｢流石に相手がゆかりんだからね、俺が婿に行くことになったんだけどさ。結婚式は守矢の神社で、披露宴はレミリアちゃんに頼んで紅魔館のホール借りてさ。それで、幽香さんに紫の薔薇を沢山貰って会場に敷き詰めるんだ。すげーゆかりんに似合うと思うんだよね。へへへ。…ん、もう出発みたいだ。俺も行かなきゃ。あ、ゆかりんに元気だって伝えといてくれると嬉しいな。それじゃ、縁があったらまたね。｣

――それが私と彼の最後の会話でした。その一週間後、彼は同じ隊の新兵を庇って戦死したそうです。
彼は最期にどんな顔をしていたのでしょうか？それは分かりません。
分かりませんが、彼はきっと笑っていたと思います。
――これ以上は私が語るべきではないのかもしれません。今回はここで筆を置こうと思います。
[記者・射命丸文の手記より]

"Because it's Yukarin, I decided on attaching myself to her family, y'know. Have a ceremony in the Moriya Shrine, and ask Remilia if I can use the hall of the Scarlet Devil Mansion for the reception. Get Yuuka to give me loads of purple roses, and spread them all over the place. It'd be perfect for Yukarin. hehehe. ... Hmm, looks like they're leaving. I've gotta go. Oh! I'd appreciate if you'd tell Yukarin that I'm doing well. Alright, I'm off. If we're lucky, I'll see you again soon."

---That was the last time that I spoke to him. One week later, I heard that he was covering for a new recruit in the same deployment and was killed in action.
What did he look like in his last moments? I can't know that.
I'm sure that he was smiling, though.
---I probably should leave it here. So I'm going to put down my pen.
[from the notes of Shameimaru Aya, a reporter]