Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity (BY 真真子) - Ch60 Set sail for dawn

Velvet POV

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This place is always so empty that it makes me panic, only the outside world is painted in color.

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I hate the lonely moment, it always makes me realize the empty feeling. In the simple hospital room, the time I can't get out of bed and can't do anything in bed makes me feel this empty even more stronger.

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The catheters inserted all over my body entangled my body like a curse, limiting the range of motion and my length of life.

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My eyelids are always heavy, and the limbs that are part of me are even more immobile as if injected with lead.

Just a try to hold up my body with a little effort makes me feel short of breath and tired.

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Finally, I opened my eyes and turned my head slightly to see my skinny arms, found that I couldn't even support myself.

I really confirmed that I was in a coma for a long time. During the coma, my body was supported by injection of nutrient solution and breathing oxygen. After no activity, my body almost completely lost its muscles.

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Looking at the rubber tubes and bandages wrapped around my body and arms, I deeply understand that this is the consequence of using the banned drug. The overdrawn and weak body that must be supported by instruments is the result of choosing to overload the body to fight.

It's a light price for a miracle, I'm still alive after all. But I have also been deprived of my freedom, and I can only feel this moment of loneliness in my waking hours.

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Until proper rehabilitation, I was not allowed to leave the hospital bed and could not leave the hospital bed, only committed myself to the dream.

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The scarlet sky and the depleted earth, giant bones protruding from the ground like claws to form a structure, the ground is a road full of bones, and there will be a crisp cracking sound when stepped on.

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There has never been a normal scene here, even the rivers are formed by lava flow, maybe this is hell. As someone who has killed countless people and been in and out of life and death many times, I would not be surprised at all to be dragged to hell in my sleep.

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When I sleep, I always see the nightmare that I am in the hell. I dream of the ghosts chasing and killing me, cursing my existence. In fact, there is no place for me to escape. Since I recognized my sin and decided to survive I have been with them all the time, I can't know whether they are my imagination or the real spirits I killed, after all, I can't remember the voice and appearance of every person I killed, just because I can't remember , I feel that I am more hateful. The evil spirits grabbed my body, I was dragged to the river of fire to soak in lava and flames, and my sins turned into tongues of fire and burned all over my body. The physical executioners grabbed my abdomen, took out the intestines, and began to eat my internal organs. They didn't go away until I became a blank body, and then my world returned to blank. Something as soft as a petal fell down In me, I no longer have eyes to confirm the surrounding scenery, and I am no longer able to think after being devastated, but only feel the cold and numb pain left behind.

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I didn’t live a peaceful life in the peaceful days. My current thoughts may be very evil, that I actually feel that the troubled times are better. I think I was better when I was attacked by Tartarus. Maybe I have a clear goal, sleep is also deeper than usual sleep because it is a coma, the head does not dream about other things at all, it will not have nightmares every day like now, and when I wake up, I will realize the emptiness that I can't fill. I am craving for something, but I don't know what I'm longing for.

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So why? I know everyone accepts me, everyone treats me well.

But I still feel that one day everything will disappear and everyone will turn their backs on me.

It is natural that the warm scenes that should be felt around me become insensitive, I don’t know how I should feel, I only know that I should be grateful.

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In this hell, there is a place where I feel at peace. In a place like death itself, there is a place full of blue flowers. I can't see the shape of the flowers clearly. I only know that the place is in the blood-red place, and it is full of blue flower beds that are not stained with blood, and there is a big cherry blossom tree in the middle. It always appears somewhere in my dreams, and I always look at this piece of land from a distance. As if it is the paradise, I dare not step into the clean flowers with the feet that have stepped on the blood and corpses, for fear that the blood will stain it.

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The gray days repeat, I stare at the blank wall, the blank self and the blank you.

I am a gray person, and my life loses its color like death.

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But with people in color breaking into this gray and white world, Eleanor, Edna and Laphicet who take turns to chat with me every day, my thoughts have no time to go in a negative direction.

Recently, they let me know about the smartphone. Using this thing to connect to many things online can divert my attention, and I will not notice the things I hate to notice throughout the day.

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But this is nothing more than evasion, I know very well.

I promised Arthur in "that dream", to live seriously, I can't always run away.

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But I still have a feeling that it would be best if I died. From the disaster brought by Tartarus, I entered the near-death situation many times because I wanted to die subconsciously. After going through "that dream" I clearly found this out.

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The warmth surrounded by everyone after waking up is like a dream, very unreal, like a fleeting phantom.

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I still can't believe that it's true, and I can't accept their kindness. This feeling is familiar and strange.

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Laphicet's appearance is still in his teens and he has a childish face, but even though he looks like a child, his eyes seem to see through everything. I certainly haven't forgotten that he lived much longer than me, and all the seraphim here are actually elders, it is normal for him to see through my thoughts, and he chose to stay by my side without saying a word, chatting with me and bringing me something to relieve my boredom.

He handed back to me what I almost forgot, an old but well-kept wooden box.

I am grateful that he brought the box, I know what it contains, full of thoughts, letters that gave me hope.

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I took the box with great care, and recalled the letter that gave me a little courage to continue living.

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"Please, live, to see the world I changed with humanity.”

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I try to live a little longer under the words of Maotelus, an important person.

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When Sorey was captured and I was trapped, I tried to wait for hope with the encouragement in the letter.

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The letter conveys the message, and the longing can convey the words that cannot be uttered at ordinary times. Perhaps this is why Eleanor in the letter is more frank.

Just because I seem to be dead, because we can never see each other again, and because the words may not be delivered to me again, the content of the letter is very real, it is belated, and no one has been able to say it.

I knew that I was bound to be destroyed, and I couldn't trust anyone easily, I minimized the connection with my teammates, but at the end of the journey, I was softened by Laphicet.

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There is warmth between the words and sentences in the letter, the words are neat like printed words, and even a blank space seems to be calculated, and the image of the words is very similar to the person who wrote it.

The past era is recorded between the lines, and the future that I have left behind is definitely recorded in the letter.

The people and places we have been associated with are vivid in her records, as if they are all still alive, which is the evidence that the writer has watched them well. That person has been traveling to various places and has been helping people, trying rebuild the connection between the seraphim and humans, trying to repair the towns that I destroyed, and be honored as the Shepherd.

That is the record I found in the museum with Sorey later, and everyone recorded in the letter is a real existence, another side of history that the museum cannot show.

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What is recorded in history is always the Shepherd who has the ability to lead the times, but what the letter shows is that the Shepherd sometimes laments her own powerlessness, but she never gives up and takes every person in need seriously.

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It should be gratifying to see Eleanor living a good life in the past, but it becomes a little strange to see this stubborn Shepherd obsessed with my existence.

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I thought that the choice at that time would save everyone, and everyone would soon forget my existence, but it turned out that there was no such thing. Everyone remembered my existence and felt somewhat sorry for my decision.

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I caressed the old and somewhat yellowed corner of the paper, slowly folded it back to its original shape and put it in the box, recalling the trip not long ago, it was all in the long past.

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The letter recorded Eleanor's life as a Shepherd. She was troubled and worked hard. She was looking for a way to reincarnate, and a way to prolong her life besides the oath, because she thought she hadn't fully performed her duties, and she couldn't save me.

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After reading her letter, I'm very glad that her persistence didn't lead her into madness, presumably there was Laphicet's help in this.

