“Clana.”
“Even in my dreams, I wanted to ask you to forgive me, but you never appeared in my dreams. So I thought I would never be forgiven or even apologize…”
“Clana, calm down.”
Frey, who was looking at Clana with a soulless expression on her face, stopped her, and Clana, who was desperately continuing her story, quickly shut her mouth and began to look at Frey.
“Ha… Anyway, this is an ordeal, and when it’s over, everything will go back to normal…”
Her arrogant and dignified appearance disappeared somewhere, and Frey sighed and muttered as she looked at her long-destroyed due to excessive stress and trauma.
“Yes, yes? What did you say?”
For some reason, his words just didn’t reach Clana.
“It’s nothing. By the way…”
However, Frey didn’t care about such anomalies, looked at Clana and opened her mouth.
“…why is that hand doing that?”
“Ahhh…”
Then Clana started talking with a terrified expression on her face.
“All, you… the time you cut your body… the time it pokes your heart… the feeling of when Serena-san was drooping in my arms… it won’t go away…”
“…okay.”
“Hey, hey, hey! Now, I’m wrong… I’m wrong.”
As she reached out her hand, Clana was terrified and wrapped her arms around herself.
“Ah, ah, ah… sorry, sorry…”
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Eventually, she hurriedly bowed her head and apologized, and I quickly grabbed her hand, not wanting to repeat such a vicious cycle any longer.
“Hey!?”
Clana began to flinch as she felt the warmth of her hand, and Frey looked at her and began to talk.
“Even though I can’t touch you… I can use some of the mana of the stars, so I’m glad I can give you this kind of warmth.”
“All, you…”
“So, have you calmed down a bit? Princess?”
“You are… a real Frey…”
Only after realizing that the stellar mana she felt only from Arya was wrapped around her hand, Clana knew that the person in front of her was the real Frey.
“Uh, how did you reappear…? Did you resurrect…? Is it ancient magic…? Or is it really a ghost…”
“…I can’t tell you that. I want to tell you, but I can’t get it to you.”
Frey, who answered Clana in a low voice, immediately started talking with a serious expression on her face.
“But what’s certain is that I’m the real Frey… I’ve come this way in front of you, even for a limited time.”
“ah…”
Clana heard those words and said in a trembling voice.
“By the way, recently, other people have been like that… that you appeared in a fantasy or dream for a short time…”
“I explained it that way to most people, but I thought that deceiving a guilty person like you would have an adverse effect.”
“Ahh…”
Hearing that, Clana’s eyes began to tremble.
“You mean… after all, you’re going to disappear sooner or later, don’t you?”
“……..”
She asked, but Frey remained silent, just staring intently at Clana.
“Frey… I… I…”
But Clana knew the answer to the question she had asked.
“I’m sorry… Ugh.”
That’s why Clana wanted to do what she had dreamed of for a long time, and what she wanted so much.
“Ugh…”
When he couldn’t open his mouth, he made only an unsightly moan.
I don’t know what happened, but even though it’s my last chance to apologize to the real Frey who appeared in front of me.
And even though it’s the last chance to get forgiveness from him.
Do you have the right to apologize to yourself? The guilt and remorse of whether she has the right to ask for forgiveness after ruining the world and everything else has grabbed her ankles so strongly.
“Sin… sorry…!”
But if she doesn’t apologize here, she’ll go to hell and she’ll never apologize again to Frey, who will be in heaven.
So Clana tried her best to apologize to Frey, but…
“…it’s not your fault.”
Frey’s words that were warmer than the warmth that was conveyed in her own hands wrapped around her.
“That’s what you said when you found me lost in the woods and lying on the floor, crying out loud, even at the end of your will.”
“Ahhh…”
“But looking at what you’re doing now, it seems you’ve forgotten those words.”
Saying that, Frey increased the power of the star’s mana output and put Clana’s hand to rest, which was starting to twitch again.
“No… Frey…”
Clana, who had a blank expression for a moment at Frey’s consideration, shook her head and said.
“This is my fault, not anyone else’s… It’s my fault… I killed you… Serena-san also died because of me. “
“From now on, listen carefully to what I say. Princess.”
As Clana panicked again, Frey cut her off and began to speak in a soft voice.
“It was me who killed you in the previous episode, it was me who ruined the world, and it was me who deceived you in this episode.”
“……..”
“The world is unreasonable, it’s not that you were bad. So…”
“…you died, and a lot happened.”
When Clana interrupted Frey and started talking, Frey stopped what she was saying and began to listen quietly to her.
Based on my experience so far, I knew it was best to just listen quietly in this situation.
“The demon king’s ridicule and declaration of war were broadcast throughout the empire through loudspeaker magic. As a result, within a few days, all the people of the empire learned the truth.”
As she said, all the people of the Empire were in shock for a while.
It was because they realized that Frey, whom they hated and hated so much, was in fact the only warrior to protect the world, and that he had continued to sacrifice himself for the world.
The Demon King, who had been laughing at such Frey as just a foolish and dull idiot, even gave the Empire a month to prepare.
