Epilogue[แก้ไข]
Part 1[แก้ไข]
—[Kouen, City of Brilliant Flames], Underground Prison of the [Salamandra] Palace.
The murky moonlight shone upon the rugged stone paved floors.
Seeming to be the direct opposite of the cloudless sunny day in the morning, the night skies were cloudy tonight.
Feeling lonely, Percher raised her head to look through the small gaps of the grilled metal windows at the moon.
“……Mah, I guess it’s true when they say that you can’t see the stars in [Kouen City].”
Percher stood upon the icy cold stone floors as she mocked the light from civilization. If the Chandelier was the Star of the surface of this region, this Star would also be the Darkness that wipes out the other starlight in the Night sky.
—The warm and soothing temperatures and the radiance in the night sky had completely engulfed the light of the stars.
For them who had died due to the weakening Sunrays, there was nothing more ironic than this and Percher’s instinct was telling her that she disliked this land of the North.
“But……What do I do from here on…….?” She hugged her knees close as she squatted.
Percher and Jin had been sent into the underground prisons as a temporary measure. Although it was just another formality that they were carrying out and the release would be in a few days, this sort of punishment was still too much.
But the problem was much more than that.
The reason for Percher’s worry was about the plans to deal with Rin and the others which she couldn’t come up with any.
“Maybe…… it’s still too early.”
She had declared war on them on impulse, but the real strengths of Rin and His Highness were much stronger than her current powers. The current Percher had no chance of winning against them.
If they met in the battlefield or the course of a Game, she would definitely be overwhelmed before making the move to defend herself. In other words, she would most probably lose her life.
To die before answering the cries of help from the 80 million vengeful spirits, she would be doomed to eternal condemnation.
(……)
Percher wasn’t afraid of all those.
It’s just that in Little Garden, she still had a life’s mission to complete.
She was reminded by the memory of Rin’s parting words. Similar words had been said to her by the Demon Lord who summoned her to the world of Little Garden—The man who led the [Grim Grimoire] had tried to probe her determination as the one who embodied the 80 million souls of the dead by telling her this:
—The fate that is bounded up with the disease of Black Death is an extremely strong connection.
Although he had toured many parallel worlds in his journey, he had confirmed that it all ended with the same situation in the end.
Hence, it would mean that this phenomenon is definitely not one caused by a natural disaster that functioned along the lines of the Probability theory of Fate.
But, one that ran contrary to the Fate of the Stars, a Fate that was embedded with a much more absolute destiny involved—
“……Of course it would. After all, the reason for the rampant outbreak of the pandemic had been caused by the solar cycle and that is a fate that Man is powerless to fight against.”
Chewing on the idea and noting the immensity that was the size of her goal, Percher hugged her knees tighter.
But that man had also declared it possible for her to change that hand of fate.
He had said that the world of Little Garden was the ‘Space where all possibilities existed’.
And it might just be possible to fulfill the revenge against the Sun in the world of Little Garden as well as the key to stop the contagious aspect of the Black Death disease.
Use the vengefulness and condemnation of the 80 million spirits to try change the Fate written by the Stars— The man had thus summoned her to the world of Little Garden with his roaring laughter.
“……However, it seem like he was killed by someone or something and it was all due to him that I got myself trapped in a colored glass to collect dust in some vault for a few hundred years. Haiz……”
Percher gave a sigh at that, which was very rare for her, however, the obstacles weren't just that as well.
Even if she had found the way, the powers that would bar her way from achieving her goals would definitely appear.
The disease of Black Death has always been the foundation for various countries and religion to come into being as noted in the annals. And amongst them were the inspections to weed out the witches during the course of witch-hunts that resulted in a sizable amount of deaths.
Such a strong [Paradigm Shift] that supported the histories of many Gods and their devotees isn’t that easy to come by. If the solution were to be found, she would definitely become the enemy of all the Gods and Heroic spirits. It was even possible for some of the Demon Lords to bare their fangs in response to that act.
“I really want to change the Fate surrounding the disease of Black Death……But even if I discuss with Asuka or Jin about this sort of thing……they would surely be against it.”
“That’s not true.”
Yiyah?! Percher was about to make that embarrassing shout of surprise but she still managed to hold it in.
That voiced sounded like Jin’s and it would mean that he’s been locked up in the adjacent cell with just a wall dividing them.
Percher had been talking to herself all these while as her way to fight off the loneliness. The sudden realization caused her to be embarrassed to the point of rage and her face blushed a shade of peach red as she shouted:
“Se…Seriously! I can’t believe this! If you’re able to hear me, at least speak up earlier! Isn’t that the polite thing to do?!”
“So…sorry. Actually I did want to interrupt somewhere during the middle but I just didn’t know how to do so.”
“……Hmph. So when did you start eavesdropping from?”
“Hm, starting from ‘I guess it’s true when they say that you can’t see the stars in [Kouen City].’”
“ISN’T THAT LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I’VE SAID SO FAR?!” Percher unfolded the blanket before giving the wall a hard punch.
If it weren’t for the wall that stood between them, it might have become a tragic ending for the both of them there.
Because Percher was currently red to the roots of her ears.
“HAaaaaaaah…… Seems like I’ve chosen to follow the wrong person.”
“That…Isn’t that line the kind of thing that people would usually leave unsaid?”
“Baka. Of course I said it out to let you hear. Hmph.”