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Sometimes my dream is not about being in hell, but about being in a small but warm round stone room, where there are bookcases displaying a collection of books. The old man is holding books to teach some knowledge, he is like a wise and gentle old man patiently taught "me" in front of his eyes. Would it be this way if I had a dad or a grandpa?

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Then one day "I" left the village, embarked on a journey, met Lailah, and walked to the Throne of Empyrean together. "I" repeat the selfless act until I fall into a deep sleep.

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That was Eleanor's memory, because of the special pact, I saw her past. Seeing her memory makes me lament my powerlessness and ungratefulness.

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As a Shepherd, as a human being, Eleanor wanted to wake me up until she died. As a seraph, she always wanted to help everyone and me. From the time I got involved in the incident to when I miraculously met Eleanor again, she was always by my side.

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I can't imagine how much I hurt her by my own willful decision to disappear. What have I done for her so far?

What right do I have to ask her to save me so much? I don't know how to repay this kindness.

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When I woke up, I felt tears streaming down my face. I felt heartache that I hadn’t had for a long time. It’s rare for me to feel that when I’m alone, and I still feel sad for my friend’s affairs. I’m powerless, and I still keep worrying her. Now all I can do is not leave her alone.

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If I don't try my best to protect, everything around me will easily disappear.

You must live correctly so that you, as a murderer, will not be abandoned by everyone.

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There's always something like that in the back of my mind.

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Because I decided that I am not qualified to enjoy all the good intentions and happiness.

At least I must try my best to repay their favor.

This question comes up over and over again in my life, and I'm stuck at the center of my own contradictions.

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"Is that how you keep killing all your feelings and desires with low self-esteem? You don't need any qualifications for this kind of thing."

That's what Edna told me that day. It was like tearing off my mask and staring at my sincerity.

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She who has lived for thousands of years must have met different people, and she has also seen through my sincerity.

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Everyone has definitely told me many times that no qualifications are required, the people around me stay by my side because they want to be by my side.

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Is it time for me to tell myself that I don’t need to deny my existence so much anymore? But I have long forgotten how to live without denying myself. The sad habit is bleaching my thinking.

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Looking at the scenery outside the window, the same white room as before, and the face of the boy sleeping soundly in the next bed, I would even think that what happened just now was a dream, but when I saw the dusty slippers, I knew everything was true.

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I am afraid that the thoughts of this night will make me toss and turn. I pulled up the quilt and rolled up my body, trying to let myself fall asleep.

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This night, I wanted to change my mood, and pulled Sorey, who had lost his memory, out for a walk.

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At first, I seemed to feel lonelier at the thought that after he lost his memory, even though his essence didn't change, even though he accosted me every day.

My actions are more or less the cause of his memory loss. If I hadn’t insisted on fighting with everyone at the beginning, maybe it would have been a different result. In the end, I couldn’t trust them completely, so I dragged my scarred body onto the battlefield.

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He stood up and fought to protect me, who was seriously injured and unable to move. In order to protect me, who was temporarily unconscious, he first crashed into the sea and drowned in a coma. The blood clots and time spent without oxygen left him comatose again and lost his memory.

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So his current situation is caused by my willfulness, but he still treats me tenderly, and I feel that I owe him too much.

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It feels hollow, but I don't regret it at all, it's the normal track.

Perhaps the lack of connection between us is the most correct trajectory, but now I can no longer make such a conclusion.

Severing ties with him is now becoming unenforceable, and I can't do it. I leave the decision in his hands and hope he will give me an answer.

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Even though Edna has revealed that I don't want to lose him, I still want to know how Sorey decides now.

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He expressed that he wanted to get to know me again, as innocent as the one I knew back then, and this time there were no lies between us.

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After I woke up, he was basically able to go out. He ran out every day, and brought back some souvenirs every day to this empty ward.

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The blanks are gradually filled with colorful and different sundries. Although I still can't arouse a little interest, I feel a little happy when I see him happily explaining the story of this item.

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The gray and white ward is warmed by the color outside.

In the dream, I woke up from the flower that I never approached. I stood up and looked at the cherry tree in the center, where someone seemed to be waving to me.

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I know that I can't always reject other people's kindness, because I live because of them... I must move forward again, sneaking out and walking around this night is just a change of mood. I unconsciously invited Sorey, hoping that he would accompany me.

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He agreed, and as he had always accompanied me without amnesia, Sorey with amnesia had made the same choice.

Speaking of which, he always made the decision to stay by my side, no matter how dangerous the place was, he would still come by my side.

I almost take it for granted that he is by my side, but I can’t take it for granted because I can’t trust others completely, I can’t allow myself to be happy, and I can’t admit that such a happy thing has become a matter of course by my side daily.

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But subconsciously, I still yearn for happiness, I still invite Sorey, and I still hope that he will always be with me.

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We walked around the rooftops of dark towns, looked at towns we didn't know, and talked about a lot of nonsense.

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He asked why I took him out with me.

In fact, there is no reason, it's just my whim, it's just that I was led away by the subconscious and sent an invitation inadvertently. If I insist on saying a reason-it must be to let you, who rescued me and then lost memory, not to leave me alone and take a little responsibility.

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"It's just that you made me curious and nostalgic about this world. You made me want to live, so I want you to take responsibility."

But if I insist on an explanation, it must be like this, because I had no will to live at first, but I survived under the influence of traveling with you, and felt the meaning of living under your words.

So I don't want you to leave me alone because of amnesia, so I want you to take the responsibility of saving me.

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Because you said you would be my light if I needed it.

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So, guide my way, my Shepherd.

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After finishing speaking, he kissed me.

My heart was beating restlessly and erratically, the heat in my chest and the small amount of oxygen made me feel dizzy due to lack of oxygen.

Reason makes me want to leave this kiss, but my subconscious mind wants to do nothing, even if I am about to faint from lack of oxygen, I don't want to break free.

A few moments of inability to think were followed by extremely chaotic thoughts after being let go.

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Hey, I'm not dreaming, am I? What is happening?!

Wait, why did this happen? Did I say something wrong?

To my surprise, what on earth does he think of me? I never thought that he would have this kind of meaning for me.

Does he like me? No, isn't he amnesia?

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...No, I always thought that I had misunderstood myself! Is it true that he has been saying those things that seem to be a confession?

Are those promises he made without oneway serious?

No, even if it's not a misunderstanding....... what do I think? If so......

No.......can't be happy......I'm not qualified to accept his love.

------- No qualification required at all.

The chaotic thoughts in my head were interrupted by the voices of Edna and Eleanor, they didn't actually speak, but I remembered their words.

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--------- to be happy, that's what people around me want, I ---------

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The air was stagnant and still, as if time had stopped, leaving only my thoughts beating chaotically.

Maybe Sorey felt shy too, he tried to explain his behavior, as if trying to keep me from getting angry.

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But his explanation made me very angry, so angry that all my thinking was interrupted directly.

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According to him, this is imitated from the interaction between the characters in the drama, is it really that simple?

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I couldn't help feeling a little annoyed that he made it sound like he could do it to anyone.

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If so, what am I worrying about? Depressed about what?

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Am I jealous? This is an emotion that I have no position to and should not be felt.

He said that this is not an act that can be done to anyone, and he who has lost his memory actually said that he wants to protect me all the time.

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Sounds like something he'd say without amnesia.

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This remark puzzled me but moved me.

