GNOSIA (グノーシア)

This is...

Oh, Yuri. Morning!

Comet...

How's the party going?

Party?

It's been over since yesterday.

C'mon, get a grip.

There's no doubt about it. The looping has ended.

Setsu used the Silver Key that I had and disappeared into the other dimension...

in order to save me.

There's no more Silver Key.

I'll never loop again.

Ooh, Yurinchy!

Wanna get something to eat together?

SQ...

Is Setsu...

"Setsu"?

You good?

Huh?

I guess your memories are still affected.

Well, you'll eventually get it.

That person doesn't exist IRL!

EPILOGUE

After Setsu went through that door,

they disappeared from everyone's memories.

The different universe on the other side of this door

is an entirely separate world that doesn't affect this universe.

Once they went over there, all trace of Setsu was erased from this universe.

It's as though they never existed at all.

What's wrong?

The military has issued a request for us to dock at port.

It must be because we escaped from Liu-An.

But LeVi already confirmed that there were no Gnosia on board.

They probably just want to be sure.

They're pretty wary about that kind of thing.

We'd better do as they say. You don't want to be on their bad side.

If we ignore the request, they will take us into custody as per space law.

So it's not a request. It's actually an order.

A military port... They'll check our identities, won't they?

They're just intimidating us. I doubt they'll follow through.

We can simply ignore them.

I concur. We have no time to play along with their farce.

But if they do follow through, we'll be in a lot of trouble.

We just got outta Liu-An by the skin of our teeth, bud!

I don't wanna just end up in the slammer.

Hm... What do you think?

Huh?

You're a soldier, right?

Yes. I came from Base 52.

The military...

I think we should stop by.

What shall we do?

Willows bend, not break, beneath the weight of snow.

Let us follow their orders.

We are changing route!

Call sign sent!

Let them take control of the helm!

As you wish.

Approach confirmed.

The military requests that we disable all of the ship's defense systems.

Shall we accept?

Yes.

Request accepted.

All defense systems will now be disabled.

So, are we gonna be able to get off the ship at port?

Apparently, we can disembark if we fill out the proper paperwork.

We might as well kill some time. I doubt this will be over quickly.

Though I think anyone with a reason to be anxious should stay behind.

A-All right.

Knock it off! I said I'm not going.

C'mon, man. Don't be such a drag.

Oh, hey, Yuri!

You should come, too.

It's party time! Right?

You seem rather excited.

Well, duh! This is a military base, ain't it?

Is there something here?

The red-light district.

Huh?

Some things just don't change, even after a few millennia.

Honestly... There's nothing more foolish than letting your desires rule over you.

Man, y'all suck.

C'mon. Let's go.

Wait!

Base 52?

Yes. There's a person I'm looking for from there,

so I was hoping someone here might be familiar with it.

Ring any bells?

Base 52... 52...

I think...

He's from there.

Thank you very much.

Um...

Can I ask you a few questions?

Sure. But not for free.

Huh?

Nah, I'm just messin' with ya.

So what did you want to ask me?

Hm... There's no one named Setsu there.

I searched the last hundred years' worth of personnel records, too.

I see... So that really is what happened.

Huh? What happened?

It's nothing. Thank you very much.

I hope you can find them.

They must be very important to you.

As I thought, their whole existence is just gone.

The person known as Setsu was simply never born in this universe.

I'm Setsu.

That never happened.

Or that.

Or that.

Or that.

No...

Let go of me!

Hey, now. We're not gonna bite.

It'll be our treat. Come on.

Jina!

Yuri!

Oh? Who the hell're you?

We're under quarantine after arriving from Liu-An...

because of possible Gnosia infection.

Gnosia?!

L-Let's get the hell outta here.

I guess everyone's pretty scared of being infected by the Gnosia.

Yeah.

I mean, if they just used their common sense,

it's pretty obvious that the military wouldn't have let us into the city

if there was any chance we were infected.

Well, your acting was very convincing.

I guess I just got really good at lying at some point.

This...

seems to be a navigational record of historical space voyages.

I see.

It contains about a thousand years' worth of records for the Allacosia star system.

I never knew something like that existed.

Want to take a look?

Wow...

You can see how the ships passed through certain areas.

Space traffic controllers need to know these things.

There are a lot of asteroids in Allacosia, right?

I'm surprised you knew that.

Setsu told me.

Setsu?

Er, never mind.

Is that the person you mentioned yesterday?

Yeah.

Everyone says it's because my memories are messed up, though.

I'd like you to tell me about them.

What?

If you talk about them, you might feel a little better.

So they went to the other side...

Yeah.

I think that because they went through the dimensional door

and transferred to another universe, now they just never existed here.

I see.

I'm sure this must be hard to believe.

I can't even imagine it.

I see.

But I also can't imagine that you're lying about all this, Yuri.

Jina...

So this Setsu person is alive in that other world.

Yeah.