'So, about the one who'll enact the miracle. Have you finished preparations yet?'
- Mikoshiba -
"Just hold yer horses a little while longer. I'll be able to ensure it within a few more days."
'I must ask you to work slightly faster, or we'll have a problem on our hands. If all goes well, this incident could easily shift the political landscape.'
- Mikoshiba -
"Believe me, I'm aware of yer circumstances. How long do you think I've been doing business with all of you? This isn't the first time you've made use of us."
'Well, I simply received your contact information from Sensei. Whether I can really trust you or not will depend on how this case turns out.'
- Mikoshiba -
"Your political rival has also contacted me, but the price you put forth was much more favorable. As such, you can rest easy."
'Just don't leave it too late, whatever you do. The payment for the wish is already complete, you know.'
- Mikoshiba -
"I already told ye. Just have patience for a few more days."
- Mikoshiba -
"When the time comes, you'll receive a satisfying result for your payment, and you too will be thankful to Sensei."
'We're counting on you.'
- Mikoshiba -
"Also, I'm sure you understand this already, but all of our conversations are recorded as evidence. We'll have each other over a barrel from now on."
- Mikoshiba -
"Do not ever let that slip your mind. It may very well end your political career."
'Of course.'
Sunao branch ends. The story continues on the main route (See All 15)
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Chiharu
Prices of lives...?
Shizuka
Which means, the price for my and Chiharu's lives...?
Sunao
...Yes.
Sunao
There was a recording of a conversation with an unknown man...
Sunao
Though it was hard to understand at first,
Sunao
I gradually realized that they were talking about a wish made upon becoming a Diviner...
Chiharu
Who was on the other side...?
Sunao
At least for the file I listened to, I only heard his voice. No name or anything...
Sunao
But I'm sure he was someone very high-ranking...
Sunao
She was talking to him about the price of the wish... and the time frame for it...
Shizuka
In short, our wishes... Our lives were sold...
Shizuka
*Sigh*...
Shizuka
Sorry for asking about it like that... You were holding on harder than I thought...
Chiharu
............
Sunao
...U-uu...
Chiharu
So we didn't wish for the Land of the Rising Sun...?
Sunao
...That fact doesn't change.
Chiharu
But, Granny made us make our wishes so she'd get money for it...
Chiharu
I...
Chiharu
I didn't sacrifice my life to a god...
Chiharu
My life was just sold to some faceless man...
Chiharu
...What was my wish, in the end...?
Shizuka
Yes, it might've been sold. Even so... Even so, Charu...
Shizuka
Your wish did come true, and foiled the evil nesting within justice...
Chiharu
Shizuka-chan...
Shizuka
So, it did come true... It did, Charu...!
Chiharu
Yeah...
Chiharu
By the way, Sunao-chan... How much was I worth...?
Chiharu's mother
Charu, stop... You don't need to hear about that...
Sunao
Yeah. You don't have any price.
Chiharu
Liar...
Sunao
I'd never put a price on my friends.
Sunao
This doesn't change anything about either of you. You're the greatest people I know.
Sunao
Who cares... about some price...?
Chiharu
Sunao-chaaan...
Shizuka
Thank you...
Shizuka
I'm sorry for making you bear that... You're the greatest person I know, too...
Sunao
Even though I tried to kill you...?
Shizuka
Of course.
Shizuka
............
Shizuka
So in the end, Mikoshiba knew everything, and was even controlling the Devil...
Shizuka
And this village has been selling people's lives since ancient times...
Shizuka's mother
Shizuka, that's not true...
Shizuka's mother
This village belongs to us Tokime. We don't know what it was like before Mikoshiba's clan came...
Shizuka's mother
Though we can't ask her any more, of course. Dead men tell no tales...
Chiharu
............
Chiharu
*Sniff*...
Chiharu
At this point... at this point, I'll do whatever I have to...!
Chiharu's mother
Charu, what are you doing!? Stop!
Shizuka's mother
Yes, listen to your mother! It doesn't matter how evil she was-- a dead person's dead!
Chiharu
That's not it...!
Chiharu
I said it still smells just a minute ago, didn't I!?
Chiharu
Granny might be dead, but there's still a villain's smell coming from her!
Chiharu's mother
But what can we do about that?
