377 374. To the second part of the final chapter.txt (2/2)

I don't disagree with the statement that I hate Yangtaki.

At that 'summit', it wasn't just Ragne, but also Nosfy. Thanks to her lighting up the two of us scum until the end, I'm no longer afraid to move towards the truth.

'I know a lot of things have become pointless. But as a human being, you can be wrong and contradict each other at least a little bit. But that doesn't stop me from moving forward. From now on, I will keep moving forward: ...... and I promised myself that I would.

The series of stagnant answers made Tiara roar out in excitement.

'Oh ....... How could a master who was so easily lost to himself with a light heartbeat be so strong ......!　I feel like a parent watching their child grow up, this one!

Sure, I've grown up quite a bit compared to the me of a thousand years ago, when the trauma was triggered by a light confession.

But I was still being treated like a child. We'll see what that means.

'Anyway, ......, all of this strength of mind is just what you guys have in mind, isn't it?'

'You know exactly what I mean, you're right. The strength of mind that Master thought he was risking his life to get was only growing in the palm of our hands!　Hee hee hee.

It's something I've always been faintly aware of.

And it was clear from the conversation with Yotaki after his victory over Lagune in The Summit.

It was no surprise that Yotaki had confessed then that everything had gone according to his plan.

”Aha. And now!　All the [reasoning] that your brother had, including downstairs, is over!　Your brother has shed his weakness and gained true strength: ......!　All just like that ”prediction of the future”!　Aha, aha, aha--!

Taking that line as our cue, we began our own private family meeting.

It must have caused a natural disaster to strike the continent that frightened Noir-chan on the edge of the Foozeyards.

It's not hard to imagine that my dimensional magic and Yotaki's ice-cold magic clashed with each other.

Yes.

I can imagine it.

But I can't remember any of the details of the battle.

The memory of the time after facing Yotaki has completely slipped away.

When I came to my senses, I was in that ”winter world”.

From that, I can only infer one thing.

Oh. That's why (...), I lost to Yotaki, right?

'Yeah, I lost. I made sure of that through Noir-chan properly. Master became the 'best' at the 'top' of the world and earned the right to challenge Sister Yotaki. But you spouted the exact same lines as what you just said to sister Yotaki and fought with a strong heart ...... and still lost.

The outcome of the battle is clear to me here.

Apparently, I'm a loser, and even the memory of my defeat is taken away from me. But I'm used to that sort of thing. My agitation is thin, and I nod back lightly, ”Yeah.

'Yeah!　He was the 'best' master in this world, but everything was on schedule for Sister Yangtaki!　She fell into the hands of her sister Yotaki easily!　Yes, everything is going to go away!

After that, Yotaki must have woken up and started behaving freely in this other world.

I'm a little curious about what kind of events happened on the continent before the connection to that 'Winter World' - but

Do you want to see it?　I'd love to see how you lost! If you want to see, you'll have to collect my blood next. Then we'll continue with the 'past vision' again--

''No, that's fine. That much is normal, I'll hear directly from Yotaki. For that matter, what has happened to Rastiara since then?　I'd like to know more about that one.

I shook my head.

Certainly, I want to know about the battle between me and Yotaki. There's a high possibility that important information is scattered there to find out what's inside Youtaki's mind.

However, my first priority right now is my friend Rustyala.

Just before I saw the earlier ”Fania Arc”, I saw her at Fuzzyards Castle fighting against the three ”Stealers of the Principle of Water”, ”Stealers of the Principle of Blood” and ”Stealers of Nothingness”.

If Tiara is going to successfully guide me through the 'past vision', then I would like her to turn her viewpoint to the grand entrance rather than the rooftop of Foozeyards Castle.

Hearing that request, Tiara let out another laugh and quickly sighed.

''--Hahahaha, that's right. Hahahaha ....... I'm already doing that ....... Haha .......

You've set this up yourself, and you need to stop shocking me every time I put Lastiara first.

I don't know what to say to you.

