"Good afternoon, Masachika-sama, Yuki-sama, and Alya-san. It's been a while."
"...No. Forgive me. I mean, Kuze-san and Suou-san." Ayano greeted them three after taking her disguise off, correcting her old habit of addressing her former masters.
"O-oh, thank you for your help, Ayano!" Yuki said to her while hiding her worries. "It's unexpected to see you here and now of all places and time!"
Ayano replied, "Likewise. I'm also surprised to see you here, considering you often read manga and watch anime at home during your free time."
"It looks like you found Masa- I mean your brother Kuze-san already."
"And somehow, you found Alya-san too. Masha-san would be glad to hear that her sister is alive and well."
Yuki said in response, "Indeed. It's a blessing."
"Let's enter the ferry now. We can talk once we are aboard." Ayano said as she enters her car and drives past them into the ferry.
"...Why is she here? It couldn't be coincidence." Yuki asked herself and Masachika.
"The surveillance devices here shouldn't even pick up our presence. Maybe... it really is a coincidence?" Masachika added.
"I want to trust her. At least, I want to spare her from being an enemy we have to terminate." Yuki
"So do I." Masachika adds, not willing to see Ayano as their enemy.
As Yuki's car drives forward, Alya or rather Aida commented, "Kimishima Ayano, a close friend of the Host, but also a member of the Central Cabinet. Her poker face expression is way too strong compared to normal people's poker face even after killing so many men."
"However, her history obtained from Ms. Yuki indicates that it is just part of her."
"Conclusion: Unknown hostility towards Liberators. Proceed with caution."
Upon hearing Aida's analysis, Yuki, and Masachika decided to carry their weapons in concealment as Alya hides her weapons inside her long skirt.
After parking her car inside the ferry, Yuki along with Masachika and Alya goes up the deck to meet up with Ayano.
"You're finally here." Ayano greeted them.
"Uh... once again, thank you for your help earlier, Ayano. And it's nice to see you still doing well these days." Masachika said to Ayano.
"Don't mention it. And I'm glad to see you all still alive." Ayano replied.
Alya stayed silent, relying on Aida's help to analyze Ayano's behavior since she doesn't trust her yet.
"Although... I do have a request... I need something..." Ayano said to them.
"If you both don't mind, I want to talk only with Masa- I mean, Kuze-san."
Alya hugs Masachika possessively, clinging to him like a jealous girlfriend she is, pushing her cheeks against his.
"No." Alya refused. "Masachika is mine."
Masachika then adds, "Sorry, Ayano. You know how Alya is..."
Ayano grabs his hands and begs to him, "I just... want to talk with you alone for a short time, Masachika-sama..."
"...I mean, Kuze-san."
"Just as your former servant and friend, nothing more than that. I promise."
Alya hugs him even tighter and said, "No.", refusing her again.
"Please..." Ayano said while kneeling on the floor.
Masachika, seeing how badly Ayano wants to talk to him, along with how guilty he felt for leaving her back in Suou's family, decided to convince Alya to let Ayano talks to him in private.
"Well, we haven't talked for a long time anyway, so I think there's no harm in fulfilling her request, right?"
"And we do owe her one for helping us back then." Masachika said to Alya, trying to persuade her.
"...If you say so." Alya said while pouting.
Masachika then turns his gaze towards Yuki.
"Yuki, can you check Alya's cat ears cosplay and see if they are functioning properly?"
Yuki caught Masachika's plan to eavesdrop on his conversation with Ayano using Alya's new extra sensors.
"Oh, sure thing, big bro! Do you need a condom or a maid dress?" Yuki replied while grinning and winking at him.
"Piss off. It's not like that, you little perverted gremlin." Masachika retorted.
Masachika is glad Yuki caught the real message. He himself just remembered that Alya could eavesdrop really well, recalling the moment she eavesdropped on Roberta's phone call back then.
He wants to trust Ayano, but given her position within A3 and her dutifulness, he has to cover all scenarios that might happen.
Yuki then takes Alya to the other side of the deck, leaving Masachika alone with only Ayano.
"Since I'm no longer your servant... does this mean I'm your equal now?"
"...You're always has been one of us." He said to her with a smile.
"Do you want to ask me something, Masa- Kuze-san?" Ayano offered him.
"...How could you even kill people now? You didn't even want to offend anyone back then!" Masachika asked.
"I just... stopped caring, I suppose..."
"Seeing the evil they commit made it easier for me to consider them not as a fellow human being."
