[Do you remember it now, our allies, from the cycles of the past?]
Countless points of light flickered like mirages. Deep in the starry sky, dozens of distinct, eternal lights appeared, wavering and refracting into the towering silhouettes of figures standing in the dark.
"Remarkable."
"Even with fate's interference, you broke free of its shackles and fell in love again. Now that the conditions have been met..."
Among them, a masculine figure in a top hat stepped forward, his face indistinct. He adjusted the crystal-carved Monocle over his right eye, then gracefully removed his hat and bowed.
"Let this commemorate your triumph over destiny."
Vast, sacred music sounded from antiquity, and boundless light swallowed the stars.
[The Way of Redemption lies within]
The words appeared, then slowly faded. Deep black light traced twenty-two tarot cards across a space as white as paper. Then—
"Awaken."
The cards turned over and became inverted.
It was like lifting The Veil, or releasing an eruption held back to its limit. An ancient, majestic sonata rang out.
The inverted tarot cards became rifts in the void, greedily devouring every ray of light.
A pitch-black Cross was both fallen and sacred. A golden divine figure stood between heaven and earth. A figure in imperial robes held the stars of the heavens in his grasp. Sala Trees stood amid a sea of swords, and a lotus bloomed within brilliant, multicolored flames.
Symbolic images flashed past one after another. The only things they shared were their abstract forms and faceless figures.
The moment the music stopped, the flickering figures vanished as well. Their surroundings became Chaldea's control room once more.
Ritsuka Fujimaru and the others stared blankly at the disc case in Da Vinci's hand. A miniature three-dimensional scene appeared above it: beneath a Sala Tree, a battered