Alice Tale in Phantasmagoria

Go around the fire escape where the giant Yamatano Orochi is putting it out.

A peek downstairs confirmed the dark lava lake.

If it falls, there won't be a single one.

If I land on that lava lake by mistake, I'll be on fire in no time... I don't want to imagine.

In fact, part of Yamatano Orochi is buried in its fire escape.

I am still burned by lava at this time.

On top of that, they're fighting us.

... is ridiculously immortal.

"Snakes are warm animals, aren't they? Magma would do too much to regulate body temperature......"

There will be limits to how much sleep you get...

Is fighting with us like a prep movement?

Once this all comes out of the fire escape and starts moving, it's important too.

King Enisi seems to be forming an army, but honestly, it would be futile.

I feel like relying on sacrifice... I don't even know.

"... Mm"

We arrived at the temple.

A naturally exuberant rocky cave is the entrance.

Red birdhouses are built at the entrance and equipped with shimmering ropes.

Somehow I can feel the holy ladies, yeah, really?

It's in the first place ~, Shimene is said to serve as a junction separating the divine domain from the present world.

He said it was the boundary between eternity and depression, and that it also meant a place of confinement.

So that's where Yamatano Orochi can't even reach out, huh?

Well... dive through the birdhouse thoughtfully and step inside the temple where the darkness spreads.

The cave was slowly downhill and followed in the back.

It seemed close to the fire exit, but the cave was filled with cool air.

Like a waterfall cave, I even feel cool.

After a while I went out to a strange place.

An emerald green lake appeared in the cave.

In the centre there is a floating island with a large crystal festival.

And on that floating island, without running or hiding - Machina stood waiting for me.

"I've been waiting for you, Mr. Alice."

Are you insane...?

Observing with a strange look, he was bitterly laughed at.

"It's okay, I'm sane. It doesn't strike me suddenly... well, I guess"

The second half of the dialogue is suspicious...

Makina was cheeky as it lit up.

Well...... no.

Jump and cross to floating island.

Standing in front of Makina, like this, my chest did.

"For Cyra's sake, can I hit you as much as I want?

I'll shake it up big enough to get rid of the obsession.

"Haha!! Roger that, do as you wish!

Let's go.

Alice's attack!

My right straight all over me cracked on Makina's cheek!

"No!"

"... uh"

It was me who screamed, and it was Makina who baffled me!

"Mr. Alice, now... didn't you bend in a weird direction on your wrist?

"…………………, it's my fault"

"Really? But that's a rare and weird sweat, isn't it?

"I didn't say it hurt!

"Yeah, nothing. I'm not even listening, am I?

……

……

I'm not hurting you!

"... ma, fine. In the meantime, now I forgive you from me."

With his wrist plumped, Makina turned a gaze without temperature.

Phew... I'm relieved, but good, it's Minami!

"... apologize to Cyra yourself"

"............ I will"

Uh-huh, you mean you get too much poison out of your usual...

Well, that's very welcome.

"So, Lynn...?

Ask about a problem you were concerned about.

Machina answered with a gaze.

Chasing your gaze, a shadow in the crystal...... Lynn!!?

"............... hey, I'm sorting out my mind. Respond with your heart, Makina."

"Yeah."

"Are you saying that you sacrificed Lynn?

Put it down for a beat, and she nodded clearly.

"Yes, I am."

I was desperate.

I don't know what to do anymore.

"What is it... why"

"You don't have to look like that's the end of the world, Mr. Alice. Lynn is fine. It's just that I needed this."

"Lynn, are you okay...?

Lynn is closing her eyes to sleep in thick crystal crystals.

Can you breathe?

Isn't it cold?

My heart is gooey...

"It's okay, I'll cover it. Because there was a reason Lynn had to be tied to sacrifice here."

Tied up, huh?

... First, let's talk.

"Makina...... talk to me"

"Yeah... I repeated it 10 times"

I'm tired, already.

Makina smiles bitterly with that look on her face.

"It started 10 times ago, here"

I looked up at Crystal's Lynn and my eyes narrowed as Makina looked lonely.

"Repeat, that first day. I woke up and fell down here."

Makina skewed her face as she remembered her hard memories.

"The first sight I saw there was how my loved ones were falling. No matter how shaken or shouted, the person didn't respond... my body was getting colder and colder, but it was just a little warm... I hugged the person and cried all the time."

Tears seeped into Makina's eyes.

"I cried down there without knowing anything, and I was debilitated... after a few days? Someone came over there. He took me and him back to the city."

