Months following your miraculous awakening, life slowly settled like it was meant to be. Mitsuru returned fully to her responsibilities within the Kirijo Group, ascending as a university student now, but also as a capable successor. Despite the distance, your relationship endured. By December, Mitsuru, due to excelling in your studies, gave her a convenient pretext for a deeply personal invitation: Christmas Day, away from Tatsumi Port Island at the Kirijo estate on Yakushima Island.