The thousand-year battle against the demon god Fombasque is over.
　In the past 1000 years, Fombasque, as the House of Fosind, had manipulated the empire from behind the scenes and decimated the magical civilization.
　He even killed the king and queen, and took complete control of politics.
　Well, killing the king and queen and locking them in a coffin may have been another reason as well.

　Either way, Fombasque was running rampant in the empire and even summoned an evil dragon.

　Of course, the empire was in chaos.
　The whole country could be destroyed.

　I'm not going to mess with the empire unless they do something to me.
　If the empire still has human bonds ......, we will work together to rebuild it.
　We'll see how that goes.

"Well, the Empire is stubborn. I have a feeling it's going to survive somehow.

　He mutters.

　Well, the war with the Empire is over, but I still have work to do.

　We're back at Rosangrila Academy in King's Landing.
　One day after school, I called Avril up to the roof to get it started.


"Fombasque's mistake was not killing Avril's parents. Well, I guess that's because they didn't matter to him, he just locked them up in the ...... dimension. Depending on the dimension, he could live for 1000 years. Then Avril's parents are still living in that dimension.


　Under a piercing blue sky.
　I explained this to Avril.

"So you're saying that we should rescue my parents from ...... that dimension?
Yes.
But how easy is it to do that?　There are countless other dimensions, and countless births. Pinpointing the location of my parents out of them is .......

　Indeed.
　Such a feat would be as difficult as, say, pinpointing a single fish in the ocean and burning it with magic ....... And in one shot.
　It's impossible to find a dimension by pulling out someone else's, even a long time ago, if you've locked yourself in.

　But.

"My magic makes it possible.

　Deploy dimensional magic.
　Find that magic in countless dimensions.

　It's impossible for me to find Avril's parents from another dimension without proof.
　But Fombasque showed me images from the past.
　Ironically, Fombasque's magic is superior. Even a thousand years ago, it was outstanding.
　So even images from the past could be replayed clearly.

　Hence.
　It allowed me to analyze the magic ...... of Avril's parents perfectly.

"Oh, ...... the light is ......?

　Avril covered her eyes with her arms, perhaps because of the glare.
　Gradually, the light converged into a human form for the two of them.

　Eventually, .......

It's over.

　The dimensional magic stops developing.
　After the light disappears, there are two men and two women lying on the floor of the rooftop.

"Is this ...... my father and mother ......?

　Shivering, Avril approached the two.

　Their memories have been erased.
　Even looking at them this way, Avril must not have been able to recognize them.

　But.

That ...... why?　I can't stop the tears from my eyes. It's as if my 'soul' remembers my mom and dad. ......

　Avril crouched down to join them in their meditation.
　She crouched down to them, tears rolling down her eyes, and nuzzled her face into their chest.

"Hmm. No matter how much you erase your memories, you couldn't erase the bond between parent and child,.......

　I guess it's not appropriate for me to stay here any longer.
　I turned my back on Avril and walked off the roof.

　It's Avril's time now.
　Soon those parents will wake up.
　Until now, Avril's time has been lost.
　Her memory has been erased, she's been mistreated by others, and she's been honing her magic skills all by herself.

　From now on, time in Avril's life would begin to move again.
　She can spend precious time with her parents and regain what she lost.

　You won't need a thousand years to do that.

Now that ...... von Bask is gone. We now know the reason for the decline of this world. But I don't think ...... that's all that Phonvask was saying.

　At that time, Fombasque told us everything he knew and what he was planning to do.
　But I have a feeling there's more to it than that.

　Even though Fonvask has been taking his time for a thousand years, will the magical civilization decline to this level?

　Is that how peaceful the world has become?

　And the magic that Phonvask was trying to use... I'm curious about that too.
　The magic he's been working on for a thousand years.
　It's not summoning an evil dragon. Something like that's been around for a thousand years.



　The first time Fonvask tried to use a magic formula to defeat me.
　I couldn't be bothered to activate it, so I stopped him. ...... During the fight, I analyzed it and found it to be a bit tricky.

　I guess you could call it a more advanced version of fusion magic.
　It's a very broad and powerful spell.
　And Cynthia's brother, Maynard, ...... and all that, it seems that there are some interesting things going on behind the scenes.

　The magic that I thought I had mastered so deeply apparently has a long way to go.
　Thinking about this, I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face.


""Kurt!"


　Continuing my thoughts, I returned to the classroom.
　Lara, Marise, and Cynthia were still there.
　I told them they could go ahead and leave.

　When they saw me, they said.

"Hey, hey, Kurt!　I'm tired of waiting for you!　Let's get to the labyrinth! We want to do our best to get to the bottom even without Kurt.
That's right. And what's with the magic that killed the dragon?　It's not fair for Kurt to keep it all to himself.
Cynthia......, I want to work harder on my magic. I don't want to drag Kurt down. I don't want to pull Kurt's leg. ...... If I let him out of my sight for a second, he's going to be far away. ......

　He said.

　......Well.
　I'll take my time thinking about the future.
　For now, let's spend some peaceful time with our precious friends.

　A thousand years would not be enough.