祝福のメシアとアイの塔 (Shukufuku no Messiah to Ai no Tou)

Background
Having searched for power which surpasses human intellect and mocked God, the civilization earned His anger. Once he sealed the Nine Components which make up the world in one tower, the world began its slow journey towards destruction. It was then that a Messiah and their companions climbed the tower in order to beg God for forgiveness. After earning His forgiveness, they took the Blessed Light from the Nine Components and lit the world's lifespan at the altar. What followed was-the world's lifespan was connected by the light of the Messiah, who is created every 15 years.

One day, the local seamstress of the "Village of Youth" (Miku) received a letter from the oracle of the nearby kingdom. She was destined to become the next Messiah the one who has to get the nine "blessings" inside of the "Tower of AI". The other villagers, her friends, decided to help her too, and went to the tower with her.

However, inside of the tower, they put aside their friendship and betrayed her, one by one. The Messiah realized that they were all blinded by greed, wanting to get more power by grabbing the blessings for themselves.

Finally, she reached the top of the tower alone, where the altar was waiting for her. Surrounding a stone pedestal, nine statues were arranged in a circle, holding unlit, red candles in their skeletal hands... which were suddenly illuminated.

Realizing the fate that her friends had to suffer, the Messiah understood that they were never greedy, they just wanted to protect her. They always remembered their motto, "In sickness and in health, we share joy and pain", and continued to believe on it until their death.

A ghostly figure dissapears right after the flame on the stone pedestal ignites. The Messiah finally accepts her fate, smiles for herself and reaches her hands to the altar.

This song is featured on the EXIT TUNES compilation album Vocalocreation, and Yamashizuku's own VersuS, its theme being "Hope" and "Despair".

It has reached the Hall of Fame.

Lyrics
Japanese and Romaji= IMPORTANT NOTE: Some lyrics may be attributed to the wrong singer, as there is no official log of who sings what, specially the parts with black lyrics, as they mean that some combination of singers is singing that part.


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Trivia

 * All of the villagers' professions were revealed in a Tweet by Hitoshizuku-P.
 * Before the official video was uploaded, TSO showed the 3D models of the stone statues, the altar, and the torch in his Twitter.