459 455. Epilogue.txt (2/2)

They tell you with every fiber of their being that it's not about taking on the enemy.

However, there were many questions in that story.

''The magic stone at ......?　But that magic stone is the very soul of Tida Langs ...... or is it not?　Come to think of it, I think Maria once told me that the information was pulled out of ”Affinity” because the magic stone in ”The One Who Steals the Dark Reason” is also mixed with Palinclones: ......

'Yes, Maria made me 'relate' to her!　I've done it myself, so I said I could definitely do it too, and I forced myself to do it ...... but duh!　I claim that magic stone as mine!　I explored The Second Labyrinth with Maria, and I was the first one to find it fallen!　I also heard that Kanami sold out once and his uncle bought it out the proper way!　Don't you think it's the Legacy family's!

'Wait a minute. Was it down?　In this 'second labyrinth'?

'What?　Yes. Since picking up things in the labyrinth is my specialty.

This leader's story seems very light, but it's filled with very important information.

Wasn't the magic stone in ”The One Who Steals the Dark Reason” connected to Tida's soul?

Speaking of which, what happens to the souls if the agent who possesses the magic stone from The One Who Steals the Darkness Reason dies? As someone who studied souls, I'm curious. I want to verify it. It doesn't appear that two separate magic stones simply fall off. Could it be that they are easily mixed up like the 'Blood Demon Beast'?　Or--

'I'm not lying!　That was a 'recall convergence' (drop) right in front of me.

Right in front of you ......!

I've always had good luck.

Shea Legacy herself doesn't seem to be thinking too hard about it.

It doesn't matter if it's a soul or not, it's a token and I want to keep it.

The qualification to have it is in my own admiration for my uncle.

At the very least, he seems to want to sit down and have a discussion with Kanami, who is treating him as his own without permission.

Frankly, he seemed to be Kanami's least favorite child.

Shea Legacy is an amateur in the fight.

If she's not good at it, she has 'qualities' and levels that could be beaten by those city girls.

Still, she's ready to challenge Kanami.

If you're lucky, as it is, really - even if it's just a trivial, childlike argument - it's scary that you're going to win over Kanami in a strange flow.

I had a feeling that she was using the right tactics to fight Kanami more than I was.

After all, if Kanami sincerely wished to talk, she would be willing to discuss it.

''Kuhaha, hahaha. Ha ha ha, ha ......, ah .......

I laughed as I realized how roundabout I had been fighting Kanami head-on just a few moments ago.

Towards the end of that laugh, my stupor reaches its highest point and I nearly collapse like an anemic.

'Wow, wow, if I'm going to fall down, I'll be in bed - but there's only one here, so what am I going to do!

The good-natured Shea Legacy looks around for a place to rest.

I shake my head and walk up to the nearest chair and take the liberty of sitting in it.

'No, enough here. It's a special kind of fatigue with Glenn there. This one.

He pointed to Glenn, who was collapsed on a nearby bed.

Just then, Ryner had used up his body's magic power and had just finished casting his sacred magic.

From the looks of it, Glenn's condition was still bad.

Even though the apparent lacerations and other wounds were sealed, the internal damage had not healed.

Probably, he received a special magic during the battle with Seldra-san, which damaged him on the genetic and soul level. Including the excessive 'demon return' and the total loss of his heart, it's a wonder he's alive now.

Even if I'm in perfect condition as a 'Blood Stealer', this treatment might be tough.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

''With sacred magic, I've done what I can ....... There's no more sacred magic user than me right now, so this is probably the limit. Honestly, I'm already .......

Not for long.

Glenn listens with a smile as he is told this.

'Rainer, your instincts are often right. How much longer do you see my life to last?

”It depends on how long you maintain 'demonization': ....... I guess I'll have it and have a few more days. After that, it's two things: become a complete monster or die. Thank goodness for .......

Right now, Glenn is able to work because of the special organ of the monster bee.

As long as he doesn't have a heart, if he can't consciously 'demonize' himself, he will die.

Ryner had the same look as I did, but the expression on his face was different.

