Chapter XXXIX/39-23

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Last updated: 24 August, 2023

Prologue

Characters Present

Seele

Herrscher of Sentience

Seele

Gean

Mira

Kaye

Shigure Kira

Start

Seele

Herrscher of Sentience

Seele

< Head to the destination and interact with the Iron Sand citizens. >

Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Why don't you believe me? I can go there one more time to prove it's real!

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Fine! If you can come back safely... I'll... I'll consider your proposal!

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Seele

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Excuse me, may I ask a few questions?

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Sure... Huh? Am I seeing things? Why do I see Miss Seele, Senti... and another Miss Seele?

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Seele

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This is a long story... but you can think of me as her twin. As for my name...

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Seele

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We are both Seeles.

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Seele

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Hmm.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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I see. But you came just in time, Gean and I need a witness!

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Seele

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Witness...?

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Gean

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Here's the thing. I wanted to see Mira in the city, but halfway there I saw a flash of white light. I can't remember what happened afterward.

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Gean

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I think I fainted. But when the sound of rain woke me, I found myself in the border where the moonlight can't reach.

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Gean

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I panicked so I kept floating forward. I was scared I'd disappear before finding a moon rock.

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Gean

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When I got back to the town, Mira and some others have already become this. And... so have I!

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Mira

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I don't believe what Gean said, so he volunteered to show me.

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Herrscher of Sentience

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Wait up, aren't you two lovers? What's the reason? If Gean really disappeared, would that make you happy?

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Mira

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We... we aren't!

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Herrscher of Sentience

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If you say so. Since you don't care, we might as well prove it now.

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Herrscher of Sentience

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Gean, you dare?

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Gean

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Yeah! I'm coming!

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Mira

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Wait, Senti-sama! For safety's sake, could you... bring a moon rock along for him?

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Herrscher of Sentience

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You don't have to ask! Off we go.

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The moment she finished speaking, she set out with Gean.

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Seele

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She's so active.

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Seele

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One of her few strengths, I'm afraid. Anyway, we have our own thing to figure out.

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Seele

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Uh-huh. Mira, Gean said some residents had taken human form. Is this real?

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Mira

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It's real! But not entirely... Please come with me and you'll see.

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< Follow Mira to the destination and interact with the Iron Sand citizens. >

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Mira told the residents gathered there why they came.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Our experiences are quite similar. We fainted at around the same time, and heard the rain when we were about to wake up.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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When we finally woke up, we remembered what we had forgotten, and our body has changed drastically.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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We've all changed, but... the degree of change varies from person to person.

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Seele

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Such as how concrete your bodies are?

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Yeah! Take me for example. I might not look it, but I can budge moon rocks a little!

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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I have a feeling... maybe in just two or three days, I'll have a corporeal body.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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It might take a week for me? I have a human form, but can't touch physical objects yet.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Speaking of which, Kaye who's new here doesn't even have a human form. He's still a wisp.

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Mira

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Ah, maybe it's because he's quite old?

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Mira

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He lived eighty years and died of old age. He must have many memories of his previous life, so he's taking human form slower than us...

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Mira

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Us... who died early.

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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Died of old age...

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Resident from Country of Iron Sand

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That makes me... envious.

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Seele

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...

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The girl felt a lump in her throat.

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Without doubt, the "young people" talking to her right now, including the "people" she met earlier, were mostly based on the residents of the holy city that died before their time.

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Yes, based on. They weren't the deceased themselves. The Herrscher of Rebirth, Sa, and even the Finality had no right to reverse absolute death.

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Strictly speaking, they were only the projection of the other world, similar to the digital life that Vita mentioned and even Vita herself.

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Perhaps it was because they were similar to humans in their speech and thought, she had been unconsciously viewing these non-human humans as humans, so much so that she often forgot their origins.

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But even though they had assumed a form and inherited a persona, they still embraced the world that the living avoided and the dead couldn't utter. Death.

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Therefore, they craved a new life all the more.

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Across the entire Country of Iron Sand, how many "people" like him were there?

