I'm home.

"Oh, I was just about to go find it. Was it still sticky?

"Sorry, 'cause I was in a place where I didn't feel like time"

On the arrow tip I tried to go out looking for Lue, the door knob I tried to twist turned and she appeared.

Good, we can leave by the end of the day with this.

See how she is. What floats there is a satisfying look.

No way, did you really get to meet Lainey Linnealis?

I asked her about it.

"Yeah. It kind of leads to a strange workshop, doesn't it? That's where Mr. Rainey came in."

"Strange workshop......?

To that word, I think of that mysterious workshop I used to buy armor in my brain.

Is that place apparently inaccessible, too, and can we go from that training compartment, like where Rainey lives?

"Hmm. I got a book for a souvenir. I'll read it in the boat."

"Well... I even took care of Lue... and I wanted to ask her to say hi if I could too"

"Well, he's a godforsaken man, and maybe I'll see him sometime. In the meantime, let's head to the Commercial Zone dock."

Commercial compartments, which I saw before when I visited, run along canals that run all the way to the hinterland where the Chamber of Commerce stands.

This time we will take a cruise ship using such a canal to the port town on the southern tip of the continent.

This one is somewhat expensive, but it makes it possible for anyone to board. But the problem is...

"Ship to Sardis, is it... I'm still a long way from getting regular flights..."

"Yeah? So what about the Sardis humans who are visiting this festival right now?

"Normally there are very few people coming from the other side, and this time only one ship has entered the port to welcome our guests. There are regular flights if you are on a ship to the secondary…"

"Maybe Sardis and I don't have much national traffic?"

"... it's..."

Managing the dock is also like an Alliance human being, and I asked him about the ship in the port town ahead, and what he returned was some unboiled reaction.

So are Leila or Vio still going to stay here for a while?

... No, there's got to be something. Otherwise, yesterday, Oink couldn't have offered to eat at that time.

… From now on, we must overcome these unforeseen circumstances on our own.

I mean, is that what this is all about?

"Okay. Then we'll think about it after we get to the port town for now. Cruise ship that far, tickets for three, please."

"Okay. Now, please present your guild card."

I wonder if the discount will still apply here, and each of the three of us will present a card.

Two blue sheets, and silver - silver?

"Reis, it's"

"Hehe, there's actually a lot going on. Yesterday, you officially entered into force. Originally, people who were gold by pre-war standards could have been silver by accepting or not if they had followed the process and met with the guild's superiors."

"Heh! You did it, Lace!

... Is that possible that you knew Oink and kept quiet?

Okay, so that the tournament can flourish...... but well, thanks to his participation in this tournament, I can tell you that Reis peeled off both one and two skins. It turns out he's an Aurai.

"This... Your three fare has already been paid by the Alliance. Please stay aboard."

The official who checked the card said that.

... I see, instead of the last drop off, is that him?

Reis, who would have noticed the thread behind him, is also closing his eyes deeply sentimentally.

Oh...... not to say I missed you one last time...... Just a little twitching warmth spreads to that last care.

I guess Lue guessed how this one went. I groan just a little lonely.

"Oh well. Oink... I couldn't say goodbye after all. A little lonely."

"... it's not like I'll ever see you again. If we go around all the continents, we just have to come back."

"... right"

Cross the tarrap and step into the ship.

It's somewhat smaller than the ships we had when we came to this continent, but I guess this size is the limit for the convenience of crossing the canal.

From here to the port town, roughly two days. It would have been quicker if he had gotten in Kanich's pulling magic car, but unfortunately he is now dormant in the back of the mountain.

Also, the passenger car part of the magic car is to be kept by the Alliance.

That's kind of what's going on on on this continent, no. I'm trapped in the thought of getting my hair pulled back, like I'm just a little lonely.

Only the rank of the guild, the rear shield of the Endoresia.

Heading from here is an unknown continent, not the source of anyone's asylum.

... Maybe it's time to think about a course of action over there.

