Sword of the Philosopher

"If you tell me that no matter how much information you fish, I'll have to interpret it that way... but I think it must probably be true. As soon as you have enough material to disprove, I'll change the saddle."

... Regardless of how, it seems unrealistic to be honest that civilization has collapsed affecting all of the world. But I was convinced I might be. Because from now on... in the future, the same thing happens. Nevertheless,

"... does that mean you sniped all of civilization?

The question came from Kati.

"It proves more than we are now that all human beings have not perished. But all those associated with civilization are doomed... does that mean that there was just something aimed at?

"Right. It's weird to put it into words, but it's a disintegration of oriented civilization."

It is an odd literal......

"It is unclear whether it was an attack aimed solely at civilization... the only thing I can say for sure is that all the areas in which civilization was developing have been destroyed"

"It had nothing to do with that… for example, people who lived in forests and mountains survived,"

Forna snorts at my words.

"That's the thing. So, the biggest question is why did such a collapse occur... shall we explain along the lines of the times? First, in ancient times there were beings called 'fantasy trees'. It is a mass of magic that supports ancient civilizations. The takeover began, and the humans waged war."

... consistent with the information obtained at the Phantom Beast Jin's place. Can I assume you're credible?

"With that assumption, I worked in various weapons development and so on... the technology used by the Holy King Rebait would be one end of it. In it came the existence of a star god… So. A star god is not so much a wish-fulfilling thing as a wish-fulfilling thing. At that time, it's unclear what kind of wish the star god made when he came down, but it must have been something that wasn't even Locke."

"... the information we have."

I organize and talk about information I get from phantom beasts.

"A battle broke out over that 'fantasy tree', and the nations were divided. And the divided nation collapsed… Is that when all the civilizations I've just spoken about disappeared?"

"I'm generally not mistaken. Doubts may vary because of the obscurity of the age of detail and so on...... the country was divided by a massive war and eventually collapsed. Not a hundred years have passed between division and collapse. Given the information sleeping on this continent, it probably means that some divided country was doing research to find the star god and take hegemony"

... I see, then I can somehow understand.

"Until then, the angels and demons were safe from the state... well there didn't seem to be that many at the time"

"I can read that from the information we have..."

"Then shall we talk about stepping further... what is the Star God"

Is that the core part? We swallow and wait for words.

"On the continent of Sherzia, we know that we were investigating the Star God. The first ancient nation broke with someone's wish fulfilled... but apparently the angels were moving to destroy it"

"Destruction…?"

"The identity of the Star God is the collection of magic that lingers in this world. A being to be called even the nucleus of a star, so to speak. But that's just a huge chunk of magic, and there's no such thing as self there... should be. But."

"… there exists a case of interference"

"With that mouthful, you've seen him face to face with a star god."

- I nodded that I didn't even have to come here and hide it.

"Right. The star god seemed to be moving by some will"

"Stargod should not inherently have thought, but by gaining so much magic, he gains the ability to think. As a result, we begin to interfere with humans… So why bring destruction? By analogy, it's like balloons can play."

"... the overbloated star god thinks he lets it go wild?

"Close to it. Magic exists in this world as much as it wants. It accumulates in the center of the star and sooner or later runs wild. A being that can be called the will of the star god is interfering with man in an attempt to make some sense of it... oh so much. Is this the place for reason?"

"... trying to make sense,"

"This is my guess, but I'm wondering if it was brought about by the presence that I first wished for Star God. The researchers of Star God did whatever they wanted... and that's what empowered humans to bruise and laugh."

"... I thought somehow"

Reese opened her mouth here.

"You've been a long time... and that's the kind of mouth you've met with the star gods just like us"

"Right."

- It was an instant answer, so I couldn't keep up with my thoughts for a second.

"Rather than, I have met the will of the star god"

"Become...!?"

Exactly. Leese loses her surprise words, too. Then Forna sticks her hand out and controls what she says and does.

"It was a very moderate being to meet me... rather than the will of the star god is not a single rock. No, this is a different way of saying it… I'm talking about the existence of a star god in the star god who is trying to destroy it"

"Of the star god, inside...!?"

That's just... no, that's where I noticed.

I've probably met him before. Dragon continent, in a death fight... the presence of a young man who called on me.

"The person gave me a lot of information. Much of what we have just said is due to the person… Originally, we should have just fished for the relic material, but the interference of such presence has turned it into what is necessary for this world. We're lucky to be able to receive information like this now."

This is exactly the information we need... to be known as a rebel who sleeps in the star god. I saw it before, but I couldn't be sure. If you don't know anything, you'll think of it as one of the many personalities of Star God.

But I got the information... and I started to think that if I could talk to that, it might be a breakthrough. Not only from the outside, but from the inside...... if that is possible, we may be able to crush the star god.

I just have one more question... when I tried to throw it there was someone who would speak up before me.