"I have to defend myself, as well."
"...I can't really argue with that." Masachika replied.
The silence continues on as Ayano struggles to convey and communicate all he wanted to say to him properly due to her hesitating, until Ayano breaks it again,
"Can I help you with anything?" Ayano asked him while anxiously squeezing and rubbing her own thighs, staring at him to save the conversation.
"Well, not at all. Alya and Yuki and my friends helped me taking care of everything I needed at the moment."
"I see..." Ayano replied with sad tone, upset because she couldn't do anything for him.
After a few more awkward moments of silence, Ayano gathered her courage and finally decides to pour it all out, unwilling to let him listens to her empty words after how he persuaded the jealous Alya to fulfill her selfish request.
"I... have a confession to make. And... I want to tell you everything that has happened lately as well."
"It will take some time, but are you willing to listen to me?"
Masachika nods, eager to help her by listening.
Ayano hugs Masachika tightly, burying her face on his chest to not be seen.
He asked, "Ayano, are you okay?"
"I am not used to showing my expression yet, so please bear with me..."
"Alright..." Masachika said while wrapping one arms around her shoulder and slender waist. "I'm here for you, Ayano."
Ayano starts talking, her face still hidden as she secretly sniffs Masachika's scent to put herself at ease.
"Forgive me, Alya-san. I lied. I'm going to break that promise." She thought to herself.
"While it's true I became servant of Suou family because of my grandparents..."
"It's not only the reason why."
"I... once saw my parents made love in the living room..."
"They were doing master and maid roleplay, and it really..."
"...became my kink since second grade."
"Since then... I... always fantasized to be a maid dominated and used by her master as a cum dump."
"It doesn't help that not only you are the male heir of the Suou family, but also because... I... like being around you."
"You always included me, never forget about me when you play with Yuki-sama- I mean, Suou-san..."
"I... decided that..."
"I want you to be my master. I want you to make use of me as your cumrag. I want... to serve you..."
"I don't even care if I have to become your mistress. I don't mind if I'm just part of your harem."
"I want... you..."
"And since then, my womb, my pussy, my skin... always tingle and trembles every time I smell your scent."
"I know that I have fallen in love with you..."
Ayano suddenly tightens her grip on his clothes her voice turned coarse.
"But then, when your parents divorced, you left..."
"Gensei Suou, the person my grandparents revered, showed his true colors, disowned you, and..."
"I was left with a huge gaping hole in my chest."
"Suou family is not as great as I thought."
"Then... Yuki- I mean, Suou-san was sick and bedridden. I thought she's going to die for real."
"What happened? The plan for my future suddenly comes undone so prematurely... I thought to myself back then."
"Every single day since then, I cried myself to bed silently for a few years."
"And when puberty hits me... My stubbornness and fetish screwed me over."
"All I can do is... remember about you and masturbate every day to my depraved wishful fantasy."
"I couldn't move on... I gave up. Nothing really matters anymore. I grew apathetical for real."
"It's... scary..."
"But... I was glad that at least I can still spend my school days together with you and Yu- Suou-san who has recovered from her sickness..."
"Maybe things will become better now."
"...Or so I thought myself."
"...You just had to get yourself a girlfriend."
Ayano tightens her grip even more, her nails digging into his skin.
Even so, Masachika stayed silent, still listening in, because he trusts Ayano wouldn't harm him.
"That was the final nail in the coffin. I knew immediately that you and Alya-san are a great pair."
"You will leave the Suou family for good..."
"Leaving me for good..."
"I hate it... I really hate it... every time I have a slight silver lining in my life, it always gets taken away..."
Masachika could feel his shirt is starting to get damp as he heard sniffling sounds from Ayano, but decided to stay still and silent, listening to her every word attentively.
"That's why... I agreed to help Suou-san-"
"No... I decided to help Yuki-sama to get her knocked up by you."
"Not for following orders or to do my duty as a good servant, but for the first time, for my selfish interest."
"Because I also... planned..."
"To get pregnant by you as well..."
"Even after knowing this is wrong..."
"Desperately... I... succumbed to my desires..."
"I tried to collect as much semen leftover from you, Alya-san, and Yuki-sama on a syringe and injected it into my cervix."
"I just want a baby from you... so I can move on... I didn't even care about being shamed or struggling as a single mother."
"...Though, sadly...Even though it's my dangerous day, I didn't get pregnant."
"Later on, the alien invasion happened."
