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conversation before the final battle (kinda messy so I just list it out instead)18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOIZ6o6rdj
- Operation plan18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NrL49OTSJ
- Zaveid & Beta & Maotelus18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYPCPi765h
- Velvet & Laphicet(Maotelus)18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw4YYfsQcD
- Sorey & Lailah18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvwldYIdVk
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- Edna & Velvet & Sorey (Edna &Eizen)18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7AQQgs4ty
- Edna & Velvet
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Ch46 The Bar before the Finale
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In a cozy dining place, people, hellions, and seraphim are having their meal together. The scene is nostalgic and dreamy, like someday in my journey with my seraphim friends, we were living together. However, now more seraphim and people involved, moreover, the hellion is also included now. This is a moment I never expected in the past but now just peacefully accepted and befriended. I thought it was because there was a Lord of Calamity like Velvet Crowe so I could accept Rokurou the Yasha that fast. Seeing Lailah is having fun while freezing the air with her puns, Mikleo and Edna taunt each other, Velvet is chatting with her old companions, somehow I would like to keep the moment forever.
Rose and Alisha are not in the dining hall, I go outside the balcony to see if they are there.
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Under the white and clear moon, white light falls on their hair and shines, they slowly turn their eyes on me as they notice they have a visitor.
The scenery under the balcony is painted with the lights from the houses and path, they seem lonely and spread since the refugees are still staying in the cave tunnel connected to the ruin, there are only fighters, supporters running down there to maintain the security and the last vitality. I would not be surprised if Rose sighed when she looked down.
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"Here catch a great view," I said.
"Yeah."
"Don't you want to chat with the people inside?"
"Not really now but I don't mind chatting with you, Sorey. Something needs me?"
Rose turned to me with a smile.
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"Yeah, something I want to ask. Velvet has told me she got some medicine ……."
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“She told you that?” Rose is surprised as she knows about it before, I felt awkward about that.
“huh?”
“....Oh….ah...Alisha, maybe you should join Rokurou.” Rose noticed my reaction and realized she said too much, she decided to have a talk with me alone. Alisha agreed and left with a reminder not to come in late to Rose.
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“I didn’t expect that she told you but I suppose this is good. As you may notice, I am the one who gave her the medicine. It seems she didn’t tell you this though.” Rose released a relaxed sheepish smile as she talked about it. Velvet never disappoints her.
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"Yeah, maybe she would not want you to be troubled. Why would you give her such medicines?"
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"I tried to convince her to run away but she insisted even with such a weak body. Then my best option is to aid her to survive and win. The medicine has its risk and I already reminded her that." Rose claimed while shrugging her shoulders and raising her outstretched hands to express her helplessness.
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"I know. She said she would take the risk if necessary, I am worried. Is there anything I could do to prevent the worst?" I claimed to be aware of Velvet's status but I am not sure what exactly may I help with.
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"I don't expect more….as she would take the risk….. The substances in the medicine would be effective once when taken in. One way to get them out is an ejection, also through blood loss. It is not possible to do it without risk. I can only think of injecting tranquilizers when it happens in the worst case."
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"But….that would…." I have heard of tranquilizers when I lived with The old doctor but it doesn't sound like a good thing to me and I feel like Velvet will hate that.
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"Up to you to decide to use it or not. You may keep it." Rose sees my concern and adds.
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“Well, everybody got your stomach full, right? I suppose no one will oppose the idea of having an operation discussed here?” Rose groups the people in the dining hall and exclaims.
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“Right, let’s confirm and report the present situation,” Eleanor said.
“Presently, under the night raid, our city wall is broken, and we lost two-thirds of our battle force. I think it is lucky that only the front line is counted but not our behind supporters. Still, optimistically estimated, we could only hold half a day under the same scale of the attack.” Rose reported the data she received and the description making everyone expressing a difficult expression.
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“The giant dragon in the air seems so strong, yet it stops making any actions after Tartarus fell down the cliff. That made it not interesting to fight it.” Rokurou talked about the giant dragon with his battle maniac perspective, making Velvet rolled her eyes.
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“That dragon cannot be ignored, the strength it held may be far more dangerous. We have seen that it took only one strike to destruct Rose’s strongest magical barrier.” Alpha suggested seriously when he was in the front line that time.
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“I would say the strength of the enemy is still unknown. As long as they may summon the dark mud to grow their army, we are losing.” Alisha added.
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“Indeed, the dark mud is a problem. So far it is interesting, we have finished its analysis. Those mud are dug from the earthpulse level and tainted with malevolence afterward. It is only teleported to the battlefield with the grand portal opened in the sky. Here my guess, lots of materials are stored in a place, treated with hellions to bleed the malevolence, it is only brought here with the grand portal thing. Thus it is not infinite and the source may be in their base.” Ophelia reported in a relatively serious manner.