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Mira

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Why isn't anyone talking?

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Seele

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Nothing, just thinking about something.

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Seele

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... I did too.

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Seele

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(But I have some ideas on the change that occurred to them.)

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Seele

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(Huh?)

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Seele

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(For instance, Mr. Kaye who Mira mentioned. When we first arrived in the holy city, we ran into his funeral. At that point in time, Sa's rules were still in effect, which is why he could appear here.)

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Mira

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Um... Do you want to meet Mr. Kaye? I can take you to him if you want.

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Seele

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Yes, thank you.

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< Follow Mira to the destination. Conversation begins as soon as you meet Kaye. >

Mira

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Hello, Mr. Kaye. They're the friends of Senti-sama. They want to ask you something, and are wondering if you have the time?

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Kaye

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Of course! Ask me anything.

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Seele

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Mr. Kaye, did you suddenly faint and woke up not long ago?

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Kaye

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Yes, but I'm not as spirited as the others when I woke up.

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Kaye

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Now I know better when I will die. It could be after a month, on the day I get a body.

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Mira

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Huh? But everyone says this is the first step led by the great Sage towards a new life... Yet for you it's the opposite... This isn't fair!

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Kaye

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I'm not alone. My elderly neighbors, Carl and Rose, have the same premonition.

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Mira

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How... can this be?

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Kaye

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Mira, I know what you're thinking.

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Kaye

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You're young, so it's sensible for the Sage to mend your broken path... Stretching the old's finished path, not so much.

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Seele

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...

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Seele

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(I'm sorry, after eliminating the rule, the projections will return to their original state... which is having aged to the same degree as their bases.)

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Seele

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(Although observing with my authority tells me they'll live longer than one or two months, they haven't become younger than when they were alive either...)

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Seele

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What do you plan to do next?

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Kaye

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Definitely not lying on bed and crying all day. Oh, I can't shed tears like this, can I.

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Seele

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...

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Kaye

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Haha, I'll stop telling bad jokes.

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Kaye

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I'll probably look around the Country of Iron Sand, chat and bathe in the moonlight with those I meet. I'm too old to develop any real hobbies beside talking.

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Mira

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That's it? I thought... you'd do something different.

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Mira

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If... if you need my help, just let me know!

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Kaye

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That won't be necessary, my good child.

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Kaye

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"When morning glories first bloom, the funeral trumpet blows."

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Kaye

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Now, I've never seen any morning glories in my whole life, and a girl told me that. But the different things you talked about, Mira, I've tried to do them all when I was a lad.

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Kaye

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If you're only anxious about it when you know you're dying... your last days would be full of regrets.

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Kaye

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... And the last days should be saved for Kaye himself.

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Kaye

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I don't want those who love me... to see me pass away again.

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Mira

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...

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Mira

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Aren't you... afraid?

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Even though she had experienced death, the young wisp still didn't have the courage to say it.

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Kaye

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Of course I am. Who isn't?

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Kaye

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It's like the last exam of life that everyone has to take. No matter how hard you study for it, you can't see your results.

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Kaye

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Speaking of which, this is my second time taking the exam.

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Seele

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Then... why are you still smiling?

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The wisp named Kaye dimmed for a moment.

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But it soon regained its brightness.

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Kaye

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It might not take long for Kaye to join the void. But maybe someday a boy will pass by my grave, and put the dewy morning glories he just picked on my grave.

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Kaye

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"Of course, that's not me."

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Kaye

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"But isn't that me?"

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Mira

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...

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Mira

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... Yeah.

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The blue flame was warm and soft, just like the first light that newborn babies see.

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< Making conversation with Kaye from this point is optional. You can instead talk to Mira to continue the story. Doing so will not make the former unavailable for interact until you reach the next destination. >

< If you decided to continue talking to Kaye: >

Kaye

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What's the matter? Do you still want to chat with me?

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Seele

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Uh-huh, who doesn't like chatting with witty people?

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Kaye

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You children.

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Kaye

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Oh... I've been going on and on, but just remembered a loose end I didn't tie up when I was alive.

