Body, spirit, and soul once again became one. He looked toward Othinus's tense yet beautiful face and asked softly.
"There was a moment when I felt that you, the Understander, were about to leave me, as if you had never appeared in this world at all."
Othinus pondered for a moment before roughly explaining the change she had seen in Roy.
"I see."
Roy nodded lightly, as though he had anticipated this.
"Understander, have you already seen the End Point?"
A trace of curiosity and anticipation appeared in Othinus's emerald eye.
"Yes. I now know everything."
Roy's tone was calm and gentle. Before Othinus could ask anything else, he suddenly reached out and gently caressed her smooth, breathtakingly beautiful cheek.
"...Don't ask, Othinus. That is madness. That is a lie. It is not something a person living in this world should pursue."
"So Azathoth fell into madness and returned, while I accepted the lie and came back here."
"...No matter what, only you are real. You are everything I have awaited and hoped for."
Feeling Othinus's fair, flawless cheek beneath his palm, feeling skin softer and smoother than silk, Roy sighed.
Othinus seemed to understand, yet also seemed not to.
A proud yet gentle smile curved her lips. She raised her chin and said, "...Since you put it that way, Understander, I won't ask anymore."
"...Because you are my Understander, and I am your Understander!"
Roy said no more. He took Othinus's hand, and together they stood atop the Building with No Doors or Windows, gazing at the city below.
Roy was everywhere and nowhere.
At that same moment, he himself existed in every world and at every point in time.
Within Hako Niwa, Roy sat in a luxurious chair, quietly listening to the Halloween Queen chatter on.
"Father,