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Yoshyo helped her walk to the bench just beside the unit device to grow the tree. Airi was breathing roughly with excitement and anxiety.
'Are you all right?' asked Yoshyo.
'Yes. I'm sorry… I'm so… sorry…'
'What were you trying to ask to the Royal tree, to Funaho? If you do not mind, please…' said Yoshyo to Airi but she did not answer.
'Airi-dono?'
'… I want to find a God.'
Airi began to talk after a while of silence. She was confessing to Yoshyo.
'A God?'
'Yes. If possible, the Three Goddesses.'
'Did you say the Three Goddesses?'
'Yeah. May be it's better to say as a high dimensional intelligent life form. … Because of their power, they are called as Gods even now in this developed world. Especially…'
'In religion.'
'Yes, your right. A high dimensional intelligent life form has been reported several times in the past but they hardly show up in front of us. I have studied in the Galaxy Academy and found that even from the data collected from the relic of the prehistoric civilization, there are only 28 examples of encounter. However, among high dimensional intelligent life forms who have surpassing powers, I found that it seems that there are three Goddesses who have far more power and special ability.'
'…seems?'
'Yes. Gathering the information from the prehistory civilization and formulating them, it's possible to divide them into three patterns.'
'It is a bit unclear expression. Is there not enough information written on it?'
'No. The experience of the encountering with other high dimensional intelligent life forms is known quite concretely. If not, it wouldn't be admitted as an encounter.'
'Then…'
'We have. We do have the data,' said Airi interrupting Yoshyo's words. 'We have the data, that we can't cognize them.'
'Cannot cognize?'
'Yes, that's it. They do exist there, but they don't. We could see them but they did not exist there. It is written clearly so,' Airi said so and waited for Yoshyo's reply.
'…The Light Hawk Wing…'
Airi nodded to his words. The LHW is not detected as any kinds of energy patterns, but it exists as a "Light" there in reality. She wanted to say that the LHW, which could be created by the Royal trees higher than the third generation, is the expression of the Three Goddess.
'Sometimes science makes an unmerciful result. The action trying to know the truth destroys the truth itself. The Gods having their veil taken away, lost their powers from man's heart. And for exchange, mankind had to do what they had done for us. Gods are eternity, but we are not. One might have a great charisma but he will one day die. If he dies, he will no longer be a God.'
'You are talking about the former hierarch, aren't you?'
'That's right. My great grandfather spread the teaching of Airai through the galaxy and made it the largest religion *. But to maintain the huge reign, it is indispensable to have a powerful idol. The hierarch conference first looked for it in the blood. They made a hero of my grandfather and my father as one taking over great grandfather's charisma. But you see, parties began to be built inside the conference and then it started to get difficult keeping this system. They tried to apotheosize my great grandfather and create a new God, but this is possible only if there is an absolute God. That is why the conference sought for an absolute idol, an explicit God…they wanted the Jurai's Goddess, Tsunami.'
'…!!'
It was exactly a shocking confession.
'You don't have any believer of Airai in Jurai,' said Airi. 'But that's natural. You have a real God in Jurai. That's why the conference tried to mission in Jurai. And thought to make Tsunami the God of Airai.'
'- You too Airi-dono?'
'When I was in Airai, I did think so, too. Tsunami is the God of Airai and Jurai is engrossing her only for themselves.' This was Airi's confession. It got hard for her to look at Yoshyo in the face and she turned away.
'But when I came to the Galaxy Academy and met a lot of people and those whom I have hated or disesteemed were very kind to me and - my point of view just fell down. I was embarrassed for what I have wanted to do, and for the lie, which the conference was teaching to the people. Isn't it funny? We started this to protect the church and then the process just turned out to be the object, although it was versus to our discipline. But this is all because we don't have a real God.'
'Is that why you wanted Tsunami?'
'Tsunami-sama is Jurai's. It will only be a reason for conflict. Then we can just look for one of the other two Goddesses and may be Tsunami-sama knows something about it, I just thought so… But it's all over… Funaho-sama also thrown over me… ' Airi holding back the tears sobbed with her hands on her face. She was between her home country and her friends and distressing by it, noticing so Airi looked sweet to Yoshyo and he gentled her hair.
And Funaho felt the same way as Yoshyo did.
"Airi, Airi…please don't cry."
The voice of Funaho coming into their minds was sad as if she synchronized with Airi's feelings.
'…!' Airi lifted her face and looked up at Funaho.
'Airi-dono. Funaho is not a God. No, even though she may have the power as a God, she cannot be the God you expect and she will not desire to be one, too. The first Jurai King who met Tsunami said like this. "We have become friends."'
'…Friends? With Tsunami-sama?'
"Airi, Airi, please don't cry."
To Funaho's worried voice, Yoshyo lifted his hand and told her it was all right. 'Airi-dono it is the same for us, Fuhano and I. We became friends. … And just now too she did not put you away, she was just surprised, suddenly begged. Yes, that's right, just like a doggie hiding behind a shade…and then got worried about you and put her head outside.'
"Airi, Airi … don't cry … Airi"
The pulsation of Fuhano's pure grief to Airi came into Airi's heart and the pressure in her slowly disappeared.
"Airi, Airi…"
'Don't cry, Funaho. I'm all right now…see?' wiping her tears Airi was not cheering Funaho.
"Really? You won't cry anymore?"
'Yes, I'm all right, I am,' said Airi smiling to her.
"Tee-hee. Airi laughed," giggled Funaho.
To funaho's tickling pulsation of joy, Airi smiled brightly. She found that the dance of the lights of Funaho started again.
'It's so beautiful, Funaho.'
"Airi laughed. Airi…"
Airi threw her arms above and lights gathered around her. Funaho was not a God but the lights surrounding Airi was God's miracle itself.
"…Once it starts it goes on forever," watching them Yoshyo smiled.
Slowly a melody started to flow in.
The song of silva of Funaho covered Airi.

* AIRAI: The largest religion in the galaxy. More information.