183 182. Palinkron.txt (1/2)

And then it comes back.

The 'center' of the battlefield, like a thousand years ago re-baked.

Me, poking my knee behind Reiner fighting Palinkron.

That's right, 'me' - I am.

Now that I have the light and have regained my emotions, I can clearly say that I am ”Aikawa Uzumi”.

I'm Aikawa Uzumi. The ”magic stone” is here. You can claim that you are Aikawa Uzumi with that simple reason.

But that's not quite right.

At any rate, if you say the reason is because of Tamashii, then there is something inside me that belongs to Yotaki. The body and blood also belong to YouTaki. It makes more sense if you say that the current me is a girl named ”Aikawa Yotaki”.

But that's not quite right either.

Thanks to Heili, I got an answer, and now I'm satisfied with the answer. I finally understand.

The ”I” is the ”I”.

I don't care who I am, whether it's Kanami from a thousand years ago or my worthless self, I will always be me.

'Christ!　You're awake!

A wounded Rainer senses my awakening and calls out my name.

In response, I stand up.

I respond to the call of ”Christ” instead of ”Kanami”.

Oh, I mean, ”Christ” would have been fine. I didn't mind having Dia call me 'Christ' without being intimidated. I'm also 'Christ', 'Kanami', 'Kanami, the original Kanami of a thousand years ago', 'Aikawa Uzumi' - and in the extreme, 'Yotaki'. So I should have insisted on using whatever name I wanted.

You know it's wrong, but you push through with strength - that's what living as a human being is all about.

This isn't a story limited to ”Jewelcrus” alone.

There will be times when everyone loses sight of themselves and doubts their own name. There will be times when you don't know who you are in front of the mirror.

The special ”Jewelcruise” was just prone to this.

It's not just me that's suffering.

I'm sure everyone in the world is living a life of strength.

Palinclone, Ryner, Maria, everyone without exception--

'Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

I laughed at the answer.

It's a horrible answer that I had to laugh at. That's probably why Hailey was so bright at the end, too.

Because I feel like an idiot for suffering such a simple thing.

'Oh, why didn't I realize how simple this was ......!　I'm not ”The Jewish Stone Man” (Jewelculus). ......!　It wasn't a nobody!　It was never worthless!　I'm me!　The fight to this day was worth it!　Properly!　And--

The fog called anxiety that had covered my vision was clearing. The dark cloud of despair that had clung to my thoughts is clearing. Even though the battlefield is so dark, the world is so bright.

I step on the earth like the bottom of the world and breathe heavily in the darkness.

I can breathe. That alone is enough to give me a sense of happiness.

It's the first time I've ever felt the air taste so good.

My heart speeds up again with a thud. But no more scary visions come to mind that make my heart burst out of my chest. Rather, it's a sign that my life is being revitalized.

I feel a surge of energy from the bottom of my body.

I am no longer the person who was so frightened that my feet were about to collapse.

And that's just as well. I am not alone.

Clenching my trembling chest, I whisper strongly and forcefully to myself.

''-- 'Yotaki' yes ......!　In me: ......!　Ever!

We are convinced of our own core. And then we innovate.

It was truly a feeling of being reborn.

I followed Heili's Path, and all the pieces came together.

The canvas of my heart that I had been unable to see for a long time was completed.

I had been searching and searching for my sister, 'Yotaki', and her place - it was me.

'There you are!　I've been protecting something important, all along!　I definitely heard that!　Yotaki's voice came from inside me!

Hugging his own chest with his own arms.

I love the heartbeat I hear coming from it.

The heartbeat is one.

But they are overlapping.

I hear two heartbeats of the soul.

'There are two magical stones in here!　The magical stone of my own ”The One Who Steals the Reason of Dimension”!　And the magic stone from Yangtaki's The One Who Steals the Reason of Water!　It's two things!

His eyes widen and he picks up the sword he dropped on the ground.

There is no trace of the weariness that had been eating away at my body.

I fill up my magical energy and extend my attention to the skill ”??” that had been crawling right up to my side. I extend my awareness to the ?

''And this skill isn't an emotion-robbing skill!　It wasn't 'malice'!