Glenn's smile deepened as well, and his smile deepened to match.

'Oh, I'm so glad ....... Through all that selfishness, I didn't know you were still there ....... It's all thanks to you, Reaper. You've done your best to patronize me here, despite being in a difficult position in many ways.

'I don't think I need to be that grateful, though. I just thought I'd favor the other side because I was somehow disgusted with the way Christ did things. Maybe.

...... Maybe so. Come to think of it, Mr. Reaper was definitely one of those kids.

As the two of them laugh at each other, I continue to grow in surprise.

All along, Ryner should have been in this 'second labyrinth'.

But, as if he's seen it all, he blames Kanami.

You know all about Kanami's methods. ......

'Did you guys know about Kanami's 'plan' before?'

I had to ask.

Ryner answers the question calmly.

'I don't know what you call a 'plan'. I just know. ...... You're probably talking about wanting to bring Lastiara back to life, even if it's at the 'cost' of everything you do, right?　It's easy to imagine Christ being blind to anything else.

This time, he was able to easily tell me what I wanted to confirm until I set up the ”Distance Mute” on Kanami.

Reiner seems to have very keen instincts, just like Glenn said.

'Christ wants to meet with Rustyala. But he doesn't want to make anyone unhappy, so he does his best to make himself the only 'price'. We knew from the beginning that he would do such a foolish self-harm. Because, you know, it's that Christ?

As if to tease, Ryner chuckled.

It wasn't a sneer.

It contained dismay at his friend.

I knew it wasn't the power of intuition.

This is the power of a bond.

And a deep understanding of my loved ones.

What this Rainer Helvillestein hadn't had in his life, this Rainer Helvillestein had.

'Kuh, kuh, hahaha ......'

I wasn't disappointed.

I was happy.

I had found some hope in the fact that there was a boy who was 'friends' with Kanami more than I had been with him for a thousand years.

'So you were prepared here because you knew better: ....... Then what the hell kind of 'plan' are you making here--

I'm sorry. I'm not really ready for this.

......, why?

That hope fades in an instant.

Ryner frowns in frustration with a bitter smile.

'Really, this party isn't as cohesive or gathered as it should be. Until the ”End of the Tale Festival” started, we were talking about watching and believing that Christ would have second thoughts. ...... Everyone who isn't here is already working on their own now, because each of us is already working on our own. No one at ...... has zero faith in Christ.

”Rai-chan was right!　That's my best poo-poo case!　We all promised to start and finish with ”Seeno”. ......!　The best of them, Mr. Glenn!　Also, I can at least see that Rae's going to try to do it all on her own at the last minute, too!　Anyone who breaks the rules will be pissed off at Reaper-chan!

At the mention of the party, the leader who was putting together the party started to protest by raising and lowering his hands.

After being warned, Glenn and Ryner quickly turned their faces away.

Ryner asks me while scratching his head, as if to cover up the fact that he was hit by a figure.

'Here's what it looks like. ...... What do you do?　If you're here, you're probably annoyed with Christ now, but I won't force you to cooperate.

They'll give you a choice.

I am Kanami's enemy.

But once I settle down, I still don't have a clear vision of how I should fight. After meeting Shea, I feel a strong need to make a major change in the way we fight itself.

'What about you?　With a family name like mine, how do you go about it?

At all times, Rainer Helvirshein remains the same. As a 'Knight of Christ', he works for the Lord. But if I think the Lord is wrong, I will stop him, even if it means becoming an enemy. That's all, always.

Because I'm Kanami's knight, I'm an enemy.

I felt the same way as me, who became an enemy because I wanted to save Kanami.

'Fafner-san!　I'll continue to solicit, even if I have to be forceful!　If you're willing to join me now, I'll give you the Holy Twin Swords of Helvirshine!　This is Mr. Fafner's from a thousand years ago, isn't it?

When I took my eyes off her for a second, Shea seemed to run through the house and grab a weapon.

I look at what's in her hand and shake my head.

'No, I don't use a real sword. If they give me a nice sword, I'm stuck with it.

