It was the hill of the brave, once visited today, that was traced by the metamorphosis magic of Cro.

Standing in front of a giant stone tablet once said to have been left behind by Mr. Noyne, Crowe turns to me and opens his mouth with a gentle smile.

"Kite...... thank you so much"

"Oh...... no, I'm so glad Dr. Crowe and Dr. Feer made up."

It was immediately understandable that the words of gratitude told referred to the matter of Dr. Fier.

"Yeah. If Kate hadn't moved... me and Fia, we wouldn't have had a hang-up... maybe we'd still be unable to make up for it"

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"I'm so glad... and from the bottom of my heart, I was happy. I knew Kite was amazing. I'm really happy to meet Kate and be your lover... again, thanks"

... It's a strange thing. Even this time, it was hard for me, and I'm tired.

But such tiredness also paid off when I saw Crowe smile, I thought so.

And in the end, I kind of moved... I understood that there was no hard reason for anything, I just wanted to see this smile from Crowe.

Khlo smiles at me for a little while, then reaches for the night sky.

"... Cro?

"Wait, wait, wait."

From the body of Chro, who said so, a mighty magic force is emitted that shakes the air.

"... dusk of stars, memories of the world, remnants of distant days... Planet Memory"

"Huh? Huh!?

When Crowe told me in a calm voice, the scenery in my eyes changed at that moment.

The night sky, which should have been a little cloudy, suddenly turns into a starry sky full of sky... but even if it hadn't, this is what Crowe did, right? Changed the weather...?

"..." 1,000 Years Old Starry Sky. "

"Shh, 1000 years ago?

"Yeah. A little interference in the world, just for a little while."

To tell you the truth, that's a terrible thing to do... I mean, just the sky, I rewound my time a thousand years ago, and should I say boulder...

In front of me stunned, Crowe keeps his words staring at the giant stone tablet.

"A thousand years ago, under this starry sky... I was, Noin... yeah. I offered Hikari a choice."

"Choice? To Mr. Noyne?

"Yeah. 'I'm going back to the original world like this' or 'I'm staying in this world', or I got a choice here."

Indeed, Lilia's story suggests that the stone tablets and Japanese swords here carry a very powerful magic of state preservation.

And now the words... I guess it was Chro who applied that magic... but after making it the same starry sky as a thousand years ago, why would he tell me that story?

At the same time that such a question comes to my mind, Crowe looks at me off the tablet.

"... really. If I wanted to, I wouldn't have to wait a year to get Kite back to her world."

"... ugh, yeah"

I'm not surprised about that. Cro is Mr. Shiro...... the half body of the Creating God, whose power is comparable to that of Mr. Shiro, who is almost almighty.

Not surprisingly, you could have brought me back to the original world. But I don't know more and more...... why are we talking about that now?

"... kite kun. I told you I wouldn't ask you what Kate would do after the Brave Men's Festival, right? I respect Kite's choice..."

"Ugh, yeah."

"... but just a little... selfish, can I say it?

"To?"

I haven't told Crowe what I'm going to do after the Brave Men's Festival.

No, I tried to tell him. But Crowe said he wished he could tell me after the Festival of the Brave, and he didn't try to hear it.

I don't care what choice I make. Say I respect that...... then I never put the topic of that hand to the table.

But now, Khlo moves his legs small and moves near me after he talks about what happened after the Brave Men's Festival.

And he tells me with a small body, hugging me.

"... kite kun. Don't go back to the old world... I want to be with my favorite Kate all the time... in this world I love. So in this world... I want you to be beside me."

"... Cro"

It's about her, sweetheart, and I never would have spoken of it before so as not to narrow my options.

But right now, Crowe clearly told me not to go back to the original world... honestly, I couldn't help but be glad.

I gently embrace Crowe's body and spin the words as gently and reassuringly as I can.

"... Cro, it's me, actually, I did Mr. Shiro a favor."

"... to Shiro?

"Yeah... only once, he wants me to be able to 'say goodbye' to the people who took care of him in the world I was in"

The favor I gave Mr. Shiro... it was a letter or whatever, so he wanted me to say goodbye to his uncle and aunt who took care of him.

In contrast, Mr. Shiro agreed to 'go back to the original world and come to this world again'... well, there seems to be some final trial, conditional upon me being able to complete it...

"Or, Kite... that's..."

"Yeah. I'm not going anywhere... in this world... beside Crowe, I'm going to live"

"Kite..."

"Cro... uh, the... 'I love you'"

"Huh!? Kite kun!?

It was pretty embarrassing, but when I managed to say the thought... Khlo hugged me hard.

"Me too! I love you, Kite... I'm happy, I'm happy."

"Oh, haha... that's embarrassing"

Cro sticking to me perfectly...... not to miss that loving warmth makes me stronger to hug too.

Crowe looks up with a hug on me and a really heartfelt happy smile on her face.

"... hey, kite"

"Yeah?"

"... kiss, I want to"

"Yeah, me too..."

Under the downpouring starlight, my face and that of Chro approached... and the distance reached zero.

Dear Mother, Father - under a starry sky full of heaven, just like Mr. Noyne once did, I told Chro of my choice. It's not like I don't have any remnants of my heart in the world I was in. But my mind is already set. I'm going to live in this world even after the Festival of the Brave.