I wrote many letters.
　I can recall the contents of them without making any mistakes word for word.
　The first was a report of my knighthood.

　--to Mom.
　I'm sorry for the delay in writing to you. It took me a little while to drag down the knight that the priests of the Confederacy had twisted into a forceful manner. However, I was able to successfully become a 'Celestial Knight' (Celestial Knights). Thanks to Hein-san and Palinkron-san's cooperation--!

　Of course, this was only part of the letter's beginning.
　I sent it in a thick envelope with dozens of sheets of paper stacked on top of each other.

　But the letter that came back to me when the moon had come full circle was just a single sheet, the usual list of words. 'Good girl,' 'Ragne will be the 'best' girl in the world,' 'She's my daughter' -- not new, very short letters.

　-- "Dear Mom.
　The new guardian of me, Reki-sama, is truly an amazing person.
　When I told her I wanted to be the 'best' in the world, she politely told me about the 'Senate'. Under her, I want to be the best in the world. When I told her I could do any kind of dirty or cruel thing, she gave me a load of work. In the shortest distance, I'm going to be the 'best' high in the world - and I'm going to be the 'highest' in the world.

　The next letter came a little late in replying. It took two months instead of a month, and the content seemed to have been reduced from the first letter. I knew what it meant, but I would send the next letter.

　--To Mama.
　Leki-sama really loves me. You're trying to get to the "Senate" and you're a really nice guy ....... He's nothing like us. Maybe it's because I've been doing more behind-the-scenes work lately, but I've been getting to know the real history of Hoosier's. Mr. Palinkulon only talks about the 'founder' of the company in the legends. Master Leki also says that he is the only 'individual' who might even surpass the 'Senate'. However, there's no point in thinking about someone who isn't there, so I'm going to fight only what I can see -

　Third letter.
　At this point, there was no more reply.

　Nevertheless, I continued to write and send letters about my life in the Confederacy.
　I wrote many, many letters and sent them over and over again.

　Of course, once I hadn't heard back, I never received a reply after that.

　--To Mama.
　My real work as the "Seven Knights of Heaven (Celestial Knights)" has begun. I've been working behind the scenes in the Great Sacred City for the past year, using the teachings Mama taught me, but I'm finally about to be freed. Next, I'll be moving to the eastern frontier and working as a proper knightly escort. The new president who is going to be my new boss is really a fine person--!

　-- Dear Mom.
　The new person who is going to be my Lord is beautiful, kind, and lovely. In truth, he is a person who is in awe of speaking, but Mr. Hein has brought me to him. Mr. Hein is more mischievous than I thought, and it seems that he was planning to make me friends with that 'present man god'. He told me that the 'Real Man God' wasn't just building me up, but that I was his 'real friend'. He hugged me tightly and strongly - and

　-- Dear Mom.
　This year's "Nativity" is going to be bigger than ever before. I will not be able to return to my village, so I will be celebrating the birth of a saint in the confederacy of the settlement. Lately, Mr. Palinkron and Mr. Hein have been busy, so I've been working with the new senior members of the group. They are really interesting people and I hope to introduce them to my mom someday - I hope to introduce them to my mom.

　I think I was blessed with many acquaintances and friends.
　Among them, 'The Present God' was the only equal 'real friend' in my life.

　Of course, there was no response from my mom to that letter.
　Just get a little vacation and go to see Mom, and you'll know why the letter isn't easily returned to you.
　That's why I can never go to see her.

　Not wanting to hear the reason, I continued my act, alone in a distant land.
　I laughed at the cathedral as if I were running away, and convinced myself to run away, aiming for the 'Senate' as if I were running away. He continued to run towards the goal of being the best, which was left to him.

　Because he knew that nothing would change as long as he continued to run - somewhere in his heart, he knew that he would be able to stay like this forever, the knight Ragne Kaikwola lived.

　But in the midst of it all, as if to be restrained, I meet.

　--I meet 'him'.

　When I looked at that person from a distance, I remember the blood in my body nearly boiling.

'Ma, mama ......?　Come on, come on--

　I looked at him wrong.
　So much so that he and my favorite mom were similar in appearance.
　His name was 'Aikawa Kanami'. The one and only 'individual' that even Palinkron and Reki-sama recognized, who might be the 'best' The 'Founder' of a thousand years ago.
　He was just like him. His face, his voice, his gestures, his scent, everything - he looked exactly like him.

　I hated plays that were just for convenience, but still the word "fate" came to mind. I felt something worse than love at first sight. At the same time, he had a feeling that everything warm about him to this day was going to be destroyed.

　Just as I had that premonition, he would not forgive me for being like this anymore.
　First, he kidnapped my 'real friend' who was the most important thing in my world.

　Then, coupled with the look on his face, I thought I heard my favorite mom's voice.

　Remember what you are supposed to do.
　It's not what you're supposed to do.
　You're the 'best' girl in the world - and the illusion that you've been angrily beaten to death.

"I'm sorry, mom. ...... I didn't mean to slack off, but ...... will do it soon, so...

　In the middle of nowhere, I uttered an excuse.