Chiharu
That thing called 'truth' always lies much closer than you expect.
Chiharu
If she left that data in the computer Sunao-chan found,
Chiharu
then she might have carried the really important things with her, right?
Chiharu's mother
I see... Here, I'll try searching...
Mikoshiba
............
Chiharu's mother
...Excuse me.
Chiharu's mother
............
Chiharu
Is there... anything there...?
Chiharu's mother
Something in her pocket...
Chiharu
There was...
Chiharu's mother
...This is...?
Shizuka
A book...? What's this weird script...?
Sunao
I don't know...
Shizuka's mother
If it's unreadable, I suppose it's another dead end...
Chiharu
This is...!
Chiharu's mother
If you want to be Mr. Todoroki, you'll need brains as well.
Chiharu's mother
So you'd better study up on your classic literature, like you promised!
Chiharu
Errgh. Why's it have to be classics, of all things?
Chiharu's mother
You have to! It's the Hiroe family tradition.
Chiharu
A tradition that'll end with my generation, if I have anything to say about it...
Chiharu
Mom!!
Chiharu's mother
We... can read it...!
Shizuka
No way...
Chiharu
It's always been our family rule that we have to learn this script...
Chiharu's mother
But we never expected to see it here, of all places...
Shizuka
You... can decipher it?
Chiharu
I bet we can...!
Shizuka's mother
We'll leave the deciphering to you, then. We're going to go call everyone else.
Shizuka's mother
All the villagers are still taking shelter.
Shizuka's mother
We ought to lay Mikoshiba down in her own house, too...
Sunao
Understood...
Shizuka
Then, Charu... Please...
Chiharu
Yeah, I'll do my best! Let's read it, Mom.
Chiharu's mother
Right. I expect we'll be up all night with this...
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Shizuka
Thanks for your hard work, Charu.
Sunao
Yes, thank you.
Chiharu
That was my first time staying up all niiight...
Sunao
It was the same for us, actually.
Chiharu
Were you dealing with stuff the entire time?
Sunao
On account of Mikoshiba's passing, yes...
Shizuka
There was even more of an uproar after the dancers died, too...
Chiharu
So that's why everyone was talking all night...
Shizuka
Perhaps only people linked to the Diviners knew the truth...
Shizuka
They said that Mikoshiba legally adopted each dancer so that they could succeed her, after all.
Sunao
So, how were things on your end, Charu?
Chiharu
Right! We couldn't dig into every detail, but we can give a pretty good explanation.
Chiharu's mother
I really read most of it myself, though.
Chiharu
Urgh... I swear I'm gonna studyyy...
Sunao
But why have we come here?
Chiharu
We figured it was a good place to start, since the Tokime clan's roots are at this shrine.
Chiharu
...Well, not really. It's because the Wavering Deity is nearby.
Shizuka
Why the Wavering Deity?
Chiharu
You'll understand in a minute.
Shizuka's mother
Well then, would you mind starting for us?
Shizuka's mother
This cliffhanger is stressing me out.
Chiharu's mother
Right. The story was divided into two major chapters.
Chiharu
One is about the Mikoshibas, and the other is about the Tokimes.
- Chiharu -
Let's start with the Mikoshiba clan's story. They used to be warriors sent to protect the Tokimes, and it seems they seized control over the village right around an era when there were no Diviners present.
- Chiharu -
From there, the Mikoshibas changed the rules in various ways, creating rituals like the Kagura of the Nation's Guard, the Diviner's Ceremony, the coming-of-age ceremony...
- Chiharu -
And gained the power to manipulate Devils thanks to a wish they had one of the village's girls grant.
- Chiharu -
Then they hid the village inside that Labyrinth.
- Chiharu -
In short, the Mikoshibas used the Labyrinth to hide a village that would create Diviners to make money for them, and in order to maintain control over it, they killed the Diviners to prevent information from leaking to the outside.
Shizuka
So what Mikoshiba did to me...
Chiharu
Seems to have been tradition for a long time...
Shizuka
Then, the part about us becoming Devils...
Chiharu
Looks like that's true too...
Shizuka
No...
Shizuka
...Well, what's next!?
Chiharu
Right.
- Chiharu -
The next part described the Wavering Deity.
- Chiharu -
It's a Devil formed from all the discarded Diviners. It just drifts around in circles, neither able to leave nor to return to its hidden village.