'What?　They don't use swords: ....... Aren't Rai's ancestors knights?　It was also called a 'knight among knights', so his descendant, Mr. Hein, was called 'the best knight in the world'. ......

'I'm a 'knight among knights'?　Kuh, haha, bad joke. Too ironic.

If I had, I wouldn't have ended up like that a thousand years ago.

At the end of the war a thousand years ago, I was under the influence of continuing to pretend to be a fanatic, and I was out of control.

I really had been a constant source of trouble for the Hoosier State.

Ryner speaks seriously to me as I mock myself for that.

''However, it remains as an oral tradition in the Helvirshain family. That one of the three legendary knights was a knight who was good at fresh blood magic and twin swords, and was the only equal 'friend' to the 'Founder'.

'I understand fresh blood magic. But I'm the Knight of the Twin Swords?　Who on earth would do such a random thing: ......

I was a believer.

Next to that, I was a scholar or a traveler.

I have no idea what the spirit of a knight is.

When people think of knights, they don't think of me, they think of their fellows.

Tida Lanz, the thief of the principles of darkness.

Tida Langs, the thief of the principles of the earth, and Rowen Ares.

I think those two are knights.

Regardless of the way they fought, both strived to be allies to the weak and earnest loyalists. At least, they were knights in spirit.

For some reason, including me, they were considered the 'Three Knights of Mihata', but that was only because they were Kanami's 'friends' with the power of 'the one who steals the reason' -

”...... All along I've been pretending to be a 'friend' (...) of the crazed Kanami. So if such lore survives, it's a fictional story conveniently left behind by the lone surviving tiara.

It's a fabrication of history.

However, if the person who carried out the fabrication was Tiara, who overwhelmed that Yotaki, the story is a bit different.

That girl is a monster who threw away everything about herself and tried to read the future through.

Everything that leaks out of her mouth is now sublimated into a kind of prophecy.

That tiara seemed to see a future where I was holding two swords in my hand.

In 'writing' so that it would happen, there was a strong possibility that I was adding to the script.

If that's the case, if I follow that script, if I hold the two swords in my hand, will I be able to defeat Seldra-san and Kanami?

But all my life I've been a ghost (ghost) who has fought only with blood and spells.

One hand has always been filled with The Scripture.

I felt some kind of intent in daring to use the twin swords.

And I felt like that feeling was the meaning of that Rustyala Fuzzyaz's ”I'm prepared” when he said goodbye to Kanami.

'Just a little bit, ......, but I'm starting to understand the flow. You guys were ...... to the girl Tiara at that time. You're being guided by the 'saint' tiara, and you're gathering together.

In that 'Last Battle', Tiara got off the stage with Yotaki.

However, the effects of that are still very strong.

I'm not the only one who senses it, and Sia answers with a hurray.

''Right!　In my Legacy family, we prayed to Lady Tiara every day!　I think I'm lucky because I pray a lot to the Levantine faith!　Hey, Noir!

'Ti, Lady Tiara, ......?　Hi, hi, yes, Lady Tiara!　I'll do it!　I'll make it through, so please, please, please, please--!

'Don't!　He's having the usual seizures!　Okay, okay, Noir-chan, we're with you!

For some reason, Noir became semi-crazed, breathing uncontrollably, tears pooling at the corners of her eyes.

It was in the form of trauma, but she certainly seemed to be affected by Tiara as well.

Even Glenn, who was lying on the bed, voiced his agreement.

'The hidden village where I grew up is said to have been created by Tiara-sama a thousand years ago ....... It is said that the strongest poison is grown in the village for the resurrection of the evil one: ......

I'm sure of it when I see them nodding one after another.

It's that girl.

Tiara, the girl who was next to Kanami that day, still clinging next to Kanami (・・・・・・・・).

She lost everything, died and became magic, fulfilled her purpose, and yet, greedily, she's still.

Come to think of it, there's not a part of this continent left that isn't affected by her.

I was about to nod my head, I see, but--

No, no. Not Miss Tiara.