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“In either way, we need to launch the raid to reverse the advantage.” Velvet said while holding her chin.
“Yes, but then we need the location of their place, do we have it?” Mikleo agrees with Velvet and asked.
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“Before the raid happened, I received the relative information and we have the information from Velvet early. We now have the exact location, building plan. We have known that there are 2 entryways, first one is from its extended portal spread in other locations, the second one is made one from the actual location on earth.” Rose stated.
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“We used the portal and enter the facility several times, I am afraid he has noticed and took action.” Eleanor analyzed.
“I like the idea to use power to smash on through. However, some places inside can’t use seraphic arte, our arte may have no effect.” Edna suggested with a smirk.
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“Maybe not every place in it cannot use our power, I mean, Tartarus needs to use seraphic arte too,” Mikleo said.
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“Would there be some devices activating?” Sorey guessed.
“I didn’t see that inside,” Eleanor responded.
“Maybe outside, we never get to see the place outside, right? I can’t think of another reason for there is no physical exit for a facility.” Zaveid said.
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“You may be right, there must be something outside he wants to hide so he uses portal as entry and exit,” Sorey said.
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“Very well, then we may use power to smash on through and destroy those things by the way,” Edna smirks and seems to agree with the plan.
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“I really don’t like that way, smashing the building would leading the enemy’s notice and we are not sure how giant the force needed to smash a hole in the facility,” Rose commented.
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“May we request Maotelus to provide aid?” Velvet asked.
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“Let’s remind you, Maotelus hasn’t intervened because this would break his oath, which would weaken, or diminish his blessing. That would lead the blessing on Sorey and you disappear too.” Ophelia explained.
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“...Hmm, maybe he can do that in a certain way, he uses the mana cannon to help us in the war..” Rose said.
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“.....What? He has gotten himself involved already? Okay, forget what I said and I will say nothing more.” Ophelia blinked, then shrugged her shoulder and sighed.
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“Asking Mao to use the mana cannon is fine but it is not a thing convenient enough to be moved everywhere, the targeting range is also limited,” Zaveid said when he remembered the scale of that cannon.
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“Maybe we build a giant portal too, just transmit the attack to the destination.”
As Sorey said, people in the place blinked, that was very fantasy and they are sure the degree of the recklessness of this plan is comparable with Velvet’s plan.
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Would that be the effect of Velvet caused on Sorey? Rose wondered, well but that is not really a bad thing at this moment.
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“Interesting, I would help you guys to form that portal.” Ophelia chuckled as she heard the plan, she decided to lend a hand.
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“I realized some of the related techniques to do it, I will go with you too,” Eleanor said.
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“Okay, so our mission is basically to find out suspicious devices outside the facility and destroy it. Then we set our route to invade, destroy the important facility. The priority is the mud and then the dragon. I am fine with that, what do you plan to do with your side then?” Velvet concluded the operation plan of their raid team and asked for the plan in defense.
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“As I claimed, we may sustain the confront line half a day with the force left. Alisha and Rokurou are also reliable in buying time and we also have Maotelus too. Then I suppose it is not very despairing in that case. Though you forget an important thing, Velvet.” Rose said after considering certain factors.
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“What is it?”
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“You got to have a way to contact us after leaving here, or we don’t know when Maotelus should fire. Since I am not able to move temporarily, I would be the communicator as support to support you guys with the map you guys obtained and shared.” Rose stated.
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“It sounds cool….” Sorey exclaimed.
“As I have talked a long time ago, one of the functions in smartphone nowadays, but we just got into troubles after troubles,” Edna said.
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“I think we are soon available for that, Edna.” Sorey smiled.
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“Oh, I don’t know you guys being that ignorant when it has roughly been 2 months you live in this era. Haha, I am impressed, I would teach you guys one by one in the time after.” Rose laughed as she heard.
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“.....in the time after…” Velvet murmured meaningfully, in fact, she never considered the time after.
“Yeah, after this, we would have plenty of time, we may learn about this world together,” Sorey said cheerfully.
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“....Yeah….That would be very kind of you, Rose.”
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“Completely fine to me. Okay, I know not everyone fully recovered, and so as our enemy. Just get to rest tonight. Put your mind together and meet at the city entrance tomorrow early morning.” Rose suggested and dismissed the team.
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In the view of the extended balcony of the dining hall, in a certain corner, one girl assists the transportation of aid-resources nonstop. The casualty is large but the face shown on the girl is saying another reason for her motive, those weary warriors just are not able to notice.