"Yuki-sama was successful in getting pregnant, and she finally got rid of that stupid old man."
"If not for the pollutants, maybe I could have served Masachika-sama and Yuki-sama along with your children together... and maybe my dreams could have come true."
"But it's no use talking about hypotheticals now."
"After Gensei Suou's death, I know very well that Yuki-sama is now strong enough on her own and doesn't require me to help her anymore."
"After being woken up from my cryostasis, a somewhat familiar masked man recruited us all."
"I followed and agreed to it since I want to help everyone...especially you and Yuki-sama..."
"But my job... my role... is just to approve horrible policies for everyone living in the Quarantine zone."
"The people just did that which was right in his own eyes."
"Religion? Healthcare? I never managed it. I'm just a fancy assassin for the leader of the Central Cabinet."
"But I endured it all because I really want to find you as soon as possible."
"I... Just... really... want my old life back... above all else..."
"It just keeps getting worse... and I keep getting desensitized to every single thing..."
"I hate bottling everything up in my heart."
"It's already leaking... There's no more place since you took most of the space..."
Ayano finally lets him go and shows him her messy crying face.
"I finally said everything I wanted to say to you, Masachika-sama." She said with a smile. "For the first time, I get to feel something great."
"At least, this goal of mine was reached."
"I hope... you will have a happy life with them."
"Thank you for listening to me, Masachika-sama."
Masachika replied, "You're welcome, Ayano. Let me just say a few words for you-"
But before he could finish his sentence, Ayano cuts in and stops him mid-sentence by pressing her index finger on his lips.
"No, please say nothing more."
"Thank you for letting me know you, Masachika-sama."
"I love you, my master." She said before kissing Masachika's lips.
She steps away from him, walking backwards while staring at him through her blurry crying eyes.
Then, Ayano grabs one of her daggers and rests its blade on her neck. Her hands shiver as she knew her life, as miserable and blissful it is, is coming to an end.
Masachika in his panic tries to persuade her, "Ayano, put that thing down. I'm here to listen to anything you have to say, okay? Just-"
Ayano cuts him off again and replied, "There is only one reason why you three would be here."
"I'm on A3 side, while you are on the alien's side. I... serve A3's side, so we have... to fight..."
"But... I don't want to fight you. I would rather die."
With teary eyes, Ayano forced herself to smile and says in stutters, "S-so... t-this... this is... goodbye, Masachika-sama."
"Please, just forget about me."
"WAIT!!! STOP AYANO!" He screamed as she moves her blade.
The panicked Masachika rushes towards her and blocks her blade with his sword before she could slit her own neck.
Ayano looks at Masachika's Ray Glitter blocking her own blade with utter disbelief.
"My worst fear... I knew it..."
"An alien weaponry... It's confirmed..."
Ayano jumps backward away from him, then draws both of her daggers against him.
"Masachika-sama, you really allied yourself with them?"
"...I have my reason for it." He explained to Ayano.
"Then... is Yuki-sama really involved in this, as well?" Ayano asked him.
"...Or rather, is she the mastermind behind all this?"
Masachika stayed silent, as he isn't willing to put her in danger but also for being unable to come up with an excuse to cover her up in his panic.
"...Were everything you said to me fake?" He asked her, trying to change the topic and confirms the truth of everything she said to him before.
"I'll leave that to your own discretion." She replied coldly with her usual poker face.
"Since when did you suspect us?" He asked.
She replied with her task, "Our masked leader asked me to investigate the Cloud Generator in New Fukuoka, saying that it's in danger from the Muslims here with permission to kill anyone I see threatening the plant."
"I noticed Yuki-sama's vehicle when I am investigating the booth and decided to join your travel."
"However, to my shock, I saw Alya well and alive."
"There's no way you could revive her without alien technology."
"Maybe they took pity on her?"
"...Nevertheless, it doesn't matter."
Masachika then realizes that she has been lied to. "Ayano, whatever you heard from them, it's a lie. It's A3 that killed her-"
Ayano immediately cuts in, stopping him mid-sentence again.
"I know. It's all a lie. They shot and killed her instead after resisting arrest and cooperating with them."
"I saw her dying body myself."
"What a beautiful view of gore... The end of the girl that ended my fantasy."
"It feels therapeutic, just by remembering that scene. It never fails to sate my wish for revenge" Ayano said with a slight grin.
"After all..."
"I'm the one who leads the infantry shooting at her back in New Osaka."