The skill ”?” is no longer unidentified. is no longer unknown.

The essence of this skill is not the disposal of emotions. It's a skill I made to avoid relying on the 'level' of strength. It's a skill I created because I won't give up on helping Yotaki, no matter what.

The essence of this skill is probably 'righteous growth'.

In the past, I must have known that strengthening with 'magic power' and 'magic stones' alone would be a dead end.

It's not a good idea to be strong enough to change into a monster. That's why I failed so badly in the past.

That's why I focused on another kind of power.

That is, the strength of the mind - the power to resist fate - the 'numeric value that cannot be expressed in numbers'.

'Primordial Kanami' was keenly aware that his heart was weak. He understood that he was a soul that was easily succumbed to fate. When he was saved by the younger 'Tiara', he would have regretted it with regret.

The 'Primordial Kanami' was convinced that there would always be emotions that he couldn't accept in his immature self. That's why he created the skill to create a reprieve until he was able to accept them.

So this is a skill to 'get over' rather than 'abandon'.

This is not malice (ill-will). It's the opposite. On the contrary, it is full of good intentions.

It's not a skill to keep the Vortex Wave from dying, either. This skill ”? was a skill for not letting 'Yangtaki' die.

It's an incomplete skill that doesn't even have a name, a failed skill - this is indeed my skill that I created to send Yotaki to the depths.

And I think now is the time to give this skill a name.

It's because of its name that both magic and skills have their true value.

It's because of the name, my heart dances, and my thoughts become power, and they become the spirit of my words and act on the world.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you want to do with it.

--It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it.

I'm not going to be able to get rid of it.

A thousand years ago, and even now, that's the only thing that hasn't changed!

Hence, if you want to name this skill--!

Lead me now!　'The Deepest Pledge (Di Cavernator)' aaaa--!

Di Cavernanter. I will name him who has pledged to reach the Deepest.

And having acquired a name through the millennia of time - the skill is sublimated.

-- The skill 'Pledger of the Deepest (Di Cavernator)' has been activated.

By overcoming the past (・・・・・・・・・・) (...), you regain your emotions (・・・・・・・・・).

The confusion is resolved by 1.00--.

The emotions that have been sequestered by the skills return in rapid succession.

Of course, they include despair, loneliness, frustration, humiliation, stress, discomfort, fear, pollution - a host of bad feelings.

But to that extent (・・・・), I can get through it all now.

The day I lost my memory and got lost in the labyrinth as a level 1, I couldn't take in much.

I was alone that day. I couldn't believe in another world. I was afraid. I didn't want to die.

But it's all right now. I was truly on a whole other level. My strength has changed to strength.

Things are different now than they were that day!

'Oh, I'm stronger now!　Finally, from the bottom of my heart, I can say that!　He's grown up!　So I'm not afraid of anything anymore!

Bad feelings filled my mind, but I knocked them all down.

With a stronger mind, I complete the emotional arrangement.

Naturally, the body and mind are united. I regain the power of my senses, the power I had when I fought Rowen.

I don't even need to suppress my parallelism. I won't be swayed by this skill now. I can use it to my advantage.

With my fully-unleashed skills, I've neutralized all of Palinkron's mental attacks.

I then step forward to help Ryner, who was in tatters.

''Thank you, Ryner!　Let me take care of the rest!

'It's too late. ......!　Christ......!

While I was unable to move, Ryner was fighting the Palinkron alone. Even now, he's still fighting with the black blade and holding it off.

Ryner's body is not injured much, but there is a large amount of black liquid on it. I can see that he continued to receive the enemy's spirit magic, believing that I would revive.

In order to repay that trust, I slash at Palinclone.

''I'm sorry!　But you can rest easy now!　I'll take down Palinkron!

He moved straight ahead, not caring about the black liquid sticking to him. As long as the ”Pledge of the Deepest (Di Cavernator)” is there, spirit magic is no longer a threat.

I join the two of them in a clash of forces and help Ryner, who was on the verge of being pushed aside.

''Ha, ha!　Boy, you're back on your own!　You used to spend hundreds of spirit magic to finally bring it back!