However, the Sunrise Empire just took such a humiliating treatment.
Because there were still three people with the memories of the previous episode.
It was not enough to ruin the empire, because the emperor, the empress, and their children who were deceived by the demon king all died the moment the demon king’s power was fully awakened.
And because there were three people left with memories of the previous round, they thought that if they prepared enough, they would have a chance to win.
However, the reality was not so easy.
“In the beginning, we won a few victories… Because I, Kania, and Irina had experienced the previous rounds. Of course, they knew the strategies, tactics, and information of the Demon King.”
“That’s right.”
“But… as the sun went out, everything started to change.”
When the sun, which they thought was always shining brightly, went out powerlessly, people were in shock.
And when the moonlight and starlight that they thought would comfort them that night disappeared, people despaired.
Apart from the moon shining in the sunlight, I thought that the star debt would illuminate them.
However, just as a star hero could not be revived, the starlight did not come back to life, and the Empire fell into darkness.
“As the sun went down, a bitter cold hit the continent. Then the weapons froze, and the people began to wear out.”
“….Well.”
“And the day my sun’s mana ran out, I realized. The Empire, that’s all.”
When Clana’s sun’s mana disappeared, people saw it as a sign of destruction.
As a result, the number of people who trusted the imperial family gradually decreased, and so did the military.
“In the end, the Demon King led the Demon King’s army to the capital, and I gave up protecting the Empire. The people of the Empire will be waiting for the next ship to arrive at the port right now.”
After speaking up to that point, Clana took a moment to catch her breath, and then she said with tears in her eyes.
“I’m sorry, Frey.”
“So, no need to apologize…”
“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
Frey, who was about to say that there is no need to be sorry, stopped what she was saying to hear Clana’s voice filled with sorrow and sincerity, and closed her eyes quietly.
“When the demon king’s sarcastic voice resounded throughout the empire for days, when the sun went out helplessly, and… when the demon king army came to the capital, there is something I really want to say to you.”
“What?”
“I’m sorry for not knowing. I’m really sorry for not noticing your sacrifice and pure heart…”
Clana, who finally succeeded in handing Frey the apple she had only dreamed of and thought she would never die, only continued to cry.
“When the day comes… I will go to stop the Demon King’s army with the few remaining Imperial Knights.”
“…The Demon King?”
“Yeah, the people of the Empire still remain in the port. If they can survive for a few more hours or even a few more minutes… Of course they should.”
“ha…”
Hearing this, Frey took a deep breath.
“wake up.”
“yes?”
“I have a place to go.”
Having said that, Frey, who threw the robe at all, slowly got up from his seat.
“Uh, where are you going…?”
“Just follow me.”
“Oh, I have to join the army. If you go too far…”
“I’m arriving soon, so I guess I’ll follow you.”
Clana, who had a bewildered expression on her face, immediately bowed her head in response when Frey spoke with a firm voice.
“Yeah. If you want… I’ll do anything.”
Clana’s hand was trembling intermittently as she said that.
“When did that tremor start?”
“From that day… from the day I found out all the truth…”
Frey, who looked at her hand with a sad expression, reached out to her when Clana tried to have a seizure again.
“Ah, ah…”
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Eventually, the mana of the star, which had become stronger than before, seeped into her hand, and Clana stopped shaking with a small moan.
“…I’ll hold your hand.”
Frey, who looked at Clana sympathetically, gently took Clana’s hand.
Of course, Frey’s hand could not reach Clana because of her soul state.
However, for some reason, Clana could feel the feeling of holding hands with Frey because Frey put the mana of the stars in her hands that could be used even in the midst of trials.
“I’m holding hands with you, so please don’t do the same thing as before.”
“…All right.”
Clana answered that way, and cautiously got up from her seat.
“Good-bye.”
“…?”
Before leaving the store, Clana greeted the store owner who had let her in.
Although he was sleeping on the second floor, it seemed obvious that he would soon die like himself.
Nevertheless, Clana nodded and put the gold coin in her pocket.
“…let’s go.”
And Clana, who was looking around the store shyly, found something behind the counter and went out with a sad expression on her face.
What was there was a broken family picture.
.
.
.
.
.
– Shoo…!
“Ugh…”
A cold wind hits Clana.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, yeah… it’s fine.”
But despite this, Clana struggles to clench her teeth and move on.
– Sharr…
“…ah.”
Frey, who watched the scene, quietly moved his hand and wrapped Clana with the magic of the stars. Then, a warm warmth began to wrap around Clana.
“How are you? Are you okay?”
Clana looks at Frey with a slightly puzzled look, and he asks with a soft smile.
“ah…”
One question from Frey, who was worried about him, started to awaken Clana’s guilt that had been put to sleep again.
“You… you can’t feel the cold or the warmth. But…”
At that, Frey grinned and gently placed her hand on Clana’s head and said.
“But you can feel the cold and the warmth, right?”
With that said, Frey cast the star magic once more, and flashes of warm stars began to swirl around her.
“Why, why are you doing this…?”
