After Skirk left, Yuto lowered his head slightly and looked at the translucent black sphere in his hand, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He hadn't expected things to go so smoothly, nor had he expected... Skirk to be so straightforward.
Of course, he never expected to have an unexpected gain.
Feeling the somewhat jumbled memories in his mind, Yuto sighed silently.
"After this is over... I'll find some time to slowly sort through these memories..."
Thinking of this, Yuto gently shook his head, then turned his gaze to Neuvillette beside him.
"How do you plan to deal with the Star-Devouring Whale? Should I find a way to release it now and let you kill it? Or should I take it away and keep it under supervision?"
Hearing Yuto's words, Neuvillette was first startled, then fell into deep thought, and after a long while, slowly shook his head.
"From the perspective of Fontaine... the main reason I want to kill it is to eliminate future troubles, but now..."
Neuvillette said as he looked at the black orb in Yuto's hand, then continued:
"With the Star-Devouring Whale under your supervision, the previous situation shouldn't occur, and besides..."
"From a friend's perspective, since it's still useful to you, there's no need for it to die."
"Just like the rules of Meropide, punishment is not just for punishment's sake, but to create greater value."
Hearing this, Yuto shrugged noncommittally, then put away the black orb containing the Star-Devouring Whale, and then said:
"It's time to leave, isn't it, Neuvillette?"
"Mhm."
As Neuvillette gently tapped the ground with his staff, a water element-blue light instantly enveloped the two, and in a blink of an eye, they disappeared from the spot.
...
Perhaps because Neuvillette and Yuto dealt with the Devouring Whale quickly enough, the tide had already begun to recede after rising for less than half an hour.
Navia watched the gradually receding tide, a smile appearing on her face.
"It worked... we're alive..."
Navia murmured involuntarily, then raised her head and looked in the direction of the Opera Epiclese.
"You... should be safe too, right?"
After saying this, Navia's expression froze, as if she had remembered something, and a somewhat guilty expression appeared on her face.
"Lady Furina..."
Although she didn't know what that theater, which seemed to exist in her consciousness, was all about, but... whether it was from the content on the stage or from Yuto's teachings...
She should sincerely apologize to Furina.
In fact... just apologizing isn't enough, because what they did now seemed to be escalating the conflict, making it even more acute...
Thinking of this, Navia gently sighed, feeling that she had let down many people.
She had let down the Spina di Rosula members who trusted her, let down her father's justice and Yuto's teachings, and also let down Furina's protection...
All of this... made her heart restless.
If she didn't formally apologize to Furina... she would probably remember what she had done tonight every night, and then... begin to repent.
However, given the situation in that "Opera House" earlier... surely not everyone knew how much effort Furina had put in behind the scenes, which means...
"I can use this method to apologize to her, hmm... that's what I'll do."
A glimmer of light flashed in Navia's beautiful misty blue eyes, as if she had made some kind of decision.
Her efforts should be known by more people.
...
At this moment, at the main entrance of the Opera Epiclese.
Furina looked at the gradually receding tide, a heartfelt smile appearing on her slightly pale face.
For her, being able to personally witness the end of her duty... was truly something worth being happy about.
But behind this smile... lay five hundred years of suffering.
Although no one knew these details, as long as everyone was safe, that was enough.
At this moment, she had completely lost her God's power, just as she had wished day and night—becoming an ordinary girl.
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