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Nazu asked me to come to a secluded place that no one visited.
When I went to the meeting place, Nazu was already there, carrying her dowsing rods. In complete silence, she rushed towards me and stabbed me in the chest. Ah, those dowsing rods. Who would suspect they were so deadly...
She fell to her knees in front of me.
"I can't take it anymore. I want to end it all, but I can't die alone. I'm so sorry. Please, let's die together," she said, collapsing onto my chest and holding on to me. Her eyes dimmed. I figured she had already stabbed herself, torn between her love for me and guilt over betraying her master.
"I'm sorry. You've done nothing wrong. If I hadn't seduced you, you might have gotten together with my master without any of this happening. I've hurt you and her both, and that's not what I wanted. I never wanted to hurt you. But I couldn't give up the time we had together. Wasn't it painful to hold me when you already had my master's heart? You're so kind, I wanted you to hold me closest in your heart, but every day your face was a little bit more tired. I knew that I should bow out, but I couldn't be separated from you. I love you. I can't imagine loving anyone but you. Even though I don't want to hurt anyone, I still love you. Loving you has broken my heart. That's why I'm killing you, and why I've chosen to die with you. This way we can always be together without thinking about anyone else. Aren't I clever? Haha..."
"I'm sorry. In the end, I'm only doing this for myself. I'm a horrible person..." she said, and then her face screwed up and she began to cry.
They were the saddest tears you could imagine. I wanted to call out to her more than anything, but I couldn't even breathe. So with the last of my strength, I wrapped my arms around Nazu. I didn't want her to be sad anymore. But it was too much. As I wrapped my arms around her, Nazu began to shiver.
"You... you're... such... an idiot. A real idiot... Even though I was ready for you to hate me... I'm sorry. So sorry. I've hurt you so much. I'm so sorry. Thank you so much for all the time we had together"
She wouldn't stop crying.
"It won't be long. We'll die soon," she said to me, as though to calm me.
The world started to fade, and on the edge of hearing the only sound was that of gushing blood...