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'I will be your light'

'live for me'

'I want to live with you together'

'I will bear all my sins together'

'Wherever you are, I will come to you.''

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Honestly, looking back at all the things he said to me, it really sounded like love words, but do I deserve his love?

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His impulsive actions made me think about how I've always felt about him.

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Isn't it a repayment?

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"Are you sure you're just paying back a favor?" Rose asked me this question suspiciously.

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Why did I risk my life just to repay your kindness?

There are also reasons for me to deny my own existence, but if he is not an important person to me, I will not come up with such an answer.

At the same time, I can't deny the loneliness that nothing is left of the connection between us after repaying the favor, because he has also become the meaning of my life naturally.

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In fact, I also want him to be by my side all the time, I don’t know if this kind of thinking is called love.

I have vaguely felt this happy and uncomfortable feeling from before, but I didn't know it, and I decided that I was not qualified to have it.

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——So I said, you don’t need to have any qualifications!

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But maybe I should re-examine these various thoughts, and take a good look at the self that I have been denying all the time.

Am I entitled to live? Am I entitled to these blessings? Am I entitled to be loved?

I have always given myself a negative answer, and people around me have given a positive answer, and they are willing to always give me good intentions.

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I have never looked at the injured self, thinking that it is the punishment I deserve, but I should also know that people around me don't want me to continue to be unlucky and hurt.

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If you continue to deny yourself like this and want to hurt yourself, it will be the people around you who will be hurt, not me who is numb to everything.

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I clearly know that they are not treating me well to get anything from me, but they just hope that I can live a good life and that I can be happy.

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I have to respond to them - no, it has nothing to do with "must" anymore, there is no "must be" here, just keep what I am, no one will blame me even if I stay true.

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Be honest with yourself, admit that you have been in pain, and be kind to yourself.

This must be the most correct choice.

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Laphicet POV

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Temporarily no longer being the Empyrean, I got a chance to experience ordinary life again, and I chose to stay with the person I cherish.

What I want to do has been done, that is, guard the world, guard the seeds of hope, until Velvet wakes up.

After waking up, Velvet has no desire to live, but she is always working hard for the people around her. She is loved by everyone. In response to her efforts, there is a home that allows her to exist in this strange age, only to let her accept this kindness from everyone.

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She is still a strong and fragile woman who is desperately moving forward in confusion, no matter what, I will watch over her until the last moment.

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Tomorrow is the day she can be discharged from the hospital, and I asked her where she wants to go.

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She said she didn't know.

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She has denied her feelings and desires for a long time, and she can’t clearly recognize what she wants, but it’s okay, we will all be her compass. I know that she is willing to regain what she lost, and everyone here is willing to help her.

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Go to the places you have been to, maybe you will find different things, I suggest so.

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So tomorrow morning, the recovering patient who was supposed to be in this ward disappeared, leaving behind a group of bewildered companions, an open window, and curtains that were blown up by the wind.

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I know, she's getting ready to fly again.

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Sorey pov

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I wandered to the hill of the end, and here is the end of my journey, where I slayed Heldalf, bid farewell to my companions, and slept with Maotelus, purifying the earth.

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The remains of the Empyrean’s Throne that are still alive today but have no Empyrean anymore, only the short green grass and blue flowers everywhere are left, but they are still sacred and solemn. The throne in the distance is surrounded by climbing plants, and there is a kind of déjà vu . It felt like, for a moment, I saw a phantom of a silver-white dragon meeting a girl again.

But only for a moment, the phantom returned to the normal scene, only the girl remained in my eye frame, and she happened to come here.

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The reason I came here was to find her.

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When my companions and I arrived at the hospital to prepare for Velvet’s discharge, the room was already empty, and there was only one open window and one side of the curtain that was blown up in the ward. This reminded me of that night, she climbed out of the window, and she was still wearing a hospital gown. Although she often looks like a mature older sister, she also has a naughty child side.

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When Eleanor found that there was no Velvet’s trace in the ward, even the usually kind Eleanor couldn't help her annoyance.

“Velvet Crowe? What the hell are you thinking?!”

So we searched for her traces separately, Laphicet suggested that I go to the place I had been to, this is the place where she might go, and it is also the place where the memory can be restored, so I came to the Empyrean’s Throne of the through the teleportation arte set up everywhere by the guild .

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I vaguely feel that Velvet is working hard to find the answer. Although I have not responded to any memory about her, I vaguely feel that she is such a person.

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Standing near the ruins of the throne, she turned her head to meet my gaze and noticed my presence, so I waved my hand and walked towards her.

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She was dressed in snow white, and she wore a pure white curtain cloth as a makeshift cloak to wrap her body. The metal ring on the curtain cloth became a device for fastening the cloth, but she wore slippers on her feet. Apparently she's basically dressed as a patient who escaped from a ward.

Thanks to the cloak, from the perspective of clothing, it looks like a wandering traveler in white, and it is not against the law to say that she is a sincere believer going to the Empyrean’s Land.

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There was still not much dust on the clothes and shoes, which proved that she had just arrived, perhaps in the same way as me.

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She stood in place and waited for my arrival. Her white body merged with the sunlight, and even her black hair was bleached by the light.

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"Sorey, why are you here?"

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"... looking for someone, how about you?"

"Walk where I've been and think about what I am going to do next."

Even though it has been in this era for a while, everything around her is still unfamiliar to the current Velvet, because she is forced to spend her time fighting against Tartarus, and she understands the world like a child. And I am amnesiac, I have the same feeling of being unfamiliar with this world, but my companions are still in this world, which makes me feel much more at ease.

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And my intuition tells me that her troubles are not only the feeling of being unfamiliar with the world, but it is fortunate that she has the orientation to live because she hates herself.

"Then, would you mind if I walk with you for a while? I hear I've been to this place, and maybe I can recall anything."

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"Okay, but what about the person you're looking for?"

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"I just found it. It's not good to wear slippers all the time. Although I don't know if they fit, you can change into these sneakers."

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".....Thanks."

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She seemed to know something, but she just thanked me without saying anything more.

We walked silently in the sea of flowers, it looked like a date in a story, but I had a little doubt about it.

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Our relationship hasn't even started yet, but I have a feeling it's always been that way. It's been starting without saying a word but arbitrarily starting every day bringing things from the outside world, and of course continuing this because of the hospitalization, and that led to a cohabitation relationship, and I sensed that everything might end today.

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I don't know what she thinks about me, her emotional changes are not obvious, she always echoes what I introduce, I can't know if she is interested, looking into my eyes also reveals feelings of emptiness and loneliness.

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That's all because I didn't recall the memory, I always have such thoughts.

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Sometimes flashes in my mind show that her eyes are burning with their own will, and there are flashes of her smiling quietly, maybe those are fragments of my memory, but my memory of her can only think of those fragments of a moment.

Those cherished smiles in the fragments also appeared in front of my eyes, and sometimes when I introduced something, that steady and quiet smile was very suitable for her, as if a color had sprouted in a blank space. I want to see it again, her smile. Holding such a mood, I bring different things to the ward to introduce to her every day.

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However, this normal routine is coming to an end, and from today onwards, she will not be by my side every day.

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Even with the last impulsive incident, her expression of neither disklike nor liking is confusing.

Even so, I still have nostalgia for the daily life we live together, and I am very curious about what she really thinks.

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"Velvet, I've always wondered what you think of me." So I mustered up the courage to break the silence between us.

