with a frown "Ray, Y/n and I lost someone, too. An irreplaceable person... He was our best friend in the whole world and we were always together. I bet he wanted to be here more than any of us combined. But now he can't. And it's all because of me. He entrusted everything to me, saying "I leave the rest to you". That's why I keep pushing forward no matter how hard it gets, so that I can live for his sake, too. I'll go see the sights that Norman wanted to see, and live in the world that Norman wanted to live in. So push forward with us, mister! Live your comradesʼ share of life, too! The past can't be changed, and the dead can't be brought back to life. But even so, you can still live to carry on your comradesʼ dreams! Even if you're alone, you can't stop! Your comrades don't wish for that, and neither do you!" Emma explained

"Turn back now. Don't head toward Goldie Pond" The man said out of the blue

{Huh?!}

"Don't go there, it's bad. That place is... Anyway, turn back now. By morning, "those guys" will have-"

"EMMA! Y/N! GET DOWN!!" Ray had warned us

Just as Ray yelled, I remembered darkness and ended up in a place I didn't know with Emma still unconscious beside me

I immediately shook Emma up, which woke her up

"Emma your okay!" I exclaimed, wrapping my hands around her neck, she smiled and hugged me back

After, we stared at the small town infront of us

"Where are we...?"

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