第12話

あらすじ

日本語の要約がないため、Englishで表示しています。

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Oculus confronts Nona after learning that she has encouraged emotions in Decim, insisting that arbiters are only dummies and must judge without understanding human suffering. Decim brings Chiyuki into a reconstruction of her family home. She sees her mother still grieving and realizes that her suicide did not end pain but transferred it to someone who loved her. Decim offers what appears to be a return to life if Chiyuki presses a button that sacrifices another person's soul. Desperate to comfort her mother, she nearly accepts. Memories of the guests she met at Quindecim stop her: each condemned stranger also had relationships, grief, and people who might miss them. Chiyuki refuses to purchase her life with an unknown death. Decim reveals that the offer was her final test. Experiencing her anguish through the human emotions Nona placed within him, he breaks down and apologizes for arbiters who judge pain they cannot feel. Chiyuki comforts him and departs for reincarnation while Decim attempts an awkward smile. Nona argues that genuine understanding is essential to judgment, though Oculus remains resistant. When new guests arrive, he welcomes them with a faint smile, permanently changed by the person he was assigned to evaluate.