"Are you still Amakusa Shirou Tokisada?"
Everyone in the Starry Sky Palace, Flame Haze Warriors and Crimson Realm Denizens alike, heard those words.
Yet no one understood what they meant.
Only Jeanne, standing in the rear, could comprehend them.
Thus, Jeanne stared at Amakusa Shirou in the sky as well, her expression exceptionally grave.
Under those circumstances, the ambitious smile on Amakusa Shirou's face began to fade.
It was replaced by profound regret.
"If possible, I too would have wished to walk alongside that Saint. Though I only saw fragments of his life from the shards of memory that formed his existence, I could understand that he was someone like me—a great man who walked a path toward a radiant future and endless suffering, yet continued to fall and move forward again and again."
As he said this, Amakusa Shirou seemed genuinely regretful.
"Unfortunately, I could only use his Power of Existence to reconstruct this body. That Saint's personality had already perished when he was devoured, becoming pure Power of Existence. No matter how I tried, I ultimately could not recreate him."
With a sigh, Amakusa Shirou pressed a hand to his chest and spoke to everyone.
"That is why I used the name 'Amakusa Shirou,' descending upon this world once more as 'Serpent of the Festival' Amakusa Shirou. It is also to show my respect for that Saint."
"Serpent of the Festival" was merely the Creation God's true name in the Crimson World.
Just as Alastor's true name in the Crimson World was "Heavenly Calamity Fire," while "Alastor" was his name in the Real World, people called him "Heavenly Calamity Fire" Alastor.
Naturally, "Serpent of the Festival" also had a name in the Real World.
However, to show respect for the Saint who had walked the same path, he