"Good morning. Welcome back, Kai."

"I can't believe you're back early this morning."

A hiding place stretching beneath a strange sky, after a tavern that is snugly burning in the morning, and it has come again.

Amami and I broke up in front of the woods because we have business to do, and I came back to the hall alone...

My daughters, who were waiting, seemed a little angry.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Looks like Director Ri left the hall in the middle of the night, so I was wondering..."

"Late at night, is it? So what did you find out?"

To this answer, you two switch your expressions.

But - I wonder if I can pass on the details.

Just the gist. Should I just tell her that she really thinks in here?

When I tried to say it, behind my back the door of the hall opens again.

"Oh, are you all there? Good morning."

"Ah, welcome back, Chief."

"Good morning,"

Good morning, Chief.

Oh, thank God. Let's see if I can explain the situation to her.

But - for some reason, she does distort her expression as if it were even a flirtation.

"Thank you for staying with us until morning, Mr. Caivon. We had a sweet time in there recently because we were out of time."

"... it was on purpose, wasn't it, the way you put it"

Oh, no. Lace covered her mouth with both hands and said, 'Oh, my God!' He looks.

Oh, but Rhue said, 'Ha-ha-ha, I get it,' and he's just laughing a little funny.

Stop it, because when this happens to Mr. Reyes, he's gonna be a jerk!

"Why... Mr. Kai, such - to the poisonous teeth of the long rear..."

Let's just stroke your head.

Of course I knew Kai wasn't like that.

"I think I was turning off the highlights of my eyes. No, well, I do think it's bad that I stuck around and ate until morning."

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm jealous that I drank alcohol from that tavern. Next time, Kai."

Solve the two misunderstandings while surrounding the table.

You felt the dangerous air of Reis, and it was thanks to the early rattlesnake from the chief inside.

Did you remake the rest of last night for breakfast, braised beef tomatoes and garlic toast, but unfortunately I'm a munchkin, so I'm just watching everyone eat.

Or you go in a lot, Chief. Is it still specially made inside the body as well?

"So, this is a bunch of things I just heard about going for the Inn Town... Chief Ri, can you show me the starting point of this inner junction, the biggest book?"

"Well... I might as well show it to you,"

I have told the two of them what I have already heard in the liquor store and that there may be a battle to defend this inside.

Then again, before you hear Lue make this decision, the decision to help inside, say 'I, will definitely stay here', and not surprisingly... 'If it was to protect the children here, I would spare no help,' Reis also told me with melameras and burning eyes.

But on the other hand...

"But I knew you'd better get out of there, Kai. I don't suppose we can meet with Dahlia now, can we? Besides... if the Knights are coming this way, it should be easy to get into the King's Capital now. Now would be the time to lurk."

"As I said earlier, I say no to that. Instead... if Dahlia is here, I can think of the worst. If the Knights massed and pushed over to this place...... you can't get this place dirty with blood. I'll negotiate directly with Dahlia."

"... although I have decided to manage the kingdom. Still, Kai, you believe that Dahlia will get here."

"... that's not what I'm going to do. Just..."

"No, that's okay. Even I admit it. I just wanted you to wish me a victory."

"Lue......"

... I know. Me too, Lue.

And I understand what she's trying to say.

This is my fault. He said he didn't want Lue and Dahlia to fight.

For that, I'll stand on the arrow. It's okay, because sometimes I can try to hide who I am.

"Bye, Chief. I was wondering if you could quickly take me to the center, the starting point of that junction."

Just a little, Lue stands up telling in a hard voice.

It's like saying I don't want to be with you right now, I try to leave the dining room early enough.

"Yeah, I get it. What do you two do?

"Right... I'm with Lue..."

For a moment, Chirali and Reis saw this one.

His eyes seemed to dwell on the will to 'leave the matter of Lue to me'.

Oh, please. Me and Rue are probably just standing around right now.

Meditate your eyes, dust and shake your neck vertically.

