A month later.
A lush forest now spread beneath the Mountain Shrine, and the once-abandoned village had been rebuilt through the efforts of the unsung people who had stayed behind.
Along with the research institute under construction beside the lake, it marked a new beginning.
The Mountain Shrine's rebirth had arrived.
"Oh-beh—"
"Lee-goo—"
Elgyem and Beheeyem carried cute watering cans through the fields, watering and fertilizing rows of saplings.
"Lee-goo~" One Elgyem looked up at the sky, its robotic eyes flickering. It seemed puzzled, and a little bewildered.
After a month of restoration, aided by energy seeping out of the earth's veins, tender shoots brimming with life quietly broke free of darkness and the earth's protection, emerging into a new world.
Tender green tips and trembling droplets swayed, stirring countless hearts.
Elgyem studied the green shoot at its feet, almost as though it could see all its memories, from when it had been a seed until now.
"Lee-goo, lee-goo..." It blinked, seemingly saying something to the shoot.
A little farm girl with twin ponytails and loose-fitting clothes ran over and grinned at Elgyem, revealing front teeth that had yet to grow in fully. Holding her hands behind her back, she asked curiously, "What's your name? Why are you helping us work?" She skipped a circle around Elgyem, then added, "That's amazing! How can you float in the air? Lina can't do that..."
Elgyem's eyes followed the little girl who called herself Lina, its head tilted in confusion. "Lee-goo-goo, lee-goo." It started to point at Misdreavus, who was floating above the fields holding a game console and gazing up at the drifting white clouds, but after a moment's hesitation, it lost its nerve and could only lower its head dejectedly.
Even their leader had gone down. They were doing reform