"You don't have stars here, do you?"

"Oh. Sounds like a place in a surgical ceremony, so to speak"

Backyard lit by slight lights leaking from the mansion.

Responding to Shun's call, I looked up at the pitch-black sky as I sat on the bench.

"Looks like Chise was crying in the bathroom earlier"

"... well. I knew I was still anxious, I wonder what."

"No, it's not. I was crying because of you."

"... mine?

Why me? Is it that I have done something?

"It's not you now. Yoshiki. Earlier, I thought it was bad, but I heard something." Brother, why did you disappear? "

"Yes... Was"

What comes to mind is the curry that the inner manager made for me?

… taste is deeply in a person's memory. Just as Race's Ratatouille once kept on remembering the children, so did the taste of that curry, which must have also become a reminder of my memory of me.

... I've never truncated the human feelings that have been left behind and tried not to think.

But... if I were in the same position. I'm sure I couldn't give up and might have kept looking for it forever......

"Caivon. It's a simple question. Why don't you reveal yourself to Chise?"

"... try to inflate your imagination a little. Can you say to your own family," I'm going to abandon my whole family and live a new life away from home where I'll never see you again "? I finally turned to a human being who was getting organized in me and said, 'Hey, I was supposed to be a dead brother. I can't live with you guys anymore, I'll live in a different world, so goodbye.' Can you say that?

…………

"What happens when you do it for a moment of emotion or satisfaction? How does the said person feel? Maybe he feels a little twisted, but he just thinks so because he's someone else's eyes."

Not anytime, hang on. Me.

I'm sure it's because I'm angry at myself for hiding the facts.

But still... you don't have to know. Chise is already trying to swallow me as dead. As a matter of fact, if you're alive, if you're by your side, you're the one who stuck the blade out to kill yourself, what's it gonna be to reveal it all?

"Maybe the idea is right, but at the same time, you know there's a good chance it's your selfish speculation, prediction, and thought, right?

"Yeah. But on top of that, I'm confident in my thoughts enough to say I'm more right, not wrong. I appreciate your feelings, but I'm not gonna tell you."

There is no wind. No sound. In such darkness, only each other's claims spread into silence.

But... when he came here, Shun began to talk absurdly about overriding each other's claims.

"... if the magic of two seven-star bodies is at Fennel's disposal, I'm sure we can even send Chise back to Earth with that magic. But - Masato is not there. There will be more magic for one person."

"Mmm... right"

"... Kaivon, if you're going to cut it off, you should think and worry about it equally. You... if you succeed, you will be able to return to Earth with Chise. No... Shouldn't you be home?

"Hmmm......!

"Lue and Reis...... I know it's important as a family. But is Chise just as important? Hey, why don't you just think about it..."

'Don't be ridiculous' and 'there's no room to think' and 'it's never going to happen'. I desperately suppress getting out of my mouth.

No... no. I couldn't be more aggressive. I was offered that possibility, and I had myself thought only for a moment.

Back... me? Now, put Rue and Reis down...?

"... there's no room for worry. Chise is an adult, even breaking up with her family is inevitable to visit one day."

"Oh, yeah. But Lue and Reis are also adults. Much stronger and more experienced than Chise"

"... but still, the last thing that remains... is ahead. Neither are you, leaving Julia behind to return to her former world. Don't you?"

Ahead of the last remaining. It's love. Love as one person, unlike family love.

I want to be with you. I want to walk with you. Such, love beyond family.

So I knew I couldn't choose. The choice is to go home.

"... right. A little, maybe I wanted to try it. What you really are. If you're still here for a year, maybe you can still go back, that's how I was thinking somewhere"

"... it's not the time I've spent. Yeah, I said it was just as important, but it was just a family thing. If there's another factor there, love, I'll definitely pick you two."

"... True, I envy you"

Probably was this guy's compassion.

When I break up with Chise, won't you show me the stray? Isn't that why you're here now, to make things clear?

Think about it, maybe I've been a little too careful with Chise, too.

If you want to hide who you are, hide it, and even though that's good, I've been thinking too deeply about it.

'It's just that I've already decided to live in this world. So, I won't tell' em, that's all good.

Poor compassion there, pinching thoughts might have been a mistake in the first place.

