Transmigrated into a World of Reversed Roles

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"Yona?"

The wind kept blowing against my shirt. The small branches of the trees swayed, showing how strong the gusts were. But why was I breaking out in a cold sweat now?

Yona was standing at the edge of the cliff. Right at the edge, so close that I thought she would fall with just a single touch.

Maybe because she heard me call her, the fingers of her right hand twitched slightly.

"Ren? Kinda rare to see you here. Out for a walk? You should head home, I heard it’s going to rain later this afternoon."

Yona spoke to me, but she didn’t turn around. Her head didn’t even try to look back. She kept her eyes forward.

"... I’ll go home once the clouds come. What about you? Doing stair-running training like in those movies or something?"

"I lost. What’s the point in training anymore?"

Okay, I’m officially being an idiot now.

"Th-Then why are you here?"

"Just relaxing. Feels refreshing up here with the wind, doesn’t it? So refreshing, it’s like if you jumped from here, you’d grow wings and fly."

A loud alarm went off in my head, warning me of a terrible feeling about what Yona might do.

My shirt started clinging to my skin, drenched from the sweat.

"I-It is refreshing... But could you maybe step back a bit? It’s dangerous standing there..."

"Yeah, it’s dangerous here. So you should stop walking, Ren. It wouldn’t be funny if you fell too."

She noticed my movement right away!? Does she have eyes on the back of her head or something? My body froze again.

Still, luckily, I had already gotten close enough. If she did something reckless... I hoped I could stop her.

"... It wouldn’t be funny if you were the one who fell."

"Don’t worry. I’ve got strong legs. I’m not going to slip and fall... not by accident, anyway."

What was she implying by emphasizing “not by accident”?

"Please, Yona. Is there something bothering you?"

"Something bothering me, huh? Maybe a little."

"Can you talk to me about it? I might be a good listener..."

"A good listener? I think you’re more than that, Ren. Rather than just listen and give advice, you’d probably go out of your way to solve my problems."

...Why is she handing me the good guy card again? Sure, maybe I would do what she said, but isn’t that normal for someone close to you?

"Then that’s a good thing, right? Let’s solve your problem together."

"Boo, nope."

Even though I couldn’t see her face, I could still picture her sticking her tongue out from the tone of her voice.

Too bad I didn’t find it funny at all right now.

"Are you really mad because I rejected your family’s donation? I get it. If that’s what you want, I’ll accept it."

"Really? I’m glad if you do. Though, you’ll have to tell my mom yourself. I can’t bring myself to do that anymore."

"Why not?"

"Because I’m not going home. Not tonight, not tomorrow, not ever again."

So she’s seriously thinking of jumping?