264 262. I'm home.txt




 The fight is over.
 I walk alone and approach Ayd and Titi. Snow is keeping an eye on Dea and Yotaki as they lay in the grass. He seems to anticipate that this is the last time the guardians (guardians) will be left alone with the three of us, who are well acquainted.

 When they see me approaching, the first thing Ayde does is smile and talk to me.

'That was ...... brilliant. That's it. As of today, the seat of the 'ruling king (Lord)' is vacant and the apostle who was his guardian is gone. This battle of Vieisia will be over.

 And Titi, next to it, followed.

That's no longer an unrequited love for children. ...... The only thing that's left is Nosfy. But I think the only person who can do that is Kanamin. All right, Kanamin, make sure that you make your boy friend, Nosfi, happy. I'm asking for it!
'Well, uh, ......, I'll try,'

 He asked me to do something ridiculous at the end, and I had to give him a look of annoyance. And Titi snorted in frustration.

The other thing is that it's a matter for Kanamin and the others. I'm not going to go any further.

 However, despite the snarl, Titi's face is radiant. You can tell from the expression on her face that she's not complaining enough to say it with her mouth.

''The child believes in both Kanami and Nosfi from the bottom of his heart, you know! I'm so proud of you both!

 She tells me that as long as I'm here, she's safe.
 I nodded back, though my face was still troubled, to see her off without any undue trust in me.

 Titi nods happily at that, "Mmhmm," and the id next to me laughs and congratulates her.

''Fufu, you've made a friend in that sister ....... I'm a little jealous.''
What do you mean? Aide must be friends with Kanamin, too!

 Hearing my sister's words, Ayd and I look at each other in amazement.
 And I'm immediately convinced that the words are true.

 The funny thing is that there was indeed a goofy friendship between us, as if we had beaten each other up under the setting sun. Sensing this friendship, Ayd looks really happy.

'It seems so ....... Unexpectedly, it seems that I got everything I wanted from coming here ....... Ah, 'here' is still great .......

 Aide shows an emotional face that looks like he's about to cry now. Naturally, as a guardian (guardian), his figure fades with the loss of his 'unfinished business'.
 If you look closely, the same was true for Titi next to him.

'Oi, you two ......! My body is ......!
"We're honestly broke and empty! And the magic, but not the regrets! Hence, it looks like it's over! So-and-so!

 Anticipating the disappearance, he first waved a hand at Snow in the distance.
 There is no shade to his expression. He accepts that his own existence is being diluted, as if he were melting into the air.

''Are you already ...... saying goodbye to me?''

 If possible, I would have liked to talk with the three of us a bit more. All the gaps had been filled in at last, but the final hours were too short. That's what I thought, but Titi seemed to be different. She shook her head.

'No, Kanamin. No," she said, "not anymore. This time of 'now' is never short. There is a moment in time longer than a thousand years in the 'now' and 'here' ....... Certainly in the 'here' .......

 With both of her narrowed eyes, Titi looked around at the surrounding landscape.
 Looking at the landscape of Viaissia reflected by the magically constructed homeland of the "Cherry Blossom Paradise" (Idle End Titi), she asserted that it is filled with things that are worthy of eternity.

 It's the place where the irreplaceable value lies - Titi's cheeks are red and her mouth is wide open in delight.

'At last the child is living in the child's time. ......! We're running out of time! It wasn't like that falling, accelerating millennia! A sure time is 'here'! I am convinced that the child now lives a second longer than a thousand years!

 Then I sat down, arms outstretched, and took a breath of this hometown air.
 Enjoying it, he tells me how wonderful it is.

'Oh, it's awesome ......! The world is a beautiful place! It's colored! Time is shining!

 Time shines - it was a feeling I couldn't keep up with, but my brother next to me seemed to be different.

'Hmmm, I guess so ....... Indeed, I feel like I'm finally alive. The faded world of yesterday is so vivid that it's a lie ...... and my eyes are getting misty.

 They seemed satisfied.
 Then I had no choice but to smile and watch their bodies fade away.

 Now, the two of them have completely dissolved their 'unconsciousness'. I can't call them back any longer. The only thing left to do is to say goodbye to them--

Then, um, Kanamin! Thank you for showing me the way here!
'I am truly grateful, Master Uzumi. I hope you will be able to return to your home too.

 When they thanked me, I gave them a small wave after a few moments of hesitation.
 I say goodbye to the two of them as their bodies are beginning to show through and the trees on their backs.

'Yeah, bye bye ....... Both of you .......

 The eternal goodbyes are over.

 Then, sitting down, Titi and Ayde hold hands to stay together until just before they disappear.
 They hold each other's hands, saying they will never let go again, and spend their last moments as sisters and brothers.

