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ćJust before the release date, the highlights of the Light Novelās Volume 12 is introduced in the Activity Reportć
After we teleported to the deserted island we visited first, Eden-san slowly told me stories about her past. It was a long conversation that she would normally have gone out of control before she could finish it, but Eden-sanās expression remained calm as she talked about the person she called her best friend, and I could tell that she really cared about that person.
It was a story about a girl born with mysterious powersā¦ā¦ Eden-san, how she met and was saved by her hero, and decided to become a God.
There were some parts that were made obscure, but the story was freshā¦ā¦ and more importantly, judging from the way Eden-san talked about them, I felt that the best friend she called her hero must be a really great person.
Eventually though, Eden-san left her to become a God, parting ways with her best friend, but more than 20 billion years later, it seems that her best friend still remains in her mind as an indelible memory.
When Eden-san had finished her story, just as she had said, the sun had setā¦ā¦ and the stars became visible.
[ā¦ā¦I sure sailed through a strange fate. A lot of years have passed since then, and even though the world has changed, I am still looking up at the stars with someone else. Some things change, while some things stay the sameā¦ā¦ I could certainly feel it.]
[The number of years Eden-san has lived is too vast for me to even imagineā¦ā¦ but I can sympathize with the feeling of being deeply moved by memories and things that do not change over time.]
After calmly smiling at my words, Eden-san looked up at the starry sky once more and muttered.
[ā¦ā¦This is the first time Iāve talked about this with anyone. However, Iāve always wanted to tell my child about this.]
[I donāt know? Iām also wondering why.]
Why did Eden-san tell me about the story of her origins that she never told anyone beforeā¦ā¦ Somehow, I had a feeling that it was for a different reason than her being overly-doting on me, but it doesnāt seem like sheās willing to tell me that.
Well, I guess I wonāt pry too deeply into it.
[ā¦ā¦Thank you for accompanying me today. Thanks to you, I have another good memory that will never fade.]
[No, Iām the one who should be thanking youā¦ā¦ Thank you for inviting me today. If thereās another opportunity like this, I hope we can go out together again.]
Allās well that ends well, I suppose. It has been a really tough dayā¦ā¦ but Iām glad that things turned out all right. I learned a lot of things about Eden-san that I didnāt know before, but now that itās over, I feel that today isnāt so bad.
In the beginning, I was quite anxious, feeling tense along our stroll as if I was carrying a bomb that could explode at any moment, but even after a really long day, as it turned out, Eden-san didnāt get out of control and I learned a lot about her.
However, I still felt very tired, and after taking a bath, I crawled into bed and let my consciousness be drawn to sleepā¦ā¦ or so it should have been.
When I came to my senses, I found myself in a strange place. If I had to describe itā¦ā¦ It was as if Iām up in the sky, with nothing but the blue sky all around me.
In such a sky, I was standing on top of a large gear toppled sideways. Was this a dream? If it was, Iām feeling awfully consciousā¦ā¦ A dream in which Iām standing on a gear floating in the sky certainly is quite a strange dream.
While I was thinking like this, a gear similar to the one I was on suddenly fell from further up in the skyā¦ā¦ and connected to the gear Iām standing on, seemingly forming a staircase.
Whatās this? Could I take it that I should climb up here? As I climbed up the stairs made of gears, feeling that this really was quite the strange dreamā¦ā¦ I saw a very large gear and a huge door that should be about several dozen meters large.
When I stood in front of the huge door, it slowly opened by itself. However, the door that was supposed to be open was glowing white, but strangely enough, I couldnāt see anything inside.
As I tilted my head, I walked deeper into the lightā¦ā¦ deeper within the doorā¦ā¦ the scenery changed again.
Iām on the rooftop of a skyscraper, where I could see the metropolis under a cloudy skyā¦ā¦ and standing ahead of me was a person with her back facing me.
The woman was dressed simply in a white dress with a reddish cardigan, had long rust-colored hair and was about 150cm tall, but her most characteristic feature would be the mechanical wing on her right shoulder.
As my eyes were drawn to that mechanical wing, the woman slowly looked back at me. Her face was well-groomed and she could be described as a beautiful girl, but what caught my attention even more were her bright iridescent eyes.
ā¦ā¦I wonder why? I think Iāve seen such eyes somewhere before, but I canāt remember.
[Welcomeā¦ā¦ In this situation, I suppose I should say āNice to meet youā here, right?]
Looking back at me, the woman had a kind smile on her face and a beautiful voiceā¦ā¦
[My name is Makina. Yourāāā āmotherā!!!]
[ā¦ā¦Eh? Noā¦ā¦ You arenāt though?]
-and said some incomprehensible lines with a smug look on her face. What the heck is this strange dreamā¦ā¦