When Uchiha Madara opened his eyes, he was startled to find that Leonie was no longer before him.
"Could it be... that I really returned to ten years ago?" Uchiha Madara shook his head and said, "But if this is me from ten years ago, how am I supposed to go to Tirasweel and see those pilgrims? And how am I supposed to completely solve the problem of the Otherworld Moon?"
He raised his head and looked up. The Otherworld Moon still hung in the sky as before. He was certain that he was still in the other world, and he seemed to sense that the Otherworld Moon had not shrunk at all—it actually looked a full size larger than before.
"That can't be... The Otherworld Moon from ten years ago should have been smaller..."
Uchiha Madara walked out of the True Ruins. Not seeing Leonie, he headed south. This had to still be the Evernight Land, and Leonie's cottage was to the south.
Wielding Leonie's Blade, he knocked down the spirit beasts one after another. When he arrived at Leonie's cottage, he unexpectedly saw...
In front of Leonie's cottage knelt three men and a silver-haired girl. This girl was no longer the four-year-old little child he had seen before. She seemed to have grown up; though her face still retained traces of childishness, her body had fully developed into that of an adult.
"Could you be... Yerudu?"
Uchiha Madara stared at the people before him in astonishment. The three men raised their heads, and he immediately recognized them. They were the three people who had once tried to assassinate Leonie at his cottage. After recovering, they had sworn to protect Leonie to the end. But now, why were they kneeling here...
"You are Mr. Uchiha Madara... You came at