Same as those warriors, the girl is also very weary, it is not wrong to say her body is overdriven. Recalling what happened, she ran as fast as she can just after hearing Rose's side situation and Maotelus's theory. She volunteered herself to supply mana to Rose. The severe extraction of mana is resulted in her coma and abnormal movement in the earthpulse together with Tartarus's teleporting arte.
Under a strong attack, Rose protected the unconscious girl yet the burning extraction of mana has result in inner damage of the mana circuit when this is her first time to use the circuit. Ignoring that weary and painful status, the girl still drags herself to work. As if it is a must, the strange persistence filled her iris.
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Having staggering steps yet doesn't plan to stop. Having heavy eyelids but still want to stay awake. All forced actions she dragged herself to are to punish herself, she is being similar to her origin. Then, finally, someone here to hold her hands, not letting her continue, she doesn’t even notice his existence.
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“Beta, you should rest.” the person said, Beta turned her head curiously to trace the source of the voice, it is from Alpha. She blinked and was surprised he came but this won’t change her mind easily.
“No, I must do something.”
"You can’t.” at the palm feeling her burning temperature, Alpha already knows how bad her body is now.
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"Don't stop me, I must..!"
As she persistently presses on the mind, another person catches her shoulder. It is not a violent catch but the power is enough to stop her from moving forward.
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"Hold on, Beta, what's happened? Can't you tell us?" it is Zaveid who asked the question. Even when he has realized something from Rose, he needs this kid to speak about the problem herself.
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Different from his usual indulgent attitude on the surface, he tackles this seriously, he is not going to let the kid be broken when he lived with her for several years.
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"I am not as powerful as you guys, so I do things that I can do." It sounds rational enough from the meaning, but he set the tone of the speech as irrational and may be irritating.
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"I know, you always like that," Zaveid recalled the time Beta faced the Mafia, and the time when they encountered hellionized and mindless Velvet, in both the time, Beta didn't give up and tried to find her role to fit in. Though Zaveid thinks it is something different this time.
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"......You overdid it, your body is overburdened, why would you drag yourself into the hard work?"
Zaveid can tell her body is overburdened, for he felt the high skin temperature from Beta, abnormally high like it may fry an egg.
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"I must…."
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"No, clear your mind and hear what your heart tells you," Zaveid adds a little power to pull her away from her cart and Alpha takes the hint immediately to take the job instead.
Beta stretches her arm to catch the cart but she can’t do it as Zaveid is still holding her shoulders. Zaveid then leads her to a bench to talk, he must admit that they don’t talk much recently.
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“Let’s talk about it. What happened?”
“........Rose….she protected me…..and she lost the ability to walk…..and I…..can’t do anything.”
It is not too late, she is willing to tell Zaveid about it. For he is the one accompanying her and takes care of her these years. Like a possibility that Velvet would not be buried by the sudden emotion if there was someone left, but surely it is not too late, whenever it can be started over.
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“..........so I must do something.” As Beta said it out, determined with her guilt obsessed her.
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“That’s much I’ve heard from Rose….” Zaveid murmured.
“Beta, it’s not your fault, you did all you can. In fact, if it is not for you who share the mana, the defensive field would not be able to support longer. You bought them precious time, so you should be proud of it.” Though someone would say 'All the disadvantages in this world are due to the lack of ability of the parties' but Zaveid thinks that is too much for a girl to bear and the thing is not exactly her business either.
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“Still….” Beta’s voice choked.
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“That was out of expectation, something you can’t control. I know you wanted to do something for Rose, but before that, you should stay healthy enough for it. You can’t fall after Rose.”
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“.....I…..” Beta catches Zaveid’s arm and almost sobs, she is unwilling to accept herself being small and weak.
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“Silly, if you wanna cry, then cry. You are a kid and crying is your right.” Zaveid pulls Beta into his arms and hugs her carefully in a comforting way.
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“You’ve done a good job.” He smiled, gently caressed, and stroked her head, caressing the stubborn child.
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The scene lasts long enough to wait for Alpha back there, the boy doesn’t know the exact meaning, but he has a warm feeling inside his heart, and he slowly walks towards them.
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“Have you cooled down? I planned to visit Mao, by the way, let’s go together.” Zaveid suggested as he truly felt Beta’s status being more stable.
“I think he’s studying and he is gonna need you in, Beta,” Zaveid added.
Beta blinked, slowly nodded, and followed after.
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"Welcome." Maotelus presents with his little boy image, he smiles friendly when he sees Beta's visit.
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"I heard you went to help Rose, Beta." a helo lit up in Mao's eyes like making analyzing arte and he noticed the problem existed in her mana circuit, pondered what action caused this.
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"Right, but."
