The research institute of the time machine, which is around 5 kilometers away from the ceremony venue.
Bill Harvey was immersed himself in the research of the time machine, that place was completely silent, a complete change from the lively ceremony venue.
A woman appeared in that place and calls out Bill.
The Pope of Puritaria, Serivia Notre Dame Paulo III.
– Good afternoon, Bill Harvey.
– What do you want?
Bill continues typing the keyboard, watching the monitor in front of him without looking back.
– Judal is giving his speech now. He became the chairman of Lunaltia Base Cooperative System. Your son has fulfilled his dream.
– I see.
His own son has fulfilled his dream and arrived at a position equivalent to a leader of a country, but the reply of Bill is short and has absolutely no emotions in it.
In the first place, he probably didn’t even know that a ceremony is being held or that the speech of his son is ongoing.
Such things are out of his interest.
– Will it be possible for me to continue my experiment with this?
The words that he shot weren’t words of blessing towards his son.
(I guess that was also an inevitable matter, isn’t it?)
Given that his son has fulfilled his dream, he himself is getting closer to the point where he can make his dream come true too.
Bill continues his words.
– The time machine has already been completed. Now I’m just adjusting it to reduce calculation errors as much as possible. I will get there before long, and I will carry out a final experiment.
– Do you intend to become the test pilot and head to the past?
– Exactly.
When Bill replied, the curtain of silence fell again in the room. Only the sound of the keyboard that inputs data is echoing.
– Unfortunately, you can’t continue the experiment.
– … what?
With a few words of Serivia that she fired abruptly, the hands of Bill stopped.
And——he turned around with an angry expression on his face.
It was at that moment.
From the hand of Serivia, a light was released.
– What do… you intend… to…?
Bill inquired, standing up while pressing down his chest where the bullet penetrated.
What meets his eyes is the appearance of Serivia who deployed armament and had a gun in her hand.
A gun she created with energy.
– If you have come this far, then I can just simply do the rest.
Smiling without evil intent, Serivia replies.
Because of the hat, he can’t see the expression of her eyes.
However, he can see only her mouth.
– No way, this is to steal the time machine from me…?
Although Bill fell from the front, he continued his words with difficulty while glaring at Serivia.
– That means, you bastard have some business with the past…. Serivia Notre Dame Paulo III…
– Your answer is half correct. But, there’s another objective for me.
Approaching her mouth to the ear of Bill, Serivia talks about her objective with a small voice.
Bill who heard such objective, spontaneously laughed scornfully.
– … that story sounds like a joke.
It’s ridiculous.
An absolutely implausible story.
However——.
– Everything is true.
Serivia asserted, without being shy.
– … in other words, my experiment was for you, you bastard… no, in the first place, we human beings exist for your advantage….?
– Yes, that’s right.
– You devil.
Bill said while smiling bitterly.
Those are his best words of opposition.
Serivia raised her mouth even more, showing a smile on her whole face.
– Is there anything else you want to say?
– I wanted to see Linis one more time. Just, that….
– Shall I pray for you to meet in Heaven? In that case, I’m sure you will be bound to meet. Now, by having an immediate death, you won’t be afraid.
– There’s no God in this world.
– Yes.
– There’s no heaven.
– That’s right.
– But I still believe that I can see Linis there.
– That is a relief.
– … I see.
Finally, with those words, Bill stopped moving.
– It appears that you were able to meet Linis Harvey.
Serivia muttered while overlooking the dead body of Bill Harvey who’s at the center of a pool of blood.
That’s because Bill looked like he was smiling happily.
– Please sleep peacefully, Bill Harvey.
After she made the sign of the cross with her fingers.
Serivia came out of the research institute with her vestments and raised the apron of her face, then moved her feet towards the spaceship created by Bill Harvey.
– There is no problem.
Although the energy isn’t filled yet, a huge reserve stone was set.
Serivia muttered, touching the spaceship with one hand.
– How long, how long have I been waiting? Thousands of years——no, I guess it’s fine to say that tens of thousands of years. After a long time, this day finally came——the time when I can return to the planet where I was born——.
She, Serivia Notre Dame Paulo III, is looking up to the starry sky, spreads both hands and raised a loud voice.