Suddenly, tears came down my face. I cried. I cried hard. I was sobbing. There's this thought in my mind that it would've been so much fun having a sister-in-law, but I know I'll never experience that. She is long gone before I even know she existed. She just said her first and last goodbye to me.

  *sobs sobs*

  It hurts. I want a sister-in-law. I could've had an actual sister. I was starting to imagine all the things that we would do together, along with Light-kun.

  *sobs sobs*

  I imagined living with her, along with Light-kun, under the same roof.

  *sobs sobs*

  I imagined going to an amusement park with her, along with Light-kun.

  *sobs sobs*

  I imagined seeing her and Light-kun quarrel like little kids as I became the middle person to break their silly fights.

  *sobs sobs*

  I was bawling for a few minutes for all the things I wanted to experience with her that I know for certain will never happen for the rest of my life.

  *sobs sobs*

  I cried and I cried.

  . . . . . .

  After a while, I calmed down. I regain my composure, and now I am back to being alone again. The empty world around me cracks and breaks apart.

  Light-kun suddenly appears in front of me again, but he is quite a distance away from me. It was as if I were inside a completely different heart when I was with Luca.

  "Light-kun. . ."

  "Lily. . ."

  I took a step forward.

  "I never wanted to save people."

  I took another step forward.

  "I never wanted to be a Judge."

  The white floor around Light-kun turns black. I took yet another step forward.

  "My feelings to save people were never genuine in the first place."

  Light-kun was crying, but he was also smiling twistedly.

  "Everything I did was never because I was saving people. All I ever wished was the death of every single rapist in the entire world."

  I took another step forward.

  "Those people who took my sister away from me. My twin sister was my other half."

  I took a step forward, but this time, it was a lot heavier.

  "It was all because of that guy! That garbage human being whose name I don't even wanna put in my mouth!!"

  I took yet another step forward. It was even heavier than my previous step.

  "But, that's okay! Because I ripped him and all of them apart and made sure every single one of them died a horrible death."

  Light-kun's smile gets creepier and creepier.

  "That was the best feeling ever in the whole wide world!!"

  I took another step forward.

  *?*

  All of a sudden, Light-kun just froze in place. His entire demeanor and emotions change within a heartbeat. He looks like he's hurting and regretting something.

  "I also haven't properly tried to fulfill the promise I made to you."

  "Huh?"

  Light-kun's anger suddenly changes from being about his sister to being about me.

  "I seriously have no clue where to look for the other facilities. The world is a big place. I don't even have the time to look for info with my daily life as a Judge."

  "(He's. . .been troubled by that this whole time?)"

  "I even tried to hurt you, a kind girl who always stood by my side for the past two months."

  I took another step forward.

  "When I keep giving you the silent treatment, you were the first one to break the ice between us instead of me."

  "(Light-kun. . .)"

  "You were even the one who also tried to keep our distance close."

  "(He's been stressing over that as well. . .)"

  "I'm a horrible boyfriend. . . I was the one who put the distance between us, but you were the one who fixed my mistake. . ."

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  "(It hurts seeing him blaming himself like this.)"

  *!*

  And then his entire demeanor changes yet again. He looks angry and hateful now.

  "You know, the Seventh said something interesting to me!"

  "(His anger changed again. . .)"

  "He said he kills because he believes that's what his role is. He said that people who hurt others don't deserve a second chance. At the time, I answered that killing is wrong no matter the reasoning, but deep down, in my deepest and most honest heart, I agreed with him."

  Light-kun smiles at me. He is really being genuine, saying that. This. . .I understand this.

  I took another step forward.

  "I honestly don't know why God even chose me as a Judge, moreover, as the leader. I don't even have any experience as a leader, nor do I ever want to be a leader."

  I took the final step forward. I am now directly in front of him.

  "BUT THEN THE SEVENTH SAID MY SISTER WAS A PROSTITUTE!!"

  The background changes, and it became vibrant red again. Wrath is the only word to describe this color. The expression on Light-kun's face can only be described as unsettling; however, to me, it was a very sad and painful expression.

  "WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS? HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY SISTER! MY TWIN SISTER DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE BADMOUTHED AT ALL! SHE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG! THE FIGHT WAS BETWEEN ME AND HIM, AND HE REALLY THOUGHT HE HAD THE RIGHT TO MOCK MY SISTER?! I'M GONNA FUCKING TEAR HIM APART THE NEXT TIME I SEE HIM! MARK MY WORDS, LILY!!"

  I didn't say a word. My hands moved towards his head, slowly and surely. I grab each side of his cheeks. I gently pull his head towards me. I place his head against my chest. I lean my head on top of his. I stroke his hair with my right hand back and forth, gently.

  ". . . ."

  Slowly, Light-kun's hands move and wrap around my waist. He holds on to me tightly as he grips my back.

  "I love her."

  "You really do."

  "I LOVE HER! I don't want her to go the way she did. She didn't deserve any of that."

  Light-kun starts bawling on my chest.

  "I want to grow up with her. I want us to graduate from high school together. I want to see her go through college. I want us to finally find ourselves lovers. I want us to have our own separate lives. I want to visit her and her family. I want her to visit me and my family. I want to see her achieve her dreams. I want to see her accomplishments. I want her to see me fulfill my life goals."

