Dawn, faintly bright, the stars are sparse.

On the barren Gobi, a group of people walked in the direction of the brightest stars on their backs.

Kurumi deliberately dropped himself and last night's kid at the back of the line.

"Arya."

Crazy San shouted softly, his name is Aya.

Originally, he was just an ordinary child in the village, but he released his magic without warning at a critical moment, and was noticed.

"Yes."

Hearing Kurumi's voice, the child with his head down raised his dim eyes.

"Do you know what it means to have a carbon eye?"

“.......”

The child's originally dull eyes were stained with another layer of grief,

“....... I don't know, I don't understand what the hell is the Replica Eye, why, why do you call me a monster, I obviously didn't do anything....... Obviously nothing....... I just want to protect everyone......."

Al Ya was visibly agitated, and slowly covered her eyes with her hands.

Thieves invaded the village, the houses burned crimson at night, someone was blown apart by magic, blood splattered,

His playmate was taken captive, and he was Alpha's childhood sweetheart, and in the afternoon the two exchanged rings made of grass and said that they would marry each other.

Even when he was young, he knew what would happen if he was taken captive.

Then, he felt his eyes ache and his vision turned scarlet.

It's my home, I just want to run in the sun with my partner every day, little heart, that's all.

But why? Why?

Someone died!?

Someone died!!

Then the Alpha's hand moved to the rhythm and interrupted the opponent's technique with a forced chant.

"Let it go...... Open...... She ......"

- The lotus fire burns

The scorching heat burst out of the palm of your hand.

Bang bang bang.

Before he could even scream, the bandit who had originally raised the butcher's knife completely vaporized in his incredible eyes......

When Alpha opened his eyes, there were several figures of dust in front of him, like the residue left behind after a complete burn.

What exactly happened, he didn't know. However, the screams and rage had died down, and the only thing he knew was that the bandits were gone.

Great!

Houses can be rebuilt as long as people remain.

He had heard before that where the bandits passed, there was not an inch of land, and life was extinct.

Just when the child looked back like this, he was met with a pair of frightened and disgusted eyes hiding in the dark, as if he had seen a disgusting strange insect.

“…… Curse, Cursed Eye ......"

"That's Thor's child......"

"It's all him, who brought misfortune to the village."

- No, it's not.

"Get out of here, get out of our village."

"Die, Calamity, it's all because of you and my husband......."

- I just want to protect everyone......

Alpha looked around into the dark eyes of the firelight, constantly regressing.

"Not like this, not like this......"

"Alpha."

Kurumi saw that Alpha, who seemed to be in a nightmare, kept muttering to himself, and pulled him back to reality with a soft snort.

Alpha fell to his knees and looked at his palms, trembling.

Even if he understands the fact that he has killed someone.

This cruelty is too heavy for a young child.

"Do you hate those eyes?"

Kurumi stood beside him, just blocking the direct sunlight.

“……”

Alpha tilted his head and shook his head in confusion.

Kurumi looked into the distance, and Reimu walked in front with nothing to do, occasionally mixed with Marisa's hearty laughter,

"Anyway, having power is useful in a critical moment, isn't it? What do you want to do now? ”

"I, I ......"

He's not a monster, why do you say that?

Alpha remembered the little girl who stood in front of him with her hands outstretched that night.

All spit on themselves and look at themselves like pests. It's just her, it's only her who says she's not a monster.

"Cocoa ......"

"Coco? The girl's name? Want to meet her? Are you going back to the village? ”

It was the people of the village who betrayed him, told the organization to copy the information of the eye, and got a large bounty.

"Hmm."

Alpha's eyes gradually became firm,

"I want to see her one last time."

"Do you remember the way back?"

Alpha was stunned and taken to a place full of strange rocks, and finally found a chance to escape, and then rewrote the other party's wind magic in the process of being hunted, and fled here in a panic.

How could it be possible to remember the way back.

"Go to their contact location first, and those who are chasing you will definitely know."

But now, the three people who were knocked out by Kurumi last night should almost wake up now.

That's because Kurumi didn't expect Reimu to be so interested in this matter, so they had to intervene, otherwise, Kurumi would have dealt with them in another way.

Soon, Marisa's exclamation was heard in front of him,

"Wow! Ha ha! Come, so much! I really didn't expect to find the last magic material so quickly! Sure enough, good people still have good rewards in the end. ”

Marisa plunged into it, her black magic hat jumping happily.

Kurumi stepped forward and found that there were colorful mushrooms in front of him.

She no longer wants to wonder why fungi that need a humid climate to grow in the arid Gobi Desert.

"This is the magic material she's looking for?"

Kurumi asked Reimu next to her, who remembered that Marisa had said she was going to come here to find materials.

"Well, letsu mushrooms."

Reimu stood still, ignoring Marisa's cries in the distance.

"Mushrooms? Does it have anything to do with magic? ”

Misaka also asked curiously.

Can you eat it and release lightning?

She has a completely different power system from Marisa, so it's hard to understand.

But Reimu explained,

"The raw material of that guy's magic is an anomalous mushroom, and only when you find the corresponding material can you conduct magic experiments. Lately, she seems to be working on summoning magic, and she needs a mustache mushroom. ”

Rysu mushrooms......

The corners of Mad San's mouth trembled, and his tone stiffened,

“…… Heh, hehe, yes...... Is it? That's a nice mushroom......

Marisa waved her hand at Mad San,

"There are too many mushrooms here, can Kurumi put your space ring to help me fill the mushrooms? I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life. ”

"Uh, okay. But thank you for a lifetime, forget it......"

Kurumi also began to help with the picking.

Little Alpha is also eager to try,

"Can you learn powerful magic by eating this mushroom?"

"Huh? Wait, alpha, you can't eat it directly, that mushroom is poisonous. ”

Marisa, who was picking mushrooms, hurriedly stopped.

For Marisa's words, Kurumi said that he was deeply convinced,

"Well, the Nasu mushroom is really poisonous, and the money is enough, but why do the people I like suffer so badly? And the key is that it is slowly revealed, and in the end, the so-called true ending will feed you a mouthful of poison. ”

Marisa: "......? ”