Maouyome

165 Collapsing World

If I noticed, I was alone, standing in my original place.

Deepest part of the ruins. Between the main body of the kagutschi.

There are no other moving shadows within the wide dome, with slight atmospheric tremors echoing in the bass like tinnitus.

The blue flames that were swirling at the top of the dome had also already disappeared, and only the white and green muscles and the central sphere, on which the floor at the foot floated, emitted a pale light in the dimness.

……

Phantom......, it was.

The demon kings who disappeared,... softly, fingering their lips as they think of the Maori and the others.

It feels dry and rough, but it stays at your fingertips.

Lips and lips overlapped.

That was over the phantom, though.

There was nothing to tell her about the feeling or the heat.

Sure, we overlapped.

It's true that Maori's lips are soothing, my...

……

... Gu.

The agitation and embarrassment that slowly lagged behind me made me realize that I would be bright red to my ears right now.

For now,...... my face is hot.

"... Damn, I'm alarmed"

Hold your head with both hands and kneel in.

There's really going to be a fire coming out of my face.

I can't believe it myself, but I think my face is on fire.

I didn't know you were going to act like that.

I can't wait to say that I was caught off guard, but I regret what Maori did to me, and I don't actually feel so bad about it.

I'm sorry and glad.

I'm angry and I love you.

Your scratchy emotions cause your heart to beat loudly as you become impassioned upset.

"Ah, too!

One pussy, slap your cheeks with both hands.

There's too much stuff going around, but don't let it flush you down. I have to change my mind.

……

That idiot.

Remember...

Take a strong oath in your heart and swallow once and for all the embarrassment and remorse and the slightest luminous delight you don't want to admit.

Not if I'm bored with that now.

Relax and transfer your consciousness to the sphere at the center of the dome. In a slightly blue sphere, Kensei stands quietly, breathing deeply.

He also looks asleep, but he doesn't look like anything's going to change right now. In the meantime, make sure that you are safe, and restart the pattern of the knife in your hand to the front eye.

... maybe, I can.

I remember the general feeling.

Is it a sign or a hunch? I deepen the vaguely perceived image and put it in both hands holding the pattern,... I hope.

……

Delivery.

Slowly exhaling, he concentrates his whole nerve on that connection he feels slightly. Such a feeling that the concentrated consciousness spreads from selfishness through the pattern.

Grasp the remnants of the power that you feel naggingly in the consciousness that spreads across the 3D space.

It's a fine stretch, slight hope.

Please.... arrive.

……

Feel the force, ripples spread.

The bell rang.

"No!

In a temper, I tried to cut open the ripples I felt and cut the hollow diagonally.

The trajectory captures space.

A definite response I feel at hand.

There's a crack in the space, so I can play it and rip it.

As soon as possible, the space flipped over from its crack, trying to turn it upside down.

Space mutates.

The stone dome changed into a dark space.

What emerged there was a space with deep darkness that seemed to inhale everywhere. The deepest world where physical force makes no sense.... space between.

Fragments were floating like stars, little by little, in the space that had already been destroyed. That, it looks like you're standing on a small shard.

"Guess we should ask what we're here to do"

Likewise floating in darkness, on one shard. Lady Ivanaga looked up powerless, sitting on the ground about to collapse and keeping her back in the small rock.

"He said he did it so we could talk around the corner, but... with the children of Asura, why don't we go back"

"I still have something to ask you."

Make them laugh invincibly at the same unscrupulous things.... The phantom just now seems to have been the work of Master Ivanaga, as Maori said.

Truth is, be kind to me.

... you're not being honest, are you?

The space that has been cracked by Konohana Sakya is about to be smashed to pieces.

I wasn't expecting it to collapse so far. There doesn't seem to be any more room for geometry until it disappears.

"... you're the first person I've ever jumped in with such force moves, not to mention that I have that little knife.... Fine. I don't know what you want to hear."

Again, I can't afford how Ivanaga looks.

The appearance of sitting powerless makes me feel a sense of terminal hunch.

I was somehow feeling the remnants of Master Ivanaga's power.

Thin as a thread, the remnants of the force that rippled and drifted into the space also felt right on the side.