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"That was brave, for an ordinary person to go to the most dangerous place in the battlefield to help. Well done." Maotelus noticed her self-blaming trend and he didn't let her continue, he cuts it off with his honest opinion instead.
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When he saw the girl, he was curious about her having the same appearance as Velvet, for her possessed the sync wavelength with him. Zaveid has told him about that, for she's a clone based on the fragment of Earthen Historia, that may be the reason he felt they are connected. The girl is similar to the important person to him while himself a similar person to Velvet's little brother. The reason for the linkage is just that simple but Maotelus would treasure it.
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The girl is similar to Velvet and she is upset, Maotelus cares about her and felt upset when he sees her upset. Somehow sarcastic, Maotelus is doing it like the moment when Velvet named him with her brother's name, he is showing kindness because she is similar to Velvet. Though this is also what causes Maotelus to remind himself that they are different people, not anyone substitutions, and the mind he wants to help her unchanged.
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Beta doesn't respond, maybe she can't come up with a good answer and she doesn't change her mind fully either.
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"Anyway, I need your help, Beta," Maotelus asked for a request directly.
"Yes?" Beta blinked as she heard it, she doesn't expect the empyrean would need one ordinary person to help.
"I would need Alpha to aid me too. Let's start by treating your overheat mana circuit." He said and added: "I want you to be the 'Pilot'."
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"O.okay, if that is what you need me to do."
The girl just receives the request with her determination to help Rose.
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Just after the discussion, Velvet can't sleep and of course, she would go to have a talk with Maotelus. It has been a while since the last time they talked. Velvet hasn't heard about where Maotelus would be and everyone doesn't know about it. All she got is the hint of doing something about 'man's romance' from Zaveid. This doesn't stop her from finding Maotelus, she would just find him by feeling Mao's special domain.
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"Take me a long time to find you, Laphicet."
"Velvet? Why would you come?" Maotelus immediately stops his job and presents with his boyish form once he recognizes the old voice.
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"Just pay a visit, can't I?" Velvet made a small smile as she saw Phi being cheerful.
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"Nope, I am glad that you come." the Empyrean answered overjoyed.
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"What are you doing?" Out of curiosity, Velvet still wants to ask what his work is. Zaveid's answer just makes it mysterious, say the man's Romance.
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"Some preparation for the next battle, but I won't deny there go my playful mind in too," Maotelus responded a bit sheepishly, seeming doesn't want to reveal it at all.
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"As Zaveid told me...the Romance of men." Velvet shakes her head slightly, maybe she would never get to know what that means. And she will just stop asking if the boy just doesn't wanna tell her.
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"Phi, the fight will be very fierce. Don't hesitate, let nothing behind." Velvet said the line she wanted to tell him mainly directly. She knows the fifth empyrean concerns about her and Sorey, knowing what it takes for him to fully use his power in it, she would likely let him use his power fully. She doesn't want the boy to hold back because of such a reason, even if the blessing to the world or to Sorey and herself would disappear. She wants the boy to live. If they lose, the world is likely to be ruined, then it is no mean for the blessing last, if the Empyrean died in this, then to her, it is no meaning this world exists.
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"But that may lead the blessing on you and Sorey disappear."
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"It's fine. Humans are strong but weak creatures, it is normal to die after receiving dying damage. They don't have many chances to be reborn, you have given the chance to me more than enough. It is my life, so I would take care of it myself. Don't worry, do what you need to do. Please live, and protect the people."
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"Okay, I see, if this is what you wish…...still a plenty of time here, would you like to stay and talk with me for a little while?" Maotelus sighed, Velvet is so determined to state the request.
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"Of course, it has been quite a while we haven't talked alone." Velvet satisfied as Phi accepts her request, she doesn't have a reason to refuse to chat with her beloved Phi.
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"...Yeah, so many things happened, like a dream." Velvet added and sighed as she recalled.
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"It is not a dream, you are awake in this era and you've met different people, learning the world bit by bit."
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"Say learning, or destroying….."
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"Are you blaming yourself again? Velvet."
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"There were people living there, all the lives passed away won't come back!"
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"Yes, they won't come back but you have reduced the lives taken. You are feeling bad because you want to fix it, Velvet."
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"My feelings are not important, the result is that I destroyed their home."
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"Of course it is important. And...You did not only destroy, you saved people too."
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"Why would you lie …..Why would you care about my feelings?"
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"It is not a lie. It is because I like you so I care, Velvet."
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"........."
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"There are people helped and saved by you on your way, you must have received gratitude. One that I know-- Eternal, he is grateful that you had stopped Arthur from doing wrong, stopped his pain, and stopped him from continuing not being himself. Alpha is saved by your words too. Sorey and I felt saved by you too. Just like you have shown your kindness to us, we wish to be gentle to you too."
