Aikari holds Nefier, and he then says,.
"One day, we both will reach what we want."
Hikari nods as he sees what Aikari does. He giggled and said that he believed that Aikari would be able to understand it.
The reason he fights and the reason why he needs to protect something. Aikari knows that there is something more that he needs to do.
Before this, he just fought a high-tech soldier. He wonders if he will be able to survive a fictional war. Maybe there will be an ability, magic, and a miracle. But all he can do is hope for the best.
Hikari then goes to Aikari and says, "If you want, I can help you go to where you want to go. Anywhere you want to go?" Aikari then begins to think about it. But when he continues to think of it, suddenly Hirumi steps ahead and asks Hikari if there is a place that she wants to go.
Hikari, then just listen to Hirumi's request.
"There is this one place that can help both me and Aikari, and we just need to get there. I don't know where this place is, but I have its coordinates."
Hirumi then showed Hikari the map and a point. It's a scroll map, which makes Aikari wonder where Hirumi got that. Maybe she found it somewhere inside the house.
But what is that point about? Is there any secret about this world?
Hikari then accepted it, and he then told Aikari and Hirumi to get ready.
Hikari told Arithia to just stay there as there won't be anything else there.
Arithia agreed, and she then went to watch Mika, Ai, and Mireha.
It took a while for Aikari and Hirumi to get ready.
They took a little tour around the land of promises before they went, and suddenly Hirumi stopped at the white flower that she saw among the colorful flowers.
She picks the flower and puts it on her head like a pin.
She then turned around and showed it to Aikari.
"It's your favorite flower, right? How was it? Does it look good on me?"
When Aikari looks at Hirumi, suddenly it brings back a memory between him and Ardia. Aikari looked at it and was speechless.
He wasn't able to say anything until Arithia approached Hirumi and said that it looked good on her.
Aikari then just looked at them, and he smiled.
"Arithia is actually a character that I get inspiration from Ardia. While Hirumi is someone that has been entrusted by the others to save me. To replace Ardia. To see both of them together. Am I dreaming?"
Aikari then suddenly saw a reflection of Aimi talking to Ardia, which made him shocked for a second, and he shook his head. He knows that there is no way that could happen. Because the people that already passed away will never return.
But Aikari did believe that one day they would be reunited. Somewhere that everyone can be happy.
Was this the place?
Or is it just giving him the same sensation as that place?
Aikari then just smiled, and Arithia asked him.
"You stared at her for too long, didn't you? She's your wife anyway; make sure to make her happy, okay?"
Aikari was then just stunned as he heard that. He believes that will be what Ardia will say to him if only she's here now.
Aikari then just nods his head with his teary eyes. It makes both Arithia and Hirumi too weird as they saw that. Hirumi then steps ahead of Arithia, and she hugs Aikari.
"Still crying like a child, do you?"
Aikari then just smiled and cried.
"It's not like something's going to happen if I do."
Aikari then holds Hirumi and says,
"If I'm going to die, I hope that we will be together."
Hearing that, Hirumi shook her head and replied, "No, we will live. Until the end." Aikari then nods. Suddenly, Arithia gets into the conversation and says, "You two are the best partners, it seems." Aikari blushes as he hears that, and suddenly Hirumi hugs him.
That causes Aikari to flush even more. Arithia then just laughed as she saw that. Arithia could say that it's embarrassing for them to do that in front of the people. They both are being too clingy.
Suddenly, Mika walked in.
"Oh, is this what a couple looks like?"
Aikari and Hirumi blushed as they saw Mika walk in. Aikari was going to say something, but suddenly Hirumi said,.
"Hey, this is adult manners!"
Mika then just couldn't believe that Hirumi was going to say that, and he replied that he was already grown enough to say something like that. Plus, it's not like it's really inappropriate.
Hearing Mika's reply leaves Hirumi in a laugh, and she does a quick kiss for Aikari as she lets go of him.
Aikari couldn't believe what just happened because it was too quick, and he then let go of Hirumi.
Hirumi then went to Arithia, and she then said maybe they should depart to their next destination.
Arithia agreed, and she then watched as Hikari brought Aikari and Hirumi with him to that place.
Hikari uses his ability to open the portal near that coordinate, and they all then enter it.
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As they entered the portal, they then saw a black castle, which was made of iron, that caused all of them to be shocked by it.
There's a really big wall before they can enter the castle, which is guarded by guards.
It's not just one.
There are 3 on the gate, and they can see a hundred or maybe a thousand of an army inside the wall.
But they try to put on a brave face and try to enter the castle to see the machine that Hiroto told Hirumi about.
Aikari walked toward the guards and asked,
"May I ask you something about this castle? Because there is something that we need to do here."
The guards looked at Aikari and the people behind him.
