I just wanted someone to admit it.

That was all.

But that's all I've ever been able to do.

Because I was scared. I was helplessly afraid to expose my true self to others. So I've run, faked it, fixed it, played something called Amelia-Rose.

Myself I've asked for in that.

But I don't know who I really am... I wasn't there.

I'm glad I stayed, but I've never been able to admit it.

So I defined myself as a fake now... as a heroine of tragedy... just assumed so.

There's no point in living, there's no place for me to get to... that just mechanically living is my life... that's what I was desperate for.

But everyone... Ray, admits me.

As it is now, I hope so.

And Ray said you'd be looking with me.

That's right. Even Ray, he's not perfect. I suffer as much as I do, I worry, I have him now ahead of me in my grip. Such a ray and that's why I can drop by.

If you're with him, if you're with everyone, I'm sure there's somewhere I can get to.

……

Take your steps slowly.

The venue was at its best. Audience voices, plus live and narrative voices. Plus, the voices of everyone in the Amelia Support Group. Everything just sounds clear.

Looking up at the sky, it was sunny today.

No. This sky has always been clear. But I've fought so painfully that I can't afford to look up at such a beautiful sky. Because I thought I could find something in this fight.

But I already... found it.

My answer was not in the fight. The answer, right on the side... was in me. That could be found thanks to Ray.

I'm fine as I am. And with everyone, let's continue to live with him.

Because that path of finding answers is why I live.

Amelia, you're here.

"Ariane......"

"Apparently, the possession has fallen."

"Because Ray helped me."

"Really... Again, you couldn't have done it with me. No, I'm the one, so I'm sure you couldn't."

"Ariane......"

Out of sight, she told me so.

I'm sure there was a grid in Ariane as well. Ariane was also worried about what to do against me, which continues to haunt me.

How could that be? If I were you right now, I'd understand.

I feel like I look good today. I feel like I can feel it.

I'm supposed to live in the same world as before... it was like living in a different world.

"Well, Amelia. It's the finals."

"Yep."

I'm the one who wins.

"No. It's me."

"Really? Then let's settle it. Which is worthy of the winner of the Magics Chevalier competition"

"Yep."

Face each other.

And while we look at each other, we get in place.

Oh. Almost there. It's about to start.

If you look closely, Ariane didn't already have a sword. Probably at the same time as the game starts, they're going to use that ability. Are you saying I won't spare any effort to put it out because I showed it in the semifinals?

It's her way of fighting.

Speaking of me on the other hand, there are no measures. Just helpless, I came to this place.

I'm sure I would have... trembled here before and accepted to be ravaged.

But why not?

What makes my heart so high?

So much so that the inside of my heart gets hot.

Yeah, I'm sure this is thanks to Ray. Thanks to him I can face it this way. to Ariane, and to himself.

That moment, his face comes to mind. Burn it in the back of your brain, and I smile.

─ ─ Hey, Ray. I'm sure I'll win.

Today alone, this day alone, this battle alone, I dedicate this victory to you alone.

Because I'm sure that's the best thing I can do, give back.

"─ Start the game!!

At the same time that we perceived that voice from each other, Ariane's limbs are dyed to burn, to burn. The red and black cord was created all at once, and the instant its appearance disappeared with the explosion.

The ground she was on is determined, and the figure appears in front of her.

It's not instantaneous travel. I just maxed my physical speed. That's superior to my perception.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!

Roar.

Ariane raised her voice and waved that fist at once. The aim was my dovetail. It's too much. Seen in the semifinals, that spectacular end plays in my brain.

But when I read that track intuitively, suddenly I set my sword vertically to match that line.

"Gu, guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!

I try to step on it as best I can, but I get blown backwards as it is.

Of course, the sword was shattered and scattered by just one blow right now.

For Ariane now, just a sword doesn't work. That was something I knew.

But at the same time I wonder if they will break my defense lightly, and I won't get out of sight while I manage to get passive.

Guard made it.

Of course there's damage in it, but we can still fight it. I can do a bunch of abrasions when I roll, but this stuff is trivial.

Now you just mustn't take your eyes off Ariane, who keeps moving at this high speed.

But Ariane, who is supposed to be in sight, disappears neglectfully.

─ ─ Where did you go...!?

And, thinking about it, I heard slight exhalation from behind at about the same time.

"─ Su"

"... Behind you!!?

And, the moment I raised my voice, Ariane's fist was released with that overwhelming pressure.

There is no sword already.

So I had no choice but to confront her with sorcery.

