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After all, it's not so easy to make a doubting master be honest.

But this is my moment of truth.

I have vomited blood and written down many conversations for this moment.

'If!　If you believe me!　With my 'magic', even sister Yotaki will come back!

'Yotaki is coming back, ......?　Ha, haha ....... Even you ......!　You think you can trick me with your sister, too?　Tiara!

My master's wariness and killing intent began to swell.

That scent of death swirls around me alone.

The gaze of the 'slit' behind me from a while ago was painful.

He must have been running away from the 'curse' for a long time, and he's decided that it's an opportunity to finally kill me.

He makes me take all of my persuasion in a bad way, and then he relents to no end.

'I used the 'curse' to get here ....... I can no longer call it the 'curse' itself!　All that's left is to disappear as that 'curse'!　Now I'm cursed by the 'world'!　This 'world' is so hard for me to forgive, I can't stand it!　Tiaraaah!

The master stands up and lifts his oddly shaped arm.

The tips of his monstrously thick claws are pointed at me in front of him.

--Persuasion has failed.

But this is also as planned.

Master is breathing down his neck to destroy The World, but he is absolutely no match for me.

I now have the confidence that I'm better than the world.

With that confidence and the script I had prepared, I proceeded with the stage.

...... Here it is, master!　Excuse me, folks!　Please follow the prior plan!　Master's cooperation is essential in stopping this 'World Consecration Formation'!

As soon as they call out to the heroes in the rear and apply ”fraud”, the final battle begins.

It is a very moving page where the ”Northern League” and the ”Southern League” - no, the ”People” and the ”Demons” join forces against the common enemy of the ”Gentile” Aikawa Uzumi, and try to save the world.

But there's not much excitement here, as the plot is already largely set in stone.

”-- After some bickering, that fantastic battle has begun. It was not only a killing contest, but also a pseudo-'spell' and 'magic' competition. The sky can be split open with a wave of the hand and the earth can be shattered with a stomp of the foot. The one who won that final conflict--

In the middle of the battle, I succeed in inserting the 《Phantom Purple Arm》 into the Yangtaki held by my master.

Then, I pull out that magic stone and shout.

''--Master!　It's all right!　Sister Yotaki is alive!　You don't have to fight anymore!

”--The 'magic' of Tiara Huzu Yards gave rise to the hope that Aikawa Yotaki was still alive. However, Aikawa Uzumi refused to believe those words. He used his 'magic' to rampage through the wild, but as he was persuaded by Tiara, the magic in his body quieted down. At the end of it all, he finally pokes his knee. Like a child, Aikawa Uzumi begins to cry out. -- The battle ended with the victory of Tiara Fuzzyards. By the world's most kind-hearted method of defeating them, the world's enemies were defeated.

The predetermined resolution of the situation was to be followed.

After that, Master and I would work together to bring the 'World Consecration Formation' to a complete halt.

At that time, all of the ”logic-stealers”, except for Arti, had been swallowed by the earth. At the center of the World Repatriation Squadron, a large hollow space had been created. Looking up at the sky, all of the dark clouds that had covered the continent disappeared and a clear, beautiful blue color could be seen spreading out.

It was not a runaway, but rather the activation of the 'World Dedication Formation' as per the original procedure, which had succeeded in a temporary circulation on a continental scale.

The world had regained its blue skies.

The earth was distorted, many buildings were destroyed, the number of living things was diminished, and even if the dark clouds were destined to accumulate again someday, we had indeed achieved peace.

And the ”Technique” that I had added to the ”World Dedication Formation” had changed the nature of this continent greatly. --The nature of that Fania land has expanded to the ends of the world.

After the shutdown of the ”World Order Repatriation Formation”, the survivors of the ”Northern League” and the ”Southern League” saw the blue sky and proposed reconciliation to each other, even though they were in doubt.

The day of reconciliation between Master and me was also the day that the 'Boundary War' was ended.

Of course, not all the battles that took place around the world stopped after that day.

My master and I had to travel around the world, healing people as we had done in the past and using the teachings of the Levantine religion to promote world peace.

The Boundary War has brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

However, the North and the South were able to avoid it by joining hands, led by Tiara the Saint - the story progressed according to the plot I had in mind.

That's right.

It's all according to my plot.

It was not for the sake of peace, but for the sake of 'magic', the 'World Consecration Squad' and the 'Levantine religion', but not a single person noticed that.

And because it was the plot, I knew that I would meet him again in the middle of this war's post-processing.