  Light-kun was shaking. He speaks from the very bottom of his heart. It hurts me a lot seeing how genuinely painful his regret is. I wanted to cry, but I held back my tears.

  "But none of that will ever happen because she's gone! Forever! I won't see her again! I can't see her again! She didn't have a proper burial. She didn't even have a proper grave. I don't even understand why she ended up the way she did. She never did any bad deeds. She never wishes ill towards anyone."

  He's sobbing hard. He's panting so hard every time his sentence ends.

  "After my father and mother passed away, she was the only family I ever had! And even that was taken away from me. I'm scared. I'm scared that the same thing happened to you!"

  He's. . . worried about me.

  "When I decided to have you as a girlfriend, that wasn't because of your style or your pretty face, it was because of your Faith power. I figured that someone as strong as you won't end up the way she did, but I'm scared! I'm scared! I don't want to lose you! I don't want the same thing to happen to you!"

  "You can rest easy. I won't end up like your sister. I am the Queen of Time. People feared me just hearing about my name. There's also no way in hell I will get captured. There's just nothing that can hold me in place anyway. I'm not exactly a normal human being, remember? So, Light-kun, I won't go anywhere, I'll be by your side forever if I have to. I promise!"

  I hug him tighter as I assure him with my words.

  "Will you. . .always stay by my side?"

  "Of course, I am! I am your girlfriend after all!"

  ". . .Thank you!"

  Light-kun hugs me tighter and harder.

  "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

  "The Seventh Judge told me that he didn't mean what he said."

  ". . ."

  "It was only a plan to bait your anger and strike you down to finish the fight. You two just met tonight, and he correctly guessed about what happened in your past was pure coincidence. You can settle down your anger towards him."

  ". . .I see. Thank you, Lily."

  "Light-kun."

  I lift his head and hold his cheek with my hands on both sides.

  "Please rely on me more."

  ". . ."

  "Your Judge duty, you were never supposed to bear it alone. That's where I came in. I am your Support now. Let me bear the burden with you. God designed it this way from the start, after all."

  "But I am a Judge who never wanted to save people. I never wanted to give any salvation to them. Is there even a point to continue being a Judge when I don't feel genuine about it?"

  "Even if your feelings weren't genuine, you DID save me. I was able to have a different kind of life is all thanks to you. Your actions were genuine. There are also others whom you saved and are still grateful for it to this day. There are more people that you saved than you killed. Please lift your chin and be proud. You DID save them. You DID do a good job as a Judge. Being a Judge isn’t about how you feel, but rather about how you always kept going despite your feelings, isn’t that right? That’s what you did anyway, Light-kun!"

  ". . . Lily. . ."

  "Here. . ."

  I open my hands, and a small orb of light appears.

  "What is this?"

  "A message! From our God!"

  *!?*

  The small orb of light floats by itself towards Light's chest. A vision appeared inside his heart.

  .

  .

  .

  "MMPPHHH!!! MMMPHH!!"

  "HAHAHAHAHA!! FINALLY GOT YOU!!'

  There was a man who captured a woman in a dark alleyway after chasing her for about 10 minutes. He pulls out a rope and ties the woman's hands and legs.

  "HEEEEEELLLPPPP!!"

  *SLAAAPP*

  The man slaps the woman as hard as he can.

  "KYYYAAARGGHH!!"

  "YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP OR I'LL HIT YOU EVEN HARDER NEXT TIME!!"

  The woman had no choice but to obey his commands.

  "Alright then, IT'S TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT!!"

  *BAAAAAAMMM*

  "AAAAAARRGGGHHH!!"

  When the man grabbed the woman's shirt to rip it open, he was suddenly kicked in the face and was launched away from the woman. The man lands on the ground after his body slides a bit and stops. The man sits up while holding his wounded cheek.

  "WHAT THE FUCK?"

  *!!*

  "WHO ARE YOU??!!"

  The man saw someone, a boy dressed in black, standing in front of the woman.

  It was Light. He has come to the scene to save both the woman AND the man.

  At that moment, a glimmer of hope sparks brightly inside the woman's heart. The woman starts crying in relief.

  "The name's Light. I am the Judge of Lust. Part of the Seven Layers of Judgment. I am here to deliver divine Judgment towards a sinner like you!!"

  .

  .

  .

  The memory ends, but then another memory plays inside Light's heart with similar scenes, with a woman or a young girl being almost sexually assaulted by a man. These memories keep appearing in his heart, and there are thousands of them. Some of them even have the gender swapped, where a young boy is almost assaulted by an older woman. Yet Light kept interrupting every single one of them in those memories.

  . . . . .

  "What is this?"

  "It's the feelings of those people that you DID save! God gave it to me to tell you that you are, even after everything that happened, is a proper Judge after all!!"

  ". . . ."

  Light-kun starts crying silently. I approach him and hug him.

  The vibrant red background is slowly degrading little by little. The inside of his heart is now peaceful. I no longer sense any negative emotions from him.

  The floor changes into a flat surface of water. A sky also appeared above. The water reflected the sky and made it look like there were two skies, facing each other.

  The last words I said to him really impacted his heart. With God's assistance, I have successfully saved Light-kun from the shadows of his past and the bottled-up feelings he has held since forever.