The first person to speak was Lenia.
As soon as she heard about what the 'Truth Game' was, Lenia was already waiting for the game to start, as if she had a lot of questions to ask.
The problem, if there was one, was that we only had about 20 minutes left, so she could only ask us one question.
"Can I ask you something first?"
But Lenia, who had already decided on the question she most wanted to ask among the countless questions she had thought of, opened her mouth without hesitation, looking at me.
"Since you still live in this world, I'll call you Klein. Klein, Aine is your first love, right?"
Her question was quite direct, but it was also the easiest to answer.
For me, who had never experienced anything like love, let alone anything like it, it was only natural and unquestionable that Aine was my first love.
"That's right. I've never had any romantic experience on Earth, so in a way, it's only natural."
"I see. I expected that, since you reacted similarly to how you did when Cray and I first started dating."
"Isn't it a waste to waste your one chance to ask questions like this?"
"Of course, there were many other things I wanted to ask, but I wanted to hear a definitive answer to this one, so it's not that bad."
It was almost doubtful whether it was really Lenia, who usually played around so much, who coolly asked only the questions she wanted definitive answers to and then immediately passed the opportunity to ask the next person.
Perhaps, Lenia felt that if she asked another question, she would continue to feel regretful and would end up regretting it.
The next person to ask a question was Luffy.
Luffy, as expected, wanted to ask Aine a question, and as soon as it was his turn, he gave her a passionate look.
"Aine, among your juniors, who is the one you like the most?"
And her question was as burdensome as her passionate gaze.
If there was even one junior that Aine liked more than Luffy, it was a tricky question that Aine might have had to face at the crossroads of 'true or false'.
However, Aine seemed to have already decided the answer to the question in her mind, so she answered her without the slightest hesitation.
"It's you."
"Really?!"
"If it weren't for the last game of truth or dare, I'd try to joke around a bit, but I feel a little guilty about lying in this situation."
Aine seemed to have briefly considered repaying Luffy for what he had done to her, but since this was their last conversation, she gave up on playing around and told him the truth.
Luffy felt a little sorry for Aine's words, so he looked at her slightly, but Aine smiled slightly at Luffy and added her words.
"And I've never had a junior I felt as close to as you. Sometimes I wonder if it would have been like this if I had a younger sibling."
Her words were something I could completely relate to.
Although we sometimes found her mischievous pranks annoying, in the end, she thought of us as special in her own way, so we couldn't help but feel drawn to her.
Before I knew it, I had reached a point where she felt like real family.
It's unclear whether Luffy was moved by Aine's answer, or if it was because he felt sorry to part ways like this, but his expression slightly distorted as he desperately tried to hold back his tears.
I wanted to tell her that she could cry freely, but since there were still many people to talk to, we continued the game of truth and dare, feeling a little grateful to Luffy for desperately holding back tears.
After Luffy finished speaking, Butler Winder opened his mouth.
I thought that Butler Winder, who usually took good care of Aine, would ask Aine a question, but unexpectedly, he asked me a question.
"If you were to go back 2000 days, would you still come to save the young lady?"
Ultimately, it was a question that arose from thoughts of Aine, but it could also be seen as a question the butler asked to determine whether I was worthy of being Aine's lover, and whether I was someone Aine could trust and leave to her.
This too, if I had to be specific, was a very easy answer for me, so I answered without hesitation.
"The 2,000 days I spent with Aine were truly fun and precious. So, even if it meant repeating it not just once, but dozens or hundreds of times, I would gladly go and rescue Aine."
In fact, there was no guarantee that my feelings for her would not change even after hundreds of regressions.
But at least at this moment, I was certain that I would still love her, even if I had to go through hundreds of regressions.
Aine's face blushed noticeably at my firm answer, but she still seemed very happy, as the smile never left her face.
The butler, seeing us like that, seemed to think that our love was sufficiently proven, and spoke to me with a warm smile.
"Well, I don't know what kind of place Earth is, but please take good care of the young lady. And I hope you become as happy as she is."
After hearing the butler's final words, I took those words to heart and responded with a bright smile.
