[ With the final words falling, the ten rings thrown into the air were caught by Solomon's hands, and a dazzling golden light enveloped him.
"God… I return the grace you bestowed upon me. Omnipotence is too distant for humanity."
"I only need to do work that is within human capacity."
As Solomon opened his palms, the ten rings emitting golden light floated into the air, subsequently transforming into beams of light arrows that nailed Goetia to the Jade Throne!
"Oooooh waaah—" Goetia's pained voice echoed throughout this Temple of Time, his body undergoing a continuous self-breakdown. ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"This is Solomon's First Noble Phantasm: The Time of Parting Has Come, He Is the One who Lets Go of the World. A safety device left behind specifically targeting Goetia."
Goetia could be said to be completely countered by this Noble Phantasm to death; it was the first time they had ever seen Goetia look so terrified and fearful.
However… perhaps due to the name of the Noble Phantasm, watching the scene before them, everyone from the other worlds felt a rise of ominous foreboding.
.....
〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline〜
In the 7th Singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia—
"You forgot to say one more sentence, Solomon… No, Romani Archaman!"
Gilgamesh stared unblinkingly at Solomon's figure:
"The Time of Parting hath come, He is the One whose wish come true."
This final sentence could be considered his last blessing to Romani Archaman, this respectable 'human'…
Thinking of this, Gilgamesh, who already knew what kind of ending Solomon would walk towards, slowly closed his eyes, his thoughts drifting far away.
Solomon, this seemingly uninteresting man, did not live a single second of his life for himself! Everything started over from the beginning, yet he walked the same path again.
It was with this resolve of inevitable death—the King who was never human in life, and the Doctor who was human but never had a moment of leisure.
Two different identities, both making the same decision, resolutely throwing out the ten rings, returning them to the heavens!
"He still made up his mind, huh."
Merlin smiled helplessly, spreading his hands as if teasing:
"Yare yare, it looks like the virtual streamer Magi☆Mari is going to retire too."
It seems he will have a little less fun in the future.
"Is that really necessary? …"
Ishtar looked at the two neurotic riddlers in front of her and whispered.
Isn't it just returning to the Throne of Heroes? Withdrawing from the stage… It's nothing new.
〜A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City〜
"Omnipotence… is too distant for humanity?"
Misaka Mikoto lowered her head and murmured, then looked towards Kuroko, not far away.
King Solomon, who possessed the ten rings, just how strong was he in life that he could be described with the word 'omnipotence'? And what exactly did those eyes that gazed upon the past and future see?
"Kuroko, say, in this scene, when Solomon gazed into the future, did he see…"
Kuroko pondered for a moment, then finally shook her head:
"He should have, or perhaps he didn't. I can't really say."
Seeing Roman's hesitant and fearful appearance on the screen earlier, it didn't look like he had seen the future!
But the fact that he prepared this 'safety device"' to deal with Goetia in advance implies that he did see the future. No matter which angle you look at it, it feels a bit contradictory.
〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline, Chaldea〜
"Doctor… you will come back, right?"
Fujimaru's body was trembling slightly at this moment, as if struggling to suppress the tension and unease in his heart.
But his gaze remained fixed on Roman's face, scanning back and forth, trying to confirm his thoughts.
Facing the gaze cast by Fujimaru, Dr. Roman simply dared not look him in the eyes. At this moment, he didn't know how to answer, so he could only respond with silence.
"Is that so… I understand."
Seeing the Doctor's evasive eyes, Fujimaru's face instantly turned pale, his lips trembling slightly.
Mash, Doctor… you are all too cunning, leaving me, a human who can't do anything, all alone…
.....
[ Nailed to the Jade Throne, Goetia, whose body was constantly collapsing, issued a question that was a mix of pain and rage: "Why? Why?!"
"At this late, you want to save humanity, Solomon?!"
"You, who have witnessed countless tragedies yet did nothing?!"
Dr. Roman, whose body was gradually turning into a phantom image, looked at the roaring Goetia and sighed: "Ah, it truly is incredible. We possess the same viewpoint, sit on the same Jade Throne, and have experienced the same time."
"Yet, I have reached a conclusion completely opposite to yours. If there is a difference between us…"
"Yes, it is purely because I do not have the freedom to be angry."
"That is perhaps the fundamental reason for the difference in our existence." ]
[ .....]
〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"No freedom to be angry…"
Everyone in the other worlds silently put down the books about the Legend of Solomon in their hands. Only now did they truly understand the 'person' that was Dr. Roman!
As a King destined to be perfect, omniscient, and omnipotent from birth, Solomon never experienced human life from the moment he was born, ending his life as a King like a machine.
Roman, who made a wish to become human and started a second life, also never felt freedom.
Because of the future of humanity's end, which he saw in the interval before becoming human, it stripped him of all his freedom.
.....
〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
Listening to the conversation between the two, Illya said in a low voice: "Two people feeling together, experiencing together, yet reaching opposite conclusions. Why is that?"
Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin were both silent; they didn't know the answer to this question either.
Just then, Red A looked at Solomon on the screen and suddenly spoke:
"That is because Solomon would not use his ability to know all things to change humanity's fate, but rather to observe humanity's future. Humanity doesn't need to be saved by anyone. Only humans themselves can repair the Human Order…"
And this is the most essential difference between Solomon and Goetia!
.....
[ "Doctor, what did you do?" Watching Solomon's figure becoming increasingly illusory, Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice trembled.
Solomon turned his head with a smile to look at Fujimaru: "Just now, I abandoned everything I possessed. If this domain is King Solomon's corpse, then it has now collapsed."
At this moment, Solomon did not scatter into golden spiritrons like a normal Heroic Spirit withdrawing. Instead, his form was constantly becoming illusory, as if he were about to vanish from the world entirely.
"Because I abandoned everything I owned. This body and life will, of course, also disappear. It is what you call a suicide attack!"
Solomon spoke calmly, but Goetia became incredibly agitated, roaring at Solomon: "You, just now, abandoned the fact of yourself being a Heroic Spirit!"
"This isn't an abandonment of life, but an abandonment of your entire existence!"
"Everything created by Solomon will lose its value! This Temple of Time will lose its infinite time!"
"We, the seventy-two Demon Gods, will also return to our original state, not as a collective, but decomposing into individual Demon Gods (existences)…"
"The figure of King Solomon, the achievements of King Solomon, will never appear on the earth again!"
"You should know this very clearly. You will even disappear from the Throne of Heroes. An end that no human can reach—you have personally made your own existence completely vanish!" ]
[ .....]
『 Viewers of Countless World 』
"DISAPPEAR FROM THE THRONE OF HEROES… THAT MEANS… DEATH—!!"
In this instant, everyone who thought Solomon was simply returning to the Throne of Heroes was stunned. This so-called First Noble Phantasm was actually abandoning his entire existence!
Goetia was created by Solomon, so naturally, he could not escape this fate. It was just that to achieve this goal, the price paid by Dr. Roman was unimaginably heavy.
.....
〜Type-Moon World, Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Worldline〜
Miyu seemed unable to accept this result, her voice choking up:
"Why… Even though he did it for humanity, he never even truly felt freedom once."
At this moment, she seemed very unwilling. The Doctor had clearly been thinking about arranging his time properly and enjoying true freedom after ending this battle.
But now…
Illya's eyes were already red:
"Disappearing from the Throne of Heroes, along with the achievements created, and even his existence will be no more."
In this world, the person known as Solomon will cease to exist. Similarly, the existence of Dr. Roman will never be again. They will be erased.
〜Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline〜
In the 7th Singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia—
"…"
At this moment, Ishtar also fell silent. The development of events far exceeded her imagination.
〜Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline〜
Watching that figure turning illusory, Emiya Shirou said with some bitterness:
"I understand now why the activation chant is 'The Time of Parting hath come, He is the One who Lets Go of The World'…"
It is truly as the literal meaning suggests. The time for parting has arrived; from this point on, he abandons the world, and everything related to Solomon will cease to exist.
Artoria also appeared somewhat sorrowful:
"In your ten years as a human, in order to avoid the end you foresaw, how exactly did you spend that time in that hell-like freedom?"
Omniscience and omnipotence meant King Solomon never truly lived like a human being.
And as Roman… before he had time to feel the romance of being human, he had to start learning from zero in a human body to stop the Incineration of Humanity.
In the end, he still abandoned the wish he had once made, and once again, as King Solomon, returned everything he was, along with Goetia, back to the world.
That hell-like freedom of yours—how exactly did you spend it?
.....
(Author-san: Offering high respect to the Doctor.)