Chapter 35. Lady of the Stars (It's time for war! Part 3.)
As soon as the map changed its appearance to another one, almost immediately it continued to change. She… It turned into something humanoid. The card turned into a girl with a blue dress, golden eyes, and fragments of gold were visible in her outfit.
— Good morning, Master Akishito. What are you doing in Japan? After all, you will soon come to an end here… I can clearly see it, because Ari is about to press this button and everything is boom... - she said all this with gestures, waved her hands at the word boom, leaned against the wall when asked, and similar unnecessary movements at the moment.
- Hey, don't move! Who are you? And where did you come from? Ari started shouting, threatening to press the button.
—I am the Lady of the Stars, and my master, Akishito, is the lord of the stars, so I obey his instructions. What are we going to do, Akishito? Ari will press the button anyway, so I suggest only one thing as safe as possible. It's to kill Ari, then try to defuse all the bombs with my ability, which changes everything almost in an instant. But, in my vision, it is clear that only a small part of the land on earth will be saved.
- Let's try, I winked at her, because I had already entered her confidence, because in one of the parts in the book it was told about a certain lady of the stars, but I could not even suspect that this was some kind of a separate type of map.
- Stop now! What the hell are the lords of the stars, it's even hard to understand, everything… My patience has run out and I'm pressing the kn... - Before he could finish, Ari was already lying on the floor in a pool of blood, from a blow that I made with a sword that flew at me from behind, but I grabbed it and redirected it directly to Ari's neck.
But to our regret, he still managed to press the button, but only a timer was started, which indicated a time of 10 minutes. Naturally, it was difficult to defuse all the bombs in the world by ourselves. But the lady of the stars began to do it. But unfortunately it wasn't enough… Unfortunately, its effect did not extend to the whole world, but only to a few islands that were just the same in Japan.
The rest of the world turned out to be in a pile of ashes, and from the forests and seas that had previously been there, only a huge gray mass remained, in which a fire was blazing… But one thing pleased… Many rulers of the states prepared and began a large-scale evacuation at the right moment. But the place was naturally small for everyone, but the lady of the stars gave an answer to this.
— I can offer to return the empty world to this one, so there will be a sufficiently large territory and a new state that will finally live peacefully. At least, that's what my management tells me.
— Well, let the people and territory from the empty world come back here.
- So be it! - she tapped her cane, which did not understand where it came from, then new territories began to be seen on the horizon. All helicopters and planes from other countries went there.
The Lady of the stars took me there, along with me she took all the other acquaintances.
And what did we see? It was as if the new city shone in the rays of the sun, which the empty world had not seen before. Zetsu finally rejoiced at the large number of hotel visitors, and Waka went out on the royal balcony with her parents and waved their hands to the new inhabitants of their kingdom. Nila, Karou and Mimika hugged me as if they hadn't seen me for a long time.
"Hey... Akishito! We asked to save the whole world… Why couldn't you??? Mimika was indignant, looking at me with a serious look in her eyes.
— Everything that was in my power, or rather in the power of the lady of the stars, I did. I'm sorry. I'm glad you're still alive. By the way, have you seen an alternative Ella? He kind of wanted to save his "sister"
- Yes, he just went in-o-t there. - They pointed to the hospital.
- Thank you for saying that, I'm sorry again, Mimica, that I didn't meet your expectations. And now it's time for me to go watch what the alternative version of Ella is doing.
As soon as I started to move away from the girls, they had an argument, but he clearly did not require my intervention. And I'll explain myself to them later, tell them about everything that happened, and maybe even tell them about my past later.…
When I came to the hospital, I saw how many wounded people were transported from one ward to another for treatment. I also saw an alternate version of Ella running back and forth, keeping an eye on her "sister". It really reminded me a lot of taking care of my sister, although in fact she is not such to him. It's kind of like an alternate version of him… At such moments, you start to wonder if I did the right thing by killing Ari... I think it's still right, otherwise it could have gone even worse and the world would really no longer exist.
- Khem-khem, good afternoon... I heard a voice behind me. It was Fukishito. –
Well, what? Congratulations on such a… But a victory. You see, if you weren't here, as I understood, this girl, the lady of the stars, wouldn't be able to appear. She can be said to be your creation, your incarnation from the map. My hypnosis is no good compared to cards, so I'm even a little jealous of you and your friends having cards. Well, nothing, life goes on and that's fine! – with a smile on her face, she said all this, at times embarrassed, talking in comparison about her hypnosis and cards.
- I think everything would have been solved without me, because surely there is another someone like that, with the same compatibility with maps.
— And here it is not! Only you could! I saw that all the others were almost useless during this war. So many people have lost… By the way, how is Ella, do you know? I came to visit her. After all, we managed to become friends during this war. I think everything should be fine with her, for some reason I have such a premonition.
"That's right. - spoke behind me, the lady of the stars. Then she came up to me.
- Will Ella live?
— It will be without options. I gave her some of the power of the stars, so her recovery should be quick. And yes, the power of the stars is taken from your compatibility with the cards, so I was able to achieve such a power that I now possess only with you. You are the owner of the book of the Lord of the stars, which means that only you or someone close to you can be the chosen one. Therefore, do not think that you are so weak and insignificant, on the contrary… Did you at least do something… He called me. And that was enough. And if this had not happened, then only ashes would have remained of the world.
—Is it really all about me?" But why? What have I done to deserve this honor?
— If you hadn't moved to Japan, then everything naturally wouldn't have happened, but the world would have been destroyed by someone else, but not Ari, because this is the fate of this world. But you changed the course of history, came here and was able to prove that you really are worth something. And here, by the way, is Ella.
- Ella! I shouted when I saw her.
- I'm glad that everything is finally over, I'm honestly tired of this war, from which there is only suffering, although at first it seems fun, but when you almost die yourself ... Horror in general. And I also had a long and terrible dream. And it was about the continuation of the war… Even after the end of this one, someone else invaded the world and continued house here. But it's just a terrible dream, so I don't think we'll go back to that. Look out the window, there's a huge bunch of people looking at us, and some with cameras…
I quickly waved my hand and disappeared from the view of the TV cameras. Still, I don't really like all kinds of reports, and in general I don't like being photographed. But still I can't avoid it. After all, after all, everyone wants to know the details, but there will really be problems with this. It will be necessary for everyone to demonstrate their abilities and so on…
And just a few hours later, I was already standing on the balcony with the royal family and I was awarded all sorts of heaps of awards that I naturally did not need, because what I really wanted was a quiet life. And this quiet life is finally coming and the first thing I decided. Make an offer to Nila.