Someone?

"My Master"

He answered as soon as he put his neck up.

Apparently he tells us what he really knows without covering it up.

"Well, the guy said... he loved me... and he did some amazing magic at the end."

"Final period…"

"Yeah...... at the end. The master said it was a miracle."

"The likes of Makina were amazing wizards..."

"It's obvious! Best in the world! Because he's the most powerful wizard in the world!

The happier Makina talks, the more old stories with too much chest pain.

"What magic... was it a miracle?

"- Magic of Possibilities"

"It's too abstract"

"Even I don't know. I'm sure the master has some idea. Because... this is undisputed, it's his fantasy."

"No way...... fantasy magic?

Other than Till!?

"Yes, I 'enchant' the magic and am here now. It exists. And... I repeat."

No way, a repetition of time?

Is it possible to do something so unscrupulous?

Magic of Possibilities......

But that's...

"Isn't that a curse...... sucks, that person"

"No!! This is because 'I' use it that way!... Ku"

In response to Makina's anger, the snake's eyes increasingly turn into the real it.

Is it painful, Makina held her eyes.

"... no matter how much Alice, there are unforgivable things."

"... I don't mean to disparage the deceased"

Makina lives in an extended, repetitive time... that kind of thing?

Is combat technology exceptional for your age a gift?

I mean, you're strong and you've played 10 new games, right?

"Definitely a curse... what a cruel thing to do"

10 times, that Makina has experienced the death of a loved one.

Wouldn't it be so painful if my heart rubbed off...

"Don't say anything you don't want! I was saved by this miracle! They're saving my heart! This loop ends in a happy ending because there's hope!

"That's what I'm in captivity for... the deceased is the deceased, so, you couldn't?

That's why Cyra lives on such suffering.

Isn't it blasphemy to overshadow it as good?

Of course, it's sad because... I think so.

"Why, why do you always say that! I don't want to! No, it's settled!

Makina wore out tears with eyes that were no different than snakes anymore.

"I'll repeat it 100 times or 1000 times! If we can make it to the future we want... Huh!

"I... I can't watch you work hard on it by yourself"

Assuming Makina repeated the decade 10 times, she's already mentally living 100 years.

100 years of repeated bump worlds.

A hundred times?

A thousand times?

My heart... I don't think Bo.

"Makina, aren't you just being mean? Are your grief and anger worn out (no more)?

"Ha, because regularly anger and sadness will be new..."

"... it's backwards"

"Oh, yeah! This is a backwards use of time! Blasphemy! There's nothing more I can do in my world! Because it's over from the starting point!! I can't go back any further, so -! I want to make a future that isn't!

My world, or...

Just a little bit, I'll think about it.

Think about it with all your imagination.

Because I have a lot of imagination, don't I?

The chronology is strange for 'she' to exist.

But there can also be a 'different world' - that is, a parallel world.

That's how I try to change the girl in front of me.

Glossy brunettes stretched up to their hips hold a splash of stars in the night sky.

My eyes about the future I dream of - I'm ripping vertically like a snake now and zeroing my tears - are tight as an obsidian.

A face as neat as an exquisite Japanese shape is a trait from this country - I've seen it.

Hey, wouldn't you -?

"- Lynn."

"- Huh!!!

Kusha skewed her face, and Makina - Lynn hugged her.

Embrace her body, which has grown completely large.

... really, it's grown up and well.

All right, all right, I'll stroke your head that it was hard.

Lynn was sobbing, as if to give it to you even snuggly.

"... for God's sake, is that me? The evil man who planted the curse."

"That's right, that's right..."

"Fantasy magic, you could have used it, couldn't you? Hehe, what do you say, isn't it awesome?

"Awesome, but not awesome..."

"What master, Till?

Kokuri, Lynn nodded as she pressed her face against my thin chest.

I see, he was making Till's instructional move in the street.

"You're still cute when you're older"

"You're too comfortable... I'm older..."

"Hehe, mentally. But... she's cute."

Well, this is Lynn's future.

Isn't she really cute?

You're becoming beautiful.

And strong!

You can replace my sister or my mother, as long as you're happy from me like that.

"So no..."

"Pfft, I can't believe it's Mr. Alice... Lynn is acting like someone else"

"A lot...... I have a situation"

"Really? Uri Uri ~"

Don't treat me like a child.

When I poked my tear-wet cheeks puffy, I lovingly protested.

"... in front of me, you can't even recognize me."

