Chapter 104

This (これ, Kore) is the 104th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Fushi finds March's handprint on a wall outside. He's taken back to when he was in Yanome with March when she first printed her hand on a piece of paper. Fushi remembers Kai telling him that if he creates bodies and cuts them loose, they can come back to life. Fushi creates March's body and sits beside it, however she doesn't come back to life. He thinks about how Messar, Kai, and Hairo came back to life but March doesn't. He realizes Bonchien knows things he doesn't.

Bonchien and Iddy arrive in the room where Kahaku is tied up only to find Kai and Kahaku there. Kai tells Bonchien that everyone's already returned to their stations. Bonchien asks if Fushi said anything and Kai says no. Iddy gives Kai a helmet and Bonchien tells him he brought it for Kai so he doesn't get abrasives into his eyes. Kai puts it on and thanks him then quickly blindfolds Kahaku. Kahaku yells at him and asks what he's doing. Bonchien tells Kai he'll handle the rest and that he and Iddy are returning back to the castle.

Kahaku smirks that Bonchien is leaving someone disposable to guard him. He tells Bonchien that when he first saw the resurrected Immortal Army he was surprised. He figures its Fushi's power that brought them back which they always thought was impossible. He asks Bonchien if Fushi knows how his resurrection powers work and Bonchien says he hasn't told him yet. Kahaku then accuses Bonchien of using Fushi's power as if it belongs to him. Kai chimes in and points out that Kahaku was just calling Fushi's powers a "demonic curse" just now and Kahaku cries out that he doesn't care about that, he just doesn't want anyone benefitting from Fushi's pain. Kahaku says that Bonchien didn't stop at just Fushi and that he even cursed the three immortals to the same fate. He asks if Bonchien ever considered how he robbed them of their humanity.

Meanwhile, Hairo stops a man from looting. He warns him that everyone was ordered to stay inside their homes. The man protests saying he never had a home and Hairo suggests he go to the church but the man says they're over capacity. Hairo threatens to take him to prison then but the man begs him to let him go. He explains that he grew up in prison, but when he finally escaped at fifteen, the world didn't want him. And now he's finally achieved freedom. Hairo gives in and the man attempts to take the loot with him but Hairo stops him and tells him to leave without it.

Messar finishes taking out all the Nokker-possessed birds and then heads to the castle. He looks for Princess Alma and finds all the castle servants treating him more respectfully. The servants take him to King Boldron's room where he finds Alma crying by his bedside. Alma tells him that the King had passed. He reaches out to comfort her but she quickly tells him that the King left a message for him: he asked her and him to support the country as brother and sister. She pushes pass him and runs away crying.

Bonchien tells Kahaku that there hasn't gone a day where he hasn't thought about the effect of his decision. He explains that he only asked the three immortals after they learned everything and they consented to it. Bonchien explains that he's refraining from telling Fushi because he doesn't want Fushi to bear the burden of it. He ends by telling Kahaku that even if Renril is destroyed, he wants to protect Fushi's humanity.

Sera finds Fushi sitting outside with March's body. She asks if the girl is alright but Fushi brushes her off and asks her to dispose of "it" for him since he has things to do. She agrees and Fushi teleports off. She's left wondering what "it" is.

Trivia

 * At the end of the original Japanese version, Fushi refers to March's body as "これ, Kore". The literal meaning is "this" rather than "it" like in the English translation. Hence the title of this chapter.