In the thick, cotton-like white fog, as the view gradually drew closer, that illusory giant tree that seemed to connect heaven and earth appeared before Shade once again.
Every time he saw the shadow left behind by Father of Infinite Tree, it meant an adventure had truly come to an end. Those people and those stories would all be buried beneath the dust and in the forgotten corners of history. And Shade, who had witnessed story after story, was like the countless rings of the giant tree that recorded history—merely recording it all.
Each time he saw the shadow left behind by Father of Infinite Tree, he felt entirely differently. But at least this time, Shade felt a little less melancholy, because he knew that the friends he had just met would all have relatively good endings.
Before her death, Nun Perry had accomplished something great. Mr. Lehmann had successfully married the girl with animal traits and passed down his bloodline all the way to the Sixth Epoch. Although Shade did not know Blanchett's history, a Thirteenth Order witch was an exceptionally powerful existence even in the Fifth Epoch, which was known as the Witch Epoch. There was no need to worry too much about her future.
"Walking through history, witnessing these stories, yet never changing anything that has already happened. What is the meaning of all this?"
Hadn't you already made a guess?
"She" murmured softly. A wind from nowhere carried "her" laughter to his ears. That wind brushed over the treetops and seemed to sweep through Shade's heart as well. Amid the rustling, two emerald-green leaves emitting a faint glow spiraled down from the transparent canopy toward Shade below.
Shade looked up.
"Before witnessing Luvia's story, I didn't understand any of this. But now... perhaps it's for the