Hearing Bai Yu say that, Loweia stole a few more glances at the white-haired girl in the photo, who looked incredibly happy.
‘Back then, with what kind of feelings did I become lovers with Bai Yu?’
She couldn’t recall; she remembered nothing at all.
It was clearly something very important, yet why didn’t she have any memory of it?
A hint of loneliness flashed in the girl’s crimson eyes.
“I’m sorry. This is clearly very important, but I can’t remember anything.”
Her gaze lingered for a long time on the two happy girls in the photo.
They truly did look happy together once, so why had she forgotten everything?
“It’s all right.”
Just then, a pair of gentle hands lightly took hold of the hand she was using to hold the Photo Frame.
“The Doctor said this amnesia might just be temporary. Maybe one day you’ll wake up, Wei Ya, and remember everything.”
“Mhm…”
Loweia nodded softly, though her eyes were reluctant to leave the photograph, as if she wanted to carve the image into her mind.
Watching her reaction, the corner of Bai Yu’s mouth couldn’t help but curl into a smirk of a successful plan, but she quickly suppressed it.
No, she couldn’t laugh yet. It would be bad if Loweia noticed.
“Even if you don’t recover your memories, it doesn’t matter. After all, you’re still here, Wei Ya. While losing the past is a pity, what matters is that you still have the present, and you still have the chance to create a future.”
“Still have the present…”
Loweia murmured, looking up at the black-haired girl beside her.
Those purple eyes were filled with nothing but her.
When they were together before, Bai Yu must have been someone very gentle to her.
There should have been many precious memories between them, yet she had no impression of them at all.
Were she and Bai Yu really in a Lover Relationship?
If she was such an important existence, how could she have forgotten her?
Why did she have no memory of those precious moments?
“I’m sorry…”
Loweia gently withdrew her hand from Bai Yu’s grasp.
Suddenly, she didn’t dare look up into Bai Yu’s eyes.
Those beautiful purple eyes must be full of loneliness right now.
After all, while she was unconscious, Bai Yu was the one taking care of her and worrying about her, terrified that she might never wake up.
Now that she had finally awakened, she remembered nothing.
She had lost the memories of her past with Bai Yu.
Once, they might have lived together very happily, but now, all she could see was a girl who was a complete stranger to her.
This unfamiliar environment, this stranger, and words that she had no memory of.
‘I’m sorry… I really can’t just believe it, nor can I accept that we were in a Lover Relationship.’
Bai Yu must be feeling so lonely now.
She had worried for so long, finally hoping for her to wake up, only for her to remember nothing and even let go of her hand.
“It’s okay.”
The black-haired girl’s gentle voice sounded in her ear, though compared to before, there was now an imperceptible tremor in it.
“After all, it really is hard to believe. Waking up in a strange place with a stranger standing before you, claiming that we are in a Lover Relationship — I’d find it hard to believe too if I were in your shoes.”
Loweia looked up.
She saw that Bai Yu still wore that gentle smile, but there was a faint trace of loneliness in her eyes.
“Until you regain your memories, Miss Loweia, I won’t force you to accept our Lover Relationship. So, let’s get to know each other again. Miss Loweia, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I am Bai Yu.”
—
“Phew…”
‘As expected, the lover identity isn’t that easy to accept.’
After leaving Loweia’s room, Bai Yu unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, even though Loweia hadn’t accepted the role of a lover, she wasn’t rejecting Bai Yu. Instead, she kept apologizing to her.
This was good news for Bai Yu.
After all, she could see that Loweia felt a deep sense of debt toward her.
In Loweia’s perspective, Bai Yu had been the one accompanying and caring for her while she was unconscious, and even after she woke up, Bai Yu was still gently taking care of her and worrying about her health.
Meanwhile, Loweia was trapped by her amnesia, unable to respond to those feelings.
Next, Bai Yu only needed to maintain this gentleness and provide meticulous care.
That way, the sense of guilt in Loweia’s heart would continue to accumulate.
In this state, Bai Yu’s kindness would naturally increase her favorability in Loweia’s heart.
As long as she maxed out the favorability before Loweia fully recovered her memories, why would she fear that Loweia wouldn’t want to be her lover?
Perfect.
Next, she would keep up this momentum and continue to raise Loweia’s favorability toward her.
‘This is how you play a Galgame.’
Bai Yu returned to the kitchen with the empty porcelain bowl.
A pot of chicken soup was still simmering on the stove, making subtle bubbling sounds.
However, tiredness had set in after eating, and Loweia had gone back to sleep.
She probably wouldn’t wake up for a while.
By the time she did, the soup would be finished simmering, just in time to be served.
Outside the window, dusk was gradually falling.
The streetlights on both sides of the road flickered on, though they blinked unevenly due to years of neglect.
Just as Bai Yu was about to look away, her gaze caught a wandering figure.
The moment she spotted it, the dark shadow suddenly stopped.
It looked up stiffly, staring toward her window.
“Tsk… how unlucky.”
Bai Yu put down the porcelain bowl and fished a solid wood Baseball Bat out of the corner of the living room.
It had been left behind by the previous tenant.
When she was cleaning the apartment, Bai Yu thought it might be good for self-defense, so she kept it.
It seemed it would come in handy now.
Holding the Baseball Bat, Bai Yu glanced back toward Loweia’s bedroom, hoping the noise wouldn’t wake her.
Bai Yu didn’t want Loweia to be startled into suddenly regaining her memories, or her whole plan would go to waste.
Not only would the plan be ruined, but she would also meet a grizzly end at the hands of the restored Loweia.
‘I hope the soundproofing in this house is decent.’
Taking her keys, Bai Yu took a deep breath, quietly opened the front door, stepped into the dark hallway, and headed downstairs.
Standing at the entrance of the building, she saw the wandering figure not far away had already stopped.
With the help of the dim yellow light from the streetlamp, Bai Yu could clearly see the creature’s full appearance.
It was a humanoid creature, but its body was partially decayed, and what were once human hands had transformed into sharp claws.
It was an Abnormal Entity.
Bai Yu searched her memory.
According to the monster tiers in Star Song, it should be a Wanderer, the lowest class of Abnormal Entity.
These monsters were usually created from human corpses or ordinary beasts mutated by the energy of Star Erosion.
They had no intelligence or special abilities, acting solely on the instinct to devour flesh.
In the original game, this kind of monster was a low-level tutorial mob used for demonstrations.
It was the lowest tier of small fry and posed no real threat to the player.
When she was looking through a screen, she couldn’t smell it; she only thought they looked a bit disturbing.
But now, smelling the rot coming off the thing, Bai Yu couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
‘Damn game developers.’
In a yuri-themed Galgame, why couldn’t they just stick to writing cute girls being sweet to each other?
‘Wouldn’t it be better if everyone just fell in love happily, spent time together, and provided more HCG? Why did they have to turn it into a scam game and stuff it with monsters that make you lose your sanity just by looking at them?’
Well, complaints aside, Bai Yu gripped the Baseball Bat tightly and walked toward the Wanderer.
‘Let’s settle this quickly and go back.’