- Chiharu -
According to the book, the Wavering Deity would return to the village once the Mikoshibas and the Devil's Labyrinth are gone,
- Chiharu -
and after swallowing up the village, it would ultimately erase all evidence of Diviners existing.
Chiharu's mother
It seemed like an obsession, even. It'll never surrender the Tokimes to anyone else...
Shizuka
Wait...
Shizuka
Then since the Labyrinth covering the village is already gone...!
Chiharu
Yeah, the Wavering Deity must be on its way back...
Chiharu
When it arrives, we've got to defeat it.
Sunao
So right as our ancestors come back, we'll be opening fire on them...
Chiharu
No we won't...
Chiharu
We're going to free the Tokime Diviners who've been suffering all this time...!
Chiharu
Because we've smashed all of Mikoshiba's rules...!
Shizuka
Those ancestors will have been growing over so many years, though...
Shizuka
Can the three of us really defeat them...?
Shizuka
I know we've got no other choice, of course.
Shizuka
Woah!
Chiharu
This reaction... It's the Wavering Deity...
Shizuka
Now I understand why we set up camp all the way out here.
Shizuka
We're going to intercept it here, right?
Shizuka's mother
I know this is awful timing, but can you all come back to my house...?
Shizuka
Mother!?
Shizuka's mother
I'll tell you about the sword I talked about last night on the way.
Shizuka's mother
Whew. This is getting my pulse far higher than it should be at my age!
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Shizuka
So what were you going to tell us?
Shizuka's mother
First, the Hiroe family is undoubtedly descended from the Mikoshibas.
Chiharu
Huh... By Mikoshiba, you mean Granny Mikoshiba?
Shizuka's mother
Exactly.
Chiharu
What!? Why!?
Shizuka's mother
Only people of Mikoshiba can read that script.
Chiharu
Mom did tell me that we came from Tokime Village...
Chiharu's mother
But I never expected us to have come from the Mikoshibas...
Chiharu
Talk about mixed feelings...
Shizuka's mother
Don't say that.
Shizuka's mother
After all, we Tokimes have been waiting for you.
Chiharu
We didn't come because of any reason like that, though?
Shizuka's mother
Even I wasn't aware of it until last night.
Shizuka's mother
But finally, I understood the meaning of the story that the Tokimes have passed down...
Shizuka's mother
'When the ones who can read the Mikoshibas' script appear, the Mikoshibas will meet their end.'
Shizuka's mother
'Up until that end arrives, the Diviners must forge a single sword.'
Shizuka's mother
That's the legend passed down from Tokime to Tokime.
Shizuka
............
Shizuka
We ended up deciphering the book after figuring out the village's whole situation,
Shizuka
but if we could've read that book in the first place, we certainly would've figured out the entire plan...
Shizuka
And once that plan collapsed, we'd have to battle the Wavering Deity...
Sunao
Perhaps Shizuka's and Charu's families were collaborating with each other in the past?
Sunao
But they were banished after being exposed, and lived outside as the Hiroes...
Shizuka
In my family, they continued sharpening the blade...
Chiharu
And in my family, they kept passing down the Mikoshibas' script...
Shizuka's mother
Shizuka! Accept this!
Shizuka's mother
This is the treasured sword which the Tokime Diviners have infused with their power for generations!
Shizuka's mother
Use all the power that's been stored in it over 100, 200, 300 years,
Shizuka's mother
and set the Wavering Deity free.
Shizuka
I hereby accept it.
Sunao
This will be our final battle.
Chiharu
Everyone who infused their emotions into the sword must be wandering as the Wavering Deity.
Shizuka
Let's take these bright feelings they once held, and give them all back.
Chiharu
After who knows how many centuries' time!
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Chiharu
The Wavering Deity's gotten a lot closer...
Sunao
No, it's still far away...
Chiharu
Maybe it's getting excited now that it's seen the village?
Shizuka
After hundreds of years of wandering, they finally found their hometown...
Shizuka
Of course, it might just be their Devils now, and not really them...
Shizuka
But even still, if they've finally found the place where they belong...
Shizuka
I imagine they must be overjoyed.
- Chiharu -
But even if they want to return happily, they're no more than harmful Devils now.
