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　When I entered the altar room, I noticed that there was no one around.

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　Ryoma Sakamoto, whom I had hoped to meet, was not there, nor was Kotaro Fuuma, the guide.

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　On the contrary, there was no Eve, Jeanne, or Ryoma.

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　I was the only one in the altar room.

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　I immediately sensed something was wrong and strolled around, but there was no one there, and the path I had taken was closed.

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　Had I fallen into a trap?

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　While I was feeling uneasy, I heard a voice from the altar in the altar room.

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Who are you?

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　A man's voice.

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　It is a man's voice. It was an interesting voice with a Tosa accent.

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　I immediately recognized the voice as that of Sakamoto Ryoma, but he was not there.

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　While I was thinking that it was strange, a dim blue figure of a man emerged.

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　He looked just like Ryoma Sakamoto, whom I had seen in the history books.

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　There was no need to doubt anymore.

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　Sakamoto Ryoma himself is there.

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　But then I noticed something strange.

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"...... this looks like someone else."

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　Someone very close to me.

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　He looked just like a longtime friend of mine.

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　That friend was Godreve, chief of the Dwarves of the Earthen Village.

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　He is no longer here on earth, but in spirit.　

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　I couldn't help but ask him, but Sakamoto Ryoma said, "Well, of course not.

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I don't know. I am here now because I came here a year ago.

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"A year ago. That's a long time ago.

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Yes. I came here because I heard there was a mirror where I could talk to my dead wife.

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And you were able to talk to her?

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Yes, I could. Yes, I could. Look, there's a mirror right there. So I talked with my elf wife for three days and three nights... but I was tired of talking... so I thought I'd try to revive her. I heard that there was a mirror of anti-souls on a continent further away, so I decided to go there.

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You are a man of action, aren't you?

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Well... it's always the same. I get bored easily in the same place.

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"In that sense, this other world must be a good place. We can explore endlessly.

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Yes. It's the best of all worlds. I can't wait to bring my wife back from the dead and travel with her.

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"I hope you're right. But first I'd like you to meet the daughter I had with her.

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A daughter?　Oh, you mean Ryoma.

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Yeah, the lonely girl who came all the way down here to this underground labyrinth looking for you.

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So he's not ready to be a father yet?

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Maybe. But it seems that the city where she does business, the maritime city of Bernese, is in danger. He needs your help.

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"Oh my God, Bernese is in trouble!"

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　Sakamoto Ryoma shook his head.

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"I'd love to help you, but it's impossible for me right now.

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"Why is that?"

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"I told you before. This is me in my thought form. This is me a year ago. Maybe I'm dead now. Did you see any bones on your way here?

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I did.

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Maybe those are my bones. If not, and if I'm lucky enough to have survived, I'm probably not on this continent anymore. I must be far away. I wouldn't be able to come back easily."

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"I see."

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　Sakamoto Ryoma was a man who, as a merchant in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, succeeded in returning power to Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last shogun of the Tokugawa family.

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　He was a man who devoted himself to ending the Tokugawa era, which had lasted for 250 years, but he himself did not want to join the new government after the dissolution of the Tokugawa shogunate, and chose to travel around the world on a ship.

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　This man was a free spirit, a man like the wind, so to speak.

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　It would be impossible to put a noose around such a man's neck.

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　With that in mind, I decided to give up the idea of bringing him in.

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　I said to Sakamoto Ryoma, my residual thought from a year ago.

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I said to Sakamoto Ryoma, a residual thought from a year ago, "All right. Then I do not ask for your help. But I do ask for your wisdom. I am on my way to the city of Bernese, and I would like to know what is going on there.

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　Ryoma sarcastically remarks that I'm giving up sooner than I thought, but at the same time he compliments me on my insight. He told me that the Demon Lord has an eye for seeing through people's true nature, and then told me about Bernese.

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"It's been a few years since I left Bernese, but perhaps the ghost ship of Bernese lore has returned."

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"A ghost ship?"

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"Yes, a legendary ghost ship that appears on the route between Bernese and the island cities of the south. They are rampaging about, and trade has been slow."

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"So, if we defeat the ghost ship, everything will be all right?

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"That's true, but Bernese is full of evil spirits of the mountains and rivers. I don't think it will work.

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"Deceptive spirits of rivers and mountains?　Are the undead wandering about?

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How easy would that be? Well, you'll see. Go and ask my mentor. Then we'll figure something out.

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　Sakamoto Ryoma says so.

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"When you say master, do you mean Kaishuu Katsu?"

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"Katsu is my teacher in Japan. Marco Sensei is a teacher in our world.

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You're Marco, right?

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Yes. If I bring this to him, he will trust me.

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　Sakamoto Ryoma gave him his own sword.

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　Ryoma's daughter Ryoma did not have a side grip, but Sakamoto Ryoma did.

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　He was indeed a licensed master of the Hokushin Itto style.

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　He praised her and said, "Well, it's a useful license in a dangerous place like the other world.

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　With this, I have no more use for Ryoma Sakamoto.

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　Or perhaps what I am about to ask for is more important.

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　So, I said to him directly.

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"Ryoma, Sakamoto Ryoma's daughter, is a very strong girl. She can handle a pistol at will and shoot through her enemies. But she is still a child. She seems to be at an age where she misses her father. I want you to give her something to cheer her up.

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"Did you say you want Ryoma?"

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"No, but I know. When she came to me, she looked at me more like a father than a man. I think she still misses her father."

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"Then take her as your wife. Ryoma is a good girl.

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"Unfortunately, I'm not ready to settle down yet."

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　Sakamoto Ryoma laughed as I said this.

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　Then he took a piece of paper out of his pocket.

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What is it?

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"It is a piece of paper with my wife's hair. It is my treasure. Give it to my daughter. Tell her that her mother died when she was born, but that she loved you. And tell her not to have grandchildren until I come for her with her mother. My wife won't want to be a grandmother as soon as she comes back to life.

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　Sakamoto Ryoma said this jokingly, but at the bottom of it all was his kindness toward his family.

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　I said, "Okay," and accepted the hair.

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　Then Ryoma Sakamoto, who had kept his outline so well until a few moments ago, became a vague figure.

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　It seems that he can no longer maintain his consciousness in this world.

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　He says at the end.

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"It seems that this is as far as I can go. I don't know if my body is alive or dead, but when we meet again, let's have a drink together, demon king Ashtaroth.

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　These were Sakamoto Ryoma's last words.

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　As soon as he had finished speaking and disappeared, the area became bright and the presence of people returned.

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　Before long, Eve, Jeanne, Ryoma and the others are around, and they are searching for the mirror in the altar room.

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　The mirror in the altar room was shattered. They were collecting its fragments.

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"I wonder if this is where Father reunited with Mother.

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　Ryoma said. I took her by the hand and we went to a private room at the end of the altar room.

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　There I decided to tell her about my meeting with Sakamoto Ryoma.　

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