GooogooogoooI'll freeze you... with this blow!!Ora, eat this!!This is Kafka-san in serious mode!!We're all here. Something like this isn't even a threat!We won't lose, no matter what!It seems you've had your share of fun with my students while I was awBut this is where it ends!!Gggaahhgg---!!Wha... there's a crack... in the sky...………That's the gate.The gate... you say!?But it's entirely different from the one we passed through on our way to Ishgria...What we passed through that time was something that was in a more stable condition.I believe this gate now just opened as an aftereffect of our recent battle.It isn't stable, and it'll probably close soon.………!!Look... The scenery at the other side of the hole.. that's...………!!Randall.....? Yes, it's definitely Randall!!……………But there's still no certainty that we'll be able to return to Elgaia when we jump into that hole...Then again, there won't be a chance like this again... Are you all ready?Yes! We have been tasked to deliver the information that we've gathered about Ishgria to the Summoner Hall!Right. And I wouldn't want to stay in barren lands like this for long.I agree. Even if it's just a small chance, I believe that we should still take it!Fufu, my luck is strong when it comes to bets. I'm sure we'll be fine!There's no reason... to object. We can't just stay on here forever.I'm sure it'll be fine.Even if we end up in a different world,I'm sure we'll be able to get by, as long as we're with Griff and the rest!Fu...Well then, let's go!!Griff-san, Krantz-san, Libera-san, Rhoa-san, Kafka-san, Iris-san......Please be well...To my past me... Don't turn... into what I am today.Looks like you just cleared your objective.Yeah... same goes to you.It looks like my body hasn't vanished yet.Your objective in this, was to observe me and see what would happen to me at this instant, am I correct?I, who went back to the past and denied everything that happened which has led to me becoming like this.Ahahaha, so you did notice. Yup, you're precisely right.I didn't want to test it myself, so I found you who became my perfect guinea pig.Thanks to you, I've found out more about the mysteries about the world and time.Well in your case, I think you would have preferred to change your history entirely and just disappear right now.………That's not true.Even if I myself can't change my past,just knowing that I was able to save those people... leaves me satisfied.Hmmmm... Well, I guess that's an emotion I'll never understand.Anyway, what was that last part all about?Reviving the demon?Hah, don't get the wrong idea now.I did help you momentarily, but I'm still an Ishgrian demon. Enemy of humans, you know.You're the one who shouldn't be getting the wrong idea.That's not what I wanted to ask.Why would a demon like you even go to the trouble of helping Griff-san and the others go back to Elgaia?……………I'm sure that someone like you would have been able to provide that beast with power to annihilate Griff-san and company in an instant.Griff-san and company's power was almost equal to that beast, and because of this, the gate opened. And this was all due to your "fine tuning". Am I wrong?……It can't be helped if you've gotten to know this much.You see, if I just let them stay here in Ishgria, that young Mirfah-kun could still have become who you are right now.So for the final push, I just chose a rather violent method.You see, it seems that there are countless gates scattered around Ishgria, but passing through different dimensions isn'y my specialty so I don't know the exact places of these gates.And well, I kinda liked those guys so I gave them a little service, if you know what I mean.You .... liked them...!? A demon like you... liking humans?Oh please. To me, demons aren't that different from humans.The difference in power and the length of ones lives are but mere statistical discrepancies from my point of view of the flow of time.………You are indeed a terrifying demon.Ahaha, I'll take that as a compliment.Mmmh, this is...?Ah, you shouldn't worry about that.I just did something so that you'll return to your actual time once everything has finished.Leaving you behind in this time is a problem in itself, you know.I see………………………I guess I'm gonna say it then.I appreciate the fact that you gave me a chance to help Griff-san, Krantz-san and the rest.Thank you.Thank you... huh.Oh my, how many centuries has it been since someone told me that. Well, it doesn't feel bad at all.Well, now that those summoners have gone home, there won't be that much change in the flow of time, so Ishgria will fall under chaos sometime in the future.But next time, the fate of Ishgria, as well as my own fate will all get messed up! I'm so looking forward to that!!I see, so this is the scheme this time, huh.How bold of you to use a demon.It did seem like Amu Yunos actually observed the Ishgria expedition team, thoughI was wondering what would have happened if she did interfere at that time...Well, there are too many uncertainties surrounding that demon, and I wasn't able to anticipate her action and what would happen, so I was honestly nervous, though.LindtBy the way, your relative was in this one! So, what are your impressions?Impressions...?We may be related by blood by I've never even met him, and he existed a long time ago so I've got no feelings here, whatsoever.No, but you just met him. Here, right now.…………Well, I guess I respect him for creating the base technology for mock units.But I can't say the same thing about his words, actions... and his fashion sense.