“yes?”
Thanks to this, Clana, who felt warm both physically and mentally after a long time, bowed her head and asked a question.
“Why are you being nice to me?”
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Even if it was something she didn’t know, even if it was unavoidable, Clana had already gotten used to the cold and resentful gaze that was pouring on her without knowing it or not.
That’s why he didn’t understand the warmth that Frey gave to him, who deserved that kind of gaze more than anyone else.
“I’m not talking nonsense, I’m just following along. We’re almost there.”
Frey, who smiled at Clana like that, continued to move forward, leading Clana.
“…uh?”
At that moment, Clana realized where she was heading, and opened her mouth with trembling eyes.
“Here… this is…”
“Yeah, it’s the forest where I got lost while looking for star primroses.”
Frey, who spoke softly to Clana, smiled and went into the woods.
“Did you know? This is the place where the hero of a thousand years ago made an oath with the princess of that time and the daughter of the Moonlight family.”
“Hawk, I swear…”
“Yes, the old promise that bound the three families for a thousand years.”
Having said that, Frey continued, creating a small sphere out of his hand.
“And from that day on, rare flowers bloom once a year in this forest.”
A moment later, a sphere of twinkling starlight rose from his hand, and Frey blew it forward and smiled.
“You know what it is.”
“All, Evening Primrose… Star Primrose… And…”
“…the primrose flower.”
Where the sphere of starlight that flew forward was shining, there was a sunrise flower that had bloomed through the thick snow.
“Hey, how’s that…”
“It’s a present. A gift for you who gave me the star primrose and the evening primrose for Serena.”
“Ahh…”
It didn’t matter that I got out of the store and reached the forest a few minutes after I started walking.
It didn’t matter why the primrose flower, which is said to bloom only after seeing the sun, bloomed through the thick snow.
Clana just shed tears as she quietly put the sunrise flower that bloomed lonely in front of her eyes.
“It is said that the flowers that are created under the influence of the pact made by the three families have special powers.”
Frey, who stared at her like that and then started to lead Clana to the place where the flowers were, began talking in a soft voice.
“So many people were looking for flowers, but for some reason no one had that power.”
As Frey stopped saying that, Clana, who had a blank expression on her face, unwittingly began to stretch out her hand to the flower of the sunrise.
“Of course. Those flowers are the arrangement our ancestors left us for the future.”
“Ugh…!”
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Eventually, as her hand touched the primrose flower, a dazzling light began to drift over her.
It was the sunlight that Clana longed for and missed.
– Grip Jijik…!
“Heh, heh, heh… heh…”
Clana, who gave strength to her hand with a hopeful expression, burst into tears without realizing it when the mana of the sun overflowed from her hand.
“It will only last about a day, but that will be helpful when fighting the Demon King.”
“Go, thank you… Thank you… Ugh…”
Clanna could no longer think rationally.
This is because the sadness, suffering, guilt, and despair that had been buried in my heart for the past few years were mixed together and started to burst out all at once.
“Thank you ooh… Really, really thank you… Thank you…”
She no longer thought about face.
He didn’t even try to calm his mind.
He just burst out with the emotions he had been holding back for so long, and told the truth to Frey in front of him.
“I need you… Frey… I, I… I need you so much…”
“Princess.”
“It was only when you disappeared… that the Empire needed you, not me, and that it was Serena-san…”
Crying to an incomparable amount to what it had been before, Clana said mournfully.
“Is there really no way… to bring you back to life…? Please… I’ll give my life… I’ll sell my soul to the devil if need be… I’ll be tormented in hell for the rest of my life, please how.” If there is, please let me know…”
“………”
But even so, Frey just looked at Clana silently.
“……Thank you, Frey.”
Clana, who had been crying for such a long time, suddenly stopped crying and opened her mouth.
“For giving me the gift I needed more than anything else.”
She would only realize.
“With the power you gave me, I will save even one more person.”
that the time of farewell has come.
“so……..”
– Surr…
Clana said while looking at Frey who was disappearing with a happy smile.
“……Goodbye, my first servant.”
As soon as those words were finished, Frey became a piece of starlight and began to scatter.
“………..ah?”
Clana, who had inadvertently reached out to the fragment of the star he had left smiling at her until recently,
“Here…?”
He soon realized he was lying in bed.
“Fah, Frey…! Where’s Frey?”
And, realizing that the warm sunlight was shining through the window next to her, Clana began to shout with an urgent voice.
“What’s going on? Princess?”
“Freya…! Freygaa…!”
Clana woke up in her pajamas with a pale, tired face and tried to say something to the attendant, who had a bewildered expression on her face…
“…what?”
“Princess?”
“Umm… that’s…”
Soon after, he began to shake his head with a blank expression on his face.
“Have you ever had a nightmare?”
“Ah… I think so.”
When the servant asked the question with concern, Clana, who had quietly nodded her head, suddenly muttered inwardly.
‘…Have you ever had a nightmare about Frey?’
The warm morning sun was shining on her.
Overwhelming.
This makes me sad.