The Final Visitor

We clung tightly to the ark so we wouldn’t be swept away by the torrent.

When the current calmed, we crawled up and used our empty strength to pull the other animals aboard.

Some animals were injured, but none were lost as they boarded the ark.

Exhausted, I collapsed inside the boat, spread-eagled.

“Th-this is… exhausting…!”

Spray fell like rain.

The moment it entered my mouth, it vanished as if soaking into cracked earth.

“S-so good…! Was water always this delicious…?!”

The animals were overjoyed too.

They ran and rolled around the ark, enjoying the blessed rain with their whole bodies.

Splash! Mark dumped water on me and I jumped up.

“Gwah!? Y-you did it now!? Take this!”

Inside the soaked ark, we splashed water at each other and played.

Carnivores and herbivores alike frolicked together.

The blocked main stream regained its flow, and water returned to the dried tributaries.

It looked like blood flowing through capillaries.

Withered leaves regained their shine, and bowed flowers bloomed toward the sky.

The great living being called the forest regained its breath as blood returned.

I directed the animals and shifted weight to change the boat’s direction toward a tributary.

The ark skipped an entire seven-day journey and carried me near my house.

And that wasn’t all.

An ancient tributary near my house revived as well.

The ark slid across depressions and blasted away landslides.

It even opened a river right in front of my home…!

“A river… actually formed…!? Y-yes! We did it!”

Until now, watering the fields had been very difficult.

I had to fetch water from a pond some distance away.

The amount of water a person could carry was limited.

Because of that, I could only grow crops like sweet potatoes that needed little water…

“But now I can grow crops that need tons of water! Agriculture will definitely develop further! Yahoo!”

When the ark reached the front of the house, it ran aground and stopped.

I carried each animal down from the boat one by one.

“Once you leave this ark, live again as forest animals. I’ll hunt you to live, and you attack me to live.”

I watched the animals disappear into the forest until the very last one.

“Ah, finally freed from the big group. I can go back to a carefree life now.”

Mark and Tom beside me, and Jewelry peeking from my chest pocket, cried “won!”, “pyaa!”, and “chu!”

“That said… I guess I do feel a little lonely.”

But I had no time to be sentimental.

Because a crowd like a flower garden had gathered before my house.

The moment they saw me, a storm of flowers rushed in.

“Leooooo-kuuuuuuuuuuun!!”

“M-Masterrrrrrrrr!!”

Monaka and Kotone, scattering tear drops like morning dew, hugged me tightly.

Their attendants bloomed around me as if surrounding me.

“L-Leopin-kun, what were you thinking!? Doing something that dangerous!”

“Nin. Seems the ninjutsu I taught was useful. But tomorrow we fight to the death.”

“To shatter such a boulder without a sword… Hmph, I don’t even know what to ask anymore.”

Akemi watched from a distance with a sensual sigh.

“Ufufu… honestly… how much more excitement are you going to put me through?”

Farther away behind a tree, a small chef hat popped in and out.

When Kurumi timidly peeked and met my eyes, she ducked back with a squeak.

Time rewound a little.

At the moment the second miracle of Leopin’s ark occurred, the residential district fell into panic despite no disaster happening.

“GYAGYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?!?”

The principal and vice principal screamed as if pierced by divine lightning.

Students fell to the ground in fear of judgment.

“N-no no no no, impossibleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”

“This can’t happen! He broke the rock, built a boat instantly, and survived the flood…!”

“This is a dream! A hallucination that trash is showing us! Otherwise… otherwise…! U-uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

Screams of collapsing sanity erupted everywhere.

Monaka and Kotone wiped each other’s tears with handkerchiefs and stood up holding hands.

“Kotone-san, let’s go to Leo-kun!”

“Yes, Monaka-sama!”

Around the students, bodyguards and guards formed a formation preventing early departure.

It was meant to force Monaka and Kotone to watch Leopin’s death… but—

Now the encirclement meant nothing.

Everyone had witnessed Leopin’s miracle and completely collapsed.

“N-no way…”

“If I joined the guard and helped dispose of that trash, my future was supposed to be bright…”

“We were totally deceived by those two…!”

“If this is exposed, we’re finished…!”

Slipping past those crushed by despair, Monaka and Kotone left the mad stage.

The pure white girls hurried away, clothes fluttering like wings.

A girl in black watched them with a determined expression.

—If I follow those two, I might…!

Y-yes! Now’s the chance! If I miss it, I’ll never again see Leopin…!

The girl tried to leave her stunned classmates.

But she couldn’t even take the first step.

Because—

…DOJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!

A thunderous sound like a demon’s shout rang out.

And Weiss appeared gallantly on stage… accompanied by a band for some reason…!

“Fuhahahahahaha! A hero appears at the very end…! You wicked fools who threw the academy into chaos — receive the splendid judgment of me, the Sage!”