I know what Tiara likes to say and do, but showing an 'ideal' to someone who knows it's an act will only hurt them, so it has to be half-hearted, but with my magic and skills, if I want to do an 'ideal' that doesn't make them realize it's an 'ideal', I can't help but do it. -- and I'm worried about this, and Tiara sounds a little sulky.

'If you want to know, just go and pick him up,'

It wasn't quite what I had expected ”After Rustyala” to be.

'...... to pick up?'　Is Rustyala in that 'winter world'?

''I'm there. Right now, sister Yotaki is putting 'magic strings' on the frozen creatures and taking over their brains, but ...... actually, there's a place where that thing can't reach. When you wake up, head there.

Heh. ......

I knew that in the Winter World, hallucinations always followed me.

However, I am impressed to find out that the reason for this is because the ”magic thread” is directly connected to the brain nerves. It's quite a terrible thing to do, but we both had the awareness that Aikawa Yotaki could do this much, so we moved on to the next explanation without any problems.

''Yeeeee?　The weakness of the ”magic thread” is that it's hard to extend underground. This is especially true of the labyrinth and the ”deepest part”. And then, Noi and I prepared a special space for it. The ”mainland” Foozeyards Castle and the ”Allied Nations” Foozeyards Cathedral - the basement of these two. In this place, the influence of Yotaki sister is lessened.

Tiara had obviously prepared a place to fight Yotaki in her home town of Fuzzyards.

I remembered the basement of the castle where I fought the 'Blood Stealer' Fafner, but I quickly shook my head.

'The 'mainland' Fuzzyards Castle is a long way away. Is the basement of the cathedral the right place to go?

Perhaps the next time I wake up, I'll be in the Confederacy.

Although there may be a [Connection], the cathedral is closer to me than heading to the [Mainland].

It's not that I'm completely unfamiliar with the inside of that cathedral.

I heard about the structure from Dia when I went to kidnap Rastiara once. I didn't go through it when I broke in with Ryner's brother, Hein-san, but there was definitely a staircase that led to the basement.

''--Yes. At the end of that staircase, my daughter Rustyala Fuzzyaz is waiting for the 'hero'.

Tiara, a book lover, called me the 'hero'.

I wanted to deny that grandiose and unworthy designation, but I nodded my head in indulgence, accepting it.

I can't just shake my head at being Rastiara's 'protagonist'. That day, indeed, I was begged by her to be the 'protagonist' - I made a 'contract' with the affirmation (yes).

'Before I was born and after I died (・・・・・), that's where she continues to wait. As the new 'heroine' of this world, I've always dreamed of meeting the 'hero (hero)' of another world, all the way to ......

Tiara said the death of Rustyala without a care in the world.

That word sends my heart, which had been normal all along, in waves. However, I soon recover. I'm not going to be able to get out of this other world, where you can come back to life with magic. --It's okay. I told myself that, and I looked forward to seeing Lastiara again, believing that I would definitely see her again.

I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what to do with it. That was also the reason why I showed her the 'Fania version' in so much detail.

''As you know, that girl is the one--''

The convergence of the Levantine religion that began 1,000 years ago (...)

The end point of the ”Magical Stone Line” that stretched across two continents for a thousand years (...)

A masterpiece of the Jewelcruise, the crystallization of lost technology....

Its existence is the very power of God that Romis Neesha wanted. At the same time, she is the ultimate in ”human power”. She is the sixth stage of the plan (・・・・), she is the true 'God of the Present' in the true sense of the word.

I'm going to brag to me about the value of my own best 'make believe'.

In a story of only four years - no, I was only four years old, and that's how I arrived at Rustyala Foodsayers. She was more mature than anyone else, more pure and innocent than anyone else, more like a 'heroine' than anyone else, and connected with the 'hero' of the story. ...... just as I planned, you know.

It's just that all that pride--

Now Tiara Hoozeyer's can move in earnest. ...... Oh, it took us a thousand years to get here.

It's just that Las Tiara was only a sacrifice for the real 're-birth' of Saint Tiara.

No matter how sacredly he expressed it, it was the same thing I hated about Lomis. He just imposed his 'price' on his own followers. That's also what this guy did, he put his own death on his daughter, who would have been his own blood--.