- Sunao -
We can't surrender Tokime Village to them as their resting place.
Shizuka
That's why we have to liberate them with our own hands, right?
Chiharu
Yeah, exactly!
Chiharu
Their real destination is Heaven.
[Note] 極楽浄土 - specifically a pleasant afterlife in Buddhism
→→→→!!!
Chiharu
O—kay!
Chiharu
I hereby throw the first spear-- or rather, the first jitte!
→↑↓↑←!?!?
→→→⇒!!
Shizuka
We'll be headed to where your boss is, just like this!
←↓←↑!?!?
→⇒→⇒!!!
Sunao
Keep it up! Press on all the way!
↓↓↓→...!?!?
Chiharu
*Pant, pant*... Hey, Shizuka-chan!
Shizuka
What's up, Charu?
Chiharu
What are we gonna do next? Like, after we free the Wavering Deity!
Sunao
It's a little early for that.
Shizuka
I don't know yet, but the first thing to do will be to help the village recover.
Shizuka
We've got to explain everything that's been going on, all this time.
Shizuka
Everyone's sure to be shocked, just like with the commotion yesterday.
Chiharu
Not that—!
Shizuka
Huh!?
Chiharu
I mean what we should do! As Diviners!
Shizuka
Hmm. I wonder about that...?
Shizuka
Well, there's no way of knowing until we defeat it.
Shizuka
Come on! Focus on our task right now!
Shizuka
We're about to enter the core.
Chiharu
Right.
壷*ｒｶ蟶縺ｫ螳ｰ縺Ы※!!
Sunao
--!?
Chiharu
The Devil's power feels overwhelming...
Shizuka
It's like its very presence... is pushing down on us...
Sunao
...
Chiharu
Sunao-chan!
Sunao
Sorry. It's so strong, I felt faint for a moment...
Chiharu
Seriously, my head... is spinning so much...
Shizuka
Were those Underlings just a bluff...? I can hardly manage to stand...!
繧ゅ＠ｸ縺ｪ縺??ｪ峨?∫ｧ√
Shizuka
AAaaah!!
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If I become a Devil, I'll surely kill someone. I couldn't be someone who'd save the Land of the Rising Sun. I want to tell everyone, but I can't do anything more.
Shizuka
*Gasp*...
Shizuka
What's this voice...!?
- ??? -
Though my body may be a Diviner's, to become a Devil is tantamount to death. Though I may protect one person tomorrow, I may well kill a hundred the day after.
Shizuka
(The Devil...?)
貞ｮ医溽ｩ｢繧後◆肴ｵ!!
Shizuka
Don't look at me...
- ??? -
Thusly tainted, thus stained, thus impure.
Shizuka
Stop... Don't say that...！
- ??? -
In the end, mine body is naught but a subject of appraisal.
Shizuka
(This is...)
- ??? -
One gin, two gin, one ryō, two ryō, thusly price label'd, display'd in shops.
Mine life doth not be mine own. Raised, sold, made a Devil, then to do nothing but sully this hateful mortal shore.
Shizuka
Yeah... Yeah... I have no idea what should come next.
Shizuka
Because we're beings that are guaranteed to become Devils...
Shizuka
We won't do the Land of the Rising Sun any good. That's why it was all set up to kill us.
Shizuka
Even if it meant putting prices on our lives...
Shizuka
What Mikoshiba did might have been right.
Shizuka
I mean, I've been living within these traditions all my life...!
Shizuka
I don't want to think about what comes after defeating it.
Shizuka
Because it's terrifying, isn't it!?
蝨＊溷慍‡繧［］貞ｮ医ｌ!!
Shizuka
............
Sunao
Ggh...！
Sunao
Putting prices on our lives is wrong...!
Sunao
You told me I was one of the greatest people you knew, Shizuka, and you were right.
Sunao
There's no difference between lives!
Sunao
That's what I want to hear from you. Keep that honor with you, and just do as much as you possibly can.
Sunao
Even if we become Devils someday,
Sunao
all we have to do is fight as hard as we can for the Land of the Rising Sun until then!
Sunao
And at some point along the way, a new path for us...
Sunao
should turn up somewhere, shouldn't it!?
Sunao
Let's find it together, Shizuka！
Sunao
Just as the two of you forgave me,
Sunao
I will continue to heal your heart in return...!