''Fufufu, the quintessential sister ....... Thank you for one day's reward, 'now' and 'here' .......
Hmm. At last, the children have returned to the 'here and now' ....... But I'm sorry. We are very late. ......
'But we made it in time: ....... I made it in time. Thank you, thank you ...... for your "reward." ...... I won't let go of ...... anymore ......--
Even a child can't keep his hands off ....... No more ...... and never again ......--

 As the body disappears, the voice becomes choppy and disconnected.
 Their last conversation was about a promise made a thousand years ago - 'Reward'.

 Perhaps because the two of them were nostalgic for the past, the two figures from when they were children seemed to overlap in their thinning adult bodies.
 The dancing particles of magic power - my Dimension is probably reading the memories packed in that light.

 I see a green-haired harpure girl and a white-haired Doriade boy, the
 Two children hold hands and cuddle together under the 'White Cherry Tree (Pieris Aysia)' tree that once promised them a reward.

'This, the meadow ......--it smells so nostalgic--is ....... Ayd, the sky is blue--Iyet ......--
'Yes. It was such a--the world was beautiful, wasn't it? It was very ......, the breeze was nice, the wind was nice--it is ......--

 A voice that is being snatched away.
 Smaller and more distant.
 But their voices were definitely audible.

 The voice of the two of them at the end of their lives.


" -- "-- oh (...), I'm finally home (・・・・・・), my old home (・・・・・・) --


 The last words were neatly layered and scraped away by the wind.
 Then, like a haze that was blown away in a huff, their bodies completely disappeared from the world.

 The particles of the sister and brother's magic power were sent up by Viaisia's wind.

 Now, Viaisia's boys and girls - Titi and Ayde - have no 'regrets', and this time, they both died convincingly together. In other words, with this--.

 --This is the end of the story of "The Lord" written by the two youngsters.

 The final picture of the story is under a white cherry tree standing on a wavy field.
 The wind wiped and the petals danced, and it ended with the image of the two sisters holding hands, shoulders pressed together and laughing.

 At the end of the story, they realized the answer.
 That they didn't need anything else to prove them both wrong.
 The sister has a brother and the brother has a sister.
 Just a family.
 That's all they needed--.

 As if to prove it, I can see behind the light of its soaring end (...).

 I didn't see the future nor did I see the past.
 However, I could sense the scene from the residue of its dense magical power.

 Behind the last light, I could see a house - a gabled-roofed house.
 In front of the entrance of that nostalgic-smelling house, two old 'witch' couples were standing in front of the entrance. Smiling, they are waiting for my family to return.

 Then the two children who were sitting in the "White Cherry Blossom" (Pieris Aysia) next to the house get up and run up to them.

 And then--

I'm home (・・・・)!
I'm home (・・・・)!

 --I thought I heard the energetic voices of the two children.

 At the end of that scene, all of the light that had been flying around converged.
 It turns into two crystals.

 It's a magical stone that overlapped as if holding hands.
 The proof of defeating the guardian (guardian) - the two magic stones of 'The One Who Steals the Reason' were the two magic stones.


[Guardian's Magic Stones]
 The magical crystals of the guardian id
[Guardian's magical stone]
 Magical Crystals of the Guardian Titi


 Then, a 'display' is visible, signifying the breakthrough of the guardian (guardian) layer.


[The title, 'Child who cuddles with the wind' has been acquired.
 Wood magic has a +0.50 correction
[He earned the title "Child Who Stays Close to the Trees."]
 Wind magic now has a +0.50 correction


'It's good to be home ....... Titi, id. ......

 With a blessing, I pick up the two fallen magic stones.
 Then, I raise my prone eyes and turn to my surroundings, and the magic that had been unfolding, 《Sakura Do-Rakudo (Idle End Titee)》, has been released.

 Their hometown disappears and returns to the royal capital that I know.

 No, it's different. If you look closely, there are different parts in places.
 Even more nature was sprouting up in the royal capital, which was even more green than it was.

 Where it had been stepped on by the castle moved by the id, there was an expanse of grass and flowers that must have grown overgrown by the magic of the wood attribute. It wasn't just spreading, either; it was as neat and orderly as if a gardener's hands had been involved.

 Most of all, it was the Vieisia Castle that had changed the most.
 The castle that was supposed to be a giant (tree fork) had been transformed into just one large tree.
 The only part of the castle that still functioned as a castle was the middle part, and from there on, it was completely a tree.

 The large tree grew until it touched the sky, from which countless branches grew and white flowers bloomed.
 The type of tree was definitely the 'White Cherry Blossom' (Pieris isia).
 The majestic and fantastic great tree was left behind in the remains of my sister and brother's departure.

 I hold the two magic stones and look at the sky of Viaisia.
 The flowers in full bloom on the great tree were swaying in the wind.

 --Oh, the wind is pleasant.

 The wind is blowing on Viaisia, and the white petals are dancing.
 Just like that, somehow it made me feel very happy.
 For some reason, this time feels long.

'Titi, you're right: ......

 Surely, the world is brightly colored and time may be shining.
 That's what I thought--