 t's nearing the end.
The atmosphere in the Town is different now. There's a hush, as if the entire world is expecting something, watching and waiting and prepared for some final outcome --
And then it happens.
The trees come surging forward suddenly, intensely, aggressively. It's a fierce attack a determined attack, branchy limbs trying to take down human and building alike in the Town. But the attack reeks, too, of desperation.
It's the last battle, the last chance to bring about a happy ending. What will you do?
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He will give Asano as long as he wishes to rest, but his eyes are pulled towards the ornate, small chest. The goal and prize of the trials.
But then, that means the third trial is upon them.
Being this close to it, Tonbokiri gains the understanding, in the magical way the town has, that this third trial is a sacrifice of memory. They can choose to forget a 'meaningful memory' or a 'relationship', but... it makes Tonbokiri nervous. They clearly will not get to choose what memory or relationship is lost.
He looks down at the chest with something approaching a glare.
"I do not understand why, at the end of all things, we must break a bond to move forward. Every memory, every person I have met here is precious to me."
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As he gets closer to the chest, the magical knowledge comes to him, too, confirming what he read about the final test.
"I know! You told us that one time how the quests that made us form bonds were the most important!"
But is it really the worst thing to have to give up? It's not like the chest is asking them to chop off a hand or something.
"I guess I don't really care if I have to give up a memory. Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll be a really bad one!"
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"That is not a bad way to look at it. The town has counted both negative and positive experiences as 'significant'. I shall also relinquish a memory."
And perhaps, if he forgets it ever happened, he will not notice the hole the town is putting in his mind.
With no further reason to wait, Tonbokiri puts a hand on the lid of the chest. He nods at Asano-dono. Together, they will be able to open it and take their prize.
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They've done it?
"We just open it now?"
He tries pulling up on the lid, and it lifts without any effort. Inside he can see a number of sheets of paper and read bits of various profiles in the jumble of pages. They're just like the one he saw already placed in the book.
"There they are!"
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He'd still had a kernel of worry lingering within him that it would not be so simple, but here it was.
The pages seem to him to be in no particular order, so he starts leafing through them, conscientiously trying to not read anything beyond the name.
It happens that he finds Asano's before his own, and he tries to lift it out of the chest, but it is stuck fast.
"Here, Asano-dono. It seems that we truly cannot take another's page."
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"Got it!"
He reads over his data intently. Until he finds a less than flattering description.
"They didn't have to put it that way!"
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"It includes objectionable details as well?"
He'll find out for himself when he at last finds his page. (It was among the very last pages he checked!)
Standing as he glances over the information, he is surprised at the through detail. Some of this he would consider confidential to Aruji alone. And--!
"While true, they certainly did not have to put it that way." Enough of that. He places the page inside the front of his vest, keeping it as flat as he can.
Now, for the return trip...
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"Uh...Tonbokiri?"
Maybe that "long trip back" isn't such a concern. The cliff is gone, even the woods, and they're on the edge of Chroma.
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"The town?!"
To say he is bewildered would be an understatement, but he is also immediately grateful. Not going to lie, getting down that cliff was going to be worse than going up.
"I suppose there is some good magic left in this forest yet?"
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"For once, it knows when we've been through en- Tree!" Just your basic attacking tree heading for them now that they've broken free from the enchantment. Not everything can be perfect.
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"I shall not leave your side until our pages are with the book."
And true to his word, Tonbokiri will cut his way through the trees so that he and Asano can get into town safely.
Tonbokiri shall applaud Asano for a task well done today, and that he can rest secure in the knowledge that the requirement has been met for him to return home.
(Rest well, Asano-dono! Tonbokiri has to go inquire after a certain Archer why his page isn't in the book yet...)