”--a few months after the 'border war' was brought to an end. The surviving Apostle Legacy returns to Hoozeyards Castle, which is on the verge of collapse. The one person who greets him is Tiara Hoozeyards alone --

From the timing of my return, I'm pretty sure I was sheltered outside the 'World Dedication Camp' for the duration of the war.

I went to pick up Legacy before anyone else.

Then, at the entrance to the castle gate (although, due to the distortion of the earth, there is no ceiling anymore), I catch him with a smile.

''--Heehee. You survived properly over there, too, didn't you?

It was the first time since we parted ways in another world six years ago.

But like old friends who parted just yesterday, we dodged a casual greeting.

'...... Ah. I'm different from the other guys in terms of quality and quantity of information. It's funny how I can't survive.

'Right. It's not fair that you're talking to one person, Lord! ...... So, did you get the example self-discovery thing done right?

You don't have to worry about that. I'm here because it's all over.

Legacy responded immediately and glanced backwards.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted one of the familiar faces at a slight distance.

It was Romis Neesha, the former lord of Fania.

Previously, he had been dressed as a round shaved head and a luxurious priest, but now he wore the guise of a traveler with his short, habitual hair hanging down.

He was watching our conversation with a wary look in his eyes.

The man who is rumored to have once ruled over 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Fire', used 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Darkness', hunted me down with 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Dimension', and survived even after dealing with 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Blood', had also survived this time's 'World Dedication Battle'.

It's also clear from that position that he was traveling with Legacy and friends to this day - an adventure.

I thought it was a rather unexpected combination, but since it was one of the readings (...) that I had written down, I calmly laughed at Romis and finished my greeting.

Seeing my spare time, Legacy continued to speak, looking just as wary as Romis.

'Looks like you're done finding yourself over there too ....... Tiara, you really have changed. You've become more mature than ...... anyone else.

I haven't changed my language or behavior for a long time.

Even the figure of a girl, with a reputation among the samurai women for youthfulness, has been called an adult again.

As a confirmation of what that means, I connect to the topic from six years ago.

Hey, Legacy. Am I getting serious now?

'Yeah, he must be serious. So it's starting to look a lot like that yang-taki.

Legacy nodded deeply.

My smile deepened as I received the highest compliment from the person who had once accused me of being the one to blame.

'Really?　...... I'm so happy. I'm insanely happy.

However, the face-to-face Legacey had a look that was far from a smile.

The pained look on her face was as if she wanted to say, ”That's not what I planned” or ”That's not true,” but I didn't care and proceeded to talk about things I couldn't do six years ago.

'I really miss ....... We couldn't do anything about it that day when we found out about Sister Yotaki's power in that other world. But we were finally able to find an answer for each other. Then, the only thing left to do is--

All right. I think it's time for me to start answering some questions.

'Hihihi, yeah!　Answer each other!　We have a master here, so let's do it all three ways. ...... Oh, but don't interrupt my answers like you did before, okay?　That kind of stuff is really not good.

I won't interrupt you anymore. I'll listen to everything, including your brother Kanami's answers.

Thus, Apostle Legacy joined the Foozeyers.

At the same time, the post-war processing of the ”Boundary War” was largely completed, so Master and I, who had more time to spare, gathered at the ruins of the former research tower to talk about the ”next”.

Legacie, who had made peace with Master, was also present. However, he was wary of me as an adult and stood behind his good-natured mentor.

First, I explained about the 《Phantom Purple Arm》 and the soul in front of the two of them.

When Master heard this, his body was on the verge of becoming a monster, but he was pleased to see that his face was the brightest it had been in years.

''--You mean you've succeeded in extracting the 'soul' ......?　So, you say that the magic stone is a Yangtaki, is that what you say?

'Yeah, that's what I mean. That's why Sister Yotaki isn't dead yet. She's alive.

Feeling the pulsation of the magical stone in the ”The One Who Steals the Reason of Water” in his hand, the rest of the story is spun along the path.

However, unfortunately, Master was left to be manipulated by the white 'thread' of Sister Yotaki's white 'yarn' -

What's more important than this. We can't fail again. The next time we revive Yangtze, we will revive Yangtze.

Heading to the page called ”Start reviving Aikawa Yotaki”.

I won't stop there.

But instead, I ask Master to suggest the future I've added to the plan. I pretend I don't know anything about it, and draw out the plan from Master's hopeful and cheerful mouth.

