Beneath the Sky Where Twilight Falls (2)

In the quiet atmosphere, without exchanging a word, the Ferris wheel set off.

I should talk with Lumia, but...

Perhaps because we were both embarrassed, we couldn't bring ourselves to talk, and merely looked outside as the Ferris wheel slowly climbed into the sky.

Even Lumia, who had been embarrassed about riding the Ferris wheel with me at first, was too absorbed in taking in the Labyrinth City beneath the sunset sky to do anything else.

She didn't let out any exclamations, but her expression revealed everything.

She was completely different from when I'd first met Lumia, when she hadn't shown any expression at all.

She had always maintained a blank expression and valued efficiency above all else, so to see her now revealing her thoughts through her expressions...

She'd said that was Lumia's original personality, so perhaps this was the true self of the other girl named Lumia whom I'd come to love.

No, saying she was different wouldn't be right.

She was herself, and Lumia was Lumia...