An Unexpected Outcome

Y-you're... you're...!

You're!! Um, possibly... maybe not entirely... correct...

Okay...

Ah, Saintess Elisa.

H-hello, Father.

Excellent timing. I was just looking for you.

Huh? Me...?

Do you remember the Aganon relic you drew a reconstruction of some time ago?

It's been approved!

Approved...? What do you mean...?

The relic that plays classical music and then explodes...!

The Priest Council was quite impressed with your idea.

Thanks to that, we'll be holding a Sacred Body Restoration Ceremony for the first time in years.

A... Sacred Body Restoration Ceremony?!

D-does that mean they're restoring it exactly as in the sketch?!

That's correct! All thanks to you, Saintess Elisa.

The other priests seem deeply moved too. They even mentioned you might be due for a rank promotion, hahaha.

W-what?!

B-but that's...

Hm? Is something wrong?

Ah, are you worried the restoration might fail?

Don't be! The Order's best technicians are overseeing it.

Well then, see you at the ceremony. Ex Machina!

Y-yes... Ex Machina...

...

N-nothing... Nothing at all...

The Council has already decided, so... there's nothing I can really say...

W-what I think?

...

That relic isn't some weapon to go out with a bang.

Its structure... and its materials...

It wasn't created just to explode and vanish from the world...!

...I want to stop it.

I want to help it return to its true form.

If only I'd spoken up sooner...

It's my fault strange theories got mixed in because I kept getting swept up in others' words...!

Huh? Y-you'd help, Captain?

But... this has nothing to do with you...

Captain...!

...

Th-then I'll go tell them!

I'll say it proudly that the relic isn't some landmine...!

It's... it's...!

A moving trash collector... born to eat garbage!

We still have time... before the ceremony starts.

If I conduct comparisons, case studies...

And prepare solid data and reasoning...

Then maybe... they'll listen to me...!

Okay...!

Thank you, Captain...!