106 – Circulation
It had been a really long time since I walked the streets of Jedo with Priscilla.
In the first place, just walking down the street should give you a strange sense of satisfaction.
But now, I felt a strange sense of anxiety, as if I was walking through a fog.
“Everyone looks somewhat relaxed.”
“I guess everyone noticed.”
The fact that war clouds for the first time in 800 years are looming over the empire.
The problem is that we do not know when the war cloud will strike.
A big part of that is that it is an enemy that is difficult to deal with.
“Now I feel like I can finally do something worthy of being a person who embraces the sun.”
I muttered this while looking at the street, which had a slightly calmer atmosphere than usual.
“You have always been the sun to me?”
Priscilla smiled softly and gave strength to her clasped hands.
“Everyone around you is watching, Sir.”
Priscilla was dressed up as a commoner anyway, so what did it matter? She seemed more active than usual.
Watching that lively figure made her feel a little better.
“You’re that old woman, right?”
Priscilla asked that question while eating the ice cream I bought.
At such an important time, they talk about going out on a date.
It’s hard to believe that there is something there.
But I didn’t know that he would hit the old woman so quickly.
She was still a person with an unusual sense of humor.
“Did Max from Situational Drama say that?”
“… “I didn’t have time for that?”
“I was just trying to change my mood.”
As I said that and tried to get up from her bench, Priscilla suddenly grabbed my arm.
“It’s important to change your mood!”
Perhaps it was because Priscilla suddenly pulled her arm, but her posture became awkward.
The posture was as if they were staring at each other, as if kissing.
“Eight.”
Priscilla dabbed ice cream on my cheek.
“Ah… What a waste….”
And then, acting very awkwardly, he licked the ice cream off my cheek with his tongue.
“Mom! “Those people are giving me kisses over there!”
“Shhh!”
Pedestrians who were passing by saw us like that and started making a fuss.
“W-I guess it’s summer?”
Priscilla must have been aware of those gazes, so she used her hands to cool down the heat on her increasingly heated face.
If you’re embarrassed, don’t do it.
He was truly a fun guy.
“Yes, just as you said, I came to visit the old woman.”
“He was a person who made strange prophecies… ?”
“There is a saying that you see as much as you know. “There is a high possibility that he is a very special person.”
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“A special being?”
“A transcendental being who can communicate with people…. “I think it might be something like that.”
Priscilla gently took my hand with a slightly complicated expression.
“Max.”
“What is it, Sir?”
“Was there something extra written on the last page?”
Priscilla asked that question while looking at the passers-by on the street instead of me.
She had a calm expression, but her hand holding my hand was shaking slightly.
[It is time for the final choice, Seventh Sun.]
There was definitely that phrase written there.
But nothing has been decided yet.
─ Where the sun rises, a shadow is created. It’s nature’s way, so don’t be afraid. All you need to do is follow the path led by the red thread of fate. Ho ho ho….
Okay, for now, let’s trust in the red thread of fate.
“It was written down.”
“That’s….”
“They told me to cheer up.”
“Yes?”
“He said that if you have worked hard until now, you can do anything.”
I gently kissed Priscilla’s forehead, who looked a little anxious.
“Let’s walk along the path guided by the red thread of fate.”
As I said that, I held up the little fingers of her joined hands.
Then Priscilla smiled softly with a slightly relieved expression.
“The red thread of fate….”
Priscilla said and touched her handkerchief that she had kept in her bosom.
It seemed as if he was gaining courage through him.
“Yes, if it’s too late, the old woman might come home from work.”
“hehehehe. Do transcendental workers also leave work?”
“The transcendent is also an intelligent being. “I guess the desire for recess is the same.”
As we were walking down the street, chatting casually, the old woman’s fortune-telling shop we were aiming for gradually came into view.
“It seems like the door is closed… ?”
The door was closed.
But for some reason, it seems like there is an old woman in here.
With that in mind, I knocked on the door.
Then the door opened naturally, as if asking us to come in, and let us in.
It was the moment when I became convinced that the old woman was a being with special powers.
“I’ve been waiting for you, Seventh Dawn.”
