Volume 17 - Epilogue

Touka is falling to the ground but she uses electromagnetic force to land safely. She then lies on her back and is unable to get up due to using all of her power. Moroboshi shows up while carrying the unconscious Kuraudo and tells Touka good work. He lays Kuraudo down and sits on the ground near Touka. The crisis in Kyushu is over but the battle in Tokyo is still ongoing. Touka tries to get up to head there immediately but Moroboshi stops her. Everyone here has already worked hard and so they should rest for the time being. Tokyo also has Kurono and other famed knights fighting there. Touka agrees and takes the time to gaze at the clear blue sky that she managed to recover back. Everyone at the Joint Operation Headquarters in Tokyo is also celebrating over the victory in Kyushu. Itsuki orders that the self-defense force will handle the rest in Kyushu and the knights that can still move will come to support here while those who are tired should rest. Itsuki thinks Touka was wonderful in fulfilling her duty but in his point of view Moroboshi did even more prominent work. Moroboshi never made a mistake and his thorough judgements led to victory against Tendou. His skill to improve the situation with maximum efficiency is the kind of strength Ikki, Stella or others in his generation don’t have. This strength as a “leader” will be valuable for Japan in the future. But there are some people like Itsuki’s father who don’t like those who can see much more than anyone else and act on their own. That’s why Itsuki thinks people like Moroboshi need political power. Itsuki is an old-fashioned man who doesn’t know how to change anymore. The next generation will need Moroboshi and so Itsuki plans to talk to him once. In the meantime, he’s focusing on the current battle that’s currently at a stalemate. The biggest threat is “Enterprise” and Kurono is struggling against it. Her Noble Art “World Crisis” is powerful but it has a narrow effect range of 5 cubic meters which is difficult to deliver a decisive hit on the 500 meters long “Enterprise”. Itsuki thinks they need another decisive move to break this stalemate but currently they don’t have anyone with such strength. Suddenly, one of his subordinates reports that Tsukikage has returned and is safe at Tsushima military base. The volume ends with the revelation that the person who came with Tsukikage is Itsuki's son.