"... Me and her are adults. It's only natural to go your own way. I just haven't seen you in a while and I kinda baked you a favor, like that."

"Oh, that's good. Don't get lost, lost phrase, lose both eyes around you. That's because it's the end of the line."

Is this thought the path that Shun and Dahlia have also come through?

And Oink... No, I think he's a little different from us.

That's definitely such an unmistakable type, like deciding to be ready for everything around the first day.

"Shun, it's good to talk to you"

"Right. You owe me something."

"I'm exaggerating too much even though the treatment hasn't even started yet. Look, it's just fine, so let's wait here. Maybe the chief's supposed to be here."

"Yeah, you're right. I saw a hot encounter between a beautiful young man and a beautiful boy, so I was giving him a peek. So, when do you take off your pants?

"Director Li... how long have you been there?"

Suddenly, the inner head appeared from behind the bench I was putting on.

The same silver hair that reflects the slightest light in the dark is fantastic and beautiful... what I'm doing and what I'm saying. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

"From the fact that you two were staring at each other and 'it's good to talk to you'... hehe, you could have said..."

"Nah, why do you capture me in that way? So it's time to go."

"Yeah, I didn't see you two, so I'm telling Dahlia to follow Julia."

Then shortly after, Dahlia appeared out of Julia's hand.

Whether this darkness is horrible or a little guzzling, but you notice Shun's voice, he comes running through the darkness for a toy.

"Here... it would be dangerous. You made it this far, great."

He's really a father. Right... if you've got something important in this world, it's not a mistake to prioritize you.

Seeing the two of you, I'm so sure again.

"Looks like you're done talking, Caivon"

"Oh, it was a conversation that got me inside. Well, let's go."

Then the ground opens in the middle of the backyard where Shun stood until earlier, and the staircase appears.

Wine cellar leading underground. On second thought, was the person who was the original owner of this mansion, the predecessor, or Lue's apprentice, quite stylish?

"Here it is..."

"Isn't that amazing? There's plenty of wine in there, by the way."

"... wine, or"

"What, you're not gonna tell me you can't drink unless you're still as sweet as Karoo Milk, are you?

"... people can live without booze"

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"Seriously!

So don't flatter yourself.

"This... does look like a fairly advanced piece of civilization... whether or not this is the case on Earth..."

"Then I will adjust it so that Mr. Julia can get in here. Because it's only for me now."

"How have you been since then, Lieutenant? Take care of this machine."

When I open the console of the machine and ask the inner length who operates it with a familiar hand, after waking up, I haven't been in a single situation to use the machine, and on the contrary, I won't be using it for the next few years.

"You're gaining a lot of strength. The speed of thinking has also increased slightly. I've been able to unlock what I've been saving, so naturally, I have to thank you both again."

"No. It was originally because of my inconvenience..."

"No. Still, sooner or later I was about eternal sleep. But thanks to you, I was able to avoid it. Because this is an indisputable fact - yes, I'm done adjusting."

From what I've seen, I can't see it turning into a machine, but they said they were able to make adjustments for biological use.

Shun trying to get Julia on there just now, but you're still afraid of something you don't know what to do, or you try to run away with it.

... You just don't seem to be able to get a big ride here.

"Sorry, I just have to do this now..."

"Ah..."

"The Virgin makes the girl sleep. I see."

"What is it enough?

Once again Julia, sleeped by Dahlia, is put on the machine, the inner length manipulates the console, something like a transparent membrane appears and covers her.

"It seems like it could be understandable, so let me explain, you cover her with a membrane of magic, and then you generate invisible waves inside that are not magic this time, that have no effect on the human body. So you're going through every inch of her interior with that waveform."

"Hmmm... I knew it was something like an MRI... I think there's something abnormal about Lee Ching, probably his head, part of his brain..."

"... sounds like it. Some of them are inactive. Is this... blocked by something"

Then again the inner length opened the console, and now the membrane disappeared and instead a visible, blue tentacle-like object appeared.

I don't know, because of what Director Li said and did, this looks like a hell of a nasty thing.

"We've found an anomaly, so let the magic touch arm enter that part. This is visible, but I won't touch it. It's fixed in space again, so it doesn't spread around."

