Sword of the Philosopher

After the Anvelate resurrection, we and the Phantom Beast exchanged more information… convinced that much progress would be made in the battle against the Star God.

'The knowledge of angels is very useful. Now I could go one step further towards defeating the star god'

Yes, Terra concludes. Devals also seemed to agree, and the results here were far better than we had expected.

As a result, we finally decided to leave the area where the phantom beast lives... for the last night.

After hosting something like a little feast there, I went to bed without anything. And... I...

"Hey."

I heard voices. At the same time, I understand in my head that this is a dream.

When I turned my gaze to the call to say hello to my friend... there was myself in the mirror.

"... a star god"

"Correct, can I say. I've never called myself that."

Star God responding with a bitter smile. As I find myself halfway to it,

"Can you interfere in your dreams...? Is that how you peek into people's heads?

"This is an exception. You were the phantom beasts I gave you the power... was that the name Lug? Fighting him brought me a little closer. I can now use that edge to interfere like this... but this is only once. The magic that just connects the edges will be misty once you do it."

"So, what are you gonna do by showing up all of a sudden?

"There's nothing I can do in particular because I'm in a dream. We're just gonna talk."

"... then I'll ask first. What happened to Alan?

At the end of his battle with fallen angels, the reincarnator disappeared by the presence in front of him. When asked, the star god laughed.

"He... well, if you describe the work you've done, you can even start waving your sword."

"What?"

"In a nutshell, he was jealous. Despite the same reincarnators, there is an isolated difference in strength… You gained unparalleled strength by knowing from the time you reincarnated the method of being strong. But Alan wasn't."

"As the same reincarnator, you thought you couldn't lose?

"That would be a good expression, though. Wouldn't the inside be more drooling?

- Me and him are fundamentally different. In the first place, I didn't get stronger trying to defeat the star god or anything, but at first, I was forced to do it anyway.

However, I guess mentioning that doesn't change Alan's mind.

"If the next time we meet, you will undoubtedly exchange swords. You should be ready. If the reincarnator is giving him temper, he'll be the feather that shrugs under his feet."

"Because you empower, don't you?

The star god answers nothing to the inquiry. I'm sure you affirm it out of the question, though.

"Next story… or shall we get down to business? You seem to be doing a lot to defeat me. By joining hands with the phantom beast, the former fallen angel... seems to have succeeded in reviving my informative presence as well."

"Are you here to warn me? If you want to know any more, you have to forgive me."

"No, no, I'm not just going to interfere like that. Regardless, if you're on your way, you're going to intercept me, and I want you to be prepared for it... but personally, I have some thoughts about the followers."

"Are you sad that the believing beings can disappear? You, you have such feelings."

"You can't even be sad. I'm sorry to hear that you don't support me anymore, but... Lug is a man who gave me some strength, too. That's why I want you to try harder."

"... what are you going to do"

I feel disturbed and my eyes sharpen. And the star god smiled.

"Do you want to fight?"

"Competition?"

"Oh. When I wake up from this dream, I should be able to immediately understand what it means... the content is extremely simple, just defeat the enemy. If you win... we have the right reward. Instead, the enemy has a lot of information about me. You should get something beneficial just by engaging and winning"

"... I ask after thinking that's not true, but what happens if this one loses?

"Nothing. I basically don't actively hand it out... this time I just cooperated and raised it because Lug has relied on it, and unless someone wants or demands it, I won't do anything from me because I won't get my hands off the ground. It's just, you know, if you lose, you're sure it's gonna be a real bother. Plus, you didn't deserve to fight me."

You're absolutely hostile to the main body because you lose to a powerful being?

"... ok, that's more of a compulsion, isn't it?

"Oh, yeah."

"Then there's no reason to talk in this way?

"Really?

- Does this guy end up casually doing what he thought was funny?

I guess it doesn't make sense to ask for a reason. In the first place, the very existence of underground power is heterogeneous, and we don't even know if we have the human self.

Because the existence in front of me is turned into me, I'm going to get it wrong... but it's not like us humans at all. Is it useless to just speculate on thought patterns and such?

"Oh, I get it. Then take it and stand."

"At a time like this, the line that goes on is to wash your neck and wait, right?

A star god who tilts and talks about his little neck. And I sharpened my gaze even more... suddenly, I woke up from a dream.

"... not at all"

I get up when I whine small. When I say I'm awake, my eyes are blinded and awake as if I hadn't slept before.

If you look outside, before dawn...... I had enough sleep because I was off the banquet early.

"... Wake up"

Get out of bed and finish the schedule. He then gently left the accommodation to keep everyone else awake.

Earlier dreams...... what happens. My legs move even though I have doubts. In the meantime, a walk means we decide to head to the coast.

A short walk reveals a light white sandy beach. I was making a long noise last night, so I was just wondering if anyone... but I had a client.

Continue walking there. Even when I opened it in my footsteps, I immediately sensed it and my neck turned this way.

"Oh, what's wrong?

It was an anvelate. Yuno is not around and alone. I stood beside her, answering, "I'm awake."