When Zelgadis woke up again, he was extremely disoriented. He knew he wasn't under water anymore, but then... where was he? Slowly, he opened his eyes. He was on the beach somewhere near the palace. He must have been washed ashore with some other rubble. Sighing, he pushed himself into a sitting position, and looked around. In the distance, he saw Amelia having a picnic lunch with two of her friends. A short redheaded girl and a tall blond guy.

"I shouldn't go over there," he said to himself. "I'm glad she's okay, but... I'm a chimera again... I can't live in the same world as a princess."

So, instead of running over there like he wished he could, he just sat and watched Amelia from afar.

Little did he know, he was being watched as well. By Rezo the Red Priest. And Rezo, being the wise man that he was, knew Zelgadis's symptoms. It was his job to cure people, after all. Work miracles. Change lives. He'd changed Zelgadis into the chimera because he said he'd wanted that. But now, it seemed he wanted something else even more. He wanted to be with the Princess. And there was only one way to cure that.

Slowly, Rezo sighed, and said to himself, "It will get lonely around the mansion when he's gone, but..." With that, he raised his staff, and pointed it at Zelgadis.

Zelgadis heard the ringing of metal on metal, and turned around. When he found Rezo's staff pointed at him, he stiffened, and his eyes went wide with shock. "What's he planning...?" he asked himself.

The orb on the end of the staff started glowing bright red, and soon the light engulfed Zelgadis as well. But this time, it didn't hurt. This time, it was a release. A permanent release. When the light faded away, Zelgadis stood there, a human once again, and forever more.

Zelgadis stared at Rezo in incredulous shock. "Why?" he asked, hardly able to get even that out.

"Think of it as an apology," Rezo told him. Then he turned and walked away, back towards the mansion.

For long moments, Zelgadis could only look after Rezo in amazement. Then, everything registered in his mind. He was human. He could be with Amelia! Zelgadis turned around, and ran down the beach to where Amelia was now sitting alone, her friends gone back into the palace. Amelia turned when she heard something, and tears filled her eyes when she saw Zelgadis racing towards her. She stood up, and met him, hugging him tightly.

"Zelgadis-san! You're alive!" she cried, tears staining Zelgadis's shirt. "I'd thought you were killed when the whirpool went away, because you sank, but you're alive! Thank goodness!"

In response, Zelgadis just wrapped his arms around her in return.

Eventually, Amelia stopped crying, and looked up at Zelgadis. "But... You're human again. What happened?"

"I think..." Zelgadis started. "I think Rezo had a change of heart." Then he smiled, and said, "If you don't mind, I think I'd like to stay here. With you."

Amelia's eyes shone with hope and joy beyond reasoning. Tears filled her eyes once again, and a smile spread across her face. "Of course, Zelgadis-san," she told him.

Then, finally, Zelgadis leaned forward, and he and Amelia shared that kiss of true love.