Both Hikari and Aikari then walked away to somewhere else and Hikari just said it out.
"Based on your goal, I'm not sure what I should say about it. But until then I will try and help you out to reach that. I'm not sure why, but I somehow feel some connection with you. So I'm positively sure that I should now ask you. What are you going to do next."
When Aikari heard that question. It just somehow makes him pause. Aikari didn't know what he should say as he heard that. But Hikari just waits for Aikari to answer it because for him, it might give them more information about what is happening here.
Aikari already told Hikari about his goal. But to have no plan on what he should do next might be dumb for him. So Aikari then began to think of the next move and then a weird idea came to his mind and he then spelled it out.
"It is to follow wherever the fate will bring me to."
Upon hearing that, it just made Hikari smile. But he didn't say anything, and he then just nods. He then told Aikari "Then why don't you lead all of us to that ending?" Aikari is silent for a while and he then slowly nods.
He says to Hikari that even he himself couldn't figure out the upcoming outcome. But so far, with everyone's help including Hikari. He was able to do a lot of things. So Aikari then smiled and said "No, let's head towards that ending together. All of us. As one." Aikari just doesn't know why, but he feels like he wanted to say that. But hearing that just makes him feel at ease.
Aikari then looked at the sky and said.
"This might be weird. But if you're saying so. Then let's walk on this path until we all reach the place we need to go. That way, we will all leave with no regret. This place. Land of promise is where the hope and memory of the others were stored, right?"
Hikari nods in agreement and adds up.
"But this is also where I made a promise with someone. I'm not sure what this place's true name is. This place is named a Land of Promise because there are times that I make a promise with someone. However, right now. Aikari. It was our promise. Let's keep it till the very end of everything, shall we?"
Aikari also agreed with Hikari and with that they sealed their promise. But to know that this kind of place exists, it just shocked Aikari. Aikari didn't know what he should do more. He feels like ending the certain chaos. But if he did so, then he would need to leave this world, right? Thinking about that sometimes, it just makes Aikari didn't want to continue.
But if he doesn't, then he is afraid that he will continue to make this world suffer. So all he needs to do is to keep walking forward until everything comes to an end.
Arithia and Hirumi are watching both of them from afar and they then wonder if both Aikari and Hikari are doing well as they see that it looks like they're having a serious talk.
Since Hirumi is alone with Arithia, she then asks Arithia "Hey, since we're here. I wonder if this place is something like your home or village?" When Arithia heard that, she then laughed. She then told Hirumi that it was not a village for her and Hikari nor a home. But it was just a place that both of them had been entrusted to. So they both just live there just to watch over the thing. Plus it was to watch over AI. Because Ai is the other half of Hikari.
Hearing that, it just made Hirumi weird and she then asked Arithia what she meant by that. So Arithia then explained it to Hirumi.
"In our world, Hikari is Hikari, right? But in another universe he was a different person. Ai is his other part. Ai is Hikari in another world. Everyone that exists in our world did have their counterpart. Like me, I also have it. But ever since all of those combined back then, we all combined to one person. making it just a one parallel world."
Hirumi understands that, but it's just unclear how Ai and Hikari could have been two people. Like how were they able to exist in the same world? So Hirumi asked that out to Arithia and Arithia chuckled. She then told Hirumi that she wasn't sure how that happened. But well that happens.
Out of all possibilities she could say is, It could be because of AI existing in this world called 'Earth' or it could be because of AI having an ability that could manipulate any kind of energy that caused her to be able to avoid it somehow.
When Hirumi heard from Arithia that they were currently on Earth, that just shocked her, and she then asked Arithia again that the world they were currently in is what they did call 'Earth'. So Arithia then gets curious and she then nods and crosses her arms.
"Yeah, the world we're in is what they call earth. I believe that was what the person who was the owner of this place once told me and Aikari when we lived here."
Hearing that again, Hirumi then choked out and she then told Arithia that her and Aikari were also from the world that is known as 'Earth'. But when Hirumi looked around, that place was just different from the Earth that she used to know.
Unable to confirm that, Hirumi then told Arithia that maybe there was just another part of the world existing. But to know that there was another world that had a name as their world existed, it just shocked her. But since Hirumi said that, Arithia then asked her why, since they're there, they don't go and visit Hirumi and Aikari's house? Maybe they could just get comfy around. Meeting with their family or something. Because since Aikari and Hirumi have known a lot of things about them, then maybe it was their turn to understand them.