That's a pain in the ass.

The adult in front of me is my future, or I don't normally think so.

"But Lynn, you never hurt Cyra, did you?

"Yeah, I know..."

But it doesn't mean anything. You don't do that... it's Lynn.

"When my impulse went away, I decided to..."

Have you made up your mind?

"Lynn, are you, Yamatano Orochi manipulating you?

"No, I'm not - because I'm the nucleus of Yamatano Orochi."

... Did you say something shocking?

"... hey, how do you think the princess is sealing Yamatano Orochi with sacrifice in this crystal?

"What do you think?

"Our clan can all use their special powers called Enchants. Simply put, it's the ability to take in a lot of things."

For example, grant the magic of thunder to a weapon.

You mean you can target all kinds of things with your body?

"This crystal is like an aid that lets you maximize its power, and it also swallows all the appetite of serpents, the urge to destroy them, and all those negative emotions and seals them until your life runs out. That's the role of a sealed witch."

Die - more obnoxious.

Is that how all the witches of history came to seal their lifespan...

"So the serpent was strong, wasn't it?

"Hmm? Mm-hmm. Fair enough."

"Ha, that sounds spicy for it"

Lynn is looking at my injured arm.

"... hey Yu, though!

Don't half the men. It's made of patience.

But the last 10 repetitions... naturally you also know this kind of development, this kid.

"Poisoned... dead, me"

In fact, I'm pretty bad at the moment.

The time limit for bleeding poison is imminent.

"A lot of things... there are so many developments that I wanted to avoid aggressive intervention that would be a development I don't know much about"

So you followed me in disgrace?

"But, you know, this is the last time I'm gonna..."

"Lynn...... yeah, no matter what happens, this is the last time"

Though 100 times, 1000 times, I can't do any more... consciously or unconsciously, I've painted it on your face, Lynn?

"... because there are circumstances"

Plus, I get a hug.

You made me feel lonely...

The sealed witch is from Lynn's family.

And it is destroyed by Libra...

Even though we don't have a base.

Did I taste that sadness for Lin too?

"Sorry, impudent..."

"Yup...... yup!

Sift and shake your face to the side.

There's nothing more I can do, Lynn's - turn into me in the Makina world, with all my utmost love, and I'll stroke your head.

I did that for a while, and there was a sobbing voice in the cave, though.

"... out there, Lumina's fighting"

to the voice, and so is that.

"... you know about Lumina?

"Sure, but Lumina's here, isn't she? Silvi was better..."

Your sister blew it, and Lynn laughed small.

Silvi......?

"My thoroughly trained apprentice."

"Heh."

Lumina is full of talent, but she won't be that strong in our stream.

Makina... not that Lynn took care of her.

Lynn's pretty strong right now, isn't she?

"Okay - we're done charging! Untrained, everything, it's over."

Lynn walked away so lightly that I felt more sorry for her.

Rub your red, swollen eyes and smile like you were always watching.

- - Lynn stabbed herself through the chest.

"... be!?

On your cheek, it takes Lynn's blood.

I grip an ice blade in my own hand, deep - deep, sticking it out.

"- Boo!

Blood spilled out of my mouth.

"Lynn!!!

Lynn's hands pinched my face trying to heel me in a hurry.

"- Hmm!?

I was kissed.

"-"

"Huh, Koku...... Huh!?

A mouth transfer swallowed a large amount of blood.

Confirming the fact that my life is zero, I was relieved -!

I can't even stand to make it right, I waved Lynn away.

"- Heels."

But it was Lynn who moved first again.

There is a warm magical light in my arms that cannot be blocked.

"Because it's no use! Than that- huh??

I can see my arm wound going blocked...... you mean this...?

"I'm... nuclear"

Lynn laughed and slipped back.

"Now I will!!

Lynn turned her back on me trying to pack it.

"… Gu, to defeat the serpent, the main body and the nucleus, at the same time…"

Relax, the blood dropped zero.

"In Lumina... not yet, I can't... you remember my moves, right? Mr. Alice......"

Defensive disregard destructive moves, using a series of attacks of ice, flames, and lightning?

Unexpectedly, I nodded.

"... Jaa, Atoha, Makasetayo - it was"

I've never seen a really cloudless smile before.

That smile is too ready for words.

An earthquake struck, trying to reach out.

The cave collapses -!

The ceiling collapsed, and I thought the serpent's head had broken in.

And...

I swallowed Lynn, who kept smiling.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!