"I won't be greedy, nor should I be. Perhaps the second choice you mentioned would be better. But for me... this first choice is already what I've dreamed of. I! think this is already enough..."
"I only want my Shiori. As long as I have my Shiori by my side, whether you recreate her body or do something else... I really don't mind! Besides, you couldn't possibly let me enter the plan from back then again..."
"Am I wrong?"
"..."
She only wanted what she wanted.
Only what she liked!
She had never cared whether the other Spirits died.
Nor did she care whether Five Rivers Shiori existed.
If they followed her original idea!
And took it even further.
She would have to kill the other Spirits to reclaim the Spirit Crystals.
Only by erasing Five Rivers Shiori's will... could she awaken her own girl completely.
That was what she needed to do.
Since Grey Xiu could never agree to let her do that, no matter what.
Regardless of what the second choice was.
The first choice was already enough to fulfill her purpose.
She would not consider any other possibilities.
That was right!
She was simply that pure.
That utterly single-minded!
People said she had changed, but in truth, she hadn't changed at all! She had always been the same.
Many of the other Spirits had only met the Origin Spirit today.
After hearing her words, quite a few of them seemed to feel even more conflicted. They didn't know what to say, nor what to think.
But none of that mattered anymore!
Even Five Rivers Shiori's feelings toward Mio Takamiya were incredibly complicated. From a certain perspective, this Origin Spirit was her true mother, her true family.
But this mother had never cared about her. She had never