"…Eh?" She rarely showed a look of surprise.

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"...For the you I knew? Or for you after amnesia?" She was silent for a while and came up with such a question.

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"...I want to know both."

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"Well...you saved me once, you gave me hope when I was desperate for everything and felt guilty about my existence. You are my benefactor, and I will do my best to repay you in the future, but if I say that our relationship is only a bond of kindness, I will feel very lonely again......"

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“Velvet….”

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"You are always there for me, in times of desperation and danger, and I don't think I will ever be able to repay this favor in my life...... I feel greedy for thinking like that, but I want… I unconsciously got used to having you by my side, and I also want you to be there all the time.”

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How can this be called greed...for such a simple desire.

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"Because you, and everyone are with me, I can struggle a little longer when I have no intentions of living. The time with you makes me feel happy with guilt. Even if you now lose memory, the essence has never changed. Even if you lose your memory, you still support me with all your strength. No matter which one you are, you are my important person, and the person I want to protect with all my strength.”

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Velvet, who usually doesn't talk much, rarely talks a lot, and the words are very sincere and deeply touched my heart.

In the face of her sincere words, I also feel that I must respond with the same amount of words.

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“Velvet…..Your thoughts are not greedy at all. Although I can’t recall the past between you and me, whether it’s intuition or my own or the love at first sight, you attract me. I think your smile is beautiful , I want you to smile like that all the time. I can proudly say that it is my honor to know your story and to know you. As I said before, I think you are very important, I want to protect you all the time, in order to achieve this, I will become stronger and always be by your side. I hope to make you feel happy all the time.”

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"...Your words sound like you are confessing to me."

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"This is indeed a confession, and I'm serious. Although it's an excuse, the reason why I made...a forced kiss before was also because of my pure impulse. I'm very sorry, it's all because you make me fall in love with you so much ----"

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"It's already enough, don't continue talking it, I understand, you are really good at saying things that make me very shy...but now I can't just accept your feeling simply , I don't understand my feelings for you, and I still don't feel that I deserve happiness, but even so, I still hope that you may......"

Perhaps because she felt that her request was very greedy and shameless, Velvet was unable to express her wishes smoothly.

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"I know, I will always be waiting for you, I will always be with you. Moreover, I originally planned to ask after recovering my memory, but the thought of the daily routine of being together for granted will disappear makes me anxious. Now that I understand what you think, it makes me feel more at ease."

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"That's it... It's good that you feel at ease. Next, I will go to different places that I have been to and have been destroyed by me. What are you going to do?"

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"I want to follow you."

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"......All right."

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Ladylake

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I stood on the edge of the cliff next to this lakeside city and looked at the city in ruins in many places. The city that was originally surrounded by walls no longer has the protection of the walls. Once standing in the center of the city seems to block the scenery The giant tower no longer exists, replaced by the exposed huge pit, a downward-developing residential area. The super-concentrated anarchic slums are now fully exposed to the outside, and they are also collapsed, but the slums are more than half of them. The ruined urban area appears more complete.

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This is Ladylake a few months after the "disaster" ended. Although I had notified Zaveid's guild Wild Wolf in advance to help the residents escape, some people still failed to escape, like rich people who were obsessed with certain properties because they wanted to do stupid things like withdrawing all deposits and withdrawals from the bank, in result to have no time to escape. The government that manages Ladylake also entered a state of paralysis and collapse after I launched a large-scale continuous explosion. After the fire that burned for an unknown how long was finally extinguished, this place became anarchy.

The survivors are fighting to occupy a place with resources or a complete residence. The rich who have been occupying money have become disadvantaged and driven away. "The underground residents in Lost City and the residents who can't change their residences stay. The people who stayed took their own weapons and fought for today's survival. No one united to rebuild the city, so even after a few months, it is still the same. A decadent scene.

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On top of the ruins, a little girl was wearing an ill-fitting bulletproof vest, holding a rifle taller than herself and leading the children behind her.

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This situation really makes me feel guilty, this city has been completely destroyed by me.

After waking up and recovering, I checked with Rose and came here through their portal to see the current scene of all the places I destroyed. I have seen Tewks, the situation is not as serious as here, everyone over there Efforts have been made to rebuild. Ladylake was the worst affected place after the 'disaster', completely in a state of civil unrest.

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I don’t know if Zaveid and Beta have come back here to see it again. Seeing such a scene, they probably feel the same as I do. It will be very difficult to help this place return to a normal state.

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"Velvet, you are here." Zaveid looked around and looked very calm, which surprised me a bit, he didn't feel angry at all because he lived here.

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"Why, you look a bit surprised, you are expecting me to scold you, aren't you?" He teased me with a wry smile, and I couldn't help being a little annoyed when I heard it. Indeed, as he said, I thought in my heart that someone would scold me. This doesn't change just because he's my companion.

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After sorting out my thoughts, I calmed down and changed my calm attitude to respond:

"...Well, I'm used to it. Shouldn't I be scolding? I did ruin this place."

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He was stunned, scratched his hair, and responded: "It's time for you to change your thinking habits, don't always think that it's all your fault. It's not wrong, this place was destroyed, but you just happen to give a ‘tipping point’ for the ‘explosion’. And I’m not qualified to scold you, because I also chose to let it go.”

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He who once lived here chose to let the chaos unfold, and he was guilty of the vandals.

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"...Well, I feel like a lot of people have said that to me. What do you mean by 'tipping point'?"

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"You don't live here so you don't know, Ladylake has always had a serious poverty disparity problem, extended to the housing problem, a whole society has a tear that cannot be handled. The government has no capacity to deal with it, the government let it go, and then it will be divided into outsiders The prosperous city and the concentrated slums in the Lost Tower. The people in the Lost Tower are desperately trying to survive every day, and the people in the outer urban areas are also desperately trying to survive. The two sides are incompatible, and the people in Ladylake are not Happy, except for the city management and the rich, everyone is living a very nervous life. Sooner or later, someone else would do this without you bombing the city. Your approach made fewer people die in the disaster. And after the city was destroyed The urban infighting is the result of what was wrong with the city. You and I can't help with that. It's a way for this place to start over."

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"That's right..." Although I still wanted to do something, it was difficult for me as an outsider to take any effective action.

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"The statue is still standing."

I looked at the library near the original tower that Sorey and I had been to, and the pair of statues of knights symbolizing peace standing in the garden are still standing. Even though the people in the city are fighting among themselves, the surrounding area is in a state of peace and integrity, and it is believed that many people have been accommodated in it. I can only pray that those people find a way to coexist peacefully someday.

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"What happened to Beta, Alpha and Uno after that?" It's pointless to continue this topic, so I transferred another one that I'm also interested in, although it's only because those people look like my old friends.

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"Ah, that's right, you didn't seem to see them much after you woke up, and you ran to such a far place to torture yourself as soon as you got out of the hospital, I really don't know what to say about you."

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I asked you to answer my question, but instead of answering my question, you responded with so many sentences that are not even answering it.

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"...I was looking for the next thing to do and then I was looking at the situation in various places. Didn't you come so far?"

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"Come to help Eleanor find ‘someone’. We dragged Uno to Magiland with us when you reminded us to let people escape. Now with other seraphim, Alpha basically follows Beta to make up for his absence, and Beta is She is helping the guild members integrate into life in Magiland, and she is also taking care of the clone brought back from the lab.