"I... right, I'll talk to Amami. I'll ask you about the forest around the inside."

"Okay. See you later, too late for lunch. Lunch is... well, why don't we ask Mr. Caivon?"

"Yeah, I got it."

I bow my head in my heart, too, to the inner chief who suggested that we gather here again.

A little, just a little more, give me some time, Lue.

There's still an inseparable part of it. Somewhere, I'm getting cowardly.

And most importantly... the passion that we have is asking for an exit.

Somewhere... If I don't dissipate this, I'm not going to have it anymore.

If there are knights in here who have no heart as spikes.

... I'm sorry, but please, be my jerk.

"Lue...... are you ok"

"What is it?

Leaving the hall, the chief leaves the hall, not to the Iron Castle Gate, but to the back of the hall, trying to follow the wall.

Follow her to the place, surrounded by the scent of many flowers planted in the garden.

In the meantime, I speak to my sister, who quietly advances in front of me.

Somewhere sad, its little back seems to have gotten even smaller than it looks.

"Kai thinks less of Lue than we do of Dahlia. Isn't that what you think?

"... right, you might think. No, I know how you feel. Like Oink, Dahlia is irreplaceable to you..."

Without turning around, she does not stop walking and tells pale. Although I can't see the look on her face, it seemed to me that she was crying somewhere.

Trying to touch her like that, reach out. But without stopping, she moves out of my reach.

At that time, a tickle and something stabs me in the outstretched hand.

"Huh!"

Tsuge, is it? A little blood seeps through the red muscles carved like scratches.

Still, I keep reaching out like I'm chasing her.

Don't let them leave you. Don't lose sight of it.

Though...

"Reis? You all right, hands, you're hurt. Just give me a minute."

"Ah... yes"

Looking back. I'll be back. Take my hand.

Oh - don't worry, that's okay.

Suggesting the future ahead, what a dark thought, a pale light emanating from her, healing my injuries.

"... Kai, I think, is afraid. That's not because Lue and I are going to lose. I'm sure."

"Afraid... Kai, what are you afraid of?"

"It's... something that Lue and Kai know for the first time in that situation, like they're getting somewhere out of control, as they do now. Lue... What if I fought with Kai and chose a different path -"

Tell her that word you don't want to think about, even if it's hypothetical.

I'm feeling it now, this fear. What if the two of you made a mistake?

The fear is something of a different quality, deep, heavy, invigorating, twitchy and mind-eroding than anything I've ever felt.

And when you heard my words, Rue...

"... I don't like it. I don't... I absolutely don't like it."

"... Yes. Absolutely not. So... I think this is how Kai feels right now, what is it?"

I'm sure that Dahlia is as dear a friend as we are.

From the way I said I was traveling to meet you from the start, it's not an exaggeration, that's for sure.

That's why... the situation that we might be fighting with that friend is deeply distressing to him, isn't it?

Or - if it's enough to make you argue with us, I can't believe I...

Because I'm sure he's the one who's going to break it off that far.

Because in front of that decision, maybe I'm just suffering a little bit right now.

"Later, I have to apologize,"

"Yes, because the earlier one was a little mean."

"Yeah...... I really am. Maybe this is mine -"

"Hehe, you're jealous,"

I'm sure it's close then, Lue.

I was saved by Kai. And now, Lue, I think you're at Seto's to see if you can be saved by him.

But... at the same time, Kai himself is trying to get to a place where he can shatter his heart.

So... I'll lean in. So that you may be saved, so that he may be saved.

The trail leads from the back of the hall. Ahead, as you can imagine, that big tree figure.

It's like watching over this place, deeply and deeply literally rooting, standing on a hill, standing in such a position that I even remember its awe.

Just stopping by nearby, the intense green scent fills my lungs, as if I had strayed into the back of a deep forest.

"Surprised... this is the White Spirit Tree"

"Hakreij......?

From her stroking the surface of the tree comes a somewhat frightened air, as if she were in terrible contact with an expensive object, somewhat in awe.

