The Proposal From The Past (3)

If Lila were to be perfectly honest, she can't say so for sure that her own fear has completely vanished. To be exact, part of the reason she went on this journey was to overcome the darkness to overcome the fear that the darkness brought her. For the young Terashima Lila, the darkness had always been her ally. The darkness her mother feared, she wanted to love it to show her mother that it wasn't scary. Lila wanted to show her mother there was nothing to fear. That's why she embraced the darkness.

She didn't notice anything wrong with it, and she genuinely liked it. However, during middle school, Lila noticed some changes in the darkness. It felt like it was trying to consume her bit by bit. Had it always been that way? She couldn't say so for sure. The changes in darkness felt so abrupt to her that she couldn't accept it. For a while, things seemed reasonable until her health deteriorated further.