Shizuka
Sunao...
薙Зｧ縲∫嚀俶純Лｵ縺ｦ!?
Sunao＆Shizuka
Guaaagh! Aaah!
Chiharu
*Cough, cough*...
Chiharu
I guess I was too tiny to cushion you guys...
Shizuka
Chiharu...
Sunao
Sorry...
Chiharu
Hey, listen to me...
Chiharu
I didn't tell you what the book said about the Tokimes yet, did I?
Shizuka
--!?
- Chiharu -
See, before the Mikoshibas came... The Tokime people considered their country's affairs all on their own, and they decided what wishes they'd grant of their own will.
- Chiharu -
It seems like the Mikoshibas took over during a period of terrible war, when nobody could be trusted and there were no Diviners left...
- Chiharu -
But up until then, everyone who came of age really did venture outside.
- Chiharu -
And they knew about their relationship with Devils. But this is how the Tokimes came to think about it:
- Chiharu -
"If I offered my soul to the Land of the Rising Sun, my honor can be maintained."
- Chiharu -
"Even if I were to become a Devil, what I have achieved will never be erased."
Shizuka
That's...
Shizuka
If I literally sacrificed my soul to the Land of the Rising Sun...
Shizuka
My honor can be maintained...!
Shizuka
Even if I become a Devil, it won't erase anything that I've achieved.
Shizuka
I can be proud of that, and so I can fight till I eventually fall...!
Shizuka
That's what I said to Mikoshiba...
Chiharu
You did say so...
Chiharu
So, here's what I think:
Chiharu
There's not a spot of Mikoshiba in your soul, Shizuka-chan. The Tokimes have always lived on in you.
Chiharu
So let's do just what Sunao-chan said! Let's find that path together!
Sunao
Shizuka!
Shizuka
Sorry...
Shizuka
I was the one who fell to the Devil's power...
Shizuka
But I've opened my eyes...!
蟆剰ｳ｢励＞滉Ч偵Щ九↑！
Shizuka
All three of us need to get some distance from it!
Chiharu
Okay!
Shizuka
I'm glad it was the three of us.
Shizuka
I want to win with all three of us together, and find our new future!
Shizuka
So!
菫ｗｐ＊斬翫Лｑ!!
Shizuka
Let's see our ancestors off together, as we set them free!
Shizuka
*Inhale*...
Shizuka
Sword of Tokime...
Shizuka
Carve the path to our future...!!
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- Chiharu -
After the Wavering Deity was set free, time in the village passed like a blur.
- Chiharu -
Since we had to tell everyone the history of the Tokimes and Mikoshibas...
- Chiharu -
As well as search Mikoshiba's home and investigate everything that went on in the background.
Chiharu
Is your family fine, Sunao-chan?
Sunao
Yes, we're all completely safe.
Sunao
Dad and Mom apologized to me even more than they did before...
Shizuka
I'm so glad they were safe.
Shizuka
Now you've broken away from Mikoshiba's curse, and you're free as a bird!
Sunao
Yes.
Chiharu
But you're gonna stay together with us from now on too, right?
Sunao
Of course. Why wouldn't I?
Shizuka's mother
Ah—, I'm tired, I'm tired...
Chiharu's mother
It feels like things have finally settled down a notch, though.
Shizuka's mother
Honestly, everyone here is so divorced from modern society.
Shizuka's mother
Without you, Ms. Hiroe, we wouldn't have understood a thing.
Chiharu
Welcome back, Mom.
Shizuka
Well done out there.
Shizuka's mother
As far as the current case with Mikoshiba is concerned, everything finally fell into place.
Chiharu
--!?
Chiharu
How'd it go!?
Shizuka's mother
I'll let Ms. Hiroe do the talking.
Chiharu's mother
Huh? Ah, well, okay...
- Chiharu's mother -
The root of the incident does indeed seem to lie in the village's traditions, but it seems that the direct trigger was how Mikoshiba had fallen into heavy debt.
- Chiharu's mother -
Apparently, after a huge investment failed, she was in dire need of a source of money, and hurriedly took advantage of the Diviners in response.
Chiharu's mother
Of course, whatever her reasons were, taking advantage of people's children...
Chiharu's mother
I don't think I'll ever forgive her as long as I live...
