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In the boundless sky, fierce winds howled past, carrying away clumps of white clouds.
The sun emerged from behind the drifting clouds, scattering golden radiance that illuminated the earth, the mountains, and the town called Magnolia.
"Bzzz—!"
At some point, space in one corner of the sky suddenly trembled, throwing even the atmosphere into disorder.
A figure abruptly appeared within the quivering space, as though emerging from the void itself, bathed in sunlight.
"I'm back..."
With that quiet murmur, Noah lowered his head and looked down at the town below.
Magnolia was as prosperous as ever, unchanged in the slightest.
Looking down at the pedestrians coming and going along Magnolia's streets, Noah felt as though something had touched his heart. He stared blankly for a long while, unable to react in any other way.
Because the town called Magnolia was where Noah had grown up.
To this world, Magnolia was merely an extremely inconspicuous little town.
To Between Worlds, which encompassed countless worlds, Magnolia was no different from a grain of sand on a beach.
Yet to Noah, a Child of the World reincarnated from a fragment of the Starting World, nurtured by countless worlds, and born in Between Worlds, Magnolia was his true hometown.
Without it, there would never have been the Noah of today.
Staring blankly at the hometown that had accompanied his growth, Noah took a deep breath, suppressing the countless complicated emotions in his heart before turning to look in one direction within Magnolia.
"Whoosh—!"
The next second, Noah's body moved sharply, transforming into a streak of light as he shot down toward Magnolia below.
In one corner of Magnolia stood a residence that was neither luxurious nor shabby.
Noah descended from the