"Ship... I've never been on a boat before, but I hope it's on the water and there's solid ground... you don't get distracted from your thoughts"

"Ha, you say it's just this size. But I think going out into the ocean is a little shaky because of the waves. Lue, you're drunk."

"Wow! Don't tell me, Kai-kun. Reyce, don't worry. I'll fix you up as soon as you feel bad."

Rayce talks so that he can put his mind to it.

Indeed, not yet, this is inside the continent. But this is the road that leads to the outer continent.

Clearly, I guess I've got a real feeling that I'm leaving this continent where I've lived for years.

... I think a lot has happened since we got here.

The very thing is, I'm about to walk with her on the side right now, meeting her, what can be called my own half body.

And to some nostalgic town of Agidal, meet the liberators summoned on other continents.

Confirmed the willingness of someone to interfere in this world to 'eliminate this one'.

... this continent has given me all the knowledge I need for my upcoming journey.

That place we've been walking on our own feet, will we finally come back...

Two, see what's going on with the neighbor, Lue.

... If we consider this continent to be a place of trial for Reyes, perhaps the next one will be a place where hard trials await her.

Once upon a time, a continent ruled by a woken nation of a clan that deceived her.

And at the same time... for me, a continent that could be a test.

"... Dahlia... shun... finally, I see you"

What will be the end of that reunion?

And more importantly - do I have to be hostile with those two?

That's the test for me. If those two, or the two next door right now, were pressed to choose between them, they wouldn't be lost then, and these two... they would choose them.

However, if we still end up risking each other's lives...

"Become..."

Not yet, it's early. Until then, it is behind us to worry.

Now let's just get on with this flow. Just like this ship.

I hear a whistle, as if I've been waiting for this change of heart.

The tarap is removed and the pier slowly drifts away.

Oh, goodbye to this city, too.

This place that conceived so many mysteries, and left so many mysteries for me.

This city is the crystal of her dreams, raised and will continue to develop by her best friends.

Say goodbye here, too.

That's when I was immersed in sentiment, a face I saw ran with the momentum to wind up the sand and dust.

"... by virtue of you, Dawson! The market is set for pretty girls at times like this!

"Shut up! I don't know who you are, Kai, but I don't know anymore! Scattered, deceived, deceived, but take it from me. You're just a friend! My wife ran out of condiments! Where do you get it -!?"

"Oh, don't ask me that now! I'm going to sell it next time in the Alliance, so contact me!"

It was Dawson.

Ha, I totally forgot. Speaking of which, haven't you seen Race face to face since he lost the tournament?

He probably heard my speech too.

But I'm still not alarmed. I'm sure he thinks I'm lying for plotting something else.

Ha, you know perfectly well. That's my 'friend'.

"Dawson! Stay close to your wife and daughter! Don't ever push me!

"Ouch! Then say hello to Mr. Vio as well -!

Slowly, his appearance becomes smaller.

I didn't expect him to drop you off.

... but what does it mean to be nice to Vio?

No way, does she mean she's already left this city too?

"Hehe, you've made a very good friend, Kai."

"Ha, right? Well, I haven't even had a drink with him yet, and I knew I'd have to come back."

"Nice, Kai-kun. I have zero friends, right?

"I would have had a ton of fans instead. Miss Semifinal"

"... ah! I don't know what to do, I have to give that tiara back next year!

I was completely oblivious. Ha, I knew I'd have to come back here again no matter what.

Right... I still don't know what's ahead. But I'll definitely be back here. That's all that matters.

... even to reproduce that painting "Coming Back".

Really, you're a companion everywhere, you are.

"Rean Ettalnell" That restaurant was created in prayer that one day we would have company.

The meaning of that name is "eternal bond." Whatever, give it a name I wouldn't know if I wasn't French and French.

"... Come on, let's go. to this continent's last destination, the shipping city of Dislato"

Tell him the name of the destination so that he can shake off his remnants.

And if we get out of there, we'll only travel to the Great Sea Plains again.

Well, most of all, I have to start looking for a ship, right?