Chapter 548: The Stories Converge on That God (1/2)

The sea at night, surrounded by a terrifying silence. On it, Eden absentmindedly gazed at the moon and slowly began to tell the story that led to the present.

[……When the premise changes, the essence also changes. Perhaps, was your second question already answered?]

[Y- Yes, my second question is…… Shallow Vernal-sama should have had prepared the Summoning Magic Circle 19000 years ago, just a thousand years after we had invaded the God Realm. I didn't really understand her motives thus far.]

[I don't know what Shallow Vernal's true motives were. If you're fine with assumptions, should we talk about it?]

[Yes, please.]

For the sake of her beloved Kaito, Alice wants to gather as much information as possible. Thus, she urged Eden to continue with a serious expression on her face.

[It's just a guess but…… ”Shallow Vernal's purpose has changed once”. No, I guess it would be more appropriate to say that it had transformed.]

[……Transformed?]

[Yes, when she first created this world, I think Shallow Vernal was lost…… bewildered. Until then, she was just a phenomenon; she had no such thing as a heart. No, she may already have a heart back then, but she was not aware of it. To put it another way, when she first created this world, Shallow Vernal's heart was that of a newborn baby.]

[I see, so Shallow Vernal-sama was bewildered about her own heart, right?]

[That's just a guess though. Shallow Vernal herself didn't know what to do after she created the world. For this reason, she created a half-body of herself…… and had thrown the decision over to her. But then, something happened that transformed Shallow Vernal's mental state, and she accepted that she had a ”heart of her own”.]

[……That should be the battle that took place twenty thousand years ago.]

Eden's guess was probably right. Shallow Vernal was confused about the existence of her heart, and left it up to Kuromueina to decide what to do.

But in that battle against Kuromueina, Shallow Vernal admitted that she had a heart. Yes, that's where it all began.

[And with that transformation in her purpose, what Shallow Vernal sought next…… is Miyama Kaito. I don't know what future she saw, but this premise is the most important one.]

[………………]

[Have you ever wondered about it? Why is it that Shallow Vernal had an ”abnormal” attachment to Miyama Kaito in the first place…… She was so attached to Miyama Kaito in a way that couldn't be explained by mere interest.]

[……That's certainly something I should have thought about.]

Alice is also one of the few people in the world who has gained Shallow Vernal's interest. However, Shallow Vernal isn't particularly attached to Alice. At best, she remembers her name.

That's also the same case for the First Hero, Kujou Hikari…… In other words, Shallow Vernal clearly has a special interest to Kaito……

[And that's probably as it should be. If my guess is correct, she had been seeking the being named Kaito Miyama for nearly 20000 years. The future is always bending, always changing, but it can also be ”fixed if several factors are aligned”.Perhaps, Shallow Vernal made a lot of movements so that Miyama Kaito will be invited into this world.]

[To make the future of Kaito-san coming to this world definite…….?]