Hirumi agreed so, and she told Arithia that it sounds good for her. But she didn't think that was possible because it somehow felt different from what she used to remember. So she told Arithia that there's a lot of things that were different there. So maybe they should just focus on the current thing here. Arithia agreed so, and she then asked Hirumi what kind of thing that her and Aikari always do in their daily life in their world. Is it the same thing as what they did in their world?
When Hirumi heard that, she then scratched her head and looked away. She was processing what she should say because she and Aikari didn't live together as they did in that world. So Hirumi just couldn't think of a way to explain it.
She then smiled and told Arithia.
"Well in our place, both of us and Aikari. We're just... Um..."
Hirumi stayed silent for a while thinking of what she should say, and slowly she then said.
"We both actually are not someone who-"
Suddenly Hirumi couldn't remember anything at all. In that moment, she just stayed silent. Unable to explain anything. Like how was she there and who were they before this. Hirumi couldn't remember anything at all. She tried her best to remember something but she couldn't.
So she then told Arithia that she and Aikari used to live together under one roof. They're really close and more like a married couple. But they don't live together as they did right now. She told Arithia that it sounds like they're not close. But Aikari will always find a time for each of them.
Arithia nods and understand that. She tell Hirumi that it must be nice and she then begin to ask about a lot thing. Hirumi just answer it normally but deep down in her mind she was asking herself.
"What the heck is happening... Why can't I remember anything? I just can remember the touch that happened all this time... What the heck is happening... What is this feeling?"
Arithia saw something weird about Hirumi. But she didn't say anything and asked Hirumi more questions to keep talking. So maybe Hirumi will forget about everything. That was what she hoped to happen. But as they continue to talk, Arithia could see that Hirumi is still worried about something.
Suddenly Ai walked in. She saw everything, and she then asked Hirumi if there was something that mattered. Arithia was so shocked as she saw Ai was there. She thought that Ai was supposed to be with Himari and secure the energy. But she was here; does this mean she abandoned Himari?
When Ai heard that, she then told Arithia that her that they see right there now is not really her. But it's more to like her clone that is made from the magic that she cast from afar. Hikari's ability should've been canceling her magic there. But since she was able to control Hikari's ability range. She manipulated it and somehow was able to get through.
She heard that Arithia and Hirumi are talking about something serious. So she then wondered if she could help them out. She then told Hirumi to tell her if there was something matter. But before answering it, Hirumi then looked at the floor and as she turned towards them, she just felt something different. She was unsure how to put it, but she just bear it and tell Ai that she was just having a normal headache. So she told Arithia and Ai not to worry too much about it and laugh it off.
So she told Arithia and Ai not to worry too much about it and laugh it off.
Hikari, who had just done talking with Aikari, then saw Ai was there. It shocks him but he understands what is happening there. He then walked to Ai. He asked Ai if there was something that mattered. So, Ai then told Hikari about what she found recently.
"When I was guarding, it felt like there was an unknown source of energy that I can't even say what kind of energy it is. But it just somehow was something that went beyond what I have seen before. I'm sure how to put it as we never encountered it before."
Hikari got it and he then told Ai that maybe they should be sure of the threat and begin to take a step for now. Ai got it and she then told Hikari that it must be time to get it serious as the new threat might be the hardest thing that they will face.
But as for now, she didn't think that there would be any threat that was about to happen, so she then told Hikari that there would be no further steps taken. But what makes her wonder is, out of all places. Why did they target Atrium City? Is there anything that they want there?
It has been a long since the last disaster. It just doesn't make any sense that the threat will always be after them. Or is there something that they want within their world?
As Ai was thinking about that, she then looked at Aikari and Hirumi. Because of what she saw, a lot of mystery happened inside of the Atrium City when they both appeared. Hikari also didn't hesitate to let them join him. It is somehow weird for Ai. But she didn't know entirely about them.
But when Ai looked at Aikari, she could feel an enormous spirit. It somehow made her focused on him at that time. Even though there are a lot of people there. Ai just couldn't say it out, and she then used her magic manipulation ability to see it.
But she didn't see any trace of magic there. That caused him to get shocked by it. But she didn't say anything and as it happened, suddenly a weird voice could be heard.
"To compare us to a mortal like you. It was something that was really funny, Human. No, a monster and an immortalis."