　And immediately I began to challenge him - conveniently losing three times.

　The first time, against the labyrinth, I surrendered after taking a small check.
　The second time, against the Cathedral, I was serious in my own way, but he was no longer in a competitive status.

　He was truly out of status.
　In just a few days, he had passed the path that Riel and I had spent years on. In just two weeks, he had become a 'hero' to the point where he could fight against a great power called Hoozeyards. He has grown to the point where he is not just loved by the world, but he is the world itself.

　Here I was convinced that he was the real thing.
　Somewhere in the back of my mind I was relieved (...) that it was just a dream, that it would never reach me until I died, and now the "first" appeared in front of me.
　It appeared as if to chase me away. ......

　--It's a good thing that I'm not the only one.
　I have found the "first" that mama was talking about.
　His name is Kanami. He is the 'founder' in that legend, and he is very much like Mama. Without a doubt, he is the 'most' loved person in the world. I will take away his value and I will be the best. I will be the 'best'. So please don't be angry.
　I'll do it. I will definitely do it. I will go as far as I deserve to be a mama's daughter.
　So please, please--

　In the end, the fight against the Hoosiers of Kanami - ended with the protection (...) of Palinkulon, a follower of the "Founder".

　Then, for the third time, the 'Dancing Tournament' fight was abandoned for the next fight.
　I was so unwilling to win that I got a little suspicious of his performance, but I think it was a fair point.

　He knew it wasn't time to kill Kanami yet.
　He's the 'founder'. 'Hero' and 'Dragonslayer' are trash compared to his original honor and glory. More and more of his life is guaranteed to shine through.
　If you don't kill him after he's at the same level as the 'Founder' he once was, you won't be able to become the real 'best'. So all the time, I spent the entire time preparing for the preliminaries.

　What is needed to attack dimensional magic is 'trust'.

　I hid my unnaturalness and approached Kanami at the nobleman's ball. I even used his hottie, Franlle Helvirshain, to watch a play with him. It was hard to hide our expressions due to the meaningful play choices of Kanami's guy, but I think we interacted reasonably well. Towards the end of the "Dancing Tournament", I almost inadvertently messed with Rowen Ares's magic stone, but I put up with it properly. As Kanami's ally, I properly stood him up until the end. I was used to that part.

　-- Thus, Kanami was awarded the titles of 'The Strongest of the Allied Nations', 'The Sword Sage of the Day' and 'The Great Hero'.

　The world will recognize him as the 'best'.
　Only, the 'Senate', the top of the modern world, was terrified (・・・・・・). This is because they recognized that Kanami was the 'founder', the true winner of that thousand years ago, a monster that could destroy the entire 'Senate' and the continent, depending on his mood.

　His life was shining brighter and brighter.
　It was easy to see that his life was surpassing the brilliance of the Senate.

　And when I was finally convinced that if I killed him, I could become the best...

...... What, Mr. Palinkron and Kanami are fighting each other?　On the mainland?

　--I'll get that report.

　It was delivered in the Cathedral of the Confederacy by his favorite senior, Sera.

　Palinkron definitely liked the primordial Kanami.
　The fondness had come full circle and looked like harassment, but he was still a protector, that was for sure.

　What was his reason for seriously fighting Kanami?
　Was it the assassination order of the 'Senate' for fear of Kanami?
　Or did he have the same personal reasons as I did?

　While I was speculating about that, Sera-san's story continued.

''Ah. That battle that involved half of the mainland is what we call the 'Great Calamity'. And so, ......, Ragne. In that case, your home village of Sidore was ...... no, it wasn't involved. It's just that we're in a bit of trouble .......
What ......?

　I am being driven away.
　I don't care if the 'great calamity' he and Palinclone caused caused caused more than 100,000 casualties, but it was too unexpected that the damage had spread to the remote village of Sidoa.

I know it's a big disaster ...... and I know it's difficult. Still, if you can get a little bit of help, please go to the village of Sidoa .......　

　As a daughter, those were the words I absolutely had to say.

'Yeah, I know. I've arranged for you to stop by my hometown, although it will be on the job of the "Celestial Knights". Go check on them, Ragne.
Thank you, ...... senior.

　Naturally, the good-natured Sera-senpai is all ready to go.
　The truth is, I don't want to go back, but I'm going to push myself.

　--I'm going back to my hometown for the first time in almost five years.

　But what awaits me in the hometown that I thought was my home.

"LAGNE!

　She wasn't my favorite mom, she was the wife of the Kaikwola family.
　She was more worried about me than anyone else and welcomed me with a smile that was better than anyone else's.

'Mrs. ....... I'm glad you're safe.

　I responded to her hospitality with a knightly curtsy at the garden end of the mansion.

'Oh ....... You've become truly magnificent, Ragne ....... I hear you've become a 'Celestial Knight' (Celestial Knights).

　Mistress, a little more mellow than the last time I saw her, holds me close.
　All the while, I look around.

　I keep looking for my favorite mom, but she's not there.
　She's not there, she's not there.
　Nowhere to be found.