Chiharu
Mom...
Chiharu's mother
I'd rather not say this in front of my daughter, but this must be what it feels like to curse someone for generations.
Chiharu's mother
Definitely...
Shizuka's mother
Aren't you her family's most recent generation, technically?
Chiharu's mother
...Come on, don't nitpick.
Sunao
Then, the reason she went to the trouble of contacting me and Charu outside...
Chiharu's mother
Sunao-chan becoming a Diviner should've been a surprise to Mikoshiba.
Chiharu's mother
So she turned to us, which led to a domino row of unexpected incidents.
Sunao
So if I'd never become a Diviner, Charu wouldn't have had to bear any of this...
Chiharu
Dooon't even start!
Chiharu
We already decided to stick together. No hand-wringing!
Sunao
O—okay. Got it.
Shizuka
So, how are the other villagers doing? They all seem to have been on edge for a while...
Shizuka's mother
In the end, this village owes its existence to the Diviners' blessing, too.
Shizuka's mother
They've had it easy living here, only ever having to grow crops for themselves.
Shizuka's mother
In short, now that their financial support is gone, all the adults are up to their necks with worry.
Shizuka's mother
I'm no exception, of course.
Shizuka
Please don't say that so casually...
Shizuka's mother
The funds needed to maintain the village could be part of why Mikoshiba was panicked.
Shizuka's mother
It's a very likely possibility.
Shizuka
...Just as we're worrying about our futures as Diviners...
Shizuka
I suppose everyone in the village will have a lot to worry about from now on, too.
Shizuka's mother
That's true.
Shizuka
Did you happen to find anything else?
Shizuka's mother
Hmm. If you mean something interesting, there was a Tokime family tree, at least?
Shizuka's mother
It seems like our bloodline has actually spread out all around the country.
Shizuka's mother
There's blood relatives of ours living up on other mountains, for instance, and even seaside areas!
Shizuka
Woah—.
Chiharu's mother
So, what are you three going to do, Charu? That's my biggest question.
Chiharu
We have a clear answer in our minds.
Chiharu
We know what we'll fight for in our hearts, and what we want to accomplish in life!
Shizuka's mother
My, how very reliable.
Shizuka's mother
Then what's your first step?
Chiharu
First, we'll have a conversation with Kyūbē-sama!
Shizuka's mother
With Kyūbē-sama?
Sunao
Yes. We imagine he might have some information...
Sunao
about a method by which we can avoid becoming Devils.
Shizuka
From there, we'll plan our future according to what we learn.
Chiharu's mother
At the very least, I imagine the three of you are sticking together?
Chiharu
Yeah!
Chiharu
Because we've got to change the fate of us Diviners!
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Sunao
Do you think we can summon him without the dancers?
Shizuka
He's a god, after all. We're not the head priestess, so we might not be able to.
Chiharu
We won't know unless we try!
Shizuka
Yeah.
Chiharu
Then, let's try shouting really loud!
Shizuka
Okay.
Chiharu
One, two,
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"Kyu———be————sama————!"
Shizuka
............
Sunao
............
Chiharu
............
Shizuka
Guess not, huh?
Kyubey
Hello. You're the ones who called me out, right?
Chiharu
He came!
Shizuka
Then what was the point of the dance...?
Sunao
Perhaps it was a show they put on to make things feel solemn...
Kyubey
Did you call me without any reason?
Shizuka
Ahh, no! We have things we wish to ask you!
Kyubey
I'll answer anything you like, assuming I'm able to.
Kyubey
So, what would you like to ask me, Shizuka?
Shizuka
Um, we found out about how we become Devils...
Shizuka
We were wondering if you knew any method of avoiding that?
Shizuka
A method by which we can continue being Diviners.
Shizuka
We're the ones who fight for the Land of the Rising Sun-- we don't want to make anybody suffer!
Kyubey
I'm sorry to tell you this, but I can't meet that expectation.
Chiharu
You don't know any...?
Kyubey
I don't.
Kyubey
At the very least, I don't know any method of avoiding it.
Kyubey
I haven't seen many successful cases thus far, either.
Chiharu
--!?
Chiharu
You just said "many", didn't you!?
Chiharu
That just means that Kyūbē-sama might not know,
Chiharu
but some method does exist, right!?
