Of course, when Milia returned to Miken with the Light, she went to find her companions.
She had originally been part of a team.
When the Nuclear Explosion occurred, they had all managed to preserve themselves in time.
Professor Mailey and Ronnie had each taken shelter in underground facilities nearby.
No one had targeted them, so both had survived.
Professor Mailey had even joined the Colossus system, but when it retreated to the Demon World, he chose to stay behind.
He did not want to go to an unfamiliar world.
"Reverse time? It would be meaningless," Professor Mailey said, shaking his head. "Only ruins and destruction can teach people."
Ronnie agreed. "If time could be reversed so easily, people would keep courting death because they never paid the price. After all, a savior would always show up again when the time came."
Milia fell silent.
She had not expected her companions to disagree.
Still, what they said made sense.
Gawain had been too idealistic, which was why he had ultimately failed.
Anyone who truly wanted to succeed had to make their ideals yield to reality.
"Then are we supposed to do nothing?" she asked.
"No. After these painful losses, we should have awakened to the fact that in a world full of Supernatural Beings, relying solely on people to maintain their own lives is no longer enough," Professor Mailey said, shaking his head.
"You mean, follow the Eastern Continent People's way of governance?" Milia asked thoughtfully.
That was right. She should fulfill the mission Gawain had left behind in another way.
Simply reversing time was meaningless.
The thought suddenly surfaced in her mind.
Human beings were creatures who only improved a little after suffering painful lessons.
Without lessons, there would be no progress.
"Yes. Separate Supernatural Beings from Ordinary People,