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Seele

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What is it?

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Kaye

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It's the girl I mentioned. On our last meeting, she gave me flower tea, and asked me to tell her how it tasted.

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Kaye

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I drank the tea, but didn't get to tell her that it tasted wonderful.

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Seele

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That girl... Does she have shoulder-length hair, look around our age, or... a little older?

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Kaye

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Yes, her name's Vita! Look at my poor memory, how could I have forgotten her name? At least she doesn't know this, or she'll be saddened.

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Seele

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She... sad?

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Kaye

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Haha, you don't know her. She smiles all day long, but she's more sensitive than anyone else. I merely mentioned the flowers in the border village were growing well, and the next day she went there to pick flowers.

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Kaye

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Ah, do you know her?

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Seele

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She... has left the holy city.

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Kaye

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Sounds like something she'd do.

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Kaye

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Loves the people and things of a place, but longs for new opportunities and broader horizons, and is willing to give up a stable life for it...

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Kaye

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If that's her wish, then I'm with her. After all, I had the same dream when I was a lad.

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Seele

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...

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Seele

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...

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Seele

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Mr. Kaye, your words... We'll pass them on to Vita if we have the chance.

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Kaye

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I owe you big time.

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< End of optional conversation. >

< If you decided to talk to Mira: >

Seele

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Seele, Mira, let's go over what we know so far.

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Mira

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Okay.

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Seele

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Ahem...

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Seele

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(Seele, are you really going to disclose those things?)

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Seele

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(No... those things are better kept from civilians, including the residents of the holy city.)

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Seele

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(The whole truth is too heavy for them.)

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Seele

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(Then we'll do as you say.)

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The girl took a deep breath and told Mira a fabricated truth.

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Seele

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First of all, the white light and the sound of rain that everyone mentioned.

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Seele

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From my perspective, that's the first step of being guided to a new life by the Sage.

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Seele

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After you wake up, you will remember what hasn't been remembered yet and what has been forgotten in a very short time.

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Seele

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At the same time, the young souls will steadily gain a body and welcome a new life, while the old souls will start aging the moment they gain a body and ultimately return to death.

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Seele

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In other words, the Sage's guidance is more like a present for the young souls, and...

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Seele

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a requiem for the old souls.

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Mira

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I understand. This will happen to all of us sooner or later. The Sage is just trying to bridge the gap.

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Mira

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There probably won't be a second Country of Iron Sand after this, though.

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Seele

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Yeah, there won't.

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The girl closed her eyes, her feelings mixed.

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They did dispel the gloom that had enshrouded the two worlds for so long.

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But be it a present or a requiem, it didn't come at the right time for them.

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Mira

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Seele? Are you alright?

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Seele

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... I'm fine. Let's go on.

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She forced a smile at Mira.

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Seele

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And, yes, what Gean and the Herrscher of Sentience are validating...

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Seele

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I'm thinking that if you can survive without moonlight, then it's highly likely that... you can go to the world of the living.

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Mira

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Rea-really?

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???

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It's real!

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A humanoid wisp suddenly drifted between them.

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Gean

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Mira! This is real! Senti-sama just proved it.

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Seele

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Then where is she?

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Gean

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Sh-she's arguing with a newcomer in front of the broken tower!

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Seele

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A newcomer...?

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Seele

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(Seele, this isn't right!)

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Seele

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(After getting out of Sa's control, the living of the Salt Snow can't create wisps based on their loved ones by praying anymore.)

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Seele

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(... Yeah, this is strange.)

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Seele

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Gean, I'll leave this place to you and Mira. We'll go check on her.

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Gean

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Sure! Leave it to me!

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< Follow Mira to the destination. Conversation begins as soon as you meet Herrscher of Sentience. >

Herrscher of Sentience

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Yo, you came just in time! I was about to bring this old friend to you.

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Herrscher of Sentience

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Go, Kira, say hello to them!

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Shigure Kira

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... I can talk. You didn't have to do it for me.

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Seele

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?