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"But…..that's not even my intention….I didn't do anything for them."
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"Velvet. Sometimes even if you don’t mean it, but the other person feels redeemed, it’s a kind of redemption. Even if you don’t do anything special, just maintain a normal attitude, it is already a kind of redemption. For those who are regarded as strange, for those who treat themselves as abnormal, and you treat them normally, that is your gentleness to them, whether you mean it or not.”
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“that….”
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"You are a person who understands the pain that the other person suffers even if you have to hurt the other person, someone who understands the value of life even if you need to take another person's life. You are a person who can treat people equally. I think this is a very gentle thing.”
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“…….I am not a kind person as you said.”
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"Even so, I want you to know that you are great, you are not only doing wrong things, you also saved someone somewhere. You can make corrections at any time. I will always be your companion, Velvet. Even if the whole world becomes your enemy."
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"........Yeah, I already knew that. Thanks, Phi.”
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"No need to thank me, because I love you Velvet, so I hope you can live strong and face the past."
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“I love you too, Phi.”
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“Gladly received…..but it's kinda different…..”
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“What’s different?”
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".......The love of sisters and brothers is different from the love of men and women"
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"......eh?”
“....Nothing, please be honest to your feeling.”
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“.....eh…..what…..?”
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“(sigh).....I have something to prepare, you should sleep early, Velvet. I did all I can about your inner wounds.’
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“...O...okay, goodbye, Phi.”
“Goodbye, Velvet.”
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Sorey Pov
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After the discussion, we left and spread. Rose told us to rest but I don't really feel it is real, maybe I am too tired to feel that.
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I wandered in the empty city without a target. The clips of living of the people here disappear, it feels lonely to see this. At last, I arrived at the fire trial, an old place to my past journey.
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Near the cave entrance, a group of people is transporting drinks. I have seen it a deja vu like I have seen a similar scene before. Like when I first came to the village, people are working on the manufacture of---, I wonder if this is a similar drink.
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As I have raised the question, those workers answer that here is the place to manufacture Energy drinks. Many people are required to work overnight, they are urging for this drink so they are delivering it.
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I suggested lending a hand and they requested me to deliver it to the workers in the ruin connected with the fire trial.
Interviewing the person doing the delivery with me, it seems that the drink is also produced from ……, although it may also lead to an addiction, it can be stopped with self-effort, sounds like it is improved with a better recipe. This may as well be a kind of advancement of humans, they are trying to use all the resources that can be used to reach the best result, even to use the toxin. It is said that the drink would energize the body to the extent that it may lead to insomnia if you drink it at night so they don't let me try it, not until necessary.
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As we deliver the goods to the near area of the fire trial, those are the outermost cells altered to be the caves and passages connected to the fire trial, may as well grow the volume of the refuge chamber. Since the volume is much larger than in the past, the temperature is not as high as the time I went here as the Shepherd.
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"Isn't that Sorey-san?"
"Lailah!"
"What are you doing here?"
"I am delivering the energy drink with this guy and learning about it by the way."
"I see, that is just like you. May I accompany you?"
"Sure."
………...
"Because you couldn't sleep, you walked around, and then you came to the ruins at the first spot. It's really like Sorey."
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"Hmm... It seems that it is really like that as you said it."
"Sorey-san is rarely alone though."
"Others have things they want to do. Velvet went directly to Maotelus. Zaveid and Alpha were worried about Beta so they went to her. Rose and Alisha immediately went to deploy a defensive line. Mikleo is interested in what Maotelus is doing. He went there to explore. He said that although he wanted to take me with him, he said that I am a human being who must rest."
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"Haha~ As a result, Sorey-san came here to explore."
"I didn't plan to explore, just take a look." I scratched my head to express helplessness.
As I walked, I felt that this place was full of memories. During the trial of the flame, Lailah snatched the sword of flame that I planned to burn on my face, and she burned it on her own face. This picture is still vivid today. At that time, she told me not to bear everything alone.
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In the end, I didn't manage to do this well, but now I have one more person around me who is accustomed to carrying all the mistakes on her back. Maybe I have to lead by example and tell her not to carry everything alone.
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"Please sign your name here." As we arrived at the place, I asked the respondent to sign his name on the paper, it is claimed to be necessary to the energy production group. I am then placing the boxes of drinks to the assigned position.
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"Look! It is the big brother with the strange cape!" maybe it is because of the recognizing glyph on my cape, the children recognized me.
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"Really? Yeah! I saw him on the broadcast."
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"Hey! Big brother, how did you do that? Like do-kan! Tsu-kan, heya! And then the dragon die!"
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"Eh, no, how do I explain…."