I wonder what that 'Hakreij' is, and I turn my gaze to the head of the inner...

... You're opening your mouth pompously.

"I guess that tree is something very rare. I grew up before I came to this place, so I've treated you with respect."

"This... is one of the few plants that releases magic vegetables into the world. Oh... if there is a fine tree so far... I wonder if the burden of sealing the Seven Stars will have to be less."

"... rue"

"And yet... it's amazing. This is... It is no exaggeration to say that you are literally supporting this continent of this size. If a place like this has its origins... honestly, can I break it..."

Excited, she walks out around the tree as she glances over the surface of the tree.

The thickness of that trunk that would take a lot of time to circle. Sigh again at the substandard nature of this great tree.

Apparently, the starting point of that junction is on the other side of the tree, and we also move on to follow Lue, who walked away earlier.

Huh, while I stroke the surface of that tree too, I activate the Devil's Eye to observe.

"Huh!?

But in an instant, I turn away from the glare of its light running.

So much magic... on plants?

Is it made naturally, like this... that creates this kind of uninterrupted magic?

Where and how are you generating it......

At that extra density, I even learn to fear.

It disarms the demonic eye, and it's like a temple that's finally visible.

And the figure of Lue standing in front of it.

However, there was something wrong with the condition, and I walked over to the side with surprise.

"... oh, I knew I was"

"What's wrong..."

"Look, take a look at this. It is the temple of the beginning of this junction. This... is a temple and a tomb mark."

Small, wooden temple. In it rested the black stone of the hexagonal cone, which emitted a beautiful glow.

Its surface is engraved with a crest you have never seen. But if you look closely, the crest seemed very similar to what we saw at the root of a tree near the forest exit.

Sure...... it should be the crest of a clan named 'Nahat' taught by Lhue.

Which means... it was Lue's teachings that made this inside...?

"You must miss it... it seems like there's a mix of techniques you don't know, but it's definitely underlying, the one I taught you."

Put your hands on the headstone and gently stroke it as if it were a child.

"Who are you... because you weren't the only one who taught?"

"... Again, did you? Mr. Leue, you said."

Soon, a voice will be heard from the inner captain who was standing behind us.

Walk over slowly, kneel straight to the temple, and join hands as you pray.

Perhaps the first inner chief sleeps beneath this temple, and I join my learned hands with her.

And Lue too.

"Lieutenant. Can you tell me the name of the sleeping child here?"

"... 'Rana Musica Nahato'. He was a very, very strange grandfather."

"You were a kid at Musica's. Right..."

"Mr. Leue. Don't you have the name 'Semi-Ale'?

Then Li Chang spoke the last name of Lue, whose name he did not name very well.

"I see... I wonder if you were also receiving a will"

"Yes, it's just a word that's too short and doesn't make much sense to say will"

"Hehe, I can generally imagine. The children of Musica were particularly strange in the Nahat clan."

As I remember back in the day, I close my eyes and look at the scene behind my eyelids as she turns to the sky.

That figure makes me look like I'm in tears, stuffing my distance from her.

"'If the teacher was out of the woods, there must have been a bad case. but it's okay, my surgery has gone beyond teacher already. You can imitate me, now seal the dragon god again! But if you use it, you can protect the people in here as a thank you."

"I see. Unfortunately, your expectations are off. But... as much as my godchild's wish, I'll do everything I can to make it happen."

Quiet, her back gets bigger around the corner. No, I'm so visionary.

I'm sure if you sleep under this, you admired Rhue very, very much.

Now I know what she thought and what she decided to do.

"Lue, once you've made some adjustments, let's go back to the hall."

"... oh, yeah of course. This is very rewarding. Hehe, I'm having so much fun."

Even I sometimes try to be a demon if I want to fulfill my child's wishes.

That feeling of a desire for victory regarded as physical swirling violently in search of an exit.

I guess she feels that again, too.

"... Kai's predictions will surely come off. Mr. Dahlia will never break this bond,"