And when combined with Fast Magic "Quick" and Chain Magic "Chain" it creates numerous ice walls so that it overlaps on the spot.

For a physical attack, it was a choice I thought I had no choice but to make a physical defense... but for a moment, the ice wall in front of me splashes at once. And out of it came Ariane's right arm.

But this is a snake.

I already know. At that time, I could deal with the meaning of my abilities... if I were you now.

And I run a new code.

Prima Material-Encoding-Supply Materials Code

Material Code = Decoding

Material Code = Processing = Accelerated Acceleration

Embodiment = Phenomenon

It is the red lotus butterfly that manifests itself. Dyed bright red it covered Ariane's arms all at once when it overflowed my surroundings in large quantities...... bombed.

"Ha... ha... ha... ha..."

I stare at Ariane rolling backwards all at once, holding my severely painful head with my right hand.

Never let your gaze slip away. Don't be alarmed.

By Ariane now, distance doesn't matter.

Because in just one step, you can pack your distance from me.

And when I pay for the fragments of crushed ice, I become conscious again of the butterflies that manifest themselves around me.

This ability gained in the fight against Ray.

Exploding butterflies can be manipulated as they please.

This is my unique magic, Origin.

I'm sure if I hadn't met Ray, if I hadn't exchanged words with him then... I wouldn't have been able to activate this ability.

But... it's still hot in my body.

Dokun, dokun, dokun, and the heart roars. My body seemed to show. Still, when I had a way ahead of me, I could get there... and my body seemed to tell me that.

"Heh heh heh... yes... Amelia too... you were hiding the inherent magic Origin..."

Appearing out of that black smoke was Ariane, who suffered burns all over her body.

Perhaps while you're activating that ability, defenses elsewhere will be thinner. The limbs are still dyed red and black, but I could hear the damage in other places for sure.

"Amelia... I mean it even more... with all my sincerity, let me go..."

That must be like talking to yourself.

I could barely hear it, but those eyes were looking at me as if I were staring into the void... staring at me.

"─ - Haunted" Auga ": Thunderbolt" Sintila "

Aiming for that gap, I manipulate those butterflies even further at once. At the same time, when you activate the ice needle Isicle Pierce, an intermediate sorcery in the massive high-speed sorcery Quick, it releases it all with a rose hanging on her chest… it is all scratched off by a glimmer of light.

"... electricity?

I squeal bossly.

Yes. That limb was charged so that it was entangled with a beep, beep and sound.

That figure stands up relaxed. Purely, I thought it was beautiful.

Ariane had completely put that electricity under control. charged and emitting light. It also seemed to indicate her noble will to

Right... I understand that ability can attribute to the limbs.

"Come on, Amelia. You stand up to the strongest. Call me."

"I, I... will never, ever lose!!

That is how we run the earth again against each other.

'Awwwwwwwwwww!!!

Voices overlap. We've already done quite a bit of damage to each other. I was not fully capable of dealing with each other with that overwhelming arm power, and Ariane with the butterflies I produce.

The infinitely generated butterfly covers her up in that overwhelming number.

But Ariane destroys all of that and comes at me again and again. Every time I manipulate those butterflies with my palms and make them blow up one after the other.

Explode. Explode. Explode.

But out of the black smoke, Ariane surely appears.

We never break each other's hearts. When will this battle be over? When will the opponent fall? We didn't have time to be aware of that, we just kept fighting.

In the middle of that battle, I run the code again.

Prima Material-Encoding-Supply Materials Code

Material Code = Decoding

Substance Material Code = Processing = ""

Embodiment

I feel uncomfortable.

Sorcery still activates the blowing butterfly, which is my unique sorcery Origin. But I feel uncomfortable. As if there was a blank space there, I still felt like I had a way ahead of this ability.

And the time I think is infinite, too, and it's time for the moment to tell the end.

"Ahhh... ahhh... ahhh... hey..."

"Ugh......................................................................................."

We were already full of each other.

Ariane blackened her whole body, while I totally tortured the magic too much. It hurts like my brain burns out. But... Ariane still tries to get up.

Last offense.

When she approached once and for all with abandonment, she came straight into the assault. Did Ariane also think that I would not blow up that butterfly in the extent of the damage, that is, in the super close range Cross Range?

But I didn't hesitate.

Covering my body with the primary material PrimaMateria at least, while sheltering the rose in my chest...... I blew myself up.

That's how we blow backwards and roll as we go.

But the roses on each other's chests are not scattered... and we still have the strength to fight.