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"It sounds like everyone else is fine, Beta seems to be looking for something to do, forcefully."

"Does it sound like that to you?"

"Basically, neither of them is something she has to do, but I think she is doing these two things as her own obligation. When neither of them needs her, then her existence value... ...Well, I don't quite understand what I'm trying to say."

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"Maybe you're right, she has this bad habit, I'll go back and find her right away. You should go back too, your MUM is worried."

"MUM huh, I'll go back now."

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“Velvet?”

"Ah, you're back, Sorey, I'm about to go back."

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Back to Magiland through the teleportation arte, I said goodbye to Zaveid and went back to town.

Although it is in the stage of restoration, the degree of completion is already very high, and the appearance of the city can be seen.

The appearance of the building is similar to that of Tewks. It is no longer the architectural appearance I would see in my previous era, but a simple and practical appearance. After all, this is an era 1,500 years later than my era, and it is also where I will live next Times, I had to get used to this.

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The scenery on the road is very peaceful, there are children playing, some seraphim are smiling and observing the interaction of humans, and there are also humans and seraphim talking freely.

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These landscapes that I didn’t care about before, I unconsciously became concerned, and I’m also happy. This kind of scenery should be the era that Sorey and Claudin wanted to see. This is the original “natural” scenery of this era. This is the town as it should be.

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The arrival of Tartarus just messed up everything. In order to build a "shelter" in this world, he wants to destroy everything in this world and make himself the only one.

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And he who denies himself from the beginning will never be able to get a "place of shelter", just like I who have been denying my existence can never become happy, and I finally realized this.

I looked to the distance on the other side, and there was an empty pit formed after the war. The unnaturally formed pit was later leveled and turned into a pit extending downwards in a stair shape. Inside stood hundreds of Columns of Crosses, facing the most central large Cross.

This is a place to commemorate the victims of the war, and the identified corpses after the war are buried here. From a height, some people can be seen sweeping the grave, it seems that Rose has disclosed the truth of the incident, And the public has largely accepted the fact.

The war is over, people's grief has calmed down, and the city is in the middle of recovery. This situation should allow these dead souls to rest here.

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"Ah, I found Velvet, Eleanor."

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"Huh? Really, I'll come right away."

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I heard 2 voices from afar, as if they were looking for someone, and then there were rapid footsteps coming here.

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The person I'm looking for should be right here, as I was thinking so, I was suddenly pulled into my arms from behind.

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"Finally found you, Velvet. It's really worrying that we've all gone there."

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I knew it was her.

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"Zaveid is laughing at you as my mother, Eleanor."

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"It's all because someone walked around like a child as soon as she was discharged from the hospital!"

"Looking at her mobility, it's right to tie her to the bed and not let her move." Edna jokingly said a nasty joke.

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"It's great to find Velvet," Sorey echoed with a smile.

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"Sorey, if you found her firstly, please let us know first?"

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"Well, Velvet seems to want to take a walk......"

"Even so, I hope you can report next time!"

"OK!"

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go home

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"Anyway, that's great. I was planning to pick you up and leave the hospital, but how did I know you had disappeared..." A certain MUM hugged me excitedly, afraid that I would go anywhere again.

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"Okay, sorry, I just wanted to walk around alone." I patted her head apologetically.

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"Why don't you leave a message..."

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“Will leave next time...”

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"It's almost time to go home, they should be almost ready." Edna looked at us without changing her face and reminded.

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"Go home?"

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"Yes, it is the home we would to return to when we live here!" Eleanor, who was walking in front, stretched out her hand to me in the backlight of the setting sun.

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I hesitated, but I took her hand and followed her to what they called "home".

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"Rose said it was the house reserved for us before, because too many houses were destroyed during the war, so she can only reserve one big house for us, this is the one where so many of us live together, I hope you will not mind."

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"I don't mind, it's nice to have somewhere to live."

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"You said it like being dependent on others, but in terms of the merits you have done, no one will blame you for asking for some rewards."

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"Exactly, is there anything you want, Velvet?"

I don't know…….

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We walked through a small forest and walked to a big house in the remote area. It is estimated that this house was completely preserved because it was far away from the city center. Probably what Edna said about the preparation.

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This hut is modeled after the previous building, which makes me feel a sense of familiarity. The big house is 2 storeys high and can roughly accommodate a dozen people, like a villa that a rich family would live in on vacation.

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We opened the door and there was a salute and ribbons shot out of the air and fell on our heads and shoulders.

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"Congratulations on your discharge, Sorey, Velvet."

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The people in the house said their blessings in unison. They all held salutes and clapped their hands to welcome us.

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Hanging signs and ribbons are arranged inside the house, overflowing with milky yellow soft light, behind is a pile of food. Although I have long lost my sense of taste, I can still imagine that it is a pile of delicacies when I smell this fragrance.

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This is a surprise party, although Edna has already revealed a little clue, but you will still be surprised when you come in.

It never occurred to me that they threw a party just for this.

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"Haha, it's rare to see Velvet showing such an expression."

What expression do I have now?

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"Are you surprised? We have waited a long time for this moment to celebrate the victory, the gradual recovery of the city, your awakening, your recovery, and everyone's arrival~"

This has really been a long wait, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has been half a year.

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"Because the waiting time is so long, I have also improved my cooking skills."

Lailah must have worked very hard to be so confident in her own work.

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"I also prepared a few bottles of wine for this party, you are all grown up~"

You just want to drink wine Rokurou. . . Why are you wanting us to drink so much…?

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"I have also prepared a lot of magic tricks, just wait and worship under my performance~"

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Take a closer look, Rose, Alisha, Eternal, and Grimoire are all inside the house, it seems that most of the people they know have come to the house to participate in the party. A room that looks quite large is full of people and doesn’t feel lonely Expansive, it's a feast.

While Mikleo and Sorey were chatting, I could hear words related to the ruins from a distance, and they were already addicted to their own world. Edna focuses on eating sweets, and the food seems to be quite suitable for her appetite. I think it would be good if I have time to study some desserts and cook them for her to try.

Lailah is helping someone with divination. The content of the divination does not seem to have anything to do with the target. I don’t know what she will say if I ask her to do the divination for me.

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Rokurou, Phi, Bienfu and Ophelia were talking and laughing while watching the video in a small corner, the content of the video made me a little worried. It might be about me. . . ? No way? Am I thinking too much?

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Zaveid, Beta and Alpha are chatting and eating like a family, although seeing someone who looks like me and looks like Arthur is with Zaveid is a bit disturbing, but I am generally relieved .Beta's problem will be solved as long as those 2 are around, and Zaveid doesn't seem to be too attached to his dead lover, maybe they will be their own salvation.

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"Velvet, don't just stand and watch, eat something." Eleanor next to me brought me a piece of cake. She could choose to enjoy the party by herself, but she chose to be with me instead.

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Looking at the table full of food prepared by them, I have the impression that I have participated in such a party. It was the celebration banquet when the enemy was repelled in the last battle... and my sister's birthday party at home a long, long time ago.

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Such a warm scene seems strange and familiar to me, but I still feel that I am out of place here. Everyone tells me that I have the qualifications to stay here, but my heart still does not allow me to stay here.

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I took the cake and took a small piece of it.

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The sweet and soft cream slid over my tongue and touched my taste buds, which made my eyes widen and my body stiffen in surprise.

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As if aware of my abnormal reaction, Eleanor looked at me worriedly and asked quickly.