The next person to speak was Cray.
But Cray asked Aine a somewhat sensitive and unique question.
"That, Aine? I wonder what you thought of me when you found out that I was going to kill you in another world line."
Perhaps aware that his question was about a rather sensitive topic, Cray asked her in a much stiffer tone than his usual relaxed tone.
Just by looking at the fact that it wasn't the tone he usually used with us, you could guess how afraid he was of asking this question.
However, Aine opened her mouth with a slight smile, perhaps finding it amusing that Cray had asked her such a question in such a stiff tone.
"Hehehe, I didn't really think much of it. In that worldline, I might have resented my brother a lot, but in this worldline, I only had things I was very grateful for towards my brother."
As he said, Aine of this world line felt gratitude towards Cray, and had no reason to feel resentment or hatred.
If Cray of this worldline felt like Aine was his close younger sibling, then he would have no reason to harbor resentment or hatred for killing his lover in another worldline.
It was a really simple story, but it seemed to be something that concerned Cray.
But anyway, no one present here had any ill feelings because of what happened in the other world line.
We smiled faintly at the sight of Cray's relieved expression after hearing a definite answer from Aine.
Now, the final turn was approaching.
"Since there's not much time left, Aine and I will ask questions together."
Since we only had about four minutes left, we decided to ask our common questions to our loved ones.
And luckily, our minds clicked, so we were able to ask the last question with ease.
"For being with me until now,"
Aine spoke first,
"Come with me again,"
Then I opened my mouth,
""Did you have fun and be happy?""
The last one opened its mouth at the same time.
This was the question we, as we left this world, were most curious about with our loved ones.
Even though we could never meet again, I wondered if he liked us enough to think of us again whenever he had time.
We spent 2000 days, about 5 and a half years together. Of course, there must have been things you regretted and things you didn't like, but I wondered if it was more fun and enjoyable to be with you.
And I wondered if the memories we shared together were not simply painful memories, but happy memories that brought a smile to my face whenever I recalled them.
It was a simple yet profound question that contained so many questions.
To that question, the four nodded without saying anything.
For a moment, we couldn't understand why they only nodded in response, and only then did we realize that we were slowly disappearing from this world.
Does the world line manager like dramatic production?
As if to add some excitement to the final moments, we were slowly fading away from this world, our bodies becoming blurry.
So, I, overcome with emotion, spoke in a slightly wet voice.
"Thank you so much. I will never forget it."
Then, as if responding to my words, Aine opened her mouth.
"Everyone, I really like you. Thank you. So, goodbye...!"
Her voice, as she spoke those words, was slightly wet, just like mine.
The four people who heard our farewells each said a final word.
"Take care."
The butler wished us well in a somewhat calm tone.
"You have to be happy!"
Lenia was a bit jaded, but she gave the perfect final greeting.
"It was really fun being together..."
Luffy, unable to hold back his tears, finally told us in a voice completely wet with tears that he was glad to be with us.
And then the main character of the novel I was reading, Cray, took a moment to catch his breath, and then spoke to us in the loudest voice we had ever heard from Cray.
"The time I spent with you was truly enjoyable and happy...!"
As we left this world completely, his words gradually became buried.
But the words he shouted out loud seemed to keep ringing in our ears.
"You answered..."
I felt so depressed that I could hardly continue speaking, so I spoke with difficulty, as if exhaling.
But this wasn't the end of the journey yet.
I wonder if Aine will be able to get along well on Earth, in Korea, without me.
I was so worried about that that I looked at Aine with a worried expression as she slowly started to move away.
Then, Aine forced a smile on her face, which was already wet with tears from the previous breakup, and spoke to me.
"Still, things are much better than in the novels you read about me, so I'll figure it out somehow."
At this moment, she seemed somehow more trustworthy than me.
"I will definitely come to see you. On my birthday, December 25th."
Aine left me with only those words for the last time and walked away from me.
After losing consciousness for a while, I opened my eyes to a familiar landscape I hadn't seen in 2000 days.
Back to Earth, back to Korea.