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Created by the Stars, Loved by the Skies - The Astral Artifacts - Chapter 4: A Glimpse of the Future - Episode 4
Before Cosmos leaves the Sky Realm, she warns Lucifer about the singularity, an entity with the power to upend the world. She entrusts Lucifer with the responsibility of judging which is better for the Sky Realm's evolution: the singularity or Cosmos's arbitration. Uncertain what to think, Lucifer beseeches the will of the all-powerful one.
Yuni: That was the last time Cosmos allowed herself to intervene directly in the Sky Realm.
Yuni: As of now, the system that arbitrates the world continues to run without her presence.
Lyria: Um... How does that work?
Lyria: If Cosmos isn't in the Sky Realm, who is the arbitrator?
Yuni: I think you already know the answer to that.
Gran is the Main Character
Lyria: Wait... Do you mean Zooey? Was that why she targeted (Captain)?
Djeeta is the Main Character
Lyria: Wait... Do you mean Zooey? Was that why she targeted (Captain)?
Yuni: Yes. The arbitration system has been set up to automatically judge the singularity.
Yuni: Cosmos and Lucifer had already predicted the arrival of the singularity.
Cosmos: Lucifer, I have one more request before I leave.
Lucifer: What is it?
Cosmos: At some point in the future, an existence known as the singularity will appear in the world.
Lucifer: The singularity?
Gran is the Main Character
Lucifer: (That rings a bell. You once told me about a mortal with a special destiny, didn't you, my friend?)
Djeeta is the Main Character
Lucifer: (That rings a bell. You once told me about a mortal with a special destiny, didn't you, my friend?)
Cosmos: It may be in the next few years to come, or it may take centuries.
Cosmos: Regardless, in a world where the merging elements of sky and star facilitate evolution, the singularity is inevitable.
Gran is the Main Character
Cosmos: This individual possesses the power to topple the scale Cosmos is sworn to uphold.
Djeeta is the Main Character
Cosmos: This individual possesses the power to topple the scale Cosmos is sworn to uphold.
Lucifer: Then Cosmos will attempt to eliminate this threat.
Cosmos: Of course. Cosmos will do everything to have the singularity stricken from history for the world's sake.
Cosmos: However...
Cosmos: I feel uneasy.
Cosmos: I have seen the lives being weighed on the scale.
Cosmos: And because of that, I believe there may come a day when I can no longer condone Cosmos's arbitration.
Lucifer: Because of the conflict in your heart.
Cosmos: ...
Cosmos: Watch for the day my fears become reality.
Cosmos: As the supreme primarch, assess the singularity and Cosmos's arbitration for yourself.
Cosmos: It doesn't matter how you draw your conclusions.
Cosmos: The responsibility falls on you to determine which is better for the Sky Realm's progress: the singularity or Cosmos's arbitration.
Cosmos: In the event you deem that Cosmos must go...
Cosmos: I want you to bring judgment upon her.
Lucifer stares into Cosmos's eyes before letting out a long, drawn-out sigh.
Lucifer: Very well.
Lucifer: I promise.
Cosmos: Thank you, Lucifer.
The color of Cosmos's cheeks tint just a shade, and she offers her hand.
Cosmos: I believe a handshake is appropriate when saying goodbye.
Lucifer: I believe you are right.
Lucifer nods and grips her hand.
Cosmos: Farewell, Lucifer.
Lucifer: Farewell.
The copy of Cosmos gradually fades away, then blinks out of existence in a final glimmer of light.
Lucifer: ...
Lucifer looks helplessly at his hands.
A desolate quiet pervades Canaan.
Lucifer: The singularity... Cosmos...
Lucifer: What kind of power can flip the world on its head?
The promise made with Cosmos is an omen portending the world's potential destruction.
Lucifer: I myself harbor inconsistencies.
Lucifer: Evolution's researcher is dead, but I continue to execute my duty as the supreme primarch.
Lucifer: My adoration for the bond between mortals and primals is not impartial.
Lucifer: I take pity on the suffering primal beasts, trapped by circumstance and fate.
Lucifer: I'm seduced by this world's evolution, the cause of everything...
Lucifer: How is it fair that I be entrusted with judging Cosmos?
Lucifer: Hear me, O powerful one.
Lucifer: What do you see for a world that encompasses elements of two realms?
???: ...
Lucifer: What would you have me do? A cataclysm is coming.
Lucifer: And I'd like to ask what your intentions are.
???: ...!
Created by the Stars, Loved by the Skies - The Astral Artifacts - Chapter 4: A Glimpse of the Future - Episode 4: Scene 2
In his brief encounter with the all-powerful one, Lucifer sees the destruction of the world and singularity. Wondering if the all-powerful one wishes for the world's end, Lucifer prays for every living thing to grab hold of their own futures.
Lucifer: What have you just shown me!
Lucifer: The singularity was destroyed... And yet the world met its end?
Bahamut: ...
Lucifer: That was a vision of just one future. One single possibility among countless others.
Lucifer had been shown a scenario during his brief encounter with an almighty god.
A scenario in which the world and the singularity were both terminated.
Lucifer: Does the all-powerful one, as well as the Sky Realm, seek an end?
Lucifer: I, on the other hand...
Facing the vast empty space before him, Lucifer closes his eyes and utters a few words in an earnest, solemn tone.
Lucifer: Mortals, primal beasts...
Lucifer: May you all carve out a future for yourselves in this world...
He makes an implausible prayer that vanishes in a brilliant flash of light.