―――その鉾は天より逆落ちた神の光。

人を神へと迎えるために、大蛇を竜へと迎えるために。

異形の国喰いとして忌まれ疎まれ、神の国より流されたかの者はその怒りを喰らい、その嘆きを喰らい、その恨みを喰らい、その身に怨念を渦めかせ、やがては国を喰らいつくす災厄へと変じるはずであった。

でもそれはとある男の一言で消え去ったのだった。

異形の国喰いにとってそれが良い事であったのか、
悪い事であったのかはわからない。

でもそんなことは二人にはどうでも良かった。
ただずっと、ずっと、共にありたかった。
ただ、それだけで良かったのだ。

そしてその願いと約束は数奇な運命を超えて、ついに果たされる事となった。たとえそれがひと時の幻であったとしても、二人は互いに声を交わすのだ。

―――出会えてありがとう、と。

そんなとある海での出来事。

The spear that fell from the heavens is the light of the gods themselves.

It was cast down to usher humans into godhood, and orochi into dragons.

The creature that was cast out of the kingdom of gods due to fear and loathing, and despised as a nation-devouring monstrosity, was supposed to feed. Everyone, including the creature herself, thought she would feed on her anger, her grief, and her resentment until her malice swallowed her whole. She would inevitably transform into the nation-devouring calamity the gods always suspected she would become.

But all that went away with a single man's kindhearted remark.

The monstrous nation-devourer couldn't tell whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. But by then, neither of them cared. All they wanted was to be together, forever. That was all they needed.

And while it took several bizarre twists of fate for it to happen, their wish—their promise—was eventually fulfilled.

Even if their newly found time together was no more than a fleeting illusion, it didn't matter. All that mattered was that they could finally tell each other what they'd always wanted to say:

"I'm glad I met you."

That...was the incident at sea.