"Wow, you a famous person here, maybe you should stay here to accompany those kids a while. I will return with the paper myself."
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"How about the rest of the drinks?"
"We have enough manpower here, we don't really need someone to help, and I don't want to hinder you from getting along with this beautiful lady. Have a good time!" my temporary co-worker waved his hand and left.
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"Well…" I barely explained anything before he left.
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"Sorey-san, you have your important job tomorrow, so I think this is a good idea."
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The kids seem more excited than usual as they see someone come to the refuge. The outside news is not reaching them and lots of people are worrying. However, the broadcast victory last time still helps to calm their malevolence. For being here for a while, I think they may be depressed, especially the kids, so we have tried our best to entertain the children, finally, get them to sleep.
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"The city is wonderful, people and seraphim just work and live together in harmony." Lailah sighed emotionally as she saw all the kids finally slept.
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"If you feel tired, stay here to rest a while. I am sure Rose would be very welcome."
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"I guess I would gladly take your suggestion."
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Velvet Pov
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This night is filled with various noise the day time but not annoyingly noisy, forming a good ratio with the silence part
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The way back to our house seems to be a long way under the dusky street lights. I am not exactly in the mood to sleep and I choose to walk around. It isn't my intention to meet some strange guys on my way though.
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"Yo, isn't that Velvet? What's ya doing?" the strange man greets.
"What do you plan to do with the answer? Zaveid."
"Come on, just a friendly question."
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Well, I don't really mind telling him like I am wandering around since I don't want to sleep now.
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"Oh I see, I see… You are gonna get cold if you wear like this to walk outside."
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"Thanks for your concern but it is my line, I already feel cold when I look at you," I smirk and taunt at his half-naked appearance.
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"How cold~"
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"So….you don't plan to tell me what you are doing after asking me?"
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"I will answer if you are curious."
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"What were you doing?"
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"Well, I have talked to Beta for a while and visited Maotelus with her. The kid has business with her and I leave her to be with him." That's a rare time I see he is worrying for a moment.
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"Mmm, I just talk with Phi too."
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"Then we meet not by chance," he chuckled.
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"Is Beta being alright?" Recalling what happened on the battlefield, I suppose the girl is having a hard time. She did help me one big deal on rescuing Sorey, it is only right to be concerned about her status.
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“...that kid blames herself on letting Rose hurt badly because Rose lost the ability to walk after protecting her. The doctor said it is temporary but Beta doesn’t believe that. She is getting better after Maotelus and me talking to her.”
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“Good to hear that….You are surprisingly good at taking care of kids.”
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“It has been years, now that you say, hehe.”
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Silence lies between us under the starry sky, let’s admit there aren’t many common topics between us two, but there is one thing I should say to him.
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“Zaveid...that day, I used your true name without permission…… I am sorry.” I took one deep breath before I say the sentence, I am not really good at or used to say such a thing, but I know it is necessary.
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“It is fine.”
“......I have been told that the true name is very important to seraphim, you shouldn’t be fine with that easily.”
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“So you want me to be mad with you?” he raised one of his eyebrows and asked and I don't know the answer.
“.........”
Seeing my silent response with the dead face, he gave a light sigh and said: “...Okay, okay, I was shocked and mad at first but you seem to treasure it enough to remember it all the time, and I am sure you don’t use it for bad reasons, so I am fine with that.”
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"...it could be just your imagination."
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"Maybe, but I believe it, and you are reliable as a companion. Well, don't make me say embarrassing words."
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"Okay...then I will use you when I need to." not sure how to respond with that trust, I choose to say the line that fits me.
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".....It is fine to say you will rely on me, isn't it?" he smirked.
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".........it is embarrassing." after a while of silence I turned away and responded with a low volume, he caught the line and just chuckled sheepishly:
"...hehe, fine then, use me if you need."
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Edna POV
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The night is silent, somehow induced loneliness and thoughts. A roof is a good place to enjoy a great view and to have a silent moment. As Zaveid claims, I agree with him.
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Far from our guest house, I looked at the sea under the moonlight, silently waved up and down. Leading an old wish floated up in my mind.
I wished to see the sea, that a simple wish I hold when I see every time my brother being so excited to talk about the sea.
To mention its beauty, being wide and vast, sometimes peaceful and sometimes fierce. He said it is a mystery he would like to explore forever, he became a pirate for his dream, even when he would always drown in water.
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“............I hope you see the sea one day. It is cruel and terrifying when it comes to storms, but also wide, mysterious, and peaceful. You always find something new in it.” The last time he talked to me in person, he showed his passion towards the sea, his blue eyes shined as he said.
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He said that he wanted to go see it with me one day but I know he would never come back as long as the Reaper's curse is with him.