The guard did look a bit shocked as he saw Hikari, but he held the feelings off, and he then said that he couldn't allow an unknown person to enter the castle. Because there is a dangerous machine inside the castle that will be used to revive a bad demon. That they've all been securing the machine and guarding this place.
The revival of the demon will be a threat to them. So they need to wait there and take out the demon as it is still imperfect. So they can't leave that place unless with a favor of their king.
Aikari then asks the guard if he will let them see their king to ask about that, because he thinks that maybe they have misunderstood something.
But the guards didn't want to tell it to their king and told them to leave the place at once.
But Aikari still refused to. He was still asking a favor from the guards, and Hikari then stopped him and said that maybe they should leave before anything else happened.
Aikari then just agreed with Hikari, and they then turned around to return.
But as they were about to leave, they then heard the sound of the door opening, and the guards turned towards the sound, and they then saw a man that was walking with a girl that was handcuffed to him.
Aikari was so shocked at the person that was handcuffed to the king.
Hikari and Hirumi didn't understand it, and they then said that maybe they should just leave before anything else happens.
Aikari understood it, but he couldn't just leave that person like that, and he turned around and shouted.
"Hana! Is that you?"
The person that is handcuffed to the King then looked to the way that sound came from, and she then saw Aikari, which left her in shock.
She then looked at Aikari and shouted back at him.
"You're going to save, aren't you?!"
When Hikari and Hirumi saw that both Aikari and Hana knew each other, they were so shocked by it that they then stopped Aikari as they saw that all of the guards were looking at him with their weapons on.
Aikari just couldn't leave that place as he saw Hana there. Because he promised Hana that he was going to help her.
Hana then went to move forward, but she was stuck with the handcuff, and King then told the guards to charge at Aikari as he saw what was happening.
Aikari then takes out his sword, and Hikari then stands next to him.
Hikari told Aikari to just stay there and not move, which made Aikari weird, but he just followed the instructions.
The guards are all charging at them until they stop as they see that it's suddenly dark.
They all then stopped and looked at the sky, as it was still day.
They all were then so shocked as they looked at the sky.
There are a thousand or maybe a million swords in the sky that are pointing towards them.
The guards then stopped for a while.
But they just keep charging, as they think that it's just a normal thing.
Suddenly they heard Hikari say,
"Thousand Sword."
All of those swords charged towards them like a rain.
There is none of the sword that is missing from its target, and they all defeat the guards with just one single stab and disappear along with the soldiers.
Hikari was thinking that it may have hit the king. But it seems like the king is not there; maybe he has pulled himself into the castle to avoid it.
As he was done with the guards, he then told Aikari and Hirumi to leave that place.
Aikari didn't want to at first, but as he was thinking about the worst thing that the king would do to Hana, he then just left.
As they returned to the land of promises, Hikari then asked Aikari if he knew who that girl next to the king was. Or maybe she is the queen? But it doesn't seem so.
Aikari then just shook his head and said it's nothing.
But Hikari could hear Aikari's voice.
"Haha, maybe I shouldn't tell him. I don't want to cause anything to happen. Even if I promised that I would help her, maybe I will find my way. It's a promise after all."
But Aikari didn't open his mouth. Which makes him wonder if that is the voice inside of his heart.
But he just stays silent about it, and Ai then goes to him and asks.
"You all are too quick. Something bad happened?"
Hikari then just nods. He tells Ai that it seems like there is something that happened, and he was not sure what to say about it, as he couldn't believe himself that there's a place like that in this world.
Ai then tells Hikari that maybe they should do something about it, but Hikari says that maybe they should think about it first because he is afraid that their citizens will become the victims of their misunderstanding there.
I understand it, and she then tells Hikari,
"This world is round. If we don't go to them, then I'm sure that one day they will come after us."
Hikari agreed with that and said that they should have settled down about this first.
Arithia walked out, and she then saw what was happening there. So she then asks Hikari if it is good for them.
But Hikari shook his head and said that there's something wrong, but they shouldn't worry about it a lot, and they should rest first from what just happened.
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The King then pushed Hana to the floor and told her to explain to him what just happened there.
But Hana refused to tell the king about what is happening there and just stayed silent about it.
The King then kicked Hana as she still refused and grabbed her hair.
"You... Remember that I will not watch over this place if it's not for the power that you will benefit me."
"A daughter of the royal blood that is treated like trash after losing her family."
The king laughed.
"Such an interesting story, isn't it!?"
The King then grabs Hana's hands and pushes her to the bed where her handcuff is, and the King then goes out as he knows that Hana couldn't get off the bed by herself.
The king walked out, and he then deployed another thousand guards with his ability.
But this time he makes three specialized guards. To watch the others like a leader.