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"This cake...is soft and sweet."

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After hearing my answer, she laughed with joy, as if she was happier than me who had recovered the sense of taste. She was always happy and sad for others, and always chose to be by my side.

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"Then eat more."

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In order to respond to the kindness around me, maybe I should learn to let go of the unnecessary attachments in my heart.

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I was a little more at ease in the party, looking at the warm place, and took another bite of the cake, the sweetness melting on my tongue.

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I seem to be able to allow myself to stay in this place.

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sail

The sound of industrial sirens resounded through the streets, and white smoke rose from the chimney of the ship. Today is the day when Magiland's foreign exchanges are officially reopened. Since the day when the war caused great damage, residents, refugees, and outsiders have worked together to revive the town where everyone lived together, and now it has finally returned to its previous state and began to communicate with the outside world.

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From the pier, many people coming to watch the arrival of the ship with joy. The ship was several times taller than a human being and approximately like the size of a giant dragon, but the people did not show any fear, because the ship was built by humans for many years. The research and development of transportation, ships are things that exist in common sense for them.

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This is not the starting point of the ship, but a halfway station. The ship comes to this station to leave a small amount of trade goods and people who have come from a long distance, and to receive people who want to leave for a long distance.

An iron connecting stage connects the wharf queue and the large ship several meters above the ground. The people who bought the ticket boarded the ship in an orderly manner. People have their own reasons to go to the distant place, to go to the distant place for work, to go to immigrants, or simply traveling, almost everyone have someone to say goodbye to.

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Every floor on the ship is full of people standing beside the railing facing the pier, impatiently sticking their heads out to show off to the people that they have boarded the ship. Everyone’s expression is full of excitement and reluctance, and they are delighted to be in a new place, but also sad to part.

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This ship is going to the Far East, that is, the foreign continent recorded in ancient times, and it is a long journey for all passengers.

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The chirping of seagulls seems to send blessings for parting, and people who have boarded the ship on the deck are waving goodbye to relatives, friends and loved ones at the pier. Sorey and Velvet, who had already stepped onto the deck, were also waving goodbye to their friends.

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Looking at each other expresses reluctance, and also expresses blessings for departure. It is a blessing for this long journey and a blessing for a new life.

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The ship's whistle sounded throughout the pier, and the steel connecting ladder was disconnected after the passengers boarded the ship, which was the signal to set sail. The huge ship swung away amidst staring eyes and unstoppable waving.

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Sorey's life as a shepherd, Velvet as a Lord of Calamity, as a labeled hero and villain has officially come to an end. This time they are residents of Magiland, members of the guild, and ordinary people embarking on a journey again. They no longer wore the traditional Shepherd's cloak and tattered overcoats, but changed into ordinary casual clothes. Not to save the world, not to get revenge, but to live and to set out for themselves.

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Sorey and Velvet had several reasons for their trip. On the surface, they went to another continent to restore contact with intelligence agents, but they were secretly entrusted by Rose to collect information from the party on the ship. After all, in addition to immigrants and laborers, there are also many dignitaries and rich people from different countries on board. The conversations at the party will always reveal a lot of clues about the flow of money. Due to the current shortage of manpower, even the two heroes who once saved the town have to help out. Of course, it was after reattaching the prosthetics to Velvet that she started working.

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But this is what they expect at the same time: to work normally, to live normally, to be with someone normally.

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Shepherds are expected by everyone, and they must work hard to respond to expectations. Even if they do have the intention to realize their dreams, they will still be influenced by human society, becoming distorted, or depraved, or feared, or respected.

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The Lords of the Calamity are hated by everyone, forced to bear charges that do not belong to them, respond to everyone's hatred and become a distorted monster, and are finally eliminated to give everyone hope.

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Both are existences that are pushed away from the lives of ordinary people, and are even regarded as existences that are not qualified to live the lives of ordinary people. The overlapping expectations may make them forget that they are also human beings, forget what they originally hoped for, deceive their hearts, fake the so-called natural, perform their duties and kill like machines.

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If the Shepherd who is supposed to give love and the Lords of the Calamity that will take it away, were given love, the world would surely be a better place. Everyone is looking for love, and is relatively trying to love others.

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Magiland is a place that accepts people and seraphim regardless of their background. The targets must also include Shepherds and Lord of Calamity. She is a town built with the desire to make the world a better place, and is also guarded by Rose and Alisha and other like-minded people.

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Rose and Alisha wanted to give them a life as ordinary people, which is the destination that two beings like heroes deserve, so they gave them a residence and let them join the guild as one of the entrusted adventurers , so that they can normally integrate into this place and live in this era.

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Does a hero's end have to be glorious? The two of them must have never expected anything in return. To achieve this is the so-called hero, the so-called inhuman who is different from ordinary people. Many heroes are bound by their own guilt after their return, and those they failed to save are feared by ordinary people because of their power and are regarded as heresy. Giving glory is sometimes nothing more than the king's intention to keep the hero from harming himself, and in fact, sometimes commissions assassination to remove the harm after.

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No matter what the situation is, because they are different from ordinary people, heroes are existences that are difficult to be accepted by ordinary people.

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More than anyone else, they need acceptance from others, a place where they can feel safe, a place to belong, even if they are unaware of their need.

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Lailah, Zaveid, Eternal, Rose, and Alisha watched the ship go away until it melted into a point on the horizon.

"I didn't expect you to send them to distant places so quickly, you really know how to get people to work for you."

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"I have persuaded her, but Rose said that they are voluntary and she cannot stop them."

"Really? You can only trust half of what the merchant says."

"I'm telling the truth, neither of them can allow themselves to stay in one place for too long, Sorey is purely for adventure, but Velvet can't let herself rest in her heart, but it seems that they have both accepted this place as their home."

"So sending them on a new journey is the best way. Some things can only be solved by themselves. All we can do is push them to go to a place with more new things."

"Looking at Velvet-han really worries me, she is a bit like Artorius in some ways, I wanted to travel with them, but Velvet-han asked me to stay in town and live here... Instead, Bienfu travels with them."

"Well, is Eternal-san jealous of Bienfu?"

"...Maybe, but since I've been asked, I'll do what I can, after all, Maotelus is not here now...in contrast, I have Lailah-han here."

"Eternal-san's being here really makes people feel at ease...that's right, we can only watch over their journey."

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"But, You actually stayed, Zaveid. You, a man as free as the wind.”

"Sometimes I want to rest after wandering for too long, and I have someone to protect."

"Are you referring to Alpha, Beta, and Delta? Are you really going to be their father?"

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The so-called Delta is actually the copy of Sorey who was rescued from the experiment. He has lost all his memory, only the mind of a newborn baby is left, and now he is mainly taken care of by the two copies of Alpha and Beta. Beta is still not Knowing their origins, but that's another story for another time.

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"I'm actually their guardian, of course I want to guard them, especially the two cranky kids like Alpha and Beta."

"Ah, you're right. Beta seems to have been thinking of bad things since the big battle. Even though my legs have been healed, she still treats me strangely."

"Velvet has mentioned it, Beta has always been like this, but now I will try to make her let go of these responsibilities that do not belong to her."

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"Well, to be a good father."

"You are so serious, this makes it difficult for me."

"Well, you'll be a good dad."

"...Fine, fine, I'm going to be a father."

"I'll help too, anyway, I'm very free from now on."