Sunao
But Kyūbē-sama can't tell us anything about it, yes...?
Kyubey
True. It would be difficult for me to tell you by myself.
Kyubey
But it's possible for you to see how it works, and obtain it for yourselves.
Sunao
Obtain...?
Kyubey
Would you happen to know a place called Kamihama City?
Chiharu
I don't...
Shizuka
Nor I...
Sunao
Ah, I've heard about it before!
Kyubey
Kamihama City is home to an automatic purification system.
Kyubey
Therefore, if you manage to obtain that system,
Kyubey
I think you will be able to avoid becoming Devils.
Kyubey
Of course, I can't say any of this with certainty.
Shizuka
It's fine! That should be enough...! I can feel a huge surge of hope all at once...!
Shizuka
Guys, let's go! To Kamihama City!
Sunao
Yes. Allow me to take care of the map and guide duties!
Chiharu
I can explain stuff about modern society to Shizuka-chan!
Shizuka
T—that won't be necessary.
Chiharu
Have you ever used an IC card...?
Shizuka
...Haven't even heard the name.
Chiharu
It's decided!
Kyubey
If you plan on going to Kamihama, allow me to explain several things first.
Chiharu
Explain...?
Kyubey
First, there are dozens of girls like you in Kamihama City.
Kyubey
I suggest keeping that in mind.
Kyubey
Second, they have some different terminology.
Chiharu
Huh...?
Kyubey
For example, Tokime territory is the only place...
Kyubey
where girls like you are known as Diviners.
Shizuka
What do they call us, then?
Kyubey
You're known as Magical Girls.
Epilogue
Sunao
Diviner.
Shizuka
"Magical Girl!"
Sunao
Devil.
Shizuka
"Witch!"
Sunao
Devil's Soul.
Chiharu
Mmm... "Grief Seed!"
Sunao
Jewel.
Shizuka
"Soul Jam!"
Sunao
So close!
Chiharu
You've done a good job memorizing them, though!
Shizuka
I'm a little too familiar with the old names.
Shizuka
It's pretty hard to switch away...
Sunao
You've had lots of experience, after all.
Shizuka
Speaking of which, Charu. You haven't smelled anything in the village for a while now?
Chiharu
Nope, it's totally gone! I can breathe way more freely.
Sunao
Huh? So it was literally a smell?
Chiharu
Nah, not literally. It was like my intuition at work, I guess?
Shizuka
It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Witches. I suppose it really is a power specialized for finding crimes.
Chiharu
Yeah, it might sense the malice people have at times like that.
Sunao
I get the feeling that we'll find a lot of use for that power in the future, too.
Chiharu
I'll do my best on that front!
Shizuka
That's reassuring.
Chiharu
This all still feels incredible, though.
Chiharu
It hasn't been long since I met with Shizuka-chan and Sunao-chan,
Chiharu
but the three of us really are setting out on a journey together!
Sunao
Looking back, I couldn't imagine it at all.
Chiharu
It's so exciting!
Shizuka
It's only been a few days since Charu became a Magical Girl.
Shizuka
But it was a really radical change for me, you know?
Sunao
I suppose Shizuka would feel more bewildered than anything.
Shizuka
Actually, no, not that much.
Sunao
Really?
Shizuka
I don't really understand it myself, but I've finally reached the start.
Shizuka
Of my life, that is.
-Chiharu- We'll get ahold of it some day, right? The method to avoid becoming Witches!
-Sunao- And we'll keep fighting. For the Land of the Rising Sun, until our last breath.
-Shizuka- That's the honor that we, the Tokime Clan, have held tight for so long.
-Chiharu- So to do that, what'll we do first?
-Shizuka- I've already got the answer.
-Chiharu- That's our Shizuka-chan!
-Sunao- And that answer is?
-Shizuka- We'll look through the family tree that was in Mikoshiba's house, and contact everyone from the Tokime clan and its branch families.
-Shizuka- Let's recruit Magical Girls who're willing to join us, and found a group for the entire Tokime Clan!
-Chiharu- Oooooh!
-Shizuka- And once we're fully prepared, let's see what lies beyond this landscape!
-Sunao- Yes. Over the mountain range, to the place beyond it...
-All three- To Kamihama City!
The End
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