''--Hmmm, so it's finally time to reboot that plan: ......!

Hmm?　What was the plan?

'You've forgotten.　I told you this a long time ago, didn't I?　-- 'The Labyrinth (Dungeon)'.

An idea that neither I nor my sister Yotaki had ever had before was added to the new board a thousand years later.

This first move was the beginning of Helmina's '6-dan, 1,000-year plan' instead of '5-dan, 1,000-year plan'.

Furthermore, Master's plan continued.

When I told her that the magic power gathered in the 'World Repatriation Squad' was stored deep underground in the 'deepest part', the ultimate goal of that plan was naturally decided.

''-- It's okay. Yangtaki's body will be moved by me (・・・・・・) (・・・・・). I'll take you to the 'deepest part' of the world--

I laugh inwardly when this is also an important foreshadowing.

Without this second move, I would never be 'equal' to Sister Yotaki, and my (...) 'magic (...)' would not be valid.

However, if there are pages that I was able to successfully add to the pages like this, there are also pages that I couldn't get rid of.

Master took off his mask and continued to speak very happily.

''I've even prepared my new skills well. It's a skill that is directly connected to two magic stones, so it's powerful. I haven't decided on a name for it yet though.

Skills are synonymous with Sister Youtaki's existence.

As much as possible, I'm going to interfere with Master and play around with the skills, but as long as I'm going to ...... put the soul of Sister Youtaki inside Master's body, soon all of the skills will become pawns on the other side. The only thing I could do now was to interfere with its completion, even if only a little.

''-- Hey, Kanami's brother. Are you sure this is the 'end'?

This is where Legacy, sensing the end of the conversation, joins the conversation.

'Yeah, it's over now. You've made it this far, and it's all thanks to you. Thank you, Legacey.

This is the 'end' ......--

Legacie seemed unhappy with our answer.

And that's where the talk of the day ends.

But soon the conversation continued in the same place, with only the master out of the group.

''--Legacy. Of course, this isn't the 'end' of the story. This is just a 'do-over'. A thousand years later, we have to start the same game on the same board.

We are not done 'answering each other' yet.

We will check each other's truths in a thousand years.

Do you mean to say that after ...... thousand years, something like this 'World Consecration Camp' will happen again?

'That's what I mean. I think this is a good story for Legacy, too.

I show Legacy one of the written futures in my head.

''I'm going to resurrect the three 'Apostles' in a thousand years to stop Sister Yotaki, too. If you want to fulfill the Lord's wish, the three of us can work together and try again.

...... That's not true. Honestly, I don't give a shit about 'the world' anymore. I don't care about 'The Apostle' or 'The Gentiles', I don't care about that. What's important, I've realized, is how 'people' feel.

But he immediately denies it.

He goes on to show me the answer to his apostolic life to this day.

”It's not 'people' in the 'world' but 'people' in the 'world'. The most important thing is the 'people' who live out their lives to the fullest. The 'world' is not a 'world' for the 'people' but a 'world' for the 'people'.

It was more 'human' than anyone else - the least 'apostolic' answer.

'Hmm?　So you're saying that from now on Legacy will abandon its mission and protect the 'people'?

No, a 'person' is not something that can be protected by someone else. It's the meaning of each individual's ability to survive to the fullest, that's how I see it. ...... And I'm no exception to that.

Unlike her Sith sister, Legacy took pride in the fact that she was not special. It became the bone of contention, a strong wish that wasn't borrowed.

'If I can get a 'do-over,' this time I'll live through it. ...... I'm not 'done' yet, by any means.

The apostle who was supposed to be born as an insurance policy was no longer empty.

He continues to vomit out his very 'human' emotions.

'As I've said before, I've always been jealous of you. I truly envied you for the fun you were having watching your 'adventures' with your brother Kanami. If ...... 'starting over', I want to live a life like you.

A life like mine. That would mean that I wanted to have an 'adventure' with my mentor, cooperate and help others, kill each other at all costs - and play together.

I could relate to that legacy 'answer' from start to finish.

As usual, we have many similarities between us, and I ask her to confirm it.

'Legacy. Even if it's a feature given to you by the Lord that you enjoy looking around at different places?

...... Yeah. Still, I believe this is my true wish.

''Even if the fact that you arrived at that answer is a result of being led by Sister Yotaki?

I know. Now I'm probably being pulled by that 'thread'. ...... And, from now on, it's going to be used against you, isn't it?