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After the great war, Lailah decided to stay in the town for a long vacation. She would usually sit at the bar of the guild and watch everyone chat happily, but she didn't hate children, she felt that even if she took some time to visit Alpha and the others, they would still be happy. It doesn't matter, because now she can really decide how to spend her time.

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Sorey and Velvet went on the journey for the mission, and Laphicet, who had lost his power, followed them to enjoy the trip. Mikleo, Edna and Eleanor took the initiative to follow the two out of concern, Rokurou and Ophelia, and Bienfu served as a guide to guide the mission.

Standing at the pier were those who came to bid farewell to everyone, including Rose and Alisha from the town manager, who stayed behind to take care of Beta and Alpha, Zaveid from the guild, and the two Normins. Eternal wanted to go with them, but Velvet thought the town needed more help and asked him to stay in the city.

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Velvet still stood on the deck watching the pier, until the friends who came to see them off turned into little like sesame seeds, until the land disappeared into the horizon. She stared blankly at the few clouds floating in the sky and the birds flying in the sky, thinking deeply.

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"What are you thinking about now?" Eleanor has been standing by the side since she set off, until now she finally couldn't help worrying and asked.

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"...I don't really know..."

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"Any special plans after this?"

Although she didn't want to make it look like an interrogation, Eleanor felt a little anxious about this decadent and indifferent attitude.

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"It's nothing special, just live a normal life...Although I still doubt whether I have the right. Then I want to find something I interested in."

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After hearing the answer, Eleanor breathed a sigh of relief.

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’”I will accompany you to find it.”’

Eleanor was taken aback by suddenly uttering the same sentence with others, and Velvet was stunned by the simultaneous response of the two.

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Eleanor looked at Sorey who said this at the same time as her, looked at Velvet with a smile, and continued, "Don't forget, your existence is loved by everyone."

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Suddenly such a blunt sentence made Velvet, who was already stunned, unable to react, and then looked away shyly, but nothing could hide her blushing cheeks and ears. It's not like in the past when the light was low or the color of the skin was not good, so it just confuses the shyness; now the world is back to normal, and there is no such thing as war to distract Velvet's attention, she has to face her own feelings and feel this The idea behind being shy.

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"Velvet, your face is very red. Is it because of heat stroke? Let me accompany you back to the room to rest." Sorey didn't realize the truth, and thoughtfully suggested to accompany her back to the room.

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"Velvet, your shy look is unexpectedly cute." Edna stated the facts calmly, making the temperature frozen on Velvet's face rise a few more degrees.

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"Eh, is she being shy?"

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"Yeah, You don't even know that, what a fool."

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"...I'll go back to my room to rest." After leaving these words, Velvet headed to her room very quickly without looking back.

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"You are extremely shy........ so you can't accept that you are loved?" Edna murmured looking at Velvet's back.

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The so-called shyness is to feel uneasy and timid in an environment that one is not used to. Velvet's seemingly cute performance actually buries psychological problems, and she still cannot cross this obstacle.

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Such factors make Edna determine that what she is doing can indeed be regarded as a punishment for Velvet, as long as Velvet cannot accept it for the time being, it is a punishment. And this is also a means to help Velvet get back out of the shadows, until Velvet can accept it frankly Edna will openly express her unique kindness to Velvet.

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Sorey wanted to catch up, but was held back by Edna.

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"Let her be alone first, and give her a little time."

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This familiar conversation made Sorey stunned for a moment, and soon he just nodded, staying where he was and staring at the sky that Velvet was looking at just now.

Blurred fragments came to mind...there was a similar situation, but it wasn't Edna who pulled me back.

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"...do you remember anything?"

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"..um...well, it seems that something similar happened."

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"I wish you could remember what it was."

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Edna looked at the dark and turbulent sea, thinking that this is what Eizen would see when traveling, and she would become emotional.

Eizen spends most of his time with his fellow pirates, and the journey on the ship is thrilling and tense due to the curse of doom on his body.

Eizen went out on an adventure to keep the bad luck away from his sister, and he didn't return to the mountains to see Edna for a long time, but at least his life and thoughts were recorded in the letters he sent to Edna regularly.

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Edna, who has been waiting on the mountain, also knows about Eizen's adventure through these letters.

Just as Eizen loves humans and follows them on adventures, Edna has no reason to stay on the mountain, and she also embarks on a new journey with her favorite humans.

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She is now embarking on a brand new adventure, going to the unknown continent with her trusted companions. Will she also experience the fantastic adventure that her brother mentioned in the letter? She believes she will, as long as she is with this group of strange people together, it will be an adventure wherever it gets.

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"I'm off, Eizen, just watch our adventure."

Edna muttered to the sea, hoping that the words would be passed on to her dead brother.

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Velvet POV

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I fled to my room unconsciously, I don't know why, I just wanted to find a place to hide.

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I am worthless in my own right, as a sinner I don't deserve to be loved.

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"Don't forget that your existence is loved by everyone."

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It's just the weight of those words that hit deeply into my heart.

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No matter how unworthy I feel of being happy, how unreal I feel, this sentence is like a spear that pierces through all my defenses and reaches my heart, telling me that I am loved.

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Don't care about the scarred past, don't care about the bloody hands, don't need to make any self-sacrifice, don't need to make any actions--I'm just here to be loved.

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The so-called being loved does not need anything to exchange. When I was trying to maintain my family, I had already forgotten this kind of thing when Celica was no longer around. Everyone became strange, for their own existence, trying hard for their value, Laphicet chose to sacrifice himself as a sacrifice in order to live meaningfully, Arthur obliterated himself for the sake of the world, and I play myself a sister role in order to maintain the status quo. But love is actually a simple thing, even if you don’t need to do anything, you can get it .

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My heart was deeply moved, and the scenery in front of me became blurred, not because of dizziness, but because of tears overflowing from my eyes.

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It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this kind of feeling, and it’s different from the little bit of warmth in the past, this time it’s the warmth released by directly and roughly piercing into my heart.

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I have a feeling this is something I've always wanted and something I've been rejecting.

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You are not eligible.

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The 4 exorcists who cursed me in my imagination have already forgiven me after 1500 years.

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You are a monster, you are not qualified.

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In my imagination, the relatives and friends who must deeply hate me have no hatred for me.

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You killed a lot of people, you are not qualified.

Don't know if it's my imaginary soul or reprimands my existence.

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You are not doing well enough, you are not qualified.

Standing opposite me is my former self, I am looking at myself, accusing me, you are not qualified.

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Then the former self disappeared into the air without any body left, and no longer had the value of existence in the reality without any family members left behind.

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I have no family to take care of, no enemies to defeat, no goals to accomplish, and I have no value to exist, so I am not qualified to be loved.

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"My child, there is only one person left in this world who hasn't forgiven you, and that is yourself. Treat yourself well, it's the best for everyone."

In the blue flower bed, the old man helped me, who was lying among the flowers, and said such gentle words.

He pointed to the cherry blossom tree in the distance, and several people were waving their hands.

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No need to hold back, my existence is allowed, affirmed, loved.

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"They are waiting for you, let's go." I was pushed, the old man disappeared, I hesitated, but finally decided to go to the cherry blossom tree.

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The ground reached out arms and grabbed my feet, making it hard for me to go, but I kept going.

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The next moment, the shackles on my feet disappeared, and I looked behind, the once blurred face became clear. My brother-in-law cut off the shackles with his sword, smiling.

