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Edward stood up, turned, and left.
The Demon of Knowledge looked at him. "Where are you going?"
"I'm packing up and heading back to the Starry Sky," Edward said calmly. "I don't want the Prisoner Uniqueness anymore, or my Avatar on the Western Continent. I've decided to wait for Earth to explode and blast my half of the Sefirah right to me. In any case, I can't stay here any longer."
"Don't rush," the Demon of Knowledge said. "It's not time yet."
"If I wait until it is, I won't be able to escape." Edward was unconvinced. "Don't think I'm worrying too much just because Klein and I have a grudge. Even if you've done him a favor, once the Lord of Mysteries and God Almighty get carried away fighting, they absolutely won't spare a thought for you."
"By your logic, there's no need to run even if they fight," the Demon of Knowledge said. "We're all victims of their last struggle. If they fight again, we'll still be forcibly converged here, repeating the current situation, or starting everything over."
Edward turned back to look at him.
"You hold such a grudge over God Almighty stealing some of your data, but you're remarkably accepting of the universe restarting."
"Every cycle brings new knowledge. Like knowledge, we all need to be updated and replaced." Holding a teacup, the Arcana of Madness, the Demon of Knowledge, answered at ease, "There's no use accumulating outdated knowledge. Though I'd quite like to keep old things as collectibles, they can't be preserved... After all, that's the Oldest One, our destination and our origin. Whenever he chooses to awaken, we have no right to resist or question it."
Edward thought for a moment, then smiled. "You're right."
"If I fail and die before achieving the