'Ragne, you could have sent me one of your letters: ....... 'Thanks to you, the evacuation of the village went well. Just because it's the hometown of Ragne Kaikwola from Celestial Knights (Celestial Knights), it's full of stories that are easy to pass ....... Every time that happens, I'm really, really, really proud ......
'Oh, thank you ....... Um, so, ma'am, .......

　I can't stop asking.
　Five years ago, I ran away, but I can't run away anymore.
　We need to find out why.

''Well, what about the chamberlain?''
That's her. I'm sorry, Lagné. It's--

　When I mentioned his name, his wife's face, which had always been kind, clouded over.
　I guessed the meaning of it before it was spoken.

　--To sum it up simply, Mama had not been in the village for a long time now.

　I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who has had to deal with this. The masters covered for her, saying that she must have been involved in some kind of incident, but the mistress seemed to think the opposite. In a slightly angry voice, she tells the story of how her mama disappeared - but it doesn't matter how well she did it.

　What matters this time is that Mom wasn't even waiting for me, let alone coming to see me.
　And I'm relieved (・・・・・・).

'--no, no!　It's still okay ....... Be 'the best' and you'll meet .......

　I shook my head hard in my bed in the Kaikwola family's guest room that night.

'I'm sure Mom has some deep thoughts ....... Mum is so cunning that even I can't reach her .......

　I love my mom.

　That's what I tell myself.
　What I would do now would be to be the 'best' in the world that my mom wanted to be. To put it bluntly, I wasn't worthy of my mom's attention yet.
　So I would have to get stronger and stronger, hunt the prey that no one could complain about, and get to the most glorious place in the world. --It's not over yet.

　Go back to the beginning.
　I swore an oath to you here in the hut that is my true home in the village of Sidore.

　I will be the ...... of the Kaikwola family, no, I will be the 'best' of the Varto, and I will be the 'best' of the knight as well. ......!　If you can take that 'Senate' spot too, and become the 'number one' that no one can complain about, I'm sure you'll be ......!

　We have to hurry.
　This is what happens when we take our time.
　My prey is taken from my side, left behind, and left behind.

　And my new battle begins.
　While I served the returning lady, I saw only my goal.
　All the while, I was writing letters.

　--To Mama.
　There are no more enemies among the knights. I got rid of Mr. Perciona and became the Chancellor of the 'Seven Celestial Knights' (Celestial Knights).
　Next, I want to eliminate all the 'Senate'. And of course, my rival Leki-sama.
　I will take away all values and shine above all others.
　Everything in this world, the millennia-old legacy, everything, will be mine and my mom's--

　During the past year, my surroundings changed radically again.
　I met Tiara, a 'saint' temporarily manifested through blood gathering.
　I rescued Nosfi, the one who had escaped from the labyrinth with his life, the one who stole the logic of light.
　Above all, he was reunited with his first prey, Kanami, the Ancestor. It's as if the world is setting me up for the final battle.

　--The world will set me up for the final battle.
　The Founder, Kanami, has returned.
　I'm going to go with him to the Great Sacred City Foozeyards.
　Just in time, all kinds of values will be gathered there, so I want to end it all.
　I will reach the largest castle of Hoosiers in the world, its 'pinnacle'.
　When I do, please visit ....... I hope you'll come back to praise me--.

　I accompanied Kanami and wrote such a letter in my room on the "Living Legend".

　I may not get the letter, but I know the reply is thin on the ground.
　I also know how my mother felt about me.
　I know how she feels and how she lives her life now.

　But I love my mom, I write her letters, and I want to be the best.
　As a mama's girl. As a mama's girl. As a momma's girl.

　And that's why I'm

-'I was a phantom chasing a phantom' -

　In. The second verse that follows.

"-- 'The world (you) can't even exist' --

　It becomes.

　When I reached that 'chant', I was back in the example hut again.
　Two huts, back to back, sitting in the dirtier one.

　They are full of letters that never arrived back home. Buried in the letters, I think to myself as I look up at the crumbling ceiling of the hut.

　One more verse and I will have the answer to my life.

Hahaha ......

　Inside the hut, he asks himself, mocking himself.
　I ask him, who is probably sitting in the next hut as well.

"Brother ....... With that real 'magic' thing, will I be able to see my mom ......?

　No answer comes back from his hut on my back.

　However, I have good instincts and I know the answer is thin from the beginning, so it doesn't matter.
　I'm sure my magic won't help me see my mom. I won't be saved and I won't be happy. I'm like Kanami, the kind that can only be eased by death.

　I can't even keep a dry smile on my face.
　It's been a little hard for me earlier. Kanami is destroying my strength as a human being, one by one. All the strength I inherited from my mom was turned into weakness ....... My mind is shaken, blurred and distorted ....... I don't even want to open my eyes anymore ....... I couldn't help but want to rest .......

　Hey, Kanami's brother .......
　Why are we doing this (・・・・・) now ......?

　To me, real 'magic' is not something I want that badly.
　To Kanami's older brothers, it's just the magic of the enemy.
　Even if they can learn it, it should only be a threat.

　So why ......?
　Why are we now--?