The old woman welcomed us, still wearing her faceless robe.
“… “Who are you?”
I asked that question as Priscilla and I sat down in front of the old woman.
The old woman looked at me blankly and smiled slightly.
“Hohohoho… As you can see, I am a fortune teller, Dawn.”
The old woman said this and touched the crystal in front of him.
“What do you want to know?”
The faint light flowing from the crystal illuminated the room.
I could feel the familiar warmth from that light.
“I want to know a future where everyone is happy.”
“You are very greedy.”
The old woman looked at me as she said that.
Yes, I am greedy.
So, I would like to dare to ask you, who led me here.
Is there no way?
“Everything comes with a price, Dawn.”
I know.
It won’t be an easy path.
Still, I didn’t want to give up.
“I will cheer on the two people who arrived here according to the guidance of fate.”
The old woman said so and stretched out her hand towards us.
It was that moment.
The fleeting fragment that had been safely stored in one’s bosom floated in the air and was sucked into the old woman’s hand.
The fleeting piece that was emitting only a small amount of light began to emit brilliant light and illuminate the surroundings.
It was as if he had finally found his owner.
“Nothing in the world can escape the great cycle.”
As she said this, the old woman unfolded the fragment of a moment.
The fleeting piece that was just a notebook began to circle around us, shining brilliantly like glass.
In the sculpture, the scenes seen in the sanctuary began to be glimpsed one by one.
“Ugh… !”
Priscilla stood in shock, covering her mouth with both hands and widening her eyes.
There, I was reminded of Priscilla’s final moments as she met her death by my sword.
“If something breaks out of the cycle, something happens to purify it.”
Saaagh.
When the old woman waved her hand, a new sight came into view.
“This…” .”
A huge being with a body covered in pure white scales, as if carved from marble.
It was a dragon, a creature known only in legend.
Dratus, the legendary dragon who lent his strength to the Emperor when he fought the shadow of the end.
Is it really that thing?
You mean that wasn’t a myth or a legend…? .
Dratus was looking down at the small boy in front of him.
I couldn’t hear any voices, but it felt like something was being said.
The boy was shouting something in front of Dratus with his hands outstretched.
It was a truly sorrowful and earnest cry.
‘Is it a feeling of pity…? ?’
Dragons are creatures close to reptiles.
Reading emotions on that face is a very difficult task.
But for some reason, I felt pity for the dragon that I thought was Dratus.
Wooow.
A small cluster of light came out from the dragon’s body.
It may be small in size, but the power contained within it was something beyond human perception.
Cow wow.
I felt tension in the hands that were touching.
It seemed like this sight wasn’t just a fantasy that I could see.
The appearance of the dragon that gave the boy a small beam of light began to slowly change.
The scales, which were once as white as marble, began to turn a dull color, as if they had not been able to withstand the ravages of time.
The dragon looked down at the embarrassed boy and muttered something.
It seemed like he was comforting the boy by telling him it wasn’t his fault.
Then the boy looked up at the dragon and shouted something.
The boy who cried out so mournfully was enveloped in a group of lights and dispersed like fog.
Then the dragon curled up his body and closed his eyes.
It looked peaceful, as if it were taking a nap.
“Is this part of purification?”
“Yes.”
That boy is clearly His Majesty Arun, the first emperor.
Is it possible that His Majesty Arun borrowed the power of a great being to solve a situation that no human could possibly handle?
“This is your last chance, Dawn.”
After saying that, the old woman gently took Priscilla and I’s hands.
An unknown and mysterious power was felt in his wrinkled hands.
“I hope the future that these two people envision is a slightly better future than the present…. “This old woman is praying.”
As if responding to the old woman’s words, the fleeting pieces began to surround us as if blown by a gust of wind.
“Wait! “I still don’t know the correct way”
“It’s okay. “Your Majesty will be able to find a way.”
The old woman smiled as she said that.
In order to keep my consciousness from fading away, I focused on the warmth I felt from our joined hands.
“Priscilla… !”
“Maxi, Milian… !”
“Please come back.”
The old woman said this and waved her hand at the two of us.