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Seele

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Shigure Kira, why are you dead?

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Shigure Kira

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Hey! Watch it! Don't come up and say I'm dead like Herrscher of Sentience!

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Herrscher of Sentience

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You can't blame us. Look at yourself, you're a wisp. Anyone would've asked the same.

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Seele

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Herr-Herrscher of Sentience, Kira Senpai surely isn't dead.

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Shigure Kira

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*Sigh* I knew Seele would be the most reasonable.

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Shigure Kira

Herrscher of Sentience

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Heh, looks like you can do some Herrscher or Idea stunts.

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Shigure Kira

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... What, you want to see my eldritch form?

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Herrscher of Sentience

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Don't. If you spook my underlings out of their souls, they'll be dead for real. I mean, they're essentially souls.

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Seele

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...

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Seele

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Kira Senpai, you should've awoken in the holy city like PROMETHEUS, right?

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Shigure Kira

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Yes. We couldn't find you after waking up, so we speculated you might've gone to the Iron Sand.

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Shigure Kira

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You know, I can't rest easy if I don't see you in person after a decisive battle.

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Shigure Kira

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So PROMETHEUS suggested me to start from the tower.

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Shigure Kira

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She believed that although the passage built by Misteln was cut off by Vita, our endeavor to link the basic anchors of the two worlds to the tower that doubled as an axis had not gone to waste.

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Shigure Kira

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From this perspective, this passage might allow ordinary people to travel between the two bubble universes, provided that the anchors weren't damaged by Vita's interference.

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Shigure Kira

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... I had little hope for this, but when I arrived at where I placed the anchor, I was surprised to see it intact.

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Seele

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So you reached the Country of Iron Sand by touching the anchor left in Salt Snow Holy City?

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Shigure Kira

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Yes. Wait, this anchor... was fixed by you?

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Seele

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Thank Seele for it. She probably thought of this from the start, so she asked me to fix the damaged anchor with the Sage's residual authority while she was fighting Vita.

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Seele

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In the end, this anchor didn't only help Seele's rain of creation fall across both bubble universes, but also connected the Country of Iron Sand and Salt Snow Holy City. Talk about killing two birds with one stone.

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Seele

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I really didn't think of this from the start.

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Seele

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I just acted in accordance with everyone's wishes and inadvertently facilitated this outcome.

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Shigure Kira

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Seele, there's no need to be modest at a time like this.

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Seele

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O-okay. Let's get back on topic. Kira Senpai turned into a wisp, is this also related to what Vita calls Sa's rule?

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Shigure Kira

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She... actually talked to you about that?

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Seele

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Yeah. I can't say I know why Vita told us the truth, but most of what she said has been inadvertently confirmed by us.

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Seele

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Such as the Country of Iron Sand was actually born from the wishes of the living and the rules that Sa implanted, instead of being created by someone with their own hands.

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Seele

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Maybe this is the reason that after getting out of Sa's control, the Country of Iron Sand has temporarily maintained the basic properties of the world of the dead and hasn't immediately split with Salt Snow Holy City.

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Shigure Kira

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But judging from how physically disordered I am here... it definitely isn't easy for the commoners to come here.

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Herrscher of Sentience

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Bah, don't lose heart. Now that we've connected the world of the living and the dead, it's just a matter of time before people freely travel between them!

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Seele

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... It's too early to be so positive. But...

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Seele

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Where's PROMETHEUS? Why is she ordering you around?

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Shigure Kira

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Sh-she's... got her own business to mind. You'll find out once you get there.

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Seele

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?

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Shigure Kira

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It wouldn't be very fun if I spill her thing now...

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Shigure Kira

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Let's first tell the residents of the Country of Iron Sand about our findings. Look, they've huddled up and floated there for a long time now.

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After that, the four analyzed the current state of the world, its future, and the separation it may face to the residents of Iron Sand.

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And by cleverly using the Sage, they muddled what Vita and Sa had done.

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As a result, "the Sage of the High Tower will lead the dead to a new life" became a fact.

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End