Light Novel Chapter 61

君にさよならを (Kimi ni Sayonara wo, lit: Farewell to You) is the sixty-first chapter of the light novel series of The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
==Plot==
A modest dinner takes place at the Tsutsukakushi household with Youto, Tsukasa, Tsukiko and Tsukushi sharing take out udon. Tsukushi boasts about going out to buy dinner by herself, but her overbearing antics lead to her spilling her bowl.
She also admits to being the one responsible for Tsukasa's discharge, having taken advantage of an inexperienced nurse to obtain permission because she cannot sleep without her company. When Youto expresses his doubt, she also pokes at him for failing to visit his sister, a fact she overheard from a phone call between Tsukasa and Youto's mother.
This leads Youto to reflect on the past that led to his current situation: His older sister, Yotsuba, was constantly hospitalized around this age. Initially, Youto would visit her often, but he began to feel powerless as Yotsuba's condition continued to worsen. Eventually, unable to bear seeing Yotsuba's suffering, he started to reject the idea of visiting her. His parents grew tired of him and pushed him into Tsukasa, which is how he got to know this family.
Though Youto exhibits a hint of guilt, Tsukasa assures him that his feelings are completely natural — both the ones visiting and the ones being visited go through completely different but still totally comparable levels of pain, a burden that is not a child's responsibility to bear. She promises that she'd let Youto stay with them if it came to it, recognizing him as part of her own family.
Despite the warm atmosphere, Youto is forced to confront Tsukasa about the "curse," after discovering that the Cat God of this timeline is unaware of its existence. Based on the fact that Tsukasa was the first ever person to mention the curse, he came to the difficult conclusion that she must've been the one to wish for it.
Tsukasa is not angry at his accusation. Instead, she appears to be relieved after learning that Youto and Tsukiko went into the storehouse without getting cursed. She optimistically speculates if she could live a long life with her family if the curse was never real. However, Youto struggles to respond, knowing that Tsukasa will die regardless, not by a non-existent curse, but by her own destiny.
When Youto turns to look at her, she has broken down in tears, revealing her despair over her limited time left and her wish to see her daughters grow. Her belief in the curse stemmed from a desperate yet subconscious wish to explain her declining health. She clinged to the belief in the curse as her only coping mechanism.
Tsukushi returns to find Tsukasa in tears, misinterpreting the situation as Youto bullying her mother, prompting her to interrupt with her usual boisterous antics. Expressing her unreserved love for her mother, she says, "Mother and I are always together. I will walk on while holding her hand, grow as I watch her back, and sleep next to her — Until eventually I die just like her.", not knowing that she has just caused the same future to befall her.
Thus, they have witnessed the true birth of the curse. For a moment, Tsukasa appears shaken by this realization, but soon, she reaches out for Tsukushi's hands. She assures Tsukushi that she will try her best to stay alive for as long as possible, demanding a promise from her to do the same. She encourages her to live on and shoulder her burdens together with those close to her, and to cancel "all things drawn to her unjustly."
Tsukiko tries to suggest wishing to the Cat God to grant Tsukasa a healthy body. However, she is unwilling to accept such a method. She insists that as long as her children live strong, she will continue to live on in their hearts, and she is satisfied. With her young body still possessing expressions, Tsukiko begins to tear up, soon mirrored by Tsukushi. Tsukasa pulls the both of them into an embrace, before inviting Youto to join them as well. Before he realizes, his vision is too blurred by tears. Without thinking, he too jumps into Tsukasa's arms.
In his heart, Youto silently asks, "My first love. My beloved one. Did I make you happy?" Yet, no answer comes. Instead, Tsukasa addresses a misunderstanding that he has carried for his entire life — he wasn't cast aside by his parents. Instead, she had summoned him to her home out of a desperate desire for a family. She expresses satisfaction in the long, happy dream that she lived as a result, and erases her wish, promising to return Youto to the place he belongs, to be raised by loving parents and grow up happy.
The world around Youto begins to crumble, and the light that transported him back to the beginning envelopes him once again. Just as he begins to feel a primitive fear, a warm, loving hand grips his own. Tsukasa's voice whispers, urging him to find happiness.
With a silent farewell and heartfelt gratitude, Yokodera Youto vanishes.
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