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I wish to see the sea with my brother, all the views he has told me through the letter, see if it was really that stunning to make my brother drowning in its charm.
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Yet, the wish becomes impossible, since he turned into a dragon.
I stopped in the same place since that day, staying on the mountain I lived and I never leave, I trapped myself in this little world, staying with my brother who became a mindless dragon. I abandon my wish, as it is all meaningless with my brother.
Until a day I met an idiotic Shepherd, a rare human that I don't hate. He took me to travel with him to find a way to save my brother. That's the first day I left the place I stayed so long, but still, I didn't see the sea and we didn't find a way to save my brother other than kill. I went back to the place as the journey ended and the boy has gone.
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Age by age I pass with decades flowing like seconds, I thought I have moved on, I have become numb to things, and I have given up on my little wish but then an unexpected present comes to me.
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"......Edna, it is you here." a person climbed up the roof to see who was there for safeguarding, she relaxed once she found it was me. The black hair and cloak likely merge with the night, only her eyes like a burning flame shines. This time, I found her eyes turned soft and tender.
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"Something needs me?"
"I am just curious who is there." just after she said, another person climbed up. I don't expect there are so many weirdos who like to go up the roof.
"Oh, it is Edna." Sorey just smiled as he found me.
"Why do you come too?"
"I saw people on the roof, and I think the view on the roof must be great."
"I agree with that one," I said as I continue looking at the vast sea far away.
“If you want to see it, we may go there with you.” The former therion said, maybe she noticed that I am looking at the sea.
“........"
“Go and see it. I am sure your brother would want you to see it too." She said.
“Let's go and see it, I heard that it is amazing and we have never been to sea before. It looks brilliant when I saw it in the sky today,” The former Shepherd encouraged me to go, by the fact that want to go too.
“I don't mind go to see it with you two if you two want to go with me.” I sighed and agreed to go although I thought I don't have the wish like the old time.
Those two just chuckled with my response and followed silently. Then they dragged me all the way to the beach, one blocked by the forest a long time ago but now cleared, thanks to the battle. There are no longer things preventing me to see the sea now.
It is fine if I go there at a walking pace with them but instead I run with my friends to get there.
Mile winds blow the sense of salt and moisture into my nose, I know I have arrived.
The moment I arrived at the destination, an unexpected present opened before me. My heart beats fast not only because of the long run, but also the excitement I got.
Finally, here I am, standing before the sea you mentioned, brother.
I hear the sounds of waves patting on rocks, sometimes shattered, sometimes fierce. Every sound of waves formed like a symphony, like a heartbeat that claims it is living.
I opened my eyes and I saw the horizon there, wide, vast, and infinite making me wonder what is after it, raising an urge of exploring.
Just as you said, brother, an amazing thing to see.
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Tears drop and blur my eyes unknowingly
The color of the sea is just like the irises of my brother, deep blue, the color of Sapphire, they shine dazzlingly with the reflection of light on the horizon. As the sounds of waves claiming the life and soul of the sea headstrongly with the strong wind blowing from the sea, I felt the charm of the sea, it is just like my headstrong brother who has his unique way to live and always lives the path he chose.
My brother is no longer here, but I felt like my brother was being with me here.
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Velvet POV
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Edna, Sorey, and me sit in a row on the sand as we look at the vast horizon. The silence lasts until the one next to me lays on my shoulder.
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".....don't you know how to take care of yourself? Sorey" I sighed lightly.
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"Edna, it is getting late, we should go back," I suggested and Edna agreed with a nod.
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…..speechless, Sorey just falls asleep here. I bet Edna won't carry him on the way back, in terms of both her characteristic and body size. It would be difficult for her to carry him all the way back with such a high difference.
Without Sorey, I may have given up my life much earlier after I awakened. He never disregards me when I needed, so I can't let him be here. He is also a very important force for tomorrow's battle, I can't let him get cold because of such a silly thing.
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I tried to carry him on my back alone but he is just too heavy for me, much heavier than the weight of my little brother and Laphicet. The old doctor has said corpses and drunk men are very heavy because the muscles of the whole body relaxed and followed gravity, making them hard to carry. Maybe it is the same reason for now slumbering Sorey being so heavy.
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Even with the assistance of the squire pact and the pact with Eleanor, the strength is different when compared to my therion strength. I don't know if my strength is enough to carry Sorey all the way back from the beach to the house, but I will do it.
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"Velvet, if you need help, just ask," Edna said, her statement surprised me like she is going to lend me a hand.
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"I don't mind you carrying Sorey alone, but if you maintain a difficult face all the way, that would be a nuisance." and it is a very Edna-style answer.
