The battle against the demon god Fonbascoe, which had lasted over a thousand years, was over.
　Von Bask, as the Fosindo family, manipulated the empire from behind the scenes and decimated the magical civilization in the last 1000 years.
　He had even killed the king and queen, and was in complete control of politics.
　Well, there's another reason why he killed the king and queen and locked them in a coffin.

　Either way, Von Bask had run amok in the empire and even summoned an evil dragon.

　Of course, the empire was in turmoil.
　If the situation continues as is, the entire country may fall into chaos.

　I don't intend to do anything more to the empire unless they do something else to me.
　If the Empire still possesses the bond of humanity, they will work together to rebuild it.
　I'd like to see how that happened.

''Well, the Empire is so stubborn. I have a feeling we're going to survive for some reason.''

　Muttering.

　Well, the battle with the Empire is over, but I still have some things to do.

　We're back at the Royal Capital's Rosanrilla Magic Academy.
　One day after school, I called Avril up to the roof and was about to start it.


'Von Bask's mistake was that he didn't kill Avril's parents. Well, I guess it's because they didn't matter to that guy, but I just locked them in a dimension. Depending on the dimension, that's where he's out of reason and will live for a thousand years. Then Avril's parents are still alive in that dimension.


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

'So you're saying ... we're going to rescue my parents from that dimension?
Yes.
But is it that easy?　There are countless other dimensions, and they are born in countless ways. To pinpoint the place where my parents are from among them...

　Indeed.
　Such a feat would be difficult, for example, magically burning away a single fish in the ocean with pinpoint accuracy....... And all in a single shot.
　It's still impossible to pull out someone else's, and even considerably past events, to find a dimension, even if it was trapped by you.

　However.

''With my magic, it's possible.''

　Deploys dimensional magic.
　You can search for its magic in countless dimensions.

　It's impossible for me to track down Averill's parents from another dimension without any evidence, as expected.
　But then VonBusk showed me an image from the past.
　Ironically, VonBusk's magic is superior; even a thousand years ago it was outstanding.
　That's why even images from the past could be played back with such clarity.

　Hence.
　The magic power of Avril's parents made it possible for me to analyze it perfectly.

''Oh........light.......?''

　Perhaps because of the glare, Avril covers her own eyes with her arms.
　Gradually, the light converges into two human forms.

　Eventually..........

''It's over.''

　Stopping the deployment of dimensional magic.
　After the light was gone, there were two men and a woman lying on the rooftop floor.

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

　Shivering, Avril approached the two men.

　They have been erased from their memories.
　Even if he saw it this way, Avril must not have been able to pinpoint it.

　However.

''That.......why is that?　I can't stop crying from my eyes. It's as if my 'soul' remembers my father and mother...

　Avril crouched down to the two meditating men.
　Then, with tears trickling from her eyes, she nuzzled her face into their chest.

'Hmm. I'm sure that no matter how much you erase your memories, you can't erase the bond between parent and child.......

　Is it tactless to stay here any longer?
　I turn my back on Averill and walk out of the roof.

　It's Averill's time now.
　The parents will wake up soon, too.
　Until now, Averill's time has been lost.
　They have been wiped from their memories, oppressed by others, and continued to hone their magic skills all by themselves.

　Then from now on, time inside Averill would start moving again.
　She could spend some precious time with her parents and regain what she had lost.

　It wouldn't take a thousand years for that to happen.

Well von Busk is gone. And I understand why this world is in decline. But ... what Von Bask said, I don't think that was the whole story.

　At that moment, Von Busk had rinsed out what he knew and what he was planning to do.
　But I have a feeling there is more to it than that.

　No matter how much Von Bask had taken his time for a thousand years, would it still be possible for a magical civilization to decline to this point?

　Is that how peaceful it is?

　And the magic VonBusk was trying to use. I'm curious about that too.
　The magic that he had been studying relentlessly for a thousand years.
　It wouldn't be summoning an evil dragon. This kind of thing has existed for a thousand years.

　It's the magic formula Von Bask first tried to use to defeat me.
　I couldn't bother to activate it, so I had to stop him, but after analyzing it during the fight, I found it to be somewhat troublesome.

　Can we call it a magic that is a further evolution of fusion magic?
　It's a pretty broad and powerful magic.
　

　The magic I thought I'd mastered so deeply, apparently there's still more to come.
　Thinking about that, I couldn't help but smile at the corners of my mouth.


''Kurt!''


　I returned to the classroom, continuing my thoughts.
　Then Lara, Marise and Cynthia stayed there.
　I told them that they could go home first.

　The three of them looked at me.

Hey, hey, Kurt!　I've gotten tired of waiting!　Let's get to the labyrinth quickly. I just want to try to make it to the bottom level without Kurt.
That's right. And what was that magic that slayed that dragon, what was it?　It's not fair for Kurt to have it all to himself.
'Cynthia I want to work harder on my magic. I don't want to drag Kurt down. Kurt I'm afraid if I take my eyes off him for a second, he'll be far away.

　I was stuffed with it.

　........Oh well.
　Let's take our time to think about the future.
　For now, let's spend some time in peace with our dearest friends.

　Even if we had a thousand years, it wouldn't be enough.