When the delegation arrived in the Loen Kingdom on the North Continent, Sifa stood atop the highest peak of the Starfall Mountains, gazing out over the vast land.
A voice sounded beside him. "The war is over. How do you feel?"
Sifa turned and glanced back.
The man wore a half-top silk hat and a double-breasted long coat. His face bore both the features of Gehrman Sparrow from "The World" and those of Klein Moretti.
Klein, Mr. Fool.
Sifa smiled faintly. "War has no such thing as justice or evil, right or wrong."
"There is only success and failure."
Klein neither agreed nor disagreed.
He stood beside Sifa. "Then, are you ready?"
Sifa nodded. "I'm ready."
Klein placed a hand on Sifa's shoulder and stepped forward.
The two of them arrived on an uninhabited island.
There were not even any animals on this island.
Klein snapped his fingers.
The island was enveloped by the Realm of Mysteries and concealed from reality.
"No one will disturb you here."
Sifa nodded and summoned a cloud of Mist.
Within the Mist, two peculiar crowns covered in rust and bloodstains drifted over.
Klein reached into the air and retrieved a Crimson War Banner from the pile of odds and ends in Sefirah Castle.
After Sifa launched the war, he had handed the Red Priest Uniqueness to Klein and asked Mr. Fool to help Purification the corruption within it.
Sifa had the three items float before him. He took a deep breath, and his entire body transformed into Flame, though he did not become a Giant.
With a beckoning gesture, he had the two Beyonder Characteristics enter his body first.
Sifa had already digested the Conqueror potion.
Now, with the aid of the ritual, after accommodating the two Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics, he finally summoned