"Mash."
"Can you hear me, Mash?"
Ah. What was that voice?
Was someone speaking?
"Looks like you can hear me."
"Then that's fine. That's enough."
"Mash, you're dead. There's no doubt about it—you died beneath that Beast's Noble Phantasm, vaporized in an instant without even leaving a trace behind."
Ah, so that really was what happened.
Considering an enemy like that.
I wonder... Senpai and Miss Lawrence... were they okay?
And Fou, he was there too.
"Even now, you're still worrying about others? How radiant you are, Mash Galahad."
"Perhaps that is why, even in death, your will has yet to fade away."
"..."
Who was it?
Did they have something to say?
"Mash, I won't tell you that you've worked hard, because there is still something you need to do."
Ah. Is there still something I can do?
"But I will tell you goodbye. I will bid you farewell."
What... did that mean?
The voice let out a sigh.
"There isn't much time, so I'll keep this brief."
"Mash, I intend... to bring you back from the dead."
Huh?
"The principle I possess is known as [Comparison]."
"I am a Beast that feeds on competition and growth, envy and regret among humans, bearing the trait of [Always Stronger Than the Other]."
A Beast...?
"My name is [Cath Palug]. In another world, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call me [Primate Murder]."
"I am a creature that would immediately become a threat the moment I entered human society, so in the past, I kept myself shut away on a deserted island."
"However, the mage who took care of me was quite an awful bastard."
Quite an awful... bastard?
"Yes, exactly."
"He threw me from the top of a tower, cast me out into the outside world. Sounds awful, doesn't