A Misunderstood Mentor

When I woke up, I saw a view I didn't know.

A small room surrounded by gray walls.

The ceiling is shaken by a machine that emits light that I have never seen before.

Iron doors with small windows and simple toilets.

Wake up slowly from a simple wooden bed.

I felt a little pain in my head and when I put my hands on it, the bandage was wrapped up in a mess.

"This is....."

Before you think about where it is, you can hear the clanking, the clanking and the footsteps from afar.

Is the weight different on the left and right?

The sounds alternate and play discordant sounds.

It stops in front of the door, and a small window opens and your face peeks.

"Good morning, Kudo Takuya."

Reverse Makina.

Yeah, that's right.

Her arm flew in and I fell.

From there, I don't remember coming here.

What happened to Sasha and Karna?

What about Alice, who was fighting Makina on the other hand?

Isn't she really Makina?

And vice versa, Makina's last words.

"The vessel is finished."

What was that supposed to mean?

Everything I want to hear runs around my head, and words don't come out of my mouth.

Makina called out to me the other way around.

"It's okay. You don't have to think about anything."

It was a gentle and calm voice, like talking to a child.

"You've disappeared from the board."

I can't say anything back.

I couldn't understand what was happening to me.

And yet, you can even feel such an illusion as if the last piece of the puzzle had fallen apart.

Everything started moving when Leia came to the mountain.

As if I were the hero of this world, I'd become a hero without power at all.

But it's a fake haribote.

Like the shogi Azatos brought, the wrong token was spotted and left.

"... can't I go home anymore?

"No, it's not. Go home. Go where you belong."

It reminds me of the view I saw at the end of the horse running lamp.

This world is completely different.

Is that the world I was born in?

What about this world?

What the hell is this world where Alice and the others live?

"What are you, no, what are you doing?

"You better not know that. I told you. You don't have to think anymore."

"... then why did you bother talking to me?... Makina"

I deliberately called it Makina.

I wanted to hear the name and see how she would react.

"It's not Makina. You know, I'm Maki. It's called Makie now to distinguish it from your makie."

Makie?

"Yes, I failed when I came here, and it was half by half. That's why I was named Maki A, and the other Maki B."

I don't know if I can get out of here.

As it is, I will leave this world and I may never see you again.

Still, do what you can to get as much information as you can.

"MakiB is Makina? Does she know everything?

"I don't know. Azatos said he overwrote another memory because it flew when we broke up."

Makie usually answers my questions, saying it's better not to know.

Are you free or do you like to talk?

Or is it something else you are doing for a different purpose?

"Azatos, Nagisa, Dagan, Makie, Makina, how many other people in this world aren't human?

"Come on? I don't know, but there's plenty of them. Oh, hey, don't ask me anymore. I'm going to talk."

Are you being honest, stupid, or are you talking behind your back?

Try asking questions you're not supposed to answer.

"How do I get out of here?

"I'm not holding you. Did you think he was in jail? I don't have a key, so if you want to leave, you're free to leave."

Huh?

Turning the door knob, like Makie said, the door opened easily.

"... what the hell do you guys want?

"I'll know soon enough. But you really shouldn't know."

Unparalleled anxiety swirls around your chest.

Maybe you shouldn't do anything and stay here.

Still, I took a step out of the door that was open to draw me to something.

Makie standing in front of me leans her body and lets me through easily.

It was followed by a long corridor made of the same grey walls as the room.

As you walk down the hallway, a large, double-open iron door enters your sight.

Calm down, my heart jumped.

Don't open it.

Beyond that, your whole body becomes as heavy as your whole body refuses to approach that door.

Turning around, Makie was still standing in front of the room, staring at me.

"You should stop."

Makie didn't say anything, but she heard such a voice.

Forced, the stiff neck again turns towards the door.

Whatever you're waiting for, you have to move on.

Alice's face came to mind.

Is she safe?

Sasha, Karna, what about Leia and Chloe who didn't come back?

Everyone must be waiting for me to come home.

I forced my body to move and put my hand on the knob of the door.

It is the same as the room and is unlocked.

The door slowly opens with a squeaking sound.

The light came in.

It's not daytime.

The sky is covered in darkness.

And yet, the outside was filled with blinking light, which I mistook for daytime.

"What was that!? This is it!?

Sitting in front of an open door like a hitch.

Huge structures that have never been seen rise toward the sky, lined up in countless rows.

Moreover, most of them emitted light from the inside, illuminating the world like the sun.

The world before me was, in any case, quite different from the world I was in.

Welcome back, Kudo Takuya.

Someday, Makie stands behind me.

"This is your world."

I tried to say something, but it didn't come out in words.

Instead of turning around, I was just stunned to see the world.