Inside the black sphere.
Origami and Yoshino floated face-to-face in this void.
The atmosphere between the two gradually quieted down.
Origami's "What are you talking about?" look from earlier slowly faded.
Instead, a sense of tranquility prevailed.
She began to organize the information that Yoshino had just given her.
The Spirit Core was severed.
Satan has descended.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were knocked to sleep.
The Holy Lance.
God's Atonement.
There's a lot of information.
But Origami was consumed very quickly.
She first looked down at the black Astral Dress she was wearing.
From the neckline to the hem, everything was pure black.
Even the coronal ring at the back of his head turned dark.
This was not the white Astral Dress she was familiar with.
Then she closed her eyes.
Origami sensed a connection between herself and Satan.
That feeling was wonderful.
It's like having an extra organ.
There's an extra pair of eyes.
Through this connection, she can sense the will and emotions of the demonic dragon outside the black sphere.
Satan also sensed the awakening of Origami.
A massive surge of consciousness flowed through the connection.
Origami learned from Satan about the events from a different perspective.
In Satan's narrative.
Its arrival was solely motivated by a desire to help it obtain the Holy Grail.
If those people don't do anything unnecessary, nothing will happen.
It has no intention of attacking anyone proactively.
Its primary goal is to fly to Snowfield City, obtain the Holy Grail, and fulfill its wish.
It's that simple.
It was those four gods' minions who provoked it first.
Four figures blocked its path, refusing to give way.
It then proceeded to teach those four Horsemen of the Apocalypse a lesson.
But even Satan didn't expect that these four Horsemen of the Apocalypse would be able to summon another Sephira together.
The short guy in the green raincoat.
They look like they were sent by God to capture them and take them back.
That's why it took action to try and drive the other party away.
The opponent's nullification ability turned out to be ridiculously overpowered.
The power of the seven Crown of Deadly Sin was completely ineffective.
In the heat of the moment, he used God's Atonement.
The goal is to knock the opponent back into the tree.
In the end, it was their side that was the first to run out of energy.
Origami listened to Satan's narration.
There was a few seconds of silence.
After all that trouble...
As a result, both sides misunderstood.
Satan only wants to get the Holy Grail for himself.
For myself.
It felt that it was fulfilling the wishes of Sephira.
It believes itself to be righteous.
Yoshino only wanted to awaken Origami.
They meant no harm to me.
She also felt that she was in the right.
Ultimately, this outcome was due to misunderstandings on both sides.
The world was nearly destroyed.
Origami opens her eyes.
She looked at Yoshino beside her.
Yoshino was also looking at her.
A hint of worry lingered in his blue eyes.
The Origami has opened.
" Satan said..."
"It just wants to help me get the Holy Grail."
"Those were the ones who blocked the way first."
"Ha?"
Yoshinon's voice rang out first.
"It almost destroyed the entire world! And this is what they call 'just trying to help you get the Holy Grail '?!"
It says those people blocked the way first.
Origami spoke calmly.
It's as if they're relaying something that has nothing to do with them.
Yoshino tilted her head.
Then he sighed.
"Okay... actually, I didn't really want to fight it."
I just wanted to wake you up.
"Tsubaki-chan is still waiting for me over there."
"Tsubaki?"
"Yes, the little girl I'm protecting is also my Master."
Origami did not continue on this topic.
In short.
" Satan, let us out."
The two returned to the Reverse Side of the World.
The world around me was nothingness.
He could see nothing but himself, Yoshino, and the Demon Dragon Satan.
There was nothing there.
Origami looked around.
Even with her personality, she couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.
who I am?
Where am I?
What am I supposed to do?
Okay, she understands the first two questions perfectly.
But the third one...
Origami looked at Yoshino beside her.
Yoshino was also looking around.
The blue eyes were filled with confusion.
Where is this?
Origami question.
Yoshino shook her head.
"I don't know either..."
Ultimately, Origami could only turn to Satan for answers.
"This is the Reverse Side of the World."
The voice of Satan came through the connection.
This time it wasn't through telepathy.
Because Satan's dragon head was bowed before them.
The enormous purple head filled their entire field of vision.
" Reverse Side of the World?"
How did Yoshino and I end up here?
Origami looked at Satan.
Satan turned his face away from the dragon, feeling somewhat guilty.
The enormous dragon head turned to the other side.
Pretending to be admiring the scenery.
But there's absolutely no scenery here.
" Satan."
"..."
" Satan."
"... What's up."
"What happened?"
A low, guttural growl escaped Satan's throat.
It's like they're too embarrassed to admit it.
Then it opened its mouth.
"I accidentally created a hole in the world before."
"Hole?"
"Then... you and that green-clothed Sephira fell out."
Origami looks at Satan.
Satan continued to turn his face away.
"You mean, when you were fighting with her, you shattered the world, and we fell outside of it?"
"... You could say that."
"..."
Origami remained silent.
But her silence was more oppressive than her words.
Satan felt the Sephira's gaze linger on him for a long time.
So long that it began to doubt whether it had done something wrong.
The most important thing now is to find a way to get back.
" Satan, do you have a way to send me back to that Snowfield City?"
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Satan recalled the coordinates of that previous world.
For an entity that transcends time and space, it can remember the coordinates of any place it has been.
It searched carefully for a while.
Sensing faint presences from various worlds within the void.
one.
two.
Three.
That's not it.
That's not it either.
Found it.
A familiar coordinate system.
Snowfield City.
That world with spiritual veins and the Holy Grail.
"We've confirmed we've found the correct location."
Satan stretched out his dragon claws and slashed at the air a few times.
Where its claws traced, the void creased with visible wrinkles.
It looked like a piece of black cloth that had been pinched by fingers, leaving marks.
The wrinkles are getting bigger and bigger.
It eventually turned into a crack.
A faint light emanated from the edge of the crack.
That was light from the real world.
"Go through this crack, and you can go back."
Origami nodded.
She glanced at Yoshino beside her.
Yoshino was also looking at the crack.
But her expression was somewhat complicated.
" Yoshino?"
"Um?"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Without..."
Yoshino shook her head.
I always feel...
She hadn't finished speaking.
An unexpected event occurred.
Yoshino's body began to emit a golden light.
That light emanated from her body, growing brighter and brighter.
A feeling of being summoned arose once again.
But she's already in Servant state.
Why am I still being summoned?
" Yoshino?"
The changes came too quickly.
Yoshino herself didn't understand what had happened.
She only felt a powerful force pulling at her.
It dragged her from one world to another.
She didn't even have time to say more to Origami.
She only had time to leave one sentence:
Please take care of Tsubaki for me--
A burst of golden light erupted.
Yoshino's figure disappeared completely.
It was as if they had never existed.