Final Section "Homecoming"

...It's finally time to go!

Yay!

We'll depart once we confirm nothing has been left behind.

After leaving the island, we'll be able to contact Chaldea and Rayshift back! ...Probably.

You've got to be more confident than that.

Are you leaving, goddesses?

Piglets, salute! Yup!

We'll miss you, yup...

Sorry, guys. But this time we really do have to go.

Everyone... Thank you so much for saving our island.

Aww, it was nothin'! It was fun!

Please build a lasting, peaceful country.

If you get too arrogant, demon boars and whatnot will show up again.

We'll remember that, Goddess of the Iron Fist.

...Right. It's okay. I'm a grown-up, and I can handle an unreasonable nickname like that.

I don't think it's unfair. I think it's dead-on.

Shove it.

Our fun vacation is over, huh? I hope I didn't get fat from eating so much meat.

Tch.

I think I just heard the sound of a friendship collapsing.

Goodbye, boar piglets. Master, say something to them.

Right!

We are all passengers on Spaceship Earth, yup!

Love and peace!

I see! Harmony, yup!

I'm a naturalist, yup!

I'll sell some books about going green and leading a sustainable lifestyle! I'll live in comfort!

When are you guys going to grow up? Well, thank you for your words.

Fujimaru, you will someday be praised as the 10th god.

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Oh, Fujimaru, please let me take a picture. We'll make a huge statue for you.

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Fou!

I suppose it's time to go... My, everything looks so different.

Hmm? There's still a lot of work to be done though.

It's not that.

What I mean is, something seems very different about this place to me. Both now and 2,000 years ago.

Because...

It's time go, everyone!

This is the place I'm supposed to protect. In other words, it's the Land of Shadows, a part of the Isle of Skye.

The Land of Shadows was caught up in the incineration of humanity as well, but for some reason, this island was cut off from that.

What was it that brought those creatures here, and led them to build a civilization?

What miracle was it that brought us here?

This island is cut off from the rest of humanity. Never again will lost adventurers wind up here. We'll be the last.

Will it become a paradise? Or will it revert to its true nature, the Land of Shadows, where death and darkness rule?

...I suppose it'll all be okay if it's those easygoing boar piglets we're talking about. If it were humans living here, though, that'd be a different story.

After all, the piglets never developed any weaponsregardless of how advanced their civilization became.

As long as there are no foreign invaders lying in wait, I'm sure they'll live in peace.

...Don't tell the others, but just in case, I left an Oblivion Rune down there on the island.

The boar piglets will someday forget their civilization, forget their language, and live an easy life as wild beasts.

...One can only hope. That's something even I don't know the answer to.

If that's the way you feel, Master, then pray. Your prayers will surely be heard.

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...Huh?

Fujimaru! Mash!

...Yes! The connection finally went through!

Looks like you fixed whatever was turning into a Singularity, too.

Man, that was fast. A new record, I bet!

I'm bringing you back to Chaldea for now. You guys ready?

Yes, Doctor!

By the way, how many days has it been since we disappeared?

What are you talking about?

I was monitoring you the whole time, and it's been less than an hour since the Rayshift!

Wh-What!?

Fou!?

Heheh. Looks like summer at Chaldea isn't over yet.

Let's enjoy it a little bit longer then!