He also said it was right on the seal of the kagutschi, and maybe it was good that he put it to a desire.

Maybe it's mostly because of this little Bell Guard knife.

...... Thank you, Mr. Lynn Fillet.

"I'm taking Mr. Kensei home. What is happening to Kensei now?

"I don't want to take care of you. Don't get your hands on me now."

"What do you mean?"

The response was short and unseemly, but somewhere gentle, in a serene tone.

"He seems calm, but now he is desperately fighting the spirit of Kagutschi in himself. Impossible, but with a brilliant hold on to the cugs."

"He's a strong man. Mr. Kensei."

So I'm sure it's okay.

When you respond to other HR with your chest stretched out, even more delightfully, the surrounding atmosphere of Ivanaga is dull.

"... Sounds like it. I don't know if I had your help, but I'm impressed that I gave it up of my own free will.... will wake up soon. You shouldn't have your hands on it now."

"Our, help..."

Drop your gaze on the pattern of the knife in your hand.

Exquisitely decorated, blue-silver knife.

I don't feel more like the help of this little Bell Guard knife than we do.... No, I think I owe it entirely to this. I couldn't do anything alone.

"Thoughts remain, even if lives are lost. But sometimes it takes form. Thoughts can only be powerful if there is someone in charge.... don't despise yourself. You're doing great."

As if they were seeing through what they were thinking, they were kind to Master Ivanaga and were told. A slight tremor is also transmitted from the pattern of the knife in the gripping hand.

……

I wonder if I could do something, too.

If so, I think it would be a great pleasure.

"... thank you, sir"

"You don't have to worry about him. Instead, it would be better not to touch the prank until the time comes.... Is that good enough to say what you want to hear? Then it's already..."

"What happens when there is no space (here) between"

Block the words of Master Ivanaga, who tries to chase them back quickly, and mouth another question.

"Only with this space can Ivanaga, who has lost his strength and body, be present.... Isn't that right? Then what happens to Ivanaga if this place is gone?"

Master Ivanaga, who has lost his power and flesh, can only retain its presence in this space. I was wondering if that's what you two were talking about.

I guess Konohana Sakya, who just lost her body, can still be involved in this world. I haven't lost that power yet.

So what happens to Master Ivanaga, who has lost both his power and his flesh?

Speaking for a little while, Lady Ivanaga exhaled one hoot.

"... there's nothing I can do."

In the serene voice, I could see the colour of giving up.

"God dies. There's nothing I can do about it, even if it's gone.... don't worry. There's nothing you can do."

Master Ivanaga spins more words.

"… but I can't watch or lend a hand as I have done before.... I'm sorry. I wanted to do it with as much help as I could, but that won't happen anymore either"

That means being left out on the outside of the world alone. Do you mean...?

The goddess does not die.

Even if we lose our flesh, if we lose our strength, we will not perish. I'm just going to spend eternity on the outside of the world alone, and... is that what this is all about?

That's too, too lonely.

It will not die, it will not perish, it will remain forever.

Then, I'm too sad.

……

If so......

"Then why don't you come with me?"

I don't know if that's possible, but if I can, I'd like to bet on possibilities.

Keep it up, yes. Goodbye, then, because I miss you too much.

"... together, you say?

That's right, Ivanaga asks back in surprise.

Yeah. Together.

Tighten your chest as much as you can and try to act bright.

"Apparently, it's me, the vessel of my soul and it's incredibly big. That is the position where you will be chosen by the goddess of light. Then I thought the other goddess would accept it."

I don't know if I can do that.

I don't know...

If I could do that, I wouldn't hesitate.

I can't let this sweet twister goddess be alone like this, and I don't want to do that.

In response to my suggestion, Master Ivanaga silenced.

You stare at me in silence and you look like you're thinking something.

Let me stare at you for a little while and wait for an answer from Ivanaga. Come into me or refuse.

"... not at all"

The sighing whine spills gently.

The whining was felt somewhere, in the same kind atmosphere that floated in her mother's face after being scattered.

"I can read everywhere, my daughter. You are."

Saying, Master Ivanaga puts his hands on a hood worn deep in his eyes.