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You input the data on the Ascendants into the Spear of F.O.S., this time generating the projections of Alpha and Luna.
What are they doing here?
We're approaching the Ascendants' base. It's not that surprising to see their projections.
Next up probably won't be their projections—but the real deal.
...
The four of you quickly approach the projections of Luna and Alpha. Had you not known who they are, you would have assumed they are two ordinary sisters going for a walk.
You're finally by my side, Sis.
She smiles at the other projection, but the latter remains silent.
...
Do you want to know why I became an Ascendant?
I do.
In the beginning, I just wanted to live.
But in order to see you again, in order to survive, something changed.
They only saw me as a threat that needed to be destroyed...
Once I was labeled a threat, it wasn't so easy to live. It came at a cost. Wasn't that the same for you, Sis?
Hearing this question, Alpha stares at the palm of her hand in disgust, then clenches her fist as if to crush something.
Lucia frequently makes this gesture, but she is far more gentle as if to hold onto something precious.
Do you want to go back?
I would still have some foolish hope had that never happened.
What happened?
This is where... they...
...
With an expression of disgust, Alpha reaches out to the distant sun. This resembles the same action Lucia did before, but it is fundamentally different.
...
Unwilling to recall the memory, she furrows her eyebrows and disappears into the distance with Luna's projection.
The four of you follow them for a short distance until you see the projection of Lucia: Lotus among them.
So I really did... I've been here before just like everyone else.
Time and war have ravaged this area, dealing irreparable damage to the land. However, a sense of familiarity still remains to give the three of them a sense of nostalgia.
If this was where my suppressed memory took place...
...
I would still have some foolish hope had that never happened.
Recalling Alpha's words, Lucia is silent for a moment.
I'm really grateful to be with everyone.
Even if this grateful feeling, according to the other me, comes from my ignorance of the truth.
But now, no matter what I was born to do, I'm sure your conviction and tenderness would steer me once again in the right direction.
...Yes, I'm sure of it.
She reaffirms herself quietly.
Before the gap in my memory, I was a member of the previous Gray Raven team. That was before the three of you were a part of the Gray Ravens.
Even without Luna by my side, I was still committed to fighting for Babylonia, for humans and my friends, just like I am now.
But something happened during that gap in my memory, causing Alpha to walk down the path she's on.
That's why... I can't give you my promise—I can't imagine what will happen after I remember.
...Yes.
Hm?
...Commandant.
She looks up, her smile returned.
Then let's get going. Let's go see what happened to me.
