The maggots never stop moving.

　--being eaten.

　Bitten, chewed, and soothed, the body disappears as if it were melting.

　--they're crumbling.

　I can't stop. It's unstoppable. The sound that echoes in the cave with the creaking is surely the joyful voice of the bugs.

　--Kwaretake

　The body is being consumed. Like pulling pieces out of a completed puzzle piece by piece, the sensations in the body disappear.

　--Cindesimau

　If I don't do this, I'll die. No, I'm long gone. You can't save yourself now.

　--Akira Melnoka

　I've given up on it a long time ago. I'm sure I've given up a long time ago. I'm not going to be the only one.

　--Jitsunni, Orokada.

　Yeah, it's silly. But what else can you do but give up in this situation?

　--Krae

　What?

　--Krae

　You want some?　What about this little maggot?

　--Souda

　What would be the point of living like that? You can't save yourself anymore anyway. In the first place, even if we ate the dozens that got into our mouths, it wouldn't stop hundreds of them from accumulating on our bodies. Even if we managed to eat a few hundred of them, thousands of maggots would still be lodged in the cave. You can't do anything about it.

　--I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

　I don't want to be eaten. I don't want to die. But I can't help it, so what can I do? We don't need to be weak. You're right. I wasn't needed on the island, and I wasn't needed in the city. I don't need you as a swordsman, and I don't need you as an adventurer, and I don't need you as a swordsman!　My father could not have been more right!

　--Yes, I'm afraid so.

　...annoying?

　--Nandigashineva, Chichiha, Wallaudeauro

　No, I won't laugh. I'm sure he wouldn't even change his expression when he heard his son's last words. Because to my father, he is as good as dead when he disowned me. But....yeah, yeah, I'm sure Laguna would laugh. Ayaka, Goz, Cecil, and the rest of his students would also laugh impatiently. That's the extent of Mikenzora's character, after all. The same must be true of the guys from the Hayabusa Sword, the guild's receptionist, and the innkeeper's father and daughter.

　--I'm sure they are all the same.

　 I'm not going to let them have their way with me to my deathbed just because I can't save myself. I'll take the Lord of the Flies' child as my companion, even if it's only ten or twenty. Fortunately, his mouth works. I've still got teeth. I can easily crush a maggot.

　--"Naraba, Klae.

　Yeah, we'll eat it. If we're going to die, let's struggle until we die--Souda, if we're going to struggle, let's just eat them all. If you do that, you'll be able to survive. A few dozen crows, hundreds of them, or thousands of them, are not so bad.

　--You can't get away with it.

　You can die, Quarrete, or you can eat me alive. I don't have a choice. Oh, why is it so hard to notice something so simple?

　--You have to die, Amethyst.

　It's not just the maggots. All those who have mocked me, despised me, betrayed me...

　--Waleha, Nanji.

　Once you're done, you're good to go. Yes, that's right. I must have learned a lot in the 18 years since we got here.

　--Nanjiha, I'm sorry.

　Mithrugisola can do nothing. She can neither fight nor protect.

　--Warera, Dogen nishte, Soujitari.　

　Narelle to whom?　What kind of a man can't even keep his mother's vows?　What can I do to help you, Nante?

　--I don't know what to do.

　Yes, it's a very good idea.

　-Korey, shinsoo, rakisulu.














　After a conversation with a thing that I don't know anyone from anywhere, my consciousness emerged into reality.

　........Finally, I saw a strange sight.

　As far as the eye can see, the desolate land is nothing but stone and dirt.

　There was only one tree, a huge, towering, majestic tree. It was an oak tree.

　And its massive, mountain-like body crouches down to protect the oak.

　No matter who you look at it, this huge beast, wrapped in black scales that remind you of the darkness of night, is a dragon.

　An illusory species among the strongest illusory species in this world.

　He must have noticed the gaze. I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what to expect.

　I'm not sure what the expression of the dragon is. I don't understand the dragon's words.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one for you.

　I'm not going to be able to get it right.

　The name is--.