As soon as Ed's figure appeared, he was pulled out by Is, and the little dog who couldn't pounce on the target persistently turned his head and glued up, and didn't speak, just stared at him.

"How do you ......"

Ed was confused, and was interrupted by Is.

"What about the guy?" he asked.

“...... Stay there. Ed replied in a low voice, "I've set up a circle over there, and it will be easier to get there." But we have to change this circle first......"

He didn't want to talk about Saxis - Is, aware of this, stopped asking, only dragged him back as he turned to the circle.

"It's not that urgent. He said, "You forgot what you said?"

Ed was stunned for a moment before replying, "...... Didn't forget. ”

There are other uses for this circle.

"At least we can disconnect them first......" he muttered.

He was just in a hurry to do something...... Do something useful, otherwise the composure he held up would collapse in an instant.

"I ......," he began, and the sorrow that had been suppressed in his heart poured out like a flood that burst the embankment, and could no longer be controlled.

He lowered his head, not wanting anyone to see his tears...... But there is no shame in these tears.

Realizing this, he gave up his senseless insistence and choked up for comfort from his friend: "Sacthis...... He can't come back. ”

The person who suddenly started crying made Iss at a loss, so he could only pat him on the shoulder: "Even if you have to kill him, it's not your fault." ”

"It's not...... Such. Ed shook his head.

If that were the case, he would regret it, he would regret it, but he might not have such sadness.

It was a sacrifice he hadn't expected at all.

He tried to paint a clearer picture of what had happened – a sacrifice that deserved to be remembered by more people.

"I've been on my guard. He was so remorseful that he said, "I made him believe that I believed him completely, but I didn't...... By the time I said I'd hold him, I was ready to look for an opportunity to break him......"

"Do you think he wouldn't know?" said Filly, "but what is wrong with you giving him trust in the end, and that you are only prepared for the possibility that your trust will be wrong, in order to avoid a worse outcome?"

"It's not ...... Because of this. Ed's tears could barely stop, "I just got to know him...... I mean, I'm just really getting to know him. We talk about a lot of things, a lot of things that don't matter...... I've just thought of him as a living being, a soul that has much to be respectable and interesting besides being 'powerful', not just a distant legend...... I just thought we might be good friends......"

And then just like that, it was lost unexpectedly.

"I didn't even have time to say goodbye to him......"

He cried so vividly that he didn't even care that there was a frightened little mage standing next to him.

"But," said Terry, who was being ignored, weakly said, "if that's the case, somehow...... He hasn't disappeared either. ”

"So...... Is he still there?" Ed turned to him, his eyes shining with hope, "I tried to call him, but I could already only feel his power and couldn't communicate with his consciousness...... But is he still there?"

"Well, I don't know......," the little mage panicked, but still tried to comfort him, "but this is already a good result! In the history I know, Saxis the Soul Eater was completely wiped out before the 'Lonely Boat' was created......

He stopped abruptly, realizing that it didn't seem like much of a consolation.

Ed felt his breath clog in his chest, and he couldn't help crying, but he really couldn't cry anymore.

"You shouldn't have said that. He smiled wryly and wiped away his tears, "These things haven't happened, or haven't happened yet...... Sorry, I shouldn't have asked. ”

Terry shook his head.

"The rules of time are a mystery," he said, "and you never know what you can and can't say, so you might as well go with the flow and listen to your inner voice." Here's what you told me...... Tell us, after you have been wandering in different planes for a long, long time. So, I want to tell you...... I think I should tell you that on the plane I came from, the world was destroyed when the Lonely Boat was born—this time, you've changed a lot, Ed, and you can change more, and everything will end better...... Definitely!"

Met with his still adoring gaze, Ed was speechless.

“...... Do you call it 'The Lonely Boat'?" he finally said, "I think it might be better to call it 'The Garden.'" ”

It is a place where Kawazu was once surrounded by flowers, and there will be flowers again.

"Hmm!" Terry nodded vigorously without thinking.

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They left the temple after leaving the necessary explanations, and brought home the little mage who did not want to return to the Unicorn yet. While still on the road, Terry couldn't wait to roll up his sleeves to show Ed, the pink rose mark becoming more and more visible in the rising sun. When Ed touches it lightly, he can even feel the connection between the two worlds.

The young mage may have another special identity...... But he wouldn't ask again.

"'Garden' is a fitting name!" Terry was still babbling and his tone rose briskly, "there are roses blooming everywhere...... Our nights are longer than the day, for our moon is the one that now hangs in the sky—"

He drew a big circle. These were things that had changed, and he felt that it didn't matter if he said it.

"And our sun is originally hidden at the bottom of Lake Starnestle, an unhatched dragon egg. That's the ...... left by the founders."

His voice weakened in Is's icy gaze.

"It hatched. Ed laughed, "We call it Nana, it's a little white dragon. ”

"Silver. Iss corrected coldly.

Terry raised his hands, his eyes full of surprise and anticipation lit up like two little stars: "I can...... Can I?"

"Of course. "It likes tender little mage's meat the most." ”

"Of course you can hold it if it wants to. "It's lovely...... It's a little grumpy, but it doesn't bite indiscriminately. ”

Terry cheered. He walked backwards like a child, and after a few steps he couldn't help but jump up, turn and run forward.

He didn't want the people behind him to see his suddenly red eyes, just like he didn't want to tell him why that little world, the last refuge, was called "Lonely Boat".

Because it was indeed a lonely boat adrift in the sea of nothingness, and there was no home again. He had been unable to comprehend the long-term nostalgia and loss, grief and self-blame of those who remembered the old world, until he had fallen here alone, and he had dared to do nothing but wish to return to the world that belonged to him, his home...... And now, he realizes that he can actually do a lot of things, even if in the end it will not be the "future" that he remembers.

All the results that have been produced will not change, there will be only a new future.

That will be, his future.