Crawling to the ground, but this heart still doesn't admit to losing.

"Ugh... oh... oh..."

My voice, my voice plunders.

Move, move, move.

I hope so, but my body is hard to get into.

I try to get up but the stomping doesn't work...... it's even hard to get up.

Ariane, on the other hand, rises flustered.

What drives us so far from each other?

This must be proof of itself.

Throughout this battle, I prove that we are this self.

So it never stops.

Until this body stopped listening, until our minds admitted to losing... we were supposed to keep fighting... but at last my body seems to have come to a limit.

"Ha... ha... ha... ha..."

Ariane is breathing completely on her shoulders, but her body moves, and her mind is still willing to stand up to it.

Oh... well.

I, have I lost...

Enlightenment.

Here I am defeated.

But I did my best, didn't I? Good luck getting this far, huh?

I'm sure I would have ended up encouraging you to do so by now. You must have praised yourself for struggling and ended up there.

But now... I don't want to lose.

Never, never want to lose.

The thought precedes.

My body doesn't move. I was just crawling to the ground and staring at Ariane slowly approaching.

Even if it was now that this is so unusual and the loss is confirmed...

I don't want to lose!!

Absolutely, absolutely want to win!!

I hope so... but reality is ruthless. There is nothing left for me anymore. No matter how hard my heart wishes, if this body doesn't move... there's nothing I can do about it.

And the moment I try to admit defeat, this silent, inorganic world with lost color and sound... bright beings into it.

"Amelia aaaaaaaaa!! Get up, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

In a world where I could completely lose the color and the sound... his voice... Ray's voice enters my world.

Moments, this world brings back vibrant colors, beautiful tones.

─ Oh, why not?

It's everyone's face that comes to mind at a time like this.

Elisa's gentle smile. Some of it's a bit of a pull-in idea, but a very hard-working, smart sweet girl.

Clarice's twinkling appearance. But I get a tender look with my face turning bright red from time to time. Sometimes things are tight, but she's really a very sweet girl.

Evi's nikka look. That's a bright smile for everyone. The focus on muscles is the same as or more than Ray's. And he's a great guy with a big body but fine attention around him.

And Ray's clear and beautiful eyes, "Yes Boo".

What is in his eyes?

Too harsh a life. That must not be something I can imagine.

Over it, he was in the same spot as me and leaned against me.

And Ray was just as scared as I was again.

to come into contact with people's hearts.

But we put our hearts and minds together.

When we lived together that way, we swore we would look for meaning to live together.

That's right.

I... will live. With him, with all of us, on this road... we're going to find a reason to live.

Life has no meaning. So I just have to find it myself.

'Together, let's find the meaning of living. Let's live with that weakness as we support each other. I want to move on with you. "

Ray's words reflate.

And his gentle smile comes to mind at the same time...... his heart bounces. That must be one of the loudest sounds ever.

Dokun, dokun, dokun and the heart accelerate that beat even further.

And suddenly the image that's in my brain comes to mind.

The bird in the cage rises, and the key that was on the door that was closed makes a rattling noise, and the door is opened. In front of it was a clear sky everywhere. The bird then looked up at the bright blue sky at its exit as it slowly began to walk.

Moments, I understood.

Oh... well, was that what you said?

Was this what Ray meant?

It falls to "Fu". Be good at it. Understand.

My ability, by its very nature... was here, in this place.

That's how I try to fill that blank and run a completely new code all at once.

Prima Material-Encoding-Supply Materials Code

Material Code = Decoding

Supplies "Materials" Code = Processing = Four Causes Theory "Itia" = Mass Due to "Huley" = Phase Due to "Eidos" = Action Due to "Effichen" = Purpose Due to "Teros"

Embodiment = Causality

That moment, from my back, is more than ever...... no, countless bright red lotus butterflies manifest themselves as they ascend to heaven.

It rises to the sky, to the sky, drawing a spiral.

Its red lotus butterflies rush up to the other side of the sky, scattering the prima materia, a bright red first material that can be visualized, in pieces.

I stand up slowly as I am.

When you snort your right hand sideways and align the rows of those butterflies perfectly in a row, not vertically, you pat your fingers and release them all at once.

Hilarious and scattered butterflies continue to manifest themselves as they circle around me, drawing spirals.

In such an infinitely increasing number of Red Lotus butterflies, I stand still "Shiatsu".

And when I stop one butterfly from it at my fingertips, I coldly say the true ability name.

"─ ─ Karma Butterflies (Butterfly Effect)"

The birds in the cage were unleashed into the sky.