The intelligent Legacy understood exactly what the 'do-over' meant after a thousand years.

But even if he became a pawn in the 'duel (game)' between me and sister Youtaki--

'I don't care. Used or not used, it doesn't change anything I hold dear.

The answer is ”yes”.

It was as good as admitting defeat even before he started the 'duel (game)'.

But he laughed and put his wishes before his own.

...... Nothing in life is more important than winning and losing. Some things come true after losing (・・・・・・・・・・).

That was the moment when Legacy's path was settled on [Believe only in what I can enjoy and live out to the end with all my might].

If you're not on my side, you're not on the side of sister Yotaki either.

The path of abandoning even the Lord's side and selfishly pursuing only my own enjoyment.

That way of life would be the enemy of all of us in some cases.

...... Hmmm, I see. And that's the result, you mean?

I nodded without denying it and looked at the man in the corner of Legacy's room.

It was Romis Neysha, who had been standing guard over Legacy ever since he arrived here at the Hoosiers.

He agrees with me. As long as I enjoy myself, so to speak. ...... That's why I'm teaming up with Romis for the next thousand years.

Without hiding it, Legacy revealed his hand to me.

Even the mechanics of the Apostle, which should be kept even more secret, followed.

'From now on I will cease to function in my lifetime. But in a thousand years when the world is in crisis again, I will be resurrected. ...... I will have that reincarnation prepared by the Romis bloodline.

The reason he is letting me know that information is probably because he has decided that he can trust what he said earlier about resurrecting the three apostles.

He knows that he will be used, and he is trying to increase the odds of success of the reincarnation as much as possible.

''From now on, I'm going to have Romis make it in the Legacy house. That kind of 'contract' has already been dealt with.

'Yeah ......, did you make a deal?　That and?

It seems that Legacie also imitated the 'contract' that the Sis sister had made with the 'Gentiles'.

To be honest, even the current Legacy, if compared to that Romis, felt inferior in terms of deception.

I was a little worried about being wrapped up in the word and making a strange 'contract'.

It's not what you think,” he said, ”it's not what you think. That guy wanted [one more chance] instead of being my 'saint'. That's all.

'Just one opportunity ......?　If that's true, it's very humbling.

I stared at Romis, who remained silent.

Certainly, he looks different from the last time I saw him.

The reason is probably not just that Tida's 'curse' has slipped away.

It's very likely that the desire within him has been transformed as he repeatedly gained and lost it over and over again.

Unlike Legacy, I decide that I can't go easy on this man opponent, and I use my skills to read Romis's 'one-time opportunity' or something like that, which is what he is seeking.

”-- Right now, multiple desires were swirling in Romis Legacy's chest. Not just to regain his former glory. There was something that I desperately wanted to tell my friend Tida Rands after seeing her again. Of course, at the same time, the resentment of wanting to take revenge on Aikawa Uzumi was still growing. Pointing to all those opportunities (opportunities), he made a 'contract' with Apostle Legacy--

When I read this far, Romis and I locked eyes with each other.

Maybe it was a strange sense of kindred spirit, but I felt like he could tell that I was now reading his mind with skill.

The man has an 'observational eye' that is as good as my skills.

'...... Lady Legacy, that woman is not an ally. It would be best if you didn't go any further.

Romis looked away and urged Regacy to leave.

Legacie listened to her companion's advice honestly and walked towards the door of the room, leaving a parting remark.

'Tiara. I will definitely meet Kanami's brother in the 'do-over' a thousand years from now. ...... absolutely.

Romis and Legacy left the room together.

I am left alone in the room.

The conversation was cut short because of Romis, but clearly, I have more than enough information already in hand.

I'll be able to use the skills 'Reading' and 'Writing' to guide Legacy's movements. No, I don't need to guide him, he will definitely move. Immediately I used the blood flowing in the wounds on my palms to write that future on the walls of the castle.

”--The 'Apostle' Legacy, who answered life's questions, aims to fail to inherit Aikawa Uzumi's memories and power in order to enjoy the 'do-over' after a thousand years to the fullest. And just before the completion of the labyrinth, when Aikawa Uzumi was about to pull out his own ”magic stone” in order to transfer his body - he betrayed his trust and successfully stabbed him in the back. The timing was perfect. However, the results were mutual. Legacy is swallowed by the labyrinth and disappears. Following that, Aikawa Uzumi's body also melts and disappears - at the first layer of the labyrinth, Tiara Fuzzyaz appears.