462 458. Someday, the monster will reach 100 layers. The girl has never forgotten you..txt (1/2)

I can feel the story being added to the book now.

But it's not me who is spinning it, it's Maria.

”-- Welcome, Kanami. This is (...), these ten layers (...), these ten layers (・・・・・・・), a hundred and ten layers (...). It's the hierarchy of ”The One Who Steals the Reason of Fire”, Maria. You can think of this place as a hundred and ten layers, not hastily or without permission, but you can think of it as a hundred and ten layers. And I would like Kanami-san to undergo the 'Hundred and Tenth Test' before anyone else.

A sentence that wasn't supposed to be there.

I had a lot to say, but I'll point them out one by one.

'...... Maria. There are ten layers here. There is no such thing as a hundred and ten layers. That's the way I made it up.

'But you will continue, won't you, Kanami?　Continue the story.

Unlike me, who speaks as if being pushed out, Maria's answers are quick but gradual and calm.

It's a routine (epilogue) that continues, not an 'ordeal'. ...... This labyrinth has been conquered (cleared). I've overcome all the 'trials' to the hundredth layer of the Yangtze waterfall, and I've collected all the magic stones. So, it's over. That's just the way it is, Maria.

'I hear ya. Was that kind of thing (・・・・・・) the 'terebi-game' ...... on the other side of the world?　Where's the reason we have to conform to Kanami's self-imposed rules of imitating them without permission?

You hear me?

Also.

One piece of information (or thing) that goes beyond ”Future Vision”.

After all that 'purple thread' and 'writing', and the beautiful flow, who the hell is that?

I heard from ”Rustyala”. Kanami-san said it all 'never happened'.

............!

Maria said it as if it was obvious, but our insides were wildly uncomfortable.

From ”Las Tiara”, when and where?

Rastiara has always been with me.

There is no ”Rustyala” that I don't know about.

As if to dispel my fears, Maria says, ”It's okay (...).

It'll be fine (...). Indeed, tomorrow, the 'duel' between everyone and Kanami-san will begin. ...... but I'm not. I just came to support that, just for flying. I'm sure Kanami-san will be able to overcome the 'ordeal'.

It was a much more reassuring ”okay” than the ”okay” I had been saying all along.

.............

I regain my composure and begin to think about what I meant when I said ”It's okay” following the declaration of war, ”I want you to take the 'test'”, using the skill 'Parallel Thinking'.

Maria doesn't want it to 'never happened', so she should have come to interfere with it as best she could.

But was it my ego?

He says he's here to support me. I mean, Maria is on my side--

I stare into the blazing eyes.

In the eyes of the magic flame, I saw my reflection as if I were looking in a mirror.

There was no mask. My hair was long. The black robes look like the progenitor Kanami. But the burn marks indicate that it is a thousand years later. My eyes are empty, as if I'm looking at the Maria I met when I met her.

In contrast, Maria's eyes continue to burn and are staring straight at me.

This is a lie.

There is no reason to wait here other than to come to stop my ”plan”.

Maria is a good liar.

Like me, I can only assume she's lying.

But I can't be sure.

The more I stare into those magical eyes, trying to read their inner thoughts, the more memories of the past come back to me.

-- ”Penetrating Eyes”.

The ”innate difference (skill)” that pushed her down into misery and brought her to me.

Thinking back, have I ever been able to read Maria's mind even once?

Unconsciously, he was trying to extend the 'Purple Thread' from the cuff.

My mind had surrendered prematurely to the fact that I couldn't read it without the 'thread'.

However, the 'thread' was crumbling.

I can't hold it well in this underground space.

I managed to focus on just one, and made an effort to connect the 'Purple Thread' to Maria.

The next one is hot.

The 10 layers of burning flames are accompanied by magical power, burning and melting the fragile 'thread'.

Perhaps Maria can't see the ”thread”.

Even so, in this burning space, it would be invisible, but everything would be burned away before it could be reached.

-- unreasonably, strong.

But this is the girl called Maria.

To put it bluntly, the biggest source of anxiety in The Plan is her.

I'm not going to be the only one who has the magic stone of ”the one who steals the reason” other than me, so there was a chance for Maria.

It's the possibility that she can inflict pain (damage) on me right now.

That's why it's most troubling that Arti's power, the one that steals the reason for the fire, will be used to its fullest extent to exploit an opening in the ritual.

Nevertheless, I decided to keep Arti in Maria because I genuinely wanted them to be 'happy'.

I want them to be more and more rewarded.

The reason why I removed them from the circle of the 'reason-stealer' before we left 'Blood Land' is because it was my wish for them to have an ordinary 'happiness'--.

--I've left Arti, the one who steals the logic of fire, to Maria by a rule (...) within me, even if it means giving the other side a trump card.

And yet, the other side's trump card, so important to them, is now here alone.

There is no Dia next to her.

There is no Snow in front of you.

There is no lurking liner.

The current leader of Maria - Shea Legacy should have proposed to go with Seeno. In fact, that's the best solution. If I were in the same position, I would definitely do the same. As the enemy side, that was the most troubling. That's why I increased the number of our people beforehand.

Didn't Dea and Snow stop them?

No, could it be that Dare and Snow are doing whatever they want too?

Keh, did you get into a fight ......?

No, we were very close on our last trip to the spa.

We were close ...... supposedly. My memory is a little fuzzy there, but after the whole process (...) was fixed - was there a gap in my consciousness that I didn't see or read, and there was some consultation?

If there was.

There was no way Maria was the only one.

It's not possible for you to go to the trouble of facing me when I'm well prepared.

You're going to have to take a chance on the ritual, or I'll be able to use all the magic I want. Even if you try to take them apart, you'll only get each one destroyed. It's not just a real war, it's the most basic thing even in games. No, of course, this is not a game. But this was a game of sorts. For me, who was a game lover, my sister chose a world that was like a game. However, the other world was never a game, but--

I can't get my thoughts together.

The voices I hear all the time in 'parallel thinking' are noisy.

Or rather, I can see them. Right there. Right behind Maria.

Maria-chan!

There is no more ”connection,” though.

Absolutely, ”Rustyala” is rooting for Maria now.

What's more, another world (alone).

That gaze (...) is also watching Maria intently and expectantly.

Even though you are in the ”other world”, why don't you pay attention to me, a ”gentile”, and that's it.

The result of pondering in less than a second, using the skills 'Fast Thinking' and 'Convergent Thinking' as well.

I try not to show that I'm pondering for more than a second, so I mend with a tentative reply.

'-- Let's calm down, Maria. Anyway, it's best to calm down for a moment.