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"Yes, I can't really carry him, do you have any idea?"
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"You armatize with me and we carry him together. I bet it takes you a whole day to carry him back."
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"I would gladly take your suggestion."
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With the strength of earth armatus, we finished the way back with Sorey quite fast, just after put down Sorey in his room, we went back to our room respectively. I am finally feeling tired that I want to rest, however, things just are not so pleasant. Just as I opened my room door, I found a stranger just occupying my room. Oh, actually, it is Ophelia who lay on my bed like a sleeping dog, left no space for me, and she smells like some drunkards.
Is she doing this intentionally? It is a question I don't bother to think about. It doesn't matter now, I'm too tired to care.
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Silently closed my door, I planned to seek help from Eleanor. However, just before I knock, a male voice rings-- Rokurou's voice.
Just that I thought the time between the two alone isn't long, the recent continuous incidents must have made Eleanor tired. She loved to drag herself to the edge of the extreme, Rokurou may be able to stop her with that. I would rather not bother their time so I gave up on knocking on the door and turned away. For how they spend the time in the room, it is not my business and I am not interested.
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I walked away and I found myself standing before Sorey's room as I awoke from the daze.
As if inertia causes me to walk to the room of the next person I trust.
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Indeed, I am sure he won't refuse or say he won't refuse the request from everyone, and he is sleeping.
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One second I want to ask myself 'what the hell are you thinking to come to a room of a male?!'.
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I hesitated before Sorey's door, surely I am tired, but entering a room of a male is too irrational. It would be troublesome the next morning, I tried to come up with another option.
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'Velvet, if you need help, just say it.' Edna's line came to mind, maybe I should ask her.
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I walk to Edna's room and knock lightly.
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"Who is it?"
"It is me, Velvet."
"Velvet? What are you doing out this late?"
I tried to explain the case briefly that a drunk seraph occupied my room and I can't rest there.
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"I see, so you are asking for a place to rest."
"Yeah, the floor is enough."
"No, if you need to rest, use the bed," Edna suggested as she pulled me to the bed. She lied on the bed and left barely-one-person space, suggesting I sleep there.
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"Is it fine with you?" I ask for some reassurance.
"Yes, and I want you to listen to my request."
I looked at Edna's blue eyes, sought a sign of loneliness lying below indifference.
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"Okay."
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"Hug me while sleeping."
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"Alright." I followed Edna's request and hug her on the bed, like how I hugged Laphi in the past. The nostalgic memories came up.
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Edna rubbed into my bosom in my not-too-tight-or-loose hug, catching my waist lightly with her tiny thin hand.
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She slowly talked after a certain silence.
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"A long long time ago, Eizen hugged me like this, and we slept together."
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"I see."
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"I thought of Eizen when I saw the sea."
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"I know."
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"I recalled a feeling I thought to be forgotten."
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"You are lonely."
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"Yeah…." unwilling to be left out, Edna buried her head into my bosom, I heard her killed sob. Seeing her momentary weakness, I hugged her tightly unconsciously.
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"Even today, I would think of my little brother, my sister, my family. Recalling the happy life we used to have. Even at this moment, I thought of my little brother...you are not alone." I feel like I should say something to comfort her.
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Edna's small body, which was trembling slightly because she wanted to suppress her grief, stopped suppressing after receiving this message and cried aloud in my arms.
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"I missed Eizen."
"Yeah."
"I wanted to live with him again."
"...yeah, I know."
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Unknowing the time flow, the sobbing stops, I feel a wet area in my bosom.
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"Are you feeling better?Edna?"
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"......yeah."
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"Thank you for lending the place for me to rest."
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".....I almost forget."
Edna suddenly raised her head from my bosom, rubbed upward, kissed lightly and quickly on my cheek.
"Edna…" I blinked.
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"Thank you, goodnight, Velvet."
"...Goodnight, Edna."
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Notes:
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I planned to write the final battle but it turned out to be a bunch of clips before the battle because I found something missed, like Laphicet & Velvet……….. I just noticed they haven’t talk alone after that…….Even I want to write Sorey x Velvet, that doesn’t mean I should take his chance, and I think Velvet still loves Phi too(as a family). I didn’t write it because I think I can’t catch Maotelus character, but recently I played a game and I think I realized more how a little brother loves his sister and how would they say it.
Apart from this, I wrote Beta in last chapter but I didn’t give a full description so I think I need to extend that part in this chapter. Considering her as a possibility of Velvet ‘if something didn’t happen’, I wrote her. Since I have thought of a new role for her in the next battle, so I need to explain how she gets through the emotion. (I won’t deny I am affected by some Zaveid & Velvet shot in other works.)
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and...I don't know what to draw....maybe I would draw it later