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"You are free, as long as you want to fly, you can fly."

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It was only a few steps away from the cherry blossom tree, I was about to fall while walking, but was caught in someone's arms.

Eleanor, Sorey and Maotelus hugged me and caught me before I fell.

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"You are finally here, welcome back." Everyone said in unison.

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The people waiting under the tree welcomed me with a smile. The hell-like scenery around the flower garden became brighter under the rendering of silver flames. It no longer looks like hell, but here is like a paradise.

It took me a long time to walk from the depths of hell to this place.

Everyone is very gentle, they embrace me, protect me, wait for me, encourage me, they are one of the meanings of me now.

"It's hard for a person to keep good beliefs, but they never change, and I hope they never change."

That was my willful little wish, and I've become able to allow it to exist.

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I turned my head and saw Arthur, Celica, Laphicet and Claudin saying goodbye to me, and I waved to them too, saying goodbye to the past existence.

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"Please, be happy." They blessed my future.

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After this, I feel that I have never lost any important people. The happiness in front of me is no longer the false daily life of me and Innominat. Although all the real family members have died, there is now a group of people here who have accepted my existence. They are my current family members, people I must protect. A companion who will ride through the wind and rain with me from now on. I will work hard to live, for everyone, for myself.

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"Congratulations." Everyone clapped their hands and surrounded me, thankful that I finally got to this place, they were all people who accepted my existence.

The eyes are full of sincerity, although this place is fake, but it makes people feel extremely warm and at ease.

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Paradise becomes truly Paradise the moment it ceases to deny its existence.

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"Thank you." I finally accepted all this with a smile, and finally allowed myself to accept other people's kindness, allowed myself to be happy, and promised that I would hold on to this happiness.

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I finally pushed open the door, walked out of the room where me alone, and walked to where my companion was.

-----------------------------possible, someday in the future---------- --(For those who don't like Sorey/Velvet, you may stop here)-----------------------

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sorey pov

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One morning, I heard the sound of birdsong outside the window. I was lured out of the dream and woke up. I opened my eyes, and what I saw clearly was a face that was sleeping comfortably.

Insomniacs who used to have her precious sleep eroded by nightmares are rarely still asleep. The eyes that usually open immediately are now peacefully closed, and the breathing is also maintained in a rhythmic, steady and continuous breath.

Listening to her weak breathing, I gently brushed away the hair that blocked her beautiful face, caressing her hair carefully so as not to wake her up.

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If these eyes are opened, they will reveal a fiery gaze like a flame, but sometimes they will be as soft as moonlight, but now they are all sealed in this innocent sleeping face like a baby, and now it is mine alone treasure.

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Velvet finally accepted herself, accepted her companions, and walked out of the haze that had been entangled with her. The curse named "Lord of Calamity" was finally broken under the powerful love of everyone.

Velvet finally accepted my confession and expressed her feelings, as pure as the original thoughts, we both regard each other as the important person. We have experienced a lot together, and the whole time finally came back to my mind. I am glad that my heart is still beating ups and downs for you despite amnesia.

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We, who became guild adventurers, ran around to pay back the price of the prosthetic limbs, and then worked hard to help Ladylake return to a good condition after the "disaster". We have a place to live and work in a down-to-earth manner.

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After that battle, the world really no longer needs a Shepherd, people will no longer become hellions, and seraphim will no longer become dragons, but the seraphim who have become dragons and people who have become hellions only need to be purified. Back to normal. The five great Empyrean continue to guard the original world. It may take time until the world is purified to allow the existence of the "Seraph" to be officially established here, but there is a little more time for freedom. The things the guild has to do are the same as before. The same is to help humans and seraphim, maintain a balanced existence of humans and seraphim and improve belief in seraphim.

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In fact, the work is very similar to being a Shepherd, but it is not necessary to achieve it, and there are many companions who are doing the same thing. In this way, I feel at ease that I have indeed become a human being living in this era, and I believe you feel the same.

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After all the time with you has become so peaceful and reassuring, you no longer show anxious looks, but are able to allow yourself to sleep next to me with peace of mind.

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I looked at the alarm clock next to the bed, it was only seven o'clock in the morning, and I would have no problem getting a little more sleep.

I pulled the quilt lightly over Velvet's bare shoulders, then closed my eyes again, waiting for the time to fall asleep again.

Soon, something rubbed into my chest, making my heart speed up uncontrollably, I opened my eyes secretly, and found that Velvet rubbed her head against my chest.

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Seriously, how else can I fall asleep again when you're doing something so cute?

But I know that Velvet doesn't behave like this when she's awake, or that she only behaves like this when she thinks I'm asleep. After all, she's still shy about this kind of behavior, and frankly can't act like a child.

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I can't wait to grab the person in my arms and hold her deeply in my arms, but this will let her know that I am awake, so I have no choice but to slowly reach out and gently wrap my arms around her waist, hugging her.

Such patience is joyful and tormenting,

—————In the end, I still couldn't hold back, and hugged her deeply.

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She shuddered and struggled immediately, asking in surprise, "Huh?! Sorey? When did you wake up?!"

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"...a period of time before you wake up...well, you can continue to do what you did just now, I don't mind."

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"No, it's not."

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"What's not, it's okay to do it when I'm awake, those cute acts. I want you to do more."

"That's...... No, how many times have you seen it?"

Velvet guessed right, I knew that she sometimes acted like this when I seemed to be asleep when I closed my eyes a few times, but I wouldn't tell her how many times I was awake It would be a pity if such a lovely moment disappeared.

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"...Hee hee, secret."

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I hugged her tightly to prevent her from running away. The struggling Velvet finally gave up running away, relaxed her body, and wrapped her arms around my back while burying her face in my chest– looks like she is too shy to show her face.

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"Is it a dream?"

"...I don't remember much, but it should be a happy dream, with ordinary daily life, a feeling of nostalgia, and even made me a little intoxicated. It's just that when I woke up, I was in I wonder if all this is just a dream now.”

Her happy and nostalgic tone has a touch of loneliness at the end of the sentence. She who has experienced misfortune so many times still doubts the reality of happiness, and I will hold her hand tightly every time to make her feel safe enough.

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"It's not a dream, it's reality, and I'll always be here. If it's fiction, I'll make it a reality." I lifted her up a little, and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

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"... I believe you......we should be getting up, I have to go make breakfast."

"Hmm. What's for breakfast today" I let her go.

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"It's something you like." After tidying up, she said and pushed open the door.

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I smiled happily after hearing her answer, I was happy for these ordinary little things.

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"How could it be a dream? I feel so truly happy at this moment."

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Maybe what you do is a matter of course for you, but your existence allows me to experience the life of ordinary people, the happiness of ordinary people, and makes me feel that I can also be an ordinary human being. With a definite and stable home, I'm now able to go on the adventures freely.

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This age is the Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity, let go of the past and start anew. After this, is a new beginning for me and you, we will embark on a new journey together to explore this brand new world.

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In the passing time like flowing water, you are as stubborn as you were at the beginning, I would like to guard your persistence and accompany you to the end.

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Now, walk our path together in the Age of Twilight.

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Notes:

I tried my best to picture the salvation while solving the mental problems with unfamiliar knowledge.
Obvious reference from EVA last scene yes. Also another reference for the last scene from 羽虫
I would just put my Author's Note in 'next chapter' later with the settings.

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