『なぜ彼女はあの冠を着けていたのだろう』

天の鎖は何とはなし、そう呟いた。
かつて戦った怪物。
戦う前までは友であった怪物。
地上の誰よりも―――天の鎖すらも―――上回る、
鋭利な爪を持っていた、怖ろしい怪物。
しかし、その頭には花があった。
かつて天の鎖が杉の森に植えたもの。
薄い色の小さな花。
あの少女の心を持った怪物の為に、
地の理を曲げて見せた花園。

『無垢な心は、一房の飾りだからこそ喜んだのだ』

天の鎖の傍らに立つ男はそう告げて市に戻った。
友に贈る、二つ目の冠を地に残して。

"Why did she wear that wreath?"

The Chain of the Heavens whispered to no one in particular.
A monster it once fought.
A monster who was its friend until the battle.
A terrifying monster with claws sharper than anything, even the Chain of the Heavens.
But there was a wreath of flowers on her head.
The flowers the Chain of the Heavens had once planted in the Cedar Forest.
Those tiny, pale flowers.
The flower garden that the Chain had bent the laws of Earth to create, for the sake of that monster with the heart of a little girl.

"The very simplicity of this gift reached her pure heart."

Thus spoke the man who stood next to the Chain of the Heavens, and returned to the city, leaving behind the second wreath for his friend.