"I see... that means you can expose the affected area directly to magic without affecting the surrounding area... this will dramatically advance the medical field..."

"That's the Virgin, isn't it? But I think it's a little hard to do with people's hands. Because this is an amalgamation of medical care in my time."

"But it looks like it's worth the research."

Tentacles buried in the head from the temples. 'Somewhere in my head' that Rhue was saying. I guess he's deciding that out exactly. And there is no negative impact on the surroundings….

So will Dahlia, but Lue would be so excited to see this sight.

"... why is this here..."

Then the inner director, who was peeking into the console, glanced at the console as if angry, with a rare and harsh look on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"What the hell did you do to this kid? Why is there a direct influx of malicious magic in your head?

"Malignant magic......?

"It's contaminated, it's magic with bacterial independence. Some of my knowledge is that it had a significant negative impact on the environment and organisms. Why is this stuff deep in your brain..."

... What the hell is going on? When the magic of the Seven Stars contains such a thing...?

So what, since the days of what Lainey Linnealis called the Old World, you think the Seven Stars existed?

No, rather the remnants of that old world give the seven stars...?

"Let's hurry and get rid of it. It'll take time, but we'll flush it out."

"So, you can do it!?

"Yeah, it's gonna take a lot of time because you can only drain a little bit with this thin touch arm."

"… how much,"

"... a month or so, is it? Until then, you can use your life-support function to keep you at rest."

"... please. So, if Julia gets better,"

I don't know what Sole is right now, but at least I guess Julia's headed for comfort.

Shun's expression and voice color clearly make him something different.

Should I say that the possession has fallen?

"I'll take care of her responsibly. You guys want to head to Sarsgard, right? Then you'd better leave her here and go, wouldn't you?

"... right. Oh, let me do that, Lord Li. Please say hello to Julia."

"Yes, please. Mr. Dahlia, Mr. Caivon. You two are headed together, aren't you? Must be some big move, huh?

Then Manager Ri turns to us and starts talking with a serious face sometime.

Nature and spine stretch. For some reason, her words seemed to hold such power.

"There are three of you. Besides, a while ago, the magic inside showed only a moment of sway.... Something must be going on, it's even got something to do with us living here"

"... yes, you're right"

Dahlia then admitted the fact without falsehood.

"We're on our way to stop it. There's also a part here where you let me stop by to say no to his strays. But... now that the magic of the continent is starting to go crazy, it's hard to say that we can stay calm and safe here, and we're in the middle of something like that."

"Daria, that's my first time too."

"Yes. I checked the big tree behind the mansion today to be sure. If we keep this up... perhaps this continent will lose its magic and become devastated. So... we're on our way."

... Is that it?

You want to get that far and build up your strength, you.

Dahlia must have expected that possibility, the very survival of the continent, would depend long ago.

Since when? Could it have already been at the stage where you were in Selew?

"Shun. This machine is sucking up and running the magic of the continent. But all that magic flow is turning to the Brightness Arch, or Fennel. So... you understand."

"... is a benefactor. But it's Julia I love. I'm not lost pointing my sword at you."

"As well to the right. Which way, from the beginning, I've moved just for that."

"... you did. I've been getting ready since I sealed my sword."

I am reminded that the end is near.

But I had a hunch. Between those thrones, since I first confronted him.

Incompatible. You must definitely kill him, that's who he is.

That's why I...

"I knew you did. From the beginning... should I say that I can see everywhere, or should I say that I am obsessed?"

"You have to read ahead. I think it's more like a human duty to know what he hates more than anyone."

"... Then it's time to work out the operation, isn't it? When you wave your sword. Definitely the terrain of the continent will take its place. We have to evacuate the people of the King's capital somehow..."

For the first time in a long time, 'Operational meetings between team members' are exchanged in an out of place place place called wine cellars.

It was when I thought I missed that for a moment. This deep underground roar caused the dim lamp to shake heavily.

"What the hell is this?!?

"Raid!?

"That can't be right! Hurry up, all three of you come with me."

And when we rushed back to the ground, what we saw was an unexpected sight.

A place that should be dark. But it's certainly the moonlight and the starlight that's pouring down on us when we get out of the ground.

... Yes, there was a total loss of connection between hiding places.