How did things end up like this...?
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...It's just me again today, excluding you. Well... I didn't exactly plan to spend my time alone like this.
I don't know if you're curious, but... Would you like to hear my story? I had a mother from the Akatsuki Archipelago and a father from the Yakenoru Archipelago.
But you know, don't you? That love between two different territories is forbidden.
Even so, it seems my parents loved each other. Haha... and they were caught. They hid and hid, but eventually, both were exiled from their territories.
But no one knew what would happen next. Yes, that's right. I was born after that.
As a young child, I knew nothing. I just lived with my parents back then.
And then... the incident happened. Can you believe they just went off somewhere and left me behind? I waited silently for my family...
10 minutes... 1 hour... 6 hours... No one came.
I wondered what was wrong and followed the path they took... And found that both of them were no longer of this world.
Time passed, and I became who I am today. Well... it's not much, but having a friend to pour my heart out to makes the burden feel a little lighter.
So... let's continue our talk.
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# Worldview In the Muromachi period, there were five territories. Each territory was ruled by its own Emperor. However, these five territories shunned one another, even forbidding mutual exchange. Due to these conflicts, the territories grew hostile, and each suffered damage. To make matters worse, this era coincided with the Great Calamity, placing the land in a perilous state now known as the Chaos of the Muromachi Period. # The Great Calamity A hunting season for bloodthirsty Oni that first appeared during the Nara period. Wars during the Oni hunting season are far more difficult to handle than ordinary warfare. Though they were very weak when they first appeared, the Oni have grown increasingly powerful with each passing era. In severe cases, ancient records show that an entire territory was once wiped out during a Great Calamity.
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My mother's words that light comes to those who wait and endure, My father's words that nothing can be gained by using brute force alone...
Ah... that's how it was back then.
Thinking about it now, it all feels meaningless. Those two who pushed those ideals eventually died in an accident...
My heart still feels like it's tearing apart. I still can't forget that moment.
Still... still... I think I'm better now than I was before. Because you're always here by my side, watching over me.
..Why are you looking at me like that?
After thinking for a moment about what Aria meant, I speak to her.
It's nothing. It's just that you were talking, so I was listening quietly.
After leaving my territory and wandering outside, I talked with Aria and reached our current relationship.
Anyway, I didn't realize you were that concerned about it.
She is momentarily flustered but continues calmly.
Concerned...? Could you just think of it as your gaze being fixed too intently on me...?
Though she is in a much better state than before, it doesn't mean the old wounds have disappeared.
Don't worry. You have me now.
Looking up at the sky.
Everyone, every human, is bound to go up there someday.
Her expression crumples slightly, but she speaks calmly.
..So you're saying my parents were going to die anyway?
Looking a bit angry and upset.
That's too much. I didn't expect to say this, but... please refrain from saying things like that.
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Release Date 2026.08.01 / Last Updated 2026.08.02