...... I'm sure I'll never forgive you to the end.

Even though I knew I wasn't the most qualified in the world to talk about it, I had to deny Tiara.

'That's fine. No, that's fine (・・・・・・・・) -- but my master has no choice but to cooperate with me. Whatever you do, there's no one better to help you than me. For example, I'm already the only one in the world who knows what's going on in the heart of my sister Yangtaki that Master wants to know.

'Yangtaki's ......?　Did you come from there?　To the Heart of Yangtaki.

A thousand years ago, Tiara was fighting to the death to read it.

She says she's already achieved that goal.

'That's the perk of being a millennial winner. Being the 'last man standing', I've had plenty of time to find out. If you want to hear it, you'll have to make your way to my Rasu-chan.

It may be a lie.

But the current Tiara Fooziers had the dignity to make you think so.

Unlike the ”Stealers of Reason” and the Apostles, who were defeated and skipped a thousand years, she has a proven track record of success in defeating the enemy and continuing on to the next thousand years.

It's about time. The past is too much, the master's main body is running out of magic power and it's bad.

Tiara seemed to be done with what she wanted to talk about and started to fold the conversation.

However, there are still things I want to ask her.

''Well, wait!　I'm not done talking to you yet!

He lined up the remaining questions in his head and immediately discarded them.

First of all, I'll have to ask Yotaki about 'her' - but I'll have to ask him about his childhood friend from the original world. The other thing is the world beyond the ”break”, the power of the ”magic thread”, the purpose of the current tiara...

A 'slice'. It's the 'deepest part', if you want to call it that. Once you get there, you'll find out pretty easily what it is. The truth about the world that Noi has been hiding for a long time is right there. Well, it's none of our business.

Before I could ask, Tiara answered quickly. What a caring and gentle guy, I thought - but the words that followed were selfish and evil itself.

'Yes. I don't care about the world, I don't care about the world. The only thing that matters is the story (us).

I was a little horrified that I didn't have a body.

I'm just saying the same thing as the tiara of my memory earlier - even after a thousand years, it hasn't faded at all. That thought gave me a sense of strength from her that the 'Stealers of Reason' did not have.

'...... That's right. I'm not going to change. I'm always looking forward to the end of the book, and I turn the pages in anticipation of the final outcome. That's what I live for.

Although I couldn't peek inside, I had a feeling that it was the same as Tiara a thousand years ago, only there.

''Maybe no matter what Master does, it will end up being in the palm of my hand and sister Yotaki's hand, but ....... Still, I think we all expect Master to end on a high note, one that will betray our expectations. He said it's only because he's a master that he can do that--

And then I am left to my own devices.

The last page of the book, which neither Yotaki nor ”The World” could have written.

'Hey. What would you do for the last page, Master?　After a thousand years, a year of living again, and a little stronger thanks to The Stealers of Reason, what does Master want at the end?

The faces of people I know come to my mind when asked.

The two 'stealers of reason' who have become like family, Nosfi and Ragne.

Tida and Arti, who have reaffirmed their connection to each other. And even the best of friends and proudest of Rowen Eyed Titty ...... in case you were wondering, but that includes the Palinkron one.

Then there were the friends that came to mind. Dia, Maria, Snow, Reaper, Ryner, and Sera. There are also two of them there, Hein and Hailey, with Elmirad and Glenn in line as well.

And finally, Rustyala.

'On the last page, give me your 'answer'.

But I was interrupted by the fact that it wasn't the right time to ask for an answer.

At the same time, I felt a push back.

It was a faint force, like a ”thread,” and it was just a push that ”felt” like a push. But for sure, I felt the presence of Tiara's ”hand”. And I felt as if that 'hand' was telling me not to look back anymore.

With that, my vision dimmed and the world grew distant.

Knowing that it was a precursor to my awakening, I accepted the darkness as useless to resist.

The question and answer in the moment of separation made it clear that Tiara's purpose was faint.

All she still wants to do is ”read the last page”.

With that wish of hers in my hand, I go back.

With my back to the world a thousand years from now, where Yotaki is waiting for me--