Reiner, who is supposed to be the most colourful influence, will insist that this is wrong.

'He's really lax, random, and good at taking credit for other people's work. He's definitely trying to take only the credit this time, too.

That assessment was harsh for me, as I had begun to revere Tiara and Rastiala as 'saints'.

I would get a little pissed off and retort.

''But, Rainer Helvilshain. The only reason we are all here is because of that girl Tiara's wishes. I hear that you, in particular, have inherited a lot of things from talking directly to that Tiara.

''Indeed, I was asked by that man to go to the 'deepest' part of the labyrinth ....... He also asked me to win against the Aikawa siblings and to save the world. But all of those things are not even (・・・・・・) until I was told (・・・・・)

And yet, Tiara keeps shaking her head that it's not important.

A thousand years later, a boy calling himself 'Helvirshine'--

'Even without Tiara-san, we would have been working to protect 'our world' as best we could. I don't care what happened a thousand years ago. What we are doing now (right now) is our will, the one we are working so hard for is the will of the living. Absolutely.

He said it and I was struck by it.

If heard in everyday life, these words would be needlessly grandiose.

But as I was in the middle of composing the rest of the Scripture, these were words that I wanted to leave for posterity.

They are: ”To protect 'my world' ......, now ......

For me, who only vaguely thought of 'saving the world' and couldn't save even the familiar 'Helmina-san's world', it's important to look at whose 'world' you're saving.

''That's why those who are now in 'my world', those who have a joke like 'Great Hero Kanami', 'Founder Kanami' and 'Holy Kanami' will be our enemies, right? They are incompatible with me, who want to protect 'Christ Eurasia' in 'Rainer Helvirshine's World'.

I feel as if the boy who claims to be my descendant has already obtained the ”scripture” that I spent 1,000 years holding in my hand.

I'm reminded of Helmina's happiness that my blood is not supposed to be passed down to anyone else, but it is properly connected to her - so I have now firmly inscribed Reiner's words into the continuation of the ”Scripture”. I'll keep this chapter and verse as Rainer's notes, not Lagunae's.

All the souls living in this world now have their own separate 'worlds' they want to protect. I selfishly think that the 'End of the World Festival' that we are about to start is a competition to force those 'ideals' on each other. So, it doesn't matter what happens to Tiara. You can do what you want with it as you please ......, but I'd appreciate it if you could just match the timing. We all (everyone) want to poke the gap in Christ's beginning of the 'End of Tan Festival' all at the same time.

The gaps can be exploited.

Having set up 《Distance Mute》, Kanami said, ”There will be a lot of gaps while I make magic. So, I know that he was talking about how he wanted a companion.

After all, this is a party that says they didn't prepare or plan for it, but they have a solid connection to a winning formula.

It's a scary thing about Rye, sometimes Revanism is so quixotic: ....... But it's probably like that, I think, too!　For me personally, I'd be soooooo happy to be one of them anyway!　Please support me!　If I become the 'Lord of the World', I'm sure Kanami-san will be surprised!

He's a bright, light, outrageous kid.

Maybe he doesn't understand what the 'Lord of the World' is like.

He really seems to want to win somehow, just to surprise Kanami.

-- so I feel safe.

She's a really reassuring kid. I even feel like everything would be better if she became the 'Lord of the World' rather than Kanami. Now I understand why Glenn and the others call him their leader.

But. If Shea Legacy were to become the ”Lord of the World”, Glen, Ryner and Noir would betray this child with all their might. If such a good girl becomes the 'Lord of the World' and gets into trouble, she'll say she's going to do it herself. Definitely.

That's what I'm talking about: .......

That's why I'm also going to take the magic stone of 'The One Who Steals the Reason (Everyone)' from Kanami: .......

That's all it takes ......, after all .......

I smile, re-solidify my new 'unconsciousness' and close my eyes.

Relaxing my strength with relief, I rested my body with my entire weight on the chair and let my whole soul rest on my body.

I wondered how the owners of the magic stones on the other side were feeling and what they were doing.

I think about them like a dream in preparation for the upcoming battle.